The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-16
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Y. Sun.
Hay Fever sufferers ought to know of
, its efficacy. Ely's Cream Balm was
| recommended to me as preventive to
Hay Fever. Have been using it since
the 9th of August and have found it a
specific for that much dreaded disease,
For ten years | have been a great suf-
fereT from August 9th till frost, and
Ely's Cream Balm is the only preventive
l have ever found.-TF. B. Ainsworth,
Publisher, Indianapolis, Ind,
Georgia is now shipping grapes by the
car load, and at $3.50 net per load finds
them paying crop. The farmers make
money on peaches at 20 centsper bushel.
A woman at Tampa, Fla, killed a
rattlesnake few days ago that measur.
ed feet inches in length. A short
time before she killed an alligator feet
long.
1t is proposed to combine the -four
mills and bakeries of London in one
great establishment, where the work
may be done in immense ovens, under
scientific management, and at a material
saving in expense.
Two hundred thousand especially
ornamental handkerchiefs are ready to
be waved at Mr.. Blaine's arrival. The
handkerchiefs have a blood red border
and portrait of Blaine in the centre,
with this inscription underneath: Wei
come home, August, 1885,
The gambols of five small dogs who
were given an airing on the Common
were the cause of crowds amusement
yesteI day. AS the pups raced back and
forth over the turf a sympathetic smile
spread over the faces of the bystanders,
who seemed to take delight in the exhi-
bition of grace and sport Boston
Journal.
An orchestra Of girls is one of the sen.
sations of London. 1t is managed by
Lady Folkestone, and the fair Musicians
are of aristccratic birth. When their
noble conductor trots them out for sweet
charlty's sake the show is well worth
the seeing and hearing.
Rural guest at Boston restaurant (look
ing at bill of fare)--Dang these foreign
named dishes. Bring me a plate Of
plain hash, if you've got any. Waiter
Solemn and erect, in tone of dignified
reproachHOlla podrida for one.-TChi-
cagO Tribune,
Henry A. Archer, of Fairfield, Me-,
suffered from a severe cough, splitting
OF blood, weakness of lungs and general
debility. Physicians pronounced him
in consumption. His health was COM
pletely restored by the use of Wistar's
Basam of Wild Cherry.
A Georgia negro had just paid the last
dollar on mule he bought last spring,
when suddenly the creature died, leav-
ing him a financial wreck. Being condol
ed with, he replied, We'll, his time come
ter go, sab, an RAIDER him dan me-
Mother Ito daughter at an evening
party)-You look tired and worn, Cicely,
dear | cautioned you against dancing
too much. Daughter-I haven't danced
for an hour, mamma; Mr.. De Lysle has
been entertaining me, Ito entertainer)
Mr.. De Lysle, this is my mother.
II brakes Magazine.
A Congressman recently dictated
speech to the graphophone, and after its
delivery turned the cylinders over TO
the official reporters, who used the lat.
ter instead OF their notes in reporting
the speech for the Congressional Record.
Daughter-Papa, dear, Mr.. Sampson is
coming tonight, and | wish when you
go to bed that you would close the tran
som over your door. Father thumbly)-I
papa; and don't want Mr.. Sampson to |
think that that sort of thing runs in the
family.-[Texas Siftlngs,
II cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparilla
half enough" says mother whose son,
almost blind with scrofula, was cured by
this medicine.
One of Chicago's milionaires, Mr..
Dale, sold for SIS 900 not long ago lot
within the city limits that he originally |
man of this city bought large lot OF |
years ago for which he paid $4,000. He |
closed the last of it recently, and his re-
ceipts from the sale of the same lot |
netted him $3.50, 0OO.- Boston Journal
1t is reported from Washington that
Secretary Whitney has revived the order |
OF Secretary Chandler, which took the |
authority for making the details of off J.
GERS away from Commodore j. G.. |
Walker, the chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, and placing it in the hands
of board consisting Of all the bureau |
chiefs of the department.
According to a Maine paper a wicked |
Dover grocer played trick on fussy |
woman of that vicinity, recently. She
had just bought of him barrel of -four
that was not OF her fayOrite brand. The |
flour didn't suit. 1t was heavy, coarse,
black, sticky and wouldn't rise; and she |
wanted it carried back and snapped at
once. The grocer, whose opinion of the
flour was different from that of the lady,
carted it back, took off the head of the
barrel and replaced it with the head Of
an empty one that had held the lady's
favorite kind, and sent the same barrel,
thus doctored back. to her. 1t suited to
charm that time.
With the annual supplies which he re.
ceives by ship the Governor of the Dan
ish colony of Greenland has copies of |
the daily papers of Copenhagen for the
year preceding. He arranges these pa
pers in the order of their dates and then
quietly and calmly reads a paper each
day, just as though it were fresh from
the press. He is sometimes tempted to
peer into futurlty 10y reading some pa
per5 ahead when he ONES across inter
esIing news, but he resists the tempta-
ton, no matter how anxious he is to
know the facts OF some measure. One
days paper for each day is his rule; and
so at the end Of the year he is thoroughly
familiar with the news Of the preceding
year, and says he is just as happy as
though he pulled each days paper off
the press
The Orlando, Fla, Record tells re-
markable story of the effects of mad
stone in a case Of snakebite. A colored
woman was bitten by ground RATHER,
one OF the most poisonous known. Two
persons procured a maidstone and went
to the woman, whom they found in
great agony, writhing and twisting on
the bed, 80 as to require two men to hold
her. They applied the stone to the
wound, after first putting it in hot vine
gar, with the most extraordinary re-
suits. The stone firmly attached itself
to the wound and remained about four
minutes, adhering like leech. 1t was
then placed in warm water and threw
off greasy fluid Of grayish color, with
a slight mixture Of green. After a few
minutes it was replaced again, when 1t
remained only about minute. BY this
time the woman was free of pain and |
asleep, and is now doing we'll.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
HcIlo Hello there Mr. IJigastion I |