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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-09-18
THE DEMORALIzED BRITISH SOL
DER

John Bull finds himself suddenly con-
fronted, at tine when he is likely to
need soldiers both abroad and at home,
as he has not needed them for quarter
of a century before, with the greatest
difficulty in procuring them. Following
the English flag with drumbeat around
the world no longer seems to have the
fascination which it once exercised upon
the shOusancs of adventurous and hardy
men always to be found in Britain. The
soldier under arms no longer boasts of
his hardships; he complains of them.
He wants more to eat and less to do; he
does not wish to be treated by naughty
officers as if he were kind of servant;
and he is ashamed that he earns merely
a shilling a day. Therefore he openly
counsels those who are out not to come
in, and announces that as soon as he can
he will get out himself. Being lectured
in lachrymose vein by royal Duke does
not affect him any more in the good old
way; he seems rather inclined to make
fun of it. 1t does not even alarm him to
be called mutinous, and he mutters mys.
teriOusly when threatened. He is tired
of being a sort of so .)erior policeman
without the policeman's freedom OF
wages. In short, a complete change has
come over the spirit of his dream.
Mr.. Bull does not like this, and fol
this and for several good reasons
In the first place, an indication that he
can no lorger count implicitly on the
loyalty of the soldiers seems to make the
superstructure of the throne a little less
secure than it was of old. 1t brings hin
down where he can appreciate the dan
ger of Ievolts and prOnunciamentos-a
danger which he fancied exclusively re
served for South and Central America
and Spain. In the second place, ii makes
the problem of a standing army, always
so hard to solve in England, harder thar
ever before. If it is with the greatest
difficulty that England can mobilize q
couple of army corps now, what will il
be few years hence, when this leaveT
of revolt against military service has
spread through the cOuntryP 1t is the
very tenn ''serN .ce'' which is becoming
unpopular. Instead of drudging, fight
ing and dying for Queen whom they
have never seen, and never will see, they
prefer to drudge and suffer for them
selves, with view to getting on in the
world, and to take no further risks Of
death than are offered in the course OF
nature. 1t is the number and the mag
nificence of the chances of business opeT
on every hand (outside England) to mer
of daring and energy which is diminish
ing the number of such men in Johr
Bulls army. If Mr.. Bull wishes to keeI
pace with the Continental Powers, ever
in appearance, he may yet have to adopt
the cOnscripiiOn which is in use on the
Continent, and is not there thought to bC
an unmixed evil.
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Then the three caltered off in different
directions to bring the animals together.
But while they wereso employed the re-
port of a rifle causei them to scan the
country, and they perceived three men
gallOping toward them.
'Them's Philpott's boys" said one OF
Horace's new employees; well wait for
EN-"
And they sat upon their horses until
the three men, each hPlding revolver
in his right hand, rode up and asked in
no very polite language what they were
doing with the cattle.
'I'm going to take them to my ranch, "
said Greenfield. ''Tve bought and paid
for them"
Guess you Amt bought these ami
mails, stranger" was the reply. "They
bslong to our old man, and when he hears
YOU'VE bin tryin TO drive 'em off, he'll be
in favor of showin' youhow we treat cat
tie thieves out here. But you don't look
like thief, nOhow."
HE amt no thief" said another, "he
is green fuITier.n
''Did these cattle belong to Ezekiel
Philpott?' asked Horace.
"They did and they do" was the re-
ply.
Il have his receipt for the purchase
money" continued Greenfield, offering
them the paper.
The three cowboys read it. Then the
one who appeared to be the leader said,
Stranger, you'll have to come and see
the old man. His names Ezekiel Phil
pott, but he never signed that receipt
for bullet happened into his elbow two
weeks ago, and he's bin in bed ever
since. He couldn't hold pen to save
his life."
With vague feelings of uneasiness, the
Hon. Horace allowed himself to be con-
Quoted to the residence of Ezekiel Phil
pOtt which was about three miles away.
Arrived there he vas left in charge of the
Others while the leader went and ex-
planned the situation to his master. In
a few minutes the young Englishman
was summoned to the presence of Mr..
Philpott, whom he found lying in bed.
After saluting Horace with his savage
glare, he said:
Perhaps, young man, you can explain
why you tiled to drive off my cattle?
Sam says you bought 'em from some
oDe."
"And so did," Horace replied. and at
once gave full account of the tranfac-
ton.
Wal, stranger" said the wounded
ranchman, "that beats anything ever
heard! That man as you paid that
money 10 amt got no more to do with
them cattle than the Emperor of China
has. Now, look here, my lad. I'm
nigh on to 90 years old, and I've been
out here thirty, and what don't know
about these paris amt worth knowin'
Take my advice. Go home and stay
thar. This amt no country for you, an
if you STAY you'll come to grief. A man
as will give 5000 to stranger for little
scrap of paper amt going to get on here
abouts. You shall sleep here tonight,
sjranger, and I'll treat you hospitable
but, take my advice, set out for home to
morrow"
And when that night Horace lay on
The hard bed in the old Texans house
the rectory ON his fathers estate ap-
peared in more desirable light than il
ever had before, and he came to the con-
clusion that country parsons life was
better than ranchmans. He has re-
turned home without the anticipated
fortune and minus his aunt's legacy
True Flag.
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zation, has any right to dispute the free
dom of the employer, which is in fact
only the exact equivalent of the freedom
which every worker enjoys. He can stay
or 90, as he likes. The employer can
k ep him or not, as he likes.
1t is on srch basis of mutual free
dom, and frank recognition by each of
the others freedom, that relations be-
tween capital and labor will have to 10
regulated, This is not an arbitrary die
tum of ANYBODY, but a law of nature
which cannot be set aside by all the or
CARNATIONS in the world. Even the law
would be strictly powerless, if it should
undertake to limit the rights of an en-
plOyer to cease employing any hand at
his pleasure. When this freedom on
both sides is frankly recogr'' cd, and
Onl'' then, will both parties be prepared
to Ceal frankly and in a spirit of mutual
helpfulness with each other, workers and
employers both seeking their best inter
esus.-N Y Bulletin.
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CHARLES COSGROVE.

Who has not been able to attend to
attend TO business for years, wa inter
viewed by our reporter yesterday, and
says: For years | was troubled with
Bright's disease of the kidneys. The
doctors gave me up. Through an East
ern friend obtained bottle of Sulphur
| Bitters. took five bottles and now
am almost well. Keith sells them.-Sdn
Francisco CdU.
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FITCHBURG r. r.
HoosAc TUNNEL ROUTE.


On and after July lst, 1890, trains will run as
follows
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNINGTON RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington 7 IS q IN, arrive Troy IS, a
m, New York 10 m, Hoosick Falls Of, North
Adams so, Greenfield 11,12 a m, ,Fltchburg q,
Boston IS p m, ,Mechanicville 22,Saratoga,lO 10 OC
an.
Leave Bennington 12 35 p m, arrive Troy 2 1d
New York 90, hoosick Falls 2 32, North Adami
$40, Greenfield 445. .Fitchburg l2, Boston 94Op
m Mechanicville q "a.
Leave Bennington IS p IN, arrive Troy 55
pm, Hoosck Falls IA, No. Adams 90 p m
Meehanlcville IS, p. M, SARATOGA Esp. m.
Leave Bennington IL IS night, arrive Troy Of
New York 90 am.
Leave Bennington for Rutland and Montrea
t235. Q 10 q. m, 2 25, 8 10 .. IN.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
VIA BENNINGTON & RUTLAND R'Y:
1 10 IN, from New York, Albany and Troy.
42am, from New York, Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls, No. Adams, Saratoga and Mechanic
vile.
400 D m, from New York. Albany Troy ,Hoosicl
Falls, No. Adams ard Boston.
40 d IN, from New York. Albany, Troy. .Hoosicl
Falls North Adams Boston, and Saratoga.
Arrive At Bennington from Rutland and Mont
treal 10, 8 10 a. m, l 10, 10 p. m.
J.WHITMoRE J.R WATSON,
r. NIMMO, BostoI
GeDT Western Passenger Agent. Troy.
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD.
New Time Table, Commencing June
..s. 10th, 1890.

IUlII TOJV'
Leave Bennington $40 a. m., arrive in No.Ad-
ans o 80 a. M. Troy 10 :5j. Chatham l1:45, New
York B12. Leave bennington IL :45 a. M, arrive
Chatham 4:4b, N. Y S45, Leave Ben'gton 5 ;i5 p.
M, arrive In North Adams T:OO,
Chatham 45 p. m.
Leave North Adams 9:O5 a. m, arrive in Ben
nin0ton 1880 Leave North Adams 100 p. m.
arriye IN Bennington 400. leave North Adams
An M. arrive In Bennington sos.
Leave New York 20 a. m, arrive In Benning.
ton , 90 D. m. Leave New York II 10 a. m. arrive
In Bennington D5 p. m.
400 p, m. Leave Chatham 30 p. m. arrive in
Bennington 8 0s p, m.
Leave Troy 10 a. M, arrive In Bennington
"'S' ED BENNETT. supt.
JOSEPH CHILD, Gen, Pass. Ag't,
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Every tissue Of the body, every nerve,
bene and muscle is made strong and
more healthy by taking Hoods SaTsapa-
rilla.
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farm FOR SALE,

Tie j. l.. Carpenter farms situated one in
Pownal and the other in Bennington, aggregating
about 800 acres.
Good Buildings, Good Fences, Fruit Or
chards, Running Water to Barns, Etc.
These lands contain three sets Of farm build.
Of these farms will be sold separately in body
as the purchaser may desire, and on easy terms.
Part OF the purchase money may remain on long
time. For further particulars address
IF. PADDOCK, Administrator.
North Pownal. VT, or
DAVID CARPENTER, Bennington. VT. 35tf
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A 2. CUTLER, Dentist.
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

TTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
Il Bennington County National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction Of business from 10 O'Clock
.. m. 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 OF the next sue
ist and July LIST, and If not withdrawn will be added
10 principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
Nponi 1t.
Loaps solicited upon real estate and undoubtec
personal securities.
A. u. VALENTINE, President,
W. E.HAWKS, Vice President,
J.T. SIIURILEFF, Treasurer,
g. w. 'ARMAN, Secretary,
TRusrEEs-A B. Valentine, WIN. e. Hawks
&. W. Harman, olin Scott, j. T. Shurtlen. e
Gibson.
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DR p C JENNEY. Dentist.

CuCCEsSoR TO DR.. ]. N. SCRANT0N9
= Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent %
stry in thorough and vorkmanike manner. teL,
sct satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
luired. Office opposite Congregational Church
MAin st., Bennington.
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RATCUEIDER e. BATES.

A rToRNEYs AND CoUNsELLoRS AT LAW
IA and Solicitors in Chancery. o..,
Office over First National Bank, Bennington sol SOL
K RATCHELDEP. E. l.. BATES.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-21

each plank, and will take as many
teeth, which should be driven in so as
to project four inches below the bottom
of the plank. Make the holes in the
second plank so that they will break
joints with the other row, that is, so
they will not track after the others.
These will cut and comb the ground in
q remarkable manner, and the small
Jumps that pass between will be ground
to powder by the sharp edges of the
planks that follow. The driver stands
on the crusher while working, or seat
may be firmly attached to it. Should
there be much rubbish, this will bother
very often, but this can be obviated
somewhat by driving staple near the
back edge of the rear plank; into this
tie one end of small rope two or three
feet long, aud the other end into ring
to be held in the right hand. To dump
rubbish, step with the left foot upon
the slanting board at the front and at
the same time lift up with the rope,
which is all easily and quickly done,
and the obstruction will be drawn from
the tooth as the crusher moves forward
In using the tool after the corn planter,
the teeth should be driven back so as
not to run so deep as to disturb the
seed.-American Agriculturist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-21
WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.
listed Better than Drilled sest-Ihe @
and the New WAY.

S880-a<1E
and the New Way.
The Kansas Experiment. Station has
been making some experiments in list
ing wheat. A long narrow plat, meas
uring urifle more than one-half acre
(.5S4 of an acrel, was listed with wheat
of the Zimmerman variety, for COMPARE
son with an adjoining plat of drilled
wheat In his last annual report Direc-
tor E. M. Shelton described the method
and results as follows: Three small
double shovels, : miniature listing
plows-were secured to the frame of a
Buckeye one-horse drill in such man
ner as to make six-inch deep burrows
in advance of the three discharge spouts
of the drill. The implement put the
seed wheat in burrows eight to ten
inches deep and about fourteen inches
apart.
During the growing season there
was but little apparent difference be.
tween this listed wheat and that which
was drilled, with the exception of a
slightly darker green color of the for
mer, and that it attained the same de.
gree of maturity about three days later
than the drilled wheat. k'he previous
year it was noticed that a similarly
listed plat grew much more vigorously
than drilled wheat and that it had a
decided tendency to lodge.
This year 1t showed no tendency to
lodge, nor was the straw taller to any
noticeable degree. 1t was cut June 25
with the following result:
LISTED Drilled Cain By
Pidt. Pit. L stip1
Bushels per cre........35.34 29S3 ssh
Straw per acre, lbs....3S0 33D -.
Straw per bushel lbs. $50 1l20 80.
W'g't per struck bu. lbs 50 63
1t will be seen that while the wheat
sown in the ordinary fashion falls a
little below thirty bushels, the LISTED
wheat yielded thirty-fve and one-third
bushels to the acre. This is a gain of
FIVE and one-half bushels in favor of
listing. Should further experience
bear out this result, it will be distinct
step in advance in our method of Guilt
waiting wheat. 1t is a question if the
listed plat would have done equally
we'll had this been a wet year with con-
sequently heavier growth of straw.
We might then expect it to lodge more
or less, with the inevitable result of
light crop of grain. 1t would lodge
more readily for the reason that having
more space in which to spread, a large
portion of the straw starts out at the
base at an inclined angle. and if heavy
it will the more easily break down.
When we have an even stand of broad
casted or drilled wheat. the straw
grows almost perpendicularly upward.
and can thus better sustain its own
weight. 1t is too early to expatiate on
the benefits of this method of culture,
but it seems reasonable to suppose that
it will be success in Kansas in or
binary seasons on all but very low
land. Orange Judd Farmer i
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-21
SOME POULTRY MISTAKES.

To GIVE all the waste milk to pigs
To KEEP food by laying hens all the
time.
To FEED one kind of food 365 days in
the year.
To KEEP lot of old hens that are
three or four years old.
To DOSE well fowls with all sorts of
stuff to keep them we'll"
To NEGLECT to supply green food regu-
larly throughout the winter.
To NEGLECT to provide comfortable
winter quarters for the poultry.
To BUY an incubator before you know
enough about poultry to set a hen.
To ALLOW the poultry droppings to
accumulate in the house for weeks at a
time.
To PUT off until tomorrow or next
day the things that ought to be done
to-day" al.
To MAKE no effort to improve the
fowl stock by selection of fittest for
breeders.
To vENTILATE the poultry house by
CFdChS III tle Wills dHu uOOTS anu 0OleS
in the roof.
To WASTE food by throwing it on the
floor instead of feeding in troughs or
some other vessel.
To TRY to keep one hundred fowls
through the winter in house that is
none too large for half that number.
To HATCH out a lot of chicksin m i'd
winter or very early spring unless you
have a suitable place in which to raise
them.
To CRAM fifty cents worth of drugs
down the throat of a sick chicken that
wouldn't be worth over a quarter if it
were we'll.
To IMAGINE that because "fowls in
the wild state never have cooked food,
it is unnecessary to give our domestic
fowls cooked food.
To THIyK that any poultry powders"
or ''egg food" in creation will make
your hens lay unless they have proper
food, comfortable quarters and good
care besides.
To THINK that a man who has never
been able 20 make living at any thing
else-who has failed in every thing
else-can go into the poultry business
and make grand success of it.-Breed-
er's Guide.
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Simple Specific for Diphtheria.

It is said that nature has her own
remedy for every i'll to which flesh is
heir. Medical science has long sought
for sovereign remedy for the scourge
of childhood, diphtheria, yet the colored
people of Louisiana, and perhaps of
other localities in the South, have for
years known and used cure which is
remarkable for its simplicity. 1t is
nothing more nor less than the pure
juice of the pineapple. 1.-THE remedy"
said gentleman, when interviewed,
has been used by negroes in the
swamps down South for years. One of
my children was down with diphtheria
and was in a critical condition. An old
colored man who heard of the case
asked if we had tried pineapple juice.
We tried it and the child got we'll 1
have known it tried in hundreds of
cases. 1 have told my friends about it
whenever heard Of case, and never
knew it to fail. You get ripe pine
apple, squeeze out the juice and let the
patient swallow it The juice is of so cor
rosive nature that it will cut out the
diphtheritic mucus, and if you will take
the fruit before 1t is ripe and give the
juice to a person whose throat Is well
it makes the mucus membrane of his
throat sore. IN. Y. Journal
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TIlE-lHYiNG HINTS.
San Must Be Kept Out of the Drains
and Weak Points Looked After.


and Weak Points Looked After.
Tiles are in general most economical
to begin with and satisfactory in the
long run. 1t costs less to dig a narrow
| ditch for two-inch tile and pay for the
tile and lay it, than to dig and lay a
stone drain; and when done the chances
of durability are in favor of the tile
Some points must be observed carefully
in laying them, however, says Massa-
chusetts Ploughman. They must be
laid with uniform downward grade; any
deviation from this rule makes stag
nant water in the tile, which will soon
fill with sand or mud and cause stop
page; carelessness in this particular
causes most of the stoppages. In laying
the tiles put them as closely at the
Joints as possible, and cover the joints
with piece of tin, or of oiled or tarred
roofing paper.
You need not fear that the water
will not find its way in, you can not
keep it out if you try; but you must try
to filter out the sand and mud which
may enter with rapid stream of sur
face water washing down through a
muskrat's hole. If the bottom is sandy
soft mud, it is often necessary to lay
strips of boards under the tiles to pre-
vent them from settling and getting
out of grade, and also to wedge them
sidewise with stones to hold them in
line; for like chain, the usefulness of
drain is measured by its weakest
point, and we must avoid weak points
carefully. Whenever surface water
must be taken into the drains, and also
whenever long reach Of nearly level
drains makes settling of mud and sand
likely to occur, the catch basin must be
introduced. This is simply man-hole
or sand pump-hole dug foot or more
lower than the drain, and walled in
with brick or with large tile set up
right; these catch-basins need examin-
ing frequently to see that they do not
fill up with sand and clog the tile.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-11-21
The Apple Root Plant Louise.

In many parts of the Western States,
especially in Illinois, young apple trees
are affected by disease in the roots,
produced by the attacks of a woolly
plant louise. This minute creature
works under ground. and produces upon
the roots swellings and excrescences OF
al sorts of shapes and sizes; these in
terfere materially with the trees supply
of nourishment, and when very numer-
Gus occasion its death. DIR. Hull, OF
Alton, ILL.,, considers it lone of the
worst enemies with which our apple
trees have to contend" and states that
it is much more common than is gen.
orally supposed. In 1S4s it was found
so abundant in Chester County, Penn
sylyania. that thousands of young trees
had to be thrown away; and of late
years it has been very injurious in many
localities.
The apple root plant louise is little
over tenth of an inch in length, in
Guiding the closed wings, and of an
Opaque color; though SO very minute it
may be easily recognized by the pc
culiar bluish-white cottony matter
which it exudes from its body, and
which is never met with in the case
of the common apple tree plant
louise that inhabits the leaves and the
tips of the twigs. The easiest mode of
getting rid of it is to drench the infest-
ed roots with hot water, which, though
hot enough to destroy the life of the in
sect is not injurious to the vegetable
organization. In the case of young
trees that are being transplanted, these
insects may be destroyed by dipping
the roots in strong soap suds or to-
bacco water.-Western Rural.
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
cLop cRusHER.
A Homemade Device That Does Excel
lent Work.

A Homemade Device That Does Excel
lent Work.
The implement depicted herewith,
after sketches by George o. Gridley.
I'll, is very effective for thoroughly
pufverizing fall blowing after the Guilt
vator, and for following the corn planter
few days after planting; nothing could
leave the field in a more desirable con-
dition. The implement is very simple
in construction and can be made by any
one in couple of hours; the cost need
not exceed two dollars. Take two
planks, two-by-eight inches and sixteen
feet long, cut each in two in the middle,
which will give four pieces eight feet
long. Then take two pieces of two-by-
four-inch scantling little more than
two feet long; to these bolt or spike
the planks, tapping them two inches,
as shown in the engraving.
Slant off the front ends of the two
pieces of scantling, and nail piece of
board six inches wide on these ends to
prevent dirt from showing on top of the
crusher when working. Bore hole
in the front end of each scantling and
put clevis in each, attach with chain
to doubletree. Go to your blacksmith,
and have him take some three-eighth
inch square bar steel. and cut this into
six-inch lengths, and sharpen these
like harrow teeth. 1t will need about
four dozen. Now with three-eighth-
inch bit bore holes four inches apart in
the front and second planks just in
front of where the second plank laps on.
This will require twenty-four holes in