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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

Salvation Oil. the peoples liniment, is
guaranteed to be the best. Only 25 cts,
bottle.
A fat man in Washington, who used
to be n invalid. took DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup and now he walks right over the
very slenderest dudes, and don't care at
all. This remedy costs p cents.
A careless fellow fireda small rifle ball
into one of the windows of G.. +. Mar
shall's store basement at Middlebury the
other lay day. and the ball came near
hitting one of the clerks.
J. NJ. Patton Morton, professor of Latin
and French in Middlebury college, has
resigned, his resignation to take effect
at the close of this college year. He in
tends to study in Germany.
The Connecticut River Lumber Com
pany's drive, containing 2O,OO0,OOO feet
of logs, is being put into the river at
West Stewartstown, n. II. This drive
will be stopped at Wells River until the
right pitch of water, when they will be
sent down the river.
The Congregational people IF Georgia
/ have decided to repair their church build
ing and to build a vestry.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

It's sometimes said patent medicines
are for the ignorant. The doctors fos-
ter this idea "Tno people" we're told,
''are mostly ignorant when it comes 10
medical science" suppose they are!
What a sick man needs is not knowledge
but n cure, and the medicine that cures
is the medicine for the sick. DR.. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery cures the do
helieyes,'' and the cont believes.
There's no hcsitance about it, no "if'
nor possibly" 1t says-''I can cure
you, only do as | direct" Perhaps il
fails occasionally. The makers hear OF
It when it does, because they never keel
the money when the medicine fails to dc
good. Suppose the doctors went ON that
principle. 1--WE beg the doctors pardon
IL wouldn't do.)
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

Says one OF the best housewives in New
England, ''We feel the necessity Of tax
ing good medicine TO purify the blood,
and we all take Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t
keeps the children free from humOrs, my
husband says it gives him a good appe-
tite, and for myself | am sure could
never do all my work il it was not for
this splendid medicine. IL makes me
feel strong and cheerful, and am never
troubled with headache or that tired
feeling, rs used to be-
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23
For,unn,e Fa,I,erandson

81 am as certain as | now live" says
G. f. Bartholomew, of Kalkaska, Mich,
that DR.. David Kennedy's Fayorite
Remedy saved my life when | was a vic
tim of Brights Disease. My son had a
fever sore on his leg. He, too, used Fa-
vorite Remedy, and is now well. But for
this medicine am sure both father and
son would have been six feet under the
sod
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

The Washington county court now in
session at Montpelier. has IS divorce
suits on its docket, and thirty-two liquor
cases.
J. p. Stewart has been awarded the
contract for carrying the mail daily from
Bristol to South StarksbOro for SlT3 O
year.
Mrs. L. II. butcher OF Brandon has
been appointed an aide on the staf OF
the National President of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Sons of Veterans.
Col. Hooker has presented the Bethe
Sons o. Veterans with a beautiful silb
fHg.
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piles. PIle.l .,rn,ng l.,Ie.l

sYMPToNs-M1isture intense itching and sting
ing; most at night worse by scratching. II al
lowed TO continue tumors form. which often bleed
and ulcerate, becoming very sore. SwAYSE's s
OISTNENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals
liberation and In most cases removes the tumors.
At druggi,ts, or by mall for 80 cents. DR. Sway ne
a Son Philadelphia, IOfrms
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

Simply apply "SwAYNE's OISrMENT.n No in
ternal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema
Itch, all eruptions on the face hands, nose, etc
leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its
great healing and curative powers are possessed
by no other remedy. Ask your druggist for
SwAYSE's OINTMENT iOfrm6
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23
CAPT. COuRrNEYi

Says: While on the east coast of Africa
had three men sick with the malarial
fever. cured them with Sulphur Bit
ters. It is the greatest blood purifier |
ever saw. always keep them in my
medicine chest.-Ship Nautilaus, Balti-
|
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viii presented.
STATE OF VERMONT, .
District Of ennington,
Al a session Of the Hon. the Probate Couri
holden at the Probate Ofiice within and for the
District Of Bennington, on ithe 9th day OF April,
A. d. 1891.
Present, Hon. Alfred Robinson, judge.
An instrument purportiBg 10 be the last Will
and Testament n Hannah n. Rood, la'e Of
Pownai In said district deceased, being
presented tby Daniel T Bates, the
executor therein named for probate. Il iz
ordered by said Court. that all persons concerned
therein be notified 10 appear at q session thereof
10 be held at the Probate Office IN Bennington.
m said dis rcf on the 2iih day Of April. A
d. Dei, at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon, and show
cause II any they have. sgsinsi the probate Of
said Will; for which purpOse Il s fiither ordered
that this order lie published three weeks success
sively In the Bennington BANEERi u newspaper
printed at Bennington, in this State, previous tc
said time Of fhearing.
By the Court. Attest.
i2 ALI RED ROBINSON, Judge.
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FITCHBURG Il. r.
IloosAC TUNNEL ROUTE


ON and after Nov 81 1890 trains VIII run a.
follows
LEAVE BzNSIsGloA VIA. BENNINGTON RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Remington 43 M arrive Troy IS, y
IN. New York 2 10 p IN, HoOsick Falls o. North
Adams so, Greenfield II l2a m, ,Fitchburg q,
Boston O5 p IN, Nechanicvlllc 25,SSTatoga, 10 10
am. , ~, a m
LenTe Bennington II 40 y N, arrive Troy 2 20
New York 10, noosick Falls 50, North Adams
S21 Greenfield Is. HitchGurg 81, Boston 92bp
N Mechanicrille ~
Leave Bennington 10 p NJ arrive Troy s5
nm. Hoosick Falls IL, No. AdamsT on p m,
hechanicvile So, p. m., Saratoga 25p.m
Leave Bennington II Oj night, arrive Troy 4C
New York 90 am.
Leave Bennington for Rutland and Montreal
I235. o 10 a. m rs, 6 10 p. IN.
TRAINS ARRIVE At BENNINGTON.
VIA BENNINGTON & RUTLAND R'Y:
iDam, from New York, Albany and Hroy.
42A M, from New York, Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls, No. Adams, Saratoga and Mechanic
vile.
Falls, No. Adams ard Boston.
6 4O d IN, from New York. Albany, Troy. Hooslcl
Falls Sorth Adams Boston. and Saratoga.
Arrive AT Bennington from Rutland and Mont
treal 10, s 10 a M, 10, ~ p. m.
J.wHlTMORE j. r. WATSON, -.
Gen'll raftic Mgr, Ro'ton. Geul Pass; Agt
T. A NIMMO, Boston
GeSi Western Passenger Aeebt. Troy.
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thfANTEDi Wide Awake representative bust
Wness man. 10 take charge Of and push an i'm
portaut, popular business. backed by ample cash
ranital. To The right party special Inducements
and liberal compensation. "Young-man afraid.
of.rc- = lc04 not anplv Reference required
Address, IL Z L.Sf -a-c ,.if pHper.
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LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD
New Time Table, Commencing June
tetb ISun

Leave BENNINGTON s 40 a. m. arrive In Nc. Ad
ANS o 30 Il. ~. Troy 10 SO. Chatham ll:I5, New
York 5a2 Leave Bennington II - M, arrive
Chatham 4:l5, n. s:45, Leave Ben'gton 80
M, arrive in NOrti Adams 100
Chatham A. p. III.
Leave North Adams :05 NJ. arrive in Ben
nington 1920 Leave North Adams $50 p. IN.
arrive III licuDing on 300. Leave NOr,h Adam
o. M. arrive in Bennington GUS.
Leave New York 20 "A M, arrive in Benning
ton 100 p. m Leave New Yorg IL 10 a. ni arriv
In bennington Os p. m.
Leave 'haiham l | 90 M. arrive in EenuingtO
400 D. m. Leave Ch III ,m 3 80 p. M. anive Ii
Bennington OS p, IN.
Leave Troy so a. M, arrive in Eenning o
Ed. BENNBTT. supt
JOSEPH CHILD. Gen. Pass. AR'i.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

Choking, sneezing and every other
form of catarrh in the head, is really
cured by DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Fifty cents. Sold by druggists every
where.
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WILLIAM L, MASON, LAWRENCE NJ. ENNIS,
ROBT p. BATES.

MASON, ENNIS & BATES.
Rooms 81. 81, 30 & 30 Unity Building ~ Dear
6nrn Street, Chicago. III. -.
Investments a specially. Loans Of any amount
pluC ed upon Chicago real estate at per cent:
small loans at 8 per cent per annum A snare 0I m
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Two Story Rouss ssN46 feet;

Rooms large and pleasant; cellar under the
whole house Horse barn aud carriage house
with ell. 34x50 feet. Corn house and grnnery.
12x16 feet
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M, q q 1RNNEY. Dentist.

CNuCCEsSOR TO DIR. J. n. SCRAETONl
> Is prepared to perform all operations IN Dent
cot satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
Q his care, aud at reasonable prices, Gas OF
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
Iured. Office opposite Congregational EhuTcD
NAin ST . BeuuingtOn.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23
v CNTLER. DenlIst.
eENY!NGTON co. SAVINGS BANK

rTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank al the
Bennington County National Bank, is open
aily for the transaction Of business from 10 O'Clock
!. m. to o'clock p. IN, Sundays and Holidays ex-
Interest to depositors stririiy in aecordancc 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
ceedinF month Interest computed January
Isl and July LIST, and If not Withdrawn will be added
to principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
I.oars solicited upon real estate and undouAted
A. b. VALENTINE, President,
". E.HAWKS, Vice President,
J.T. SHURTLEFF, Treasurer,
G.. w. qARMAN, Secretary.
TRusTEEs-A B. Valentine, WIN. +. UaSksi
Il. W. Harman. Olin Scott, J. 7. Sburtlsh f.
Gibson, j. Il. Judson.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23

The American House at vcrsenncs is
being repaired,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23
Three Stock Barns,

with stable room for 10 COWS Ninety Eve acres
Of land, G5 Of which are under cultivation and the
remainder pasture land. Farm is supplied with
good water the year round. On the place Is also
4 store building 22x33 feet. with good cellar.
Trade we'll established.
Eor terms inquire OF the UNDERSIGNED.
f. WALBRIDGE,
83h g. +. SEARS.
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COLE e. BURT.

.zs.,s2Sz. -. -
Cole and Burts if should
Gladly their goods they'd show,
tell the truth bout goods and style,
your mind with lies bcguie
They'd do as IL the they've done
and deserve the trade they We
BY treating all mankndas brothers,
themselves well as others
enlarged and to show
stock complete that all may know
Theg goOdSa
all the styles which to choose
In they guarantee
atallw satisfied will be
One price to all they still maintain,
Forh dealing brings them gain
They akyo both far
To cala them without fear
That you'll be ulg red their goods to buy;
To ogain andk they
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-04-23
FOR SALE !!
The Old WaIbidge Homestead,

Situated on the main road, 81 miles from Ben
nington villBge, and ~ miles from North Ben
ningtOn depot.
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nArnuEInER 4 RATES

A TToRNEYS AND COUNsELLoRs AT LAW
"A and Solicitors in Chancery. a.,
1fice over First National Bank, Bennington; sou
x n RnTCHEi, ,DTp L. l.. BATES.
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Dusine8s DirctlOlp.

COALl COALl COAL.l
4 fME AND CEMENT ,,,
AT WHOI. .ESALE AND RETAIL.
Depot St, J. HLORING CO.. Bennington
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
PETTY Art swindiinr.

There is good deal Of sham and of
swindling done in this Chinese and jap
anese art. not so much by the Cinnamon
and Japanese who do business here as
by some of the American firms which
pretend to deal only in the choicest OBJ
tainable examples. A piece of bronze
that in Japanese shop costs So or 81
in a middle-class American shop rfll
cost SIS to SIS. and in the establishment
of firm of alleged connoisseurs will be
marked at from $50 to $500, according to
the rapacity of the dealers and the ere
dulity of their customer. In one case,
bit OF rare porcelain, said to have cost
s175, was sold TO ar innocent" but ex-
ceedingly wealthy collector of this city
for si2,00 The collector presumably
bought it because it was ''he.d at such
a high price, and because its rarity I'M
der the circumstances might DO consid-
cred as phenomenal. Actually. this piece
of porcelain was neither Of the most
rare nor the most valuable type.-N. Y.
Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
Wanted His Own.

A Detroit lawyer received a letter
from Texas the other day on which the
postage-stamp was of an issue current
fifteen years ago, and OF the envelope
of which there was request TO IRE
turn if not delivered sometime pretty
soon" The contents read: ''Some
time in the year 100 a man by the name
of Hooten took up two acres of ground
in your town. He is dead. / am his
heir j want TO find out all about it. |
want you 10 search the records and send
me all the papers and information you
can. If them two acres is there yet
want 'em. If not. don't. j only want
what belongs to me as his lawful heir.
Enclosed you will find twenty-five cents
in stamps to pay for your trouble. ! am
well. Answer as soon as possible--De-
troit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22

We must go somewhere" she said;
land as Aggie has turned stingy, we
viii go To Aunt Maria's."
So we went. aunt Maria sent Jake
with the spring-wagon to meet us, and
Jake informed Us:
Been a railway smash here. an Miss
Maria's got one house full, tell yer
fourteen Of EN-. all hurried bad. Broken
arms an legs plenty. an mattresses
on the floor. all the women in one room.
an all the men in the big summer par
Tor. You gals win have your old rooms,
COS all the sick folks is downstairs; but
] reckon you'll have TO cat slops. cause
the whole stores kivered with beef-tea
and Cruel I'm bout starved myself.
though ate six bowls o Cruel this
morning. Couldn't find nothing else,
'ccpt custard. an custard amt film"
This dOlOrous account was fully con-
firIned when we arrived at the house.
Aunt Maria had no time to scold. With
q corps of nurses recruited from all the
neighbOring farms. she was busy day
and night amongst the sufferers, and
we were at once enrolled as assistants
in this volunteer hospital. in the wom-
ems ward Dot came out with colors
flying. Never was such nurse. Where
the child learned all her tender devices
can not imagine; but she was the
sweetest. tenderest comforter of pain
ever saw Fan was of little use. The
sight of blood sicl<ened her. and ex-
posed wounds made her faint. and she
was speedily detailed To amuse the con-
valescents.
We had been "A month at the farm,
when, one morning. was in the kitchen,
making some additions To Jake's bill of
fare. when Fan came in
Agnes she said, in a sort of breath
less whisper, who do you think came
ont on the porch this morning, his arm
in a sling and his head bandaged, just
able 20 walk with help?"
Her pale face and trembling hands
told me the truth before she added:
lit was Horace Trueman,'
"A clear case of retributiOn,-' / said.
dryly: the sin of the father visited
upon the SON"
was sorry as I said il. for it had
been one of the jests of the two fami-
lies for years to call Fan Horace True
mans little wife, and often thought
The words were more than mere testing
to the two parties concerned. After
James Trueman proved traitor To his
old friends trust in him, we never men
toned Horace to Fan; but | often
thought the child was graver and
quieter than of old, though she guarded
her secret well.
When / had answered her according
to my own belief of the matter, she
flushed rosily and said:
''Ahi you are wrong. We were all
wrong. James Trueman is dead. and
Horace was on his way home to make
restitution when he was laid up here.
He was So glad to see me, Aggie!'
DO you mean to tell me he has come
to restore the money his father took?"
What is left of il. We are not the
only ones wronged, Agnes But he ha.
put every thing into John Grants
hands, and there is a large sum left.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
PRECIOUS STONES.
An old-Time Belief that They Cured Dis
casa.

case.
In a queer old book about the value
of precious stones it is seriously stated
that the swallowing of certain ones
would prevent certain diseases.
The topaz was prescribed to stop
bleeding wounds, and to make the heart
light
The diamond is advised for those who
walk in their sleep, and are slightly in
sane to-day VIC would be very apt to
credit people who swallowed diamonds
with being more than slightly insane).
The loadstone would cure headaches,
bites of serpents and deafness. Indeed,
II is said to possess SO many virtues that
the head of any large family to-day is
advised TO buy one for each child, and
in this way avoid the necessity of fire.
pucnt calls and correspondingly long
bills from a physician.
The sapphire makes the dull cheerful
and brings perfection of health.
The opal is good for the eyes, for it
causes the tears to flow.
Crystals prevent bad dreams, coral
end comedian stop hemorrhages.
Cardau. a great physician of olden
times, writes most positively that the
nra= II hung around the neck or swal-
owed in a drink, will increase wisdom
nad repcl fear" He also claimed to
cure people of madness by making them
wa..0w the yellow stone, and asserted
That it never failed
To the carLuncle and to it alone, be-
.ongs the power of driving away devils.
OnGcr It's guidance the evil spirit quietly
departs, and nobody ever sees it go;
consequently nobody can deny its de-
parture.--Boston Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
HOW HE DRUMS.
New Theory Concerning the Noise Mad.
by the Grouse.

= New Theory Concerning the Noise Made
by the Grouse.
Mr.. w. III. Gibson says: In the so
called drumming" of the ruffied grouse
that soft murmurous tattoo by which his
ardent lordship musters his little com.
pany of willing captives, we have anoth-
er familiar sound as yet as much
wrapped in mystery as the boom" OF
the night-hawk.
What is the origin and nature of that
drum which has so long puzzled the
world?
Many naturalists have definitely To-
Gated this mysterious drum, the hollow
drumming log" having long been con.
sidered necessary adjunct to this muf.
fed r6ll. Such has been the most com
monly-accepted theory, seemingly abet-
ted by the bird itself. from its singular
preference for a fallen log as the seat
of the musical performance. Brewer
claims that the bird beats its sides
and the log" simultaneously: be-
lief which is shared by Samuels and
many others. Against this | would
oppose the witness of an unprofessional
but close observer-the writer, in truth
who deposes and says that the bird
does nothing of the kind; that in the
one instance, though brief, when its
movements were observed by him, the
clearly-defned limit of the visible whir1
of the wings seen from behind demon
strated that no feather of the bird S wing
touched the body, or the log upon which
the bird stood; while, upon the other
hand, the feathery halo almost merged
over the back. suggesting new posi-
bility in the resonant source.-Harper'
Monthly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
KICKED HIS PATIENT.
The Novel Manner i'm Which a Doctor Cured !
Case of Malaria.

"
Case of Malaria.
None know the value of the imagina-
ton in therapeutics better than the
doctors. who sometimes, with entire
credit to themselves. put quite as much
imagination as medicine into their
patients, and with perhaps better effect.
Not long ago physician told an anus
ing illustration of this He had been
warned. he said, by brother physician
of certain rascally impostor who was
making the rounds of the profession with
an assumed case of malaria. The real
purpose of his visit was blaclmail. One
day man exactly answering this mans
description came into the house Office of
this physician. and, after detailing the
symptoms of malaria, asked the doctor
TO treat him. Il asked him." said the
doctor, Ito step out into the yard with
me. As soon as | got him safely out
side / walked up to him and gave him
the best thrashing / ever gave any body
in my life, ending il by kicking him
down to the gate. To my surprise he
made little resistance, and when / re-
leased him at the gate. saying. There.
! think that will cure you, he respond
ed, humbly: Thank you. doctor. and
went away. In n few days, to my utter
establishment. ne came back to tell me
that he was much better. But. Doctor
he suggested. mildly, could You kick
little easier this time?" Then" said
the doctor, Il began to talk to the fell
low. and found that | was altogether
mistaken in the case. This poor fellow
actually had malaria and was no more a
blacl1mailer than /. treated him there
after with less powerful remedies. but
BE always declared that no treatment |
ever gave him did him the good that one
thrashing did And did | ever tell him
of my mistaken Certainly not. Why
should /? Ii helped cure him. N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-22
ANNOYED eY A NICKNAME.
The Late senator Cox's Dislike for Hi,
AlnI.rilrla..f

The Late senator Cox's Dislike for His
Sobriquet.
The name of Sunset which chung
to the late Samuel >. Cox. was a con-
slant source OF annoyance to that genial
statesman.
''On one occasion" said Senator Vest
the other day. Mr.. Cox was paying "a
flying visit to the scenes of his boyhood
in Ohio. and attended church on Sunday
The pastor took for his text, AS a serv-
ant desireth the shadow The preacher
began by saying he had seen picture
illustrating the text. which represented
a slave looking toward the West. wait
ing for the end of the days work. Ii
was entitled. Longing for Sunset
The preacher dwelt upon the worthless
of both Testaments. He pictured Jacob
longing for Joseph and old Simeon's
desire to go as soon as his eyes We're
made glad. He hinged his discourse en-
tirelv upon the word sunset Mr. Cox
became nervous and annoyed: he toyed
and fidgeted with his prayer-boolx and
shifted about in his seat until the minis
ter in burst of eloquence said: when
the river is passed, the dark swollen
floods surnounted and Heaven attained.
there will be unshadowed Joy. for there
will be no sunset in Heaven" Then he
closed his book, and Mr.. Cox. with a
stately and dignified tread, went ont
into the clear morning air.-Chicago
Evening Journal.