The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-17
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Quebec Legislature during the sea-
son just closed passed an act comforting
one hundred acres of land upon each
family in the province having twelve liv-
ing children 1t was a venturesome en-
actment; for, although it has been but a
few weeks in force, hundreds of families
have already availed themselves of its
provisions. One cure from below Que
bee was in that city last week, producing
proofs that there were seventeen families
in his parish entitled to the hundred
acres. This enactment has revealed the
fact that there is one woman in the pro-
vince now only about forty years old,
who is the mother of twenty-three child
rem. In fact, one would not run much
IRISH in asserting that there are more
families in this province having twelve
children and upward than there are in
the whole United States, found amongst
native families.-CGnddd Letter.
After first ignoring Mr.. Remnants ex-
istence, then instructing its diplomatic
representatives to ignore him, then de-
nying that the Siberian Outrages he de-
scribes have any existence, the Russian
government now admits, through its adj
ministrator of prisons, that women were
logged to death there, but says they
were ''excitable and intractable," and an
example was necessary. This is pretty
good vindicatiOn of all that Mr.. KEENAN,
has Standardization.
DIR. Mary Walker has become a cripple
for life. On Memorial Day last she fell
and broke her right hip.
Demand for better roads are increas,
ing. 1t will not be many years before
every progressive community and town
will fully realize that it cannot afford to
tolerate poor roads, particularly where
materials for good ones are SO cheap and
abundant as they are in this region. The
Pittsburgh Dispatch shrewdly Opines that
poor roads constitute one reason why
farming pays no better.
Chateaugay, n. Y, has been wrestling
with the question whether pop" is a
harmless beverage or otherwise within
the meaning and intent of the excise law.
The case involving the problem was on
last week before Justice Hughes, who
finally, after several days consideration
of it succumbed, adjourned courG and
went home sick. The evidence appeared
to be conflicting, some witnesses having
sworn that they got drunk on pop
while others declared that there was NJ
drunk in it. The result will be watched
for with compound interest.
At meeting of the non-partisan WO
mems Christian Temperance Union helC
in Washington Tuesday night, and dur
ing discussion of the subject of drinking
in the army and navy, Mrs. J. Ellen Eos
ter read a letter from Secretary of Wa
Proctor, in which he came to the defens'
of the soldiers in the regular army. HI
said: ri heartily sympathize with tn
efforts of your society in behalf of tenn
perance in the army and navy, and shall
do everything in my power to aid tn
good work am not prepared to admi
that the soldiers of our army are NOR
incorporate than any other class Of men
If soldier has drunk too much his yer.
uniform makes it noticeable, and we ma,
do them as a class an injustice. Ger
tainly. the more have seen of the sold
iers of our army, the greater respect
have for them" The soldier has foun'
a warm friend in Secretary Proctor.
False accusation of dishonesty and dis
honorable methods is favorite resort o
the Voice, the Prohibition organ. In to
many cases its first charge against pa
per it comes in collision with is that
has been influenced by saloon money
1t has recently been charging the Omah
Bee with having sold out to the run
power; and it has made a sweepin
charge of the same character against tn
entire press of IOwa.-ROchester Herald