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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
West Arlington.

R. G. Mckee and family with Fred
and Libbie Maynard Of Cambridge, N
Y, and Miss Minnie Jillson, a cousin
from Whitehall, N. Y, spent the day on
Green Mountain last week Friday, the
10Th.
Miss futile accompanied by Miss Mel
lie Derrick, went from Round Lake to
Saratoga for a short sojourn. She is ex.
pected home this week.
Rey. Mr.. Metcalf is taking a vacation
OF two weeks. There will be services
Aug. 25th or Sept. LIST, in the church
ION the green"
Miss Amy Buck returned Monday to
the State Normal school at Castleton,
just now there are but few young ladies
in town.
Miss Emma Benedict returned from
Round Lake, where she had been to at
tend the Chautauqus Assembly.
A concert conducted by Walter Kit
tredge, was held at the church Monday
evening and was well attended.
Mr.. David Buck was quite sick the
greater part Of last week. He is slowly
improving.
Mrs, Abner Davis, who has been i'll of
pneumonia, is some better.
Mrs. MED -ald's condition docs Lot
improve.
Irving Kipp spent Sabbath in town.
Remi Barron has sick child.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

The annual meeting of the Saratoga
Monument Association, was held Tues
day of last week at Saratoga. Since the
last meeting four new tablets have been
placed on the battlefield at Bemis
Heights. 1t was voted to petition Con-
gress for the custody of the four bronze
cannon captured from Gen. Burgoyne,
and now at the Watervliet arsenal. The
Association desires to station the pieces
at the four corners of the Saratoga mon
ument at Schuylerville. Congress will
also asked for an appropriation of $50, OOU
to cover the expenses of the dedication
of the monument, which it is hoped will
take place next year. The Saratoga
monument project was started in 1859,
the corner stone of the structure was
laid in 1877, and the work of the outside
walls was completed in 1882. Since that
time some $4,000 have been expended
in historic tablets on the inside and in
statues on the outside. Inside much
more money can be expended in historic
tablets, as less than one half the space
for them is yet taken up by them. The
whole expense so far is about $4,000
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
NEWS AND NOTES.

Law is law, and we must all obey it;
but when a noted bully slaps the face Of
a Justice Of the Supreme Court for the
discharge of his duty, and is shot down
by the legally appointed protector of the
Justice, well-we can only say we should
like to be on the jury to try the man
who fired the shot.
1t is reassuring to learn that Gen. Golf
has still fifty plurality in the court in
West Virginia and that only two coun-
ties remain to be canvassed. The work
Of examining the returns has progressed
very slowly, but thus far at last there is
an appearance of fairness.
The Iowa Republicans do not waver
at all in their adherence to the temper
ance policy of that State. This will be
a disappointment to the ill-informed
Democratic papers which have been pre-
dieting that they would be all broken
up upon that question.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
Driving soldiers Out of washington,

The Secretary of War and the new ad-
jutant general have resumed those oper-
atoms which so many secretaries OF war
and go many adjutant generals have TAX
en- up, only to be compelled to abandon
them. Secretary Proctor and General
KeltOn are trying to drive back to their
respective regiments the scores of officers
who, backed up by congressional inhu-
ence and social popularity ARE entrenched
in snug staff positions IN Washington.
One OF these officers has not seen his reg
iment for 10 years, and Secretary Proc
tor thinks IL he should see it he might
like il. II the secretary and the adju-
tant general succeed, they will succeed
where all others have failed. Free Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

1t is stated that the Pope has appoint
ed high ecclesiastical tribunal for the
Roman Catholic church in the United
States. 1t is said that the tribunal will
have referred to it all cases in which
that church in the United States is con-
cerned for adjudication, and that the
tribunal consists of Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia and
Archbishop Corrigan of New York. The
object of the tribunal is to relieve Rome
of the burden of hearing appeals from
this country,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
Was He Murdered ?

Is a question often asked, when a per-
son Is found dead that had previously
enjoyed good health. The verdict often
Is "Apoplexy or Heart Disease" Sam.
uel Carvitt, of Fairbanks, Me-, says
Last August was taken with palpita-
tion of the heart l could not lie in bed
had TO sleep in my rocking chair Ipro-
cured bottle of Anti-Apoplectine 1t
relieved me at once so could lie down
and have good nights rest, and have
ever SINCE"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
MARRIED..

wEBER.-In Bennington,
August 18th, in St. Francis De Sales Church, by
Rev.. s. Michaud, Joseph Gutzweller and Lizzie
Weber, all Of Bennington.
HOURAN-0CONNELL Bennington, Aug
ust Goth, in St. Francis De Sales Church, by Rev.
j. s, Michaud, Sidney E. Houran and Rosa Z.
o'Connell, all Of Bennington.
SAUNDERS. -NILES.-In SALISBURY, at the
Baptist parsonage, August 18th, by Rev. @. A.
wilkins, Nathan II. Saunders Of Westerly, X l..
and Emma A, daughter Of Stephen Niles, OF
SALISBURY.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
ADVISE TO MnrHERs

Mas, WiEsLow's 500 THIN SYRUP for children
teething is the prescription Of one of the best fe.
male nurses and physicians In the United States,
and has been used for forty years with never fail.
ing success by millions Of mothers for their child
rem. During the process Of teething its value IL
incaloulabe. IL relieves The child from pain.
cures dysentery aud darrh1a, gripping in the bow.
els and wind-colic. By giving health to the child
It rests the mother. Price rs cents bottle.
28yI
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

President Eben S. Allen of a New
York City street railroad, for fraudu-
lent issue of 800, 900 of the stock of the
company, has been sentenced by Judge
Gildersleeve to fourteen years at hard
labor in State prison.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
E-The entertainment al ihe Rradrorf

EThe entertainment at the Bradford
residence, Wednesday evening, Aug. %,
is to be an evening spent with Aunt
Avery, who will entertain with humor-
Gus selections, music and refreshments.
you are invited with your friends. The
ladies of the Baptist Church will make
this equal to any of their gatherings.
Per order, COMMITTEE
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

l have lot of Iron Markers, Head
Stone Monuments, ETC., which l have
concluded to sell at reduced prices. They
are all first-class stock and design, and
will be sold at prices to suit purchasers,
Come in and satisfy yourselves.
3ltf q, NJ. LAMBERT,
No. 10 North St., Bennington, VT.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

EE~Parties contemplating building
would do well to call upon A. ]. Dewey,
Real Estate Agent, and examine 200 lots
situated in different parts of the town
offered by him for sale or lease. 3ltf
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
DIED.

AIINER.-In Bennington, at the Vermont Sol
diers' Home, August 18th, Asahel Miner, Of Co !,
Ninth Vt. Regt, (of Warren, Vt.,l aged 81 years.
BI.ANCHARD.-In Pownal, Aug. 18th, Mr.
John F. Blanchard, aged "a years.
HARLAN.-In Bennington, August 18th, Mrs.
Catherine Harlan, aged % years.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
Half Holidav,-Not,oe to NV Patrons,

The Troy Bazaar will close at 1 o'clock
every Friday afternoon during the
months of July and August, 1889, end
ing with Friday afternoon, August 80.
WIN, II. FREAR,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22

The elixir of life, was tried on an
old negro of Paris, KY, and it killed
him. But that doesn't spoil the theory
of the "elixir." 1t will cause either eter.
nal earthly life or eternal unearthly life.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
SPECIAL BUSINESS LOCALS.

cB-FoR SALE.-A good work, or sim
gle carriage horse. Weighs 1860 pounds,
Enquire of John II. Warren at the Ben
nington express office. 29tf
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
The Sixteenth of August.

The day proved to be bright and fair
this year. much to the surprise of every
body, heing the first clear weather in
several months. The traditional shower
did not even pay us visit, hence the
festivities advertised by the Father Mat
thew I. A. B. Society and the G. A. R,
were largely attended and both proved
successful.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-22
The Banner.

BENNINGTON. VERMONT
Thursday Afternoon, Aug. ~, 1889
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
r How Gladstone Reads.

Mr.. Gladstone Is an eager yet care
full and thorough reader OF the best
books, 1t is said by a Glasgow jour
nal that he usually has three books in
reading at the same time, and changes
fsom one to the other when his mind
has reached the limit of absorption.
I his is necessarily corrective to the
tendency TO think only OF one thing at
a time, which sometimes in politics
leads him to neglect that all-round
lrvey of the situation which Is indis-
pensable to stateman. When he
reads book he does SO pencil in hand.
marking off on the margin those pas
sages which he wishes to remember.
uuerying those about which he is in
doubt and putting cross opposite
those which he disputes. AT the end
of the volume he constructs kind OF
index of his own which enables him to
refer to those things he wishes to re-
member in the book. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
OUR NATIONAL FLOWER.
The Golden Rod as the Floral Emblem 81
the American Republic.


Boston and vi Unity, where so many
wise and good people reside, are agi-
tating the question Of selecting Ma
tional fower-a floral emblem OF the
American Republic. Science seems to
favor the high-standing, graceful gold
en-rod, of hardy growth and artistic
plumage 1t is agreed by botanists,
florists and poets that OF all the Wild
flowers, the golden-rod comes nearer
to being peculiarly indigenous to this
country and to being ubiquitous in all
the States than any other, and that 1t
is. therefore, entitled to the honorable
distinction of being selected as the
symbol of our nationality.
The fuchsia has always impressed ms
as .'the daisy of all the flowers, but,
with all its grace of form and beauty OF
color, it has an unfortunate habit OF
hanging its pretty head down toward
the ground, as if it were either afraid
or ashamed of something, and neither
causeless fear nor causelesS sham Is
characteristic of the United States or
its people.
And perhaps it will be as easy for
our people to concentrate their pref
erences upon the golden-rod as upor
any other flower. The May-fower IL
entitled to consideration, but it is OBJ
jected to because Of its modesty ant
shadiness. The golden-rod is lacking
in fragrance. it is true, and is not spe
cially beautiful, but it is a familiar
friend; every body knows 1t when ht
sees it, and nobody that we are aware
of has any thing against it--no preJu
dice, no grudge, no malice. 1t stands
proudly upright. like plumed knight
it comes in late, and is in no great
hurry to leave after getting here; II
withstands wind and storm right brave
ly, and bows its yellow head in dignl-
fled courtesy to all the world.
The golden-rod is genuine Ameri
can, and as such, if it is destined tt
the post of honor, let us bid it vel
come. The office-seeking politician
may put up his lightning-rod;" the
schoolmaster may ''have rod IL
pickle" for the unruly small boy in his
jurisdiction; and the magician may
with his diving-rod attempt to zeal
spirits from the vastly Deep but giv'
to Yankeedom the golden-rod as thu
floral symbol of its dignity, grace ant
hardihood. If not, why notP Osca
Wilde has immortalized the sun-fowel
as the mark of the dude. Why cal
not those of us who are not dudes Sc
up as the posy of our National worship
a flower that is dudish neither In as
pect nor pretension--the golden-rod'
Chicago Journal
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
Yellow and Brown Mustard.

Only the best mustard is worth hav-
ing, but the adulterations and tricks OF
preparation are so many that the best
is hard to get Much depends on the
method of preparation. When good
mustard is carefully ground and so
carefully sifted that only thirty or
forty per cent. of the weight is saved
as table mustard first-class article Is
the result. Some poor stuff made
from the rejected hulls is sold. with
cayenne pepper added to give it
"bite.n Mustard is largely adulter-
ated by admixtures of tumeric and corn
meal. Generally the quality OF mus
tard can safely be judged by its price.
and the cheapest is really the dearest.
The yellow English mustard is best
for table use California mustard is so
rich in oil that some of the oil is ex-
pressed before the mustard is sold, to
prevent it from becoming rancid
hence its unsatisf actory quality. Brown
mustard is mostly used in medical
practice. Good Housekeeping.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
Some Pleasant Experiments.

Suspend from the ceiling thread
which has previously been soaked in
very salt water. and then dried TO
this fasten light ring, and announce
that you are about to burn the thread
without making the ring fall. 1ne
thread will burn, it is true, but the
ashes it leaves are composed of crys-
tails OF salt, and their cohesion is
strong enough to sustain the light
weight of the object attached to the
thread. Another form of the same
experiment is to make little ham
mock of muslin to be suspended by
four threads, and after having soaked
this in salted water and dried 1t, as be-
fore directed, to place in it an empty
egg-shell. Set the hammock on fire;
the muslin will be consumed, and the
flame reach the threads which hold 1t,
without the egg falling from its frail
support. With great care you may
even succeed in performing the expert
ment with "a full egg in place of an
empty shell, taking the precantion,
however, to have it previously hard
boiled, that you may escape an omlet
in case of failure. re.-Phrenological
Journal.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
RATTlEGNAkE BITES.
Whisky Said to BE u More Popular Tbna
EHtcacious Remedy.

EMcacious Remedy.
Having often seen the statement |
made in the public press, and some
times in medical journals, that whisky |
and ammonia were tho acknowledged |
antidotes to rattlesnake bite, feel it |
duty to administer u corrective to the |
above fallacious teaching. About thir-
ty years ago Prof. Weir Mitchell, OF
Philadelphia, spent over two years in
carefully experimenting with virus OF
snake poisons. Taking a few drops Of
the pure virus from the sac of the
snake, he mixed it consecutively with
alcohol, ammonia, iodine, bromine,
mercury and other reputed antidotes,
then injected the solution of each into
birds, rabbits. dogs, goats and other
animals when he found that the
poison was not altered in it's power.
but would produce its specific toxic
effect just the same as when it was
undiluted. He found also that the
virus was fatal only to u certain ex-
| tent, that is. il it took half drop to
kill an animal of thirty pounds weight,
it would require one to two drops to
kill one of sixty to eighty pounds. It,
action is Immediate, and it kills only
when the animal is too small and weak
In rcsistiye vitality. II is rare that al
adult person dies from the bite of ,
rattlesnalse. The virus of the cobra i
more intense and fatal. Several year
ago prominent minister in Philadcl
phia died from the bite of youn,
cobra. AS given quantity OF the rat
tlesnake virus is necessary to over
come certain amount of physica
force, it is seldom that such quantit
is ever deposited by the snake bit
upon an adult person. II large snak
should bite a goat of fifty pound
weight. and soon after bite two chill
dren of about the same weight, tn
goat might die, but the children woul'
not. for the reason that the goat woulC
receive the largest amount OF the virus
when there would be but little lef
to poison the children. In such case
whisky being used on the chill
dren, their recovery would b.
attributed to the whisky; so the friend
and neighbors would think they hav
positive proof of IL sure antidote /
whisky Here is the fallacy whic'
science alone can demonstrate. /
when whisky is mixed with the poiso
' directly, it Is no antidote, how can
become so when taken into the syster
remotely, the whisky in the stomac
and the poison in the goatp Physic
logically, the whisky is antidotal S
far as it will sustain the flaggin
:, :. powers during the time the poison
/ being eliminated by the exccretor
organs. In the light OF the aboN
scientific demonstrations, how a doct'
V can gravely or frantically proceed
. treat rattlesnake bite ''by injectir
around the wound permanganate
ootassa or any supposed autidotes
,rder a chicken split open and apple
IA to the wound, or the anus Of IL
1T chicken applied over the wound, usir
$ IL number of different fowls for II
of purpose" is problem hard to unde
stand in this age Of reason. DIR. A.
Hudson, in Medical Record.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
SOLlMAN'S ARROGANCE.
The cCondescending Letter Which u Sultan
Wrote to u French King.


II has taken Turkey little more than
three hundred and fifty years to lose
most of its European, and nearly all its
African possessions, and to sink from
"a iirst-class to n tenth rate state. A
curious instance of Turkish arrogance
is to be found in the collection of diplo-
matte documents published of late years
by order of the Foreign Office. Under
the head of correspondence with the
Levant is to be found letter written
by Sultan Soliman the Magnificent to
Francis |. after the battle of Pavia, in
which he bids him to keep up his
spirits. and promises u vague kind of
support.
| The insolent and condescending char
acter OF the letter contrasts oddly with
its shrewd, non-committal character.
The all-powerful Sultan is quite deter
mined that the Bey of France, as he
calls him. shall be simply his instru-
ment. The letter condensed is as fol-
lows:
II, Soliman, by the grace OF God,
whose power has been testified by the
sacred miracles of Mahomet. whose
name be blessed. !, Sovereign of Sow
ereigns. distributor of crowns to the
Monarchs on the surface of the globe,
Padishah Of the Black and White Seas,
Lord of Roumelia, Anatolia, Cara
MANIA Rome. Diarbekir, Kurdistan.
Persia, Damascus, Aleppo, Cairo,
Mecca. Medina, Jerusalem, and q
host Of other countries conquered by
the flaming and victorious sword o
my ancestors, send greetings to you
Bey of France. You have sent a letter
to the Sublime Porte, the asylum o
Sovereigns saying that the enemy has
taken possession of your country. ant
that you yourself are in prison, ant
, you ask me to deliver you therefrom
, | have noted your request. 1t is no
astonishing that Emperors and King
are defeated and taken prisoners. Ou
glorious ancestors. may God be graci
Gus to them, have never for one mo
ment ceased from making war and iron
: conauering foreign countries. | hav,
! also marched on their traces, and hav
conquered many countries supposed t
e be impregnable-night and day on
/ steed is saddled and sword girdcd b
our side. But be of good cheer and d
A not be cast down by evil fortune. Th
: will of God will be done. For the res
interrogate your agent here and yo
S will receive information. Signed Sol
+ man, Constantinople, 1926"
# Yet it was in the reign Of this Su
: tan's immediate predecessor that th
great blow was struck at Mahommeda
power in Europe by the destruction
the Mahommedan kingdom of Granad
t which, although small in extent, o
: cupied great position in Eurol
through the advanced civilization Of il
|. inhabitants. London Examiner.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-16
FRENCH ElSHER-FOLk.
The Life, Manners and Customs of u Pc
culiar People.

The Life, Manners AMI Customs of u Pc
culiar People.
Every one knows how picturesque
are fishing towns in art. The life and
manners Of the people living in these
towns is not less quaint and interesting
than their homes. The scenes described
by tourist in France give a clear idea
of the sort of life the fisher-folk of that
country lead.
The industry carried on by the coast
people on the French foreshores is quite
sight. Even the little children con-
trive to make money by building fish
ponds, or forming trenches in which to
gather salt, or in some other SIN all in
dustry incidental to sea-shore life.
One occasionally encounters some
abject being cropping about the rocks
to obtain the wherewithal to sustain
life. To these people all is fish that
comes to hand-no creature, however
Shiny, that creeps about is allowed to
escape, SO long as it can be disguised
by cookery into any kind of food
for human creatures. Some Of the
people have old rickety boats patched
up with still older pieces of wood or
leather; sails mended here and there
till it is difficult to know the original
portion from those that have been add
ed to it; nets torn and darned till they
are scarce able to hold fish; and yet,
that boat and that crippled machinery
are the capital stock of perhaps two or
three generations of family, the con-
cern having probably been founded
half a century ago by the grandfather,
who now sees around him series OF
hungry generations that it would take
a fleet Of boats to keep in food and
raiment.
| The moment the tide runs back, the
seashore is at once overrun with a
legion of hungry people, who are
eager to clutch at whatever fishy frag,
ments the receding water may have
left; the shallow pools are eagerly,
hungrily examined, and their contents
grabbed with an anxiety that belongs
only TO poverty.
AT some place on the coast. how
ever, happier era is dawning on tn,
people-the adoption of fishculture has
led to traffic in oysters that is sur
prising-indeed, new life has dawnet
on some districts; and where at on,
time was poverty and squalor, there i!
now wealth and prosperity.
Companion.