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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06
BENNINGTON FURNITURESTORE
Undertaking ParIors.
Estaie of SUSAN C. CHASE, De
II ceased.

WIN presented.
STATE OF VERMONT
District of Bennington, -
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
Bennington, within and for said district, ON the
10th day ofNovember, A. D. 1885
Present, Hon. Edward l.. Sibley, Judge
An instrument, purpOrtng to be the last will and
testament and OOdicil thereto, Of Susan c. Chase
late of Bennington In said district deceased being
presented by Edwin F. Stratton. the executor
therein named TOR Probate, it is ordered BY said
Court that all persons concerned therein be notified
to appear at session thereof to be held at the Pro
bate office in Bennington, in said District on the
sth day Of December, A. D. lsSS at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, and show cause, II any they have
against the probate Of said viii; for which purpose
il is further ordered, that this order be published
three weeks su; cessively In the Bennington Ban
ner, newspaper printed at Bennington, in thi,
State, previous to said time Of hearing.
By the Court. Attest
ATS n j. WILKINS. Register.
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Holiday Goods
The Finest Assortment
Ever Shown in Ben
nington.

The BANNER Book and Station
cry Store Is now filled with an
elegant stock of New Goods. In
Fancy Goods our assortment en-
braces Card Cases. Pocket Books,
DreSSing'CaSeS, Toilet Sets, Mani
cure Sets, Jewel Cases, Work
Boxes. Glove and Handkerchief
Boxes, Photograph and Auto
graph Albums, Photo graph
Frames, etc, etc.
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When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
wheA she became Miss, she chung to CAstoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06

Gy-Call and see the holiday goods at
the BANNER Stationery Store while the
assortment remains good.
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DIED.

DRAPER.-In South SALISBURY, Dec 8, at the
residence Of his brother, jerome Draper, aged 80
years and months.
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BOOKS! BOOKS !

Our assortment OF juvenile
Books Is complete. Is cents pays
for an elegantly illustrated and
handsomely bound Chlld'S Book.
We have the largest assortment
OF R chly Illustrated and Stump.
tuOuSly Bound GIFT Books ever
shown In this county.
Sets OfStandard Works at ride.
ulOuSly low prices.
Call and examine our Stock
and get our Prices before pur.
chasing elsewhere.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06

Than We are offering. We sell
the best Of eVerything-begin
ming down to S1.75 for a SerVicea-
Bile school suit for boys. Wish
you would look round town and
see the sort of suits others sell
for $3.50 to $500, then come to
our store and compare the goods
we Offer at those prices.
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Rheumatism

We doubt If there is, or can be, specific
Semedy for rheumatism; but thousands who
nave suffered its pains have been greatly ben
Gifted by Hoods Sarsaparilla. II you have
failed to find relief, try this great remedy.
al was afflicted with rheumatism twenty
years. Previous to 1888 found no relief, but
grew worse and at one time was almost help
less. Hoods Sarsaparilla did me more good
than all the other medicine l ever had"
II. T. BALLOON, Shirley Village, Mass.
az had rheumatism three years, and got no
relief till took Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t has
done great things for me. recommend it to
Others" LEWIS BURBANK, Biddeford, Me.
Hoods Sarsaparllla is characterized by
three peculiarities list, the combination OF
remedial agents; I'd, the proportion; Sd, the
process Of securing the active medicinal
qualities. The result is medicine Of unusual
strength, effectmg cures hitherto unknown.
Send for book containing additional evidence.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla tones up my system,
purifes my blood, sharpens my appetite, and
seems to make me over" j. i. THOMPSON,
Register OF Deeds, Lowell, Mass.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla beats all others, and
Is worth its weight in gold" /. HARRINGTON,
100 Bank Street, New York City.
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TROY.

ESTATE OF CLARlSSA B. NOR
IL TON, d ceased.
Notice Of Settlement and apple ,iiJn for Dstri
button.
STATE OF VERMONT, 90
District of Bennington,
In Probate Court. held at Probate ONCE IN Ben.
nington, 10 said District, on the LIST day of De
cember, A. d. 1883.
Present, Hon Edward L, Sibley, Judge
Frank e. Norton, executor of the estate
of Clarissa b. Norton, late Of Bennington, in said
District, deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
WherenpOn, It Is ordered by said Court, that
said account and said application be referred to a
session thereof to be held Rt the Probate Office
aforesaid on the eth dAy Of December. A. D.. 1888
or hearing and do 'sion thereon Aud, 1t Is
further ordered, that notice thereof he given to
all parties interested, by publication of the sam
three weeks successfully in the Bennington RAN
YER, a newspaper published at Bennington. prev
Gus to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
| cause. ii any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
true record, attest
SIDNEY J. WILKINS Register.
A true copy of record, attest
| 1913 SIDNEY J. WILKINS, Register.
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W.R. WOrthingtOn& Son,
DEALERS IN
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
SHOES, HORSE and CARRIAGE
BLANKETS, TRUNKS, BAGS,
ETC., ETC.

JfyOu wan 10 purchase a Suit
of Clothes, ar 0yercOat, a pair of
Shoes, or even a pair of 0VeralIS.
at crock bottom" prices don't 90
TO a Observation-Disclosures" who
swings out a sign like the follow
ing
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QuaCkelbuSh & Co. S.
TROY, N. Y.

Hundreds Of Long Cloth Gar
mentS, in the very latest shapes,
have been received by us in the
past few days.
These CIOakS appear In all the
new shades and charming high
cOlOrS. Some are richly braided,
others are plain, and all have
some features or style entirely
new.
40 STYLES Long Garments, high
COlOrS, S14, SO, SIG, S17.
Novelties i'm Long Garments,
Immense variety at SIS, $40, S22,
$3.50, $2j.
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Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Hats
Shoes, Hardware, Furniture, COT
fins, TombstOnes, Grind.
stones, Goose Yokes,
Patent Medicines.
Glass Eyes.
False Teeth, &c, &, Sc.
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DIARIES FOR 1889.
STATIONERY

Fine Writing Paper and EnVeI-
OpeS, PapeterieS, Writing Desks
and Tablets, Paper Knives, Ink
Stands in great variety, Fluid
and StylOgraphic Pens, Pocket
Ink Stands, BlOtterS, CellulOid
Tablets, Inks, Mucilage, Pens,
PenhOIderS and Pencils, Note, Let
ter. Fools Cap and Legal Cap Pa
perS.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-06

U. 8. SENATORS COMMENT.
Mjnday an Associated Press reporter
endeavored to obtain from prominent
members OF the Senate an expression OF
views on the Presidents message.
Senator Hoar said About all can
say is that It embodies the utterance OF
a disappointed politician"
Senator Sherman said 4; "The latter
part OF the message consists OF q review
Of the work of the different branches OF
the government, and there is nothing
slriking about it, The first part did
not h6ar."
Senator Cullom said "Of necessity
he dies game on his tariff views, and in
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
of lemon juice, take up and serve OF
toast. - Courier-Journdl.
WISE WORDS.

A good conscience is the finest opiate.
It is better to do well than to say
well.
You must love in order to understand
love.
Goo nature should lead in the list of
the virtues.
The friendship of the artful is mere
self-interest.
No place, no company, no age, no
person, is temptation free.
The majority of people are most
generous when they have nothing to
give.
Education begins the gentleman, but
reading, good company and reflection
finish him.
Woman is the Sunday of man. Not
his repose only, but his joy. She is the
salt of his life.
Look up, and not down look forward,
and not back; look out, and not in; and
then lend hand.
All when shall all mems good be each
mans, and universal peace lie like a shaft
of light across the landl
lie is rich whose income is more than
his expenses, and he is poor whose ex-
penses exceed his income.
How cunningly nature hides every
wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity
under roses and violets and morning
| devil
You may deceive all the people some
of the time, and some of the people all
the time, but not all the people all the
time.
Marriage is the best state for man IN
general, and every man is worse man
in proportion as he is unfit for the mar
ried state.
A good book is commendable for two
reasons, because of the thoughts which
it contains and because of the thoughts
which it suggests.
A man without discretion may be com.
pared to a vessel without helm; which
however rich its cargo, is in continual
danger of being wrecked.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
Inscriptions in Saxon Houses.

Many of the houses in Saxon villages
bear an insc iptlon of some motto or
sentiment. Often, says the Youtt's
Companioa, these sentences show great
originality, seeming to reflect the
characteristics OF the house owner. The
following examples OF such homely
literature are taken from "The Land BE
yond the Forest :"
A" Till money get from my father-in-law,
My roof, alas must be covered with straw,
of course adorns matched cottage.
Another has a more serious ring:
Within this house a guest to,d1Y.
SO long the Lord doth let me live;
But when He bids, | must away,
Against his will cannot strive.n
The mistrustful character OF the Saxon
thus finds vent:
60 Trust yourself to every one;
lis not wise TO trust 10 none
Better, though, TO have no friend,
Than on many to depend
Another Wise body writes:
How to content every man,
Is a trick which no one can;
II 10 do so you can claim,
Rub this out and write your name"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
THEABsENcE OF LITTLE WESLEY.

THE ABSENCE OF LITTLE WESLEY
Since little Wesley went, the place seems all
so strange and still
WY miss his yell o. "Gran'papl'a as d miss
the whipperwilll
And to think use to scold him fer bis ever
lastin' noise,
When l on'y rickollect him as the best o little
boys
wisht hunderd times day at he d come
trompin' in,
And all the noise he ever made was twic't as
loud ag'in!-
1t 'u'd seem like some soft music played on
some fine instrument
'Longside o. this loud lonesomeness, sence
little Wesley went!
OF course the clock don't tick no louder than
it use to do
Yit now they times it pears like it 'u'd bust
itself in twol
And, let rooster, suddent-like, crow som'ers
clos't around,
And seems IS of, mighty nigh it, it 'u'd lift me
or the ground!
~And same with all the cattle when they bawl
around the bars,
In the red o airly mornin', er the dusk and
dew and stars,
When the neighbors' boys at passes never
stop, but jest go on,
A-whistlin' kind o. to theirse'v's-sence little
Wesleys gonel
And then, o. nights when Mothers settin' ur
uncommon late,
A-bilin' pears er somepin, and l set and smoke
and wait,
| Tel the moon out through the winder dont
look bigger N dime,
And things keeps gittin' stiller -stiller-stillei
all the time
l we ketched myself a. wishin' lil1e--as cluml
| on the cheer
To wind the clock, as hev done fer more 4
fifty year
A-wishin' at the time he'd come fer us to g,
to bed,
With our last prayers, and our last tears
sence little Wesley's dead
james Whitcomb Rdey, in the Century
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
Violin Villages.

No musical instrument is deserving of
greater care than the violin. A good
one will last for centuries, and improve
with age. A newspaper writer tells
something of the people who make the
best viollns, in Markneukirchen, with
its surrounding villages, Klingenthal,
Fleissen, Rohrback and GraslitL, in Sax
ony, where there are about II, 600 people
who do nothing but make violins. The
inhabitants, from the little urchin to the
old, gray.headed man, the small girl and
the old mother, are all engaged in max
ing some parts of fiddle. -.,
A good instrument consists of GO diff
ferent pieces Tie older men make the
finger board from ebony and the string
holder of the screws The small boys
make themselves useful by looking after
the glue pot. A man with strong,
steady hands and clear eye puts the
different pieces together and this is the
most difficult task of all.
The women generally occupy them
selves as polishers. This requires long
practice, and family having daugh-
ter who Is a good polisher is considered
very lucky.
LNCu young man. NhCu hO BOcS
a-wooiug, inquiries whether the young
girl is a good polisher and if she is it
certainly will increase his affection for
her at least twofold. The polishing
takes a good deal of time some of the
best violins being twenty and even thirty
t mes polished.
Every family has its peculiar style of
polishing and never varies from that.
There is one that makes nothing but a
deep wines color another a citron color,
yet another an orange color and so on.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
Hanged For Witchcrart.

The last persons judcially executed il
England for witchcraft were a woman
and her daughter, nine years Of age,
who were hanged at Huntingdon in
17lG. The last judicial execution in
Scotland for witchcraft was a woman in
l722, who was condemned to death by
the sheriff Of Sutherlandshire. There
is an account Of woman having in l727
been put into tar barrel and burnt at
Dornoch, Scotland The penal acts
against witchCraft were repealed in l3C
in the reign of George II. In 1751 Ruth
Osborne, suspected of witchcraft, was
murdered by a riotous mob at Tring, in
England; Thomas Colley, one of tho
leaders of the mob, was tried at tho
ensuing county sizes, found guilty and
hung in chains on the spot where the
murder was committed. It'd Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
Peacock Feather Fan.

Take small Chinese fan, round or
slightly oval in shape, cover it with
dark green paper muslin or any dark
green thin material; cut the feathers
about four inches long, measured from
the top of the fibers. Have a bottle of
mucilage ready; begin by clipping the
fibers remaining on the quill, from
which has been cut the tops, takes these
fibers and glue them all around the edge
of the fan, so they will extend about two
inches over the top of the fan. Take
the largest size of the feathers and glue
in the center of the top and have them
about one inch longer than top of tibers.
Keep on glueing one feather after an
other, arranging so the smallest will
come to he bottom. When the first
layer has been placed all around the out
side edge of the fan begin the second
layer. Keep on until one side is all
finished; let it dry then begin on the
other side; when allis finished and dry,
take curling knife or any other blunt
knife or shears and begin curling the
long fbers into nice large and soft
curls. Those on the edge curl closely
down to the edge. Next wind the han
die with peacock-blue ribbon, finish with
a full bow with long ends of the same
and you will have beautiful fan.
trOit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
New Zealand Sport.

New Zealand now contains great mum
bers OF wild cattle which have descended
from those lost by the farm ers during
the Maori wars which ended in 1868.
Hunting these animals is an exciting and
dangerous sport The game is not easily
secured, as the animals hover seemingly
for protection about thickets filed
with long twining creepers, in which
progression is very difficult. Into these
vines they dash at the slightest alarm,
seeming fully aware that neither horse
nor man can follow them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

The New York ,Star says: "There
have leen scores Of explanations as to
how the term Iet her 90, Gallagher
originated, butt is safe to say that the
correct explanation mas never been
made Daniel J. Gallagher, a we l.
known printer of Philadelphia, is re-,
sponsible for the phrase. Some years
ago he became stage struck, aud in order
to get "bohinl the scenes daily col-
sented TO assist in lifting and lowering
the curtain. The ropes became en-
tangled in the hands Of the typo, aud
at a critical moment the curtain refused
TO drop The dying villain on the stage
prolonged the agony as long as he could,
until the stage manager b brcame fIanlic,
and seeing the novice did not under
stand what TO do, shouted, in full hear
ing Of the audience, Let her 90, { al
laghcrl Let her gon And fiom IN It
day forward the phrase le1ame sire, t
slang"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

The committee in charge of the cele-
bration in London of the three hundredth
anniversary of the destruction of the
Spanish Armada has arranged that an
Armada window shall be placed in St
Margaret's, Westminster, England,
where Lord Howard and Sir Walter
Raleigh lie buried, AMI also that an
Armada tsrcentenary exhibition shall be
held at Plymouth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Make the Kitchen Attractive.

Considering the fact that so many wo-
men are obliged to pass a great portion
of their time in the kitchen, why not
make II an attractive apartment rather
than stow it away in the basement, or in
some dark corner of the house, as is now
too frequently done Most houses dis
play pleasant sitting g-rooms; but if we
judge of the conveniences and general
pleasantness of the kitchen by the rooms
in front of the house, we utterly fail in
our conjectures. To make l'ttle show
in company rooms, how many actual
kitchen comforts are denied in many
households2 1t is surely better to begin
our house. furnishing at the kitchen and
work toward the front as we are able.
Let the kitchen closet be well stocked,
even though the parlor suffer a little
AgeHrs Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

"The last Michigan Legislature, " says
the Detroit 7rijuue, 'enacted law au-
thorizing the payment Of bounty of one
cent per head for slaughtered sparrows.
The law, as far as Wayne County-and
nearly every county in Ne State, for that
matter-was concerned, has been mop
erative. In the first place, when the law
went into effect, it found the counties
without any specific appropriations
which could be drawn from in payment
OF bounties, and in the second place, as
regards the city of Detroit, there was
conflict of opinion as to whether the
bounties should be paid out Of county or
city funds, and whether the County
Treasurer or City Clerk should be the
.disbursing agent Since the adoption
lof the estimates by the council the mat
ter has been brought to the attention of
a number of the Aldermen, and it is pro-
posed to offer a resolution in the council
for the insertion of an item of $1,000 in
the estimates, transmitting the same to
the board of estimates, with the recon-
mendation that it be favorably consid-
cred"
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
NOTHING GOES HARD WITH ME

Twas but a workman on his way
From tiresome toll to tea,
Yet in a CHEEKY tone he sang:
Nothing goes hard with me"
1 noted well the rough-hewn look
The awkward untaught air;
The spade and shovel on his back,
The tangled, unshorn hair.
And these the thoughts that came uncalled,
Unto my musing mind
Where, in the higher walks OF life,
Can we contentment findl-
Content in such great degree,
As this poor workman proves
Dwells constantly within the walks
Wherein he daily moves'
How many of the toisome task.
That each new day must bring,
Could learn from that poor laborer
To be content and singl
And find how light the work would fall"
No matter what it be-
While cherishing the workman's words
There's naught goes wrong with me-"
-Okolond Lancet
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

, largest Sabbath school in the
|. Ii is said, is the one in connection
lhe North Side Central Church, I"
eo, II has 5000 scholars with an
q atiendance of 5000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

/ Says writer in the London Pail Mall
Gazette. II paid a visit to Niagara
Tails not long ago and heard curious
fact which may not be generally known.
Il is that Mr. Gladstone, the ex-Premier,
owns patch of land on the Canadian
side commanding a splendid view of the
Falls. He was asked to sell when the
Prospect Park improvements were being
planned, but declined with thanks"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

Many members of the National Society
of American Florists arc women who
successfully manage large concerns,
Prominent among them are the Misses
Bristol, Of Topeka, Kan, who have the
largest florists ostab ishmcnt in jhat
State, and one Of the clcvcTrst florists in
Cleveland, Ohio, is q woman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

The cultiyatiiind milling of rice
4 oaisiana give ed pyment TO large
>teentage of her population. There
81 about 500 rice plantations in the
.Iate. New Orleans has IL rice mills,
'iih capacity of cleaning 275, 900
@sfels per annum. The amount in
>sted in all industries connected with
h4 rice trade is estimated at about
n oon 00o
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

|'be United States Supreme Court has
Iained the validity of a Kansas law
Hing railroad companies responsible
.'omages for injuries to their employees
Eklng out of the negligence or care
'toss OF fellow employees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20
Instruction for Laying Carpets.

Carpets are often badly laio down,
either from ignorance or carelessness.
The carpet, neatly folded, should be
brought in and laid down as it is folded,
the way the widths are to run. 1t must
then be unfolded by degrees, not dragged
open any way. When the carpet is
thoroughly opened out, let the centre
width be laid perfectly straight from one
end to the other, timed tack put at
each end to keep it in his place and all
the other widths laid straight according
to the first. When one end of the
widths is straight and thoroughly
stretched, let it be tackled down with
timed tacks at regular intervals, begin
ming at one end and working towards
the other. When this first end has been
firmly fastened down, let one side, at
right engles to the end nailed already,
be tackled, taking care to pull it out
"taut," as the sailors say. When the
side and end at right angles have been
fastened down, the corresponding side
and end are easily managed, and the
thing is done. .-Ne,o York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

Things grow worse and worse in Rus.
The latest outrage was at a concert
Petersburg, where two selections
played by forty-eight pianists upon
|saly- -four grand pianos.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

30 of the general officers of the army
.aitcd to the West or South. Ohio
'hfee sons in commanding positions,
York three, Pennsylvania two, and
q and Massachusetts, one each.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-20

answick, Ca, has invested in new
|t'i Bible for swearing witnesses on.
-tnsou for this is that.the old Bible
I'D the first four chapters of Genesis
Fl evay, and the lawyers are in
4 Hhhiher an oath made on a Bible
ilt lrst four chapters Is binding.