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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-21

Mrs. Miner of Binghampton, N. Y, is
a guest of Mrs. II. D. Hall.
Fred Hawks, son of w. E. Hawks, of
Sedalia, Mo-, is visiting his aged parents
during Monument week.
Myron Clark, an attache of the New
York World, who is now residing in
Brooklyn, has been visiting here for
several days. b.
Mrs. CorlIins and daughter and Mrs.
Prentice of New London, Conn, are
boarding with Mrs. Skinner, having rooms
at other places near.
Governor Alger and wife of Michigan
with other distinguished guests, were at
Fairview, and while there were enter
tanned at the palatial residence of F. B.
Jennings, Esq.
The notice of mammoth oats in the
BANNER short time since, has led a
subscriber to exhibit some specimens
from his field. Some stalks measure
fre feet eight inches, and the grains
number from 100 to las upon the heads.
They were raised ON the Cold Spring
farm in SALISBURY, owned by L. NJ.
LOomis.
The village has been filled with old
friends and acquaintance during the
past week, who have taken the time of
Bennington's great day to come back
and enjoy the occasion. Among the
many we notice Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Corey and son Of Orange, N. j.; Miss
Eva Spafford, of Rutland Samuel
Wright and j. Madden, wife and sister
of Troy.
The large platform at the depot and
the grounds around it were crowded
with people to greet President Harrison
on the arrival of the train Tuesday night
at S:15 o'clock. Though it was evening
many caught glimpse of his fine face,
and hearty words of cheers were given.
He went Immediately to the mansion of
Gen. Mccullough, with other distin-
guished guests, where he was entertained
during his stay in town.
The sermon of Rev. Chas. H. Peck, in
the Congregational church on Sunday
morning was of much interest In
unison with other sermons in town, it
was appropriate TO the occasion, the
anniversary of Bennington Battle, and
was listened to by large audience
many of whom had come from abroad to
spend the 10th among their friends in
their old homes. His text was from
John ABS, ''Other men labored, and We
are entered into their labors." He
traced the hand of of God in guiding his
chosen people in the early ages, and in
shaping the character and condition of
nations, and with much power showed
its peculiar aptness to our situation with
respect to the labors and sacrifice of the
early inhabitants of our country, and
especially of our own State in its early
struggles for independence. His char
acterizatlOn of the efforts of the soldier
and statesmen of Young Vermont could
not be more faithfully depicted by one
of it's sons, and the patriotism of those
who came to the rescue of the homes
and firesides of the early settlers was
fully indicated and hugely approved.
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HALE & BUCKLEY, Solicitors for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to tho
Eighteenth Qsthl day of December, 1890, at two
o clock p IN, at the same place,
Troy, October 2lst, 1890
WORTHlNGTON FROTHINGHAM, Referee.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
Nineteenth-19th-day of February, 1891 at TWO
O'clock p nj, at the same place.
Troy. December 18th, 1890. 1.
WORTHINGTON FROTHINGHAM Referee.
Hale & Buckley, Solicitors for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
23rd day of April, 1891. at o'clock p. m. at the
same place.
Troy, February 10Th. 1891.
NORTHAMPTON ROCKINGHAM, Referee
Hale & Bulkiey, Solicitor for Complainant.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
uwenty-sevenJh L27th) day of May, 1891, at 2 ocrk
p. M, at the same place.
Troy. April 23rd, 1891.
WORTHINGTON FROTHINGHAM, Referee.
Hale & Buckley, Solicitors for Compliments.
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
twenty-ninth (29th) day OF July, 1891, at two
o'clock, p. m. at the same place.
Troy May 9Th, 1891
WORGHINGTON FROTHINGHAM. Referee.
bale & Buckley Solicitors for Complainant
The above mentioned sale is postponed to the
Twenty.nnth 29th) day of September. 1891, at
O'Clock p. M. at the same place.
Troy. July 9th, 1891.
WORTHINGTON FROTHINGHAM. Referee
Hale Buckley, Solicitors for Complainants.
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Honors to Washington.

Extracts from letter dated Boston,
Nov. 18th, 1889, "this day at II O'Clock
the President was conveyed in the adj
mirars barge on board the Admirars
ship. The major of the fleet steered, the
midshipmen rowed, all dressed in red.
When the President arrived he was re-
ceived in the same "style" they receive
their kings, viz, the officers took off
their shoes and the crew all appeared
with their legs Naked
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD.

BENNINGTON, TROY, No. ADAMS AND
BOSTON.
Summer arrangement commencing June 90,
1891.
Leave Troy 10 a. m, arrive Bennington II ,35
a. m. Leave Troy p. m, arrive Bennington
4.40 p. m,
Leave Bennington $50 a. M, 8 80 and 5.45 p. M
Arrive North Adams So a. M, 4. 80 and ! p. N.
Leave Bennington $50 a. m. arrive Boston sos
p m. Leave Bennington $3.50 p. m, arrive Bos-
ton 9.25 p. m.
From New York Saturday only. Leave New
York $50 p. m, arrive Bennington TO- 10 p. m.
For New York Sunday only. Leave Benning-
ton 1920 p. m, arrive New York 7.45 D. m.
Z. D. BENNETT. Supt.
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A CONTEMPLATION HYMN.

Hr. Editor:
[B H. Hall, Esq, of Troy, author of the History
If Eastern Vermont, and whose grandfather was
II early times a Judge of the supreme court of
vermont, having received an invitation by the
Governor to attend the Centennial, not perceivlng
lpon the programme that any hymn written for
he occasion was to be sung kindly sent me the
which, without his knowledge, take the
lib ery to ask you to publish if you have the space
G. w. HARMAN.l
Tune Old Hundred
God of the natiOnsl to thy praise.
In grand accord our Hymn we raise:
Ali worship centers Mt Thy throne,
Thou ruler of the World, alone.
Our fathers brave in days of yore
Trials of toll and suffering bore,
That they, from earthly kings set free,
Might find their only King in Thee.
Here. pouring from the unfriendly north
In stern array, to battle forth
Swept on, in wrath. hostile band
To subjugate this noble land.
But Thou dd'st stay the hostile arm
Unpr aised to do our fathers harm,
And made for them the darkness light,
And crowned them victors in the hight.
We love their memory. In Thy name
We rear this column to their fame;
Here may it stand while time shall last
Firm as they stood in ages past.
Freed thus from dread of foreign foes,
Strong in its strength a state arose,
Fitted to share, in mind and heart,
A nations life, Il nations part. ....
Then, when within the Union grand,
With equal rights it sought to stand .
A sovereign, independent power,
Whose sons would falter not nor cover.
Thou did'st its cause with favor bless,
Growing its labors with success;
Till all the states anear afar,
Hailed with acclaim the fourteenth star.
Adown the rugged path of time
Rings out a century's closing chime:
And now areheard, with sweetness rife,
The birth notes of newer life. -r.l
Our fathers God! To Thee we raise,
All laud and honor, glory, praise,
Teach us Thy ways to understand,
And make this State thy Holy Land.
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Col. Haskins was born at Dover, VT,
April Sth, 1886, was educated in the
common schools and by private tutor,
studied law and was admitted to the bar
at the age of twenty-one. He has always
resided in Windham county, and has
been a resident of Brattleboro since the
war, where he has practiced his profess
sion with marked success. In Sept.
1862, he enlisted in the nine months SER
vice and was first Lieut. nant of Co. l,
18th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers,
commanded by Col. Wheelock G.
Veazey. He afterwards served in the
Quartermaster's Department to the close
of the war, when he resumed the prac-
tice of the law at Brattleboro. He was
States Attorney of Windham county in
1870 and 1871, represented Brattleboro
in the legislature in 1879 and 1878, and
was the United States Attorney for the
District of Vermont, from Oct. 1880 to
June 1887. He was made Master Ma
son in June 1857, is Royal Archmason,
a member of the Council, also knights
Templar, and a member of the Vermont
Consistory. AS a Mason he has attained
to much prominence, having served in
various offices in the Lodge, Chapter,
Council and Commandery. He was
Grand High Priest of the Grand Chap
ter for four years, is at the present time
Grand Senior Warden of the Grand
Lodge, and last June was elected R. E.
Grand Commander of the Grand Com
mandery of Knights Templar and APP
pendant Orders of the State of Yer
mont. He is an enthusiastic Mason be-
cause he thoroughly believes in it, and
since the Grand Commandery voted to
accept the invitation of the Governor to
participate in the parade at the dedica-
ton of the Bennington Battle Monu-.
ment, he has been untiring in his efforts
to have the Templars of the State fully
represented in the line of parade.
, 1891-03-28

When Baron Won Seidletz- Leipe,
Brewer Ehret's so~n-in-law, arrived at
the Hoboken pier of the North German
Lloyd Steamship company recently he
was met by Capt. Hamelman, formerly
of the steamer Vera, and now in
charge of the company's piers. What
is your Manner asked the captain Of
the noble stranger, preparing to enter
the reply in his record. The baron be
gan to enumerate his various titles and
Christian names, but had only got half
through when the captain interrupted
him with 'Oh, hang it, you left all
those in Germany. You're in America
now. What's your last name?" The
baron, who was exceedingly taken
aback, gave the desired information
and hastily passed IN to meet his
friends San Francisco Argonaut.
, 1891-03-28

Some of the most stimulating hymns
have been songs of the night" The
whispered ISLANDERS Of gossips begot the
hymn, Il Love to Steal Awhile Away"
which has been the CONSIDER of thou
sands Of tried men and
Phebe Brown, its author, a wife and
mother living in poverty, used to stroll
away at dusk to a neighboring grove,
where she could mediate and pray.
The village gossips put their own
oarse construction upon these evening
walks. One of them, a woman whose
house adjoined the grove, said to her,
with a one and more irritat-
ing than the words:
Mrs. Brown, why do you come up
at evening so near our house, and then
go back without coming inf'
That evening Mrs. Brown, grieved in
spirit, sat in the Kitchen, rocking her
babe and weeping. Then she laid the
infant in its cradle, and gave express
sion to her feelings in nine stanzas of
verse, which she entitled, My Apol-
ogy for Ny Twilight Rambles, Address
ed to a Lady"
Several years afterward she prepared
it as a hymn, suppressing four stanzas
and altering a few expression youths
Companion.
, 1891-03-28

What becomes of the newsboys who
swarm in the city, The man who
knew the most about that subject was
the late Charles l.. Brice, of the Chill
dren's Aid society. Some Of them, as
they grow up, get places in stores and
other business houses; some find EN-
ployment as apprentices at trades; some
strike out for themselves by leaving
town to try their luck elsewhere; many
die from hardship and exposure before
reaching the age of 10; not a few take
advantage of the privileges offered by
the Children's Aid society and thus get
along in life; some Of them do quite
well in the world. A large proportion
, 1891-03-28

1t is related of John Adams that
when Stuart exhibited his portrait Of
Gen. Washington Mr.. Adams went to
see it. After gazing at it for several
minutes he exclaimed, That's the
portrait of a man who knew how to
hold his tongue, which this old fool
never did,
The portrait does indicate that the
original could be reticent, but it also
shows that he could control himself
The square, massive jaw, the full,
broad based nose, and the compressed
lips express pugnacity and passion,
such as require a strong will "a keep
them in subsection. .
Sometimes even Washington allowed
his passion TO have sway.
When Glover's Marbl6head fisher
men and Morgan's Virginia rihemen
were engaged in "A rough and tumble
fight Washington leaped his horse over
the bars Of the camp fence, dashed
among the rioters, threw himself off,
seized two brawny rilemen by the
throat, and shaking them at arms
length subdued not only them, but the
whole band.
IL was the victory due to command
ing strength, presence and manner.
The men saw that they must obey, and
they obeyed -Youth's Companion.
, 1891-03-28
INCREASED BEE PRICES.

Tho Chicago correspondent OF the
Omaha Bee sends this interesting tele-
gam. Never before has there been
such a remarkably sudden rise in the
retail price OF meat IN Chicago. Many
prominent Chicago butchers think that
beef will advance before the month is out to.
30 per cent more than it cost a week ago.
and before the month Of MAY probably an
advance Of fully 80 per cent will be real
lied. The cause Of these remarkable
rises is the almost Unprecedented de-
maud, both at home aud in Europe, for
live and dressed beef Another i'm
portant factor is the comparative
scarcity aud hugh prices Of good corn.
The demand for cured pork is also i'm
mease, dnmestically and abroad. The
chances are that before long there will
not be nearly enough beef or pork to sup
ply both markets,
Every indication now points to a decided
increase in the prices Of beeves this sea-
son. The most interesting consideration,
so for as the West is concerned. Is as to
what proportion OF this advance will go to
the beef producers. For the past four or
five years the middlemen have gobbled all
the prodts-indeed cattle have actually
been sold for less that it cost to produce
them while the retail prices have been
maintained at a figure altogether paralyz
ing to the cattle ~rai.ers themselves. 1t
looks As though the middlemen we're de-
tCrmined to maintain the existing profits
and while the scarcity Of cattle sends the
prices up to respectable figures in the
Chicago market the price of beef will be
increased iuordinately out of proportion to
the consumers.
The prospects Of stiff prices for cattle
on the hoof is, however, encouraging to
the entire West and particularly to the
men III the stock business who have sui
fered so many d~iscouraging reverses dur
ing the past seven years.
, 1891-03-28
Il EEEECT OE III

A weekly Republican paper called the
Sheridan Post rushes to the defense Of
the new land laws. In the course Of quite
a long article it says. IF the present
laws had been put in force ten years ago
there would now be three prosperous
farmers where there is one ~Eroaning and
struggling under the burden OF taxation
and necessary improvements upon the
laud he has acquired. The new land law
contemplates that the same amount OF
land which heretofore could be taken and
held by one man, principally IN its wild
aud uucultivated state, shall hereafter
furnish homes for three men and their
families Call that "retardinr the growth
of the Vest"
The present laws were not put in force
ten years ago. however The result,
which the Post justifes aud upholds, is
that big corporations have acquired pos
session, often by open fraud, Of vast
tracts Of land comprising the choicest to
be found in Wyoming. What is charged
against the Republican party is that after
having permitted this state of things for
so long, after having allowed cormorant
corporations to gorge themselves to reple-
ton, as 1t were, on the public domain,
a Republican congress should then. nomi-
nally to save the remainder, limit the pos
session Of the poor settler to a paltry 100
acres of arid land aud impose upon his
acquiring title such restrictions that it is
almost a matter Of impossibilitY for him
to comply with them. Under the guise Of
saving the public domain to the
poor and needy settlers the Republican
congress IN reality grant undistburbed
possession to the big corporations who
have fenced thousands Of acres OF land
which they do not own and to which
under the new law, It is impossible for the
individual settler to secure title.
The new law may contemplate" what.
ever it wishes but now land which hardly
supports one family can only in way be
made to support three families, which is
by irrigation aud the new law has nothing
to do with that subject.
, 1891-03-28

"Sho's y LIVED co'plexion kims
aftah d. blood-what's dis he-a-
beautiful co'plerion guaranteed if d
blood am pure! Befo' d. Lo'd dat
am salvation TO- Aunt Sophy."
All we claim for it is an unequaled
remedy to purity the blood and in
vigorate the liver. Al the year ro,s1d
you car depend on DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery in all
cases of bloOd-taints or humors, no
matter what their name or nature.
It's the cheapest b~lood-purifer
sold through druggists. No matter
how many doses of other medicines
are offered for a dollar.
Why? Because it's sold on a
peculiar plan, and you only pay for
the good you get.
Can you ask moreP
"Golden Medical Discovery " is =
concentrated vegetable extract, put
up in large bottles F.; contains no al
cohol to inebriate, no syrup or sugar
to derange digestion is pleasant to
the taste, and equally good for
adults or children.
The Discovery" cures all Skin
affections, and kindred ailments.
, 1891-03-28

1t is the small boy who usually tells
things, and the dinner table is his ia
vorite theatre. Not long ago a bright
little fellow out on Peachtree street
peered over into the dish at the head
OF the table and exclaimed:
What a little chicken for so many
peoplel"
The company smiled surreptitiously,
aud his mother endeavored to quiet
him, but he was like Banquo's ghost.
After they had all been helped and
were eating his ace suddenly lit up,
and clapping his hands he shouted;
"Oh, yes; l know now, III
This is the little chicken that was sick
so long in the yard, amt itf7-Atlanta
Constitution.
, 1891-03-28

OF malarial fever are not to be counter
acted by q%uinine with any degree of GER
%tainty, or for any length of time. The
eradication and prevention of diseases of
a miasmatic type are, however, ascer-
tanned possibilities. Long experience has
shown that there is infinitely more proven
1--WE efficacy IN the iue b tanic medicine,
Hostetter's Stomach Buffers, than in the
alkAloids, drugs and poisons which were
formerly the only recognized means of re
moving and anticipating attacks OF fever
and ague and bilious remittent When
the system has been depleted by period
cally returning paroxysms, this agreeable
restorative renews the fund of energy and
is not only a positive specific, but repairs
the damage to the general health inflicted
by all febrile complaints partakiDg of the
malarial character.
, 1891-03-28
AusrRALrA,s sLAcK TRAILERs.
Power That One Tribe Has for
TraeInr People BY Scent.

Tracing ENAAf y 'NfhA
F'Some OF the Australian natives are
most remarkable people" said Henry
c. Dana. There is a tribe known as
the Black Trailers. II is rightly named,
too, for nothing ever gets away from IL.
No prisoner ever escapes when the
Black Trail"rs are placed on his track.
When ! wa In Albany "a Young English
woman n n little child were lost in
.Iat wild region. They were absent
Two days when the Black Trailors at
Perth, 500 miles away, were sent for.
The Trailen arrived and were told
where the missing ones were last seen.
There were five Of them.
They marched around in "a circle
until they found the trail and then
started They went up hill and down
hill, across plain and owe strcam,
crossing the trail time and again, but
unvcr once lost It. They could even
toll where the missing ones had sat
down 10 rest. where. TO my eve, there
was no indication Of anything Of the
kind. Il was learned aftcrward that
tlcy We're correct in every detail. For
three days the Black Trailers continued
the search and finally came TO an i'm
mense hill Of granite.
Here those with the searrhers
thought the natives would be thrown
of the scent. but they followed the
missing one there as readily a. through
% forest In one instance the Black
T'raiiers said, There is where the little
ono laid down aud tHprn tho lifr .pa 3
, 1891-03-28
zAoue4r HE'D LAKE A DAY DEE.
A Northern New York Elders Reyay to &
Committee OF Church Folks.

A Northern New York Elders RsJay to q
Committee OF Church Folks.
A leading railroad man of Cincinnati
gave a dinner party. Around the board
were several New Workers who, toward
the end of the feast, told stories out Of
their religious experiences.
up in Lawrence county" said a
grim looking party, grizzly Of hair,
square Of jaw and deliberate. as If ad-
dressing a jury, ''there was once a
worthy elder Of the church named Joe
Parker. Joe was a God fearing man, a
good husband and father, upright in
his business as a farmer and a most re-
spectacle citizen every way. One day
he hitched his team, loaded it with
produce and went to Potsdam. Night
fell, but Joe did not come. His family
were greatly alarmed. His son posted
with all haste to Potsdam. only to learn
that his father sold his beans and Pc.
tatoes and started off homeward IA little
before dusk.
Search proved ~unavailing, but the
lex afternoon up drove Joe's horse to
the gate, broken winded and all IF a
lather. His master slowly descended
to the ground, a sorry spectacle-his
clothes torn, his face badly bruised,
part of his front scalp missing. With
unsteady steps Joe found his room.
Next day the minister and the other
elders Of the church called upon him.
" Brother Parker, said the man of
God, we visit you to have some expla
nation Of the extraordinary events
which have overtaken You this week
GLOW long hev 1 bin a member of
the church, boy and MANI
" 'Forty-siX years, my brother
Amt l walked in the ways Of the
Lord poorly perpendicular doorin' that
timer
Yes, my brother; few have been
privileged to serve the Lord so we'll
Six and forty year is a poorly good
while, amt itF
Yes, my brother
Wall, l thought so, too, and so /
kinder thought I'd take a day Of"
The story teller was Thomas q. Shear
man, the whilom superintendent of
Plymouth Sunday school-New York
Sun.
, 1891-03-28

The following extraordinary instance
OF the rapid growth in the human spe-
cics has been noted in France 10y a
member Of the French Academy Of
Sciences and reported by him in the
annals Of that institution. The sub
iect herein mentioned was a lad Of but
: years of age when | first saw him
but his tender years Notwithstanding,
he measured 4 feet. s inches and lines
high. His people had observed his
marvellous growth when he wa only 2
years of age. At 4 he was able to lift
and carry IA bu-hcl Of wheat and to
throw the bundles Of hay C6S pounds To
the four horses each night and at Is he
could lift a. much as n sturdy fellow Of
20. But although he thus increased in
bodily strength, his understanding was
no greater than is usual with children
of his nge; p%lAythings were also his IA
vorite amusements st Louis Repub
IEn
, 1891-03-28

Not long since Il New Hampshire com
mitteeman was examining an infant
school class, %Can any little girl or
boy give the definition of the word
'averageT" he asked. For some time
no one replied, but finally a little girl
hesitatingly replied, 1T is a thing a hen
lays an egg on, sir" mo, that's not
right" yes, sir, my book says so;"
and she trotted up to her qu~estioner
and pointed to this sentence in her
reading book, "A hen lays an egg every
day on an average. Every Other Sat
urday.