The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-11
NEWS AND NOTES


1t is reported the o tawa dispatches
the contrary Notwithstanding that at the
meeting Of the Cabinet Thursday mat
ters of dispute between Cunada and the
Uuited States formed the theme of dis
cussion, The Minister of Customs says
no descision has been arrived at with re-
gard to the suspension of bonded goods
passing through Canada from one Amer
can state TO another. in view of the re-
fusal of the United States government
to permit transportion of goods over the
short line through Maine from one Cana
dian port to another port in Canada.
From what can be gathered the Cabinet
has concluded that such a step of retalid-
ton would be suicidal, as in the end it
would prove more disastrous to Cana
dan iEteres than the suspension entire
ly of the bonding system in the United
States. During the past few years the
volume of trade which has passed TO
and from Canada in bond through the
United States has declined to such an
extent that it is believed that within the
next two years Canadians will be indie
pendent of this accommodation.
There will be called an extra session
of Congress in October. The date has
not been determined upon, but it will
p' obably be sometime between the 10th
and 25Gh of the month. In an interview
with a Congressman President Harrison
SAID the country was looking TO the Re
publican party to accomplish something
at the coming session of Congress. The
people were expecting, among other
things, reduction OF revenue and change
in the revenue system, He did not pro-
pose that the excuse should be made that
the session was not long enough to do
all that they ought to do. For this rea-
SIN he desired that they should meet in
October, elect their Speaker, found their
Committees and be ready for business by
he lst of December. They would tn en-
be left eight or nine months. which
could be given up entirely to useful leg
islation.
The duties of an American Minister at
e Court of st. James are not ordinarily
difficult to perform. According to the
cable, however, they are increasing, and
on Sunday Minister Lincoln endured
sermon preached by Theodore L. Guy
Ter of Brooklyn, delivered in Newman
Halls pulpit, That recalls story told
of Cuyler and Hail. when the latter was
visiting in New York. He preached in
the Presbyterian Church, where DIR.
Cuyler has acceptably ministered for
several years, Friends l desire to in
troduce TO you man who is the peoples
friend who is Jesus Christ's friend. who
is my FRIEND" After that of course,
they were all glad to sec him.
The Italian monument to Columbus
in New York city is to be ready for
erection next year. 1t will cost between
S35, 900 and S40,0 900, and, with pedestal,
will stand $50 feet high. The money
for its purchase will come almost entire
ly from small subscriptions from men,
bers of the Italian colony in New York.
Unless the metropolis gets fresh dose
of energy the Italians will have their
subscription done and monument erect
ed before all the money is raised for
that Memorial Arch"
There was rollicking programme at
school graduation at Mt. Clemens,
Mich the other day, One scholar recited
paul Revere's Ride" another 1.-THE
King of Denmark's Ride, another "The
Bicycle Ride" and then came "Sherid-
ans Ride" "Whitman's Ride" THE
Ride from Client to AK" "John Gilpin's
Ride" "Lochinvar,s Ride, 1.-the Johns
town Paul Revere" and Railroad
Ride" The music was Were Gallop.
ing, Galloping On" and Boat Ride
Song"
Old Vermont is about as good coun.
try as there is, to live in. 1t is true. as
the old saying il, we have eight months
winter and four months late in the fall.
hut some things we do not have, such as
Pennsylvania floods, western tornadoes
and cyclones, Charestown earthquakes,
yellow fever, etc. If we only had Fort
P. yne boom here, especially when 80
per cent, dividend is declared, we would
be all right,-St. JOhnSbury Republican.
Out OF 81 members of the graduating
class at Williams. only 10 set themselves
down as free traders. This shows that
Prof, Perrys free trade propaganda does
not have the result which might be ex-
pecLed. Even the ten young men who
now call themselves free traders will
probably have the nonsense rubbed out
Of them in few years of practical life.
Pennsylvania cast $4,000 majority
against prohibition, and yet the Voice
contends that "the people were de-
ceived, fooled" OF course, of course.
1t will be remembered that the solitary
juryman in the historic story always
held that the IL obstinate men who
were with him in the box were "de
ceived, fooled. "-Tribune.
The Iowa Democrats are going to
hold their State Convention at Sioux
City, Sept. Is, a month after the Repub-
lican convention. 1t is supposed that
they will make the repeal of prohibition
their main issue, but there are no indi-
cations that the Iowa people are pre-
pared o take kindly to such policy.
According to the Portland Argus, the
death of Simon Cameron leaves James
W. Bradbury of Maine, Alpheus Felch
Of Michigan and Jefferson Davis of
Mississippi, the Oldest ex-United States
Senators living, all three of whom en-
tered the Senate in December 1917.
1t is understood that the Vermont
press association will not hold their an
nual meeting until September, when