The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-08

Feeding the soldiers and prisoners
Messenger arrives with news of
Breyman's approach with detachment
of British.
Starks men rally for defence, the
British attack from rear, Americans
slowly retreat. Arrival of Seth War
ner's regiment under Lieut. Col SAT
ford IN the nick of time. Victory for
the patriots.
Scene IlI-Same as Scene |.
Arrival OF horseman announcing
the victory. Prisoners led past the
Catamount Tavern on their way TO
the Meeting house.
Scene III-Same as Scene l.
The victory is ours. Prisoners led
past the Catamount Tavern on their
way to the church.
Incidents Of the Battle
During the battle women and chill
dren of Bennington gathered on Har-
wood Hill to pray
Feeding Starks Men.
Susanna, more Familiarity known as
Ann Hayiland, who was the daughter
of Tory but was herself a patriot
and the wife OF Captain Sage, com
missary for the patriot troops, ground
the meal which was made into
Johnny cake and distributed among
Starks men and the prisoners after
the earlier fight
Feeding Warmers Troops.
When Warmers men from Manches-
ter were on their way TO the scene of
battle and word came to Bennington
that they were in starving condit-
ion it was Ann Haylland who sug-
gested to her husband that as there
was no more Johnny cake all the pots
and kettles in the village should be
gathered together and that hasty
pudding should be made by the wo-
men while the boys We're milking the
COWS. This met with approval and
soon the pots and kettles were being
passed around among the hungry
men.
Battle Of Bennington
Cast
General Stark-H. T. Cushman.
STAFF
Seth Warner-HarTy Sharp.
Colonel Stickney-William Lunder.
gan.
| Colonel Hubbard-William Hollis
ter.
! Colonel Nichols-George Worthing-
ton
Colonel 'Herrick-William Myers.
| Lieutenant Col Safford-Samuel
Clark.
British Officers.
Colonel Baum-Dr Lane
Staff-Dr Braley, VIM L. Gokay
Maurice Rudd, Luther Graves and j
w. Martin.
Martin.
Indians
Chief-E Buss.
Warrlors-Haryey Hutton. Lewis
Hurley. H. Walbridge f. Baudistel
Walker, W. Puffer, A. Joliyette. p
Il. Emmons. r. Burt, T. Burt. III
Walker. W. Puffer. A. Joliuet. b
Irish. j Lockland, c. Hutton. j
Chamberlain. Fred Austin. Nelson
Hitchcock, Charles Hitchcock. Sidney
Edison. Samuel Patterson, EdwarC
Jenny. VIM Hurley Ball Lyons. VIM
!. Gregg, X. j Neil, A. Brevis. l.. lie
vine, c. H. Plumb. f. Jenny, b Madi
gan, W. Mallen. p Mcclure, c. Davis
Men In stark's Brigade.
/ S. l.. Dean. Il. Dean. ID. Cummns
b. Iatour. h. r. Settlements, c. w
! SCHNEIDER, w Fitzgerald, w Delaney
l NJ. Peterson, John Cook. VIM. Hollis
ter, c. Hodge. Fred Allen. Clarence
| Potter, George Robinson. Frank Nor
B cross, James Hornidge. Henry Fruit
3 rich, Eugene Graham. William Hour
an. Henry Pratt, John Sloat, Elme
Barrett, Joseph Evans, George CO
mar Clarence Shippey, Fred Peake
Thomas Powers, William Thorpe
, Dennis Dragon, Edward Shanahan
f. H. Ferguson, NJ L. Kelly, Gu,
Norton, Henry Seymore, Freeman
n Harrington, Fred Morse, Fred Sun
!. dam. Earle Sigworth, Joe Lumt
= Maurice Wall. +. Gibney, Il. Shultz
e Beginning Of Industrial Bennington
J. On the 9th Of April 1889 nfteel
young women met at the house o
Mr. Gideon Randall Sr., am
from sunrise to three o'clock In tn
afternoon spun 1873 seyen.knotte
skelns OF good yarn. All OF industr
p. worthy OF imitation. Vermont Gu
zette