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fTCbs Oh INV ANN" sShopA Inv
And still they come! The new school
law is a mine of incongruitics that would
be laughable if the matter were less vital.
Here is one: Section 2 declares, among
other things, that sin Sections 43, A, SO
and 63 wherever the word supervisor
occurs. 1t shall be changed to erdminer,
and elsewhere in said Act it shall be
changed to torn superintendent" APP
plying this dictum to Section of the
Act of 1888 it will read thus: IF the
Superintendent of Education is unable
to be present at a teachers institute, he
may direct the torn superintendent Of
schools of any county to conduct such i'll
stitute; and he may at any time require
the tOCn superintendent of one county to
assist in the institute of another county"
Well, was not the body that enacted that
law imbued with "wisdOm and virtueP''
But this is not the only curiosity in the
measure; it is as full of them as dime
museum.-IV dtchmdn.
An extra session of the Legislature?
Oh, no! Anything but that. Close the
schools, withdraw from the world the
advertisement of Vermont's attractions
and advantages, all other calamities
come, but don't invite the greater calam-
ity of reassembling the body that has
just adjourned Waterman.
A Stowe correspondent of the Free
Press, writes: "rhe new school law is
causing great deal of trouble here.
Many of the smaller districts have old
and cold school houses in which it would
be dangerous to health to hold a winter
school. What to do and retain the pub
lie money is a question. Meanwhile
everyone is cursing the Legislature OF
1890 and thanking fortune that Stowe had
no part or parcel in its legislation" And
that paper comments: at may be some
consolation to our correspondent to
know that many other country districts
are in the same box. A large number OF
these districts will retain their share OF
the public money only by common con.
sent. But who ever before heard of a
town rejoicing over the fact it was un'
represented in n session of the Legisla
ture? That's the worst blow the Legis.
lature of 1890 has received yet"
Vermont has repudiated the school
law of year ago, which was one of the
best in the country. 1t is inexplicablC
that the law and makers should glory in
being law breakers" and literally
smash the most beneficial law the
State has passed in ten years. Some
body has Numbered. -Eer England Jour
nal Of Education.
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Tho seniors AZ Middleburv 9

The seniors at Middlebury college are
making preparations for a big celebra-
ton OF Mashington's birthday. Ira 4.
Pinney, d. G. Reilly, E. C. Bryant, c. A.
Mead and v. G. Harrington haze been
chosen speakers for the occasion.
E.E. Hart & Co., A. Drysdale & Son,
T.. b. Patterson,I. Il. Gibson, w. Avail
& Co., and A. c, Lamarre 4 Co., sell
Brussels soap, bars for SOC,
Primus-"Thomas told the mass meet
ing he was self-made man." Secun-
dus-'Very noble of him to take the
whole blame on himself, wasn't it?''
-BrOOklDn Life
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The statement that a special freight
train of seventeen cars laden with poul'
try left Ottawa on Saturday for the Bos'
ton Christmas markets is conclusive evil
dence that there is a demand for this
product in our New England cities which
our New England farmers are unable to
supply, even though they have five cents
a pound in their favor under the new
tariff. The duties on this shipment are
said to be SIS, 900, which is to be borne
by the Canadian producers, and which,
to begin with, would have gone into the
pockets of our farmers had they been
sharp enough to have availed themselves
of the opportunity. And this is but one
item. Five cents pound on poultry,
which is a profit of from 80 to 80 pei
cent to say nothing of the difference OF
cost in transportation, is bonus not to
be despised. Messenger.
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Some Democrats in the House of Rep
resentatives are attacking the govern
ment as murderers in having killed Sit
ting Bull. Had Jefferson Davis been
killed instead of captured at the time he
was taken prisoner, some Democrats
would have surely risen up and pro
claimed Lincoln murderer in having
caused his death. All the political cap
ital the Democratic party can make out
of Sitting Bulls death in an encounter
with government officials, they are en-
tirely welcome to.
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CLAIMS A GAINsT THE UNITED STATES

The injustice of the United States
Government in dealing with its credi.
tors is proverbial. Senator Frye once
said in the Senate, in allusiOn to this
injustice, that if creditor held the Gov
ernmenU's bond the United States was
the very best paymaster in the world, il
he did not, it was the very worst. T. c.
Crawford, for many years well-known
Washington correspondent, and now OH
the New York Tribune in that capacity
sets forth this dishonOrable method the
Government has in dealing with those
who have unadjusted claims against it,
as follows:
81 saw yesterday a claimant who is
known in Washington as "the ghost
He has haunted the lObbies of the CAPT.
tol for so many years that the shadows
of all color and life have faded away
He is bent and STOPPING, he has become
so thin that he might well challenge
comparison with the great Italian faster
His dull, hopeless eyes are deep sunker
in cavernous sunken face, his hair long
ago faded into soft silky gray. He
was once the hero of many a sensational
debate. His claim for many hundreds
of thousands of dollars was one which
was incurred at the outset of the war al
a contractor for the carrying of the mails
This claim has been alternately proved
and rejected by different committees o.
Congress until the interest in it has beer
worn as threadbare as the garments o.
the claimans. During the last few years the
claimant has spoken to no one, has made
no further appeals. By some it is said
that his mind has become strangely eff
fected. Who supports him in his dire
poverty no one knows. Although his
case is one of the most hopeless, il il
certain that as long as life is left in hi,
fragile body he win crawl to the Capito
to 90 through the form of looking after
this claim which has been the complete
ruin of his life.
"The claimant in Congress is a favor
lite figure in dramatic and romantic fic
ton. The woes and injustice heaped
upon him are rarely exaggerated. Nc
man can be placed in more cruel posi-
ton than to be creditor of the United
States Government. 1t is one of the
features of the laundering, impractical
BILE methods of doing business upon tht
part of Congress that the trial Of sucl
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ElsTATE OF MARY F. BARNEY
VIII presented.

VIII presented
STATE OF VERMONT.
District of enuington,
In Probate court, held at the Probate Z ,uR., r.,
Bennington, in said District, on the 18th a. ~
December. A. D., 1890. V VI
Present, Hon. Alfred Robinson, ,iudge
An instrument, purporting 10 be tie M WIN
and Testament Of Mary + BP.rnev' lats 20
Bennington in said district deceased. hc,h
presented by James Ii. Barney ~
eAsseui9t therein named for probate II IL
ordered by said Court, that all persons conferred
therein be notified TO appear at a session the,sof
TO BE- held at the Probate Office in Bepningtoa
IN said district, on the 10Th day OF Jspuaryl a
y. w, Al ~ O'Clock IN the forenoon, and shoW
cause; 4 any they have. against the nIahats -
sald NH; for which purpose it is firthenordered,
that this ORDER lie published three weeks sncces,
slyeiy N me Bennington BANNER, a Newspaper
printed at Bennington, in this Stare nr.vidn! -
said time Of hearing. "
By the Court Attest,
4S'S ALFRED ROBINSON, Judrs.
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The express companies reach only the
larger places, but the mails go every.
where. To benefit these corporations
the whole country must be taxed, and al
those classes of business which would be
benefited by cheap postage suffer by
their greed. 1t seems to us that there
are enough people interested in correct
ing this abuse to outlobby the express
men. But it is work that will not do it
self Every farmer shonld write to his
Congressman about it two or three times
every session, until the work is done
and unless the Congressman shows al
honest and active interest in the work h'
should not be renominated. This is mo-
and can not be made party question
1t is business question entirely, and il
closely related to the daily life of every
intelligent family in the land.-Dr. Hos
kinS in Waterman.
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In reference to the Farmers Alliance
scheme for making quantities of "fiat
money and loaning it to the farmers
upon their land crops, Senator Ingalli
wittily said the other day: 81 never
could SEQ the wisdom of the policy of is
suing currency based upon a reserve Of
canned goods.H How the features OF
loans on land would work is thus exem
plified by Western journal: "For in
stance, man has 1850 acres of land; he
bOrrows of Uncle Sam $1,000; when the
interest becomes due he refuses to pay
it; Uncle Sam forcloses and sells him
out; no bids; Uncle Sam buys it in. II
is then government land. The man who
lives on the land is the original sIuatter
he Immediately homesteads the land; az
soon as he perfects his title he demands
and gets another loan. Then the selling
out and homestead act is re-enacted
Great scheme. free Press.
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You put water on the burning timbers,
not on the smoke. And II you have
catarrh you should attack the disease in
the blood, not in your nose. Remove
the impure cause, and the local effect
subsidies. To do this, take Hoods Sar.
saparilla, the great blood purifier, which
radically and permanently cures catarrh.
1t also strengthens the nerves. Be sure
to get only Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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ESTATE OF REILLY .. COBB.

K5srArH OF RALLY Q. COBB.
Notice Of Settlement end Application for Distri
butioB.
STkTl or VERMONT,
District OF Bennington,
In ProhAtp CoGIt hold At Ne Probate OF
ace in penniagton. vithin nd for said District OF
the eth day Of Dsoembsr, a. D., 1850.
Present. Hea. Alfred RobaDson. Judge.
George ". EaynAa, executor Of Ae estat
Of Emily 9. Cobb, lats Of bsnninSton, In salt
district, deceased prseeAts his Adninistration &C
count for eKaminstion and allowance and make
applicatisn for decree ef distribution and par
titlpn Of the estate Of said deceased
Whsreupon 10 10 ordeIel by raid Coprt, tina
said account and said application be referred I,
sessien thereof, 70 be held 81 the Probate 0nic'
aforesaid, on the 1rd day Of January. A. d.
1921, for hssnnE cad decision thereon; and, 1t
further ordered. that notice thereof be given I,
all parties Interested, BY publication OF the sAm
three vseks successivOly In the Bennington Ban
ME-, Q nsyspppsr published ct Bennington, pre-
vious 10 said time jOr hearing. that they may Rp
pear At said time and place, and show cause,
any they mey hAvs, Why SAID account should no
be allowed and such decree made.
True Record, Attest,
hLRRRD ROBINSON, Judge.
A True Copy OF 1seorS Attest
- AIJRKD RoBTEsON Judge.
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The proposed deepening of the Hud,
son River calls the attention of the New
York newspapers to the preservation OF
the Adirondack forests. 1t will be OF
little use to deepen the water, if the
source of its supply is cut off by the
destruction of the forests at the head
waters of the streams which feed the
upper Hudson, This is question in
which Southwestern Vermont is inter,
ested. The Hoosick and the Battenkil
are important feeders of the Hudson.
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The Troy Times says that the traffic OF
the Hudson, River is greater than thatsof
the Ohio, the Mississippi and the Mis-
Souri combined. The Erie Canal is
free wa er-way, open to all, and kept so
by the State of New York. The general
government therefore ought to deepen
the Hudson to Troy, so as to make 1t
navigable for vessels drawing twenty
feet of water. SO the Times argues, and
reasonably enough it would seem too.
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JOHN H. AYRES,
II MAIN STREET,
BENNINGTON, VT.
EsTATE OF FRANK NJ. TOwSLEY
E-h nnoaocaI

ESSTATE OF FRANK NJ, TOWSLEY
.A Deceased
Notice ofSettlement and Application for pistrk-
button,
STATE OF VERMONT
District Of Bennington.
In Probate Court. held at the Probate one, m
bennington, in said district, on the 4th dsy OF
December, A. d, 1890.
Present. Hon Alfred Robinson, judge.
A. b. Gardner administrator of the. estate
Of Frank NJ. Towsley, late of Pownai, IN said
district. deceased, presents his Standardization
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for a decree Of distribution
and partition OF the estate of said deceased
Whereupor, it is ordered by said Court that
SAID account and said appli ,atiOn be referred TO
session thereof. TO he held at the Probate once
aforesaid on the 20th day of Dec, A. D., 1890,
for hearing and decision thereon, and, il IL fur,
the" ordered, that notice thereof be given TO all
parties Interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Remington
BANNEH, newspaper published at Pennington.
previoos To said time appointed for hearing. tina
they may appear at said Tim and place, and
SHOW cause, If any they may have why said ac-
court should not be allowed, and such decree
made.
a true Re- cord, Attest
ALFRED ROBINSON, judge.
a true copy Of Record. Attest
lw3 ALFRED ROBINSON, Judge
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EsTATE OF AMBREY b. MORSE.

| VIII Presented,
STATE OF VERMONT.
| District of Bennington, -
In Probate Court, held Mt Probate Once N Ben
nington, In said District, on the Isih dAY Of
December, A. ID. 1890.
resent, Hon. Alfred Robinson Judre.
An instrument purpOrting 10 be the last will
nington, In said district deceased being present
ed by VIM. NJ. Morse. the executor therein
named, for Probate it is ordered by said court
that all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at session thereof. TO be held at the Pro-
bate office IN Bennington, in said district, on the
Bird day Of January, a. D., 1879 at 10 O'Clock In
the forenoon. and show cause. II any they have.
against the probate Of said will: for which pur.
pose i is further dered that this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in the Bennine-
ton BANNER newspaper printed at bennington
In this Slate. previous to said time Of hearing.
By the Court.
IS Attest. ALFRED ROBINSON, Judge.
VNcTATp nm May n DApNrrgx-
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piles, PIle.l Ironing plies!

SYMPTOMS Moisture; intense itching and stinc :
ing; most at night worse by scratching. II al
lowed t. continue tumors form which often bleed
and ulcerate, becoming very sorH. SwAYNE's
OINTMENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals
liberation and in most cases removes the tumors,
At druggi.ts or by mail for 90 cents, DrSwayne
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"IIow % cure all skin nI.ea.es

Simply apply "SwAYSE's OINTMENT" No In
ternal medicine required. Cures letter, eczema,
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leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the corpo' ators Of thu
Bennington County Savings Bank will be held al
the office of their treasurer in their banking
rooms in Park Block in Bennington Vt, on III,
first Wednesday 18th dayl of January. A. D, 1891
at 7:30 o'clock. p m. for the election Of board o
trust for the year ensuing, and the transaction
any other business found necessary and prope
when especially to fillvacancics in the humble
ofcorporators and 10 alter and revise the bylaws
Dated at Bennington. VT, Dec s, 1890.
q W. HARTMAN, Secretary.
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SPECIAL BUSINESS Locals.

sE@Information wanted of George
Raymond, was last heard of at Benning-
ton, VT, in October, Matter of great
Importance. Address Friend, Z. o. Box
672, New York City, 49t6.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the stock holders of u
First National Bank Of North Bennington, vi
will be held at their Banking House on Tuesday
the 9th day of January, 1891. at 10 O'Clock a. m,
for the purpose of electing board of directors
Tor the ensuing year.
s. b. HALL, Cashier.
North Bennington, VT, December 4th 1890.
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The president has appointed Hon
Henry B. Brown of Detroit, Mich, to
the vacancy on the United States Supreme
Rpnch
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The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Bennington County National Bank of Bennington
Vt, will be held at their banking rooms. OF
Tuesday the 9th day Of January. 1891. at 2o'clocl
p. M, for the purpose of electing a board of di
rectors for the ensuing year.
CLEMENT II CONE, Cashier.
Bennington. Vt, Dec. 9Th, 1890. 47t3
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che ster'' she lives in the light OF the morning.
To learn more, trrite Rochester Lamp Co. NY,
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From the Pittsfield (Me) Advertiser:
Randlett Bros, our leading grocers, say
they sell more Brussels soap than all
other soaps combined.
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MARRIED..
DIED

GREENSLET- wALToN-In Benuin gton. Dec
2lth BY the Rev 2 Marten, Mr. Francis A Green's
let and Miss NJ Jennie Walton, al OF Bennington.
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DULUTH. MINN,

eituAted at ths head OF deep.vatee navigation, on
the great lakes, hAs . uendsrfll future before
10 the West Resources unsurpassed. Receives
millions Of bushels Of graln cuts millions II feet
Of lumber, mines thouaAndp Of tons Of ere. Sure
to become the greatest manufacturing city IN the
entire West. Money invested now in real estate
will make . fortune Wrin
wIGHTNAE BRITTs, Jos Psuaalc Building
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nB-Pianos for rent and sale. Pay
mentseasy. Inquire of Miss Allie Clark.
4Stf
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WANTED.
NOTICE.

Agent for sale of watches and jewelry, OIL
new system; not the old club plan Address
IMPERIAL, care BANNER office. 48tt
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aDsA good tenement to rent on
Pleasant street. Apply to HARRISON
l. NORTON, u
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CHRISTMAS.

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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

| COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
~ Estate Of d NVID F sQUIRES
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Bennington.
Commissioners, 10 receive, examine and adjust all
claims ard demands Of all persons against the estate
of David f Squires late Of Bennington in
said District, deceased and all claims exhibited in
Offset thereto, hereby given notice that we will meet
for the purposes Aforesaid, at the
late residence Of the decreased on the 10Th
day OF Jan, and 9Th day Of June n"x' from To I
P. NJ, each Of said days, and that six months from
the 9Th day OF December A. ID. 1890, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to US for examination and allowance.
Dated 81 Bennington, this 2srd day OF Dec
A. d. 1890.
EDWARD RICE.
j n SHuRrLEFF.
40 Commissioners
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NOTICE..

The annual meeting Of the stockholders If the
held at their banking house on Tuesday, the 18th
day Of January, 1921. at 10 O'Clock. a. m for the
purpose Of electin1 board Of directors for the en-
suing year,
t' GEO. F. CIR IVES, Cashier.
Bennington, VT, December u. 1920.
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The title Of one Of the most IA
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with II 2" There is no use puz-
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ing them. You may, like Solomon,
be arrayed in purple and fine lin.
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though you were really in har-
mOny with this festive season, call
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have the latest styles and best
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A merry Christmas to all our readers

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company ~, now as IIese IaVos 'IO I'M
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-07
4 COLD QUESTION REYIYED.
The Ice Dealers stIIl in n Quandary AbO'
Next summers Supply.

The Ice Dealers StiIl In n Quandary About
Next summers Supply.
"Where will we get our ice? Where viii
we get our icel'' is a popular refrain which
is being taken up and dissected by people
who cannot be classed with the frivolous,
the giddy and the gay.
If next summer is as warm proportionate-
ly as the winter has been thus far, every
Pittsburger will want lump OF ice to wear
in his hat. How, to supply this expected
demand is causing the cold perspiration to
trickle down the vertebre of the ice dealers.
1t is a cold question, and cold facts in the
way of dollars and cents will probably have
to decide it.
There is no ice on the upper lakes yet,
and the probabilities are that there will be
none. Only three times in the last 81 years
has Chautauqua Lake been open to naviga-
ton at New Years Such was the case in
1S47, 1876 and in 1889.
As was published in THE DISPATCH a
few days ago the ice companies are consider
ing the advisability of purchasing ice ma
chimes to manufacture the luxury. A. A.
Hersperger, who was director in the Chau-
tauqua Lake Ice Company until few
weeks ago, said last evening when talking
about the scarcity of the winter crop:
SIT is not improbable that the weather may
turn much colder before April, and give
the dealers plenty of ice. Ii it does not,
they will be compelled to buy ice machines,
but they will wait until they are sure that
there win not be crop of natural ice before
making any purchases. The machines are
very expensive, but they make even better
ice thar the natural article. A machine
which Will turn out 100 tons a day would
cost S100, 900, and business men will be very
chary about investing great deal of money
in machinery which may be almost value
less next winter"