The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-04-26

The exigencies OF the prohibitory law
have led to the production OF new
drink in Kansas, 1t is called phosphate
lemon rye.
As hair dressing AMI renovAtor, Ayers Hair
Vigor is universally commended. 1t erAdicates
dandruf, cures eruptions of the scalp, nvigorAtes
and beauties the hair, and prevents its falling
or turning gray.
A gay fashion is that of decking
coachmen out with big punches Of arti-
fetal flowers. 1t is more practiced in
New York and Philadelphia than in Bos-
ton, but its extension might be recon-
mended-
Goat Island, at Niagara Falls, is being
washed away by the rapid current, and
the State Engineer recommends an ap-
preparation by the Legislature for the
erection of a retaining wall of timber to
prevent further ravages,
AN UNEASY sLUMBER.
Paine's Celery Compound should be
used by all who cannot rest well. 1t
strengthens the unstrung nerves and
aids digestion. 1t brings sweet sleep to
those whom nervous troubles and dys-
pepsia have made seepless.
A deaf mute who was arraigned in
New York for begging in the streets.
being asked, according to the usual
form, if he had anything to say. aston
ished the court by answering. Me no
talk much English He was given ak
months.
The health of New York compares
very unfavorably with that of Londori
The annual mortality in the British me.
tropolis is about 90 to 1000, while in
New York it is 20 to 1000.
According to an advertisement in a
London paper: "A lady of good family,
without means, with thorough knowl
edge of everything, would be grateful
to anyone who would give her Occupa-
ton, not particular as to what There
is no false pride in this announcement,
certainly, but young woman who has
"a knowledge of everything must en-
counter an overcrowded educational
market to be willing to accept any &C.
cupation whatever.
ShIloh's Catarrh Remdey.
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, marvellous
cure for Catarrh, diphtheria, canker
mouth, and headache. With each bot
tie there is an ingenious nasal injector
for the more successful treatment of
these complaints without extra charge.
Price 80 cents. Sold by ]. 7. Shurtleff,
Bennington.
The queerest boat ever seen probably
mentioned by German newspaper. An
old gypsy fiddler woke one night to the
discovery that his hut was flooded. He
had no movable goods except an old bed
stead, a stool and his great double bass,
1t did not take him long to put his mon.
ster of bass yiol upon the water, seat
himself astride it and paddle himself to
dry land, using one of the boards of his
bed as paddle.
A young New York lady who has
danced several times with the Prince Of
Wales says he is polite gentleman, by
no means ELUSIVE in compliments, and
a little reserved in his manner toward
ladies in the drawing room, but alto
gether would pass for an angreeable and
thoroughly matured man of the world
without his royal backing, He ia below
the average beighth, but broad enough
for six-footer. Dancing is something
of an exertion for him. He was alto
gether respectful to the young lady
while dancing with her, and when he
got through left with courtly bow and
the remark, You American ladies are
fine dancers
lam PROUD.
to say from personal experience that
Sulphur Bitters, which advertisement
will be seen in another column is the
best spring and blood medicine to be
found, 1t is prepared by an honest firm
who scorn to use cheap and worthless
medicines, but use the best that money
can buy Editor.
A lumberman, says the Lewiston
Journal, has preached curious theory
to account for the unexplained presence
of dry rot in lumber. IL has been noticed
frequently. that perfectly sound lumber,
after being put in a pile, has rotted in
an incredible short space of time with
out the least apparent cause, In en-
deavoring to ascertain the cause of this,
the timber philosopher has discovered,
to his own satisfaction at least, that the
dry rot is sort of contagious disease,
and that it is transmssible by contact,
can be transmitted by saw from de-
cayed log to a sound one during the
process of converting it into lumber, and
IN many other ways.