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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-12-18

HALE & BUCKLEY, Solicitors for Comp.alnta 2
The above mentioned sale IL postponed TO tbS
Eighteenth Qsthl day Of December, 1890, At two
clock p m. al the sane place,
Troy, October 2lst, 1890
WtiR1HINGTON FRoTHINGHAM Referee.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to tho
Nineteenth-19th day of February, 1891, at two
o'clock, p m, at the same place.
Troy December 18th, 1890.
WORTHINGTON ROCKINGHAM. Referee.
Hale & Buckley. Solicitors for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed 70 the
2Srd day of April, 1891. at o'clock p. m. at the
same place.
Troy, February 10th. 1891.
WORTHlNGTON FROTHlNGHAM, Referee.
Hale & Buckley. Solicitor for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
twenty-seyenth G27th) day OF MAY, 1891. at OCH
p M. at the same place.
Troy. April 23rd 1891.
WORTHINGTON FROTHINGHAM, Referee.
Hale & Buckley, Solicitors for Complainants-
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
twenty-ninth (29tb) day of July, 1891, at two
o'clock, p m. at the same place.
Tr Y, May 9th, 1891.
W0RTHiNGTON ROCKINGHAM. Referee.
Hale & Bulkley. Solicitors for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to thu
Twenty ninth 2sth) day of September, 1891, ate
o'clock p. M. at the same place.
Troy July 18th, 1891.
WORTH GTuN ROCKINGHAM. Referee
Hale & Buckley, Solicitors for romplainants.
The above mentioned sale is postponed TO tbn
twenty eighth [2Sthl day Of October, 1891 at two
o'clock. p. M, at the same place.
Troy. Sept. 2gth. 1891.
WtRTHINlTON FROTIIINGHAM, Referee.
HALE & BULKELEY, Solicitors Tor Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed 70 tho
eleventh (1lth) day of November, 1891, at Two
o'clock p. m at the same place.
Troy. o 'tObeT 2Sth, 1891.
WORrHINGT0N FROTHINGHAM, Referee.
HALE BuIKELEY. Solicitors for Complainant
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
ninth 9th day of December, 1891 at two O'Clock
p. m. at the same place.
Troy. November 18th, 1891
WORrHlNGTON FR0THINGHAM. Referee.
Hale. & Buckley, Solicitors for Compliments
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
thirtieth- 3Oth-day OF December, 1891, at two
o'clock p. m at the same place.
Troy. December 9th, 1891.
WOoTHGNGTON FR0THINGHAM, Referee.
Hale Bulk.ey, Solicitors for complainant
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OIRCUMsrANrIAL EvJDENoE.

"A woman with mink muff stood look
ing at the contents of a showcase in one
of the large Sixth avenue stores the other
day. About four yards from her at the
same counter was another woman with
a mink muff. The second woman NOV
ed away, leaving her muff on the show
case. The first woman left her muff also
and moved along toward the place where
the other woman's muff lay. She looked
and admired the contents of the showcase,
and then Extraordinarily put her hands
IN the mink muff which was in front of
her. A voice at her side made her
jump.
MADAM, you have my muff."
Excuse me, this is my muff."
81 beg your pardon, but you have your
hands in my muff-and my purse is in
it."
Then the first woman understood
She took in the situation at glance
She saw her own muff at the futher end
of the counter, but the position was awk-
ward, and she grew red in the face.
''Please pardon me-you are right-my
muff is over there-see? They are alike
i hope you understandable very
sorry. How could l have made such
mistaken
The other woman's face was unrespon-
sive. She granted nothing, She was
pale with rage. The innocent, absent
minded offender looked panied and
amazed. Long after the other woman
with the muff had gone, the words rang
in her ears: "You have your hands in
my muff, and my purse is in it, She
knew how it felt to be convicted by
circumstantial evidence. -NeU York
Recorder.
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Marir Wilma

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been using DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
!Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal salts.
faction. We do not hesitate to guaran.
tee them every time, and we stand ready
to refund the purchase price, if satisfac-
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits. c. D.
Gibson, druggist
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CIGARETTE sMOKER,S BATTLE.

''Some day am going to write the
Confessions of Cigarette Smoker"
The speaker, young man, stood before
the open fire at the Denison. He was
looking at a 16-year-old boy who was in
haling a cigarette by the news stand.
81 know all about it. was regular
slave to the habit, and the struggle 1 had
with myself before quit it was as terri
BILE as any drunkard ever went through
to quit drinking.
81 had smoked cigarettes continually
during my Sophomore and Junior years
at college, and my health was suffering
from it. 1t is the inhaling that is the
dangerous part of the habit. If smokers
wouldn't inhale the cigarette smoke it
would be almost harmless, exception the
disgusting vdor, but 80 out of every 100
do inhale. l had inhaled until it brought
on severe throat and lung trouble. l
knew / ought to stop, but couldn't.
would stop for days at time, and then
90 back to the old indulgence.
st was the summer of 80 that made
my final resolve to quit, and succeeded.
had been at Mackinac Island, and re-
turned via Petoskey and steamer to
Chicago. l knew that the boat would
head right down the lake for Chicago,
without single stop. l also knew there
was no place to buy cigarette on board,
and that l would have terrible battle to
fight out for thirty-six hours. l de-
liberately did not lay in the usual supply
of cigarettes.
''As the steamer backed out into the
bay looked in my case. There lay
three cigarettes. l went up on the pilot
house and smoked one slowly; then l
threw the other two into the lake. and
the struggle began. After dinner l
went up on the top of the pilot house
again and tried to read. But could
think of nothing but my usual post
prandial smoke. My nerves got all I'M
strung. My throat was dry. l longed
for those two cigarettes had tossed into
the lake as a starving man longs for
food l started down to see if there was
anyone from whom L could borrow. But
gave that up and sat down again on my
lofty post. l had dn idea that it would
be better to keep in the brisk lake breeze
all could. suffered fearfully all the
afternoon. l regretted hundred times
my folly in not laying in my usual
supply. Toward evening felt better,
but could eat no supper, merely drink
ing great quantity of almost undiluted
coffee. That night tossed in my berth
till dawn. The second day my sufferings
were not so severe, but they were bad
enough, slept most of the afternoon, and
we reached Chicago at 8.
II was afraid to trust myself about a
hotel Office, so l went right to theatre
and then to bed. The next day l felt
much better, and, except Immediately
after my dinner, had little desire to
smoke.
81 have not touched a cigarette since.
The odor of them now is unbearable to
me. When / look back upon what
went through l think it can truthfully
be said that no habit is more dangerous
and hard to leave off than the smoking
of cigarettes. '-Indidndpois Ne,cs.
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Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowels
Each day. Most people Need to use it.

To-day belongs to the rich man and
his family; tomorrow belongs to the en-
.ergetic poor man and his family.
Can't we all see that bad farming
has more to do with our farm troubles
than anything else we have to endure"
Did you ever know homemade ma
nure fail to improve your land? Do
.yon know of farmer who has too much
of it.
backbone is better than whalebone
or featherbone. The backbone of a
farmer is shown by the fertility of the
soil.
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For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND wELL-TRIED REMEDY Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup has been used for over
aty years by millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with perfect success.
1t sooths the child, softens the gums. allays all
pain, cures wind collie and is the best remedy
for DiaIrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold
by Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Be sure and ask for
Mrs winslows Soothing Syrup, and take no
Their kind, Syl
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-12-18

Many remarkable COW has gone to
the shambles without her owner know
ing what prize he had, simply because
her capacity had never been tested. Try
each individual COW, and get a yearly
record.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-12-18

Did you ever know COW injured by
a comfortable stable and plenty of hayF
q 1t does not cost any more to keep
step with those in the lead than with
those in the rear.
-Soundness is an indispensable con-
.dition if horse is to make any money
for the man who raises him.
Why can't we all recognize the fact
that it does not pay to fool away our
time in caring for poor cows?
The quiet COW, the friendly hen, and
the peaceable horse, give the largest re-
turns with the least expense.
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All the indications at present are in
favor of higher prices for dairy products
the coming winter, and we urge upon
dairymen the importance of feeding the
COWS as well as they know how.
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BueISlen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
'corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by c. D. Gibson.
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If you feed cows milk to colt,
sweeten it little.
Plants, like infants, must have their
fruit in liquid form.
AS the dairy procession goes by let
us step into the front rank.
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A cold of unusual severity developed
into decidedly catarrhal in all its char
acteristics, threatening return of my
old chronic malady, catarrh. One bottle
of Ely's Cream Balm completely eradi-
Gated every symptom of that painful and
prevailing disorder.-E. w. Warner,
Rochester, N. Y.
When l began using Ely's Cream
Balm my catarrh was Sc bad had head
ache the whole time and discharged a
large amount of filthy matter. Thatha
almost entirely disappeared and 1 have
not headache since.--J. H. Sommers,
Stephney, Conn.
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What is

Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years by
Millions of Mothers CastOria destroys Worms and allays
fevershness. Castoria vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. CastOra relieves
teethng troubles constipation and hatulency.
CasOria nssimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Gas.
tOria is the Children's Panacea-the Friend.
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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 Castoria
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CaStoria.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known TO me-"
II. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon It,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
1rray Street, New York City.
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G.. G. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"CastoriA is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of the vuEiousQuask Dostrums which ore
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. ]. F. KNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
1 nr5 7
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If a COW gets out of the yard don't
yell at her; the probability is that the
first effect will be to start her in a run,
and the more you yell the faster she will
run.
Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure rheu
matism & neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. Safe
The objection to feeding fowls al
most wholly upon concentrated foods,
such as grain, and particularly corn, lies
in the fact that it is not sufficiently
bulky, and is too fattening.
Try to raise horses of as uniform
quality as possible, but uniformly good.
By so doing a team may be mated up and
sold at a higher price than the two would
bring if sold separately.
Why does not every one see that the
making of poor butter is too expensive
an operation for poor man to indulge
in?
There is phrase used by horse
traders, Don't get married to him.
which means sell him as soon as you
can get profit
In this age of improvement the art
of making good cOrn-meal, seems to have
been lost. At least, not much of that
sold in the towns and cities can be
classed as good for making bread.
Study of Greek and Latin compared
with a course in practical and theoretical
agriculture, deserves to rate very low as
equipment for useful and successful
life, or even as a mental drill.
AS rule, dairy farm can be
known as soon as the eye falls upon
it. 1t tells of increasing fertility, OF
larger harvests. So, too, may one read
at glance the story when the hay is
sold.
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Ceutaur Company, II Murray Street, New York City
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD.

WIN. V. REYNOLDS, Receiver.
Change of time in effect November 10th. 1891.
TRAINS LEAVE BENNINGTON.
The morning call., 1891-06-15

day was the injury to Speer, who had a
small bone in his leg broken by McCloSkey
sliding into him in the second inning. Poor
kid" had to be carried from the grounds
and conveyed to the hotel in hack. Look
abaugh and France pitched against each
other, and the soutb-paw got slightly the
best OF it. LOokabaugh was hit for six hlts'
iuclu ding two over tie fence, while france
vas hit safely but five times. Stalllngs
caught in Speer's place, Harper going
to right field, where he mutted a
behind the plate and accepted all
chances. Spies caught his usual fine gam e,
and kept the fleet-tOoted Gardeners from
stealing base. Kid Peoples was all over
the diamond at once and accepted every
thing that came near him. " Beesle" Nc
Guirk made several beautiful pick-upS at
first and hit the ball over the fence, as did
Sunday. O'Day and Hanley each played
faulileSs game at second, accepting every
thing in sight. McVey made a beautiful
throw from deep center and caught runner
at the plate In the first inning Sunday
made the longest hit ever made on the
grounds, the ball going over the fence in the
high air and struck about 100 yards from the
fence. in the fourth inning McGuirk dupll-
Gated Sundays hit and scored the second
run for the Giants. In the fifth PEOPLES
was hit by q pitched ball, and scored on
singles by Sunday and Work. In the slXth
the visitors scored their only runs on errors
by Sunday and Works, and two singles. In
the seventh France got safe on balls,
Hutchinson hunted, France taking second.
Work got first on balls. filling the bases.
LOokabaugh hit McGuirk, forcing In France
with the last run Of the game. Following IS
The score:
The morning call., 1891-06-15
NAVAL JOTTINGS.
The independence Entirely De.
pleted OF Men.

The receiving ship Independence at Marc
Island, is entirely depleted of men, and il is
said that the necessary ones for running the
boats and to do other yard duties have to be
borrowed from the ships alongside the dock.
The Mohican. reported ready for sea, lacks
thirty men and two officers. large portion
of the crew and officers of the Omaha haY-
ing been shipped on the 23d ult. to New
YORK, via the Isthmus.
There are eighteen vacancies In the line Of
the navy. five in the corps of engineers and
six I'm the marine corps available for the
members Of this years final graduating class
of the academy, supplying places for all but
two of the class
Passed Assistant Engineer J. r. Wilmer OF
the AlbatrOSs has been detached from her
and ordered to remain at Mare Island for
treatment. Assistant A. NJ. Hunt has been
ordered to the steamer.
First Lieutenant 0iway G.. Bergman will
remain at Mare Island after having been
detached from command Of the 0maha's
marines
Surgeon Franklin Rogers, from the Nor
folk hayward, has been ordered to the
Naval HOSPITAL at Yokohama, per steamer
Of the 9TH prox.
The Alert has been lying at the yard so
long that swallows nest was found under
her maintnp the other day.
Ensign Robert Z. COontZ, detached from
the Naval Observatory, has been ordered to
the Pinta, at Esquimalt, b. e.
Ensign 5. K. Hurlbut and William L..
DOdd, detached from the Hasser, have been
granted two months leave.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
PUTTING DOWN A CARPET.
ON Slap Tt Down for You Like Pa
cake Said Montgomery.

"pu Slap Tt Down for You Like a Pan
cake" Said Montgomery.
81 wish, my DEAR" said Mrs. Montgome cry
to her husband this morning, that you
would come home early and put down the
parlor carpet. have had it beaten. and it
isn't much of job"
ION. yes" Mr. Montgomery assented.
''Pll slap it down for you like pancake,
1t wont take but few minutes"
But during the day Mrs. MOntgomery's
soul was stirred with forebodings of trou-
BILE a black cat came under the window
aud mewed, and at noon she heard three
distinct raps OIL the ceiling. Besides that,
the hired girl broke lumber, and that is
always a sign of trouble
Mr.. Montgomery came home smiling. He
"shucked" his coat and vest and took off his
collar. Then he wTestled the carpet into the
room and spread it out. For some bcastly
reason ii didn't just tit, and Deacon Jones,
who happened by and looked iutO the win
dow,ss remarked that Mr.. Montgomery would
have to hump himself to make 1t stretch.
Mr.. Montgomery looked vicious, but lie said
nothing.
After two sides were tackled, with Mrs.
Montgomery's active Intervention, Mr..
Montgomery arose and made formal
speech. He addressed his wife as follows:
See here. my dear, l can put down the
carpet all right if l AN let alone. but can't
put down the carpet and fight 90 your fu-
tile and inane suggestions az the same time.
Now you either retire to the privacy of
your apartments and leave me TO put down
the carpet, or I'll retire and leave you to
put down the carpet, or you just stay here
and try to boss, aud We'll have the biggest
monkey and parrot raZzle-dazze you ever
saw"
Mrs Montgomery retired, and in a few
moments she heard great pounding then
some wrathfu Objurgations. Mr.. Montgom-
cry had pinehed his finger. For few mo-
ments all was silent.
Mr.. Montgomery was humping himself
stretching the carpet. Mr.. Montgomery had
kneeled on M tack. Then for ten or fifteen
minutes arose composite noise. made up of
hustling, pounding and Objectionable Ian
euage. But it was the last struggle The
carpet was down. Mrs. Montgomery aD-
peared on the scene. Her hus band was red
In the face, mad way through, but triumph
ant.
"Merciful heavenp' cried Mrs. Montgom-
cry. THE carpet must come up. There
are no Papers under it and there are
wrinkles in it,"
1.-THE man who takes up that carpet"
shrleked Mr.. Montgomery, fairly dancing
with rage, takes il up after my violent and
sudden demise at his hands"
Then he grasped his hat and few mo-
Whisky, please" and as he poured out O
generous supply of the rich, red coffin var
niSh he told the barkeeper how he had just
put down carpet so tight that the tackS all
flew out and played a Naturalization on
the ceiling like the falling of a gentle
streamlet over the rocks.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
The morning call., 1891-06-15
WHY HE DOESN'T SMOKE.
Chauncey Depew Gives His Reasons 70
Ahand nninp the Weed.

Chauncey Depew Gives His Reasons for
Abandoning the Weed.
Everybody knows that Chauncey De-
pew doesn't smoke, says the Detroit
Tribune, but the reason of his abstinence
forms an interesting story.
used to smoke twenty cigars day"
said Mr.. Depew. land continued it until l
became worn out. didn't know what was
the matter with me, and physicians that L
applied to did not mention tobacco used to
go to bed at O'Clock in the morning and
wake up at or g. l had no appetite and
was dyspeptic. 1 was in the habit of smok-
ing at my desk. and thought that 1 derived
material assistance in my work from it,
After a time l found that | couldn't do my
work without tobacco. | could prepare a
brief or an argument without smoking, but
still | was harraSsed by feeling that
something was amlSs, and the result
was not up to the mark. | also found
that | was incapable of doing any
great quantity of work; my power of con-
centraton was weakened, and | could not
think without lighted cigar in my mouth.
Now it is perfectly clear without this power
OF concentration man Is incapable OF dong
many things. 1t is this which enables hlm
to attend to various and multlfarious affairs,
to drop one absolutely and take up another
and give it full attention"
Mr.. Depew Illustrated his meaning by
spreading out the fingers of both hands and
making them dodge in opposite directions
with great rapidlty.
Zone day | bought cigar and was putting
it with feeling of pleasure which is only
possible to the devOtee. / smoked only
few inches, and then l took it out of my
mouth aad looked at it. l said to it, My
friend and bosom companion, you have
always been dearer TO NE far than gold or
woman. To you l have ever been devoted,
yet your are the cause of all my ills. You
have played me false. The time has come
when we must part
II gaZed sadly and longingly at the cigar,
and then threw it into the street. | had be-
come convinced that tobacco was running
me. For three months thereafter | under
went the most awful agony. l never expect
to suffer more in this world or the next.
didn't 60 to any physician or endeavOr in
any way to palliate my sufferiugs. Pos
sibly d physician might have given me
something to soften the torture. Neither
did break my vow. | had made up my
mind that must forever abandon tobacco
or l would be ruined by it, At the end Of
three months my longing for it abated;
gained twenty-five pounds in weight l
slept well for seven or eight hours every
night; j require that amount because of
my excessive cerebratiOn. When l don't
get il am liable to rheumatism or Sciatica.
1 have never smoked from that day to this,
and while no one knows better than | the
pleasures to be derived from tobacco, am
still willing to forego them, knowing their