The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05
STATE NEWS AND NOTES.

ancestral acres. Consider a momen
New Highlander, not yet gone West, b
fore bidding good by to the old HON
stead, to go out to settle amidst Il
pinchIng droughts Of Kansas, or Il
billiards of Dakota, or the destructiN
cyclones of the surrounding State
May you not be better off on the oil
farm than you ever can be amidst tho;
new and strange scenes, where you WI
never feel at home? 1t is not pleasar
to think that the Norwegians an
Swedes are coming to take possession
these old familiar places, while the FOL
mer occupants are far away, living IN
der less favorable conditions; and nov
the new corners will ignore the accus
toned tongue and neglect old institu
tions, amongst them being-ThanksgiN
ing.-Dominion Correspondent Of Ven
mont Journal.
The New York Sun savagely attack
Ex- Minister Edward ]. Phelps, and rid
cules an article he recently contribute,
TO Scribner'S Magazine. Mr.. Phelps ha
one objectionable fault in the Sun
eyes. He is Democrat, and does no
agree with the Sun and the last Repub
lican National platform on the tariff ant
sundry other matters. Unlike the Sun
Mr.. Phelps does not believe the offices o
the country should be regarded as 81
much "swag" to be distributed among
partisan heelers for services. Where
there are 80 many radical points of diff
ference, it can hardly be expected tina
anything from Mr.. Phelps's scholarly
pen will meet with the appreciation o.
the Sun. His survival is nevertheless
confidently predicted. Troy Press.
A dispatch from Hiawatha, Kansas
says that the farmers IN that vicinity are
burning corn for fuel, finding it cheaper
than coal. Corn is sold on the farm al
30 cents per bushel, while the average
price of coal delivered at the farm ranges
from 81 to 90 cents per bushel. The
farmers alliance brought the attention
of the farmers to the relative prices OF
the two commodities and, advised that
half the corn crop be used as fuel, thus
advancing the price OF the other half
and saving money IN fuel bills, Such a
condition of things in Vermont, where
corn can be raised upon the same acre
age more abundantly than IN Kansas.
would be looked upon as poverty-strick
en- and disastrous.
The reinforcement of Dom edrolends
the public career of the last of the three
great emancipators of modern times.
Alex inder or Russia, who emancipated
of serfs, fell by the hand of an
assassin; MIR. Lincoln, who emancipated
of slaves, shared the same fate,
and now the humane Emperor of Brazil,
who emancipated the slaves of that en-
pire, has been driven from the throne
and forced into exile. These three acts
take rank as the wisest and best of mod
ern times, but a cruel fate has overtaken
the actors.
Publisher-Mr. Deliver, have you gone
over those statistics about the use Of BIZ
cyles among the masses =?
Deliveries, sir.
And you have analysed them care
fully, 80 that you can give an intelligent
opinion as to their effect upon the pub
lie health ?"
eyes, sir"
"Well, then, you may write it ont.
We want it as soon as possible"
"Yes, sir; but you haven't told me
which side am to prove; whether they
are healthful or the reverse. "-BOslOn
Transcript.
The quarrying of slate is a scientific
task which men work at for a lifetime
and then find means of improving the
II is one OF those things that
our Yankee ingenuity can never master.
It takes a man that has worked at the
business from childhood to be a success
full quarryman. The slatemakIng trade
is such that the person that does not
master it before he is twenty can never
split block. The children of quarry
workers commence splitting blocks
when they are ten years old.
The secret society ban has not been re
moved from the Roman Catholic church.
There seems to be much misapprehen-
sic n on this point.-Severdl Exchanges.
When these 'plate" papers made the an
nouncement first, it occurred to every
person that the reporter
was very fresh" who jumped at the
that volunteer lay Congress,
such as is held yearly by other religious
bodies, had any ecclesiastical influence
or legislative function in the Roman
Church.
The Waterman says "Our Corinth
says Charley Clark has
sold a two year-old colt for 5000 and E.
s. Carpenter was offered $3.50 for a
yearling colt. These are not fancy
prices, but they are paying prices, and
yet if G. w. Kennedy will come to Cor
NTH, with his pockets full of gold, we
will promise him twenty five farms at
from 50 to SIS per acre. Put up or shut
US, Squire"
This ia the first time since 1881 that a
regular session OF Congress has opened
with VIce-President living. Arthur
was Vice-President only long enough to
preside over the brief special session Of
the Senate held in March, 1881, and
Hendricks lived only long enough to
preside over the special session held in
March, 1885.
The wooden manufacturer who wants
all his wool duty free, regardless of the
interest in, and right to, the
protection which he enjoys on his pro-
duct, cuts about as dignified figure as
the man who condemns the Administra
ton as failure because he dill not get
an Office.
Hon. Charles G. Colby of Stanstead,
P. G., who has been appointed a mem
Der of the Dominion Cabinet, was born
in Derby, this State, in 1927, and was
graduated from Dartmouth College in
1847. He is a lawyer by profession, and
an ex-member of the Dominion Parlia-
ment.
The details of the recent snow-storm
in New Mexico show it to have been one
OF the most severe in all the history OF
that part Of the country and the worst
Of it is that such heavy fall of snow
means food in the spring that may be
even more destructive.
Lemon parties" is said TO be the latest
thing in ''sassiety." Each young man
attending one OF these parties is expect.
ed to bring a girl, a lemon and squeez
er. Ordinarily, young man need have
no difficulty about the "squet ger" part
OF the business.
Prior to 1929 all ballots used through.
out the States were written. The first
printed ballot was used in Massachusetts
in 1880 by David Henshsw, and was re
fused. 1t took decision of the Supreme
court to establish its validity.
A Wheeling man is trying to invent q
watch that will run a month without
winding. This will be great improve
ment on The Waterbury, which it take
month to wind.
1t costa the United States $225. 000, 00(
to ''born' it's population $500 900, 600 t
marry it; and $75, 600 900 to bury it.