Vermont's Centennial

Bennington is looking forward to a gigaatic celebration neit summer. The act of the legislatura providing for a celebration of the handredth anniv-ersary of the admission of Vennont into the Union, and for the dedication of the Bennington batüe monument, Aug. 19, 1891, makes the governor, with the lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, state treasurer and. secretar}' of state, a committee of five, who all make the neceasary arrangements ásl have general charge and management of the ceremonies attending the dedication of the monument and the centennial celebration. ThO committee shall invite in the name of the state of Vennont the national government and the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to unite with Vermont in the dedication and celebration. Purthermore, the committee shall issue in the name of the state all invitations to invited guests, and shall cali the annual encampment of the National Guard of Vermont. It is discretionary with these officials what amount of money to spend. The responsibility of the celebrations is on the state and not the battle association nor the people of Bennington. The battle of Bennington was fought Aug. 16, 1777, but as Aug. 16 next year will fall on Sunday it was deemed best to have the celebrations in the middle of the week for the convenience of those who may come from a distance, and for this reason Wednesday, Aue. 19.