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MAPLE SUGAR MAKING.

The tapping of the treec is generally
done by an inch or an inch and half
augur; smooth hole being bored in the
trunk of the tree, about three feet from
its base. The hole is bored through the
bark and about an inch beyond that is,
through to the sap vessels. The scars OF
former taps may be plainly seen in the
form of ringed hollOws. When the hole
has done its duty it fills up, but not quite
to the level of the old wood, which uniteS
with it and forms the ridged ring that
attracts attention. As the holes are
bored. pieces of sheet iron, such as stove
pipes are made of, and which are select
ed from the refuse of the village tin
smiths yard, are formed into spouts.
These are about six inches long and two
inches wide, slightly turned up at the
sides. BY smart tap of mallet one of
these is punched into the bark beneath
the hole, and Immediately, or in time,
the sap, clear as spring water, trickles,
drop by drop, or runs in a tiny stream
into the pail or trough beneath.
The sap tastes just like slightly warmed
spring water well sweetened with the
best graduated sugar. 1t was well
named by the North American Indians
who first discovered its virtues, Sweet
Water
When the weather keeps favorable, one
gallon and half of syrup can be made
from twenty-eight gallons of sap; but if
it storms, and snow and rain get into the
sap, despite all precautions, it requires,
thirty or more gallons to make
gallon and half of syrup.
While boiling it in the woods, everything
is done. by careful workers, to keep the
syrup clean and uncontaminated by
smoke, but ashes will fly up into it and
twigs and leaves will fly down into it,
necessitating division of labor.
After pail or two of syrup is carried
home, it is strained and set upon the
stove, in brass or enameled preserving
kettle. by those detailed for that pur-
pose-generally the mother and eldest
daughter. While the syrup is thus being
further reduced, milk is poured into it
to clarity it. As it foams up it is
skinned. In pioneer days the settlers
were glad to get any odd mugs and jugs
to store away their syrup in, but now it
is universally canned" and kept in the
cellar 1t usually keeps very well there
but sometimes, like preserved fruits, it
is fond of working and if its sur
lroundings are damp and cold, it protects
itself by looming coat of mould, as jelly
often does. Such solicitude for its own
comfort is not appreciated by those who
have to eat it, so it has to be skinned
and reboiled and Immediately used to
save it from further deterioration. The
syrup is sampled very often in the
process of reducing it. That is the only
way of testing it and knowing just when
10 take it off. The consequence is, that
those who help to make it care very little
for it, after it is first put up. This is
how it is done in Canada.-Good House
keeping.
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# you are 1Oeab, tired and ner-
UouS, Nth IteIeSS feeling and nc
ambition to 1COrb, it will restore
.yotr siren 9TH, Ui6or and energies
Lfyou dre,8leepless and 1gdlce tired
mornings, nth dull head; bad
taste in the mouth, no appetite, de-
preston Of mind and extreme ner-
UoHsneSS, it will clear your head
tone up your nerves, inUig@dtt
your blood and put Vim and lift
into you. ~
1-g-Dr. Greene, the famous specialist in the cur
of nervous and chronic diseases, can be consulted
free at his office, So West 14th street, New
York, personally or by letter.
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FITCHBURG r. r.
HoosAc TUNNEL ROUTE.

HoOSAC TUNNEL ROUTE.
On and after Dec. 9th, 1889, trains will run a
follows
LEAVE BENSINGqoN VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington 43 a m, arrive Troy 90.
IN, New York 2 10 m, Hoosick Falls Q 90, Nortl
Adams 10 H. Greenfield II 81 a N, Fitchburg So
Boston 20 p IN, INTERCHANGEABLE rs, Saratoga, 10 o.
am.
Leave Bennington 12 20 m, arrive Troy q
New York 90, hoosick Falls 9 80, North Adam
81 !, Greenfield 647. Ftchburg So, Boston 10 25 D
m, Mechauicville 2 80.
Leave Bennington ) p m arrive Troy 8 s.
p IN, Hoosiok Falls IL, No. Adams OF D N
Mechanlcville 8 S., p. M, Saratoga Esp. IN.
Leave Bennington l2 10 night, arrive Troy 1 81
New York 90 am.
Leave Bennington for Rutland and Montreal
y 10, 9 Is a. IN, 2 25, 6IOp.m
TRAINS ARRIVE at BENNINGTON.
VIA. BENNINGTON RUTLAND ny:
f2O q m, from New York, Albany and Troy,
Gam, from New York, Albany, Troy. Hoo
Vile
SOopm, from New York. ALBANY, Troy ,IIooeics
Falls, No. Adams and Boston
go m, from New York. Albany, Troy oosck
Falls North Adams and Boston.
Arrive at Bennington from Rutland and Mont.
treal 20, s o. m, l TO- AZ p. m.
J.wHITMORE J.R WATSON,
Gen'llrafic Mgr, Boston. Gent Pass. Ag't.
G. A. NIMMO, ) Boston.
GenI Western Passenger Agent. Troy 1I.'O''
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"W-wllat?''

"W-what?'.
you've been careless again. You sat
in your office with your feet out of the
widow, ,or you held chunk of ice on
your lap, or you stood in & puddle of
water in your bare feet. It's a wonder
to me that a man lives to the age of 30,
nowadays"
"O-O-o-oh!" he groans.
CHATS it,. Got the black plague OF
the Asiatic cholera hold of you, proba-
bly,! / was going over to Mrs. Cato to
night to a progressive euchre, but this
spoils it all. I'll have three doctors up
after tea, and have the ambulance come
at the same time f --..
Then Mr.. Bowser sheds tears, and | 60
and heat brick for his feet, tie a towel
around his head, send baby upstairs and
stop the clock so that nothing will an
noy him.-DetrOit Free Press.
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THE swrnrs..

The politeness and courtesy of the
Swedes is very striking to visitors. They
have large assortment of bows, hobs,
courtesies and hat-liftings, according to
age and sex but the lifting of The hatto
mere acquaintances reaches, Il fancy.
much lowertldwp in thesocial scale than
elsewhere in Europe. It looks odd to
see the butcher boy in a blouse elabor-
ately taking off his hat to the bakers
assistant. suspect, on examination,
Swedish hats would be found to contain
little extra stiffening, in order to en-
able, them to stand the wear and tear of
these greetings in the market places.
The women of the middle and lower
classes are little, if at all, behind their
husbands and brothers in this matter.
Their good temper and pretty behavior
are worthy of all praise. The servant
girls in Dalecarlian peasant dress, the
"cUe5ndnselles,n and the young persons
employed in shops, all make the prettiest
of all possible little bob cOurtesies; and
so, oddly enough, do the young ladies of
goodfamny up to the,day of their CON
firmatiOn, which ceremony takes place
rather later than with us, generally about
the age of l6. From, that day forth, they
put up their hair and take to bowling.
The Upsala students amuse one good
deal by the elaboration and ceremonious,
ness of their manners. Any day during
the vacation few of them may be seen
gathered around table in the garden
cafes of Hasselbacken or Tivoli, drinking
their punch. They are mostly lads under
20, but they bow to each other and make
little civil speeches, and pledge each 9th
er with solemn salutatiOn all according
to the strictest Swedish etiquette, as il
they were tniddle-aged gentlemen loi
high dignity and position, .but. slightly
acquainted with one anotlIer They Ger
tainly take themselves very seriously. 4,
Another point which soon attlaots tEt
attention of visitors is the honesty ant
truthfulness of the Swedes, seen in the
many little incidents of daily life. Whel
asking for places at theatre, for in
stance, the ticket clerk never fails to III
form you it, owing to the crowded statC
of the house.. a better position would bC
SNNNhNt Nie4t q" SAiNpNl UNIV tl'thi 'iiN Wv
asked for. Again, whenp parcels are takeI
out -by,-steamers from Stockholm t.
country places in the neighborhood the!
are just thrown out on the quay, wher'
they frequently remain half the day with
out being claimed. 1t never seems to oc
cur to any one that they could possibly
be taken by any one but their rightfu
owners. - ~. 49, --s. ...,.
on trip of any length, asfor instance
to Gothenturg by canal, a little book liel
in the salon of the steamer in the whicl
each passenger keeps his own account o
the number of meals, cafes, cognacs, etc.
he may take during the journey. Indeed
it is impossible to talk to a Swede to
any length of time and not seeshow in
capable of any meapness or dishonest'
he must be. There. is nearly always L
simplicity and straightforwardness Q
manner. which can scarcely fail to con
vince the observant person that he ha
before him man who thoroughly re
spects himself. London Temple Bar.
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FACTS WORTH KNOWING

In all diseases of the nasal mucous
membrane the remedy used must be non
irritating. The medical profession has
been slow to learn this. Nothing salts
factory can be accomplished with
douches, powders or syri9ges because
they are al irritating, do not thoroughly
reach the affected surfaces and should be
abandoned as worse than failures. A
multitude of persons who had for years
borne all the worry and pain that
catarrh can inflict testify to radical cures
wrought by Ely's Cream Balm.
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LIBERTY ISLAND NO LONGER IN
DANGER.

The visit of Senator Chandler's com
mittee to New York has had the result
anticipated, and Liberty Island is to
saved from the ignominious fate of be-
coming a second Castle Garden. Rarely
has there been more satisfactory illus
tration of the potentiality of vigorous
assertion of public sentiment. To seize
for an immigrant station the site of the
huge symbolic statue of Liberty, the gift
of one of the world two great republics
to the other, would certainly have vindi-
Gated, if anything could, the European
Judgment that in matters oftaste and in
ternatiOnal courtesy the Yankees are still
a race of semi-barbarians. Ellis Island,
the location which will now probably be
utilized for the Government receptacle
for immigrants, is small, low islet, only
few hundred yards from Jersey City.
1t is now employed for the storage of eX-
plosives and proiectiles by the Navy, and
incoming warships land THEN shot, shell
and powder there before proceeding to
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There is now
an enormous quantity of ammunition in
the stOrehouses ON the island and the
increasing use of the high explosives like
gun cotton and dynamite for naval pur-
poses has made it desirable to seek a new
location for the naval magazines further
down the harbor. Ellis Island, therefore,
can be utilized for receiving the incom-
ing foreigners without disseminating
anybody. Thus veXatiOus question has
been very satisfactorily disposed Of
Journal. So Senator Evarts's Thirteen
Acres of Sentiment is safe for the pres
ont
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TO do the transportation of this
country we have 1920 miles of rail
road. OF these New Hampshire has
2,125. Rhode Island has the least, PIP
and Illinois the most, 1000 miles. Kan
sas comes next with S,Sl5 miles.
Some think we have too many farms
and too many farmers. The tendency
for years has been to increase the mum
Der. But this about over and the popu
lation will soon grow to proportions de
mandng all our farm products.
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EsTATE OF ALMIRA sTILLMAN.
WILL PRESENTED.

WILL PRESENTED. .
STATE OF VERMONT,
District Of Bennington,
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Ofice in
Bennington, within and for said district, on the
cath day of March, A. D. 1890.
Present, Hon. Edward L. sibley, Judge.
An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ODE the last Will and
Testament of Almira Stillman late Of Pownal
in said district, deceased. being presented
by, Il. Roscoe Stillman the executor therein named
for Probate, II is ordered by said court that all
persons concerned therein be notified tn appear
at a session thereof, to be held at the Probate
Office in bennington, in said district, on the 18th
day Of April A. D. 1890. at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon, and show cause, If any they have
against the probate of said Will for which pur
pose 1t is further ordered that this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in the BENIN
ton BANNER, a newspaper printed at Bennington
in this state, previous to said time of hearing.
BY the court. Attest
1913 E. L. SIBLEY, Judge.
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NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE OF
IJTCIITS C. RICHMOND.


STATE OF VERMONT,
District Of Remington,
In Probate Court, held at the Probat Of
fee in Bennington within and for said District OF
the 9th day of March, A. D., 1890.
Present, Hon. Edward L. Sibley, Judge
Marin V. Armstrong, administrator Of the es
tate of Lucius c. Richmond. late o
Pennington in said district, de
ceased, makes application to said court, fol
license to sell ali Of the real estate Of said deceased
situate in Bennington aforesaid, reference to b.
| had to the land records OF said town of Benning
ton representing that the sale Of said real estat,
will be necessary for the: payment Of dc BITS ant
expenses OF administration, and will be beneficial
to said estate and all concerned.
Whereupon, tits ordered by said Court, that sale
application be referred to session thereof, to b.
held at the Probate Office in Bennington. in said
district, on the 18th day of April "a. d. 1890
for hearing and decision thereon: And, it is fur
ther ordered that all persons interested be noti
| fed hereof, by publication Of notice of said ap
plcation and order thereon, three weeks success
| lively in the Bennington BANNER, q newspaper
published at Bennington, and which circulates IL
the neighborhood of those interested, before sale
| time Of hearing, that may appear at said time
and place. and, if they see cause object thereto
By the Court attest
| 10 E. l.. SHELLEY, Judge
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MRS. BowsER HAS A BEADAoHE

When l have a sick headache l know
exactly what will happen when Bowser
reaches home. He will let himself in at
the front door, hang uphis coat and hat,
walk through to the sitting room, and,
seeing me on the lounge with my head
up, win gaze at me for full mlDute
without speaking. Then hewil finally
remark:
Didn't | tell you SOP"
''What?n
''You have got your feet wet"
"Ol1 no, Mr.. Bowser'
''Then you went out bareheaded, or you
have been eating ice cream or some other
balderdash."
ION the contrary, i have been very
caTefIfl.H IA .iHl--ts.
''Oh, yes, you women are always very,
very careful. If a giant was to expose
himself the way you do he'd be dead in
six aenthss Had the octerY'
~ ''That'sitpJ Want torlet the typhoid
fever get a holdof You, don't you? What
is Dr. LA-Js telephone NUMBER"
- Don't call a. doctor. Ny head is
much better than it was and | shall be
albright tomorrow. 49,.
q, "WelI, if you are not Til call two of
them and have you taken TO tho hospital.
G'have' no pity on any bne who will go
sloshing around the way you do. was
intending to 90 to the theatre tonight,
and here 4 come home and find you fiat
tened ont, perhaps to develop case of
yellow fever or smallp0x.0} n
~ Mr.. Bowser goes tramping around to
find fault with his supper, with the cook
and with the baby, with the furnace and
with everything else which he happens
to think of, and the evening is rendered
very 7ciieeffulaan happya ~
''snIf Ihappen to DO looking 7down street
wben MI. Bowser gets off the car / can
tell Whether he has a headache or not.
He comes slumping along, arms hanging
% down. eyes on the sidewalk, end as
open the door for him be gr0wls out:
sI.enime git on to that lounge as soon
as possible. sfvo I'd ts19S9 IA
J lbFWhV wliat'stho maiteIlSih ia.
'Tm next door OOdeatle,oeS
"Haye YOU been hurt, Mr.. BowserY
'a o"N6. cot n headache. whole top OF
y lmyhaad il loobs. n think I am dying.
help him on With His coat, get him
on TO the lanfge,pnll off his CATERS, tuck
him up, and then can't help Saying:
''Didn't tell you sop
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Is very common expression, but we think that
armed to embellish and preserve them to a ripe
old age is decidedly more appropriate This can
be done by keeping yourself supplied with bot
tie of that splendid dentifnce, Fragrant 500
DON'T which will beautify the teeth and preserve
them from the ravages of decay, SOZODONr
contains no acids or gritty substances which in
jure the enamel, but'is composed of rare and an
tiseptic herbs, which have a beneficial effect OF
the whole economy OF the mouth. Sold by drug.
gists @ lSy1
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NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE OF
AMANDA NJ. ROBINSON. Deceased.


AMANDA NJ. ROBINSON, Deceased.
STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate Court
District of Bennington S. ( held at Probate OF
fee in Bennington, within and for said district, on
the 22nd day of March, A. d. 1890
Present, Hon. Edward L. Sibey, Judge
Lorenzo X. Brown, executor OF the estate o.
Amanda NJ. Robinson, late of Bennington in said
district, deceased, makes application to said
court for license to sell all of the ri al estate o.
said deceased situate in Bennington aforesaid
representing that the sale OF said real estate /,
necessary for the payment of debts and expenses
of administration upon the estate Of said de
ceased.
Whereupon, IT is ordered by said Court, thai
said application be referred TO session thereof tC
be held at the Probate office in Bennington, IN
said district, on the 18th dav of April
A d. 1890, for hearing and decision
thereon; and, it is further ordered, that all per
sons interested be notified hereof by publication
notice of said application and order thereon. thre,
weeks successfully in the Bennington BANNER,
| newspaper published ut Bennington, and which
circulates in the neighborhood of those inter
ested, before said time of hearing that they MAJ
appear at said time and place, and If they SEE
cause, object thereto
BY the Lourt. Attest,
1913 Z. L SHELLEY, Judge,
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The Great Nerve, Brain and Blood In
vigOrant. g..

The Great Nerve, Brain and Blood In
vigOrant. ...-
DIR. GREENE'S NERVUR,4
is the p1OSt successful remedy eUe1
diScOUered.s Its sales are simply
eR0rDtotGS. ItcltreS NOR, cases Of
disease tlaitaany other hnos0t'
medicine, and has SaUed thoUS-
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hGuStiOD or Death. 1t is beyond
all question the greatest health re-
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Gy~Use this wonderful remedy iflyOuwsh t
get WELL for it is a sure and positive cure. Fo
sale by all druggists; price, 81 per bottle. Re
fuse all substitutes.
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As good. This is the statement of Prof
Smyth, Analytic Chemist; have anal
yzed all the popular blood purifiers ant
medicines now sold. Many of them
find to be worthless, some dangerous Il
use. Sulphur Bitters contain nothing
poisonous, and think it is the best
blood purifier made.
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For a lawn SOW equal parts of blue
grass and red top at the rate of three
bushels of the mixture per acre. A lit
tie sweet varnel added would be nice.
Get a water barrel hung on wheels,
or make one, if you have not got it al
ready, and see that all the kitchen slops
are wheeled to the manure heap or re-
ceptacle. rr E@
Why should we be anxious to water
the desert and repopulate our deserted
farms, when we now turn out more farm
products than we know what to do
with ?
Putting creameries and cheese fac
tories where sufficient milk for profit
cannot be obtained is like building saw
mill where there is lack of water or no
lumber to saw. .a.a
The farmer of to-day requires more
tools than the farmer of generation
ago, because he employs less muscle.
They area big item of expense. Take
good care of them.
DO not be looking abroad for mar
ket until you are sure you can't find one
at home. A steady home market is
i MOlNil DOlt bllili Ntll llhhNo 30 ihhSh 10
an uncertain foreign one. II
| How is it that college students are so
eager for gymnastics and other merely
mechanical exercises, and as soon as out
of college they take all the pans they
can to dodge it.
The experience of othess may often
be of great value to us, but our own eX-
perience ought to be more instructive.
Many things about the farm must be
learned in a practical way, since they
/ can be learned in no other.
"A lot of Western Pennsylvania far
mers bought fruit trees to be paid for in
fruit at high price when grown, sign
ling a paper as guaranty for their fulfill
ment of the contract. The result is that
they have notes at the bank to pay.
/ Senator Vance has introduced a bill
providing for building warehouses in
(which farmers may deposit their com
Iparatively non-peishable crops and re
ceiye for them so per cent. of their value
in treasury notes and certificate of de-
Iposit.
The following rotation gives six
lcrops on the same soil in four years =
II. Glover and timothy, cut the first OF
July; q Cabbage, SET after the grass is
cut; 3. Potatoes, dug in July; 4. Rye
sown after the potatoes are dug; D. po
tatoes; 6. Clover and timothy
Cutting green oats for hay is one OF
the modern practices. To prevent the
ravages of mice, the oats are cut fine in
to tight mows. The mice then canno
penetrate the NOW because the oats ant
cut straw rattle down and close the hole
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD
New Time Table, Commencing Jan.
Ist. 1890

Leave Bennington Q a M, arrive In North Ad.
ans 10 81 a. M. Troy 10 80. Chatham l1:45. New
York 1S. Leave Bennington II :25 a M, arr1ve
In North Adams IL p, m, Troy IS, Chatham
4:3O, New York gI6. Leave Bennington rs p
M, arrive in North Adams SEA, Troy 6!5S
Chatham s25 p. m.
Leave North Adams 9:05 m. arrive in Ben.
nington 1890. Leave North Adams l: 90 n. M.
arrive In Bennington 200 Leave North Adams
p. m, arrive in Bennington sos.
Leave New York 20 a. M. arrive In BenninR.
ton 00p. m. Leave New YORK 10 35 a. a.. arrive
In Bennington :O5 p. m.
Leave Chatham II 90 a. m. arrive IN Bennington
90 p. m. Leave Chatham 80 p. M. arrive in
Bennington O5 p, m.
Leave Troy 80 a. M, arrive in Bennington
l0:3N a. m Leave Troy II a m, arrive In Dcp-
ri.gtor on p. m l., ave Troy I 90 p M. Az i've
In Bennington 6N5 .. m.
Z. n. BENNETT. supt.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

NOMMlSSlONERS'N NOTICE.
~ Estate of JOHN L. MASON.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Bennington
Commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust al
claims and demands OF all persons against the estate
Of John L. Mason late of Pownal in
said District, deceased and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto hereby given notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the Office, o
Thomas II, Hall in Pownal, Vt.
on tine nth day of May and Goth day o
Sept. next, from 10 o'clock a, m. until O'CLOCK
p. NJ, each Of said days. and that six months from
the 2Oth day Of March, A. d. 1890. is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Pownal, this 18th day of March
A. d. 1890.
THOMAS II. HALL lco-,.
| 10 D. THOMAS BATES, Noinr o.
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Friends are scarce, but if you are suffer
ing from the horrible disease scrofula,
you will find Sulphur Bitters will cure
you as it did me, after suffering eight
years, and paying out hundreds of dol
lars to doctors and druggists.-Jeannette
Hanscom, Troy, n. Y. ...
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoru