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Bennington .- Bennington Council No. 3, R. & S. M .- Assemblys Monday evening after the full of the moon.
Bennington .- Taft Commandery No. 8, K. T .- Conclaves First Friday evening of each month.
Bennington .- Mt. Anthony Chapter, No. I, O. E. S .- Convoca- tions-Wednesday evening after communication of Mt. An- thony Lodge.
North Bennington .- Tucker Lodge No. 48, F. & A. M .- Com- munications-Wednesday on or before the full of the moon. Factory Point .- Adoniram Lodge No. 42, F. & A. M .- Com- munications-Thursday on or before the full of the moon of each month.
Factory Point .- Adoniram Chapter No. 18, R. A. M .- Con- vocations-Thursday next after the full of the moon.
West Rupert .- Morning Flower Lodge No. 71, F. & A. M .- Communications-First Thursday on or before full moon in each month.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Bennington .- Stark Lodge No. 9, meetings every Wednesday evening.
Bondville .- Winhall River Lodge No. 8, meetings every Wednes- day evening.
East Dorset .- Phoenix Lodge No. 28, meetings every Monday evening.
Excelsior Encampment No. 4, meetings second and fourth Sat- urday evenings of each month.
Factory Point .- Factory Point Lodge No. 35, meetings every Friday evening.
Readsboro .- Deerfield Valley Lodge No 3, meetings every Mon- day evening.
Rupert .- Indian River Lodge No. 12, meetings every Thursday evening.
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Independent Order of Good Templars.
Bennington .- Bennington Lodge No. 87, meets Friday evening. Bondville .- Green Mountain Lodge No. 171, meets Tuesday evening.
Dorset .- Dorset Lodge No. 150, meets Friday evening.
East Dorset .- Battenkill Lodge No. 129, meets Saturday evening. Factory Point .- Grant Lodge No. 104, meets Saturday evening. North Pownal .- Pownal Lodge No. 36, meets Saturday evening. Readsboro .- South Readsboro Lodge No. 159, meets Saturday evening.
Bennington County Union-meets quarterly on the second Wed- nesdays of February, May, August and November at such places as may be voted.
Grand Army of the Republic .- Department of Vermont .- Posts in Bennington County.
Arlington-Post Dudley, No. 28, G. A. R. C. A. Bundy, com- mander.
Bennington-Post G. A. Custer, No. 42, G. A. R. J. I. Loomis, commander.
Manchester Depot-Post Skinner, No. 24, G. A. R. J. C. Blackmer, commander.
Readsboro-Post Pike, No. - , G. A. R. A. J. Pike, com- mander.
Subordinate Granges P. of II.
West Branch, No. 131, Landgrove-L. F. Woodward, master ; D. E. Swallow, sec'y. Meets first and third Tuesdays in each month.
Bromley, No. 136, Peru-M. C. Walker, master ; H. J. Batch- elder, sec'y. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month. Mt. Home, No. 138, Bondville-E. T. Fuller, master ; C. R. Williams, sec'y. Meets first and third Tuesdays in each month.
Hail Mountain, No. 183, South Shaftsbury-Myron Clark, master ; Myron Barton, sec'y. Meets Saturday on or before the full moon.
Home Protection, No. 185, Arlington-F. B. Davis, master ; Z. Hard, sec'y. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month.
Miscellaneous Societies.
Walloomsac Lodge No. 2084, K. of H., at Bennington-Insti- tuted March 8, 1880. Meetings held 2d and 4th Tuesday evenings of each month at Good Templars' Hall.
Bennington Branch National Temperance-Meets every Monday evening in Good Templar's Hall.
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Young Ladies Shakspearian Club of Bennington-Meets Tues- day evenings of each week at the house of the members, as appointed.
The Ladies Dickens Club of Bennington-Meets as per appoint- ment at the residence of members.
Father Matthew Total Abstinance and Benevolent Association at Bennington-Meets
Independent Order of Rechabites.
Bennington .- Walloomsac Tent No. 4, I. O. of R., meets Mon- day evening of each week at Odd Fellows' Hall, South St.
Bennington Police Department.
Bennington Police Department-Judson I. Loomis, chief ;
Follett, clerk. Members of the Force-George M. Marsh, Albee Buss, Edward Payson Hathaway, Arthur C. Sweet, Herman H. Bratt. Meets the first Friday evening of each month at 7:30 at the Court House.
Bands.
Moon's Orchestra, Bennington-Six pieces, organized 1877. C. . F. Moon, director ; R. O. Goldsmith, sec'y.
Bennington Cornet Band, Bennington-Twenty pieces. H. M. Tuttle, pres't ; J. I. Loomis, sec'y ; J. H. Norton, treas.
Bennington and Rutland Railway.
General offices at North Bennington, Vermont. Trenor W. Park, president ; John G. Mccullough, vice-president; C. E. Houghton, treasurer ; F. C. White, superintendent ; H. W. Spaf- ford, general freight and passenger agent; A. G. Coomer, road master ; W. G. Shaw, general accountant; Geo. W. Harmon, Clerk, Bennington.
THE RATES OF POSTAGE.
Postal cards, one cent each, to all parts of the United States, and Canada.
FIRST-CLASS MATTER-THREE CENTS PER HALF OUNCE OR FRACTION THEREOF.
Letters, and all other mailable matter of other classes subject to letter postage by reason of a violation of the postal laws, three cents per half ounce to all parts of the United States and Canada.
REGISTRATION, DROP LETTERS, ETC.
On registered domestic letters and third and fourth class matter an additional fee of ro cents is required.
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RATES OF POSTAGE.
Local or "drop" letters, that is, for the city or town where deposited, 2 cents, if delivered by carriers, and I cent if there is no carrier system, per half ounce.
Manuscript for publication in books, (except when accom- panied by proof sheets) newspapers and magazines chargeable as letters.
FREE.
Newspapers, to each actual subscriber, in the county where published, free of charge.
SECOND-CLASS MATTER-TWO CENTS PER POUND.
Newspapers and periodicals, transcient excepted, to be prepaid at the office of publication, at 2 cents per pound, or fraction thereof.
THIRD-CLASS MATTER-ONE CENT FOR TWO OUNCES.
(Must not be sealed.)
Mail-matter of the third-class embraces books (printed and blank), transient newspapers and periodicals, circulars, and other matter wholly in print, proof-sheets and corrected proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompanying the same, prices current with prices filled out in writing, printed commercial papers filled out in writing (providing such writing is not in the nature of personal correspondence, and the papers are not the expression of mone- tary value), such as papers of legal procedure, unexecuted deeds of all kinds, way bills, invoices, unexecuted insurance policies and the various documents of insurance companies, hand-bills, posters, chromo-lithographs, engravings, envelopes with printing thereon, heliotypes, lithographs, photographic and stereoscopic views with the title written thereon, printed blanks, printed cards ; and post- age shall be paid thereon at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional parts thereof.
FOURTH-CLASS MATTER-ONE CENT FOR EACH OUNCE.
Mailable matter of the fourth-class embraces blank cards, card- board and other flexible material, flexible patterns, letter envel- opes, and letter-paper without printing thereon, merchandise, mod- els, ornamented paper, sample cards, samples of ores, metals, min- erals, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, drawings, plans, designs, original paintings in oil or water colors, and any other matter not included in the first, second or third classes, and which is not in its form or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service. Postage rate thereon, one cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof.
RATES OF POSTAGE, PUBLISHER'S NOTES.
Packages of mail matter must not exceed four pounds each in weight, except in cases of single volumes of books.
Undelivered letters and postal cards can be re-sent to a new address without additional charge.
Senders may write their name on transient newspapers, books, or any package in either class, preceded by the word " from."
Stamps cut from stamped envelopes are rejected by the post office.
Stamped envelopes and wrappers, postal cards, and stamps of different denominations for sale at post offices.
Stamped envelopes accidentally spoiled redeemed at any post office.
PUBLISHER'S NOTES.
FRANKLIN SCOTT, Patent Solicitor and Attorney in Pa- tent cases at North Bennington. This gentleman has probably, facilities for securing the interests of his clients, superior to any other Attorney in Vermont, and undoubtedly not surpassed any where. Of a mechanical turn of mind he has perfected himself in the art of drawing and designing until he now stands confessedly at the pinacle of the profession. His knowledge of mechanics, enables him to point out defects or suggest improvements in the designs of his clients. and his immense library, pertaining to pa- tent matters, enables him also to point out what has already been done, if anything by others, to hinder the success of an applica- tion. Finally his long experience in legal points connected with this peculiar practice, combined with his other qualifications emi- nently fits him for successfully advancing the interests of the in- ventor. As you would employ the most skillful physician to be obtained, in desperate cases of disease, so to secure your financial interests in patent matters you should employ one who under- stands how to introduce all the claims made, in such language and manner as will secure the desired rights and privileges. See Mr. Scotts advertisement opposite the map.
M. E. BURGESS, the popular Liveryman, in rear of the Putnam House, at Bennington, is a thorough horseman. His establishment is one of the best in the State, containing as it does barouches, landaus, double and single buggies, sleighs and cutters in large numbers. His horses are always first-class, for when unfit for livery service he sells for farming or other la- boring purposes. If Mr. Burgess should be introduced as a livery- man to any stranger, the latter would infer at a glance that his business was conducted in order and first-class style. He adver- tises on page 368.
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GEO. B. SIBLEY, merchant tailor and dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Furs and Gent's Furnishing Goods at Ben- nington, began this line of business nineteen years ago. So thoroughly well pleased were his townsmen and neighbors with his way of doing business, that previous to the centennial celebra- tion in 1877, he received the commission to furnish uniforms for the Governor's Staff, to be used on that occasion. His store in the Free Library Hall building is fitted up in tasty style, and is well filled with desirable goods. Mr. Sibley visits the leading markets frequently, and supplies himself with the latest novelties in his various departments, as they appear. A first-class cutter will guarantee to fit all persons who desire custom work. Mr. Sibley does not deal in " cheap John" goods, but intends to give honest value for money paid him. Our readers will notice his foot line advertisements on directory pages.
THE BENNINGTON BANNER, published weekly at Ben- nington, by C. A. Pierce & Co., is a welcome visitor at many homes in every town of the County. With the aid of their local correspondents the home news is very complete and entertaining, while due attention is given to the general news of the day and to miscellaneous reading. Mr. H. L. Stillson of the editorial rooms does his part of the business well. We wish the paper a "Happy New Year," and abundant prosperity in the future. The firm have abundant facilities for general job printing and for binding. Their stationery store is the largest of its kind in the county. See advertisements on pages 2 and 501.
OLIN SCOTT, Iron Founder and Machinist, Bennington, Vt., advertises inside the first cover. Mr. Scott has won distinction especially for his superior Powder Mills, a class of machinery that must be made with the utmost precision and of great strength, His paper machinery, marble machinery, &c., have also won for him the name of being one of the leading manufacturers of the country in his special lines. For further particulars of his busi- ness we refer the reader to our discription of his works on page 84.
BENNINGTON MARBLE WORKS .- This establishment, operated by A. I. Loomis & Co., has by reason of their uniform excellent work, built up an extensive trade,-indeed much of their work goes to the vicinity of Troy, N. Y., where large marble shops are located, a fact which testifies strongly in favor of this firm. We commend them to the notice of those who have need of their services. See card on pages 368-503.
P. S. LOOMIS, Dentist, at Factory Point, publishes cards on page 318 and 347. Dr. Loomis is an adept at his profession, and fully up to the times in the improvements introduced in the practice. Call on him, all you who disire the services of a dentist.
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PUBLISHER'S NOTES.
THE MANCHESTER JOURNAL, the only newspaper pub- lished in the northern district, has a wide circulation throughout that section of the County, and to a considerable extent in the southern district and outside the county. Mr. Simonds, the edi- tor and proprietor, has had several years experience as a journal- ist. He is also postmaster and town clerk, evidence that the people have confidence in his integrity and worth. Every family should patronize their home paper. See advertisement on page 502.
R. GOLDSMITH is a leading grocer at Bennington. He is also proprietor of the only greenhouse in town, where may be found tropical as well as native plants, in great variety. As a seedsman too, Mr. Goldsmith stands at the head in this vicinity. People of Bennington County who desire house plants already acclamated, should remember Mr. Goldsmith, whose prices are always as low as can be afforded. Cut flowers are to be had here when occasion demands. See advertisement on page 256.
BENNINGTON CLOTHING COMPANY, located in the Putnam House Block, at Bennington, have established an exten -. sive trade in the line of Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Furs, Gents' Furnighing Goods, &c. Mr. Will Pollard of the firm has personal supervision of the store, and by his courteous dealing has gained many friends. He will try to make it an object for citizens of the county to trade with him. See adver- tisement on the lower margines of directory pages.
A. P. CHILDS .- The enterprising Insurance Agent at Ben- nington has by industry and close attention, built up an extensive business throughout Bennington County. From a residence here of a dozen years or more, he has established a wide acquaintance and gained the confidence of the people ; a deserved reward for prompt and honorable dealing. See card on page 318.
R. F. FISH, General Undertaker, at Bennington, advertises on page 286. Mr. Fish has been at the business several years and keeps a large variety of all goods necessary for his business. He has also a new first-class hearse. Those who are unfortunate enough to need his services will find him ever courteous and obliging.
JOSEPH SCHWARZ, manufacturer and dealer in Boots and Shoes, at Bennington, is a scientific workman and warrants good fits. His ready made stock is equal to any in the market and his prices are at the bottom. We think it will pay the citizens of Bennington County to give him a call when in town. See his ad- vertisement on page 256.
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THE BENNINGTON COUNTY REFORMER, though pub- lished at Brattleboro, is substantially, and to all intents and pur- poses a successful County Newspaper. It has an active corps of local correspondents, who fix up the "ins and outs" of the vari- ous towns in palatable dishes for the public appetite. It is a large well printed sheet, and deserves the liberal patronage it obtains. Mr. A. P. Childs of Bennington, is the local editor and manager. See the advertisement on page 503.
S. B. PIKE, Dentist, at Bennington, is one of the oldest in the profession in the County, and his success has been such as to give him a large patronage from adjoining towns. Remember Dr. Pike when your eating apparatus gets out of order. Card on page 286.
NEW YORK MARKET .- This establishment, head quar- ters for Fruits, Vegetables, Provisions, Oysters and General Gro- ceries, under the immediate charge of Alfred Z. Cutler, is doing a flourishing business. Card on page 286.
DR. E. N. S. MORGAN, of Bennington, is a practitioner of long and extensive experience. He needs no words of commen- dation from us. His card may be found on page 318.
HOLD ON, STRANGER! Follow the advice given on page 368. Save your honor and be well soled by trading with William Martin & Son when in need of boots or shoes.
EAGLE SQUARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY-For a description of the business of this company, we refer the reader to our remarks on page 191 and to the advertisement on page 491.
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WOODFORD.
Woodford, a southern central town, was chartered by Gor. Wentworth, of New Hampshire, March 6, 1753, to Elisha Chauncey and fifty-nine others. The town contains forty-twe square miles, being six miles north and south, and seven miles east and west. The surface is uneven, being occupied almost entire by the Green Mountain range.
From the western border a continuous elevation leads one to a fertile table land, which extends eastward a mile or two, when the eastern descent by gentle stages, begins. The town is watered by Bolles Brook, City Stream and Stamford Stream which dow into Roaring Branch, and by Rake Branch and West Branch of Deerfield River flowing east.
In this town as elsewhere in this county, the streams descend rapidly, thereby affording more mill privileges than can ever be improved.
Big Pond, at Woodford City, contains about roo acres, and is a beautiful sheet of water in full view of the road. If the proprie- tors would establish a boat house here, and put upon the pond two or three good row boats of scientific build, (not the clumsy tubs one usually finds on these small lakes, ) the investment would undoubtedly prove a profitable venture. Several other smaller ponds are located in town, see map.
The soil of this town is a gravelly or sandy loam, in places so studded with boulders of the metamorphic quartz rock as to be practically unfit for cultivation; in others the surface soil is in condition with proper clearing up and well directed tillage to yield tbundant crops of hay, potatoes and other root crops, and the serials may be grown, though it is doubtful if it can be done with profit. Lumbering and charcoal burning occupy the chief atten- top of the citizens.
The inhabitants are an industrious, hardy people. Though few, . it any ate wealthy, scarcely any are ever poor enough to need
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as stance from the town. There is work enough for all, and all are disposed to work. The Bennington & Glastenbury Railroad enters the town from the west and follows the Roaring Branch and Bolles Brook into Glastenbury.
The population of the town in 1880 was 488, all of whom ex- cept 8 were white.
During the year ending Sept. 30, 1880, the town contained three common schools and employed three female teachers, at an expense for salaries of $356.00. The number of pupils attending school was 73, and the total amount expended for school pur- poses was $402.63. Arthur Andrews was superintendent.
WOODFORD p. o., known as Woodford City, located on the summit of the Green Mountain, is a straggling village a mile long. containing about roo inhabitants, one church, (Union), a comfort- able hotel, three saw mills, one grocery, one blacksmith shop and one box factory.
The turnpike through the town is kept in excellent condition, and though the drive from Bennington is a continuous ascent, yet it is a pleasant one in summer, for winding along the valley by the side of the stream which now ripples close beside the road, and now dodges off away from sight, only to appear again at in- tervals in the narrow gorges of the mountains. In places the road hugs the stream so closely that a stout railing is necessary to prevent accident, while beneath on the right the water sings its merry notes as it leaps from rock to rock-ever downward, downward. Scarcely a rod in the whole distance is the water at rest. The constant swash of the water has eroded the lighter soil or modifi.d drift to the extent of several feet in depth, uncovering and exposing the larger boulders of the unmod- ified drift which here everywhere covers the surface of the rocky substratum, and adds greatly to the picturesqueness of the view which is ever changing.
The summer air at Woodford City is pure and healthy, while by an easy drive or walk to the summit of a hill a mile south one can command a magnificent view of the country stretching for many miles away on either hand-for, in reality he is on Mount Prospect, one of the highest peaks of the Green Mountains to be
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found in this vicinity, and some hundreds of feet higher than the top of the observatory at Mount Anthony.
The beautiful little lake known as "Big Pond," which lies at the upper end of Woodford City, might with little expense, be made a scene of great attraction to outside visitors.
In 1876 Mr. C. W. Cutler, a grandson of Zurial Cutler, the first settler on the mountain, and who lives where he did, built a trout pond for rod and line fishing, which has afforded amuse- ment for many private parties and "lone fishermen." It is well stocked with speckled beauties, captured from the mountain streams in the neighborhood, several thousands of which were put in during the past year.
John Bugbee's Saw Mill on City stream, built in 1866, cuts from 2,000 to 2,500 feet of lumber per day, when at work.
Gleason & Woods Saw Mill on City stream, manufactures about 250,000 feet of lumber per year, and has capacity for 4,000 feet per day.
Geo. W. Knapp's Saw Mill, also on City Stream saws from 300,000 to 500,000 feet of lumber and chair stuff annually. East of Woodford City, at the intersection of roads 3 and 33, are the two coal kilns of J. W. & A. W. Hager erected in 1872-'75. They manufacture about 25,oco bushels of charcoal annually.
Near the east line on Rake Branch of Deerfield River, is the saw mill and turning factory of Enos Adams of Benning- ton. The mill is substantially built and painted and is capable of cutting 6,000 feet of lumber per day. A specialty at this mill is the manufacture of wooden bowls, of which many thousands are made annually.
The saw mill of Briggs, Brothers & O' Brian, lower down on Rake Branch, cuts from 300,000 to 500,000 feet of lumber an- nually.
The Pine Valley Steam Saw Mills of F. A. Gleason & Co., in the northern part are connected with road 4, by a tram way. This company manufacture about a million feet of lumber annually.
Asa Guilford, built a saw mill on West Branch of Deerfield River in the southeast corner of the town near road 6. The property came into possession of M. Davidson & Co., as lessees in 1870. They have since added steam which co-operating with
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the water, affords abundant power. The company employ ten men besides choppers and wood hands and manufacture about 1,000,000 feet of lumber annually. It is marketed principally in North Adams, Mass.
L. J. Barton & Co's chair factory on road 6, about a mile and a half east of "the Elbow," furnishes employ to 26 men, and 250 chairs are manufactured per day. Their saw mill, at the same place employs four men, and has capacity to cut of hard and soft wood 8,000 feet of lumber daily.
J. Foot & Son, of Connecticut, have during the summer of 1880, erected a steam saw mill near the site of the old Bolles Mill on road 3, with an expected capacity of 400 or 500 feet per hour.
J. J. Morehouse, of Amenia, N. Y., and E. C. White, of New York City, own five coal kilns on road 3, west of Woodferd City. Two are of 50 cords and three of 40 cords capacity. From 12,000 $0 15,000 bushels of coal are manufactured monthly. The kilns are under the charge of H. F. Knapp.
The saw and lath mill operated by Geo. W. Bolles on road I, in Woodford Hollow, gives employment to four or five men and cuts from 1500 to 2,000 feet of lumber and 35 bunches of lath daily.
Aldrich & Mallory's saw and turning mill on road 2, was built by Lyman S. Patchen of Bennington, about 1864. Messrs. A. & M. have operated the mill three years, and purchased it in the spring of 1880. They employ 12 to 14 men, and manufacture 3,000 feet of lumber per day, and two car loads of sawed and turned chair stuff per month. They expect to re-open the ocher business in 1881.
Harbour Brothers, proprietors of saw and shingle mills, and coal kilns on road 2, employ six to eight men in summer, and from 25 to 30 in the winter. Capacity of mill is 5,000 feet per day. They manufacture about 25,000 bushels of charcoal per year.
In 1873, Beckly & Adams commenced the burning of charcoal in this town on roads 2 and 22. They erected six kilns, each of forty cords capacity.
The business is now carried on by James Beckly, of Chatham, N. Y., under the immediate charge of Freeman S. Houghton, of
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