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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
AN OLD MAIDS PARROT.

An old maiden lady who strongly OBJ
iected to followers" had as a compan-
ion a gray parrot with wonderful fac
ulty for picking up sentences. One day
the old lady had occasion to severely
reprimand one of her maids for a breach
of the follower ordinance. This so
irritated the girl that as a wind up to
the recital of her wrongs, she exclaimed
passionately: 81 wish the old lady was
dead" The parrot lost no time in
showing off his newly acquired knowl-
edge when next taken into the drawing
room, to the alarm of its elderly mis-
tress, who supertitiously thought it was
a warning from another world. She at
once consulted the vicar, who kindly al
lowed his own parrot, who could almost
preach short sermon, sing psalms,
etc., to be kept for a short time with the
impious one. in order to correct its Ian
guage. To this end they were kept to-
gether IN a small room for a few days,
when the lady paid them visit in COM
pany with her spiritual adviser. To
their intense horror, Immediately the
door was opened, the lady's parrot sa-
luted them with the ominous phrase
81 wish the old lady was dead!' the
wears bird responding, with all the So
lemnity of an old parish clerk, The
Lord hear our prayer."-Fedthered
World.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
THE ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY.

Tradition has it that about the time
the Civil war broke out, soldier OF the
German army came to this country, and
enlisting in our army served through the
war. About the time the war closed he
casually remarked, one day, that it was
the custom in Germany for the people
to scatter flowers on the graves of the
soldiers once year. Nothing more was
said at that time, but it has been ru-
mored that this was the bottom or
foundation of the question at issue, VIZ,
the United States Soldiers Memorial
Day." Be this as it may, records tell us
that early in May, 1868, Adjutant-Gener-
al n. P. Chapman conferred with Nation
al Commander John A. Logan, of the
Grand Army of the Republic ian organ
ization than in its comparative infancy,
concerning the matter of having the
Grand Army of the Republic inaugurate
the system of spreading flowers on the
graves of the Union soldiers all over the
Union at some uniform time or day.
The matter seemed to strike General
Logan as being proper thing to do,
and he Immediately issued a general
order, in which he named the 30th of
May, 1868, ''For the purpose of strewing
with flowers, or otherwise decorating
the graves of comrades who died IN de-
fence of their country during the late
rebellion and whose bodies now lie in
almost every city, village, or hamlet
churchyard in the land" After speak
ing to the G. A. r. comrades of their
duties, he closes as follows: ut is the
purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to
inaugurate this observance with the hope
that it will be kept up from year to year
while a survivor of this war remains to
honor the memory of his departed. He
earnestly desires The public press to call
attention to this order, and lend Its
friendly aid in bringing to the notice OF
comrades in all parts of the Union in
time for simultaneous compliance there
with. Department commanders will use
every effort to make this order effec'
tive"
So much for the origin of Decoration
Day. Two things should be borne IL
mind, however, that for two years pre-
vious, several organized bodies of veter
ans decorated the graves of comrades
acting on their own responsibility, anC
not under any orders, and that Genera
John b. Murray claims TO have suggested
this idea to General Logsn some time IL
1896. As time went on the name o
Decoration was changed to 'Memori
al" the former word failing to express
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

The body Of Julius Baer was found by
freighters five miles from here Tuesday
morning, in a terribly mangled condi-
ton. His head and face were smashed,
so as to be hardly recognized, and nu-
merous wounds were to be found on his
body. Mr.. Frear was agent for the
great blood medicine, Sulphur Bitters.
Robbery was undoubtedly the motive, as
he was we'll known to have large sum
of money on his person. AS we go to
press there is no clew to the perpetra-
tors. -COlorddO Press.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

the feelings of the comrades, inasmuch
as it had too much shallowness for such
a grand service as has been inaugurated.
As to its observance in the South"
it is the custom of all the Grand Army
Posts there to observe the day by going
to as many cemeteries in their vicinity
as possible, conducting exercises and
placing flags and flowers on the graves
of Union soldiers. In this work they
are aided by contributions of decorating
flags from Northern posts and depart
ments.-BostOn Traveller.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
aooD AMI RELIABLE.

A good and reliable family medicine is
Sulphur Bitters. Every spring for six
years l have been troubled with boils.
Since l began using Sulphur Bitters, l
have not had a single one. You can re-
ly on Sulphur Bitters every time.-Edi-
tor Weekly News.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

Governor Flowers persistent decla-
ration that he is rot a candidate for
President is interesting, but doesn't the
gentlemen protest little too much? 1t
IS expected that the Governor has a long,
stout string tied to his declaration.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

The next year may bring tremend-
GUS revolution in political matters and
shake the country from centre to circum-
ference, but it cannot stop the popu-
larity of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

intensity to his protracted forbearance
and the long trial of his patience, moved
him to rebel and to quit Portugal
Emilio CASTELAR,, in June Century.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
RANGES!

Yes, my stock ranges all through the lines Of
stoves, hardware wooden, glass and tnware.
paints oils, varnishes, brushes, cutlery and an
hundred and one other articles that would take
the broad side of a newspaper TO enumerate, but
l specially want to call your attention TO
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
FOR SALE, OR TO LEASE.

Building lots on Silver and Morgan Streets.
Good location; good soil; pure water and fine
Hiew, L. P. NORTON.
Bennington, Nov. IS, 1S91.-tf.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
We Don't Want
the Earth !

But we want everybody to
know that we have removed our
store to NJ. @. Healy'S building,
near the r. r. depot, and fitted 1t
up with new goods. Call and see
our beautiful presents in French
China, decorated glassware, hand
lamps, CaStOrS, ETC.. presented to
every purchaser Of our choice
teas, baking powders, etc. We
are making a big run on fine foot
wear. We have large stock for
fall and winter wear in gents,
ladies', misses and youths boots,
shoes and rubberS. Latest styles.
Lowest prices. Our grocery de-
partment is complete. We dis.
play the largest line Of choice
cigars and tObacCOin the county.
Wholesale and retail. Full line
Of drugs, standard patent medi-
cineS, toilet articles, etc.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
TWPORTANT.


The English Dessicdted Soups can be
had ofA A. Wayne C Co., II India st.,
Boston, Sole agent for Nelo England
States. Write TO G.. AnketeIt 26 So.
William ST., Nelo York, for a quarter
pound in, making from 2 to Squdrt' de-
Hcious soup. Postpaid, 25c. A good IN
vestment for a small outlay. 46tlS
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

Coughing Leads TO Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. 44y1
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03

-"Speaking of coughing" says Mrs.
Partington, 'some will cough till their
face gets black and blue and never even
think of getting bottle of DR.. Bulls
COuph SvruD.n
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
FOR SALE
Or
TO LEASE {!

On Putnam Avenue, opposite
Aldine Knitting Mills, eight Of as
fine lots as can be found in town.
Lots just to grade, drainage per-
feet, fine shade trees, view unSur-
passed; only four minutes walk
from the Post Office or Depot.
This part Ofthe town is booming
and if you want a home or chance
to double your money call on
E. L. NORTON, or
j. j. NEVIS.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-03
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. REAL ESTATE FOR SAIL
YOUR CHOICE OF THIRTY BUILDING LOTS


prices. discount on lots taken before Nov lst
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30
RUSSIAN FARMERS.

force here. Heretofore Russia has had
no agricultural statistics and the peas
ants have lived from hand to mouth.
They are not economical or thrifty nor
accumulative in our sense of the word,
and it requires study of their character
and their condition to understand the
situation.
No one who visits Russia can be un-
impressed with the strength of character
seen in the faces of the people. ( first
saw these Russian peasants ut Jerusalem
about four years ago. 1t was at Easter
time, and they had come by the thou
sands on II pilgrimage TO the holy sepul-
cher, and of the polyglot humanity which
was gathered there from the four quar-
tiers of the world there were none so
strong in feature and in frame as these
Slavs. I see here every day walking the
streets of st. Petersburg with bundles on
their backs, driving cabs or droschkies
and working on the streets, men whose
nobility and strength of features would
create remark in the American crowd,
and at every corner you meet men whose
faces are such that you would be proud
to acknowledge them if you found them
among your ancestral portraits. Their
foreheads are high and broad, their eyes
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30
Fishing For SpOnges.

The British Consul, in his report on
the trade of Tripoli, remarks that the
sponge fishery on that coast is entirely in
the hands of Greeks, and is carried on
BY means of numerous small craft, EN-
ploying about 700 men amongst them.
The fishing takes place in the summer
months only, and is effected by machine
boats provided with proper diving ap-
paratus, or by trawlers and harpoon
boats. Last season there were twenty
one diving machines in use. These, as
the divers have time to select and cut
them, naturally secure the best sponges,
but the trawl nets and harpoon boats,
which can only fish in comparatively
shallow waters, to a greater or less ex-
tent damage the spongea by tearing them
from the bottom. The best sponges are
found to the westward of Tripoli, the
quality becoming inferior toward the
east. The diving is dangerous owing to
the presence of sharks and other acct
dents TO be met with, such as remaining
too long under the water or diving be.
yond the proper limits, which often ex-
hausts the divers and proves fatal to
them.-English Mechanic.
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straight, honest and kindly. Their noses
are large and clean cut, and their cheek
bones often rather prominent. Nearly
all are bearded and many are long haired
aud part their hair in the middle. Their
frames are as strong rs their faces. They
are big boned, well-joined race. and
they look as though they were made to
stay. The women are of the same char
acter as the men. They are not hand
some nor pretty, but they look kind and
motherly and what we would call fine
looking. They lack taste in dress, have,no
ideas of the harmony of colors, and wear
Il mean the ts-handkerchiefs
of all brightest colors of the rainbow
upon their heads. Their dresses are of
red, blue or other gay colors, and they
are gathered in at the neck and waist,
and fall to the feet in ungreceful folds.
They are sturdy Of frame and rather dull
and quiet in manner. They do as much
work as the men, and the men aud
women work in the fields side by side.
The men of the lower classes, as see
them here. are more pictures que in their
dress than the women. Russia is the
land of the cap, the long coat and the
top boots, and the peasants wear coats of
homespun, with long frocks, and even
such as dress in sheepskins, with the fur
turned in, have their coats reaching to
below the knees. Here in st. Peters
burg see few without ovezcoats, but
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30

the sweet summer wind was ruffling her
curls. when lie Roi uttered discordant
speech and flew away, startled by the
presence OF stranger.
Alilly sprang up.
"Doctor Darrowl" she exclaimed.
"Call me 'Jim, as you did that first
day. said he. Little Milly, you
don't know what you saved me from
when you mistook mo for the cousin
whom you had never seen. Don't shrink
away so, Milly. Have you forgotten
that you are engaged to met"
Through all the previous year bIilly
had beenrchearsing this scene to herself.
She had planned tho exact phrascology
in which she would express her apprecla-
ton, her indifference, her polite sang
froid. He should never know that she
liked him. She would let him see that
she regarded the whole thing Us joke,
and yet now that the time had come,
she was struck dumb, and sat, blushing
and silent, like any schoolgirl.
EMILY" he said, gently, "don't shrink
away from me. A year ago l believed
that life had no more charm for me; but
ihihhihB VI euOoC OluC CSCo VI 1OuiS, L
have come to different conclusion.
Dearest, you engaged yourself to me as
mere matter of form. Will you do it
again-this time in real carnest2"
And the end of Millys carefully
studied speeches was:
"Ycs."
So there was n Mrs. barrow in the
Moore family, after all, and when Ethel
Elliott, in Il shabby pension Mt Lucernc,
read the marriage notice, she exclaimed,
scornfully:
"Well, never thought that NIillicent
would take up with second. hand sweet
hearth
Mr.. Elliott made no reply; he was
gloomily surveying pile of unrcccipted
bills.
"Do you hear, Jim2" sharply spoke
his wife. "Millicent is married. And
to my old beaui"
Eyes, hear" said he, abstractedly.
"Weli, why don't you say some.
thing"
"I'vo only ono thing to say" snarlcd
the Spanish faced hero. "That any
idiot who gets married does n very
stupid thing. Five hundred francs
milliner's bill-a hundred francs board.
Good heavens what is going to become
oil us2"
~ thought you loved me, Jim,"
whispered Ethel. sI'm sure Doctor
barrow did,"
"Then," said Elliott, deliberately, 81
wish you had married him. - Saturday
Night.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30
A Jealous Cow.

a few years ago 1 had quiet mich
COW, Rose, which was fond of Thomas,
tho stableman, and also showed IN aver
sion to dogs. One morning l had Just
begun to dress when heard my puppy
barking in the cowshed. The next
minute heard roar of unmistakeable
fear and anguish-a human roar. l
dashed down stairs, and at the same
moment arrived my son pitch-for in
hand.
There lay Thomas ON his face in dry
gutter by the side of the road to the
cow-housc and the COW butting augrily
ut him. We drove off the COW and poor
Thomas scufiled across the road, slipped
through wire fence, stood up aud drew
breath.
"Wcll, Thomas" said I, "what's tho
matter with Rose2"
"Wcll, sir" said Thomas, 'tIheard the
pup bark aud united him, and was Just
coming out Of the cow-house with the
pup in my arms when Rose came round
tho corner. She knocked me down aud
would have killed me-"
Thomas had, indeed, had narrow
escape; his trousers were ripped up from
end to end, and rcd marks all along his
legs showed where Roses horns had
grazed along them.
"Well," said 1, "you'd better not
milk her this morning, since she's in such
u fury"
"oh, I'll milk her right enough sir,
by.and-by; just give her little time to
settle down." said Thomas. SITS only
jealously of that zero pup, sir. She
couldn't abide seeing me fondling of
it,"
In about twenty minutes Thomas called
me down to see the milk. The COW had
stood quiet enough to be milked. But
the milk was deeply tinged with blood,
and in half an hour copious red pre-
cipitate had settled to the bottom of the
pail. Till then had doubted the jeal-
ousy theory. After that I believed.
London Spectator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30

perhaps one, that would rise to the
emergency and do so much for its peo-
pie as Russia is doing. The contribu-
tions America has made have been of
great good, and they are most thank
fully, and, might also say, tearfully re-
ceived, but they are only drop in the
bucket to what Russia herself is doing
Our and other outside gifts amount, all
told, to perhaps three. quarters of Il
million dollars. The donations of the
Government and the people represent
in the nciehborhood of. $3.50, 900,
600, and the Car himself has
given about ten million dollars out
of his private fund. The Govern
ment loans to the famine villages amount
10 more than one hundred million dol.
lars, and these loans no one ever expects
that the peasants will repay. 1t is
physical impossibility for them to do so,
and, as one of the chief officials of the
Government said to me latterly, the Car
does not expect repayment. He always
gives present to the people upon certain
occasions, such as the coronation of
grand duke, and ut the next event one of
his presents will probably be the forgiv-
ing of this debt. This one hundred mil
lion dollars was given almost outright by
the Government, but in addition to it
numerous schemes have been favored and
authorized by the Gear to get money for
the sufferers, and the bulk of the gifts
have come from the people.
Consul General Crawford estimates
that the gifts of private citizens in Russia
to this famine have been not less than
800, 100000 roubles or the enormous
sum of S175, 100000. The gifts almost
surpiss comprehension, and all told, not
withstanding the vast population of
Russia, they amount, including those of
the Government, to SO for each man,
woman and child in the whole Russian
Empire, or to SIS per family. When you
remember that of the twenty cdd million
families that make up the Russian
people not many more than one million
of them probably has ever had SIS at
one time in its possession you get some
idea of the mighty strain this has been
on those who could give and have given.
The nobility have in all cases led tie list,
and hundreds of we'll. educated girls and
women of the best families of this and
other Russian cities are now in the famine
districts fighting the demons of starva-
ton, typhus fever and the smallpox in
behalf of the peasants. A number of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30

gathered. Great want and much suffer-
ing, however, must continue to exist for
the next year or 30 in many of the
States, and the drought may procipi-
tate second famine equally as terri
BILE as the present one. Notwith.
standing all that has been published
concerning the famine, we In the Unit
ed States have but little idea of its
terrible extent and of the wonderful
manner in which the Russians have
handled it. No country in the world,
with perhaps the exception of tho
United States, could withstand such a
strain as Russia is now undergoing, and
there is no Nation in the world, EXCEPT
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30
Elizabeth Wore IN Amulet.

Queen Elizabeth, during her last i'll.
ness, wore around her neck charm made
of gold which had been bequeathed her
by nm old woman in Wales who declared
that so long as the queen wore it she
would never be i'll. The amulet, as was
generally the case, proved of no avail;
and Elizabeth, Notwithstanding her faith
in the cheFm, not only sickened, but
died. During the plague in London,
people wore amulets to keep off the dread
destroyer. Amulets of arsenic were worn
near the cart. Quills of quick silver
were hung, around the neck, and also the
powder of toads.-Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30

like Tam O'Shanters, and the cavalry
have as many different kinds of headgcar
as the infantry. Some officers have
green bands about their caps and Others
blue, and in short there is every possible
cap combination from the shaggy fur of
the peasant from the wilds of north
Russia to the brimless astrakhan, which,
with 1t red silk crown, covers the head
of the cartridge breasted Caucasian
soldiers. The overcoats of the people
from the different parts OF the country
are also different, and the officers wear
coats of different colors and Of different
grades of length, ranging from the feet
to the top of the boots in size. All told
the dress of the men IS the most
picturesque one of Europe, and the
crowds which throng the streets of st.
Petersburg are like those of no other
capital of the world. The men are
naturally large and ine-looking. These
long ulsters make them look bigger, aud
the general effect produced is that of o
Nation OF giants.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30
DisInfecting Food for Russtana.

Distinction has been used recently
for on unusual, If not novel, purpose in
Russia. Owing to the need for food for
the starving peasantry, committees were
appointed for the purpose of organizing
q collection of scraps left after the meals
in the large cities. Many such scraps
were collected from hospitals as we'll as
from social gatherings. Thus arose the
alternative of conveying contagious
diseases to the peasants whom it was In
tended to benefit, or of destroying the
food. In the face of the terrible scarcity
in the country, the latter alternative was
clearly to be avoided if possible, so the
question was referred to the Bacteriologi.
cal Institution of Odessa for solution.
which came to the rescue with the sur-
gestion that morsels of bread left over
by persons infected with contagious
diseases should be dried at temperature
OF ESQ degrees F., or be submitted to q
current of steam of similar temperature
for at least one hour, when they would
be thoroughly disinfected.-The London
Hospital.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-30

those who took the smallpox. Almost
all of the great landed proprietors in the
famine districts are doing whit they can
to help their people. I hear of men who
have been feeding aud caring for five,
ten and in some cases even twenty and
twenty-five thousand peasants, and Count
Bobrinsky, who is at the head of the
transportation of famine relief here, is,
in connection with his family, support
ing nearly thirty thousand people out of
his own means, and at the same time aid
ing in the distribution of the foreign
and Government relief fund among the
people outside of his estates.
This relief work is not done spasmod-
ically nor without system. There is q
thorough organization, and as good
brains as you will find anywhere in the
world are managing it. The peasants
themselves are like children, and they
require the advice and the care of chill
dren. These people of Russia of the
highest classes go and stay with them.
They visit them in their huts, take care
of the sick-for there are but few doc
tors-and nurse them. With them is The
Russian Red Cross which has raised
about S35, QUO, 900 for the sufferers, and
which works, as do all outside institu-
tions, directly under the Government.
The Government of Russia is planning
great works to prevent the recurrence of
such condition as now exists. A fund
of $40, 100000 has been set aside to
build elevators aud places for the stor-
age of grain in all of the various districts,
and through our Consul General, DR..
John NJ. era Word, tho Interior Depart
ment has investigated our system of crop
reports and has just now decided to
adopt this system for Russia. Secretary
Rusk forwarded full information and
from now on the same organized system
that we have constructed will be in