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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-25
MORBUs sABBATICUs

There is fearful disease which is
prevalent among great many church
members and in order that they may
recognize it's presence and it's danger " c
give the following description from an
exchange
Morbus Sabbaticus, or Sunday sick
ness, disease peculiar to church mem.
bers. The attact comes on suddenly
every Sunday; no symptoms are felt on
Saturday night; the patient sleeps well
and awakes feeling well: eats a hearty
breakfast, but about church time the
attack comes on and continues until
services are over for the morning,
Then the patient feels easy and eats a
hearty dinner. In the afternoon he
feels much better; and is able to take a
walk, talk about politics, and read the
Sundy papers, he eats hearty supper
but about church time he has another
attack and stays at home. He retiret
early, sleeps well, and wakes up Mon.
day morning refreshed and able to go tc
work, and does not have any symptoms
OF the disease until the following Sun
day. The peculiar features are as fol
lows:
1. 1t always attacks members OF tn,
church.
2. 1t never makes its appearance ex
cept on Sunday.
8. The symptoms vary, but it evel
interferes with sleep or appetite.
A. 1t never lasts more than twenty.
four hours.
8. 1t generally attacks the head o.
the family.
6, No physician Is ever called.
Z. 1t always proves fatal in the end
to the soul.
8. No remedy is known for it excep
prayer.
9. Religion is the only antidote.
10, This disease is often called "Sys
tematic Lying" but it's true name il
"Morbus Ssbbaticus" or Sunday sick
ness.
II. 1t ia becoming fearfully preva
lent, and is sweeping thousands every
year prematurely to the devil. Selected
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A woman,s Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in this
county. Disease fastened it's clutches
upon her and for several years she with.
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seem
ed imminent For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep
She bought OF us a bottle bf DR.. Klng't
New Discovery for Consumption and
was so much. relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miraculously cured
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." THU
write w. G, Hamrick & Co., of Shelby
N. C.-Get a free trial bottle at j. T
Shurtleff's drug store.
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The verdict UnabImou..

w. n. Sult,y druggist. Bippus, Ind,
testifies II can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took SIX bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism of 10 years standing.
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellvile, Ohio
afirms THE best selling medicine
have ever handled in my 90 years ex
perience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands
Of others have added their testimony, SC
that the verdict is unanimous that Eec
trio Bitters do cur9 all diseases Of tho
Liver, Kidneysor Blood. Only a hal
dollar hostile at ,. T, shurtleff'S druI
etora
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-25

On Ohio journal objects to Genera
Harrison because, IL alleges, his grand
father TO have been q slave-0wper. Yet
the same joarnal defends evetyN South
arn Democrat in and out OF Congress
Some people regard consistency as q
jewel. Others do not. IN !
Hoods safsaparilla lie a, purely vege
tabls preparation, being free from injur
ious ingredients. Il is peculiar IN III
curative power
PEARS soap is an elegant toilet ad
iunct.
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WISE AND OTHERWISE.


For the want of something better, the
Democratic press has harped upon the
conduct of General Harrison during the
famous railroad strike of 1917 On that
subject, here is what Judge William a.
Woods of the United States District
Court OF Indiana, has to say: mo SEN
sible man acquainted with General Har-
rison's character .can'belicve such state
ments as are made, for a moment, In
the first place, he is a man of the great
est humanity and sympathy. and II
would simply be contrary to his charac-
ter and nature to talk about shooting
people down. Secondly, he is one OF
the most self-contained men in the
world. | know that instead OF being
anxious to have the soldiers brought into
conflict with the strikers, there were
other persons willing for such an issue
whom he restrained. 1t was largely
through his efforts that conflict and
bloodshed were averted. l know this"
So Shiioh,s goBsumptIon cure.
This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine we have ever
sold, a few doses inVariable cures the
worst cases of Cough, Group and Bron
chitIs, while its wonderful success in the
cure of Consumption is without a paral-
lei in the history of medicine. Since its
first discovery it has been sold on a
guarantee, a test which no other m sdi-
cine can stand. If you have a cough
we earnestly ask you to try it. Price IL
cents, so cents and 81. If your lungs
are sore chest or back lame, use Shilohs
Porus Plaster. Sold by j. I. Shurtleff,
Bennington
Judge wfiffan 4. Woods q ne
United States District Court Of Indiana
said the other day IF General Harri-
son became President there will be a
man at the head of the Government able
to conduct the administration on princi-
piles of truefand pure craftsmanship.
have known General Harrison for many
years, both in personal and profession
al way land have great admiration for
him, both as a man and as lawyer.
consider him more however than simply
lawyer. He is a man of broad views
and firm grasp, and is wonderfully self
poised and self reliant, As President
his admin, tration would be his own"
Tonight and To-Morrow Night.
And each day and night during thu
week you can get at all druggists
Kemp's Basams for the Throat anG
Lungs, acknowledged, to be the mos
successful remedy ever sold for the cure
OF coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whoop-
ing Cough, Asthma, and Consumption
Get bottle to day and keep it Away
in the house, 30 you can check YOU
cold al once. Price SOC and $l,00
Sample bottles free. For sale by j. T
Shurtleff, Bennington, Vt.
"What more could one ask in candl
date ?" inquiries Judge Woods Of thu
United States District Court,in speaking
of General Harrison. He has harmo-
nized the divisions which formerly ex
listed in the Republican party and he il
drawing largely by his personal popu'
larity from the Democratic party, anC
the questions of high character, ability
and loyalty to the party being satisfied
what further could one ask in a candi.
date 2" We don't ask anything more
Judge. All we ask is for votes enough
to elect him. And lhey are coming.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-25

The United States Senate must be kept
Republican by the result Of, the State
elections, and the House oflRepreSenta-
tives must be made Republican by the
oyerturning Of the mesgfe adverse ma.
jorite there. The way to do the latter
is to work hard in every doubtful Con-
gressional district.
1t seems 10 US that there are less per-
sons afflicted with rheumatism, since
our druggists sell Salvation Oil. PricC
twenty five cents bottle
The Democratic chairman of one In
diana County, Club sentout circular II
search of Floats, "-phrchasa voters
Col. Brice's campaign of ideas" FeemI
TO have "slruck in"
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RncLInn,n ArnIcn aaIra-

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required II Is guarantee ed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale by ]. 7. sHuRTLEFF.
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EASTMAN BROS. & BANCROFT,
4s2 & 4ei CONGRESS ST. PORTLAND, ME.
3jm3
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, ratired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by an East India mission.
airy this formula Of simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh. Asthma and all Throat and
Lung Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints,
aner having tested its wonderful curative powers
In thousands Of cases, has felt II his duty to make
II known 10 his suffering fellows. Actuated by
this motive and desire to relieve human suifef 7.
ing will send free Of charge, to all who desire t.
this recipe, In German. French or English, with
mail by addressing with stamp. naming this pa.
per. w. A. NoYBs,
ll9 Powers Bloch, Rochester,N. Y. 3sy1 cow
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W,R, WOrthingtOn & Son,
DEALERS IN
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
SHOES, HORSE and CARRIAGE
BLANKETS, TRUNKS, BAGS,
ETC., ETC.

if you want to purchase a Suit
of Clothes, an OVerCOat, a pair of
Shoes, or even a pair of OVerallS,
at crock bottom" prices don't 90
to a Observation-Disclosures who
swings out sign like the follow.
ing
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-25

THESE are in every respect strictly first
i class Paints, composed Of pure linseed
oil and the highest grade of pigments They
are prepared ready for the brush, in 81 newest
shades and standard colors, and, on account
of their purity and great covering properties,
we offer them as the MOST DURABLE and
ECONOMICAL Paints ever produced. One
gallon will cover from $50 to as 50. it.,
two coats.
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Is the article you want il your. hair Is getting
thin, II Is natures own remedy and has been
used by Indians Of Mexico for ages, II con-
tAins no oils or chemicals. Cures dandruh,
prevents the hair from falling out, makes It
grow. and excclls them all as a dressing.
Sold by druggists, 81. The YUCCA Co., Bur
lington. VT
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r QxadOIs eures Ltver Complaint,
eszHe.S-OA- Btliots affections and
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Scott Building, North Bennington, v
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
WEST CORNWALL.

b. F. Haskell spent last week in New
York city.
VIM. II. belong took trip to Ticon-
derogo last week.
Hattie Hamilton is home from Saxton's
River for her spring vacation.
Will Taylor and wife of Whiting visi-
ted in town the latter part of last week.
Measles is yet with us; several cases
are on the docket, but all are doing well.
1t is warm weather and the snow is
leaving fast; wheels have put in an APP
pearance.
Albert Shackett and wife have moved
to Whiting on the place owned by
Emery Patnode.
Grace Bingham was unable to return
to her school in Middlebury on Monday
morning on account of sickness.
Warren Norton, with his family, has
gone to Panton for a visit, and from there
he expects to go to Worcester, Mass.
Gilbert Dumas went to Ferrisburgl
Sunday, having been called there by a
telegram announcing the death of his
brother, Samuel, who died of typhoid
pneumonia.
Hattie belong has returned from
Missouri, where she has spent the last
year and half. She has attended
school some and has taught also. Her
friends gave her warm welcome.
The entertainment at F. II. Deans
given by the Ladies' Union Aid society
of which notice was given last week
passed off very pleasantly and quite
creditably to all participants, particular.
ly the younger portion, some carrying
their parts admirably. Something ovel
so was realized.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30

weeks, both passing away on the same
night of the week and their funerals were
attended on the same day and hour. Rev.
Mr.. Hague officiated on both occasions.
Truly might one say of them, peaceful
and happy in their lives, and in death
they were not divided" Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter were very estimable Christian peo-
pie, open-hearted, easily affected by 9TH
ers' sorrows, kind and sympathetic, and
always found in the place of prayer until
i'll health prevented. They will be missed
by "A large circle of relatives and friends,
but upon none will this great loss come
more heavily than upon the daughter so
sadly bereft. But sit is we'll" We re-
joice that their heaven is sweet, and Zone
day for us all the bitter will cease
Then
"Weep not that their tolls are over;
Weep not that their race is run;
God grant we may rest as calmly
When our work, like theirs, is donel
Till then we would yield with gladness
Our treasures to Him to keep,
And rejoice in the sweet assurance
He giveth His loved ones sleep"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
ShOREhAM.

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Birchard rejoice
in the advent of bib. son, born March
%.
The roads in town are becoming passa-
BILE again, but the late storm cost good
ly sum.
A. c. Farr of Larrabee's Point has so
far recovered from his recent illness as to
be able to attend to his ordinary duties.
Kendall & Grandey are putting on to
the rear end of their store an addition of
40x25 feet. The upper part is to be used
for a store-room and the cellar for hitch
ing horses in.
The Congregational parsonage is being
slated and in other ways repaired. We
understand Rev. G. p. Byington and
family are to move In as soon as the re-
pairs are completed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
EAST MIDDlEBURY.

There have lately been two deaths at
the town poor farm-Lena Ward, aged
26, the Goth and Sarah McKie. aged so,
the Goth. The funerals were attended by
Rev. S. w. Bidwell. Mrs. Ward left two
children, boy of four years and an in
FAINT of two weeks. Mrs. Champlin is
sick at the poor house with pneumonia
and the older of the Ward children has
the measles and is very sick.
At the annual school meeting in dis
trict No. the following officers were
elected: Moderator, II. D. Maynard /;
clerk, r. A. Damon; collector, Albert
Olmsted; auditors, j. A. Douglas, VIM.
L. Belknap, Austin Peck; treasurer, NJ.
f. Day; prudential committee, S. G.. lis
dale agent to prosecute and defend suits,
II. d. Maynard. 1t was voted to sustain
schools three terms of II weeks each {;
also tax of 10 per cent.
At the annual meeting of district No.
IL officers were chosen as follows: Mod
orator, S. w. Bidwell; clerk, A. Ii. Mat
thews; committee, ID. A. Perry; treasur-
er, A. j. Sumner; collector, ID. L. With
erell; auditors, S. W. Bidwell, L. Taylor,
A. Farnsworth; agent, E. X. Severance.
The expenses the last year were about
1925. The school house was repaired. A
tax of 10 per cent was voted to cover the
expenses of the coming year; also that
there be an arbor day and picnic at the
school house and yard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
General l7eps.
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.

The Trenholm bill to codify and amend
the national bank laws has been reported
favorably.
- 1t is rumored that Secretary Bayard
will be made chief justice and Minister
Phelps secretary of State.
The election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people is favored
by the House committee on revision of
the laws.
The Senate has passed a bill allowing
soldiers and sailors who have lost both
hands, or the use of both hands, PEN
sion of 500 month.
The House has passed bill providing
that on the trial of all civil and criminal
cases in circuit and district courts the
judge shall charge the jury in writing, if
so required by either party.
In reply to request by the Senate for
copies of the minutes and daily protocols
of the meetings of the fishery commits
sion Secretary Bayard says there is moth
ing further to communicate.
Senator Edmunds has introduced bill
providing for the inspection of meats in
tended for expectation, to meet the OBJ
jections urged against American meat
products by the German and French gov
ernments. and to prevent the importation
into this country of adulterated goods.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30

quarters, last week, with these officers
vice-president, Col. George w. Hooker of
Brattleboro; secretary, G. A. Flint of
Montpelier; treasurer, George S. Dowley
of Brattleboro; general manager, +. W.
Harlow of Brattleboro; directors, Col.
George w. Hooker and James L. Martin
of Brattleboro, Alfred Messer of Roches-
ter, j. c. Newton of Dummerston, C. III.
Campbell and L. A. Flint of Westminster.
p Chandler of Wilmington, Gen. Will
liam Wells of Burlington, w. L. Park of
Lyndon. The capital stock of the asso-
citation was fixed at $4,000, single shares
being So.
Between and o'clock last Saturday
evening, while William Dougherty, some
what under the influence of liquor, was
displaying a cartridge pistol, by some
means the weapon was discharged. the
ball passed through the feshy part of
the first finger on Doughertys left hand
and then across the top of his wife's left
wrist, near the joint. The bullet, which
was of % calibre, then glanced to the
lace of their little daughter, four years
old, who was sitting near the stove. The
ball entered her face on the left side near
the mouth. passing directly back through
the soft tissues of the cheek and lodging
in the neck little below and behind the
ear. She is not fatally hurt Rutland
Herald.
a Bellows Falls dispatch says: In the
matter of settling the claims of those
injured in the Central Vermont accident
at hite River year ago, it is under
stood that important evidence has al
ready been presented tending to counter
act that given before the board of rail-
road commissioners, and in addition
thereto upon which the commissioners
reported no negligence on the part of
the corporation whereby from State law
the road denied liability. The attorneys
on both sides had session at White
River junction on Tuesday, and Thursday
at Holyoke, Mass. 1t is said that, while
denying liability, the road has within
few months settled about 80 different
claims. Important evidence is being
taken in four cases against the road.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
State 11epS.

The House of Correction at Rutland
has GA inmates.
The medical department of the univer-
sity at Burlington has 100 students.
Waterbury had robins and three feet of
snow on the ground Tuesday, according
to dispatch from there.
Marshall j. Ingraham was probably
fatally injured in Il saw-mill in Victory,
Monday morning, by the bursting of
circular saw, piece striking him in the
head.
The Fall Mountain Paper Co.'S wood
working mill at Bellows Falls, for pre-
pairing wood pulp, was burned the other
night. Loss estimated at S9OOO insur-
ance, $500.
B. A. Hall, who came to st. Adams
from Seattle, w. r., some months ago
and married a respectable young woman
of Georgia, was arrested Saturday night
and held in $1,000. charged with bigamy,
as he has wife in Seattle.
An exchange which has looked over
the returns find that Johnson voted the
biggest town tax of any in the State, 20,
and Jamaica comes next with 200. So
far as the returns are in Charlotte is the
lowest with 10 cent tax, and Franklin,
Cornwall and Panton came next with
Is cents each.
The funeral of ex-Gov. Horace Fair
banks took place at st Johnsbury last
Thursday, and was attended by large
number of people. Many prominent
men were present, including Gov. Orms-
bee and staff, ex-Gov. Farnham, represen-
tatives of the New York, Boston and
Montreal branches of the Fairbanks
Scale company and others.
A ST. Adams dispatch says the Central
Vermont road has been experimenting
with device for extingnishing the fire
in a Baker heater in case of accident,
also contrivance for blowing out the
lights. They are the invention of Austin
Berry of Warden, p. O., and have proved
very effective so far as tried. They de-
pend for their operation on the auxiliary
air chamber under the car. As soon as
the car begins to tip valves in the air
chamber are opened automatically and
the air is communicated instantly in the
one case to a machine which forces Il
chemical composition into the fire, and
in the other to the lights, extinguishing
them as quick as IA flash
The Vermont maple sugar exchange or
ganized at Brattleboro, its future head
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
NEW HAVEN.
Measles prevails in Brooksville.

Measles prevails in Brooksville.
Miss Kate Roscoe is home from South
Hadley.
Mrs. Freeman Washburn is quite sick
with heart difficulty, and Mrs. Frank
Smith is also seriously ill.,
Mrs. Lucy Ann Squier of Stockholm,
N. Y, is spending some time in town
among relatives and friends.
The church and society have given $45
towards liquidating the debt of the Yer
mont Domestic Missionary society.
Report says that Miss Ada Barton of
Burlington, formerly of this town, is
married and will go to New York to re-
side.
The Bible class of Mrs. Mary II. Kent
gave her pleasant surprise at her home
last week on the occasion of her SD an
niversary.
Miss Hill left on Tuesday for her home
in Connecticut. She is an aunt of Mrs.
Hague, and had been spending the win
ter at the parsonage.
Last Sabbath the Sunday school voted
to send their penny collections to three
specific objects, viz: $40 each to Oberlin
college and Chicago Theological semina-
ry for the education of poor students as
missionaries, and to the New West Edu,
cation commission for the work in Utah
The funeral services of Harry w. Car
ter (of whose illness notice was made last
week. were held at his late residence on
Town Hill on Monday at IL o'clock. Iii,
wife's death preceded his by only two
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
DOM EsTIC.

Chicago switchmen employed on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy have
joined the strike.
Abner |. Benyon, the eXiled president
of the Pacific bank of Boston. died at To-
ronto on Sunday.
Joseph DreXel, well known in business
and social circles in New York, died Sum
day from Bright's disease.
Ambrose E. White, Cincinnati mer-
chant, and well known there, has been
arrested on the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT.
Treasurer II. Z. Boyce of the Whitman
tic, Ct, savings bank is charged with mis-
appropriating about Sl5O,OOO of the funds
of the bank
The State national bank of Raleigh, n.
c., has been ruined by the president and
cashier, who are supposed to have gone
to Canada.
A tornado last Saturday nearly de-
stroyed the town of Minnesota, Kansas,
and caused very serious land slide at
Kansas City, Mo.
1t is estimated that three or four hun
dred employees of the New York custom
house will be discharged on account of
an enforced reduction of expenses.
Jerome L. Hill, a prominent member of
the New York Union club and executor
of large estate, is charged with defalca-
ton. Heis supposed to be in Canada.
Another severe snow and wind storm
ragged in the Northwest on Sunday.
Street car traffic in st. Paul was aban-
doned and on some of the steam roads
trains were abandoned.
The Maryland House has passed bill
which provides for the redistricting of
the State in such way as to insure the
success of the German Democratic ma
chine in two Congressional districts.
District Attorney Fellows has decided
to retry Jacob Sharp during the April
term of the court of oyer and terminer.
Bourke Cockrane of Sharp's counsel
gives notice that he will move for change
of venue.
Hon. William Dorshemer, ex-lieuten-
ant governor of New York and eX-United
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30
CORNWALL.

Thad. and Mark Dean, sons of II. F.
Dean, are home from the Episcopal in
stitute at Rock Point for their Easter
vacation.
Albert Everts of Utah, formerly of
Salisbury, is in this section securing a
carload of Vermont blooded sheep for
shipment to Utah.
The funeral of Mrs. Walker, mother
of Mrs. |. l.. Eells, was attended from the
residence of Mr.. Eells on Wednesday af-
ternoan, March IS. Mrs. Walker was
with her son in Rochester, VT, at the
time of her death, and her remains were
brought here to be inferred by the side
of her husband, in the cemetery at Wey-
bridge. Rev. NJ. c. Stebbins officiated.