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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14
NEWS ANDNOTES.

Wanted.-A good appetite. You car
have it easy enough by taking Hood S
Sarsaparilla. 1t tones the digestion and
cures sick headache.
The questions to be asked by the
new English census are those in regard
to the name, sex, age, profession or oc-
cupatiOn, condition as to marriage, rela-
ton to head of family and birthplace of
every person who abode in any house on
the night of the census day, showing
also whether any such person was blind
or deaf and dumb or imbecile or lunatic.
The only new question to be put is one
recommended by the Census Committee,
namely, where the occupier is in occupa-
ton of less than five rooms, as TO num-
Der of rooms occupied by him.. One par
ticular that was asked for at the last
census and is now omitted, in accordance
with the committees recoT nmendation,
is the frank" of each person.
Don't say there is no relief for catarrh,
hay fever and cold in the head, since
thousands testify that Ely's Cream
Balm has entirely cured them. Itsuper-
sedes the dangerous use of liquids and
snuffs. Its easily applied into the nos
trils and gives relief at once Price SOC
Mr.. Stanley has found time and i'm.
clination 10 talk about miss iOnary pros
poets in Africa. He fOresees trouble be
tween the Protestants and Ro man Catho-
lies, II the native concerts be not kent
well in hand, but he has no fear of Mo
hammedanism in the future. That faith.
he thinks, is fast decreasing, and he ven
lures to prophesy that within five Va ,ars
there win not beone Mohammedan SO. utll
Of the equator in Central Africa,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14
EvoLUrIoN OF THE HAMMOCK.

The hammock has much to answer
for.
1t has developed from nothing into a
potent factor in midsummer social joys
and sorrOws.
A decade ago the hammock was spOra-
die. 1t is now universal. Certain tour
lists from this heretofore unhammocked
land of the free, journeying in Mexico
and in Cuba, noted the meshed crescent
with interest first and with admiration
afterward,s. s.insomuch that they brought
one of the swaying cOuches with them.
The result has been remarkable.
Americans have taken the hammock to
their very hearts, and American in
genuity has devised machinery capable
of turning out hammOcks almost rs fast
as the finished article will turn out its
occupant.
A summer bereft of hammock would
be to the American lad[and lass dreary
and unrOmantic period.
Given good article of moonlight and
hammock big enough for two, and
| there is no combination which will more
rapidly and thoroughly advance the
cause of Cupid and bring about the
| lighting of Hymen's torch.
| Between the moon and the hammock
there is certain analogy. A young
moon is very like q hammock, and when
| Luna appears in the west, her crescent
apparently swung between two invisible
trees and fastened with bright pair of
stars, the analogy is complete, One can
readily fancy an angel sweying in the
celestial hammock, which is said also to
contain man. And the idea is so apt
to fix itself in the mind of the ardent
mortal who gazes westward that his first
Impulse is TO get hammock and an
earthly angel of his own, and then to
sway ioyously to the rhythm of two
hearts that beat as one.
The hammock is an institution which
could not have its origin i'll so busy and
practical land rs America. 1t is a
daughter of the South, of lands where
llanguor and idleness reign beneath an
lalmost vertical sun. Its motion savors
of leisure, and its mission is one of ro-
nance.
As an aid to Irritation it is twin sister
to a fan.
If young couple ever trust themselves
to the support of the same hammock at
the same time Cupid has his own way
. thereafter. The pair must of necessity
be brought into such sweet proximity
&. tnat every pdlllcic VI loIHldlity anu IL
serve is melted away.
One may Withdraw from his fair one
on bench. may hold aloof while seated
on the same grassy bank, and may hitcf
his chair away, or closer, as his feelings
, may dictate. But in the same hammock
one can do none of these things. IL
can only submit to fate and propinquitI
and be led delightfully."- to the momen
/ tous question.
The hammock has come to take th'
4 place once held by the narrow sleigh
! Fate and the weather have ordained tha
/ the DAYS of the cutters existence ar
ended, but kinder fate has supplied tn,
hammock. 1t is fashioned much like
=, spiders web. But who would no
. willingly be a fly when the web holds
r charming maiden? And what man
o there with soul SO dead who is not gla'
/ the hammock has come to stayP
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HOW TO MEASURE WHEAT,

About the time that Daniel Drew be-
gan his Wall Street career he was up in
the country one time to visit some friends,
and two farmers called upon him to de-
eide a case. One had sold the other five
bushels of wheat, and proposed to meas
ure it in half bushel and sweep the tap
of the measure with a stick. The other
objected, and Uncle Daniel was asked to
decide.
"Well, legally speaking, bushel is
only bushel, he answered.
"And can the measure be swept off ?''
81 think it can"
"With what ?'
"Well, II | was selling wheat should
probably use half the head of flouI
barTel.k,
(which edge of it?"
Gentlemen, that is a point / cannot
now decide OH" sighed the old man. "Ii
| was selling to widow or preacher ]
am certain that 1 should sweep the
measure with the straight edge, but If ]
was selling TO man who pastures his
cows in the road and his pigs in his
neighbours corn I'm afraid / should use
the circular side and scoop little tc
boot."-I'dH Street Daily Nelos.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14
JENNY LlND,s CRADLE SONG

Somewhere in the forties Grisi and
Jenny Lind were singing in different
places in London. Great was the rivalry
between them. Finally Queen Victoria
deeming it shame that such gifted WON
en- should be separated by a mean, un-
worthy jealousy, requested both to ap-
pear at a court concert.
Jenny Lind was the younger, and 1t
was arranged that she should sing first.
With perfect confidence in her powers
she stepped forward to begin. CHANGING
to glance at Grisi, she saw the southern
woman's malignant gaze fixed on her.
The fierce look almost paralyzed her.
Her courage left her, her voice trembled,
everything grew black before her and
she almost fell. BY the greatest eXer.
ton of her will, however, she managed
to sing her air. A painful silence fol,
lowed its conclusions silence that told
her of her failure. She caught trium'
phant expression OH Crisis face.
Suddenly a soft voice that seemed t.
come from heaven whispered to her:
'Sing one of your old songs in youl
native language" She caught at the
| thought like an inspiration. She stepped
up to her aceOmpanist and asked him e
rise and took the vacant seat. Softly
her fingers wandered over the keys in 8
loving prelude, then she sang 1t was
' little prayer which she had loved as
child; it belonged to her mothers roper
tory. She hadn't sung it for years. As
she sang she was no longer in the pres
,.ncc Of royalty, but singing to loving
friends in her fatherlaud,
No one present understood one wore
Of the prayer" Softly at first thC
pIaintive notes floated on the air, swell
ing louder and richer every moment
The singer seemed to throw her Who'll,
soul into the weird, thrilling, plaintiv,
prayer Gradually the song dieC
away and ended in sob. After mo
ment, with the impulsiyiness of child
of the tropics, Grisi crossed TO Jenny
| Lind's side, placed her arm about hel
and kissed her warmly, utterly regard
less of the admiring audience.-PittS
| burgh Dispatch.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14
FITCHBURG Il. r..
HoosAc TUNNEL ROUTE.

On and after July lst, 1890, trains win run as
follows
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington As m, arrive Troy Q IS, a
IN. New York 10 p m, Hoosick Falls OF, North
Adams o so, Greenfield IL ,12 a m, ,Fitehburg a.
Boston So p m, ,Mechanicvile g, ,SaratOgal0 10 "
am.
Leave Bennington l2 IS p m. arrive Troy 2 10
New York 90, Hoosick Falls 49, North Adams
8 20, Greenfield 445. Fitchburg i2, Boston 94)p.
IN Mechauicvile 2 "a.
Leave Bennington s5 p N, arrive Troy IS,
pm, Hoosick Falls H. No. AdamsT 90 p N,
Mechanlcvle 55, p. M, Saratoga Esp. m.
Leave Bennington l2 IS night, arrive Troy O5
New York 90 am.
Leave Bennington for Rutland and Montreal
r2S5, o 10 a. m 9 25, 8 10 p. IN.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON
VIA. BENNINGTON RUTLAND ny:
10 m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
Q a a m, from New York, Albany, Troy Hoo.
sick Falls, No. Adams, Saratoga and Mechanic
vile,
80Opm, from New York. Albany Troy, ,Hoosics
Falls, No Adams ard Boston.
$40 m, from New York. Albany, Troy. HOosick
Falls North Adams Boston, and Saratoga.
Arrive ut Bennington from Rutland and Mont
treal 10. s 10 a. m, l 10, 4Op. m.
J.WIITTMORE J.R. WATSON,
GenI1rahlc Mgr, Boston. tienl Pass. Ag't
c. A HIMMO, Boston
GeDI Western Passenger Agent, Troy.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14

Is very liable to follow contact of the
hands or face with what is known as
poison ivy, especially in hot weather or
il the body is perspiring freely. The
trouble may subside for a time, only to
appear i'm aggravated form when oppor-
tunity offers. The great purifying pow
ers Of Hoods Sarsaparilla thoroughly
eradicate every trace of poison from the
blood, as the cures IL has accomplished
conclusively show. 1t also cures scrof-
ula, salt rheum and all other affections
arising from impure or poisoned blood
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-08-14

The usual treatment of catarrh is very
unsatisfactory, as thousands Of despair
;uq patients can testify. A trustworthy
medical writer says: "Proper local treat
ment is positively necessary to success,
Int most of the remedies in general use
by physicians afford but temporary ben
Elf. A cure cannot be expected from
snuffs. powders, douches and washes >
Fly's Cream Balm is a remedy which
combines the important requisites of
ouick action, specific curative power
with perfect safety and pleasanmess to
the patient
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~szsE.azs5H zzalE IiFl.zz----,
TTTTIII.TI1III11I.fTHI
IMPORTANT TO ALL.

We would saw that we have the largest assorted cheapest most
complete elegant of Cohmgs and Furnishings ever Snow III
Bennington expect be believed when we tel you na we
sell good strong seveable suit of clothes for EN DOl0'
for gentemens but such the tact we nave great
ey of suits at this price among which be found SUITS which are
ally sold for TWELVE FIFTEEN and even ElGHl ZEN DolAN?
These ten dollar surprise experts wheh on
nation they notice quality fabric and their make up IN hne
goods we fabrics made and trimmed mnGn
the average Of made The prices range rom l
THIRTY DOLLARS They made by manufacturers VINO employ
expert workmen make specially tins class OF 8o"uS ou
Hats Etc we buy full instead OF dozens and from the manu-
acue direct thereby saving the obbc% profit We rta'y can '
YOU one half good things No 447 MAN eepu
cordially invite for yourselves We nave one
all landgua all goods represented
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD.
New Time Table, Commencing June
18th IgQO

Leave Bennington $40 a. m. arrive In No Ad-
ans q 80 a. M, Troy 10 '55. Chatham lf:45, New
York 8 N2. Leave Bennington II rs g. M, arrive
Chatham 4;4b, N. sa5, Leave Ben'gton 8 rs p.
M, arrive in North Adams 700,
Chatham IS p. m.
Leave North Adams 9:O5 a. m arrive in Ben.
niDgton 1920. Leave North Adams 200 ~ m
arrive in Bennington 400 leave North Adams
SD m, arrive In Bennington sos.
Leave New York 20 a. m. arrive In Benping.
ton 2 800 p. m. Leave New YORK II 10 a. o. arrive
in Bennington 0s p. m.
Leave Chatham II 90 a. M. arrive IN bennington
400 p. m. Leave Chatham 80 p. m. arrive in
Bennington 8 O3 D, m.
Leave Troy 80 a. M, arrive in Bennington
1920 q. m.
z. D. BENNETT, supt
JOSEPH CHILD, Gen, Pass. Agt,
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DR p G.. JENNEY. Dentist.

SuCCEssoR TO DIR. j. n. sCRANIQNR u I 3on,
- Is prepared TO perform all operations in Dent
Str,, In thnrouph ant, yoTkmanlike manner. Per-
sct satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
n his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas OF
Ether administered or extracting tetth "hen re- re-
luired. Office opposite Congregations N""rch
Main ST., Bennington.
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Hard to please-First Subscriber: I'm
done with the editor of the Bugle
Second subscriber-So am |. What
did he do for you?
'I'm going out in the country for q
few weeks to live on farm and reduce
expenses. and | limited at the chump to
give me complimentary notice to the
affect that had gone to Saratoga, and
he never mentioned my name at all.
What did he do for you?'
"What did he do for me? He put IN
his measly paper that l was going to
spend the summer at Saratoga, and my
creditors are just bounding me to death
in consequence of it."
How Time Increases Values-Eminent
Author: You bought a MS. from me
some ten years ago for twenty-five dol
lars.
Publisher-Yes, sir: but we hayn't
printed il yet.
Eminent Author-Well, let me have it
back and I'll give you hundred Eve
got reputation now, and don't want to
spoil it.
Is NEGROES
Who left the United States for Liberia
last year have lately returned, being UNI
able TO stand the climate. Everybody
going TO a new climate should have a
bottle of Sulphur Bitters with them as
safeguard against disease. - Hartford
CoWdnt
Advertisements Of Faber's pencils
should be set up loaded,
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A 2. CUTLER, Dentist.
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

vTNhe bennington County Savings Bank at the
i Bennington County National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction of business from 10 O'Clock
q. IN. to O'Clock p. m, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted. ,-- ..,,
interest to depositors strictly in accordance with
he laws of the State of Vermont. Money de-
posted anytime after the first day Of each month
draws interest from the first day oil the next sue
ceeding month"; Interest computed January
st and July lst and If not withdrawn will be added
to principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
upon 1t.
personal securities.
A. Is. VALENTINE, President,
" E.IAWKS, Vice President
J.T. SIIUR1L LEFT, Treasurer,
q. W. 'IARMAN, Secretary,
TRusTKEs--A y. Valentine, Wn. II. Hawks,
Il. W. Harman, olin Scott, J. T. Shurtl"h' r.
Gibson.
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A Conference Committee OF the Troy aud
Boston Railroad Company and the Fitch
burg Railroad Company grees on Terms
of Settlement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13
THE EVENING DINNER.

How the Principal Meal of the Day
Is Shifting From Noon to Night.
Christine Terhune Herrick
Twenty or thirty years ago the late
dinner was not nearly so popular as it is
now. The majority of people dined in
the middle of the day, and not few of
them considered O'Clock dinner as an
effort after fashion that was unworthy
the imitation of sensible men and
women. Even in large cities servants
time-hOnored custom of serving the
principal meal of the day at or near
noon, while in small towns the late din
ner was so unusual that it was almost
impossible to persuade domeSticS to
consent to it. .
A marked change has taken place in
the fashion. The evening dinner has
for years been steadily gaining in pop
ularity, and promises to become even
more common than it is now. Thought
full men and women recognize the wis
dom of eating lightly at midday, when
they are ill the full tide of business,
and reserving the heartiest repast for
an hour when it can be discussed leis-
urely and dlgested peaceably. Mis-
tresses have learned that there is gain
Ill hc0pliS tuC iDOlulLS lice lOI HOuSc-
work, instead of devoting most of it to
the preparation of the dinner. The
light lunch eaten in most homes de-
mands much less time in cooking and
eating than does dinner. and leaves
those who have partaken of it more fit
for work than they would be were their
stomachs burdened with the task of di-
costing soup, meat, vegetables and des-
sert.
The late dinner is more dignified
meal than can possibly be made of a
similar repast eaten at noon. The
festal appearance impaired by the
CLEAN of candles, lamps, or gas upon
silver, china and glass cannot be ac-
quired by daylight. The pleasant re-
union around the board of the members
of the family, whose positions and in
terests have been diverged since morn
ing, the happy consciousness that the
work of the day is done, the knowledge
that there is no toll waiting at the door
of the dining room, all bear their share
in rendering the meal cheerful and
care-free. More ceremony can and
should be preserved at the evening din
ner than is feasible at noon. The or
derby sequence Of courses, and the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13
GLORY OF THE TROPICS.
The Splendor of Morning Colors
on the African Coast.

The Splendor of Morning ColOrs
on the African Coast.
Elizabeth Bisland in the Cosmopolitan.
Quite in moment, it seems, it is to-
morrow-our last day in the tropics
and l coup on deck before the sun has
risen, into the delicious, moist warmth
of the tropical morning. A mana
young man-is lounging in one of the
bamboo chairs in neglige of India silk
drinking tiny cup of coffee and en-
joying the early freshness. No one else
is visible. l hesitate a moment, conscious
of the dishevelment OF locks beneath
the lace scarf tied under my chin, but
think better of the hesitation and re-
main. ! may never see this again, this
equatorial world. where one is really for
the first time
Lord of the five senses,
where the light of night and day has a
a new meaning, where one is drenched
and stepped in color and perfume,
where the husk of callous dullness falls
away and every sense replies to inn
pressions with a keenness as of new
born faculties. The young mans silky
black head is ruffled too, and his yellow
eyes still sleepy as he comes and leans
over the rail. He is holding little
Dlack pipe In slim olive nand tnaG is
tipped with deep-tinted onyx-like nails,
and with it he points to the first canoe
putting out from shore. 1t is a long
brown boat, very narrow and filled
with oranges heaped up in the center.
1t is cutting a delicate furrow along
the pearly lilac of the glass-like sea.
A faint gray mist scarcely more than a
film lies along the shore: above it the
red rocks stand up sharply against the
white sky which the coming sun is
changing to gold. The young man
turns and smiles, showing row Of
white teeth through lips as red as pome-
granate flowers. He is English, but
takes ON here certain warm tones of
color like Spaniard. Every moment l
have spent in the tropics is to me just
as vivid as this. L see everything. Not
beauty, not touch of color, escapes
me. Every moment of the day means
intense delight, beauty. life. {.
And now after six months not line has
faded or grown dim. can live back in
it III every motion. every impression,
as though not an hour divided me from
it. 1t is well to have thus once really
lived
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13

American critics won't give American
composers the slightest encouragement,
but make every attempt to down him.
Music criticism. to be valuable, as all
just and discriminating criticism is.
should not only point out defects, If any
exist. but should also recognize the
merits. The charge of musical plagiar-
ize. is very easy one to bring and
very easy one to substantiate. 1t is the
easiest thing in the world to detect re-
Semblances in an opera to other COM
posers who have written in the same
style. The mistake musical critics
make is in falling to recognize the vast
difference between the substance and
its manner of expression. For over five
years Beethoven wrote so entirely in
the style of Mozart and Haydn that
their compositions were hardly to be
told apart, and yet no one has thought
to accuse him of plagiarism on
that account. What do we go to school
for if not to study the best models
which the education and experience of
past years have given us. Any litera-
teur of the present day, ii told that his
style resembled Macauley's, would feel
justly proud. Why should it then be
thrown as reproach in the teeth of the
musician that he has expressed his ideas
niZed masters in the branch of the art
which he is endeavoring to pursue?
Why should BerlioZ recommend the
musical student to commit to memory
all of the string quartettes of Haydn,
Mozart and Beethoven before he should
attempt to write quartette, or all the
songs of Schumann, Schubert and
Franz before he should attempt to write
similar composition, if he did not
mean thereby that the young composers
would in so doing aSSimilate the style
of these great masters?
The charge of musical plagiarism is
most vague and unsubstantial one, and
is usually brought when no other disa-
greeable thing can be found to say of
the work. Pages from the works of ac-
knOwledged great masters TEEN with
thoughts OF other minds, which by their
original mode of treatment they have
justly called their own; this is not
plagiarism. Sir Arthur Sullivan has
been accused of this fault. but chapter
and verse might be given for almost ev-
cry number in both Patience and The
MikadO' and yet this does not detract
from the excellence or artistic worth of
these works. Richard Genee once said
to pupil who was deprecating BiZet
because he had found the greater part
of Carmen in an old collection of Span
ish songs: My boy, when you have
written as long as Strauss and you
will appreciate the fact that a good find,
if properly worked out, is quite as cred
liable to the composer as good inyen-
tiOn.'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Mckinley bill is, of course, at
tracing good deal of attention. The
Tribune yesterday published couple
on its workings. The readers of that
paper would do well to take those inter-
views with grain of salt. One illustra-
ton of the reason therefor is sufficient.
r. S. Goodfellow is represented as thinks
ing that this new tariff measure is ben
Efficient piece of legislation. AS a matter
of fact. MIR GoodfeIlow was not seen.
His partner, W. S. Ray, was. He, al
though Republican. denounced the
Mckinley bill as an infamous law. But
his opinions did not go into the paper
that way.
Tom Downs. alias Maj. Downs, will
run as an independent candidate FOR al
derman from the Fifth ward. He has
b el in the council a long time, and be-
lieVes that his constituents were not
satisfied in putting him aside far Brazie.
Gov. w. R. Merriam, Senator w. ID.
Washburn and Senator G. X. Davis will
speak at Armory hal! next Thursday
evening.
The city registration booths will be
morrow, from 9 a. 10. to .. M; Tues
day, Oct. %. from noon until 9 p. m.
No man interested in local issues
should fail 10 attend the Democratic
meeting at Harmonic hall tomorrow
evening. p. B. Winston, DR.. Ames ard
others will speak.
The grand Democratic rally in New
Boston will occur Wednesday night.
Through mistake it was announced for
Thursday evening. Among the speak
ers that have already announced their
willingness to address the meeting are
p. B. Winston. P. P. Swenson. j, r.
Corrigan, A. S. Reyes, R. l.. Penny,
William III. Donahue and j. j. Mcclure,
candidate for alderman of the Ninth
ward.