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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-20
Tho Lebanon Springs r.. r..

The Troy Press of Friday had this
item: "There was filed in the county
clerks office to-day the report of John
l.. Henning of Saratoga, referee in the
case Aaron Il. Stevens and Harper w.
Rogers against the Union Trust COM
pany of New York, the Lebanon Springs
railroad and others. The report recites
that various hearings have been had and
that there have been produced before
the referee bonds representing the
amount of S1,3C6,600. Upon each of
these bonds there is due interest at the
rate of Z per cent. from January l, 1870,
making the amount which will be due
upon each 81 200 on May 16, 1892, the
sum of 81, 1880. The referee gives a
list of the bOndhOlders and the amount
of their holdings, included in which list
are these names: Cornelius Vanderbilt
and William X Vanderbilt. 200; Rufus
B. Godfrey, Bennington, Vt, S2OOi &.
yelling Thatcher, Bennington, Vt,
81, 400; Eliza II. Mccullough, Laura ii.
Jennings and TrenOr L. Park, children
of Trenor w. Park of Bennington, Vt,
deceased, S5j000 Samuel j. Tilden
estate, $3.50; l.. p. Norton, Bennington,
Vt, $1,000; Edward l.. Sibley, Benning-
ton, VT, $500. There remains bonds to
Jne amount Ol SOOoiJOO SIdI0u "' Pc.
value. The referee finds that the amount
for the bondholders to contribute to the
expenses of the suit is $4,000, to be paid
out of the proceeds of the sale of the
Lebanon Springs railroad, which is to be
held at the court house in this city May
10th. The referees fees are $1,000, and
his disbursements S540.46."
On the 10th the Press contained the
following account of the sale: The
LebaAon Springs railroad this afternoon
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North POwnal.


House Cleaning.-The female portion
of our households are now fairly in the
midst of this mania. Our yards are
hung with carpets and tapestry, while
indoors the moving of heavy bodies and
the sound of hammers indicate con-
dition of universal confusion and unrest.
Of course we males are treated as rub
bishn during this crazy period OF our
wives and daughters and the effect of
thus being made an outcast in ones own
home and being treated as useless things
by those we love, is to make us sad and
morose, and causes us to search the
newspapers curiously for all items of
suicide as if we were seriously contem-
plating some easy method of escaping
from this mortal state. At this period
women only attend the stated weekly
PRAYER meeting, and the prayers they
offer, the Sci ipture they read indicate
longing for heaven where no dust
shall gather, nor any filthy creature in
wade to tarnish or disturb the order and
arrangement of the most fastidiOus
female taste The physician and the
attorney are the only persons who seem
to be elevated above these unfavorable
conditions. The Doctor smiles because
each day during this season he is called
to administer some favorite tonic or
anodyne. in order to restore the nervous
equilibrium of mothers daughters and
sisters, disturbed by the daily lifting
and tugging of heavy furniture, the
stretching and lacking of carpets and the
hanging of new paper upon the walls of
their dwellings; while the lawyer laughs
for he too has all the business he can do
in writing wills and cOdicils thereto, in
preparing and filing in our courts
petitions for divorce and in concluding
and drafting articles of separation
between distracted husbands and wives.
In the morning you ask your neighbor
why he looks so glum and worn, and he
will tell you how he is driven from his
accustomed couch to occupy comfort
less bed, extemporized for the occasion,
while sloep is made impossible by the
heavy breathing and the talking in their
sleep of the tired and exhausted women
of his home. Approach your house at
noon, and as soon as you come within
sight of the front door, there will stand
your wife, with cotton turban on her
head, and calling at the top of her voice
for you to hurry and move the stove,
before dinner: and your appetite at once
falls TO zero, by this appeal which you
recognize as the announcement of cold
and unpalatable meal. AT this season
of the year, the presence, even, of
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South ShaftsburYr

Frank Rice's house will soon be COM
pleted.
Mrs. Deans new house is getting I'M
der cover quite rapidly.
Carrie Slocum is on the sick list. She
has been poorly for some little time.
Miss Agnes Eddy of Arlington, recent
ly visited her friend Miss Mary Munro.
Mrs DR.. Woodruff and Mrs. c. S..
Matteson spent last Thursday in Troy,
N. Y, shopping.
Adelbert Hawkins and Will Cole are
busy with their buildings, which will
very soon be raised.
Miss Effie Lakins of Manchester, is in
town having dressmaking done at her
aunt's, Mrs. DR.. Woodhull's.
Ormel Pierce has gone up to the Put
nam residence, in the Adirondacks, to
attend to the painting of the premises.
Miss Aggie Conway of HoOsick Falls,
n. Y, with a friend, visited her sister,
Mrs. EllwOrth Dean, over the Sabbath.
Miss Bertha Slocum was recently
married to L. DEMO. Mrs. DEMO still
remains at home on account of the
sickness of her sister.
Several of the carpenters of the Eagle
Square Manufacturing Company have
been making some repairs on the Jen-
nings residence, "Fairview,' North
Bennington.
W. r. Matteson of Waterbury, Conn.,,
has been spending few days at home,
visiting his father, the Hon. VIM. p.
MattesOn, whose health remains as it has
been for many months past
The Cornet band were out last Satur-
day evening doing little serenading,
which was agreeable to our little village.
They promise from present appearances,
to be fine band. They have made very
marked improvement and do credit to
their leader, Mr.. Stafford, also to them
selves.
The musicale to be given on Monday
night, May 23d, at the residence of G. B.
Matteson, will be something new here,
and will be attractive to lovers of music.
Much pains has been taken to make it
as attractive as possible. AS it is given
under the auspices of the church it is
hoped that the friends who have so
kindly worked to make it pleasing en-
tertainment will find that their labor has
not been in vain. The tickets will be
sold at the store of VIM. p. MattesOn &
Company on Saturday May 2lst. There
will be seating capacity for 30 in one
room and first come first served There
will be other sittings not quite so near,
however, to the instruments.
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Memorial Day.

Last week we gave brief item in re-
gard to Memorial Day and gave the pro-
gramme of the 9th Corps Post. Below
we give the full ''order," as issued by
Post Custer.
HEADQUARTERS G. A. CUSTER
No. AZ. Dept OF VERMONT, G. A. r.
BENNINGTON, APRIL 10, 1892.
Post Orders No. l.
CoMRADEs:-In obediance to General
orders, No. 8, and department orders No.
I, you will report for duty Memorial
Day, Monday, May Both, at 0 o'clock a.
M. sharp, to renew our devotion and
fidelity to the sacredness of the day, and
to the performance of its more sacred
duties. 1t is hoped that these will so
impress themselves upon the minds of
each comrade, that it will not become
necessary to urge them to prompt at
tendance. Let us be prompt to decorate
the graves of our noble, patriotic and
heroic dead within our Jurisdiction; not
only with tribute, beautiful and fra
grant, that must fade, but with that
fraternity and soldierly sympathy which
has been welded in the fire of battle.
Let every comrade respond to the
kind invitation of the Rev. Mr.. Heaxt,
pastor of the NJ. Z. church, to attend
Memorial services Sunday, May 10Th.
We will march to church from the Post
room at 6:l5, p. m, in company with the
w. X. Corps and Sons Of Veterans.
On Recommendation of Memorial
committee the following comrades are
hereby detailed to perform the usual and
customary duties in the following named
cemeteries II. T. Cushman, North
Bennington; NJ. V. b. Armstrong,
Kingsley; A. J. Noyes, Hindesville; K.
NJ. Houghton. Chapel; Comrade Gleason,
Woodford; Thomas Newman, Soldiers
Home.
In compliance with Department orders
the National .colors will be displayed at
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half-mast, in respect to our late deceased
comrades, General Wells and Col. Pin
gre, Sunday, May Goth, and Post officers
will wear on the left arm the usual
badge of mourning, for the next thirty
days on all public occasions.
MUSTERED OUT.
''The mufied drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on lifes parade shall meet,
The brave and fallen rev.
On flames eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread;
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivOuac of the dead"
The following named comrades are
hereby appointed to assist in the exc
cution of the recommendations of the
Department Commander, "the setting
apart of some portion of Friday pre-
ceeding Memorial Day." to the recitation
and singing of patriotic pieces, selections
in the schools, and such other exercises
as will help to build up in the thoughts
of their pupils love and veneration for
liberty, loyalty and devotion to the old
flag, the emblem of liberty: Q. NJ, A.
NJ. Downs, Bennington; o. G., Frank
Albee, Bennington; Comrade H. 7.
Cushman, North Bennington; Comrade
Col. Walbridge, North Bennington;
Adj't, A. A. Collins, South Salisbury;
Comrade A. j. Noyes, Henry district.
The citizens of Bennington are
earnestly appealed to for their sympathy
to unite with us by their presence in
keeping green the memories and heroic
deeds of our fallen heroes, in Memorial
Day ceremonies. Let all flags be dis
played at half-mast.
JAMES B. MCNAMARA, Post Com.
A. A. COLLINS, Adiutant.
THE W. II. C..
The ladies of G. A. Custer Woman's
Relief Corps No. 2. G. A. R., have.pro-
cured through Mr.. Houghton, the florist,
beautiful design of "Grand Army
Badge" to be worked and. decorated
with the finest blossoms and choicest
flowers for the unknown Dead" on
Memorial Day-to be placed in Benning-
ton cemetery, to commerate the deeds
and keep fresh and green the memories
of those fallen heroes-whose bodies lie,
perhaps, many of them, where they fell
on Southern battlefelds of strife and
deadly carnage.
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Eastern New York CIrcuit-Purses se.s5O

There VIII be circuit OF races conn
mencing at Granville, n. Y, June IA
and 10; Cambridge, N. Y, June 81 and
% and Schaghticoke, n. Y, June 2S and
20. These races will be for two days at
each place and the aggregate purses will
amount to $3.50; $3.50 to be given by
each track association for five purses as
follows: Purse No. 1, 2:35 class, $780,
No. 2, $50 class, 5000; No. 8, 4-year-old
class, $50; No. 4, 2:30 class, trot and
pace, $3.50; No. 5, 2:4O class, 5000. The
purses are uniform at each meet
ing. Entries close June I. For entry
blanks address William Munson, Gran
vile, n. Y, J. L. Pratt, Cambridge, n.
Y, Secretary Driving park, Schaghticoke,
n, Y
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Miss Alice Matteson has gone to Ben
nington to work.
Henry Barney went to Rutland
Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. w. B. Randall has been visiting
her father and other relatives in Sand
gate.
Mrs. Hurd of Cambridge, n. Y. spent
few days with her brother, w. B. Ran
dali ard family.
There was social gathering at Mr.,
Marvin's last Thursday evening. All
seemed to enjoy themselves and have a
good time in general.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-20

"A Mr.. Abbott, at work at a mill in
Canaan, was crushed under some rolling
logs last week and one leg was broken in
two places.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-20

single copies of the Banner, In
Wrappers for Mailing II Desired
THREE Gents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

The first pipe organ was made by
Archimedes B. c. 22o.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

In his History of Barbados" Griffith
Hughes mentions that the juice of the
papaw tree is of so penetrating nature
that, if the unripe peeled fruit be boiled
with the toughest old salted meat, it
quickly makes it soft and tender. Ker-
stem also tells Us that boiling meat with
the juice Of the paQaw is quite a com
mon thing il Quito.
Captain S. p. Oliver, writing in Ma
ture, July 10, 1879, says, "In Mauritius.
where we lived principally on ration
beef cut from the tough flesh of the
Malagasy oxen, we We're in the habit Of
hanging the ration under the leaves
themselves, aud If we were in hurry
for very tender piece of fllet, our cool;
would wrap up the undercut of the sly
loin in the leaves, when the newly
killed meat would be as tender as if it
had been hung for a considerable time. =
Chambers journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18
A r,or,crtary DELAY.

AT first blush it would seem to be IN
impossible feat for q pedestrian-a poor,
! defenceless woman. at tbat--to success
! fully bar three entrances TO the Brooklyn
( bridge. 1t took place on the Brooklyn
side one morning last week, when the
( wage workers werc hurrying to the
! metropolis, and q large assembly was
| kept in state of suspense for minutes
that seemed ages.
To explain the feat accomplished, you
remember how the entrances are ar
! ranged-a ticket Office on either side, be-
tween them two iron parallel bars to
guide you through. Between these raii-
ings is space through which, You pass
on to The "chopping boxes, where tickets
are deposited, but if you have to pur-
chase them you pass between rail and
the box.
She was a gray haired old lady ard she
wished to buy a ticket. There would
have been less difficulty had it not been
for the umbrella. 1t was thrust under
the old lady's arm as a man poses his
umbrella when going up the al" stairs
point 10 the rear and breast high.
The old lady stepped into the middle
space, and while the umbrella swung
round like tollgate bar, closing the
space behind her. she reached over to
the ticket Office and calmly proceeded to
open her purse, tumble a roll of bills,
finally select one, and with both arms
stop the passing of pedestrians until
disgusted lot of humanity was damned.
With the umbrella posed like an in
fantryman's bayouet fixed to ropel caval-
ry the old lady and her gray hairs held
the fort. AT last her pennies and tickets
had been picked up one by one. She
gave way and the crowd surged around
her like the foodtide around a shad pole
in the North river.-New York Herald.
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An IrresistIble ANIMAL.

Men and women who understand the
art OF bending others to their will give
due Importance to the passion of vanity,
and do not scruple to play upon it. A
young French officer who was ordered to
fire upon French revolutionary mob,
begged his general to let him try first to
persuade them to withdraw. 1T is use-
less to appeal to their reason" said the
general. Certainly, answered the Off
Ger; "and it is not to their reason, but to
their vanity, would appeal" The Off
Ger rode up to the front Of the mob, dotted
his cooked hat pointed to the guns and
said: Gentlemen will have the kind
ness to retire; for am ordered to shoot
dawn the rabble. The street was cleared
at once for none could brook the idea of
being classed with the scum Of the city.
During the agraran riots which dis
turbed England in 1882, mob of rick
burners and machine breakers appeared
at the old mansion Of two elderly maiden
ladies. The walls of the hall were deco
rated with suits of armor and antique
weapous-pikes, halberds, swords and
, battle axes. The mob clamored for the
weapons and for drink. The ladies cour-
ageously refused their demands, and
when the mob seemed ready to resort to
violence, Miss Betty, the elder of the
ladies, went up to the leader, a hideous-
looking man, and said: you, too, of
all the people in the world! I'm not sur
prised at these poor misguided creatures.
But that such good looking, intelligent
man as you should attack two defence
less women does astonish mel You are
the man should have looked to for pro-
lection. But you are not the man / took
you for! Never again will l trust to
good looks!" There was no standing up
against that compliment. The man took
off his hat, and said: "Come, old lady,
we amt SO bad as all that only give us
some beer We would not harm a hair
Of your hsad!" "No: / know that, ~
retorted Miss Betty. "You can't; I
wear a wig!" The mob roared with
laughter, and retired without smother
word. Womanly tact had won the day.
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Undisputed Merit.

The greatest success of the Royal
Baking Powder is due to the extreme
care exercised by its manufacturers to
make it entirely pure, uniform in
quality, and of the highest leavening
power. All the scientific knowledge,
care and skill, attained by a twenty
years practical experience are con.
trbuted toward this end, and no phar
maceutical preparation can be dis
pensed with greater accuracy, precs-
ion and exactncss. Every article
used is absolutely pure. a number
of chemists are employed to test the
strength of each ingredient, SO that
its exact power and effect in combina-
tion with its co.ingredients is de-
finitely known. Nothing is trusted
to chance, and no person is employed
IN the preparation of the materials
used or the manufacture of the powder
who is not an expert in his particular
branches Of the business. AS "a con-
sequence, the Royal Baking Powder
is of the highest grade Of excellence,
always pure, wholesome and uniform
in equality. Each box is exactly like
every other, and will retain its power
and produce the same and the high
est leavening effect in any climate, at
at any time. The Government
Chemists after having analysed all
the principal brands in the market, in
their reports placed the Royal Baking
powder at the head of the list for
strength, purity and wholesomeness,
and thousands of tests all over the
country have further demonstrated
the fact that its qualities are, in every
respect, unrivaled.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

Among the constables in the Royal
Irish constabulary stationed at the depot
In the Phenix park, Dublin, is Constable
Sir Thomas Echlin, Bart. According to
Debrett's bGronetage the Echlin family
is Of ancient Scotch origin and formerly
possessed princely estates in Scotland,
and also large domains in the counties
Of Kildare, Carlow, Dublin and Mayo.
The third baronet dissipated q large Dor,
tion 90 the family estates, and the fourth,
fifth and sixth baropets managed to get
through with the remainder. Then the
present baroaet found himself lanGlees
and entered the Royal Irish coRstabu,
lGry.-Yankce Blade.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

An exchange says that coal for the
taking is the so now for people living
along the banks OF the North Branch
of the Susquehanna and even along
the banks of the big river for a G )od
distance. 1t is a well known fact that
for years coal that has been washed
down from the mines at Hazleton and
some from the Wyoming region has
been accumulating along the river bed
for hundred miles and more TN il
now many people enjoy the luxury Of
burning free coal. The getting is all
that is required. The coal taken
from the river is washed smooth and
round by the action of the water 1t
is said that very little slate is found
among it, and that when used in the
stove it makes an excellent iire. Some
Of the gatherers of this coal get it for
their individual use and some get it to
sell. The proprietors of Savidge's
sand digger have been taking twenty
tons 4 day from the river at Iohnson's
run above Northumberland by using
the digger. 1t is said that Jere Sa.
vidge disposes of the black diamonds
at the rate Of two tons for five dollars
while 4 Shamokin Dam party is said
to sell 1t for $G.4o per ton.
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The Great Rule of Life.

We have to be governed very largely
by the analogies Of nature whenever we
venture into the realm of the possibili.
ties and the unknown, and there is nc
analogy in nature Of something being
given for nothing. Tho seed has to
push through the ground to find the sun;
the tree has to draw its sap up from un-
seen sources to whirl forth its buds; the
bud itself has to force its way through
obstacles of bark and fiber; the bird has
to build its nest with careful endeavor
and many journeys ere it feels the little
wings beneath its breast; the gold has to
be mined, the precious stone dug from
the matrix; the diamond has to undergo
fierce processes of grinding and securing
before its facets shine like living light.
Struggle is the rule of lie. Were 1t
otherwise It would seem as though we
might all Of us have been put upon the
planet in conditions of luxury and ease
and eminence that would require no
effort on our part, and leave us free for
all the enjoyment the world affords.
But what soft, untempered, worthless
metal we should be in such case! 1t il
the fire that tempers the steel; It Is tho
hammer that YIELDS it; TIE grinding,
whirling stone that brings it to an edge.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18
A Poor Folks Garden.

So early were collectors in California,
and so universal was the interest felt in
Europe over the new plants Of the Pa
citic coast, that many trees of sequoias
and other superb conifers were planted
in the parks of England, France and
Italy long before the discovery Of gold.
Wealthy Californians, as early as 1865,
visiting Europe, We're surprised to find
how popular We're the brilliant ANIMALS,
Towering shrubs, vines and trees Of
their own state. Returning they often
urged neighbors to cultivate more OF the
native plants, but with little effect.
In Alameda county, Il plain, unedu-
Gated Englishwoman Of Lancashire yeo-
man stock was one of the first persons
in all California to make home garden
of wild flowers from field and hill. /
remember in Ey boyhood the passionate
devotion that she showed to this pursuit.
at do be the best land the sun ever
shone on" she declared. "for poor foil,
to have a garden. Charles II. Shinn in
Century.
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Tho Giants Organ.

One of the most interesting features
of the Giants causeway is "The Giants
Organ" This huge instrument" con-
sists of a group Of pillars Of various
lengths set apart on the side Of the main
cliff The larger columns being in the
center and the smaller ones tapering off
Oh either side, after the fashion OF organ
pipes, admirably sustain the idea which
the name "Giants organ" conveys ST.
Louis l.elullic
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

Quick and sure One.third of a
bottle cures neuralgia and backache.
MIR. w. H. Gill, Byesville, Guernsey
Co, o., writes: 81 had severe attack.
Of neuralgia and pains in my back
and shoulders, and after using one
third of bottle of Salvation Oh was
able 10 90 to work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

Bul's.Head Flavoring Extract, the
housewives indispensable companion
are rapidly displacing all worthless
goods. They are cheap as good
article can be made. Price 10 CT.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

A gentleman is distinguished from
churl by the purity Of sentiment he can
reach in all these three passions-by his
imaginative love as opposed to lust his
imaginative possession Of wealth as OPP
posed to avarico; his imaginative desire
Of honor as opposed to pride. -Rusk;n.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18

Mr. Constant S4uGbGler-What kind
If u suit do you think had better get
-or Sundays?
Mrs. G. Swell, if you want one to
watch your usual Sunday disposition,
,ou had better get pepper and salt
.-ait.-Exchanse.