The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-01-26
GENERAL NOTES.

| The strike of lasters IN SampsOn's
shoe factory at North Adams has Undue
ed the proprietor to put in lasting ma
chimes which will prevent the strikers
from returning.
Town speculatOr in kansas-'I have
laid out city on my land, to be called
New Chicago, which will soon ousrr;p
the old city; as you are first on haud
YOUR company can have the best sltes
tor railroad station. round house, ETC.
Civil englnepr-'Ho large is the new
city "
T. S-'Not very large yet, but it will
soon grow,
c. E.-'How many houses it 2
7. Swell, to tell the truth, no
houses have been built yet, but intend
to sink well on the premises next
week
Referring to the political tendencie-
of the WOmen's Christian Temperate,
Union, the Bellows Falls Times peril
nently asks lis it not true that the
original object of The Union, in temper
ance work, rs being drowned out by tn,
introduction and multiplicity of St.
many subjects ?"
The finest house in Washington is
that OF B. H. Warder on X. street.
cost $400 900 and looks like a Venetian
palace. 1t has a bathroom of whit,
marble, and in one of tine bathrooms
there is an apartment walled with mir-
rors, 70 arranged that one can see every
part uf himself without turning his
head.
-Edi.on the inventor. who has had
-. VN.aNs 40 lao,
other living American, says that patents
afford very little protection, because 9th
or people steal the invention. and thu
work of defending the patents entails
very heavy expense. lie proposes to de
vote himself to the discovery of trad
secrets which will need no patents. He
has already discovered one chemical de-
vice which he thinks will pay hand
somely. as long as it is kept a secret.
"A precious stone of much interest j.
an Opaque white hydrophane discovered
in Colorado. The finder has named II
"magic stone" because, as usual with
this mineral. it possesses the property OF
becoming absolutely transparent if waIer
is dropped slowly on it from one to three
minutes. 1t is so porous that it will alb
sorb its own weight of water, 1t quickly
RECEIVERS its opacity. The finder suggests
that the stone be used for seals, rings
and scarf pins. as by reason of its opac
ity it would completely conceal portraits
notices. or mementoes, which could be
brought to view when desired. by the
application of little water.
There is one agreeable feature abou
the Democratic opposition to admitting
Dakota to Statehood, and that Is thai
the longer the Territory or part of il
is unjustly excluded the more solid and
satisfactory its Republican majority be-
comes.
The International Revenue Commits
sion at Washington has recently decided
that every bank in the United States, is
liable to a tax OF 10 per cent. on the
amount of Canadian bank notes it uses
for circulation, or is paid out by it in
checks or otherwise.
If the Voice, the third party prohib
itory organ, manifested one-half the
anrmosity towards the saloons which j.
displays toward anti-saloon Republi-
cans, it would very likely accomplish
something for the cause OF temperance
In a recent after-dinner speech
Chauncey NJ. Depew told an old fellow
named jimmy al Peekskill. an employe
OF the railroad company, who got drunk
and was killed by train. His widow
came to me for some money. Jimmy,
she said. had been the sole support of
the family. pointed out that his death
was caused by his bad habits and reck-
lessness. But. | added. that as Jimmy
had been with the road good while
would let her have $1,000. The money
was counted out to her. And is that
all mine 2 she asked incredulously.
answered that it was An dean you not
take it back from me 2 said did not
care to- Did you know Jimmy 2 she
said. L did was my reply Don't you
think the old man brought pretty high
price 2 she rejoIned."
The Republicans Of Vermont are
called upon to act at once in the matter
of the organization Of Republican clubs,
and the formation Of a State league. A
call has been issued, as given last week,
which IL behooves every Republican to
heed. Let these clubs be organized at
once, hold their meetings regularly, and
make the most Of the educating inhu-
ences of such political organizations, and
there need be no fear that Vermont will
not roll up old fashioned majorities at
the fall elections. Let action be had at
once. and let every club be represented
at Montpelier. February 10, when the
St1ts lsaSue is 10 be formed,