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WELLS & COVERLY,
SS6 and 3S River and b. Is and II Fourth Streets Troy n

the Court never settled. BENZ. Gardner
and his heirs, it is true, are forever
barred, by virtue of his deed. But if
Benz Gardner was not minister of the
Gospel, according to the charter, did the
town acquire any right under the deed d?
The Supreme Court in 1889 decided
nothing in regard to the charter. Nothing
was asked in regard to that. The town
only sought construction by the Court
of the deed, in regard to the proper dis
charge of the trust created thereby. 1t
is now claimed that Benz. Gardner was
never minister so as to be entitled to
any benefit which the town charter Gre
ated for the first settled minister; that
his assumption was fraud, and the
town got nothing by his deed, not even
the authority to divide it; that this as
sumption on the part of Gardner, if not
tue, has entailed upon the Baptist
church of Pownal the odium of perpet-
uating a fraud, which, in view of their
claim that only the Baptist are entitled
to this land and it's benefits because
BENZ. Gardner, the donor, was a Baptist
is really equal IN turpitude to the theft
which they charge upon other denOm-
nations for receiving their share annu
ally given to them by the voters.
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In 1909 Gen. Stark being invited, as
was the custom with each recurring an
niversary, to participate in the celebIp.
ton of the Bennington battle held here
being unable to do so, sent this toast:
Live free or die; death is not the worst
of evils" This was the keynote of thai
year, and the same coming to the ear OF
President Madison, on the 26th of De
cembeT the President addressed letter
to the general. Gen. Stark's reply has
one paragraph that is of application to-
day in connection with our contingent
of pro British Free Traders, or the Cob
den Clubs American campaign. Gen.
Stark wrote under date of January 10th.
1910: However, among all the dangers
that have been witness of to our coun-
try and our Republican institutions, per-
haps there is none that requires more
watchful eye than our internal British
faction" A remark in the same letter
would apply to the conduct of Great
Britain in our late Chilean difficulty and
shows what Gen Stark would have
thought of England's attitude: eff the
enmity of the British nation is to be
feared, their allegiance is much more
dangerous. For | have fought wi th
them and against them, and | found
them treacherous and ungenerous as
friends, and dishOnorable as enemieS."
This picture will apply to the future ef-
forts of the United States to establish
reciprocity with South America and is
probably correct prophecy of the result
as between us and Great Britain.
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, South shaftsbnry,

There are SPUN shIs shaftsbnry'
about tywn. sick IN and
Mrs. Will UUlv 10 .:--..-;lb l., C,.;,,,,
at this writing. - 'D"'
George Stafford of Arlington, was in
town on Wednesday.
Miss Effie Galusha is to return to Ben
ningtOn again.
Mrs. Eddie Hawkins spent last Sab
bath at home.
Eward May has so far recovered as to
be able to go out little.
The warm sun of the past few days is
not improving the sleighing.
James Vosburgh is confined to the
house with rheumatic attack.
There is to be a surprise party at Mrs.
Hathaway's on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Henry Spencer with her little
son, Is visiting her parents in New York.
Will Cole is again at work, his wound
ed hand having improved very rapidly
Mrs. Heman Vaughn, lady of advanc-
ed age, died on Tuesday, after very
short illness.
George A. Bruce has gone to house
keeping in the house recently vacated by
L. W. Cole.
The relatives from here of Mrs.
Nicholas Galipo, attended her funeral
from her late home in Bennington last
Tuesday.
There was G. A. r. sociable at Lewis
Hills on Tuesday A lunch box party
very we'll attended.
Miss Susie Adams of Manchester Cen
| nf hnr frianH Misc MillIp
Barton last week.
James Bowen had the misfortune TO
fall on the ice in Bennington few days
| since and injured one arm badly.
Miss Aurilla Galusha has been quite
sick with la Grippe, but is convalescing
at this writing.
Henry G.. Towsley, a former resident
of this town, died at his home in Clarks'
| field, Ohio, a week or so ago.
Mrs. Bolster's father recently visited
| her. accompanied by another sister, Mrs
Matrass and her little daughter, Grace
There will be donation for the Rev.
C. A. Bradford at Grange hall, on
Wednesday evening, Feb. oath. A large
company is expected and desired.
Mr.. Hathaway, residing with his father
Alfred Mattison, has been in poor
health sometime, and is about breaking
up and returning to his home in Michi'
gan. He is employed in the Eagle
| Square works.
Theodord Carpenter has been detained
at home in Bath, n. Y, since Saturday
with hard cold He reached this place
to-day finding business pressing in every
| direction. The outlook for the coming
season in building looks bright
We learn that a recent townsman, al
though of late living and doing business
in North Bennington, has gone to Ten
nessee. where he has established bust
ness for himself. Mr.. Edward Whippl
is a young man of push and enterprise
and all wish him and his happy anC
prosperous life in their new home. Mrs
Whipple will 60 to their new home late
in the season.
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North POWnal,

Voting the ministerial money: This
annual ceremony, which took place in
Pownal on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, was accompanied
with some increased interest on account
of new questions which had agitaUed the
minds of some Of ourl citizens during
the year. 1t will be remembered that
this fund, which is yearly distributed
among our churches by the voters of the
town, is therent of certain lands which
the original charter provided should be
set off for the first settled minister in
town, to be absolutely his. Benz.
Gardner, who came to Pownal in 1103,
and began to preach, and on this
account claimed his rights under the
charter, as being the first settled min
mister. This was controyerted by the
town of Pownal in behalf of the Rev.
Caleb Nichols, who. it was claimed, was
the first ordained minister who had set
tied in town. The controversy was
taken to the County Court, but before
Judgment was reached, compromise
was effected and the suit discontinued,
by which this Deacon Gardner quit
claimed to the town his interest in
said ministerial lands, requiring the
town only to distribute its proceeds for
ever among the different denominations
of Christians, in certain proportions, ex-
cepting only the Episcopal church. I'm
mediately-in 1790-agreeable to this
trust, the town divided this land and
settled upon it Elder Caleb Nichols and
Elder Francis Burnett. After the death
of these men the land reverted to the
town, when it was rented out to parties
for a consideration. By this means quite
a sum accumulated in the treasury OF
the town, and in 1899 the selectmen, by
bill of interpleader, asked the Supreme
| Court to instruct them how to dispose
of this money under the deed by dis
tribution among the several denomina-
tions who then laid claim to it. The
Court instructed them how to divide it,
and thus it has been yearly divided ever
since that decision in 1889. Now the
question is, did the town acquire any
right through the deed of Benz. Gard.
ner ? The town originally had no right
to the land under the charter. No one
could acquire any right to it except by
and through the first settled minister.
Was Benz. Gardner minister of the
Gospel? That was the question carried
! in the controversy to the Court which
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"There is tariff on coal" says the
Retormer, and foreign coal is thereby
shut out of American markets." The
Reformer should read up on the tariff.
There is no tariff on anthracite coal, the
kind working people burn, and if free
coal would reduce the price, certainly
since 1888, if not longer, free trade has
had the opportunity to do so. On the
other hand there is tariff of - cents
per ton on bituminous coal, and that
kind can be delivered in Bennington to-
day for $685. long ton of 2240 pounds.
What then becomes of the Reformer' s
argument ? There is not pound of
coal used in Bennington among the fam
lilies, and has not been for decade, upon
which there is one penny of tariff. The
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makes higher prices and tends to monOp:
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The departure of the Canadian reci-
procity commissioners from Washington
is accompanied by the disclosure of the
fact that they have had no authority
whatever from the home government in
England even to enter upon the prelim-
mary diplomaticneg citations for a rec
iprecity treaty. Their purpose is said
to have been to ascertain for the home
government just what the United States
would be willing to do in respect to a
reciprocity treaty with the Dominion.
Not only did they fail in this effort, but
they neutrality-suspicious. for reciproc-
ity which could have emanated from
no other source than the English govern
ment, because they were entirely favor
able to Canada and to England as against
the United States. The conferences of
the commission with the State Depart
ment extended over a period of nearly
ten days.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19

The convention of the Vermont Re-
publican League at Burlington last week,
sounds the keynote of the next cam
paign, which is to be fought on the issue
of Protection, or America for Ameri-
cans. The League is organized to dis
seminate Republican principles pri-
marily, and not to name candidates for
office. To make the history of the party
known, its grand achievements IN the
past andprOmise for the future familiar
to the young rather than even to seem
to dictate to, or usurp the duties of Re-
publican conventions. That the League
thus far has abundantly fulfilled its mis-
sion, within these limitations, there can
be no doubt, but with this caution, that
a tendency be checked which is mani
tested to push candidates rather than
principles, we heartily commend the
work af the Republican Leagues of the
State and Country.
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The deadly typhus or ship fever, for a
long time stranger, has again visited
our shores, and seems to be spreading in
spite of prompt and energetic measures
to quarantine the plague. 1t is dirt
disease and when in New York before,
@ og 10 disa.:o Tad dqMn frMSnn3 fT0m wells
is probable now. The last time it pre-
vailed in this locality was in 1S4S-49, and
in those years Albany, N. Y, was visited
with the pestilence. The fact that sew
eral ship-loads of emigrants have been
allowed to land and scatter has had the
effect to expose a very large tract of our
country to its ravages. We hear of it in
Chicago, in Pennsylvania, in Connecti-
cut, and the cases multiply in New York
city. Not an emigrant or passenger
should be allowed to land until the dis
ease is stayed.
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White Creek.
Receive d too late for last y

LheCelNed zoo late Tor last week
Thirty-one relatives of Ichabad NJ
Cross met at his house in the west part
OF Shaftsbury, on the farm which be-.
longed to his grandfather before Ver-'
mont was received into the Union. Mr.,
Cross was sixty-fve years old Feb. 9th.
1892, and is the last Of the name living
lives ves'&wfaaShg5Ef was nsEEf ~ The farm on which htr
hN0S Mds pdTJ OF Jn6 = 10y Z ttl ~
tsKffffgp sKffffgp : &SsW aiWY E,Y}, York and the New Hamp-
tween New York and Vermont, and has
always remained in the Cross family,
which cannot be said of any other farm
in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Cross
have lived together for over forty-one
years, have four children and two grand
children, which is all that are left of the
Cross family in SALISBURY. The tables
were loaded with all the good things of
the season, and had all who were invited
been there, there would have been
enough left for another birthday party.
Atabout ten o'clock, p. M, the party
broke up with a few remarks from some
of the guests wishing Mr.. and Mrs
Cross and family long and happy life.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19

"Well, if your American workman
consumes more food" cries the erviolB
free trader, "he has to pay much mOp
for it." Not at all. In spite of tie far
greater liberality of the American'i bill
of fare the average cost per family in
this country for all kinds of foods S243
against 1922 in Europe. Thatis, the
foreigner has to pay almost as mich for
his mean and scanty table hs the
American does for his generouAy sup
piled one.
If the American wage Garner better
fed than the European, he is alp much
better housed, whether he ownsthe roof
over his head or hires it of ahndlOrd.
One in five of the American families
whose condition was investigated owned
their own homes, and these irOJ workers
are among the very hLmblet of our
people. Only one in twenty-five of the
European families could FAY that
they owned the houses in which they
lived, and these were pretty pOr novels,
too, averaging less than four iooms per
family.
Besides the table showinI the ex-
penditures for food, there ! another
interesting exhibit of the incidental ex-
penditures of iron workers n the two
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LOCAL POSTSCRIPT.
POwnal.

POwnal.
The new bell on the mill is a great inn
proVement to the help.
Dennis Brown and wife of North
Adams were guests of Joe. Barber Sun
day.
Thursday evening, at the NJ. E.
church, 4 musical programme will be
rendered, after which refreshments will
be served.
L The subject of next Sunday evenings s
lecture at the Methodist Episcopal
church will be "The True Path in Life, :"
by tie pastor.
The Hoosac Valley knitting mills
have been shut down since Saturday
morning. They expect to resume work
about Tuesday or Wednesday.
We would like to compliment the
young ladies more highly who gave the
leap year ride to WilliamstOwn on the
9th inst, but we do not see that much
mue can be done; but we will say that
thS young gentlemen are very grateful
to them for their kindness, and espe-
cialy to those that had charge.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19

A dispatch from New Orleans, La,
says THAT at last the true secret of the
withdrawal of the Louisiana State Lot
terry from the political arena is out. Half
dozen friends of John A. Morris, the
principal owner and director of the Com
pany, have been aware of the coming
change, but the secret has been carefully
guarded. A stockholder of the Company
has said that the Louisiana Lottery will
be removed to Mexico in 1893. Presi-
dent Diaz has already expressed himself
favorable to the project provided the
lottery will make as favorable PROPOSE
ton to the Mexican Government as was
made to the State Of Louisiana. 1t is
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19

The American spends mDre, both Tor
necessaries and ''incidentak," than the
Englishman, but he can affFd to. The
average expenditure for eah member of
the family in America is $40, while it is
$50 in England. But the aierage income
in America is S124, against SSS in Eng
land. The result is that aIiron workers
family of ordinary size in this country
saves about $75 per year, Jhile in Great
Britain, under those frel trade condi-
tions which Messrs. Cleveland, Hill,
Mills. German and the reIt are anxious
to have us emulate, an English family can
barely scrape together i25-just about
enough TO send one mem yer of the fam
lily to America.
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WAGES AND COST or LYING.

There are many able volumes in which
the doctrine of protection to home in
dustry is expounded by learned men for
the use of students, but, after all, the
best arguments for the protectionist doc
trine are contained in the labor and in
dustrial statistics of great Common
wealths like Massachusetts,, and of the
United States. The sixth annual report
of the National Commissioner of labor.
says the Boston journal, is brimful of
such arguments, as is certain to be the
case whether the incumbent of the Office
is a democrat or Republican; all that
is needed is that he shall tell the simple
truth.
In the present instance the Commits
sioner devotes much attention to a study
of the cost of production and the com
parative income and cost of living of
American and European wage earners in
the great iron and steel industry. His
careful figures demonstrate not only that
the American worker receives larger
wages but also that he lives much more
comfortably and saves more money than
tribute to American eEtet jjsIse sanI6ang
the superior efficiency to which great II.
dustries are developed under the protec
tive system, that in iron and steel pro-
duction we have outstripped England
and are now the foremost nation of tho
world We have done this, too, whih
the wages of our working people AMI
their comforts have been constantly i'm
proving.
In no point is the contrast betweei
American and foreign workers more
marked than in the amount of the fool
which they are able to purchase and cor
sumo. Here is a table showing the con
sumption OF food per individual adult i
iron workers families on both sides o
the ocean.
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STOP AND THINK

How much money you have thrOwnI
away buying worthless medicines, pre-,
pared by unprincipled parties, who care@
not what harm they may do to your sys-I
tenn. TOu can depend upon every bot,
tie of Sulphur Bitters as being reliables
medicine. 1t searches out and cleansesS
from the blood all impure matter, and.
makes you feel like new person.
Boston Daily Globe,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-19
WHY NOT GEORGE / EDMUNDS ,

The State papers are ttlking about our
next Governor but hesitate about nam
ing candidates. Our candidate is George
f. Edmunds. 1t will By no particular
honor to him but it wo9d be very great
honor to the State, an( when the Yer
mont day comes arounl at the Chicago
Exposition in 1893, Virmont can point
TO her Governor and cal upon any State
in the Union to match him. Vermont
ers living out of tho State would be
proud of him. The chief production Of
our State is claimed tobe noble men and
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womeE and why not have the noblest?
Roman of them all at the head in 1898. 1t
will le objected that he will not take it.
Try him. 1t will be objected that
he is on the wrong side of the State.
Then turn the State over for two years.
The fellow on the east side ought to be
willing to wait two years for the sake of
having Edmunds for Governor in 1898,
that is, if he is any kind of a fellow and
fit td be Governor at l.-Manchester
.JottibdI
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The particular point which scientists
are anxious to determine in the present
auroral displays is the limit of these
phenomena. From past observations
the conclusion has been reached that
Democratically, their areas are somewhat
diffused rather than restricted, judging
from Senator Vests recent letter, which
is printed, with Introductory comments,
in another place to-day.
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understood that Morris favors the City
of Mexico as location for headquar-
ters." There is nothing improbable in
this report that the Louisiana Lottery is
preparing under a new name, to take ref
uge in Mexico. The people of Mexico
have different views on the lottery ques-
tion from those that prevail in the
United States. and the establishment of
the lottery there would be an issue. not
of morals, but of money
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Stamford.

Rev. A. L. Powell is spending few
days il Boston and vicinity.
Owing to the absence of the pastor
there were no services at the Baptist
church Sunday.
Mrs. O'Neil Of Lowell, Mass, has been
visiting the past week with her brother,
the Rev. A. L. Powell. She returned
Friday.
Mrs. J. II. Millard is in North Adams,
Mass, attending to her son, Fred Lam
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H. d. Sprague expects to move toS
Nottingham soon. c. c. Ridder has;
purchased the place formerly occupied byi
Mr. Sprague.
Miss Ada Bond returned to Castleton
Monday to resume her studies there.
The entertainment at L. Whitcomb's
Wednesday evening was the most enjoy
able affair of the season.
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A meeting of the Republican State
Committee has been called at the Pa
vilion. Montpelier, for Thursday even
ing, Feb. 2jth, to select time and place
for holding State convention to elect
delegates to Minneapolis and probably
for a convention to nominate State
officers.
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fair, who is seriously sick at W. S.
Underwoods.
The gathering at the Baptist church
last Tuesday evening. and also the one
at the Methodist church Wednesday
evening were largely attended, and S12tE
and $3.50 respectfully were the fruits OF
the entertainments. All attending had.
grand good time and left with hearts
as merry and light as those they left be-.
hind.
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