The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-14
CURRENT NOTES,
Leprosy is said to be spreading at an
alarming rate in Russia.


Press.
A PhiladcIphian has spent six years in
collecting 100000 Cancelled postage
stamps.
During the recent cyclone in Missis-
sippi negro boy was flown off his mule
into creek.
The most com on stock expression in
the language is probably "well, used as
an inter lection. 1t may be given more
meanings than any other meaningless
word of a few letters.
A wild boar took possession of the
main street of Santa Ana, Cal, few
days ago, and roamed at his own sweet
will for several hours. Finally he was
shot.
Among the presents sent to the Pope
this year were a rowboat, boot black
ing machine and a bicycle. Fancy the
Holy Father on bicycle!
1t is said that every member of fam
lily at Canton, O., who has died in the
last twenty years, has dreamed of falling
into a well about two weeks before death
came.
A man in New Jersey, who was in
very destitute circumstances, applied to
the town for help. He asked for some
money and pair of patent leather slip
pers.
The French wine production of last
year fell short of that of 1886 by more
than 16 600, 900 gallons. 1t is estimated
that France has lost So 900, 600, 900 by
the phylloxera since 1875.
The phylloxera is spreading in the
vineyards of California. Another dis.
ease called root rot has also appeared to
aid in the work of destruction.
Ivy planting and tree planting make
college commandments the true time of
"arbor days" Some love for trees may
be the result of the ceremonies, and ar
Dor day orators may be produced from
the graduating class.
An early portrait of the poet Brown
ing, soon TO be published in collection
of his poems, is said to represent
youngish man with dark hair, rather
ill shaped whiskers and decidedly He
braic cast of cOuntenance.
A writer in the St. Louis Globe thinks
the time is coming when the walls,
ceilings and floors of our dwellings will
be made of malleable glass, and perfect
cleanliness will be possible,
1t is said that there is one county in
Iowa which raises more wheat every
year than all the New England States.
That may easily be done, as but little
attention is given to wheat by New Eng
land farmers.
In the old church of San Miguel,
Santa Fe, N. NJ. is bell that was cast
in Spain in the year 1856. 1t was brought
to Mexico by Cortez, and after the fall
of Montezuma Indian slaves carried it
to New Mexica.
Carriages containing a wedding party
on their way to a preachers house at
| Plymouth, Pa, raH over and killed a
| little glrl. Inc whole party aI-
rested, and instead of the nuptial bed,
the bride and groom spent the night in
jail.
The lawyer who has had three young
lady typewrters in his office during the
last SIX months, all of whom have been
married in that time, will become the
most popular employer in the typewrit-
Ing profession if he continues as he has
begun.
Young Hyson - 81 see that Mrs
Scrymage adheres to the English fashion
at h"r receptions, and doesn't introduce
people to one another" Tom Bigbee-
II should say not, with the crowd she
she has there. Why, if one of those
people suspected who the others were
he'd never go near the house again. >
Puck.
Physician (after consultation)-I con
gratulate you sincerely. Patient (smil
ing)--Am l recovering? Physician
Not exactly that; but on consultation
we find that your case is entirely unique
and we have decided to give your name
to the disease if our diagnosis is con
firmed at the autopsy - Journal de
Medicine.
A cordial farmer, who is preparing to
receive city visitors, says: "Our poor
relations have written to say that they
want to inhale the country air for about
three months. Well, if they can live
on it. let them come. We can lodge the
last one of them, as we have plenty of
house ROOM"
Old Mrs. Bently-"Did you hear, Jo
siah, that the young student who has
been boardn' at the Hendrickses is very
sick ?" Old Mr.. Bently-"Yes, heerd
so; what's the matter with him?' Old
Mrs. Bently-"Studyin too hard, | sup
pose. The doctor says he's,got informa-
tion of the BRAIN The Epoch.
An Albany family have three year
old boy whose bump of mischief is phe-
nomenal. His mother took him in lis
carriage TO market and bought some po-
tatoes, which were put in the carriage
at his feet. AS she walked along con-
yersing with another lady the boy had
dropped them all out unnoticed, and the
fact was not discovered until they were
home.
Oxford University has decided to per-
nit women to compete for honOrs in
the final classical examination. This is
great gain for women students, since
they have long desired an equal chance
at classical honors In England, and have
been refused from an apparent fear on
the part of the authorities that classics
would cause overwork among women.
In report to the trustees of Colum-
bia College, President Barnard had the
boldness to declare that there are too
many colleges in the country, and for
that reason ne should like the under
graduate department at Columbia to be
discontinued and the whole institution
to be made a university for postgraduate
students. There are too many colleges,
but not too many like Columbia.
The advent of summer in the South is
described by an editor in appropriately
glowing language: 1.-The mercury, like a
cringing sycophant, quick TO do homage
to the coming queen, BOUNDED up to.
ward the nineties, and the glowing sun
shine showered upon the woods and
fields and sweltering mortals like waver.
ing sprays of molten gold"
81 have a good mind to lay off and
rest a couple of weeks said a young
journalist wearily, as he finished a
thrilling ten line notice of Browns
bakery and leaned back in his chair
you have that" warmly exclaimed the
grizzly old newspaper man, who was
wrestling with two columns Of tele-
graph and stack of proof. "You have
the best mind to rest with that ever
saw Exchange.
A writer in a recent book about trav-
cling in the East, telling of the slow
pace and multitude of animals required
in caravan travelling, makes the calcu-
latioi that the lsraelites, when they
went from Egypt under Moses, must
have had caravan at least 200 leagues
long and must have employed 5000 00C
) camels. What parade for the youth
full Egyptian as he saw 1t passl
Turkish rugs may come from Finland
! in year or two. The government OF
, that country sent to the East manufac
turer, disguised rs a simple workman
r.. ~. s,I,. ~ discovering tho gaprat al