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Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
The Feed for Ewes.

Many make the mistake Of feeding
breeding ewes corn. A slight ration of
corn once day, with clover hay and
good scope of exercise, may not prove
injurious, but full ration continued
for any period of time during CESSATION
is sure to be disastrous to the lambs.
Oats or barley, with a small portion OF
shelled corn or corn meal, is best adapt
ed to the wants of the flock. and strong,
vigorous lambs will be the result.
After lambing. or even before, a little
oil cake meal maybe added to the ra.
ton with advantage, as it will increase
the flow of milk and add tone si;1d vigos
to the system
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

There was widow (Anne) and her
daughter (Jane), and man (George)
and his son (Henry) The widow mar.
ried the son, and the daughter married
the father. The widow was, there.
fore, mother lin law to her husbands
father and grandmother to her own
husband. BY this husband she had
a son (David), to whom she was, OF
course, great-grandmother. Now, the
son of a great-grandmother must be
grandfather or granduncle to the per.
son to whom his mother was, or is
great-grandmother: but, in this in
stance, Anne was great-grandmother to
him David), therefore David could not
be other than his own grandfather.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
NOTED IN ENGLAND.

ENGLAND pays $3.50 for q box of Cali.
fornia oranges.
NEARLY 1000 children orc born yearly
in London warehouses.
In England no town is technically q
city unless it is the seat of bishops
see.
THERE are 100000 lightweight
English shillings In circulation. They
were made in Germany.
THE largest and heaviest building
stone ever quarried in England was
taken from the Plankington bed, near
Norwich, in February, 1889. 1t was in
one piece, without crack or flaw. and
weighed over thirty-Ave tons.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
DON'T ABUSE YOUR LIVER.

Ovefeating end Lack Of Exercise Ere.
quently Derange That Important Organ.
The liver is q hard worked organ and
generally 1t does its work well. Il II
the largest gland in the body ana il
mainly concerned with the functions
Of digestion and nutition, though it
has other important duties So varied
and complex is its work that most peo-
pie think they are safe and justified in
ascribing q majority Of the minor ills
from which they suffer to disordered
liver. In this way it is q much
malinged organ, and has many things
laid to its charge of which it is wholly
innocent. Actual disease of the liver
is serious matter, but, it is compare
lively infrequent, and never exists
alone. If we do not feel happy, If we
worry and grumble, If we are torpid, If
the days seem dreary and long, Il the
weather is bad, if things 60
awry, it is always the liver
which is at fault. 1t is gener-
ally sluggish" and many and
divers are the popular medicaments to
stimulate It to the satisfactory dis
charge of its duties. A very common
cause of a touch of the liver is overeat-
ing "a vice more general than, and al
most as reprehensible as, over-drink-
ing). We eat generally out Of all pro-
portion to our work or to our needs
and take insufficient exercise, by means
OF which our tissue-changes become in
dolent and incomplete. Deleterious
products become stored up in our ysys-
tenn, and we make the liver the scape-
goat. Another cause is overwhelming,
actual disease following the frequent
congestion of the liver due to habitual
over-indulgence in alcohol. The occu.
patton may be of too sedentary char
acter. and may predispose to liver de-
rangement. But even admitting that
In large number of cases trivial If.
regularity in function can be proved
against the liver, there is large num-
Der of other causes which produce ap-
parently the same symptoms.-Cassell's
Magazine,
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

This elevator will raise the washed
sheep out Of the box without liability
to injury. When the elevator is once
raised to the surface, fasten the crank
20 that it will remain stationary, and
the next sheep may be led onto the
platform without q struggle. The box
in present use on the farm of the writer
works admirably, and can be recon-
mended to all who will take the pains
to construct one.-Farm and Fireside.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
USEFUL BUILDING.

A Combination of Corn Shed and Plain
Poultry House.
This combination building can be
used as corn house, also as a peultry
building, the lower part being higher
than usual above the ground. thus in
suring to the fowls more freedom from
dampness or from being disturbed.
Stairs from the corn room afford access
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
Caution to Customer.

Nothing Of original or superior merit bu
has its limitations and counterfeits, even Il
imperlling the health Of communities. Fol
this reason tho proprietors OF Hostetter'.
Stomach Bitters caution their patrons Il
scrutinize every bottle offered (and it is sole
Of genuineness.
A sufficient warning to those meditatinf
fraud Gun be found In the untroksn line o.
judicial decisions, exposing and severely
furnishing every one detected in counter
feiting the Bitters, and the redoubled efYortl
that are being made to protect the pIbli,
from the deception Of these unprincip[ed pi
rates.
Remember the Bitters Is sold In bottles only
neper by the CALM ar IN bulk. =
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
SLIDING FARM GATE.

Its Introduction Would Save Lots OF
Trouble and Annoyance.
A sliding gate, az ou9 9strated, can
easily be made by anyre mer who can
hammer in nail straight or handle a
saw. Two posts are needed at each end
of the gateway, and they need to he
comparatively light posts, as there is
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

little or no strain upon them. The
posts at one end stand so that the cleat
supporting the gate can be nailed to
the front side of one post and to the
back of the other. This enables the
gate to be swung round when open
against the posts that project most
N. e. Homestead.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
1.-The hee Of 7

--The bee of Northern Greenland has
10 sting; but there is nothing in North.
ern' Greenland worth stinging. Nature
seldom makes blunder.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
70 Cleanse tho system

E1ectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious or when the blood is impure or slug!
gish, to permanently cure khbitual constlpa-
healthy activity, without ffritatinGor weak
ening them, to dispel .headaohes, colds or
feers, use Syrup OF Figs.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

IT Is the thunder Of the man in need that
everlastingly sours the milk of human kind
ness.-Puck.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
A Pointer.

He-Now that we are engaged dear.
may take kiss.
She-You may if you want the en-
gagement to last.-Judge.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

TEE flea bears the same relation TO the
hornet that satire does to wanton abuse
Puck
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

VINO would be free fromtcarthly ills must
buy q box Of Bcecbam's Pills. 25cents box.
Worth u guinea.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

No SPECIFIC for local skin troubles couai.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Alll's Hulr and Whiskcr Dye, 80 cents.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

A POLITICAL pointer-Don't try to be on
both sides and the fence at the same time.-
Truth
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

IT is q sign that the trees have come to
stay another season as soon as they begin
to. .leave.-Rochester Democrat.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

Ar Pittsburgh the skin Of frogs was used
to graft new skin upon human being. Now
tho physicians who performed the operation
''croaks. ks."-NorristoW Herald,
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derango the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re-
putable physicians, as the damage they will
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney g. Co., To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halrs Catarrh Cure be sure you get
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
H-Sold by Druggists. price 75c. per bottle.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

TO the poultry quarters, as shown in
Fig. 2. where the nests are represented
by N. roosts by R, dust-box by D B, and
entrance for the fowls at E, from the
stepping boards outside. The building
! is so feet long, the poultry house 10 feet
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

stomach, and bowels are prevented, relieved,
and permanently cured. They're O,sdran-
teed to give satisfaction, or your money y
returned.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

II Is q silly fly that goes wool gathering
on the bald head. Galveston News.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

OH SUBSCRIBER Ito editor)-s'Can you
lend me live dollarsr Ednor-"We can.
not" Old Sucscribcr-"Paper not doin'
much, chi" Etitor-"Weli, we're holdln'
our own. ."-Atlanta Constitution.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
-"what kind Of glasses does Clinke,

WHaC K1nu OF grasses dOeS CIlnkc1
use since his sight has been failing?'
Generally champagne, think."-In.
tey-Ocev
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

As THE weather grows warmer see
that fowls have a source of water sup
ply that cannot be contaminated.
Nothing is more important for them.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

HARD as it is to borrow money. It is otter
easier to borrow it than to pay itNback.-
Somerville Journal.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

high and the corn room feet
high. The width is 1s feet. It can be
built at q cost of from 800 to $3.50 ac-
cording 10 the price of lumber and la
bor.J. w. Caughey, in Farm and
Home.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
IT'S RATHER TOO MUCH FOR you

tho ordinary, bulky
pill Too big to take,
and too much disturb
ance for your poor sys-
tenn. The sm allest,
easiest to take, and best
are DIR. Pieyce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They leave
out all the disturbance,
but yet do you more
good. Their help lasts.
Constipation, 1ndiges-
don, Bilious Attacks,
Sick or Bilious Head
aches, and all derange-
IuentS of the liver,
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

RAIN has no respect for the baseball play.
and also upon The umplre.-Plcayune.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09
Wide Awake for June


IS q brilliant and beautiful summer
number. 1t opens with quaint and
delightful Shakspercan pastoral. "Will
O. Stratford," by Anna Robeson Brown,
charmingly illustrated by Cox. Kate
Rohrer Gains illustrated poem, 1.-The
Men in Lincoln Grccn," is almost a
pendant to this English idyl. Marietta
Ambrosi tells how Spanish children
play at bull-fghting; Susan Coolidge
has stirring poem of the Danish hero
myth, "Holger Danske;" Elton Craig
has marvel-story, '"The Wizards Pal
ace;" Louise Coffin Jones gives a tine-
ly sketch of her thrilling experiences
asa "Schoolma' am in Hawaii" Captain
Julius A. Palmer gives in Wide Awake
-AtAlcties certain valuable "Hints for
Yachtsmen;" Oscar Fay Adams con-
tributes as the first Of his illustrated
series on "Our English Izomes," a paper
on Worcester; Richmond o. North has
advice for boy tourists'whoare ''Going
to Europe" The serial stories by w.
o. Stoddard and Theodore R. Jenness
are striking and absorbing. IT,.
Price 20 cents q number, $40 year.
On sale at news stands or sent post
paid, on receipt of price, by d. Lothrop
Company, Publishers, Boston.
Griggs courier., 1893-06-09

$50 YOUR sister thought my sermon was
too shorr!" Gcorgia-'Yes, she said she
don't believe half the girls in the church
saw her new dress. Inter. Ocean,,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
AN EARTHQUAKE.

1t was at the B. House that l met
the General. The General was one of
those gentlemen appointed to lie
abroad for the benefit of their country"
That is, he was one of the American
Ministers to Italy.
While in Italy the General had col
lected goodly fund of stories, not the
worst of them being one in which he
himself was an actor. 1t seems that the
General, with a numerous company of
Ambassadors and Consuls, had been to a
grand dinner in Naples. The flow of
wine had been quite as noticeable as that
of tho soul, but the General and his
friend were moderate in their libations,
and left early, intending to take slight
walk before going to bed. Arm in arm
they wandered TRANQUILITY along until
they came to the principal square of the
city, Now in this square was an obelisk
planted, as the General knew, very firm
ly upon its base. But, mirabile dictui
As he entered the square he distinctly
saw the obelisk wavering from side to
side.
ibid you see that?" asked the General,
grasping his companion cOnvulsively.
yes" answered the latter.
swell, what do you think about it?'
swell, think the sooner we get home
and to bed the better. Consider the dis
grace to our respective foreign offices if
we were found in the streets of Naples
in this condition"
So, with due regard to their supposed
condition, the General and his friend
carefully felt their way along, holding on
to the ratings. They arrived safely at
their hotel, tumbled into bed, and, as in
duty bound, slept late the next morning.
When they came sheepishly down to
breakfast, the busting walters greeting
carried with it both pain and pleasure:
ibid the noble gentlemen feel the
earth quake last nightP"-The Saunterer
in the Budget.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
BONNEVILLE.

Blank books of any description, ruled
to any style, with or without printed
head. at the Banner Bindery, Benning-
ton. Vt.
Thurston Emery and Grin Kendall of
Chester spent Sunday in town.
David Gale has returned from visit
with friends in Massachusetts,.
Everett Vail is teaching the village
school and Miss Minnie Burbee the one
at Grahamville.
Miss Jane Burbank, who is teaching in
Jamaica village, attended the Teachers
Institute at Manchester last week.
The drama, "Out of his Sphere" will
bFSGr the Bst6fetif Of tf' the B Base Ball cln6.
Send all your magazines to the Banner
Bindery, Bennington, vt. They will DO
neatly and Hastily bound.
At a recent meeting of the Loyal Le-
gion the following officers were elected:
President, Perley Coleman; vice-presi-
dent, John Benson, secretary, Carrie
Benson; treasurer, Mary Benson.
The new minister, Rev. r. A. Farm
ham. preached n very acceptable sermon
on Sunday, and conducted the usual
services in the evening. He has gone to
his home in Maine, expecting soon to
return with his bride to assist him in
his new field of labor. The ladies of the
society are having the parsonage newly
papered and painted and contemplate a
pleasant reception for them on his re-
turn.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
NORTH PoWNAL.

The members of the Home Guard ORA
matte club of North Pownal will enact
drama entitled Enlisted for the War, or
The Home Guard on Saturday evening,
Nav 81, in the Academy hall of this
place. As the proceeds of this play are
to he given for the benefit of the Congre-
gational church at this place, the men,
bers of this club earnestly solicit the at
tention and kind patronage of all who
deem it pleasure to attend. Nj. Brow
nell Bates, Manager; Miss Marion Far
mum, Assistant.
House Cleaning: Some of our families
are now entirely through with this annu-
al "break up" in our homes, and in such
places. order and peacefulness seems
once more to prevail. Even as our rivers
and brooks yearly pass the ordeal of
Spring freshet and endure the tumult
and rage of a flood before they can peace
fully resume their Summer channels, so
arc our housewives yearly afflicted with
a universal mania to upset and unsettle
everything sin doors" and to give to
yards and fences an appearance as if a
"cyclone" pouring over, had dropped in
the way the waste and rubbish, which it
hal gathered up from some unfol tunate
village that happened to lie in its path.
At "housecleaning" and in "fly time" or
"dog DAYS. women invariably get eX-
cited. and if there be anything in this
world which a man justly deplores, it is
an excited woman At such a time the
''apgelic' in her nature if not already OBJ
liberated by interior forces, is sadly OBJ
cured and all womanly graces are dis
placed by the dnseemly aspects of
'sbeasts of prey" A man may rave and
run mad" in his excited moods and yet
retain some of his self respect, nor for
felt entirely the regard of the sober and
moderate: but not so with the woman
who Yields to this ungOvernable rage of
.'tearing-up" and Throwing out" OF
'twisting her hands, and 'wailing''
whenever fly happens to cross her
| threshold, or spider to occupy some OBJ
scure corner of her house. Now, we
suppose that this 'hOusecleaning' ma
MIA lin the nature of women). is necessa-
~. and men are fortunate if it only oc
ours once year. For whenever it re
turns in the "fall' no man can endure
such ''double" portion of domestic up
rising for long time; and soon the wife
becomes a widow at an age when she
may yet seek another husband to sacri
fee again upon the alter of her crazy fan
cy. But fortunately trouble has its lin
its as well as our joys, and the songs o.
men in the morning reminds us tina
peace and order is once more restored
and home is again place of rest. o
course during this period of ''house
cleaning few of our women attend
church, because, we suppose, the spiri
within their souls is not worshipfu
spirit. Men, also, at such times Tool
gloomy and sad, their responses" ar
weak and spiritless, and their lips NOV
as if uttering a bitter curse instead o
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GONE.

Under this heading the North Adams
Valley News says: "While John Bond
was tearing down the old Kimball house
on the West road to Adams the other
day, he came across a pair of ancient
andirons, an old crane, and an old brick
oven, next to a fire place that was built
up many years ago.
"He also found an old History of the
British Empire in North America pub
lished about the year 1865. The front
page bore the inscription David Kim
balls Book The volume brings affairs
Indian war in 1862. 1t also gives IA iac-
count of the English colonies in Georgia,
Florida, North and South Carolina and
Virginia, besides the Islands of Jamaica,
Barbados, and Others in the West In
dies. The book is in an excellent state
of preservation and is very interesting.
Friday morning in order to destroy
the old house more cheaply and quickly
than by tearing it down, a match was
touched to pile of kindling and in few
moments nothing but heap of ashes
remained of one of the ancient land
marks of the Hoosac Valley.
"The old house was known for many
years as the Haunted House." 1t is
said that a quartermaster of the RevOlu-
tionary army, who also supplied food to
the Hessians captured at Bennington,
killed man and secreted his remains
in n garnet. Strange noises were after
ward heard about the structure and
ghostly figures held such uncanny carni-
walls that for long time tenants could
not be got to occupy the house. Subse-
quently skeleton was found hidden in
an enclosure under the caves and after
the bones we're inferred the noises
ceased and the dances ended. Whether
true or false, the story lent a weird in
terest to the ancient rattle-trap, and now
that it is gone up in smoke and flame, it
is fair to suppose that the uneasy spirits
will find rest, even if they never have
before"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
PowNAL.

Mrs. Col. Potter and daughter spent
Tuesday of this week in town.
Ed. c. Barber and wife start next week
on visit to the Columbian Exposition.
The ice cream social at the Baptist
church Melted about $40 for the treas
ury.
Children's Day programme is under
Roadway at the NJ. f. church. A very
interesting programme will be rendered.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Our factory property is receiving an
oyerhauling and brushing up. The
grounds will be graded and laid in walks
and lawn, all of which will make a fine
appearance.
That wounded bird flutters" was
well proved last year in our North Pow
nal correspondents efforts upon the
"Pownal burglars" when we incidental
ly aimed in his direction. But it seems
the wound has resulted in a chronic
sore as is shown in the attempt to imi-
tate us, where he fails TO recognize his
friends on their own liberty, "as is seen
bv his last weeks local. Don't worry,
neighbor! We extend sympathy. DO
the best YOU can and avoid making a
meal from that ''cheese?'
The Epworth League gave an enter
tainment Friday evening last, entitled
the "White Caps" These were com
posed of some of the young ladies of the
League and they gave an excellently ar
ranged programme, consisting of songs,
and Rotations, of which all were very
nicely carried out This company made
their appearance on the stage, and as
sured the audince that they were not
that notorious band which had invaded
the country and caused so much wide
spread disturbance, but on the contrary
was a very peaceful little company, trav-
cling through the country for the well
fare and elevation of mankind After
which each one was introduced t. the
audience separately by their tictitious
name. Then began songs and recita-
tions by each individual, of which all re-
sponded promptly to their peculiar name
and acted the part assigned to them
with promptuess and fidelity. The
League feel very much indebted to
the young ladies for their services and
wish to thank them through the press
for the painstaking work which they sc
ably performed. This emphasizes also
that the League is still in a fourishins
condition and on the way to improve
ment. The net proceeds were about
$3S
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-26
POWNAI.

A strange case, one which has puzzled
many able physicians, was brought to
close at Williamstown by the death of its
victim last Friday morning, About three
years ago Julius Lord, engineer at that
time for the Williamstown Manufactur-
ing company, was seized with violent
attack of the hiccoughs' severer than
any he had ever experienced. The at
tack was soon followed by second and
a third, and then they came at frequent
though irregular intervals. Mr.. Lord
was unable to withstand the violent at
tacks and began to lose his health. He
appealed to doctor, who, after several
endeavors to help him, was compelled to
give up the case. Several more were
tried, but with no better results. Last
winter the queer disease seized Mr.. Lord
with such violence that it was thought he
would die. He survived the attack, how
ever, and since then has been gradually
improving. Accounts of the strange
case were printed in the papers, and the
victim received hundreds of letters from
all parts of the United States suggesting
remedies or cures to be tried. Private
recipes were sent in every mail. After
the severe attack of last winter the af-
flicted man gradually grew better, and
hopes were entertained of his recovery.
Until within few weeks he was entirely
free from the strange attacks, but then
they returned and continued up to with
in three days of his death. He was so
weakened that the morning he died e
suffered a stroke of paralysis, and with
fatal result Mr.. Lord was GO years of
age and had lived in Williamstown fifteen
years. He leaves wife and five child
rem.
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the reverential "amen;" the preacher is
reduced in volume, and his shifting att
tude while in the pulpit suggests that the
''plaster" designed to help his "back
bone" had also lost its virtue. The
household, too, has its ills, and in these
cloudy and stormy days with no stoves
in the house, children have colds as well
fever, and so, while the day affords so
little comfort and encouragement, night
is disturbed and its rest broken by the
needs and cries of the sick. But the
gloom of clouds must yield to summer
sunshine, and these disturbed periods OF
home-life give place to renewed order OF
things and to the pleasantness of good
nature once more restored. This is our
hope. This our consolation.