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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-15

IHAvs not used ell Of one bet 10 yet. 1 suffer-
Cd from cstarrh for twelve years, experiencing
the nauseating dropping ia the throat peculiar to
that disease, and the nos, bled slrost daily.
tried various remedies without benefit until last
A. ril, when I saw Ely 5 Cresm Balm advertised
in the Bostcn Budget, p:ocured bottle, and
since the first d,y's use have had no moro bleed
ing-the soreness is entirely gone.-D. @. David
SON, with the Boston Budget, formerly with the
Rostor .Jour,dl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-15
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-15

CEAsoNABLE GOODS JUsT RECEIVED AT
- 32S King street, cor. Royal.
The subscribers have just recsiyed and offer for
sale at small sdvarcs.
MEAT CUTTERS CT assorted makes and prices.
Wire Broilers Pocket ard Table Cutlery Of as.
sorted makes and quality, Razora, Scissors, &C.,
together with general stock Of Hardware OF ali
kinds, to which they invite the attention of pur.
dee4 J. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
NINE MILD BIO GOLFERS for tale freshly
r. roasted or green by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-15
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

rs.HE yIaGlAI5 nIDL,ND RAILWAY CO.,
i Geoeral Cfc., alex .niris,
November 23d, 1891.
The AMI ual n ting OF the stockholders OF the
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY
will be held at the Office of The company, in Alex
sndris, Va, o WEDNESDAY. the sixteenth
16th) day of D.ecmb,r a D. 1891, at twalve
o'clock noon, for Ii transaction Of ali business OF
8 general or speci.l nature that may be submitted
to the meeting. The transfer tookE to be closed
at 3 o',lece of 7st Of December and rtopened on
the morning Of December 18th next.
noy23 10 ". q. MARBURY, Secretary.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
The Cambridge Fair.

Several years ago number of enter
prislng farmers residing in Southern
Washington county organized an agricul-
tural society. 1t was given long and
imposing title, but was commonly known
as Lauderdale Fair, from the fact that its
grounds were located on the shores of
Lake Lauderdale, a beautiful sheet of
water about four miles north of Cam
bridge Though these grounds were
located two or three miles from the near
est railroad station, and were in them
selves i'll fitted for an exhibition of the
sort, having little to commend them ex-
cept the beautiful scenery by which they
were surrounded, yet the exhibit was
creditable and the attendance large.
This was due to the fact that it was lOcat-
ed in the midst of farming country of
great fertility. But in time the farmers
who were managing it became tired of
the work it entailed, and desired to
abandon it. Then in 1890 number of
enterprising business men of Cambridge,
with jerome b. Rice, president of the
celebrated Rice seed company at their
head, organized stock company, and
purchased the property of the Lauder
dale Association. They purchased a
farm lying partly within the corporate
llIulUS OI IuO NllldBC VI NdLuOlluSS. anu
adjoining the track of the D. d H. c.
Co.'s railroad, and here they laid out and
perfected the most complete and con-
venient fair grounds in the State of New
York. Fifty acres were enclosed by a
substantial fence, superb half mile
track was constructed, an elegant grand
stsnd with a capacity for 1000, commodi-
GUS and handsome exhibition buildings,
and comfortable stalls for horses and
stock. From the start they determined
that the fair should be conducted on
business principles; that prizes should
go by merit, and not by favor; that no
Intoxicating liquors should be sold on
the grounds if possible to prevent it, and
they believed it was, and that no gam
bling device of any sort should be toler-
ated. While they did not assume to pos
sess any miraculous powers, enabling
them to make all drivers Of trotting
horses above trickery of any kind, yet
they determined, so far as they were
able, to have every race an honest trial
of speed, and decided upon its merits.
The managers believe thoroughly in ad-
vertising, and we do not think we exag-
gerate when we say it is the best adver-
tised fair in the United States of its class.
The success of its first exhibition last
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
rhs Ysrmont State Fair.

The Joint Exhibition of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society & Champlain
Valley Association, for the promotion of
Agricultural and the Mechanic Arts, will
be held at Howard Park, in the City of
Burlington, on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thurday and Friday, September 1st, I'd,
Sd and 4th, 1891. -.--,.-----.--.-.
Articles and animals for exhibition
must be entered on the clerks books on
or before Tuesday, August 25th, except
entries in Mechanics .and Floral Halls,
which must be made on or before the
first day of the exhibition. No deviation
from this rule,
All entries must be made to Chauncey
w. Brownell, Jr., Burlington, Vt, Sec.
of the Joint Exhibition, except Floral
and Mechanics Halls, which must be
made to their respective Supts.
Transportations arrangements-To and
from Agricultural fairs held in this State,
freight and live stock for exhibition pur-
poses will be transported over the Cen
trail Vermont railroad on the following
basis:
Half tariff rates will be charged from
the original shipping station to the fair,
and the freight must be prepaid, and
the same, provided there has been no
change of ownership, will be returned
within five days after the close of the
fair, free.
The entries already made in the races
and the stock department, and the de-
mand for space by exhibitors i'll all the
various Departments give assurance that
the coming fair at Howard Park, will be
the biggest and best ever held in the
State
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

the foreign residents, even going to the
extent of beheading the rioters and pro-
mitigating decree signed by the EN-
peror's council of ministers by which the
Tartar generals and state functionaries
were required to take decisive steps to
secure the safety of the missionaries and
foreign residents, and in which Christ
ianity was commended as a religion that
teaches men to be good. Furthermore
troops have been sent to every disquiet-
ed province. In the second place the
Chinese have been repeatedly mobbed in
this country and the Chinese govern
ment was content to conduct its action
thereon through the ordinary diplomatic
channels. We are too much given to fair
play to do otherwise than initiate that
courteous example to say nothing of
cherishing too much self respect to be
guilty of the gross inconsistency of i'll
treating citizens of China and then call
ing down that nation by armed force
when rabble ill-treats our citizens re-
siding there. When the demonstration
on the part of England, France and Ger
many is sifted it will be discovered to be
little short of a move on the part of
those old-time plunderers to gain trade
concessions by taking advantage of the
vexed state of affairs existing there
Sunday Budget.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
SNOW ON THE MOON.

Shakespeare makes Richard II. say
that "the pale-faced Moon looks bloody
on the earth" and somebody else says
''there's blood on the face of the Moon"
Now Prof. Holden of the Lick Observa-
tory thinks he has discovered through
the great telescope snow spots on the
Moon. If this shall be proven true by
future observations it will be a most in
teresting discovery. The great astron-
omers have heretofore been about unani-
nous in the theory that there was no at
mosphere on the Moon, and hence that
it was uninhabitable, and without an at
mosphere there could be no snow. Now
if it is established that there is snow on
the Moon then there is an atmosphere,
and the orb is probably inhabited
and there is not only "a man
in the Moon" but several of them, which
would make the saying true that "there
is blood ON the face of Moon" The sci
entifc world will wait with great inter-
est to see whether future observations
through the great Lick telescope shall or
shall not confirm the alleged discoveries
of Prof. Holden.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
vERMoNT,s SECOND NOTABLE WEEK.

The Wdtchmdn, printed Wednesday,
says: This will be notable week for
Vermont The chief magistrate of the
nation honors the State with tour, dur
ing which all the principal towns will be
visited for few minutes, if not hours.
Yesterday morning he left Saratoga in
a special train of parlor cars which Vice
President E. c. Smith of the Central
Vermont railroad had placed at his dis
posal. st. Albans was reached in the
evening, and to-day the capitol will be
visited, while st. Johnsbury will be
made late in the afternoon. On Thurs
day the party will lunch with Senator
Evarts at Windsor, and Proctor will be
reached, via Brattleboro and Bellows
Falls, late in the evening. Friday will
be passed at the home of Secretary
Proctor, and on Saturday the party will
return to New York and Cape May. Not
since the days of President Monroe has
a President of the United States made
50 extensive visit to Vermont. Let
him be given a reception everywhere
worthy OF the Office which he so ably
fills and of the people of loyal State.
Irrespective of political party, the peo-
pie of the towns through which he is to
pass should turn out en- masse and cheer
the chief officer of the republic"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
THE LEGISLATURE.

The legislature met on Tuesday and
adjourned yesterday noon. AS Wednes-
day was taken up with the Presidents
reception the special session has been
remarkably short. The important part
of the business was promptly attended
to. The direct tax of $4,000 was ac-
cepted and turned into the tearsury. A
proposal to attach it to the school fund
failed. st. Albans gets her government
building site and the worlds fair appro-
priation of $4,000 was eminently the
proper thing to do.
A large number of special bills were
railroaded through; for instance, the
bill amending an act to incorporate the
village of North Troy was read twice by
its title only, referred to the committee
on corporations, reported back, read the
third time and passed, all in five
minutes. Several towns had their grand
lists legalized, and the country is safe.
We place large credit mark over
against several black ones recorded in
the fall of 1890.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
The Coming Races at Rutland.

The annual fair of the Rutland County
Agricultural society will be held on the
fair grounds in Rutland, on September
Is, 16, II and Is, and Secretary Bailey
already has arrangements well under
way. The past two years rain has in
terfered with the fair, so the society is
some S2,500 in debt. However, no In
terest has been lost, and no pains will
be spared to make the coming fair sue
cess in every respect. There will be the
usual exhibits in floral hall, mechanics s
hall and other departments of the fair,
for which liberal premiums will be offer
ed. There will be races each day, the
purses and premiums amounting to
81 900. The last day will be distinctly a
horse day, for in addition to the races in
the afternoon, there will be an exhibi-
ion of stock in the morning. The pro-
gramme is as follows
First day-For foals of 1890; purse,
$50. 2:40 class; purse, $3.50.
Second day-For foals of 1889; purse,
$50. Stallion race, $50 class; purse,
800.
Third day-For foals of 1888; purse,
800.
Forth day-For foals of 1887; purse,
500. For matched horses; purse, $50.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
TEN SPEECHES A DAY.

President Harrison arrived in Rutland
last evening, his route through the State
having been one round of ovation and
enthusiasm. Wednesday he made ten
speeches following the five delivered
Tuesday. These were supplemented by
notable utterances at White River juno
tion, Bellows Falls and BraJtleboro yes
terday, besides short addresses at other
stations en- route to Rutland. In all
these places the President gave the peo-
pie sound sentiments, paralleling his
famous Southern and Western tour. To-
morrow the Presidential party will go
down over the B. & r. railway and to
Cape May as previously announced. The
substance of the more notable of these
speeches we shall give next week. The
itinerary was the same as we printed in
advance.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

Vermont, through Governor Page, con-
fers high honor on Redfield Proctor,
says the IVdtchmGn. To be the success
sor of Senator Edmunds is itself high
honor; to be the representative of aState
that has taken peculiar pride in sending
able men to Washington is still higher
honor Secretary Proctor knows well
that in return for these honors he will be
expected to give his best thought and eff
fort to the knotty questions which will
be before the senate in the next quarter
of century He is not chosen simply
to crafty his personal ambition, as has
been the case in too many senatorial
elections of recent years, BE is chosen
rather because the people of the State be-
lieve him to be the ablest man available
for the position, and because they be-
lieve that whatever ability he has will be
cheerfully and untiringly used for the
interests of his constituency. We are
confident that the sanguine expectations
now entertained for his senatorial career
will be more than justified. We look
for a long and honorable term of service
"a term the fruits of which will increase
in direct proportion to the experience of
which they will in large part be the prod
duct. The secretary will be able from the
first to exercise unusual influence in the
Senate, but the full force of his ability
will be seen only when he has mastered
the rules and traditions of the body ahd
has extended his acquaintance still more
widely. .-s
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

Free coinage will not become fixed
fact under, the present administration.
President Harrison's Saratoga speech
effectually settles that question. He
said: II do not intend to enter upon any
subject that can excite division; but |
do believe that the general government
is solemnly charged with the duty of
seeing that the money issued by it is
always and everywhere maintained at
par. Applause. believe that Ispeak
that which is the common thought of us
all when say that every dollar, whether
paper or coin, issued or stamped by the
general government should always and
everywhere be as good as any other dol
lar. Applausel. l am sure that we
would all shun that condition of things
into which many peoples have drifted,
and of which we have had in one of the
great South American countries recent
example, the distressed and hopeless
condition into which all business enter
prises fall when nation issues an ire
deemable or deprecated money. The
necessities of great war can excuse that.
am one of those that believe that these
men from your shops, these farmers re-
mote from money centres have the
largest interest of all people in the world
IN having dollar that is worth 100 cents
every day in the year, and only such.
[Applause]. If, by any chance we should
fall into condition where 81 is not so
good as another. 1 venture the asser-
ton that that poorer dollar bill will do
it's first errand in paying some poor la
borer for his work. Therefore, in the
conduct of our public affairs 1 feel
pledged for one that all the influences of
the government should be on the side of
giving the people only good money, and
just as much of that kind as we can get.
[Applause]." If anything better than
this has ever been said on this subject
we have never heard it or read it.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

The divisions in the Farmers Alliance
of Texas on the Sub-Treasury scheme,
says the New York Press, are encourag-
ing to the cause of good government and
to sound economics. If light can be got
into the minds of the benighted men
who look upon such scheme as either
desirable or possible then is there hope
that the same light will penetrate still
farther and expel other fallacies and
vagaries In fact it is only by such
dissemination of knowledge that such
movement can be brought under con-
troll. Like all others of its kind it is
merely temporary and fitful, but the
sooner that its followers and advocates
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

Hon. John A. Page of Montpelier, one
of the best known men in Vermont, died
Sunday at his home after ten days ill
ness. He had been in failing health for
the past few years, and his death was not
unexpected. He was born in Haverhill,
N. H., on June II, 1914, and resided in
New Hampshire and Maine. He was
educated at Danville. He was in the
Legislature in 1S4S, State Treasurer in
1858 and was elected by the Legislature
and by the Republican party to the office
in 1866 and held it until 1882. He was a
prominent Congregationalist and treas
urer of the Vermont Bible society for 35
years. He was president of the First
National bank for 25 years. He leaYes
one son who bears his fathers name.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

A despatch from Brandon, under date
of the oath, says: "Ex-Gov. Ormsbee
has accepted an appointment from the
secretary of the interior as commission
er to negotiate with the Indians of the
Pyramid Lake reservation in Nevada for
the surrender of portion of their lands.
The other commissioners are Asa French
of Boston. Mass, and W. A. Morgan of
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. This service
will probably require from four to six
weeks to complete, and the commission
ers will assemble very soon."
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
A Doctor,s MindfaII.

An eccentric old female of SO years,
who was very wealthy, has died in
Lyons, France, leaving behind her a pc
culiar last will and testament ''In
grateful recognition of the intelligent
and devoted care of Dr. X" SO runs a
clause in the document, "who has en-
abled me to attain ripe old age. I be-
gueath to him everything contained in
my bOnhe,T de jour-" After the death
of the estimable testatrix the executors
unlocked the article of furniture in queS-
ton and found in it, still unopened, un-
sealed and uncorked, all the pills and
potions prescribed for the deceased by
DR.. Y. during the past ten years.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
STATE OF VERMONT,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
II,., ID .,,,. A.. OH 1Ont

J
Hon. RedfeLd PrOctor:-Proctor, w.. I:
DEARlSIR:-After careful consideration
of all the names suggested, l have de-
cided to appoint you United States Sena-
tor to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds.
Primarily deem it my duty to satisfy
my own judgment as to what selection
would best promote the welfare of YER
mont, and of the whole country. But l
have at the same time felt that l was
acting largely in a representative cap
acity and that if, without doing injustice
to my own judgment, 1 could
meet the wishes of a large majority of
the people of Vermont, it would be my
duty and pleasure so to do.
l have with considerable care sought
and received, personally and by letter,
the views of prominent Vermonters
in every county in the State. The result
of my investigation leaves me in no
doubt as to official duty. If therefore,
on the first day of November next it
should be incumbent on me to fill the va
cancy referred to, l propose to tender.
you the appointment.
l inform you of my decision at this
time, not only because believe you
should have reasonable notice of my in
tentiOn, but because, having reached the
above conclusion, cannot see that the
public good will be subserved by further
discussion.
With much respect, am, Ii
Yours truly,
CARROLL S. PAGE.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
Popular Saratoga Excursion.

In order that all may have an oppor-
tunity of visiting Saratoga, the most ia
nous summer resort of the world, the
Fitchburg Railroad has arranged for
popular excursion to that resort for Sun
day August 30th, 1891, from all stations
between North Adams and Reynolds, in
elusive. Special train will leave Pownal,
at S.33; North Pownal, at S.39; Peters
burgh Junction, at S.4S; Hoosick, atS.53;
HoOsick Falls, at $50, a. m, returning
leave Saratoga 600 p. m. Excursion
rate from Pownal and North Pownal is
$1.15; and S1.00 from the other stations
name6
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

Church statistics show that there
are now 920 women either occupying pull
pits or licensed to do SO. The Universal
list denomination leads the list of
churches in the number of women it has
ordained.
Since Brazil became arepublic it has
vastly increased in favor as field for
German emigrants, of whom 1927 have
gone there during the first six months
of the present year, as compared with
2192 during the whole of last year, while
in 1899 there were only 22S. 4
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
A Quaint vermont Character Dead.

Gustavus Hubbard, one of the quaint
est and best known characters of Mont
pelier, died suddenly on Sunday in that
city, aged 76 years. Better known as
''Tave," Hubbard was familiar figure
to all legislators and others that have
stopped at the Pavilion hotel at the state
capital since the sixties. He was one Of
the original forty-niners and lost an arm
ON western trip. On his return from
the gold mines he claimed to have been
done out of his property by relative
and vowed not to do another stroke OF
work-and he kept his word.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

TTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
T. Il Bennington County National Bank is open
daily for the transaction OF business from 10 o'clock
o. m. to O'Clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ex-
oepted.
Interest to depostors 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
ceeding month. Interest computed January
LIST and July lst and if not withdrawn will be added
TO principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
upon It.
personal securities.
A. B. VALENTINE, President,
W. F.HAWKS, Vice President,
j. T. SHURTLEFF, Treasurer,
G. W. FARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEEs-A B. Valentine, VIM. z. Hawks
&. W. Harman, olin Scott, j. I. Shurtleff,
Gibson, ]. Il. Judson.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-28

The selection of Washington as the
next place for holding the National En-
of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, has created most unexpected
enthusiasm among the comrades of
every section; and next August the old
cry of "On to Washington ~ will be
heard over the land in as vigorous tones
as in '61, and the ga thering will be larger
than any other since the war.