davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
CORRESPONDENCE.
Our Minnesota Letter.

NEAR PINE CITY, Oct. 10Th, 1891.
To the Editor Of the Bdnner:-DEAR
SIR:-Since 1 wrote last, have taken a
school about fifteen miles southwest of
Pine City, in good agricultural region.
The country is more broken and rolling
than anything had seen of Minnesota
previously, except up around Itasca,
where l spent several days last spring.
There is no railroad here, and as l
came along was reminded of my trip
last year in the Green Mountains 20
Mount Mansfield, ria Stowe, though
there is nothing here that would pasB
for a mountain.
Many things that L see remind me
forcibly of my boyhood days. The corn
is all shocked up just like it used to be
there. Then too, the potato digging
brings back the old times. There was
heavy frost last night, and those who
had to dig to-day must have turned up
frozen clods this morning
The first thing that 1 saw from my
window this morning, was fire under
the big kettle where they were prepar-
ing to boil the small potatoes for the
pigs, just as 1 used to do in Bennington
so often. This common place event and
others equally insignificant, all help to
fill in the details of the picture on
memory's tablet. Those who have let
their rush for fame or fortune kill out
all their love for the associations of the
past, may sneer at my simple thoughts,
but always expect to cherish all the
associations that keep me in touch with
the old life.
Other things there are in my surround
ings quite dissimilar to any of my eI-
periences before l came to Minnesota.
1t is Swede settlement. Everyone of
the patrons of my school are of that
nationality, and one trustee is Dane.
In the family where 1 board, can't
understand one word in ten of what is
said within my hearing. l never came
to the place where l felt quite such a
practical necessity for more extensive
vocabulary.
We are having pleasant weather, having
had enough rain to free our minds from
the dread of fire and refresh everything,
making the grass green and the varied
colors of the forset leaves are beautiful
C. L. BRECKENRIDGE.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
GEN, GRANTS MEMOIRS.
Genuine Edition CIubbed with This Paper
and Cosmopolitan.


The price of General Grants Memoirs
is 81 per set. Many of our readers have
bought the work at that price. We are
able to announce that we have made an
arrangement by which the Memoirs can
be obtained for fraction of the usual
price. The BANNER S1.50, the CoSmo-
politan Magozine 50, and the Memoirs
81, together we offer for $500, an offer
not to be equaled. The combined price
of the three is S11.50. This is the pub
fishers original edition of the Memoirs,
not cheap edition, but the regular 800
copy. The Cosmopolitan is one of the
best and most elaborate of the illustrated
magazines. As many already possess
Grants Memoirs, we can supply in their
place either Sheridan's, or Sherman's, or
McClellan's at the same low rate of $500.
Subscribers will have to pay express
charges or postage on the volumes Sc
lected. Postage on Gen. Grants vols.
4Sc; on Sheridan's vols. 42c; Sherman's
vols. 46c; McClellan's vols. 24c, which
must be added to the $500 aforesaid.
The Cosmopolitan has grown in three
years from a monthly issue of 10000
copies to a regular circulation of $4,000,
with occasional editions of 100, 900 copies.
You can have the advantage of the above
rates only for short time. All who pay
one year in advance are entitled to these
terms.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

the work and were allowed to take
large share in the business, these institu-
tions ran a number of years, but the
general story was of early failure with
heavy loss and not one of them had a
long life. Then came the grange move
ment of 20 years ago. 1t had other pur-
poses in the West where it started, but
in Vermont the thing which chiefly sent
it through the State was the talk of glib
organizers about doing away with the
middlemen. Farmers were to buy direct
from the manufacturers and sell direct
to the consumer through the grange.
That was the general talk, but the
method in detail was described by one
keen listener to an agents harangue,
thus After join grange if 1 want a
couple of nutmegs l can speak to the
secretary of the local organization about
them and he will write to the district
agent and the district agent will write to
the State and the State agent will write
to the purchasing agent and the purchas-
ing agent will go around to store and
buy them just as merchant here would
buy them. Then they will be sent to the
State agent, and then to the district
agent, and then to our secretary, and
that's the way get my nutmegs ''direct
from the manufacturer" There was
some buying done through oranges, but
the weakness indicated by the sarcastic
listener soon brought it to an end. The
system created more middlemen
than existed under the old one-the ma
chine was much more complicated than
the one it sought to displace.
So it is with cooperation everywhere. 1t
sometimes succeeds for time, but to
reach permanent results it must have
manifest advantages over private enter
prise and machinery which is at once
simple and calculated to run in spite of
the weaknesses of poor human natu re. -
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
NoN-pART1sAN NATIONAL w ct. U

NON-PARTISAN NATIONAL w Q. T. U.
The second annual convention of the
Non-Partisan National w. c. Z. L., is to
be held in Association Hall, Brooklyn,
n. Y, November 10th to 18th inclusive.
Delegates to this convention from
basis of one for each hundred paying
members, and in unorganized States and
Territories one hundred paying men,
bers or fraction over fifty are entitled to
one delegate. Never has it been more
important that an intellectual belief in
non-partisan methods of temperance
work should be verified by correspond
ing correlation of forces in the ranks of
temperance workers. To take square,
uncompromised position may require a
good deal of courage, especially if it
necessitates the sundering of old ties;
but happily it does not require the break
ing up of old friendships, nor the en-
gendering of bitter strifes. The main
question dividing temperance women in
this country to-day is not, as so many
stoutly affirm, a mere question of party
preference, but mainly and unequivo-
cally question of party avoidance in our
Christian temperance work. We there
fore urge as many as possible who cher
ish these sentiments to attend the Ma
tional convention at Brooklyn, n. Y,
and encourage those who have stood for
for non-partisan temperance methods
Through evil as well as good report. I"
That this meeting may be greatly blessed
in strengthening temperance sentiment
and rallying the people to its support,
that all the sessions of this convention
may be especially helpful and uplifting,
that we may be guided by infinite wis
dom in all our plans for future work, we
ask that November Sd may be observed
by our women everywhere as a day of
special prayer, holding meetings for this
purpose where practicable, and, if not,
making personal supplication for the
blessings we need.
The usual railroad reductions may be
expected. In purchasing your ticket be
sure and call for a certificate to show
that full fare has been paid to the place
of meeting The return tickets at one
third fare are not marketable, but must
in every case be used by the party to
whom they are issued. Ellen j. Phinney,
President.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

The business PLAN of the Farmers
Alliance moves the Herald to comment
as follows: ''It is now good many years
since Vermont was filled with "union
stores" These were really farmers CO.
operative stores. The farmers furnished
money and hired agents to operate them,
goods were supposed to be bought for
the whole lot of such institutions at a
very low price and to be sold at just 10
per cent. advance on the cost. In some
cases, where the agents were adapted to
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
CARDINAL NEWMAN ON THE
WEALTH AND WANT OF FREE
TRADE ENGLAND.

WEALTH And WANT OF FREE
TRADE ENGLAND.
1t is said that, in this country, Protec-
ton concentrates wealth in the hands of
few; yet, if we reflect, in Free Trade
England wealth is much more concen-
trated in the hauds of few than it is in
Protected United States. There is no
country in the world whose wealth is so
generally diffused as in the United States.
There is no country in the world where
so many of the people own their own
homes as in the United States.
There is no country in the world where
so many workingmen have savings III the
savings institutions as in the United
States. Cardinal Manning said in the
December number of the Nineteenth Cen
t,Uy, a magazine of London, in speaking
of Free Trade, that Free Trade did two
things: 1t creates irresponsible wealth,
which stagnates, and the starvation
wages of the labor market. Then he
used these remarkable Ords: Here in
England we have always before us the
world of wealth and the world of want.
The world of wealth saying in his heart,
i sit as queen over all toilers and trad
ers, and the world of want not knowing
what may be on the morrow" Next he
said: "There are strikes running through
every industry and agriculture, and lands
have gone out of cultivation" Then ex-
claimed this great Christian teacher:
''Is there a blight upon our wealth."
This picture is not drawn by partisan,
not by Republican, nor by one seeking
Office or place at the hands of the people,
but it is the dispassionate utterance of
great Christian teacher and philan-
thropist, who has witnessed the result of
Free Trade in England. We want no
such picture in the United States do
not care to what party we belong, we
ought not to have it, and, with ballots
in our hands, approaching the power of
these ballots, we ought to cast them in
way to prevent even a step In the direc-
ton of Free Trade. (Applause. )-MUOr
Nc Kinley in speech at Ashtabuid, Ohio.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

The spectacle of Tammany, otherwise
the Democratic party, catering for the
''colored vote of New York City, says
the Colonel of one of our Vermont regi-
ments, is the greatest joke of the CEN
tury. The genial ex-commander recalls
the time in 1863 when the "old Vermont
Brigade was called from the front to
prevent New York Democrats, in regular
mob assembled, from annihilating the
colored brethren aforesaid. Yes the col
ored vote of that city will of course be
cast solid for their prosecutors of 30 years
ago,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
A q. CUTLER, Dentist.
Successor to Or. S. B. Pike.

Successor to Or. s. 3. Pike.
Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner and at reasonable prices,-
NV aim will be o give eltire satisfaction to all
cases submitted 10 my care.
Gas ard Ether administered for extracting
teeth without Nain when desired.
Office Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
37tf Vermont.
Havlng sod my dental practice to DR., A. Cut.
er. a gentleman of experience and ability, l be-
speak for him the same liberal patronage that has
been accorded me the past eighteen years
DR.. S. b. PIKE,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

"Sockless Jerry" Simpson, is getting
$3.50 per week these days ;about as much,
tits said, as he used to average per year.
The Farmers Alliance has been good
thing for Jerry, and it is safe to say that
Jerry knows good thing when he sees
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

'We do not care for the generation
which is going out of existence, for we
have shown them by fighting that the
United States flag is the only flag, but
we do care for the rising generation.
They should know but one flag, and that
one the stars and stripes"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

Some person or persons unknown tn
tered John Towers barn in st. Johnsbury
the other, night and took his horse and
carriage. A search was made, and in
the course of the day the horse was found
in pasture in an exhausted condition,
having apparently been driven all night.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
" S. GOKAY,
u. Practical Photographer.
Pictures from Minette TO Lite Size. Also Sou
venirs of Bennington, Vt, b2 views. only Toe.
2T1b Main Street, Bennington, VT. 3Gyl
DIR. B. G. JENNEY, Dentist.

CuCCESSOR TO DIR. j. N. SCRANTON.l
y Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in a thorough anu yorkmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas or
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
luired. Office opposite Congregational church
Main st., Bennington.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

The news from Chill looks quite war
like. The Junta, the provisional gov
emment, does not seem to appreciate
the dignity and consideration shown by
our government, and unless they recede
from their latest reported position, Uncle
Sam. will be compelled to humiliate his
South American sister. Should such
course become necessary all Americans,
irrespective of party, will rally to the
support of our country's dignity.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

VTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
i Bennington Comfy National Bank, is open
daily for the transaction of business from 10 o'clock
a. 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
ceedng month. Interest computed January
LIST and July lst. and ifnot withdrawn will be added
principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
NponlS
Loans solicited upon eS state and undoubtsd
personal securities.
A. b. VALENTINE, President,
" E.HAWKS, Vice President,
J.T. SHURTLEFF, Treasurer,
q. W. VARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTBEs-A 3. Valentine, VIM. E. Hawks
Il. W. Harman. Olin Scott, J. T. Shurtleff.
Gibson j. r. Judson.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

Governor Page has appointed the Hon.
Fred G. Field of Springfield, Inspector
of Finance, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the Hon. Luther O. Greene.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

Vermont has among her population
the wealthiest woman in the United
States in the person of Mrs. Hetty Green
of Bellows Falls, with her fortune of
S4O,OOO,OOO. Her modest, quiet home on
the terrace above the falls would not in
dictate it as the residence of the busy,
thriving eccentric woman she is reported
to be- Bellows Falls is her native place.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

Ex-Gov. John L. Barstow of Shelburne
has been appointed by the Secretary of
the Interior a commissioner to negotiate
with the Navajo Indians for the sur
render of part of their reservation in
New Mexico He is also to be the dis
bursting agent of the commission. Mr..
Barstow was Governor from 1882 to 1894,
and has held many offices of honor and
trust
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
list, 8O,215; Han, Socialist Labor, 3s4S.

ist, 30,215; Hall, Socialist Labor, 334S.
Ohio will elect Governor and other
State officers and legislature, and vote
upon proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution providing for uniformity of
taxation, and upon the question of hold
ing convention to revise the Constitu-
tion of the State. Candidates for Cover
nor: James E. Campbell, Democrat;
William Mckinley, Jr., Republican;
John j. Ashenhurst, Prohibitionist;
John Seitz. Farmers Alliance. Vote of
the State for President in 1888: Cleve-
land, 396, AS; Harrison, 4l6,O54. Gov
Campbell was elected in 1889 by $40, ,423
votes to 36S, ISL for Foraker Republican,
20, ,j04 for the Prohibition candidate and
1854 for Union Labor nominee.
Pennsylvania will elect Treasurer and
Auditor-General, and vote whether a
constitutional convention shall be held,
and elect delegates to the same. Candi-
dates for State Treasurer: A. L. Tilden,
Democrat; David McMurtrie Gregg, Re
publican; George Drayton, Prohibition
ist. Vote of the State for President in
1888: Cleveland, 446,633; Harrison, $780,
O91. Vote for Governor in 1890: Patti
son, Democrat, AGA, 200; Delemater, Re-
publican, 447,665; Gill, Prohibitionist,
16,1OS.
Virginia will elect one-half its Senate
and its House of Delegates.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30

-Weathersfield expects a boom for its
granite when the proposed Black River
railroad is built.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
BATCHELDER & BATES

A TToRNEYs AND COUNSELLoRs AT LAW
N and Solicitors in Chancery.
Office over First National Bank, Bennington; S6tf
} X. BATCHELDER, e. L. BATES.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
H. Z. DAY, NJ. D.

OFFlUE AT DRUG STORE,
No. II, Main Street, Bennington, VI.
Special attention given to diseases of the heart
nd lungs. eI
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-30
CLOTHING.
Plain Talk Suits
Plain People,,

And here's the fact so plainly put that
it cannot possibly be misunderstood.
We can sell you full Suit or Over
coat which cannot be bought else
where for the money That's direct
enough, isn't it ? It has a business
like sound hasn't it? And when we
say this we are referring to an article
which no man need be ashamed to
wear If you are good judge Of val
ues and qualities, so much the BETTER
The more you know about clothing,
the sooner you'll be convinced what
excellent values we are offering you
in our.
$40, SI2, & $40 Suits and Overcoats.
WELLS & GOVERLY,
The Peoples Popular COthers u.s. % i % FGa F @ st. TROY NJ
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
The Graded Schools.

{ The first year of the graded schools
in Newberry closed on last Thursday.
It was very successful year. and every
one ought to feel increased interest in
the schools. The pupils have all got
ten on satisfactorily and any one who
| witnessed any of the examinations
could not but have been impressed with
the thoroughneas Of the work that is
being done.
-Four young lrdies have completed
the course and were given certificates
of graduation. The presentation was
made by DR.. Cozby Of the Board of
Trustees in very appropriate speech.
These young ladies have made an ex-
ceptionally fine grade during the year
and in their examinations. They are
Misses Eloise Welch, Annie Bynum,
Louise Tarrant, and Mary McClintock.
On each certificate of graduation is the
appropriate motto, Success is the re-
ward of toil.n
On last Thursday afternoon meet
ing of the Board of Trustees was held
and the present teachers in the white
schools were reelected.
In the colored schools two new assist
ants were elected, the principal remain
ing unchanged. The two new as
sistants are Misses Lila Reese and L.
X. Goodwin.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
Ball of The NewberrY Rifles.

One of the pleasant and delightful
events oflast week was the dance given
on Wednesday evening at the armory
Of the Newberry Rifles, by the young
men Of the city. It was delightful
affair and greatly enjoyed by those who
were fortunate enough to participate.
The following is q list of those who
attended:
Mrs. Sanders, Ninety Six, S. c.,
white satin and pearls.
Mrs. J. w. Chappeil, pink cashmere
and cream lace; diamonds.
Mrs. W. E. Beicher, black lace and
diamonds.
Mrs. l.. W. Jones, cream cashmere,
silk trimmings; pearl ornaments.
Miss Idale Hunter, Greenwood, S. c.,
lovely costume of pink cashmere, black
lace and eme, Ids.
Miss Lee Hentz Huff, Greenwood, S.
G. Cream cashmere and surah; natural
flowers.
Miss Sunie Amber, Pickens, S. c.,
crush strawberry cashmere, white lace
and pearls.
Miss Rhoda Boozer, Clinton, S. c.,
white dotted swiss and surah; gold
ornaments.
Miss Nina Vance, New Orleans, La,
gold dotted swiss; diamonds.
Miss Bessie Stradley, Grcenville, S.
c., stripe swiss and surah; pearl orna-
ments.
Miss jamie Vance, Clinton, S. c.,
lovely costume of white silk; diamonds.
Miss Katie Rutherford, white null
and silk; natural flowers.
Miss Laurah Blease, pink silk and
cream lace, diamond ornaments.
Miss Eva Riser, cream albatros and
lace, gold ornaments.
Miss lone FAINT, beautiful costume
salmon henrietta, white lace, diamonds.
Miss Cornelia Coppock, white silk
and pearls.
Miss Mamie Williams, Green wood,
S. c., white swiss lace and surrah.
Very pretty.
Miss Lizzie Glenn, cream cashmere,
pearl ornaments.
Miss Lois FAINT, cream cashmere,
diamond ornaments.
Messrs. J. Z. Buchanan, Ninety Six,
S. C.:G F. Wearn, Greenwood, S. C.;-
Walter Cameron, Jr., Greenwood, S. c.;
R. S. Crookshanks, Greenville, S. e.:
Z. W. Jones. J. W. Chappell, DrrNV.
E. Belcher, Messrs. J. NJ. Johnstsne, S.
J. Wooten, B. II. Johnstone, Jun N.
Kinard, P. G. Ellison, J. S. Kennerly,
r. II. Wearn, J. D. Davenport, D. S.
Ellison, VIM. A. FAINT, Sam Wheaton,
NJ. S. Spearman, S. J. Mclaughlin, L.
E. Folk, e. F. Riser, S. E. Brown, W.
A. McFall, F. 3. Lane.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
Mrs. II. r. Beard.

Mrs. Minnie EStelle Beard, wife of
Mr.. II. II. Beard of this place. died on
Monday last, at fifteen minutes past 5
O'Clock, p. II. Mrs. Beard had been
quite sick for some weeks, but until
within short time before her death.
her illness was not considered DANCE
rous, and the announcement Of her
death that afternoon was shock to
many Of our people. Mrs. Beard was d
daughter of Capt. Jno. +. Speck, for
merly of North Carolina, now Of New
berry, S. c.. and WAS born on Nov.
25th. 1856. She was married to Mr.. H.
II. Beard on the 1ith Of January, 1883,
and has since been resident of York
vile. Not vet 25 years Of age, she has
been cut OFF in the bloom and beauty
and freshness of Young womauhood,
leaving to her husband and young
child q 6esolate hearthstone. They have
our sincecest sympathy IN their sore
ofliiction.
The burial services took place st s
O'Clock p. 10. yesterday al the Methodist
church, Rev. G. 81. Waddell officiating.
-Yorkville Enterprise, June 18th.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
An Elegant Dinner.

The readers ofThe Herald and News
are not much interested in the good
dinners other people eat, but there was
private barbecue given by a dozen
men of Newberry on Tuesday at Mr..
Fed Paysinger's, that we will be par
doned for mentioning. It was gotten
up by O. L. Schumpert, !. D. Smith,
R.. J. Miller, T. G.. Pool, Silas John
ston, C. w. Bishop, C. J. Purcell, A.
NJ. Bowers, w. w. Riser, Geo. A.
Moody, Z. w. G. Blalock and l.. w.
Floyd, and was one of the most delight
full affairs of its kind we ever attended.
The place selected was in a delight
full grove Of original forest right on the
muddy waters of Bush River; and
there was no politics in the meeting,
and no speech making, but justa quiet,
pleasant day was spent, and one Of the
finest barbecue dinners you ever saw,
enjoyed.
The cooking was done by Mr.. Thos.
P. Lane.
The Herald and News thinks it
would be nice to form a club and have
one of these days and dinners every
two or three weeks. The invited
guests who were present were, A. P.
Pifer, R. L. Mclaughlin, p. G.. Smith,
J. B. Smith, W. H. Miller, c. B. Buist,
J. X. Glider, - Sykes, J. P. Pool,
T. B. Riser, Burr Johnstone, c.. W.
Welch, O. Klettner, w. a. Fant, F. B.
Lane, F. S. Paysinger, w. II. Kibler,
Z. L. White, and The Herald and
News.