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Let's reason together. Here's a firm.
one of the largest the country
over, the world over; it has
grown, step by step, through the years to
greatness-and it sells patent medicine! I!
-ughl
That's cnoughl"
Wait little
This firm pays the newspapers good
money Expensive work, this adver-
tisingD to tell the people that they
have faith in what they sell, so much
faith that if they can't benefit or cure
they don't want your money. Their
guarantee is not indefinite and relative.
but definite and dJsolute-if the medicine
doesn't help, your money is on call.
Suppose every sick man and every
feeble woman tried these medicines and
loser, you or they?
The medicines are DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery for blood dis
eases, and his "FavOrite Prescription"
for womaifs peculiar ills. II they help
toward health, they cost Sl.OO bottle
eachl II they don't, they cost nothing.
The fact the English agIiculturists
can produce more crops 10 the acre than
farmers do in this country is an evidence
that systematic and scientific farming
pays, and that in the long run all tillers
of the soil must adopt it or be crowded
ont of the business.
The poultry house should hc made
light with whitewash, aud tlc floor
covered six inches deep with cut straw
or leave
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NOVEL WAY To KNOCK oUrA BEAR

While Erastus Holland of Tunkahdna
Creek was on his way home from Stauf-
fer's mills one day last week, says a
Scranton, Pa, correspondent of the New
York Sun, he stopped at Darius Meyers
place and bought ram. Holland was
driving a skittlsh colt to pung, and he
tied the rams legs and put him in the
bottom of the pung along with lot of
things that he had bought at the mills.
On his way past Owl Swamp a bear
waddled out of the bushes and started
to cross the road in front of him. At
sight of it the colt snOrted and wheeled
completely around in spite of all that
Holland could do. The pung was upset,
Holland landed on his knees in the snow.
and the ram and everything else in the
pung rolled out. Holland clung to the
lines, and after he had been dragged
some distance he stopped the colt.
While he was getting the rig righted
he heard the ram blcating, and looking
back he saw the bear making for the
ram. The latter was struggling hard,
and before the bear reached him he had
broken the strings on his legs and
jumped to his feet. The next thing
Holland knew the ram ran past him with
the bear close at his heels. The ram
legged it along the road for dear life, and
so did the bear, but the ram was heeter
of foot, and he kept several feet ahead
of the bear.
BY that time the colt had got used to
seeing the black beast, and Holland
jumped into the pung, whaled the colt
with the liues, and sent it racing after
the ram and bear. Ii was down grade.
and at turn in the road the ram sprang
over stone wall and took across a
field. just then Holland o5ertoOk the
bear, ran the right runner of the pung
against it, and tumble1 it into n ditch.
The bear was turned end for end, and
when it got up it started ON its back
track. Holland wheeled the colt quickly,
ran the bear down again, and knocked it
out of the road once more with the run
ner.
Again the bear was reversed, and
when it got up itwas unable to move in
a straight course. 1t whirled round and
round in the road, and once more Hol-
land knocked it out with the runner.
He kept doing that until the bear was
pretty well used up, and then he pulled
out his knife, stabbed it in the jugular
vein, and bled it to DEATH
Holland found his ram in barnyard
about q mile and half from where he
had killed the bear, and after he had Sc
cured him he loaded the carcass on the
pung and drove home.
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The Rev. Brdgman Of the Madison
Avenue Baptist Church wears Genevan
gown in the pulpit. He is the only Bap-
tist clergyman in town who wears OF e,
and the only other in the country is the
Rev. DR.. MoxOn of Boston The gown
was given to DR.. Brdgman last Easter
by Mrs. LoOmis, wife of DR.. LOomis.
1t was made in London. When he ex-
changes pulpits with a brother clergy
man DR.. Bmdgman leaves his gown be-
hind and expects his substitute to wear
it. His congregation approves of his
gown. although when first donncd last
spring it caused comment, and lie thinks
it only question of time when every
Baptist clergyman in the country will
wear One.-1he Church Union.
Royalton is said to be excited over
alleged buried wealth. An old Indian
squaw is said to have told somebody
among the early settlers that millions
upon millions" were buried in an old
Indian mound i'll that town, and two
brothers have located the spot and will
begin digging in the early spring. Why
not search again for Capt. Kidd's buried
treasure.
You don't say much about the aban-
dOned farms nowadays remarked a
farmer who lives less than 20 miles from
Brattleboro, while paying his subscrip-
ton for the Phgnir yesterday. He was
told that since the Legislature killed the
Office of commissioner of agricultural
and manufacturing interests there hadn't
been much occasion for referring to
these farms. II have sometimes
thought" our farmer friend con
hnued, that ! would tell you
my experience" He then went on to
relate how three years ago he returned
from South Dakota, near Aberdeen,
bought an abandoned farm" and set
tied upon it, making payment of $50
toward his purchase. Since then lie has
paid $500 toward the farm, made repairs
to the value of $500 on his buildings,
and now has stock worth $50 all paid
for, and during this time his family.
ranging in size from six to ten persons
have had a comfortable living. This
man, like so many others, went to Da-
kota with the idea of locating perma-
nently and building up place for him
self, but after struggling along for three
years he came to the conclusion that
Vermont was good enough for bin, and
returned. He is now cOntented and
prosperous. The secret of his success,
If it be secret, is that he has not paid
out his money for help, but with the
assistance Of his boy has done all the
work upon his farm. Nothing would
tempt him TO return to Dakota, and he
thinks that there are IN the West hun
dreds of Vermonters who woul gladly
return, but they either have not the
means, or are prevented by false pride
from coming back to their native heath
because financially they are so much
poorer than when they left Vermont.
Vermont is not only good place to be
born in, to 90 away from, and come back
to, as has been said, but all things con
sidered, it is the best State in the Union
to live in-Brdttleb0ro Phgnir.
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GRANT AS A ROY

Admiral Ammen of our navy, who was
schOOlmate and near neighbOr of Gen
eral Grant, mentions some interesting
traits of the little Ulysses in the North
american RcuieU. The two boys from
the age of six years were intimate com
paniOns, and remained cordial friends as
long as General Grant lived.
The mother of Grant, according to the
AdmiraPs recollection, was a tall, grace.
full lady, kind to children, neat in her
person, and always cheerful.
General Grant himself declared that
he had never seen his mother shed a
tear. Her face always wore cheerful
expression, and she had a good word for
every one.
She kept her children nicely dressed,
which, as the Admiral remarks, was
rather unusual in Ohio at that time.
Ulysses, as a boy, was never quarrel
some, and never fought battle unless
he had been SO insulted or provoked
that he could scarcely avoid it.
a remarkable trait was that he never
used bad language of any kind, neither
IN childhood nor at any later period.
He was q quiet and somewhat serious
boy, seldom disposed to any of those
eXtravagant actions which rel der many
boys disagreeable.
lie W from a child fond of horse, n
bold rider, usually gong without sad
die, striding blanket strapped on the
horses back, without stirrups. His
father used to say that neither the Wild
est horse nor the most vicious mule
could throw Ulysses after he was ten
years old. He often volunteered to ride
the trick mule in the circus, but was
never thrown.
When Daniel Ammen and Ulysses
Grant were SO young as to think that
there ought to be more fish during a
frcshet than at low water, they were
fishing together one day, when Ulysses
lost his footing on slippery log, and
was soon lost to view in the rushing
muddy water of the stream. Ammen
ran along the bank to a point where the
river narrowed, clambered out upon
some Overhanging willows and caught
the future soldier just as he was borne
through the gap by the swift current.
The Admiral remarks that he would
probably have forgotten the incident but
| for a Marseilles shirt-waist with red
stripes which Grant had on at the time.
This garment seemed to MIN so splen-
did that he was filed with sorrow it
| SnOulu Oe tnuS spoiled. In those times
sOused boy did not attract much atten-
ton, but spoiled jacket was serious
matter.
General Grant always remembered the
mishap. Fifty years after he wrote to
his old friend the Admia al, from n C,
telling him that he owed him IAN old
grudge" for saving his life on that
occasion.
He said he considered the Admiral
responsible for the many trials aud
difficulties he had passed through in the
last half century," by rescuing him from
watery grave. General Grant con-
tlnued, II am of forgiving nature,
however, and forgive you-but is the
feeling universal If the Democrats
get into power may they not hold you
responsible? But as you are about re-
tiring hope no harm will come to you
for any act of kindness done to me. =
| The HOUSpLOlB
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THE VALUE or soIENCE STUDIES.

A common criticism of the public
school is that the pupils powers of OBJ
servation are not trained. The memory
is mainly developed by our present sys-
TEN of education. Natural science,
studied Alright, puts an to this one-sided
training. The right way to study science
is by object lessons, studying nature her
self. Not that books are to be laid aside.
but to simply study book about plants
or animals without observing the plant
or animal is to miss the best part of
science study, When one sets about the
study of nature, he soon comes to love
the occupation. There is n charm, de-
light, in the observing of natural phe-
nomena and in watching and reading
about plants, their structure and growth
in learning wonderful facts about the
animal life around us. If young men
would take up the study one or more of
the natural sciences and occupy their
spare time with it, they would escape
many temptation which lies in wait for
idle hands. The reading of evil book,
the going with evil companions, will find
little or no place in the life of young
person who is studying the wonders of
nature. Men have been studying the
earth and its productions for many years
and the knowledge they have gained,
classified and written out, composes our
textbooks of science 1t is true that
there are theories which are not proved.
some of which will he discarded, and a
class of men called scientists array them
selves against God and the Bible; but
because some men have done this, shall
we leave Oft the study of science? BynO
means, To the man of faith, the works
of nature are proof of the wisdom,
power and goodness of God. Their
study leads him to God, and not away
from him.
1t is amazing how content men are to
be ignorant of what is before them. Es-
pecially is it to be wondered at that
farmers, men who have constantly to do
with nature, should willingly be ignorant
of the facts and conclusions of science.
Yet how few books of science are to be
found in the homes of the majority of
our our farmers. But they were not
taughC science in school, and their
parents gave them no instruction at
home. Their children are coming up in
the same way. Our school teachers
know little or nothing of even the ele-
ments of science. This need not be so.
There are simple works on science which
teachers could easily master and obtain
information which they could impart to
their pupils in five or ten minute talks.
Such a course would fix what they learn
more fully in the teachers mind
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THE TRENTON MONUMENT.

The Trenton Monument Association
secured from the last Congress an appro-
priation of 100000 for a Revolutionary
monument on condition that an equal
sum be raised elsewhere. Ever since
1874, at one time and another, says the
New York Tribune, efforts have been
made to erect a monument to commem-
crate the battle of Trenton. Now, how
ever, success seems assured. The Tren-
ton Association has secured site. the
highest ground in the city, has raised
some 5000 and the State of New Jersey
has voted $4,000 on certain conditions.
Seven thousand dollars remain to be
raised and the Association is about to
take measures to raise that amount.
This will give them, all told, at least
S6O,OOO. The Association expects to be
ready to lay the corner stone of its mon
ument on the 26th of December next,
the lljth anniversary OF the battle, a
battle in which John Stark maintained
the reputation for hard fighting that he
had already gained at Bunker Hill
Besides the Bennington, the Trenton
is the only revolutionary monument as
sociation that obtained any assistance at
the hands of the Congress Just expired.
From the previous Congress no such
association obtained any thing, although
there were nearly a score of applicants
1t will be observed that Trenton only
gets conditioned appropriation, Ben
ningtOn an absolute one, but had the
same principle been applied to Benuing-
ton, much more than Sl4.OO would have
been given us, for since the last apprO-
priatiOn was made some S25,O have
beeli raised by the efforts of the aSsocia-
ton. The principle that Congress has
applied to Trenton, was applied to Ben
nington in the first instance in 1881.
We obtained $4,000 expressly on the
ground that we had raised $4,000. The
principle has been applied by Congress
in several cases, to Monmouth certainly,
and by the Senate, at least, to Princeton.
From the reluctance of Congress to
appropriate for these revolutionary mon
uments unless the localities themselves
take enough terest to raise one-half
the funds, it is not likely that further
appropriations of large amounts will be
made.
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Salt NAL es animals more lively.
strong and capable of resisting disease.
Their flesh is harder, and the functions
OF the organism are more regular. Their
digestion is better and they can exist on
fodder that otherwise might be injurious
10 health. Moreover, with the assist
ance of salt, they can extract more nour-
ishment from given quantity of fodder,
since the flow of the digestive liquids is
more cnpious. Hence IL Is NJ sneci,l
since the Latter .nwI. rli,v nr,dlcc dis
turbances in the di-r1tivc process and be
q cause of sickness.
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Two venrs 400 linenn.

Two years ago BuenUs A yres was the
most rapidly growing city in the world.
In our country where cities are created
in q day we have no instance which we
could offer in comparison. Great for.
tunes were being made on paper. Every
body was extravagant A reaction oc-
CURED. Buenos Ayres is now the'home
of financial panics. The city is decTeas-
ing in population and values have fallen
immensely.
The order of the King Daughters is
a religiuos order and its objects are
beautiful and noble, but If any of its
national officers wish 10 kill II in the
South let them continue the indiscreet
talk about coming to break down the
color line n-RichaOnd State. Isn't il
funny that the Kings Daughters should
desire to obliterate line made by the
King himself?
-Rhoda BroI-'oY, tho English nov
elist. has writsch ,w.l y-two books. She
Is 90 years old,
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Mrs. Blaine lacks the personal mag
netism which her husband has in such a
striking degree. The stiff bearing she
has at times comes largely from diff
dence and from unfavorable criticisms
which she has received. She has strong
domestic tastes, and a wonderful talent
for making the home beautiful.
Our success in farming depends upon
our working only good land We have
more Of such land than we have good
farmers 10 improve the opportunities.
Let the poor land alone. or else make it
good. Unless it will pay TO make it val
liable, let it severely alone. Good lands
are cheap.
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Fall and Winter NeCkWear !

just been opened fact the largest and best selected assortment
shown this town. All the shapes Derby Hats by the
bes makers are constantly hand and at prices that ensure salts
faction and quick The great variety Of goods their STOCK
cannot be enumerated Go and see them SO and AT MAIN STREET
and YOU will be convinced that this narrative of facts They make
one price to all and warrant all goods represented.
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AsToR HOUSE ExTKAvAGANCE IN
CANDIES.

AsToR HOUSE EXTKAVAGANCE IN
CANDIES.
A dear old lady from the country sat
with her son, also from the country, in
the big dining room of the Astor house
a few evenings ago. Men who have
come to New York from the country, if
they had seen her, would have been re-
minded of their grandmuthers. Her
lace was kindly and there was just a lit
tie color in it. She wore a shawl. Her
bonnet was little one. and in the front
Of it was some white lace. Her gown
was Of bOmbazine and of somewhat
ancient cut.
The big, brightly-lighted room inter
ested her. So did the people at the
tables. While the son was engaged in
5he somewhat perpleXing task of select
ing the supper the old lady talked amia-
bly, with the waiter. She told him that
she hoped Landlord AstOr and Miss Astor
were pretty well. The waiter explained
that Mr. Allen was the landlord, whereat
the old lady expressed polite surprise.
When the waiter had gone with the order
she devoted a few moments to studying
the chandeliers. They represent can
dies.
81 wonder" she said, chow under the
sun Mis- Allen ever gets up there to
snuff 'em."
"Snuff what ?m asked her son.
why, them candles; they're 50 high
up"
The young man did not answer.
The old lady again razed at the chan
deliers refectiyelv. ..Thev ain't no
need of all that LIGHT" She said. "NTis'
Allen must be a powerful wasteful
woman"
Her son was apparently a man of few
words. Her criticism was unnoticed,
Presently the waiter brought the bread
and the plates, and what fLe old ladv
evidently thought was a superabundance
of knives and forks. The greeted him
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RniIs-RInnh ni.nrhcr..

| had been troubled with boils which
came out on my neck and ears, and in
fact all over my body. | tried every
thing and could get no relief until was
advised by my neighbor r. n. Arnold, to
try DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy, made at Rondout, n. Y. After us
ing it less than three months, can say
am fully cured--Sam'l Grady, No. 20
CaledOnian ave-, Rochester, n. Y.
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Who have that tired and all-gone feeling,
and don't like to be disturbed, will CON
tinue to be troubled with this complaint
until they renew their impure blood.
sulphur Bitters will cause new and rich
blood to course through every artery and
vein in the human system. See another
column.
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-Niss Mary S. Ahcll, ,hcricLcst woman
in BaltimUl,, is goiug to rcnouunce the
wO.ld. it is slid that the example of
Miss Kate Drexel and give all her wealth
to the Roman Catholic Church.
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G "a O T Xxx & ~ @ 7
Hats, Caps and Furnishings,

bought on Spot Cash SYSTEM which enables them 10 sell them
low the be bought anywhere in the United States this
they guarantee Their long experience in buying and selling the
above goods them familiar With the fabrics of which
they are constructed enables them to select durable wemade
and nicely fitting suits such as this community demands.
Their line underwear well selected and sold their usual
low prices. full line Of
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There seemed to be some uncertainty
about the proper means of curing ca
tarrh, but it has been found that Old
Sauls Catarrh Cure does the work at
once and permanently.
When you see a bright baby pleased
with itself and everybody else, be sure
that DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup has been
uSed. Only 2h cnnts a hnttln
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD.
New Time Table, Commencing June
18th ISQ0

Leave Bennington 40 q. m.. arrive In No Ad-
ans 80 II. M. Troy 10 SO. Chatham AS, New
York o. ~ Leave Bennington II ~ a M, arrive
Chatham 4:45, n. As Leave Ben'gton 20 D
M, arrive In North Adams 7:0O
Chatham 4j p. m.
Leave NortlI Adams g:O5 M. arrive in Ben
nington 1870 Leave North Adams J Il o =. M,
arrive in bennington 200. Leave NOrih Adams
d. m, arrive In Bennington 6:O8.
leave New York 20 a. m. arrive In Benning
ton 90 p. m Leave New IorK IL 10 a. Gi.. arrive
In bennington O5 p. IN.
Leave Chatham ! 90 a. M. ariivcin Bennington
200 D. m. Lrave Ch than 30 p. nl.. arrive In
Bennington 8 :0S p, m.
Leave Troy 90 a. M, arrive In Bennlrg, n
1920 q. IN.
Y. u. BENNETT. supt
JOSEPH CHILD. Gen. Pass. Art.
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mr. p q JENNEY. Dentist.

.tutNESSOR TO DIR. j. n. SCRAETONl
, Is prepared to perform all operations III Dent
Siry In A thorough anu vorsmHnlke manner. Per-
eel satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and At reasonable prices Gas OF
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
Iuired. Office opposite Congregational church
Mnin 81, Bennington.
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FITCHBURG K. r.
HoosAC TUNNEL ROUTE

HOOsAC TUNNEL ROUTE.
On and after Nov. q h, 1890 trains will run
follows;
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington 43 IN, arrive Troy IS, n
m, New York 10 p IN, Hoosick Falls Of, North
Adams 9 80, Greenfield II II a m, Fitchburg "a
Boston O5 p III, ,Mechanicville 9 s25,SaratOga 10 10
am.
Leave Bennington 70 40 p m. arrive Troy 2 20
New York 90, noosick Falls 32 North Adams
~, Greenfield 445. titchburg 81, Boston 925 p.
m Mechanicville "a
Leave Bennington 10 p IN, arrive Troy s.,
nm, Hoosick Falls IA, No. Adams OH p m,
Mechanicville So, p. M, Saratoga 25p.m
Leave Bennington IL O5 night, arrive Troy 40
New York 90 am.
Leave Bennington for Rutland and Montreal
u 70. 0 10 a. IN ? rs, 8 10 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE 1T BENNINGTON.
VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND R'Y:
Da m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
Gam, from New York, Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls, No. Adams, Saratoga and Mechanic.
Vile
8OOpm, from New York Albany Troy ,HoosicS
Falls, No. Adams aid Boston.
go D m. from New York. Albany, Troy. Hooslck
Falls North Adams Boston. and Saratoga.
Arrive at Bennington from Rutland and Mont
treal 10. lOa N l 10, ~ p. m.
J.wHITMORE J.R. WATSON,
Grnll raffic Mgr, Boston. Gen1 Pass. Ag't.
{. A. NIMMO, Boston.
GcDT Western Passenger Agent. Troy.
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Z CUTLER. Dentist
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK

rVIhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
/ Bennington County National Bank, is open
ialy for the transaction Of business from 10 O'Clock
a. IN. to o'clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted. , III.
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
ceeding month. Interest computed January
Isl and July LIST, and ifuot withdrawn will be added
to principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
Ipon 1t. ,L,.s
A. b. VALENTINE, President,
" E.HAWKS, Vice President
J. 7. SIIURlL LEFT, Treasurer,
G. W. VARMAN, Secretary,
TRusTEEs-A y. Valentine, VIM. 4. Hawks
II. W. Harman, Olin Scott, ]. 7. sburtlef, l e.
Gibson.