The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-10
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Hon. John /. Gilbert Of Malone,
who is the Republican candidate in New
York, for Secretary of State, passed
much Of his younger days in Castleton,
and received his early education st the
old Castleton seminary. He attended
school with his cousiDs-the B ardmans
then Of that place, q very unassuminR
trio Of ordinary appearing country lads.
or the Boardmans, the Rev. George 81.
10 now noted clergyman and president
Of theological school at Chicago The
Rev. Samuel w. is president OF the Pres
byterian college at Marysville. East Ten
nessee. Their cousin, "Rob" lngersoll,a
quiet boy, son OF old Parson Ingersoll Of
Pittsford, has also attained eminence in
q certain direction, but as a straight
Presbyterian he has not proved a success.
According to letter from Southern
Democrat, the recent trace war" in La.
fora county, Mississippi, began with the
fact that some negroes were seen armed,
and that two white men who addressed
them received Insulting answers I"
That was absolutely all the provocation,
on the eide of the negroes. and for this
twenty seven negroes were killed and a
number OF others wounded. 1t does not
appear from this account that a single
white man was killed or wounded, or
even fired upon. 1t was simply unpro.
voked butchery, but this Southern CORE.
spondent writes Of 1t as gaily and with
% much levity as il he we're describing
fJx-hunt.
Mrs. Hooper writes from Paris that
Mr., w. W. Story, the veteran SCULPTOR,
was very badly treated by the American
Art Jury, that his work was placed in
the American Art department at the ex-
hi6ition, but found place in the great
sculpture gallery in the main building.
The work exhibited in the Salome, a
figure In white marble, half the size Of
! 10. The young dancer, naked to Il Q
waist and with light rope thrown
around her lower limbs, has sunk down
10 a chair to rest after her exertions,
The work is not thought 10 represent the
finest phase Of Mr., Storys really re-
markable creative power,
1t is not very flatteTing to the Chris
tian faith to hear q clergyman read at a
funeral, for the comfort and hope OF an
afflicted family, from poet who, by the
way, was an admirer of heather philos I.
ply, an extract In which the author puts
IN the mouth Of the heather prophet his
explanation OF death. Does this not
seem like going back OF Christ for hone
and consolation? 1t savors of exchange
ing the Christian thought of the Nav
Testament for the heather pbilosonhv
OF buddab or Mohammed. This de-
parture was taken in Christian Rutland
quite recently .-Telegrdm.
The professional civil service reform
ers mako mistake in singing out the
changes in the railway mail service as
evidence OF Republican faithlesspess 10
reform. 1t was In this service that the
spoilsmen Of the Cleveland regime ran
riot, and there was nothing more plain
during the Presidential campaign than
the purpose OF the Republicans, il sue
cessful, to clean out the incompetents
who had been foisted upon tho service.
and to restore, as far as possible, the ex-
perienced men who had been displaced.
ms work has been promptly and
thoroughly done.
The fact that Canada is not represented
In the All America Conference is strong
" calculated to make the Canadians
realize their anomalous position. When
u comes to diplomacy, Canada, as de-
tendency of Great Britain, is really OF
less account than any Of the smallest
South American republics. They c; =
manage their own affairs, but Canada e
policy Is dictated 10 her by England.
Chief Justice Fullar is about to aband.
on MS Washington residence and return
With his family 10 his old roof tree in
Chlcago. The Fuller family Is strongly
domestic in its tastes, and the whirlpool
dOmesticitY.