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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
''cHEsTNUTsl FRESH ROASTED cHEsTNUTsw

"CHESTNUTSI FRESH ROASTED CHESTNUTS!
times three times a Sunday, to drive
seven miles along a bad road in the middle
of the night and work four hours by the
light of the moon in an attempt to secure
possession of two bushels of walnuts,
which he might have bought for less
money than it cost to repair the damage
made to his trousers by dog that be-
longed to the owner of the tree from
which the nuts were shaken by the solid
citizen. The aforesaid owner of the tree
and dog was greatly grieved because
his brute had wrecked the aforesaid gar
ments, as he stated with emphasis at the
village store the next morning, but he
was fright glad that the pup had a
chance fer practice" He sought to make
substantial restitution to the staid citizen
by sending to him the nuts which had
been left behind in the hurry of escaping
from the dog, identifying the man by
means of the fractional part of the trou-
sers' pattern left in the dogs mouth.
But the nuts and the torn piece of cloth
were sent back, together with fine show
of indignation, and the two men have
not held verbal communications since.
Many mental and physical disorders OF
O seasonable nature are inclined to be
also local, but the eccentricities that
come with the nutting time seem to be
confined to no particular part of the
country, nor to the gatherers of any par
ticular sort of nut. Chestnuts, which
do not grow west of the Mississippi
river; hickory nuts, common everywhere
east of the Rocky mountains; walnuts.
the delight of every one of good sense;
butternuts, that, like walnuts, are found
in most parts of the country; pecans,
which grow in the river bottoms of the
west and in greatest quantities in Texas;
Jazelnuts, that, like pecans, grow on
bushes-all seem to radiate the same
malign influence. To see them hanging
ripe for gathering is to be tempted to
take them regardless of ownership.
But it should not be understood that
all the nuts consumed nowadays are
"hooked" before being put upon the
market. The demand of the great cities
for nuts is rapidly making a regular in
dustry out of the raising and marketing
thereof, and when this has been accom-
plished the romance of harvesting nuts
and the spell they cast over mankind
will disappear altogether. This much
to be protested against condition is like
ly to come soonest in the case of the
chestnut, which, though by no means
the best of American nuts, is, next to the
peanut-not nut at all, by the way, but
a root-the most easily eaten out of hand
because of its soft shell, and therefore
most in demand on the part of the Ital-
ian street vender as a desirable article of
trade. |. d. MARSHALL.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
pireons Not auIded br sIrh..

Numerous experiments made by balloon
lists have proved that pigeons are incapable
of flying atany great height. Birds thrown
out at 5000 meters fell like dead, and even
at the moderate height of 800 meters pi-
geons liberated by the balloonist CASTOR
Tissandier approached the earth in spiral
course. 1t is evident, hence. that they are
not guided wholly by sight. To bring a
point 300 miles distant within the range of
vision it would be necessary to ascend near
ly 10000 meters The carrier pigeon start
ing on such journey must consequently
start with faith in the unseen.-New York
Advertiser.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

est work of shining" up the
straight trunks of the tallest trees and
climbing out on the branches to shake
the nuts down. He kept at this all day,
too, and when at night his father felt
called upon to apply a wholesome RENE
dy nowadays little used, known as "oleo-
beechibus," hetook his medicine without
a murmur.
Most Of the other boys, so they told
him later. were that night treated to
doses somewhat similar to that admins
tered to Jimmy. Two of them-brothers
who spent the day "tunking" the trees
with log somewhat after the fashion Of
the old Romans in the destruction Of
city walls with battering rams, received
an application of the extract of strap,
but when Israel Smithers. the Oldest and
biggest member of the party, who
whipped the trees with a long pole, was
ordered to remove his coat and take
some essence of hickory switch, he re-
Yolted, and a pitched battle took place
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
Rnried In Three Comns.

OF Attila, king of the Huns, it is said
that his body was placed in three collins
the first of gold, the secold of silver and
the third of iron. All of his arms, the
trappings of his horses and the thousands
of mementos which he had gathered on
lis campaigns were buried with him. His
tory further states that 'all of the captains
and slaves who were employed to dig his
grave and bury him were put to death, so
mat none might betray the last resting
,lace of Attila, the greatest of the Huns"
st. Louis Republic
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
THE MILL HANDS PLEA.

"Give me labor and the light"
Cried one, gaunt and weary handed.
Sorrow worn and trouble branded.
"Spare me vigil and the nightm
Oh, for midday's honeyed balml
Oh, the welcome crash and rattle
OF the noontime toll and battlel
Oh, the inner strength and calmi
Soul of mine, what seest thou
Ere the evening thread thou breakeS
In the warp and wool thou makest
While the sweat hangs on thy brown
Naught indeed of vain complaint,
Naught of cark and care unproven
Mid the web deep interviewer,
Till thy toll doth make thee faint.
Only mute and tireless threads
Running out and in together
Seers that prophesy not whether
Foul or fair be overhead.
Give me labor and the light
Lol in toll q sure forgetting
OF life's fretting and regretting.
Spare inc vigil and the night!
Frank Walcott HUT in Boston Transcript
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

With Ely's Cream Balm child can
be treated without pain and with perfect
safety. 1t cures catarrh, hay fever, and
colds in the head. 1t is easily applied
into the nostrils and gives immediate re-
lief. Price 80 cents.
My catarrh was very bad. For thirty
years l have been troubled with it-have
tried number of remedies without re-
lief druggist advised EIY's Cream
Balm. l have used only one bottle and
can say feel like new man make
this voluntary statement that Others
may know of the Balm.-J. w. Mathew.
son, Lawyer, Pawtucket, r. l.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
FoR oYER FIFTY YEARs.

AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMELY.-Mrs
winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over
fifty years by millions Of mothers for their chill
dfen while teething. with perfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for
Diarrhua. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by
Druggists in every part Of the world. Twenty.
five cents bottle. Its value Is incalcuable. Be
Sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
ND take no other.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

between him and his father. Inc OLD
gentleman won, but the victory was
dearly bought, and Israel told me last
week that he was never afterward asked
by his fatherto ''take off his coat" The
boys who blurred" the chestnuts-two
brothers-were considered sufficiently
punished by their mother when she ex-
amined their fingers, and they alone Of
the entire party were not the recipients
of special remedial treatment because Of
the malady from which all were suffer-
ers.
Young men andwomen of from say
Is to 90 are somewhat differently af-
Iected.
These go out in couples in parties to
the woods the same as the small boys in
search of nuts, but they do not work as
hard as the youngsters. They are in
clined to indulge in light and airy per-
siflage. There is apparently much Curl
osity on the part of each young man re-
garding the color of the eyes of the
young woman with whom he is walking,
and sometimes the girl has been known
W blllD bJlAAb Va
At other times farmers daughters, who
ordinarily think nothing of getting over
a five or six rail fence without help, have
been known to require aid in climbing a
three foot paling. Young men some
times become suddenly aware of the
beauty of the foliage of the fall, ard take
home great bundles of autumn leaves
for pressing between the covers of the
illustrated family edition of Shakespeare
or the complete Atlas of the World,
bought year or two before from a sub
scription book agent and used solely as
a receptacle for dried leaves.
1 have not yet spoken of the curious
effect upon the mind at this time of the
year by which thorough comprehension
of the meaning of the words ''mine" and
chime" seems to be blotted out, because
this popularity is entirely secondary in
the cases of boys and "the young folks
to the other symptoms have described.
In these classes, too, this temporary dull
ness Of perception is regarded with q
very considerable degree of allowance as
a prerogative, so to speak, of youth,
The ''young folks" indeed are sometimes
80 completely taken up with one another
that their obliviousness to the meaning
of "meum" and "tuum" brings about
but slight degree of spoliation of nut
trees. But when older persons are
stricken there is less allowance, because
the moral obliquity of the season be
comes in them for the time the most pro
nounced personal characteristic.
have known staid and solid mem
Der of the community, a man who al
ways went to church twice and some
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

The wisest course in politics is to
vote for the best man, and you cannot be
mistaken. So, in the use of blood puri-
fiers, you can't be mistaken If you take
Ayers Sarsaparilla, because all parties
agree that il is the best-the Superior
Medicine. Try it this month.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

For the cure of headache, constipa-
ton, stomach and liver troubles, and all
arrangements of the digestive and as
similative organs, Ayers Pills are inval-
liable. Being sugal-coated, they are
pleasant to take, always reliable, and re-
tain their virtues in any climate.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
DIR. B. G. JENNEY, Dentist.

CUCCESSOR TO DIR. j. N. SCRANTON.)
y Is prepared to perform all operations in Dent
stry in thorough and workmanlike manner. Per-
ect satisfaction guaranteed in all cases submitted
o his care, and at reasonable prices. Gas
Ether administered or extracting teeth when re-
luired. Office opposite Congregational Church
Vain ST., Bennington.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

1t is estimated that the average life
OF a horse in New York .ity is four years
and that the average consumption is 25,-
900. 1t is computed that at least 10000
are draft horses.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

To prevent the hardening of the
subcutaneous tissues of the scalp and
the obliteration of the hair follicles,
which cause badness, use Halls Hair
ReneMer.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

1t is never sale To predict the ttuctu-
aIons of trade, for no man can see all of
tho factors which enter into the problem,
and if he did he could not measure the
relative importadcc and bearing of each
of them
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

One reason why some persons fail TO
make success of farming is they never
have place for anything, and never
know where to find a thing when they
want IN
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

MIR. WIdman of Wisconsin, has tie
merit of keeping "a herd of cows from
which he gets ar average of 306 pounds
hutter per COW. The COWS are grade
] :rseys, bred on the farm.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

"A good manager of farm knows
from one to three years ahead what kind
OF a crop is to be grown on each field of
his farm. providing always that there
are no intervening proyidences.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

The egg contains about all the ele-
ments constituting the human body, and
it is reasonable TO suppose that the pro-
Queer of it must have variety of ele-
ments to make it up.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

From the hour of our birth, till that
of our death, we rush along, often heed
lessly, apparently in haste to reach
some goal. But what, and where?
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

The word comfort is the keynote
of success in winter dairying, and that
comfort must follow the cow right
through every hour of her every day
lif'.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

The best medical auth rites say the
proper way to treat catarrh is to take a
constitutional remedy like Hoods Sar-
Sanarilla
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
ASK YOUR FRIENDS

Who have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla
what they think of it. and the replies
will lie positive in its favor. Simply
what Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that tells
the story of its merit One has been
cured of indigestion or dyspepsia, an
other finds it indispensable fer sick
headache or biliousness, while others
report remarkable cures of scrofula, ca
taIrh, rheumatism, salt rheum, etc.
Hoods Pills are pun ! vegetable.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowels
each day. Most people need to use it.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

Havlng sod my dental practice to IRA. Z.Cut-
err q gentleman of experience and ability, be-
hem 1 Accorded me the past eighteen Years
DIR. S. b. PIKE.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
y. CUTLER, Dentist.
A
Successor to Or. s, B. Pike.

Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonable pricesJ-
My aim will be give estre satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Office Opposite Free Library Hall. Bennington,
3Ttf Vermont.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

r5Nhe Bennington County Savings Bank at the
] Bennington County National Bank, is open
iay for the transaction Of business from 10 o'clock
,. m. to o'clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ex-
cepted.
Interest to depositors strictly in accordance with
ne laws of the State of Vermont. Money de-
posted anytime after the first day of each month
draws interest from the first day of the next sue
ceeding month. Interest computed January
LIST and July LIST, and If not withdrawn will be added
principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
upon it.
Loans solicited upon real estate and undoubted
personal securities.
A. b. VALENTINE, President,
lie. GIBSON, Vice President.
C. II DEWEY, Treasurer,
q. W. TARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEgs--A 9. Valentine, Il. ". Hartman,
DIN Scott, !. T. Shurtleff, l f. Gibson j. r.
hudson John Robinson.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
LAUNDRY.

Work brought in Monday morning may be
called for Wednesday afternoon; if brought in
Wednesday or Thursday, it may be called for on
Saturday OF each week
CHARLES FORM.
aolf I12 North ST. Bennington. VT
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
w. A. PARKER, NJ. D.

SPECIALIsT ON THE EYE, EAR, NOSE
- AND THROAT.
Hours-9 to ~ a m. , to g. and I to p. m,
daily. Office at corner Bank and Main Streets,
North Adams, Mass.
eH Spectacles, artificial eyes and ear trumpets
supplied.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02
Business Directory.

MARY PARTRIDGE, NJ. d.
CPECIALIST AND GENERAL PRACTICE.
% Two Doors above Nj Il. Church
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-11-02

Hoods Pills are pun vegetable.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
A Valuable Find.

w. Z, Lindsey of the Carson
Marble Works has made most val
liable discovery in Inyo county, and
has located claim near Bridgeport.
This claim includes the Hot Springs
and Soda Springs in that section.
Mr.. Lindsey received his papers
this week and will return soon to
begin operations at the quarry.
The most valuable discovery is
of the formation known as trauer-
tine an imperishable substance that
is unsurpassed for monuments be-
cause of its durability, This, with
the onyx found in the vicinity, is
formed from the mineral waters of
the place. Mr.. Lindsey will soon
have some handsome specimens on
exhibition.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
A Sinking Trick.

Last Sunday, while a number of
persons were seated in front of the
Occidental Hotel, someone in Bar
toms stable, or in the corral behind
it, threw a rotten egg which struck
a post of the hotel porch and spat
tered over the crowd. Capt. Davis
and Al. Campbell, who were in
front of the hotel and received a
Whit of the rotten hen fruit, deter
mined to find out who threw the
egg, and after searching the barn
for a time found Barton and Hol-
land, his boy, in the hay. After
some forcible coaxing Holland ad-
mitted he threw the egg and apollo
gized, saying he was throwing at
another object. Some believe the
story, and some do not.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
The Rae aud Norton Mine.

J. II. Rae went out to his mine
at Pine Grove this week. He re-
ports the mine looking well. They
have out quite quantity of ore
that is now being hauled to the Gig
noux mill for crushing. The mine
is gold producer. From a small
lot of ore worked at the Douglass
mill here some weeks ago a little
over $40 per ton was received. The
owners of the mine will be well
satisfied if the ore will average SIS,
however, as there is no great expense
for working or mining it at present
and very rich development may
be made soon.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
One Is Enough.

Mrs. Cleveland is reported as hav-
ing said that she would never name
a child of hers after her husband.
These words have been published
as coming from her lips:
"There shall be no second Grover
Cleveland. There was only one
George Washington, only one Abra-
ham Lincoln. There shall be only
one Grover Cleveland"
What tender faithl What per-
feet trust! What sublime conf
dence! What a sweet and refreshing
example of wifely devotionl
But to leave sentiment for prosy
sense, it might be said that one
Grover Cleveland is about all that
even this great American nation
can stomach at the present time.
-Er.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
BRIEF MENTION.
Bar silver, 724.

Bar silver, 724.
Miss Clara Campbell is visiting
friends in Reno.
Harry Cobb and wife were
over from Carson Wednesday even
ing.
Arthur Mack left for San Fran
cisco Thursday to have his eyes
treated.
Joe Roberts is now forman of
R. J. Laws large ranch near Wa
buska.
Miss Lois Fish returned from
her trip to the Worlds Fair last
Wednesday.
Andy Walmsley and family
left Thursday for camping trip
to Lake Tahoe.
Mrs. A. w. Brann and Miss
Lillian Scott are sojourning in a
cottage at Lake Tahoe.
Harry Randall left Thursday
night to attend Heald's Business
College in San Francisco.
There was social dance at
Sutro Wednesday night, at which
an ejoyable time was had.
Miss Alice Birmingham, of
Mason Valley, was visiting Mrs.
Maud Slingerland this week.
The Zirn mine in Pinenut has
been incorporated with a capital
stock Of 100000 shares at SIS per
share.
-Chas. Bovard and Mrs. Lettie
Bovard, who were divorced some
two years ago, were remarked in
Greenfield last week.
The report that c. & C. trains
will only be run tri-weekly to this
place is unfounded. Trains will
continue to run daily as far as
Hawthorne.
Quite a number of hunters
from here and Virginia and Silver
City left for the hills last Monday
to shoot sagehen on the 18th. The
game is not very plentiful.
The Lovelock NeO Era reports
that experiments in raising sugar
beets were made this year by Henry
Thies, John Reed and Hans Marker,
and that the results wore very sue
cessful.
The results of the examination
for West Point was: Fred Frey,
1857; F. G. Buttery, 1917; George
Bliss, 1892; H. Walters, 1928;
Albert Givan, 6002; Robert Betty,
$40. Frey having obtained the
highest standing was chosen to &c
to West Point.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
not sold.

A Los Angeles telegram reports
the return from London of Freder-
lex Stock, of the l.. A., o. V. & U.
r. r. Co. He did not succeed in
selling the bonds for the new prop
osition, one of the London papers
having disparaged the enterprise SO
that investors would not go into it.
This is hard on whatever prospects
the proposed road may have had at
any time.-Bishop Register.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
AQueer Proposal.

A granddaughter of Delacroix
received the following curious pro-
posal of marriage from the famous
Champheury;
MADEMoisELLE: If you believe,
as | have heard, that All unmarried
person is like half pair of scis-
sors, which is useless without the
other half, l offer you my sympa-
thies, my love and my best efforts
to cut together the material of life.
The young girls answer was the
gift of pair of SCISSORS, followed
by marriage three weeks later.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19
Retrenchlnent.

Retrenchment has begun on the
c. & G, R. R. Only one messenger,
Tickner, will be retained in the Elk
press department; express matter
will be sent only on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays; and a
telegraph operator will accompany
each train, to telegraph from each
station.-CdrsOn Neaos.
1t is reported the brakemen on
the road are to be let out and that
the conductors are to handle their
trains alone.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-08-19

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned have known F. J. Che
uey for the last fifteen years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
ions and financially able to carry out any obli-
cations made by their grim.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAS & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.