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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01
West Arlington.

Miss Grace futile is visiting friends in
Cambridge.
Miss Alma Hoyt, who has been quite
i'll is recovering.
The regular attendants of the Sabbath
School received their long promised re-
wards (books) last Sabbath.
Miss Fannie Mckee has returned to
West Rupert to continue her musical
studies, which were interrupted by the
measles.
Miss Laura Robinson Of Camden spent
part of last week with friends in
town.
j. Williams has secured "Shel" Buck
to drive his team the coming season.
About forty of S. E, Wright.s friends
from East Arlington and this place
spent Thursday evening with him. Deep
regret is felt that he and his family are
80 soon to leave this town.
Miss Emma Benedict closed a very
successful term OF school in district No.
five with an exhibition at HOyt's Hall
Wednesday evening, Feb. %, consisting
of Rotations, selections, charades, dIa
logues. tableaux. etc. All did nicely
and much credit is due the perseverance
of both teacher and scholars.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01

The Valley News speaks pleasantly
the "Caders," twenty in number, and
of their fine appearance and good march
ing. 1t apologies for the severe colds
under which many were laboring and
then says:
Captain Frank HurIey's graceful and
easy movements made him az once
favorite, and little eight year-old Belle
Smith made so charming and bewitch-
ing Little Buttercup' that she was re-
called. The clear, fresh voice OF Hattie
Sipperly showed to advantage in her
part az the little old woman, and the
duets between her and Seymour Bahan,
the little old man. were much enjoyed ,
The solo I'm so Shy by Audrey Bowen
captIvated the audience by its artless
rendition and was heartily enCored.
The chorusThe Young Cadets with solo
by Charley Bennett. and the Admiral's
Song (Pinafore) by Fred Tiff were also
well done. The unconventional acting
and singing of Messrs. Barnes, Phillips
and Ellsworth, as the three policemen,
added an agreeable touch of humor to
the entertainment. One of the prettiest
features of the entire evening was the
dance by a dozen of the girls around
the May-pole at the foot of which sat
two queens of May crowned with gar
lands of flowers.
Instead of the selections by the Polym-
MIA quartette, one of whose number had
been imperatively detained. solos were
finely sung by Miss Middlebrook and
Miss Mary Hutchins. During the short
time Miss Hutchins was a member Of
the Baptist quartette here she establish
ed an enviable reputation as a contralto,
and it was qualification to many TO
again have an opportunity Of hearing
her. The programme concluded with
several selections from Pinafore.
On the other hand the performance
does not appear to have been as success
full in the eyes Of the reporter of the
Sunday Express, and the North Adams
correspondent of the Troy Press main
tains a severe silence. The Bennington
correspondent of that paper, however,
says: The Cadets Picnic WAS grand
success at North Adams. The Wilson
Opera House was crowded. The operet-
ia will be produced by request at Hoo
sick Falls on the Bird Of April
The Sunday Express says: The audi
ence which met in Wilson Opera House
Friday evening were considerably dis
appointed at the entertainment offered
by the young people of Bennington
Perhaps they expected too much, moi
considering that they were to listen tc
children. The local talent need not fee
that they have been surpassed, for after
listening TO the town children in the
afternoon, the contrast could be better
appreciated, The management might
improve somewhat in their methods oil
doing business, and thereby increasing
the efficiency of the company which
they represent,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01
Mount Antoine.

The great excitement up here now is
land | may say has bren) Tor the past
week, who ia writing 50 learnedly, dis
play ing so much ready wit, apparently.
IN the articles IN the r former sIgped
John Quod GOOsebrrry Child brairs!'
OF course could tell item. bu' would
not, for we of the press never divulge
each Others secrets Our people do not
read a great deal but when they do they
want the kind # reading which will
improve their minds and be useful, as
well as interesting to their children,
Nothing would please us more than to
read the lives of our great men of the
present generation. Hence wish to ask
If there Is in print, or about to be issued
in book form: the Life of the Great
Child Editor and Reformer of the Nine
teenth Century, j. II. Livingstone" If
there is none, will you not employ some
good man to write it up? | will take a
copy for my own library. lfyou would
allow me to make suggestion or two
| would have it in two volumes. The
first volume to contain all Items and in
cldentS pertaining to the methods of
how he has reformed the citiz ms of
Bennington, say up 10 the first Tuesd ~
in June next. Then | would have the
second volume begin just after the De
cemher term of the County Court closes.
L. 5. Is this the first or second offense?
| want two copies of the second volume.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01

Miss JESSIE Z, STEWART is visiting in
Cohoes and Troy.
Mrs. MILTON TATOR, reported Ill with
pneumonia, is cOnvalescing.
DIR. JENNINGS went to New York on
Monday to spend a week. He will be
back by next Tuesday.
n. C.. PENFIELD becomes an inmate of
the Solliers' Home. having been com.
PEELED to give up his market on account
of failing health.
OUR readers will enjoy hugely an ar
ticle elsewhere today, under the head of
IAN Original Advertisement" Another
will repay perusal also. "a Sample of
the kind of Men Free Traders are"
THE second volume of the History of
Vermont in the Rebellion, by Hon. G.
G. Benedict, is in press. 1t is said to
have been rewritten and improved since
the appearance Of the first volume.
LAST week a second operation, for the
removal of stone in the bladder was
performed on VIM. II. Robertson, and
like the former one was successful, The
surgeon was DR.. Chisholm, assisted by
Drs. Newton, Daley and Shurtleff. Mr..
Robertson is rapidly convalescing.
THE rectory of S.. Peters church is
to be used hereafter as a parish house
and chapel. The various guilds will
meet therein and he daily services dur
ing Lent, possibly. That Church has
long needed something of this sort and
the rectory is admirably built for such
purpose.
In attendance upon the meeting of the
trustees of the Soldiers Home this af-
ternoon are Gen. VIM. Wells, chair
man, Coils. Geo. T. Chids, j. j. Eitey,
G. c.. Kinsman, Hons. Warren Gibbs,
Hugh Henry and A. B. Valentine, They
will adopt the plans mentioned last
week regarding the enlargement of the
home,
or farm owned by DIR. +. ". Good
all of this village, situated in Green's
boro, this State, there has been discov
cred a silver mine, which promises well.
Five hundred pounds of the ore has been
sent to Boston, and one hundred pounds
to Montreal to be assayed. The reports
from these points are cheering. We
congratulate the doctor and hope he
may find the mine as valuable as it now
appears TO be,
LAST week we printed an item about
cold coins" taken from New York ex.
change and it was our intention to cred
it the same, but the credit was omitted.
The notice. however, has ELECTED the
fact that there are numerous owners
hereab, uts of coins bearing the dates
mentioned. We know nothing Of the
matter except as above stated, and refer
all inquirers to coin collectors of whom
almost every city has one or more. We
are not in possession of the address oil
any of these.
Vermont in placing tickets IN the fielC
for election purposes, recalls in their re
lation to the Democracy, the anclen
story of the donkey and the lion. Thes,
animals we're walking and talking to.
geLher one day when the lion remarked
II am very hungry; go into thos
woods, bray and scare out something TO
me-" The donkey obeyed and brayet
like thunder, and out jumped a rabbi
which the lion devoured. Returning
the donkey inquired Did | scare any
thing Scare! yes, you did, and if
hadn't known who you were you woul,
have scared me too" The reader cal
make his own application.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01
WOOdfOrd.

We are obliged to Mr.. Albert Walker
for a stove for the Union church, and to
Mr.. Potter for repairing the same, for
which we are very grateful. The chan
deler in the church fell to the floor by
the chain breaking. There was no one
in the church at the time, and it was
ruined. 1t was a present from Mrs.
Calvin Park
Mrs. Higgins fell on the ice aud
sprained her ankle.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01
The RmInAm.

Anticipating the summer trade this
first class hotel is undergoing some ex-
extensive repairs. The rooms are all
furnished with electric lights and con
nected as before with the office by cleo
trio bells. The house is heated with
steam. The ceiling of the dining room
has been elegantly decorated in panel
work, oruamented, ami the woodwork
finished cherry. This makes this part
of the house the finest of any IN Yer
mont. The large side board is fitted
with a new steam heating apparatus, the
convenience and satisfaction of which
will be appreciated 10y the guests.
The rooms are undergoing repairs.
walls newly papered, frescoed, etc.,
which work of adornment extends to
the halls ard public parlors. The table
of this hosterie will continue to be of
the best. We hope the probable busl-
ness in summer boarders will be realized.
There is 10 reason why the convenience
of location and the comfort of the spa
cious verandas coupled with all the
modern convenlences should not com
mend themselves in Bennington as in
Bellows Falls or other Vermont towns.
We subjoin last Sundays bill of fare for
dinner
SOUP.
Mulligatawney.
REMOVES.
Boiled Corn Beef with New Cabbage,
Roast Beef and Pork Brown Sauce,
Roast Chicken, Gibet Sauce.
ENTREES.
Beet Potpe, with Dumplings,
Baked Macaroni, with Swiss Cheese
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes, Boiled Potatoes,
Stewed Parsnips, Stewed Tomatoes,
Lettuce, Asparagus.
RELIsHEs.
Chow.Chow. Olives, Cucumber Pickles,
Mixed Pickles, Worcestershire Sauce,
Tomato Catsup, Celery.
PASTRY AND DESSERT.
Mlnce and Washington Pie, Princess Pudding
Chocolate, Cream, Figs, Tea, Coffee,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01

This spring with your blood full of i'm.
purities, your digestion impaired, your
appetite poor, kidneys and liver topid,
and whole system liable to be prostrat-
ed by disease-but get yourselfinto good
condition, and ready for the changing
aud warmer weather, by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t stands unequalled for
purifying the blood, giving an appetite,
for a general spring medicine.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01

Plain colors at csc per yard.
Figured at 80 and $50 per yard.
Also American Satteens in French
designs at IL I-2c per yard.
German All-linen Ginghams at
81 I-4c and 81 Lac per yard.
AndersOn's Scotch Zephyr Cling
hams at 4oc per yard.
Madras Ginghams at 81 Lee per
yard.
French Percales at 25c yard.
Shifting Cambria at ice, IL I-3c
and I5c per yard.
Dress Ginghams at Sc, Ioc and
IL f-2c per yard.
Chambrays at roc per yard.
Spring Prints at sc, 6 lac and SC.
We make a specially OF the above
goods and aim to secure the very
choicest styles in the market, and to
sell them at the lowest possible
prices for goods Of equal quality.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-01
Epfal 1utrlliocntc.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy for changes of advertisements must DC IN
land Tuesday of each week in order to be sure oil
compliance with request, and, except in urgent
cases, transient advertisements must be IN TINS OIL
Ace Wednesday afternoon.
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1t cannot be removed byany chemical or me.
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For marking Cotton, Linen or airy fabric. ANY
Pen can be used.
Fine Linen Paper, 100 sheets for % cents or
10 cents per quirc.
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BOX PAPERS
BOX PAPERS !
BOX PAPERS !

Just received $50 boxes of elegant writing pa
per, which we are retailing 80 and 25 cents per
box. The best paper for the money, ever offered
In Bennington,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Personal News Notes,

Lieut.. William S. Davies, Thirteenth in.
fantry, died at Fort Stanton, N. Mex, on
the 4th OF the present month.
Ex-senator David Merriwether of Ken
lucky, the appointed successor OF Henry
Clay, has recently beeu visiting Washing
ton. He is eighty years old.
The trustees Of Princeton college have
elected Rev. DIR. Patton president OF that
institution, despite the numerous protests
from graduates throughout the West.
Gov. Hill has three pets at the executive
mansion, Albany-two dogs and q cat.
Zeke is as homely a. bull pup as ever exist
ed. Bruno is a g~ood-natured Irish setter.
The cat, a great favorite with the governor,
bears the appropriate name OF Veto.
William E. Smith, who was assistant
secretary OF the treasury under the late
Daniel Manning, and who is very ill OF
Bright's disease OF the kidneys at his home
at Plattsburg, N. Y, is not expected to
live. s. A. Kellogg, q former partner oil
Mr.. Smith, said that in his opinion Mr..
Smith could not last many days longer.
Gen. Charles Fitzsimons OF Chicago was
chosen for sergeant-at-arms OF the Repub'
lican National convention by the subcom-
mittee at Chicago over Capt. John J.
Healy.' The general is regarded as the
candidate Of Mayor Roche and ex-Con-
gresham George r. Davis, while the cap.
tain was backed by the old soldier organi-
gations.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

=. d. Pyne, M. r. for West Waterford, q
Nationalist, al arrested when alighting
from a cab ontside OF the house of com.
ms Mr.. Pyne is the gentleman who
shut himself up in Lisfarney castle, in Wa
terford, and defied the police to arrest him,
and who afterward eluded the Irish au.
tborities and escaped to England.
The marquis OF L%ansdowne will leave
Canada in March. Lord Stanley has been
instructed to enter upon the duties OF gov.
dispatch says hat Lord Dufferin, the
viceroy. referring to his resignation, declar-
ed the step was imperative and due to
private reasons There ne verh had been any
differences between him M the govern
ment. The time was opportune for him to
resign, there being an outlook OF prosperity
and peace.
Parliament assembled on the 9th. The
queens speech opening the session was
read by royal commission. The friendly
to and the completion of the Afghan
boundary demarcation and the conclusion
OF the Suez canal negotiations mentioned.
As to Ireland the speech says: 1.-THE meas
ures which you passed last session for the
benefit OF Ireland have been carefully cat
ried into effect during the period since
elapsed. The result of this legislation so
far as tested by this sort experience is
satisfactory. Agrarial crime has dimin-
ished, and the power OF coercive conspira-
cies has sensibly abated. Measures tend.
ing to develop the resources OF Ireland
and to facilitate an increase in the number
of proprietors of the soil will DO laid be.
lore YOU"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
convicts Charmed by Music.

"Of all the experiences ever had"
remarked Annie Russell, ''the most
singular was when / was a child play
ing in a juvenile sPinafore' company.
We were to give q performance on
Christmas day inAuburn penitentiary
before the convicts. We dressed be-
hind screens on an inlproyised stage,
and while we we're doing SO we heard
the wardens speaking to and arrang.
ing the prisoners. l had never before
heard human beings spoken to SO
roughly. When / came out upon the
stage and saw the sea OF faces, many
of the most repulsive type, and knew
that nearly every crime had it's repre-
sentatives there, ! could scarcely 60
on. At first their laughter q terri
flying. Tt was SO coarse it seemed be-
stial rather than human. But little
by little the charm. of the music and
the sight of the fresh young faces sof-
tened them. They quieted down till
from their behavior one could scarce
Iy have told them from an ordinary
audience. And at last I saw many
weeping and some sobbing almost
convulsively. It was q wonderful ex.
perience, andI do not regret having
known it, but lido not think anything
could tempt me to 60 Through il
again.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

General Francis Walker, who was
superintendent Of the census OF 1880,
in an article in the Quarterly Journal
of Economics on 1.-THE Eleventh Census
Of the United States" expresses the
opinion that the tenth census was
too varied in it's scope, and that the
next should be confined to an emu
meration of population, by number,
age, sex, color, place of birth, occu-
patton, etc. and to agricultural sta
tistics. He thinks that the informa.
ton. otter than the above, gathered
by the last census, is very valuable,
but holds that it's collection should
not be . part Of the regular census,
! it's makes the work too cumber.
some and retards progress in giving
Inc result Of the census to the public
.nspoon as possible after it is taken.
The .full force Of Gen. Walkers views
sNiiI he appreciated from the state
ment that several volumes ct the con-
- ofsI680 are not yet published.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

The decision in behalf of Sarah AL.
thea Hill, who claimed to be the wid.
ow of the late Senator Sharon, and is
at present the wife of Judge Terry, her
counsel in the suit against Sharon, in.
wolves the conclusion that living in
secret with q woman means
marriage in California. Whether
it will apply in all cases is a
question, but certainly it is an invita-.
.tion to women OF limited virtue to
turn upon such wealthy men as are
their partners in social intidelity. The
reputation of this woman was not
remarkably good when she became
the silent partner OF Senator Sharon,
and yet the law gives her all the rights
that a recognized wife and widow
might have.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
The Poor Book Agent Again

"lve been botherlng my wife, late
ly," said @ First Ward man to g.
GAINESVILLE Gazette reporter, "by the
ringing of the door-bell when I come
home to dinner, and then hiding. At
first she thought it was some OF the
youngsters, but finally found out that
it wasn't. 1t began to look asthough
there might be a surprise party on my
hands some day, SOL decided to keep
still until the family cooled down q
little.
"But just as I was coming up the
other day l saw somebody on the
front steps. He rang the bell just as
l always had, and then waited. I
knew in a minute there was trouble
ahead. My wife was not in the kitch-
en-. but I could see her through the
window as she grabbed a broom and
started for the door. She came
through the front ball with g. rush,
and when the door swung open that
broom came down on the peddler's
head so hard that it made his teeth
chatter.
"tPerhaps you'll play that trick on
your poor wife again, will youl' she
remarked, cheerfully, swinging the
broom around for q cushion 'carrom.
! think the joke is. OH my side this
time
1.-THE peddler didn't wait to hear
any more. The first shock had plant
ed him in two-foot snow-drift, and
when he got out he made a bee-line
for the depot. By the time my wife
had 9 her mistake, and when I
came out from behind the fence and
walked up to the door she was the
mostsurprised woman thatever lived.
She hasn't said a word about door
bells since. But / don't know wheth-
er the joke isn't on me after all.
When a mans wife can't tell him
from a gone-to-seed book agent it il
time something was DONE"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

Spain has no longer any intention
OF playing second fiddle to the rest OF
the world, at least so far as gigantic
expositions are concerned. 1t prom.
Uses to be the theater of a. worlds fair
in the coming spring. The fair is to
be held at Barcelona, which holds the
same relation to Spain as New York
city does to tho United States. Bar.
ceIona has a population OF 4o0, 900,
and is a manufacturing center as we'll
Is a seaport. The harbor is large
and safe, is furnished with stone docks,
iron warehouses, and a frst-rate sys-
tenn for loading and unloading. Six
railroads center there, and one OF
these. it is claimed, is the only rail
road in Europe exclusively equipped
with American engines and cars. The
city is a sort of emporium for the
rest OF Spain, and on that account
offers unusual advantages to those
who care to exhibit their wares at the
Spanish Worlds Fair.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
RESUME OF TINE NEWS.
Washington News Items.

WI N0VVo bkOHubos
Gen. Berdan submits and advocates an
elaborate pension bill before the house
committee. =
The controller OF the currency recently
appointed James McConville OF Stuben-
Vile, Ohio, to be receiver OF the Metropol.
itan National Bank OF Cincinnati.
Postma sters commissioned: Wisconsin:
Sagole. P. belong. Fourth. class post.
r. D. McLucas. Montana: Stickney, r.
NJ. Stickney.
The secretary OF the navy has designat.
ed Capt. j. c. Watson. Lieuts. Daniel De.
lehanty and e. +. Qualthrough and Assist
ant Engineer !. N. Hollis, a board OF in
spection for duty on the Pacific coast.
The senate has passed the bill to amend
the postal laws so that newspapers now
sent free OF postage to persons living with
in the county OF publication nay be sent
to persons living in other counties when
they receive them Mt p%ostofices within the
county OF publication.
The object OF the postponement OF the
consideration OF the proposed extradition
treaty with Great Britain until December
was to endeavor to take the so.called dy.
Mantle provisions out OF the presidential
election. from due respect for the Irish
ScoS' ~ PoAAbASAuho Va cooA OLIVE Will
claim that it was their party in the senate
which secured the p~ostponement.
Representative Payson, who has been
appointed a subcommittee OF one by the
house committee on public lands on the
bill to quiet the title OF settlers upon the
Des Moines river lands, will report it ia.
vorably to the full committee, and expects
it to receive the approval OF that body,
This was the bill which passed both hous.
es last year., but was vetoed by the presi'
dent.
By appointment G. p. Huntington, vice
president OF the Central Pacific Railroad
company, appeared on the 10th before the
house committee on Pacific railroads to
give his views upon pending legislation
touching those roads and to explain the
u OF the Central Pacific Railroad
company. MIR. Huntington went over the
same ground he did when before the Pacific
railroad investigation committee in New
York some months ago. In conclusion he
made a proposition for the settlement Of
the debt OF the Central Pacific on the basis
OF $50 semi annual payments-an extern
sion OF fifty-two years, he said, with inter
est at 2 per cent. Mr.. Huntington prom
Used to lay before the committee, not later
than thirty days hence, a definite and au-
thoritative proposition for the liquidation
OF the Central Pacific's indebtedness.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
A retired army surgeon in I.ond,

A retired army surgeon in London
poisoned his wife. Two weeks later
he married his mistress; three days
later still he was arrested on an in
dictment. In ten days more he was
convicted and within two weeks after
ward he was hanged. Only six weeks
elapsed between the commission and
discovery OF his crime, and only tour
weeks between it's discovery ana it's
expiation on the gallows. The Max
well-Preller murder casein st. Louis,
that has been before the pu bile for
two years, is another way OF admins.
tering justice.