The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-19

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most Of tbs men Of Bennington ADD
vicinity 81 the age ~ g tears ssd
ovsr. Ilui Bennington Cenisr aas
doomed a. a trading csn,cr. Tho
east village" nos The cts 81 Tlen
ningion grcs by leaps and bounds ana
anally \ splendid graded achool .ys
ten uas established. Tho professor
attending closely 81 tie sign. ~ the
times moved his school la lssJ 10 Sar.
atoga Springs, y. y. WHERE be- taught
80 successfully that In iSlo be- wa en-
ablcd 30 retire with a competence.
Since that time he andJrs Yates have
lived Ia New York City. New Haven
and Milford. Conn.
Prof Yates IL descended from the
New York state families Of Yates and
Lansing and he Is a grea, grandson Of
that famous Green Mountain boy.
Remember Baker OF Arlington.
The professor has i've children: Mrs
Seth u Jones. Mrs T. T. melee
Franklin Il Yates, George W Yates
Jr. and John y Yates. lie has H.
grandchildr and one great grand
child, Haywood Yates Billings OF
Conn.
Anecdotes ofProf Yates
The professor was noted horse
trader. His activities in this line as.
tonished the horse owners Of the yicin
Ity from Manchester 10 Williamstown
Between 1868 and 1873 he owned Is
different horses, had paid $1,000 "to
boot and at the end of that time
owned the lamest and most ''wind
broken" horse on the hill. During -
years he and Bob Stickes of Shafts
bury kept trading till at last the pro-
essor got sick OF trading and Bought
handsome pair of bay horses from
skinner OF North Bennington. One of |
hese horses had been taught to Jump
ences by Sargent, the noted horse
hief OF those days.
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During the rebellion It vas rumored
hat Southern symp, III .,rs would
lestroy the Banner once, Carter
Halls house and Prof Yates school. :
The professor drove to Williamstown [
md borrowed about 20muzzle loading
lies that belonged to the Williams
ollege military company. These rifles
we're thoroughly loaded by Prof Yates
md some of his pupils. The runor
'roved untrue and the loaded guns ?
'ere returned to Williamstown. a
At commencement that year President !
Dark Hopkins of Williams college !
lad number of students fire off a
alute in the air using these guns which
we're carefully reloaded. One of the
tudents appointed for this patriotic
luty was young Mr. Hopkins, son of
President Hopkins The word was g
,iven. Bang! went the rifles and r
Town on their backs went the students. \
rhe young Mr. Hopkins of that day is !