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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-14
Programme for the F1remen's Fair
Next Week

The programme for the firemen's fair
to be given four days next week has
been completed. The fair will begin on
Tuesday evening and will be in charge of
Stark Hose company. The leading feat
ure that evening will be the Polyhymnia
quastette, composed of the following
well-known vocalists of this village:
Mesdames. Geo. f. Graves and Geo. w.
Keeseman, Miss Mary Hutchins and
Mrs. r. o. Goldsmith. They will pre-
sent the following programme:
Piano Duet ................ Overture to Tampa
Mrs. W Keeseman and Mrs.R o. Goldsmith.
Poiyhymnia ouartette.
'p Mrs Geo. F. Grave Graves. - - ''''''''O
Quartette .....'.n.. 49,. '.'.......... March
Polyhymnia.
Mrs. Graves and Miss Hutchins.
Miss Hutchins.
Polyhymnia Quartette.
Wednesday evening will be devoted to
the F. M. Tiffany Hose Company, who
have engaged the Orpheus Glee Club.
The programme as arranged includes
glees, duets, trios, quartettes, songs and
choruses by the club, banjo and guitar
solos. There are twelve numbers down
on the programme. At the conclusion
of the concert there will be dancing till
o'clock.
For Thursday evening the II. W. Put
nam Hose Company have arranged a
medley entertainment, to be carried out
by local players, as follows:
PART I.
Irish Comedy. .Messrs. whitney and Cox
Duet. Mrs. D. J. Ward and Miss NJ. Sullivan
Black-face specialties .............J. IL. Whitney
Black-face song and dance,
Messrs. Whitney and Granger
PART II.
laughable black-face farce entitled Edwin
Boots.'
The evening will conclude with a
dance, there being twenty-one numbers
on the programme.
The programme of the Bradford Hook
and Ladder Company, as arranged by
them, is as follows:
Quartette. ...... ................ Bradford Hooks
James Kelly, Mahlon Taft, Ira Pufrer and Chas.
Wakefield.
Plantation songs and dances
Messrs Whitney and Granger
Topical songs and local hits of the day,
William j. Cox
Songs and dances .Messrs King ana Newman
Original burlesque, entitled 'Scenes in Africa"
introducing new and novel dances,
Farce. entitled "Senator Waddy Weighed by
Spirits,"
Messrs. McCala Cox, j. H. Whitney, King New
man, 7. II. Whitney and Granger.
The different companies are making
an effort to make the fair attractive in
every way. Library Hall, where it will
be held, will be finely trimmed and dec
Grated. Many handsome articles will be
offered for sale. In addition to those
given by friends at home, several hand
some articles have been given by some
of the leading firms in Troy, all of which
are to be disposed of.
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Tho CHURCH DedicatIon.

The new edifice of the Church of St.
Francis de Sales will be dedicated Oct
21st. Last week we gave the order of
services in full. These will take place
at the church beginning at 1890 o'clock,
a. m. The procession will start from
the parochial residence headed by the
Bennington City Band at 10 o'clock.
The marshal will be sheriff Robinson
and mounted staff. At the residence
the congregation will be reinforced by
the school children, the Sodality B.
V. NJ, the F. NJ. T. A. B. society, the A.
o. H., all in regalia-the schools wear
ing badges-and will proceed to the
new church when the dedication will
take place and conservation words be
said, by the Rt. Key. John S. Michaud,
D. D. The celebrant of the Mass will
be the Rev. VIM. J. O'Sullivau, with
assistants as noted last week. These
exercises will constitute another red
letter day in the history of this church
and congregation.
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A correspondent says: The funeral of
Josie Hogan, daughter of Michael
Hogan, of West Bennington, who died on
Sunday, Oct. End, at the early age of
seventeen years was held from st.
Francis de Sales church the following
Tuesday morning, where High Mass of
requim was celebrated for the repose of
her soul. Miss Hogan was taken sick
two weeks previous to her death with
typhoid fever. She possessed a sweet,
gentle disposition and is sadly missed by
her bereaved family and especially by
her only sister, Maggie, whose constant
companion she was during life. The
deceased had been an employee of Camp
BELLS mill for the past year and the
esteem and love with which she had
been regarded by her late shopmates
was testified by beautiful emblem of
flowers, "The Gates Affair."" with card
attached bearing the following tribute to
her memory: presented by her friends
of Campbelrs mill in memory of
Johanna Hogan"
Peaceful by thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so low.
Thou no more will join our number,
Thou no more our songs will know,
Yet again, we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fed,
And in Heaven with joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tears are shed.n
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Columbian Exercises.

Bennington Graded Schools, o'clock,
Friday afternoon, October 21st, 1892:
SCHOOL HALL.
Music, columbian Grand March" Orchestra
Devotions
Singing, "Hail Columbia. -. The Schools
Defamation, THE Meaning Of the Four Cen
turtles" ..-........ go. Chas. ii. Bennett
Recitation. Columbian Ode. -. .Audria Bowen
BriefRemarks by Students: Columbus as a Nav
igator; The Faith Of Columbus: Columbus as
a Pionee, Etc.
Singing, columbus" .............. The Schools
Essay, "The Genius of Columbus, - Hattie Wilcox
Defamation. Elbow Columbus Discovered It."
Valentine Perkins.
Song, ...... .........."Our Fair Land Forever"
Solo and Double Quartette.
Recitation EIGHT i tIae i columbus Story"
Song ............ The Red. White and Blue, !"
Double Quartette and Schools.
Brief addresses will be delivered by
Rev. Mr.. Walker, Rev. Mr.. Marten, Hon.
John V. Carney, DR.. E. B. Daley, Mr.. H.
T. Cushman, End, Judge G. H. Darling
and others.
The programme in the Hall, it is ex-
pected, will be followed by flag raising
on the lawn. The trustees will raise a
100-foot pole before that day, and Col.
DIN Scott will present the schools with
magnificent flag on the lawn, which
will be accepted for the schools by Col.
E. d. Bennett, president of the Board of
School Trustees. 1t is hoped that
the Bennington City Band will be
present to round out the occasion with
patriotic airs. The Hall will be decor
ated with the National colors, and seats
will be reserved for invited guests. A
general invitation is extended to all.
The occasion has aroused tremendous
interest in the Flag on the part of the
schools. Every school has raised sufi-
cient money to secure for its room a
trimmed and mounted emblem. The
High School flag will be of silk, hand
somely trimmed. No. II has already Sc
cured one, fine, sewed bunting 6x6t,
with A stars, silk fringe and tassels,
solid walnut staff with six-inch eagle.
The schools are showing an enterprise
aud spirit that promises to be an object
lesson in particular to the older heads in
Bennington.
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1t is question of but few days and
perhaps hours, before the end will come
with Mrs. Harrison. Consumption has
claimed her and all hope has been aban-
doned. The use of medicines has been
given up and nourishment is admins
tered artifcially. The whole Nation will
mourn with President Harrison. Mrs.
Harrison, in spite of her efforts to keep
herself from public view, has shown
herself to be a noble, broad-minded
woman, an ornament to the position she
occupies as the wife Of the President
of the United States.
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country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last lew years was supposed to be in
durable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced il local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced, IL incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by r. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken In
ternally in doses from 10 drops TO a teaspoonful.
IL acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
OF the system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case II fails TO cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
H-Sold by DRUG gists, 75c.
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Rishon Michnud,a Patriotic speech.

On the occasion of a recent reception
rendered Bishop Michaud at Burlingt on,
we find him making ringing and patri-
otto speech. AS reported in the Free
Press: ''The Bishop responded hap
PLY, and told Of the pleasure it gave him
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to meet the young men of the union,
also relating many happy incidents of
boyhood life in this city. He also told
them in serious way what was expect
ed of them in the future of the parish;
how they must expect to bear the
burdens that older ones were about to
lay down. The members were then in
troduced personally to his lordship, after
which an hour was very pleasantly spent
in social converse, music and song.
''At the close the Bishop thanked them
for the reception, and among other
things said: During the introduction
of the members l noticed Irish, French
and German names among you, which l
am very glad to see; and / notice hang
ing in the rear of the room the flags of
America, France and Ireland; but the
flag notice particularly is the stars and
stripes, flag that we, as American
citizens, should be proud of. The fact
that nowadays we as Americans do not
fully appreciate our country, the great
est on earth. To do this we should
travel abroad and see the wrecks of coun-
tries governed by Cars, Kings and
cliques.
I" In our country the government is
what we make it, we are the people; as
we cast our votes SO shall we be
governed. Now young men be honest
in your convictions, whether you are
Democrats or Republicans. Exercise
and manfully and do not b. ashamed
wherever you go to own that you are
from Vermont, and American citizens. ;"
Concerning Little Joe Benoir."
1 was called Saturday evening, Sept
oath, about $40 to see ''little Joe," who
was said to have broken both bones of
the arm at the wrist. Taking what was
necessary for such an injury, l went to
see him. l arrived about o'clock and
found no injury of the wrist, but seri-
GUS injury of the elbow joint. My appa-
ratus being in no way suitable for such
an injury, said after examining the
case and deciding upon plan of treat
ment, 1 will go home for the necessary
apparatus for this case, and come back.
The family being utterly poor, and re-
garding the case as one proper for town
aid, called on the overseer of the poor
for aid. Mr.. Morse said he would go
and see the boy. l asked, shall l go
home and wait instructions? He said
yes. Considering that had placed the
case in the hands of the proper authority,
accordingly went home and remained
where l would be found, when sent for.
Mr.. Morse visited the boy. Another
physician was sent for; who asked for
the assistance of still another physician.
Another was accordingly called who, be-
ing in bed, gave instructions to dress the
arm temporarily for the night, saying he
would assist in permanent dressing the
next day. The arm was accordingly
dressed temporarily, although was pre-
pared to dress it permanently that night
had gone back.
The permanent dressing was not made
until afternoon the next day; later
modification took place and amputation
became necessary. F. w. GoODALL
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single copies of the Banner, in
Wrappers for Mailing If Desired
THREE Cents.
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Our Village Fathers.

Regular Trustee meeting, October Sd.
Present: Emmett B. Daley, president;
Carney, Kimball, Powers, Watson and
Nash, trustees.
Voted, That W. B. Sheldon be granted
permission to address the meeting.
Voted, That the matter pertaining to
the assessment for sidewalk abutting the
property of w. B. Sheldon. be referred
to an adjourned Trustee meeting, Mon
day, October 10th, at 7.30 o'clock.
The following bills were ordered paid :.
II Nj futile, highway bill. September. ..S So IS
A G Sweet, police duty, August and Sep
A ] Griffin, ditto. :................... II 25
H Kelso. services as clerk, quarter ending
october Isl. &C.,. .:'''....'... 70 w
ter ending October Ist ..e........ -. 5000
A r Dunn drawing Hook and Ladder truck, 200
j Lindley, bill for sundries. ............. "a
Bennington Water Power and Light Com
pony, street and room lighting ....... 212 ~
Voted, That the bill of A. r. Dunn for
police duty, be referred to the Police
Committee for investigation.
REGULAR ADJOURNED TRUSTEE MEET
ING OCTOBER 10th.
Present: Messrs. Holden, Carney,
Nash, Powers, Watson and Kimball
trustees.
Voted, That w. B. Sheldon be per-
mitted to address the meeting.
Voted, That W. B. Sheldon be assessed
the full amount of costs for sidewalk
abutting his property on Main street.
The following bills were ordered paid:
A Dunn, police duty for September....S p so
II Field, agent, rent Tiffany Hose rooms.
oeptem Der..-.s.ss ...........--..-..s'' , %
Voted, To give F. NJ. Tiffany the priv
ilege of the floor.
Voted, That an order be drawn to
each of the Hose and Hook and Ladder
Companies for S125, and one to the Ben
nington Fire Department for $3.50, as
per vote of the last annual village meet
ing.
Voted, To adjourn.
]. II. KELso, Clerk.
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SEEMING FOR TITTLE-TATTIE-

The investigation Of the Pension Bureau,
which, before and at the beginning of Con-
gress, was heralded with such fanfaronade
Of soldier-hating bugles, has degenerated
into running drag-net through the Bureau
for all the gossip and tittle-tattle that can
be brought to the surface.
Naturally, in an office containing over
1900 employees, of all sorts, colors, sexes, and
s,-of all manner of previous and present
conditions of life.-gossip is probably no
| less active than it is in any other community
of equal size in any section Of the country.
| There is the same proportion of men and
women of disappointed ambitions, and
chronic Inflammation of feelings; the same
proportion of people with imaginary per-
sonal wrongs and real jealousies, and the
same ratio of persons of both sexes and
neither, whose main object in life seems TO
be the invention and circulation of gossip
The proportion of these people is perhaps
larger than it would be in an ordinary VIII
Iage of 1900 inhabitants which usually
contains a great many people too much
absorbed in attending to their own business
to have any time to devote to that of other
people. 1t is quite different in the Pension
Bureau.
Taking all these things into consideration.
it is really surprising how little the Com
mittee of Investigation has found. Its in
auiries have taken the widest possible range
Everybody who knew anything-or who
thought he or she knew anything-has been
hunted up, brought before the Committee, and
encouraged to tell every thing, by the promise
of the fullest protection against removal or
even prejudice in promotion. Such course
ought to bring out an astonishing amount of
stuff.
The great surprise is that with all this so
little of any importance has been developed.
All the fiim-fiam about unc0vering mon
strous corruption" discovering hot-bed
of vicious growths," exposing gross ncom-
petence and criminal irregularities in the adj
ministration of the Bureau" has been aban-
doned. Not specific allegation against the
Commissioner or the Bureau has been proved,
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

In an article in the North american Re-
uieao the Governor of Michigan defends the
plan adopted in that State of electing Presi-
Dental electors by Congressional Districts.
The burden of his argument is that the
other system is unfair because it gives the
minority in each State no voice whatever in
the election of President. The weakness
of this argument is that his remedy is no
remedy at all 1t simply changes the con-
dition of what he calls unfairness Instead
Of the minority in the whole State being
deprived of its voice by one swoop, the mi
nority in each District is SO deprived, and the
aggregate of deprivation is just the same.
1t would be the same if the President were
elected by Townships. The minority in
each Township would have no say as to who
should be President, and the aggregate of
these Notwithstanding the whole country
over-would be precisely as great as is the
"yoiceless minority" under the present
system.
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A FREE TICKET TO WASHINGTON.

Everybody should consider our great offer
of free ticket to Washington during the
GAR. National Encampment 1t will be
the greatest soldier gathering since the war,
and every veteran wants TO come and bring
his wife and children with him. We give
them al chance TO get their tickets free.
1t is a very easy matter TO get enough sub
scribers 10 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in any
community TO secure round-trip ticket
The paper commends itself TO all, and little
urging is needed. No other paper gives SO
much valuable and original reading matter
for SO little money, and it should be weekly
visitor in every household.
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THE fight on pensions is bound to come
in the present session, and THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE will be found at its old post of
duty, repelling the slanderous attacks on
the veterans, giving the true history of their
services and sacrifices, encouraging their
friends, fighting their enemies, and making
an unflinching battle for their rights 1t
should be in the hands of every veteran and
friend of veterans from now till the end of
this Congress.
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or come anywhere near being proved. No
foundation whatever has been found for the
TRADE with which the soldier-hating papers
and orators have been DINING the ears
of the country. Even the stimulus of the
approaching campaign has failed to develop
ans material for fresh attacks upon the PEN
sion Bureau.
The Investigation is evidently being pro-
longed in the hopes that some accident may
develop something which will furnish cam
paign material, and enable the Investigators
to show something tangible for their tedious
and expensive search.
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FULLY PREPARED.

Miss Begaddsby Zone of the tourists)-Thia
is leap year, and
Handsome Young Guide-Noye don't, ma'am
begging yer pardon don't want to pear rude
TO lady, an Pm much obliged, an all that
but I conducted party of Boston school
ma ams through these woods two weeks ago
an I'll have to tell ye Pm prepared for any
thing.
Miss Bagaddsby BADLY frightened)-O, you
horrid-horrid-bo hoo O. o-o-o-o!
Guide-No We don't, maam, Begin yer
pardon agn! But you can't faint on nue., either.
1t hain't in the contract.
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sergeansMajor of the LIST Conn. Vols. The roll 1,

SergeantMsjor of the LIST Conn. Vols. The roll IA
perhaps capable of still further extension.
Mrs. @. X. Smith, wife of white Iaborer living
on farm near Holly Springs. Miss has given birth
to six babies. They all boys well developed and
weigh In the aggregate IS pounds. Mother and
babies are doing we'll. They have been named
Lee. jackson, Van Dorm. Grant. Sherman. aud
Buell..
Archbishop John Ireland, Of Minnesota. who is
ABOUT TO DO made a Cardinal was born In Kils
Kenny, Ireland and came to this country in Isfs
"iien ne was III years of age. Part of his clerical
education was received in France. lie was Chap
lain oil the 9Th MINI. during The civil war; and has
been foremost In temperance work in tho State la
winch ne resides. As a pulpit orator he has few
equals. His election 70 the See Of ST. Paul occurred
In 1854 Not only is he prominent in ecclesiastical
circles, bat also in civil affairs He is the President
OF the Minnesota Historical Society, and aided
In founding the United States Historical Society,
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"THE CONFEDERATE STATES ALMA


BY piece of good luck We have come into
possession of a copy of The Confederate
States Almanac for 1865" published by II.
c. Clarke, Mobile, Ala. 1t is rare book,
and we do not know where another copy
is to be found.
In his preface, dated the last of 1864, the
publisher says:
The fourth volume Of the Confederate States
Almanac is now offered 10 the people Of the South
The publisher il perfecting arrangements that will
insure the permanent issue Of the work every year
He overlooked the fact that couple of
gentlemen named u. S. Grant and w. T.
Sherman were also "perfecting arrange
ments" which were to burst the whole
Southern Confederacy business into smith
Greens.
The little book is full of quite interesting
information concerning the moribund South
ern Confederacy. The calendar of the months
has the anniversaries of "battles in the
Revolution that is, the war of the rebel
lion-set opposite the days. Then follows
a roster Of the Government, with President
Jefferson Davis" at the head. 1t informs
| US that his term would expire in 1868
having been elected for six years-and that
he was mot eligible for reelection" 1t
occurs TO US that the aforesaid Grant and
Sherman had also something to do with his
inelgibility. In 1865 he vgas running for
something else.
In the roster of "the second or present
Congress of the Confederate States" appears
the name Of George G. Vest, now Senator
of the United States from Missouri, who was
then so-called Representative from the
Fifth District of that State.
In the list of the Confederate States the
The National tribune., 1892-04-07

Mrs Flint (coldly)-No, sir; I never give
anything to tramps.
Tattered Man (humbly)-I am not a tramp.
madam but the husband OF woman with q
mission. We moved in next door this morn
ing, and she orders me to ascertain your views
on the subject of Woman's Suffrage. You look
Ike the possessor of kind heart and must
beg you to give your opinion on the affirmative
side of the question. Otherwise l shall be
obliged to pass the night in the woods.
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IN 1892.

Mrs. Kiwhoop crushing into the wigwam)-
Wake up, Fourteen Stomachs Wake up! We
are all discovered at last. Christopher Column
bus is sailing into the bay.
Mr.. Kiwhoop looming q postum hide)-
Wauh Coum makes me heap tired! Why
couldn't he have cabled US he was coming to
discover u.s. so that we might have had the brass
band out to meet him? Ugh
But, you forget my dear, that ocean cables
and brass bands have not yet been invented"
"That's so, but they ought to be! What
kind of a way is this to receive great explorer,
I'd like to knoW?"