The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-25
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synonym no more for easy and slow.
lust watch the pace at which we go!
Wen make the knockers" take it
back,
Well put the scoffer on the rack:
The man who did cold water throw.
Will look aghast and cease to blow;
All this we'll do and more beside
To help our town and food the tide.
Well conservate our water power,
And have enough to grind our -four;
And turn the wheel Of every mill,
And others too, il that's your will;
No longer drought can shut us down |
And cause a dullness in the town.
Wen build another trolley line,
All ourselves, won't that be fine?
Across our state. through Woodford
City,
To Brattleboro. that's my ditty;
Thence north to Chester, then to
Derry,
Wen raise the money, don't you
worry.
Then up Mount Bromley to Peru,
East Dorset next, does that suit you?
Next Dorset and Manchester Street,
On to Arlington the steam road meet
East Arlington and Salisbury fol-
low down,
Till we come again to Bennington.
We want another railroad line,
To New York, wouldn't that be fine?
Bennington must on main line be
For her factories sake, don't you
see?
Besides, our merchants need the
route,
Then there's the public we must
suit,
Wen straighten out the Rams Horn
road
From here to Chatham, a-la-mode;
Wen make the Rutland toe the
scratch,
They will find our Board quite their
match;
We won't have any halfway measure
They'll simply have to do our pleas
ure.
The streets wen pave and straighten
out,
And make each one a pleasure bout;
New walks we'll build and on the
grade,
And tear up those our fathers made
Well fix our cutters so they'll take
The water of and form no lake.
Out of our village wen form a city
But some will say, 1T seems a pity
To do SO much all at one time;"
(But | just put this in for rhyme)
Whether we're ever a city or not,
The Board of Trade will help a lot.
Wen build a public park, you know,
Where children will be safe to 20;
A Children's Playground, large anC
neat,
Where one may go and take. seat,
And watch the children at theii
games,
So many, forget their names.
A big new courthouse we will build,
Unless the project should be killed,
By voters who high taxes dread,
And rather see their town go dead,
Than kept alive by spending money
Must have more bees IL we wan
more honey"
No Congressman can get elected,
Who does not promise, I've reflected
To work with all the vim he's got,
To keep the Post ONCE subject hot
Until the new building erected be,
He's got to do it, don't you see?
Wen build a hospital, trow,
With funds enough and TO endow;
The sick and injured may here enjo,
Comforts without trip to Troy;
The hospital will be free. you see,
No expense, not even doctors fee.
Domestic Science we won't o'erlook
Wen teach the maidens how to cool
No more divorces for wretched breal
Nor other troubles under this head
The Bennington girl will envied be,
For knowing how to keep house yo
see.
All these things will come to pass,
. With better lights and cheaper gas
, Provided the citizens OF our town
Stand for progress, but knockers
down.
We want every man up to the last
To work like blazes and stand b
the mast"
[ Lest we forget, let us repeat,
E What we expect for the County Seat
. Publicity and more water power,
3 New trolley lines the County Ger:
Better railroads. cleaner streets.
Better sidewalks. park with seat
= Children's Playground. Hospital.
New Court House, but that's not all
Federal building on South Street.
/ Cooking School where girls ma
meet
i. And learn the easy way to cook.
! Without the aid OF recipe book.
/ Great possibilities are ahead
o For Bennington, as | have said:
; We need faith backed up by wor
L Determination OF n Turk.
= Let's pull together, one and all.
u Responding to our villages call.