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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-23
NEWS AND NOTES.

To request that he remove q post
master whose commission had yet tive
years to run, Mr.. Wanamaker is said
lately to have answered you are ask
ing me to undo as Republican Cabinet
officer what Republican Senate has
assisted in doing. That postmaster was
not only appointed, but was confirmed
for four years, and can't remove him.
You must not insist on my rebuking a
Republican Senate.
An amusing case was treated at hos
pital in Philadelphia on Wednesday,
says the Ledger. A man supposed to be
suffering. from an .epileptic fit was
brought in by the police. The resident
physician, DR.. Farr, saw that the man
was shamming, as he was able to talk,
and hit upon plan to ascertain if he
was really sick. He ordered the nurse
to heat poker, at the same time telling
him that he proposed burning the pa
TENTS back with il. The man became
alarmed and tried his utmost to get out
of bed, but the doctor held him back.
The doctor, who was nearly choking
with laughter, then took large knife
and drew it across the mans neck, and
at the same time poured some warm
water dow n his back. With loud yell
the man sprang from the bed and ran
quickly out of the building.
In the May number of LOn9mdn's
Magazine, Archibald Ballantyne gives
some account of the work of the priest
ly hero who gave the flower of his life
to work in the leper colony in the island
of Molokai. And the Sun recently
printed the story of his life, as told with
all the force of simplicity in his own re-
port to the Hawaiian Government. Per-
haps in all modern history no parallel
can be found to the story of Father Da-
mien. He left his home in Belgium six
teen years ago, surrendering all thought
of earthly comfort, to go among the out
casts who herded in unspeakable misery
in the Southern Pacific. His sacrifice
was as complete as serene. From this
journey, once undertaken, there could
be no turning back. He raised the UNI
happy beings whom he found living in
brutal squalor to the estate of men, al
belt doomed to perish by dreadful and
inevitable death. He taught the child
rem, influenced the men and women,
ministered to the sick and comforted the
dying. He labored ceaselessly, and
lived long enough to see the best results
OF his work. But in time the disease
fastened upon him, and today he lies
dead among those people in whose ser.
vice he died and whose bettered condi.
ion is his monument.
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TIE CALIFORNIA CRAZE.

When you come to California you hear
wonderful stories Of fortunes made in a
day by lucky land spectators. They
are not fairy tales. Millions have been
accumulated by Eastern enterprise and
thrift, While at the beautiful hotel,
Hotel del Coronado, the other night,
was told the story of that peninsula. 1t
lies, you know, just opposite San Diego,
and is low desert tract of perhaps five
miles in length. A and B came to this
vicinity full of bounce and hustle. They
bought the peninsula for 100000. They
then staked it out, planned the grandest
hotel in the world, the loveliest drives,
the most comfortable improvements.
And while they were loud in proclalming
what they were going to do, they sold
part of their purchase, plot by plot, until
$1,000, 900 worth was disposed of and
they had plenty left.
hear Of G. who came to Los Angeles
and with a little money bought a fine
piece of land. He sold one lot, which
paid for all his property. Then he bought
and sold other land, and within two
years was bloated millionaire. l find
these statements and many others of the
kind to be gospel truth. But while they
will tell you how well A. B. and q made
out, they make no mention of how ID. E.
and F. got along. know them and can
give you their experiences. D, for in.
stance, was New York man in business.
Things were easy with him. but he
caught the California fever and, picking
up stakes, he journeyed to Los Angeles.
1t was before the boom. He bought
land, held 1t awhile, and sold it at very
trifling profit. He returned to the East,
and while at home heard that the man
to whom he had sold had sold again at
a profit of $4,000. So back he rushed.
This time he brought his wife, and to-
gether they purchased plot near Pase
dena for $4,000, and had put up house
costing $4,000. That was the extent of
DIS pile. He might have sold it coon
after for $4,000, but he wasn't going to
repeat the mistake of his first venture,
so he held on. The boom came and
went, and today he cannot sell at any
price. There is no business at Pasadena,
1t is charming place, but like a sum-
mer resort therefore d, and his wife
are almost stranded. They sent to an
acquaintance, Frank Loring, a Boston
man who lives at Santa Barbara, and
wanted to borrow $500 on the property
to pay taxes, assessments, etc. He con-
suited the bank about it. and they re-
ported that improvements counted for
nothing they valued the land only at
what it would bring at farm prices
$500 was too large loan by half. To
day D. is driving an ice cart in Los An
geles, and his wife has a job running
the mail wagon from Monrovia to set
Element among the foothills. During
chilly mornings she appears in hand
some sealskin dolman, relic of past
greatness. The people think she is &c
centric. But she isn't d. and his wife
are simply working hard to get enough
to go back East.-LOs Angeles Cores
pOndence Rochester Herald.
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SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We have made arrangements with DIR.
b. j. Kendall g. Co., publishers of "a
Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases
which will enable all our subscribers to
obtain a copy Of that valuable work free
by sending their address enclosing a
two cent stamp for mailing same) to DIR.
B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburgh Falls, Vt.
This book is now recognized as standard
authority upon all diseases of the horse,
as its phenomenal sale attests, over -four
million copies having been sold in the
past ten years, sale never before
reached by any publication in the same
period of time. We feel confident that
our patrons will appreciate the work
and be glad to avail themselves of thil
opportunity of obtaining a valuable
book.
1t is necessary that you mention thi
paper in sending for the Treatise,
This offer will remain open for only I
short time. 14t8
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TRULY GENEROUS MAN.
How a Knowing Tramp Worked Him for
Quarter.

How Knowing Tramp worked Him tOi
aQuarter.
Stranger" said red-nosed, seedy
looking man, walking up to customer
in Vine street saloon, will you please
turn your head to the right-just little
bit ? That'll do. Hum thought
could not be mistaken"
whats workin' We ?" remarked the
barkeeper. Trying to claim acquain'
lance with this gentleman P"
Not at all, sir ; not at all. l merely
wished to see the gentleman's face tC
better advantage. The fact is, my friend
l am great student Of human nature
and pride myself on the fact that car
Judge of mans character simply by hi:
countenance. Now, this gentleman haC
no sooner entered the room than | set il
down that he was of a benevolent dis
position"
The gentleman blushed,
Il saw at once, sir" continued the
red-nosed man, warmly, THAT kindness
was inherent in your nature and thai
you were disposed to increase the hap
piness of every one you meet. Is it mo-
true, sir ? l leave it to the gentleman
himself whether my Judgment was cor
rect ?n
"Well-I-that isl wouldn't go quite
so far as
mo you wouldn't say it, because
you're too modest. A truly generous
man always makes light of his own gooC
deeds, That's the kind of man YOU
are. Now, aren't you Yes or no."
well, I'll have to admit"
"Of course you'll have to admit it,
cried the red-nosed man triumphantly
You can't get out of it. I'll bet yor
$3.50 that you ask yourself every nigh
whether there's any good action thai
you We done during the day, and if you
can't think of any you kick yourself al
over the house. Come, now, Tess up
don't you P"
"Well, IL" began the gentleman
growing redder and redder in his con
fusion, II try to-do-"
You do, you do ~ fairly shouted the
red-nosed man in his enthusiasm. "You
try to do it. My friend, you are mar
among million. But" anXiously con
tinued the seedy stranger, "have yor
done any good thing today ? Anything
that will warm your heart when yor
remember it and that you will be PROUD
to tell your wife tonight Have you p
"I-t-don't remember that | have
yet" stammered the other, thinking o
the mean things he had done during the
day.
my friend, remarked the red-noset
man, impressively, here is your oppor
tunity. You behold man who, although
blessed with an extensive knowledge o.
human nature, has no money to buy
himself or his starving family food
Only quarter | ask, my frisnd, to re-
lieve our distresses, for time. Thanks
May heaven bless you,n and the red
nosed man looked solemn as he dropped
the coin in his pocket.
Two minutes after the charitable gen
tleman was walking up the street, won
dering how in thunder he came to make
such fool OF himself, while the red
nosed man, having inserted very large
glass oil whiskey under his vest pocket
was beginning his work on the lunch
counter. Cincinnati TimeS-Stdr.
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Additions to Solomon and improvements
on Upper.

additions to Solomon and improvements
on Upper.
Vinegar helps digestion, but a sour
temper ruins it.
Wait till after dinner before you fall
out with the cook.
How beautiful are the feet of her that
bringeth in a good dinner.
A soft yet persistent answer turneth
away a borrowing neighbor.
Before picking quarrel with the gas
man, buy gallon of kerosene.
There may be too much of a good thing
of salt in the soup, for instance,
Let me make the bread of a nation,
and | care not who makes its pies.
Many woman is expert with crayons
who is not skillful in drawing tea.
If cleanliness is next to godliness, then
neatness is side by side with piety.
Women insist on raising bread be-
cause they think it will be kneaded.
You cannot measure a mans daily
walk by the thickness of his carpet.
1t is vain for you to rise up early if
the kitchen chimney will not draw.
A stitch in time saves nine-but this
was said before the sewing machine was
invented.
When man disagrees with you, it is
often best to leave him alone. The same
is true of rich food.
The foolish man maketh haste to re-
move his winter tlannels, and pneumO-
mia taketh their place.
Caesar had his Brutus and Charles !
his Cromwell, but neither of them ever
encountered the carpet-bug.
1t is better to lock the stable door af-
ter the horse is stolen than not to lock
it at all. 1t may save the COW.
1t is never too late to mend but if
the mending had been done earlier, the
patch would have been smaller.
Figures in the arithmetic do not lie
but the figures in cook book some
times represent indeterminate equations
Seest thou a man rosy in his cheek,
joyful in spirit and amiable in all his
ways ? He hath taken a good cook to
wife.
If you borrow, you must lend; there
fore whatsoever you are unwilling that
men should borrow of You, borrow not
of them.
Don't put out your furnace fire till the
sun is ready to take its place. A ton OF
coal at 80 is cheaper than doctors
bill of $65.
The bread of sorrow is leavened with
error, mixed with imprudence, kneaded
with perversity, and baked in the oven
of dissipation.
Give not that which is useful to the
pigs, neither cast away stale bread which
may possess the promise and potency OF
a good pudding.
Flattery is foolishness, and whatsoever
is deceived thereby is not wise; never
theless the discreet woman may use a
little of it for her husbands sake.
Elbow-grea hath an honorable name
and is not to be derided; nevertheless
the clothes-wringer and the carpet
sweeper are very popular in this coun,
try.
The cheese-parer is an object of scorni
yet he layeth up of his substance against
rainy day, while the wasteful man
journeyeth toward the poor-house.
The foolish woman darkcneth her
house TO save her car pets and keep out
flies, and behold her children grow pale
and disease marketh her for its prey.
There are as yet more things in heaven
and earth than have been dreamed of
in hash; but the resources for novelty in
its combination are fewer than they
have been.-GOOd Housekeeping.
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EPOCH.

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks IN epoch in the life ofthe individ-
ual. Such remarkable event is treas
ured in the memory and the agency
whereby the good health has been at
tanned is gratefully blessed. Hence il is
that SO much is heard in praise of Elec-
trio Bitters. So many feel they owe
their restoration to health, to the use OF
the Great Alternative and Tonic. If you
are troubled with any disease Of Kid
neys, Liver or Stomach, of long or short
standing you will surely find relief by
use of Flee rio Bitters. Sold at SOC. and
81 per bottle at j. T. ShurtlefTs Drug
StOrp
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HE STRUCK THE RIGHT MAN

The other day an important looking
gentleman took seat beside quiet mar
in an Arkansas railway carriage and
began conversation.
I'm going up to Little Rock" he said
"to get pardon for convict thief. I'm
not personally acquainted with the Gov
ernor, but he can't afford to refuse me,
"Is the fellow guilty p asked the man
"Of course he is; but that makes nj
difference. His friends have agreed Il
me $500 if get him out, and the Their
mometer is very low when can't put
up good talk. Where are you travel
ing?"
"Going to Little Rock"
"Do you live there ?"
Eyes"
perhaps you might be of some ser
vice to me. What business are you imp
I'm the Governor"
He wasn't of the least Service t
him. "-Ledger.
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

o. S. Bliss thinks that societies for the
prevention of cruelty to animals should
set about the creation of a sentiment
against caponizing.
COlman's Rural World says our coun-
try will never be so prosperous and hap
py as when it shall be divided into small
farms and millions of toilers shall liter.
ally sit under their own vine and fig
tree.
There is no reason why farming may
not be made as charming pursuit as
merchandising. 1t would only be nee
essary to throw into the pursuit the am
bition and intelligence that make the
successful lawyer or merchant. DR.. W.
w. McKdig.
If farming must always mean the
struggle of an ignorant man over a few
acres with hu poor horse and po-
tato patch, the intelligent young men
will be drawn to the city. But farming
may mean in the country what mer-
chandising means in the city-the rush
of ambitious, thoughtful men.
Mr. James Lowell in the Farmers Ad-
UOcdte figures that steer which has had
three winters and two summers feed
should weigh 1900 pounds and sell at
SLIPS, having cost $86 30, the profit be-
ing S4,95; the manure being supposed
to balance the labor and attendance and
market provided at home for blky
products.
The Western Farmer urges the impor
lance of hiring married men and fur
nishIng them with homes. 1t says
1.-The industrious foreigner that will
work by the year for 5000 and an acre of
land where he can keep his own COW and
raise his own vegetables will do 25 per
cent. more work than the average single
man."
We lay it down Is general principle
that If paper cannot do some good for
the interests TO which it is ostensibly de-
voted it ought to starve TO death and.
conversely, If its influence plainly aids
its constituency, and if its tendency is to
elevate and refine those who come with
in its reach, and improve their social and
financial condition, it merits not only
the individual support but the influence
and aid of those whom it seTves-COl-
mans Rural World.
WI hlOhdtu w duBu, dBilCulbuid al OOu-
| tributer to the Northwestern Farmer,
Winnipeg, who was born and bred in
Scotland, but is spending his manhood
days in America, thus writes to young
men of his native land who may be un :
settled as to their future course in life
There is no country in the world bet
ter worth living in than your own, and
no one where you can be so well equipped
for doing well elsewhere should that
necessity overtake you.'
That statement will apply to other
spots on the globe beside Scotland, but
the following sentiment from the same
author IS of far wider application
ITO make little go long way, and
at any cost Of self denial live within
ones means is the only practical road to
present comfort and future prosperity,
either among poor or rich the opposite
course, however pleasant to begin with
IS the certain road to misery"
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THEIR BUSINESS BOOMING

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at Shurtlefr's
Drug Store as their giving away to theiI
customers of so many free trial bottles
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption. Their trade is simply enor.
nous in this very valuable article from
the fact that it always cures and never
disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma
Bronchitis, Group, and all throat anC
lung diseases quickly cured. You car
test it before buying by getting a tria
bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted.
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This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine we have ever
sold, few doses invariably cures the
worst cases of Cough, Group and Bron
chitIs, while it's wonderful success in the
cure Of Consumption is without paral.
lei in the history Of medicine. Since its
first discovery it has been sold on a
guarantee, test which no other m edi-
cine can stand. If you have a cough
we earnestly ask you to try IL. Price &c
cents, so cents and 81. II your lungs
are sore chest or back lame, use Shiloh's
Porus Plaster. Sold by ]. 7. Shurtleff,
Bennington,
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THE MISTAKE OF HER LIFE.

Mr.. WIckwire-Oh, amt going tc
deny bein' full, even though l know
amt. There's no use arguin' with you
anyhow. You never do admit a mis-.
take.
Mrs. Wickwire-Is that so? Why
just now admitted the greatest mis-
take of my life.
Mr.. Wickwire-Wot was It'll
Mrs. Wickwire-You.- Terre Hdutt
Express
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The undersigned having assumed the general
eastern agency for the sale OF the stock and build
ing lots of the MUSCE NATURAL GAS LAND IN
PROvEMEFT COMPANY Of Muncie Indiana, respect
fully offers them to the public, believing this tC
be an unparalleled opportunity to make money
rapidly and lcgitimately on moderate invest
ment-having spent over three weeks at MuncC
and the offices of the company looking over itS
charming city, its fifty three manufactures, AND
its wonderful natural gas which warns and lights
the houses of its 10000 people, prOpcs its factor
les, lights its streets and saves its people in fue
and light already over $500, 0C0 annually. Its pop
| ulation has doubled In the last few mouths and
must soon reach $4,000. Having thoroughly in
vestigated its affairs and the standing Of its Off
GERS to complete satisfaction the expert predic
ton is that the stock which is today offered al
| $40 per share will, inside Of eighteen months
| command $3.50, and its building lots increase in
value over fourfold Those who invest now will
| get the bottom or ground H1dr prices, The mar
or woman of moderate means will receive the
same consideration in purchasing one share Of
stock or one building lot as the banker or capital
| list. All orders from this section Of the country
| are passed TO the credit of the Eastern agent
| whether made through him OF the officers Of the
| company. All correspondence or investments
made will be regarded AS strictly con- deHtidl anC
| those dealing here direct may receive advice ant
suggestions which they have neither the time MOI
| opportunity to devote to at the general offices Of
| the company. Tho subscriber has taken person
ally and disposed OF to intimate friends ALREADY
over $50 900 worth of stock and building lots anG
| respectfully invites correspondence and persona
visitation at his office, where he will be- happy tC
extend every courtesy he Possesses to inquirers
and customers. Respectfully.
FRANK II. BAsCoM, General Eastern Agent
Montpelier Vt, May 1, 1889.
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Prof. VIM. H. Thompson, NJ. D., Uni
Yersity of New York, New York City,
says "More adults are carried off in
this country by chronic kidney disease
than by any other one malady except
consumption" This shows that DR..
Thompson considers kidney disease a
frightful malady. He also says
''Bright's disease has no symptoms of Its
own, but has the symptoms Of every
other disease" The reason why War
ner's Safe Cure cures so many different
diseases is that by curing symptoms.
which are called diseases. il strikes at
the roots of disease itself.
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FORCED TO LEAVE HOME.

Over go people we're forced TO leave
their homes yesterday TO call for fire,
trial package Of Lanes Family Medicine
II your blood is bad, your liver and kid
neys out of order, il you are constipateC
and have headache and an unsightly
complexion, don't fail TO call on AMI
druggist today for a free sample of thil
grand remedy. The ladies praise it
Everyone likes it. Large size package
so cents.
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DON'T CHEAT THE PRINTER.

DON'T CHEAT THE PRINTER.
The man who cheats his printer
Out Of one single cent,
VIII never reach the heavenly land
Where old Elijah went.
He'll never gain admittance there,
But be by demons driven
Be made to loaf his time about
Outside the gates OF heaven.
He'll never meet pleasant face,
Or see one festive grin (;
His only chance of happiness
VIII be almighty thin.
Pacific Printer
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AVIAN HE COULD TRUST.

Mr.. A.-May confide in you ? have
to tell you secret.
MIR. B.-What is it
Mr., A docking around to see if any
body is listening)-I need $500.
Mr.. B.-Don'G fear. will he ss silent
as the Rrave.-EpOch.
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A GREAT RATTLE

Is continually going on in the human
system. The demon of impure blood
strives to gain victory over the constitu-
ton, to ruin health, to drag victims to
the grave. A good reliable medicine
like Hoods Sarsaparilla is the weapon
with which to defend ones self, drive
the desperate enemy from the field, and
restore peace and bodily health for many
years.
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HOw's THIS

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
Halls CatarTh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions, and tnan'
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDRG, KINSAS & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
L. H. VAN HoEsEN, Cashier, Toledo Nationa
Bank Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cure il taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the
system Testimonials sent free Price 10 cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
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Too many use the term "phoshate" to
cover all forms of fertilizer regardless of
their composition or value. Fertilizers
differ, az do manures made from differ.
ent animals fed upon varying kinds of
food. The man who asks, Which is the
best phosphate is likely TO be disap-
pointed in the use of any fertilizer he
may buy.
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NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

An East Boston man who keeps liv-
cry stable had mule for sale, and hear
ing that friend in neighboring town
wanted to buy one, sent him the follow
ing, written on postal card Dear
friend IF 20 are looking for num-
Der mule don't forget me-"