The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-13
DEFERRED NEWS AND NOTES.

built in 1912.
Senator Stanford's mail is SAID to be
even larger than that of the President of
the United States. Recently, while on a
vacation away from his secretary, he al
lowed it to accumulate, and when his sec
rotary sat down to his task of opening it
he found himself confronted with six
large mail bags full of letters.
The retirement of Senator Edmunds
of Vermont from public life is an event
of national interest and regret. The
quater of century in which he has been
active in national affairs have been years
of stirring change for this country. In
all Of them the Vermont Senator has
borne conspicuous part. Joined with
Senator Morrill,, he has given the Green
Mountain State voice in all important
matters that possibly its position and the
exigencies of party would not otherwise
have allowed it. The nation joins in
wishes of long enjoyment and quiet life
for Senator Edmunds Hon. Redfield
Proctor, who is to succeed to Senator
Edmunds's place at Washington, comes
of the same sturdy stock. His thorough
work as Secretary Of War has given him
a national reputation.
Hiram Lester of Atlanta is about to
demonstrate that man is never too old
to wed. Hiram is believed to be the old
est man in the world, having counted l24
summers, and now he is about to marry
a woman of 10. His father lived for rs
years. Hiram has led a busy life. He
has cleared timbers, farmed, fought In
dams and British, kept a store and
praCticed medicine. He claims to re-
member well all the incidents relating to
the Revolutionary war, and can tell about
scenes that occurred and people who
figured in them with marvellous lucidity
for one 50 old. His memory is phenome-
nal. Minutest incidents of century ago
come up before him as though enacted
but yesterday. Uncle Hiram once enjoy
ed the hospitality Of George Washington
roof for three days when he was almost
grown. He tells with great enthusiasm
of the courtliness of Washington and the
Plain elegance of her lady; of the
warmth which greeted the visitor at
Mount Vernon, and the great love and
confidence grown people and children
alike reposed in Gen. Washington.
The best medical authorities say the
proper way to treat catarrh is TO take a
constitutional remedy like Hoods Sar-
saparilla.
The original of the old gentleman
with a crook in his back and melan-
choly crack in his laugh" immortalized
by Oliver Wendell Holiness famous poem
1.-The Last Leaf, ;" is announced to be the
grandfather of the marine-novelist,
Herman Melville, who died a few weeks
ago. lnaletter, published in The critic,
DR.. Holmes is quoted as saying: II re-
member Mayor Thomas Melville very
well-in the early thirties, probably. He
was one of the last, if not the last, of the
three-cornered hat wearers, and like
many others of his time, and after it
my own father was one of them-wore
knee breaches. The figure of the sturdy
old gentleman humping round with his
caue suggested my poem" This Major
Melville was leading Boston Merchant
of the last century, and was one of the
members of the Boston tea party. For
the extraordinary period of forty years he
was Surveyor of the port of Boston, and
he was also veteran of the Revolution
airy war.
was a sufferer from catarrh for fif-
teen years, with distressing pain over
my eyes. used Ely's Cream Balm with
gratifying results. Am apparently cured.
Il, c. Warner, Rutland, vt.
| suffered from a severe cold in my
head for months, and could get no re-
lief. Was advised to use Ely's Cream
Balm. 1t has worked like magic in its
cure. l am free from my cold after us
ing the Balm one week, and | believe it
Samuel J. Harris, wholesale grocer,
40 Front Street, New York.
Secretary Proctor has issued an order
that the flag of the United States shall
be the one used by cadets on drill and
parade, at any military school where the
government furnishes an instructor and
equipments. The only comment necess-
airy is the regret that q state of things
should exist even in the South as to
make such an order needed. "Old Glory"
is good enough for any institution.
Judge Lowery Of Ohio, who had bee n
delegated to collect campaign funds
from the 700 Ohio men who are clerks in
the different departments at Washington,
feels ugly. He says; "The clerks are
very niggardly they wOn'tg give anything;
it is disgusting. All | have been able to
get out of them to help McKinly is about
$1,000, contributed, by 80 clerks and not
third of them will go home to vote.
If they think they are as secure in their
places as if they had contributed, some
of them will learn they are mistaken"
Judge Lowery is evidently of the opinion
that their is nothing left of civil service
reform under this administration. These
are the ante-electiOn remarks of Demo-
cratic exchange. BY the election returns
it is quite probable the Democratic clerks