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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-10
In memory of
Mr.. Otis Eddy, H.-
Who died Oct. ed, 1874.
In the 22d year of his age.
Death, like an oyerflowing stream,
SWeeps us AWAY. our life N dream,


The white marble slabs, some lying on
the ground and others struggling up
through the heavy brush the solemn
stiffness of the place, the weird whisper
ing of the trees, the vast expanse of forest
and the absence of any sign of human
habltation anywhere around, make the
visitor turn quickly from the place,
deeply impressed with the truth of the
poets assertion that it is the lot Of many
to be thrust foully in the earth to be
forgot"
About quarter of mile below the
cemetery is a ruInous old house, aban-
doned and utterly gone to decay. The
floors have fallen into the cellar, one
side of the building has tumbed down
and all the windows are gone. 1t was
built in 1S29-some say in 17S5-snd is
known as the Waters place. A few an
cient apple trees, which have more di-
lapidated look than even tine house itself,
are dotted around here and there,
and now bear cider apples only,
Each year the forest takes step nearer
the place, and in short time trees will
be waving over the ruin unless the
Swedes, now 80 popular in Vermont, try
their hands at redeeming the wretched
place from sterility and brush. Years
agone, at different times, many men
with steel muscles and iron wills have
tried to wrest scanty living from the
inhospitable soil, but they finally gave up
the fight. And it will tax the skill of a
Swedish juggler to make corn and wheat
thrive where hardheads and trees are
grievously plentiful and foreordained to
exist. OF course the locality has it's
ghost story. To be in the vicinity near
nightfall on gloomy day and one with
the right kind of an imagination can see
spooks and hobgoblins. A man who
lived in the house thirty years ago de-
clared the place was haunted, and he
soon moved away. Oftentimes on dark
nights a horseman would ride furiously
up the mountain, and the sound of clang-
ing chains and groans could be distinctly
heard, but no glimpse of the rider could
be obtained. Lights, too, would Grange
ly appear in the little cemetery above
and then the house would rock and seem
to be falling to pieces. But subsequent
occupants of the premises have seen very
little in the shape of the supernatural to
cause alarm, and the ghost storits Of
years ago are almost forgotten. The
Waters places and the little hidden
cemetery adjoining are not infrequently
visited, especially on Sunday, by ram
blers from Bennington desiring long
but delightful walk.-Dr. II. C. Dag in
TrOy Times
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-10

When Baby was sick we gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-10

Of The Wakefield, Mass, Rattan Works.
9. N. Young, says In all cases of bill
iousness accompanied with those terri
BILE sick headaches, have found no 9TH
er medicine that seems to take hold and
do the good that your Sulphur Bitters
does. 1t is the best family medicine
made. s....,.. 37t2
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shiIoh's Catarrh Remedy,

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, a marvel
GUS cure for catarrh, diphtheria, cankel
mouth, and headache. With each bot.
tie there is an ingenious nasal injector
for the more successful treatment o.
these complaints without extra charge
Price so cents. Sold by j. T. Shurtleff'
Bennington.
Journslist-I would like to get pen
sion. Pension Agent-Were you injure
while you were in the army during the
war eyes. was a newspaper CORE.
spondent, and did so much hard lying
that strained my conscience, and az
everybody connected with the army lie
getting a pension thought Id Just file
nv claim, "-TeldS Siftin0S
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-10

Advertising patent medicine in the
peculiar way in which the proprietor Of
Kemp's Balsam for Coughs and Colds
does is indeed wonderful. He authorizes
all druggists to give those who call for it
a sample bottle Free. that they may try
it before purchasing. The Large Bottles
are SOC and $500. We certainly would
advise a trial. 1t may save you from
consumption.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-12
THE GEAR is HAUNTED.

Not by Ghosts But by a Constant Fear of
Assassin alton. u
lies the head that wears a
crown is an old and often-quoted say
ing, but no ruler OF modern times has
been made more sensible of it's truth
than the Gar Alexander Whowas 1t
that also remarked that Russia is a
despotism tempered by assassination"
This, also, is true and no precautions
taken by the Gar can relieve from
the constant apprehension that some
desperate act of some desperate man
or body of men will ultimately bring
about his death. Even in his summer
palace, surrounded as it is by double
Gordon of guards. letters have been
found warning him OF his doom. He
has been shot at and attempts have
been made to .blowthim up with dyna-
mite. and on his last journey to the
interior an accident occurred to the
train in which he was, with loss OF
life, and no one knows to this day
whether it rose from defective rail
or was the neutrality-suspicious.. In.his
summer palace he shifts his sleeping
place from one room to another. and
that in which he sleeps is said to be
kept secret from all until the next
morning. There may be oxaggeration
in this. but there is no exaggeration
in the precautions, taken to protect his
life The9coaches of the new train in
which he travels are covered with iron
armor and lined with cork. 1t con-
sists OF several saloons so completely
covered that no one can tell from the
outside where one saloon begins and
the other ends, or in what compart-
ment the GEAR may at any time be
found. Every mile of the railroad
undere oes a rigorous examination
beforehand. and guards are stationed
at intervals to be ready for any
emergency. It would be question
with most men whether life would be
worth living under such cireum-
stances But the Gar Is compelled to
sbcarShis heavy burden as best he may.
while with an apparently inflexible
will be continues to-exercise his des-
potic authority and trusts to the Wig
lance OF the special police of 1.-THE
tn I'd section" to protect him from
the conspiracies that are constantly
being organized for his destruction
London Letter.
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THE WORTHLESS SCRUB.
why 1t Does Not Pay Farmers to .Bree d
Animals without a Pedigree.

Why 1t Does Not Pay Farmers to. Breed
==ZAnlmals Without q Pedigree.===
The scrub as scrub ought to go.
1t may be used for breeding purposes,
with pure bred male, but it ought
not to be permitted to remain as it is
We are ,quiteswilling to admit that the
scrub. If treated as pure bred stock is
treated, would produce much better
results than it does under the ordinary
treatment to which it is subjected.
Butsas a matter of Tact 1t W HI netpay
to give the average scrub stock such
treatment. There is one way to make
money from stock and only one way.
That is by keeping good stock. Every
body who breeds scrub stock loses
money every day that he. lives; and
this is true even though he succeeds
in making a profit which in hundreds
of cases, however, he never does make.
He loses money because with just
about the same expenditure upon pure
bred stock or high grades, he could
make three or four times more money
than he can possibly make with scrub
stock. Every body who knows any
thing about the subject knows that
this is true; and it is more to the in
terest of the breeder of poor stock to
tell him SO and convince him of the
truth of what you tell him, than it is
to any body else.
The Rural and Stockman is always
trying to induce men to purchase
thoroughbred stock. Except that the
prosperity of the farming public helps
us to be prosperous it is of no inter-
est to us to have man breed ND his
cattle, horses. sheep or swine, or to
have him sell his herd of common
stock and replace it with thorough
BREEDS. Our constantly repeated ad-
vice in this direction may help the
breeders, but even they would get rid
OF all their >stock If we never said
word In favor of blooded stock. 1t is
because it is to the interest OF the man
who will take our advice that we keep
urging people to get better stock. We
know that II the farmer will do as we
ask him to do in this regard he will
make money by it. 1t will take years
to accomplish it but the scrub must 90.
In time there will be no earthly use
for such stock. The meat markets Of
the world will not touch it. 1t will
not pay IN the dairy and nobody will
think it will, and the most of it viii
certainly never be kept for ornament.
For the benefit of its readers, no Jour
nal should ever give any uncertain
sound upon a subject of this kind.
Breed up. should be the watchword
and no one ever should be foolish
enough to say or think that the scrub
can hold its own in the competition
with the thoroughbreds. 1t can not
do it. -Western Rural
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KING SoLoMoN'S TEMPLE.

What 1t Cost to Buud and Ornament the
Grand Structure.
According to the calculations OF Viii
EEtalpandus.E talents OF gold, silver
and brass used in the construction Of
Solomon's Temple amounted to e.
079, S22. 500. The jewels are reckoned
to have exceeded this sum. but for the
sake OF an estimate let their value be
set down at the same amount.
The vessels Of gold consecrated to
the use Of the temple are reckoned by
Josephus at 140, 900 talents, which, ac-
cording to Capel's reduction, are equal
to f545. 296, 203.
The vessels of silver are computed
at 100000 talents, or 9489, 344, 900.
The vestments Of the priests cost
100000; the purple Of the singers,
e. .000,00 The trumpets amounted
to f200. ZOO; other musical instru-
ments to f4O,00 10 these expenses
must be added those Of other mats-
rials, the timber and the stone, and Of
the labor being employed upon them.
the labor being divided thus: There
were 10 600 men engaged at Lebanon
hewing timber; there were 10000
bearers OF burdens. 10000 hewers OF
stone and $500 overseers. all OF whom
were employed for seven years, and
upon whom. besides their wages and
saiet, Solomon bestowed gold and silver
to the value of zf6. 733. 977 II the
daily food and wages OF each man be
estimated at As. I'D. English money!
the sum total will be fo3,S77. OSS. The
costly stone and the timber in the
rough may be set down as at least
equal too ne-thir5 the gold, or about
E2,545 296, 900. The food used by the
workers, the wages of the same and
gold, brass and silver used during the
seven years of construction, according
to the above estimates. could not have
amounted toless thanga4sthezr Oh tfl 1ormeus
sum OF Ell, 442. 443. 26S English money,
or about $77,521, 800, $3.50 in current
money OF the United States!-St. Louis
Replblic #ss..a-.sv5-~-r,
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an keep her II she had ben mine. but
seein, th't sheANa'n't mine didn't
bid. KNOWN I'd git in the same trouble
that Pete Jump did, j
/. ABE said this was news 10 him, an
the hoilerness o. things KEEP gittin'
bigger an deeper.
lAsl sizsssa 20 KEEL,
'th'tmy COW were your pris'ner wen
she got away an died in the swamp
said he, AN th't consistently bein' dead
Icouldn,t bid her In
-" Wat in the name O. the Grizzly
King be yc gittin' atP' said Abram.
sJist q gittin' at this here. said
.Zek,el, an that Is th,t unless ye pay
me for that air cow. I'll sue We fer it.
nm III make We everlastin'ly whistler
said he.
Then Abram thort the bottom had
dropped out of ev'ry thing, sartin; but
wen Gabe Owen, feelin' mad fer the
trouble he had been put to. swore out a
war'nt fer Abram. chargin' him with
stealth his COW, an bound him over to
court, Abe jist give notice TILT If tn
were any one th't wanted to put their
self in the hands o. their friends to be
h'isted into the Office o. constable O.
Lost Crow Barren. they KID do 1t then
an thar, ez he had got all the bein'
just AN fcarin' not an the hewin' to
the line tibet he, wanted, an would
drop out an go home an tell his folks
<th't he had found the pole star Of his
ambition TO be a hole in the ground,
b'gosht'lmighty, bigger th'na ten-acre
=lotlna==Ed Mott, in N.=Y.=Sun-==
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-12
Work for the Winter Months.


Look over the tools, and get them
into working order. See that missing
teeth are replaced by new ones in the
wooden rakes, and that rivets in
spades, shovels, and forks are not
sprung; that the axes have good
handles; that the picks are pointed,
the grub-hoes sharp.ned. and the
wheelbarrows are in good repair. IF
you have not got a hand-barrow, make
one. it is easily done. See that all
the rungs are in all the ladders, and
that the folding step-ladders are whole
and secure. Have ten foot measure
rod, properly painted and marked. .
garden line In good order, and every
thing got into readiness for spring.
And gather up all the old, broken, and
useless tools you have on or about the
place and burn them 1t Is wonder
full the amount OF rubbish that soon
accumulates about place A poor Or
broken tool il good for nothing. Time
IA money, and the time thus spent
with useless tools would more than
pay TOR new ones, Country Gentle
@1'-- W s'- ~ WI Y W Slf "A 4 s4tl
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PRoTEcIloN FoR BEES.


The Kind Of Hives They Should he House1
in During winter.
II has been thoroughly demonstrated
that It does not pay TO winter bees In
ordinary hives. yet We find great
many who seemingly out OF careless
ness allow their bees to remain in the
summer hives on their summer stands
all winter. They pay no attention t.
them and expect when spring. comes
TO reap all the rich rewards Of the bee
business We can not expect much at
best with bees thus handled, for they
will come out weak In numbers every
time, and 1t is impossible for US TO
build them up in strength early enough
to produce the force necessary to
gather large honey crop. Hence the
all-important point is to carry large
force through the winter months. II
we can succeed in doing this we shall
succeed in geeting the strength capa-
BILE OF gathering a large honey crop.
To be successful in this line it is
very proper that we commence at
the right time to get the
proper force, which is composed Of
bees reared during the fall months;
young bees. that win Withstand the
winter, and when spring comes are
vigorous enough to commence house,
keeping in good STYLE
With such a force bred during fall
months, we must use sufficient protee-
+;ox, o., cave 4be srraofaet pn,,, 1,ar y,oc
sible, and we find no cheaper and more
convenient mannerth than the useof chat
hives. When we are about it we must
make chaff hives that will accommodate
the bees the year round. 1t is a mistake
to have chaff hive that will admit
only OF winter use. We derive greater
benefits from the proper chaff hive the
entire year, not only for winter, but
spring and summer. Nothing will
beat chaff hive for increasing bees.
They can be built up faster in spring
when in chat hive. and during the
heat OF summer rchaff hive is pro.
lection from excessive heat.
We advocate chat hive protection
instead Of the cellar or underground,
for the reason that the sudden change
which we must make with our bees by
removing them from the cellar in
early spring is very damaging to them,
and the. changes Of weather from warm
days to cold snaps. when bees are in
their unprotected hives during the
spring months, will greatly prevent
brood rearing. and the consequences
are they come far behind the even
temperature of ehaff hives. The sub
ject of ventilation in winter is another
of great Importance, and it seems that
it has not been properly understood
with a great many. Upper ventila-
ton only is necessary, and when we
give lower ventilation by using a large
entrance and leaving II open all win
ter we make mistake. Every en-
trance or opening in the lower part Of
the hives is better closed up alright,
This is inconvenient, but it is the
proper method. Ventilate from the
top only.-Cor Ohio Farmer.
.
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A GROUP OF BREADS.
How to Make Sally Lunn and tho Famot
Mountain House Rolls.

How to Make Sally Lunn and the Famous
Mountain House Rolls.
Wheat and Indian Bread. -Scald four
cups Of corn-meal in quart of milk OF
milk and water, and when cool add
three cups of flour, one and half tea
spoonfuls OF soda, one cup OF molasses,
-two-teaspoonfuls,of salt. Steam three
hours and bake one hour.
Sally Lunn. BEAT three eggs into d
pint of warm milk, add a lump Of but
ter as large as an egg, two tablespoons
fuls of yeast, salt and -four enough to
make a batter as stiff as for mullins.
Raise the cake in an earthen baking
dish, and bake it for breakfast. in the
same dish, without disturbing it.
Serve the cake whole. breaking it
apart at the table.
Mountain House Roll. This is a ia
nous North River recipe named from
the Catskill Mountain House, whers
these rolls were first served. Set a
thin sponge with wheat -four at about
four o'clock 'as follows Stir into q
quart of water -four enough to make a
thick batter. adding half cake OF
compressed yeast dissolved. Let this
sponge. stand till nine o'clock and
then knead up thoroughly; add piece
Of butter the size Of large egg. Let
the rolls stand till morning, then roll
them out as thin as your hands, handle
the dough as little as possible, cut it
into narrow stripes and lay in pan to
rise for three-quarters OF an hour.
Bake in quick oven ten minutes.
These rolls are delicious made of part
graham or Of whole wheat flour.-N.
Y. Tribune.
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ROADS AND WAGONS.
The Effect of Different Wheels ON Public
Highways.


Highways.
The character of the vehicles which
aroused upon a roadway has great
influence upon its endurance to the
beat of the wheels. With the same
burden a two-wheeled cart does far
more damage to the road than one of
four wheels. and this because of the
suddenness in the motion of the wheels
and their irregular. twisting move
ment in the trackway. Where the
axles are short and the wheels close
together the damage to all, save the
turnpike ways, is greatly increased,
for the reason that There is no chance
for the growth Of grass between the
treadway of the wheels and the foot
way of the horses. This principle APP
pears to have been recognized in some
parts OF the country. Thus, in tho
neighborhood of Boston. where the
ways are made solid by macadam or
other rubbfe, the distance between the
wheels is generally aboutflve and one
half feet while in the sandy road
district OF Cape Cod the length of the
axle is usually half foot greater.
The greatest defect of our American
carriages is that for given weight oil
carriage and burden the tires of the
wheels are extremely narrow. 1t is
true that on i'll conditioned and muddy
roads narrow wheel-tread is ad-
vantageous for. the reason that the
thick mud has less extended hold
when it wraps around the felloes and
spokes; but with this arrangement. the
interests of the roadway are sacrificed
to the convenience of the individual
who drives upon it. These narrow
wheels with tires often not more than
an inch in diameter, cut like knives
into the road-bed and so deepen the
~ruts. If we could require that no
vehicle should have tire not less
than an inch and half in diameter.
and that all springless carriages have
tires at least two inches in diameter,
increasing in width with the burden,
we would secure our ways against a
considerable part of the evils from
which theNsuffer,-Prof. N. S. Shaler,
in Scribner.
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mother Gin passenger car
with her children) -''lt just scared
me when read-Johnny! Stop pull
ing flowers of the lady's bonnet
when / read in the papers-Riehardl
You just keep your head in-the pa
pers the other day that-George! II
you put your sticky hands on that
lady's dress again III, thrash you-the
other day that woman went crazy
Richard! Don't you dare slap that
little girl-when l read that woman
went crazy just from the discomforts
OF the johnny! Stop punching that
gentlcman-of the journey in rail-
road train. won der if she had chill
dren with, herp' Lady QUIETLY
Perhaps some other woman had.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

For potting gsraniums use tive
parts Of good, strong loan TO one Of
leaf mould from the woods, with .
small addition Of sand and . little old
rotten manure. all well mixed TO-
gether.
Glasses x1a aisaes xfps to per
lection when washed in very hot
water. Use dish-mop. soap-shaker
and an iron dish-washer.s These also
expedite the labor. as very hot water
can be used.
Simple Dessert. Put eight crack
ers into deep dish and pour on
enough boiling water to cover, Let
them stand till soaked; then CRATE over
them nutmeg and white sugar, with
sweet cream enough to make nice
sauce.
The public taste, it is said, is be-
ing steadily educated to demand fresh
butter As a result it each year be-
comes more difficult to handle held
summer stock. The farmer who keeps
abreast with the popular taste is most
likely to reap the pecuniary benefits
arising therefrom.
Peach trees will sometimes par
TALLY renew themselves If the dead
limbs and twigs are cut away. In this
manner tree may be induced to bear
year or two longer, but when the
tree. is old, and the new wood grows
slowly, it may be OF little advantage
to prolong its existence.
---Stockmen who have made obser-
vations in feeding swine are claiming
that some OF the breeds have lost vigor
by ng-continued feeding Of corn as
an exclusive food. Corn is deficient
in mineral matter, especially of lime,
and the use of corn leads to degen-
eracy. Only by varied diet can the
vigor be maintained. Injudicious
feeding leads to disease and loss.
-Squashes are injured by slight
frost If frost is feared, gather up
the squashes carefully, without bruis-
ing. into heap, and cover with the
vines, or, if these are not sufficient.
use cornstalks. Late squashes, even
il quite green, are very good for the
table. On dry,ewarm day, take up
the ripe ones, and store in a warm
place A closet near chimney keeps
them we'll. American Agriculturist
Bread and Fish. Take quantity
OF slices OF dry bread and dip them
quickly one by one into a bowl of cold
water Place them in a large drip
ping-pan, having only one layer at a
time. then set the pan in hot oven.
In ten minutes the bread will be brown
and crisp. Place on warm plate and
cover with warm napkin. Serve at
once with little broiled smoked sal
mon, halibut or salt cod
-Lettuee is salable every month in
the year. In the winter and early
spring prices are high. By using cold
frames they can be grown during the
winter season.. provided such frames
are properly protected By artificial
heat and the use of plenty Of window
glass there are many-kinds- Of vege-
tables that can be brought into market
long before the regular season opens,
and no expensive green houses are
necessary for hardy plants.