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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24

The English are n peculiar people. Trade takes
away a mans social standing but sport Doesn't Al
impecunious nebleman may breed hors"s and sell them
and still In the Prince OF Waless set liut let hin
sell butter and he l. O,tIacized lie may IRAN
horses for Il salary and sill be gentleman lie may
he "A starter and still retain his social stihdng Bu
IA. must not 20 into trade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24

The British Admiralty has, after n series Of very
thorough experiments adopted wired quick hIlng ="
inch Rin. weighing seven tons. II has capacity for
sending m elongated 100 pound shot distance OF four
miles so RAPIDLY tina, there arr four shots In the air
once. Forty OF these have been ordered ana
are nearly ready for the several British war Smps 'a
have been selected 10 y. armed with them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24

There Is good example Of the " skeleton con
struclIon OF lofty buildings down In Wilam-si. The
building Is eight stories high. The front wall and
one side wall have been finished. The north wall.
however. has only been completed TO the fourh,ory
A. walk, down Willian-,t The building looks :s
II lis wall had fallen ont, leaving great hole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-24

Tho counting Of the money In the vaults OF the
Treasury At Washington Is not 80 Troublesome OF
tedious a task might be Imagined. In counting
twenty dollar gold pieces experience has shown them
TO he 80 uniform that only pile Is counted and
tho rest of money is stacked and measured by this
pile uu,ll the last pile is reached when that ai,o
is counted in thi, WY the counting proceed rapidly
Gold in smaller denominations l. always counted Or
weighed silver is much more troublesome TO count
thnu gold.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
DEFERRED COUNTY ITEMS.
WOODFORD.

WOODFORD.
Mrs Geo. W. Bickford is very low and
cannot live.
Mrs. Martin Cutler is to remain at Rut
land another week.
Miss Sadie Knapp was up from Ben
nington and passed Sunday at home.
Your correspondent read sermon at
the Union church last Sunday morning.
1t has been decided to have Rev. Mr..
Rosecrans commence his pastorate here
Sunday, May 2S.
l.. Z. Easton takes apart in the cantata.
"Queen Esther at Putney, next Tues
day and Wednesday evenings.
Miss Ell, IN Daley, the teacher in the
hollow, attended the Teachers Insti-
tute at Manchester this week.
Both hotels at the city will be in re I'd
mess for summer boarders. I'VE pays
yer money and takes yer choice"
. Although the weather was very inclem-
ent there was an interest ng prayer
meeting at the Union church Wednes-
day evening
Swallows were here in large numbers
the last days of April. The past week,
those that did not find some crevice
deep to get into, persisted with the blasts
and cold.
Mrs. ]. T. Smith has number of at
tractive pets such as young and old
CANNES, kittens, and chickens. Her
greatest ''puzzler' is how one of her
hens Matched fourteen chicks from thir-
teen eggs!
Eugene Boullais has been in town
three days this week attending his broth
er Louis at Elmer Gleason's, who was
confined with acute sciatic rheumatism
They are sons of DIR. BoullAiE, well
known mere, and returned to their. faith
er's home at North Adams, Wednesday,
The storm Wednesday night was a
soaIer, and the wind was said to be as
severe here as any of the season. The
streams were swollen to high water mark
Many birds persisted, and frogs were
found on patches of Ice adjacent 10
quagmires. 1t seems dame nature some
times is pitiless!
The Summer Home Co., have at last
succeeded in making a trade with the
Harbour Bros, for a portion of their
territory. They retain the saw mill and
the old homestead and two dwelling
houses. This will make considerable
territory for Camp Comfort to cover,
but we understand they have more pur-
chases here in prospect.
The storm Thursday afternoon
changed to snow when the wind veered
westerly. We have been so accustomed
to snow storms since last October NEAR
ly Year,, thought we wouldn't say mo
thin bout it, didn't know but it
might be news(P) to your far-away, and
many near-to BANNER readers to know
that Woodford mountains were capped
with two inches of new snow Friday
morning. May 3. "Wal it'll only help off
the oldl'' drawled out an old settler.
] Nearly foot fell in portions of Canada.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
NORTH PowNAL,


Coming Spring: The naples and
elms of our valley are beginning to show
signs of leaf by the swelling of their
buds. The rains of Wednesday night
and Thursday morning furnished good
supply of water for vegetation, so neces-
sary at this time of its annual renewal of
life. Hitherto, this year, the natural
reservoirs of the earth have not been
filled by the storms of the season. I'm
til now, there has been little rain com
paratively, so that if there had been
many days in April of warm sunshine, in
jury would have resulted to our mead
ows and pastures. This weeks rain has
removed us from the, danger of any
drought likely to occur now in this
early season. The frequent wind storms
have blown down some of our trees, but
otherwise little hurt has been done.
A possible mistake all round: We
think Mr.. Editor, you must have got us
mixed somehow, with ''Pownal," as we
supposed no such person as "Anony-
nous" now resides in our community
all such having emigrated to ''Lilhput"
years ago. Perhaps one of that "pig-
MY race came within our borders in or
der to conceal his native "vileness" I'M
der the shadows of our postmark. Now
we are sufficiently acquainted with the
BANNER to believe that any suitable
communication would have been pub
lished, even had the writer forgotten to
subscribe his true name. No, the name
is essential.-ED. After all, this local
PIP may have arisen on account of the
burglary" in our village one day last
week. A certain store was broken into
and some ''SardineS and salmon with a
small quantity of wearing apparel was
missed by the owner next morning
Some neighbors over the way saw these
burglars" enter the store through the
windows $50 they say, and reported
them to be "tramps," hungry and thin
ly clad. But these good neighbors, hav.
ing never seen live burglar before (al.
though they had heard of the beast no
doubt, were frightened and raised no
''hue and cry" They were afraid of be-
ing shot flor they had heard of that ter
rible affair which came off at Pc ynal at
short time ago, and its awful conSe-
quences). AS soon as the burglars had
left the store and reached the street, the
distance that separated them from our
watchers afforded the latter some as
surance, so that they cried out to them
and admonished the burglars that they
were discovered. The effect of this APP
peal was to cause one of them to drop
bundle which on the next morning was
identified as containing small quantity
of the stole-keepel's goods. Then the
burglars gradually disappeared into the
''obscurity of night In the direction of
the village south of us POSSIBLY where
was their warerooms) Possibly Mr..
Anonymous" is one of the burglars,
and that 'communi alton" was dropped
when he was in the store. Who knows2
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
PowNAL.
Louie McClenn is quite ill.

LOulO h1COlclu ID qulIo ILL.,
A fine girl was born, recently, to Mr..
and Mrs. John Beechard.
Sunday evening several persons were
baptized at the Baptist Church. The
new baptistry was used for the first time.
The Fitchburg Railroad Company are
moving the engine tank at the depot and
will place it on the bank above its pres
emit position.
The storm did no local damage be-
yond the uprooting of a number of trees,
particularly upon Joseph Norwood IS
place. The factory was unable to run
part of one day,
An extra school meeting was had Tues
day and another Saturday evenings.
The balance in the district treasurer's
hands has been deposited to await de-
cision of the Supreme Court upon such
cases.
The mail was distributed for the first
time from the new pOstoffice on Satur-
day. Postmaster Hall has increased the
number of boxes to over $50 and has
some twenty lock boxes, new feature
here. Many patrons are hoping he will
be additionally accommodated with a
money-order department.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
.ANCHEsTER.

At the regular communication OF
Adoniram lodge, F. and A. NJ. the fol
lowing were elected and installed: j. D.
Way, w. NJ; o. G. Felt, S. w; c. L.
Dench, J. W.; j. p. Black, treasurer; A.
E. Hamilton, secretary; |. II. Bench, S.
D.; J. G. Heinal, J, S.. j. Henry Hicks,
S. S.; NJ. J. Convey, J. s.; Carson Meach-
am, tyler; M. w. Utley, marshal; E. G.
Tuttle, librarian; j. II. Whipple, chap
lain; James P. Black, organist.
The house of Joseph Bora, living il
t 10 west part of the town, was burned
with all the contents, Friday night. The
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
CORRESPONDENCE.
AUTHOR or "THERE IS NoD EATE

AUTHOR OF THERE is NO DEATH"
To the Editor of the BANNER. DEAR
SIR. 1t will doubtless interest many
readers of the BANNER TO learn the true
author of the poem beginning:
"rhere is no DEATH The stars 90 down
To rise upon some fairer shore"
With multitudes of others, the under
signed has accepted the generally &C
credited authorship of the poem to Lord
Bulwer Lytton. The fact is, however,
that it was written by j. L. McCreery,
Washington D. c., and published by him
in Arthur's Home Magazine, Philadel-
phia, in July 1868. A certain E Bulmer
copied the poem andsent it, over his own
signature to the Farmers Advocate,
Chicago. Another editor in Wisconsin,
clipped it for his columns, but, thin king
the signature misprint, changed it to
Bulwer, which name has since been
universally attached to the poem in
papers. collections of poems,
readers, etc. Ten stanzas are usually
given but the original contains sixteen
stanZas of equal merit VIEW
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
OF COURSE YOU READ

The testimonials frequently published
in this paper relating to Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. They are from reliable people,
state simple facts, and show beyond a
doubt that HOODS CURES. Why dom
you try this medicine? Be sure to get
Hoods
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12

fire probably started from a defective
chimney. Four children were barely got
out before the roof fell in. The house
was insured. Besides the contents of
the house, quantity of maple sugar and
syrup was lost.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12

Canadian banks are discounting
United States silver certificates at OF G
per cent. The sooner the audacious lit
tie dominion is given a seat in this gov
ernment's band wagon the better
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
HE WOULDN'T STEAL THE BABY.

/ Il
A man stood loafing idly in front of
crowded store where it was bargain day,
when two women stopped before him.
They were already so laden with bundles
that it seemed impossible that they could
carry any more. One woman was
wheeling baby carriage.
"There's that checked gingham," the
man heard her say: Its the prettiest
I've seen yetfor baby's summer dresses"
'Well, let's go in"
"How can take the carriage through
that crowd? It's no use trying to get
anything, if you've got TO drag a baby
around with you"
The man lOafing at the door took his
hands out of his pockets.
Guess l might as well tend baby as do
anything else" he drawled; 'leaVe the
baby with me and I'll take care of it
while you shop"
The women both looked at him curl
ously, then the mother of the baby eyed
the Bingham in the window and that
helped her to accept his offer.
"You can leave your bundles in the
cab with the KID" said the man, as he
took the tongue of the preambulator and
began to wheel the baby back and forth.
But neither of the women relnquished
a single bundle. Indeed, the mother of
the youngster at once took every pack
age out of the little carriage and added
it to the mass in her arms.
The man smiled grimly as he heard
her say to her friend:
'He won't be likely to steal the baby,
but won't take any chances with the
dry goods, would your
mo, indeed"
They were in the store long time.
When they at last came out it was with a
rush, rs if they feared to find their most
valuable possession gone. But no.. it
was laughing and smiling into the face
of its male nurse, who was making all
kinds of comic gestures to amuse it,
THANK you, ever 50 much" said the
mother of the baby, fumbling in her
pocket. cts worth quarter"
Never mind that" said the man; ibid
you get the gingham?"
While the two stared opeA-mouthed at
his presumption, carriage drove up,
some ladies called to him, and, touching
his hat to the two astonished shoppers,
Col.- d sappeared into his own equip
age. having done one of the odd things
he is famous for doing and been of SER
vice at the same time.-Detroit Free
Press,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12

Constipation, and all troubles with I'll G
digestive organs and the liver are cured
by Hoods Pills. Unequaled rs dinner
dill,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough al
once. 47yl
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-05-12
Mantle adams
Waterbury, Vermont.
Wonderful and True
Totally Blind with SCrofuIouS
Sore Eyes
Hoods SGrsapariILG Gave Back Her
Sight, and joy to Her
Fathers Heart.
Waterbury, VT, Nov. 10, 1892.
unN1 e. - TntvoII ATaog


"Waterbury Vt Nov 49, 1892
az t1ood 9, 70 Io,,oIi Moe
- -, - -, 80 ,,,.t,,,
IN April, 1851, my NIUE girl Mamie, VINO
was then years old, commenced having ulcer
ated ewes. also had sores hack of her ears. Her
80. -, a. -, ,,,,,N,..s sa,.aI =
slsh' oesdh 10 gro" ulih' anu leareu she
najc,I,% he blind
w D'i''S'
then lived in Jericho, VT In the early days
of June went with her to the Mary Fletcher
bosnitol I'm prrIi,,,,tor and t1or, Che mos
iO'pi',i ~ D"''i-7'oli' anu 'iioio oho was
treated lour ulhcrclt tlmcS-a surgical opera
non eac nj ne, one Of Wh'h eit the sears now
this treatment each time, n slight Improvement
for few days, was SO n worse thnn ever.
S cn,,I GT, 4, uccI ~ ny lin .ro u ~, Du'
al next went to y irge hospital In Hartford.
$::$; s $5: $
90 - 80 - ~ -
was IoCaIlJ 6Inus
''I arrived at nv station in Jericho with the
china cod IN s,,irit and ,,,,c,o,i nod IN ,,ool-o+
cniiu' sau Ill spun anu H'ipo'oIl'hou Ill PocheS
cOmpietely discouraged On our way 10 the
house from the station we stopped at the store
Evening journal., 1893-05-30
PRINcIPLes ARE suPREME.


Politics is not simply choice of men.
As a general proposition one man is as
good as another But the matter does
not begin and does not end there. II
begins and ends with principles Men
are of comparatively little Importance; /;
but principles are all important, indis-
pensible, supreme.
The election which will be held here
on next Saturday is not an exception; it
is, indeed, proof Of the proposition
that men count for nothing. but the
principles they represent mean much,
everything in fact, for the welfare of
our community.
We have two parties, divided on local
issues, precisely as they are divided on
national issues One party represents
ancient history. It is animated by the
false idea Of force to bring negroes to the
polls to kill the votes of freemen; and Of
the tariff robbery of the people to bring
prosperity TO the small class Of the peo.
pie
This party is the same party which
counted In fraudulent President, dis
persed legislators with troops, inau.
gurated nsgro-rule, invented carpet bag
gers and saddled $145, 900, 900 bogus debt
upon eleven Southern states. 1t is the
same party which, under the Reed rules,
created majority in Congress to pass
the Mckinley bill. 1t is the same party
which, parading the religious zeal Of the
man who signed the Geary Chinese Ex-
clusion act, attempted to pass the Force
bill. It is the same party which passed
the Sherman Silver Purchase bill, and
kept Raum in the pension Office to waste
the surplus and empty the Treasury.
The members of this party have not
repented, though they have lost control
of state by state, because of their evil
deeds, till, from a majority in nearly all
of the states it has fallen to its present
low estate. It has been bungling,
blundering, cheating, and lootine
treasures till the people have repudiated
it with vigor and contempt which nc
other party has suffered since the flood
overwhelmed those who would not
listen to Noah's warnings, or since the
Red Sea tumbled over upon Pharoah and
his pension-hunting hosts.
II is the same old party here in viii
mington to-day 1t will bring men Of the
same Ideas TO TIE polls on Saturday, and
the same negroes with no ideas, that
were repudiated last November by 4
majority Of nearly two millions of voters
The other party is the greatest, larg
est, oldest, grandest party that ever ex
isted. 1t is the party Of the people. Il
respects and obeys the people. It II
composed of the people.
The same principles which govern tn,
actions Of our new administration a
Washington, the same principles whicI
have kept the financial credit of thi
state at the highest notch, will prevail
here.
Il is not because Wiley, Jester Black
burn and the whole lot are worse thai
other men. that we have had such an err
of scandal but because their principle
are wrong-those principles have beef
repudiated everywhere else they shoul,
be repudiated here.
Evening journal., 1893-05-30
OUR HEROES.

Here's TO the old soldierl may he
live long and prosper.
The people take delight in honoring
him for his services; they love him for
the sacrifices he made; they are ready
with willing, open, liberal hands TO
succor him for any hurts he has sus-
tanned.
From the bottom Of their hearts the
people admire the men who went into
the field to risk their lives in the service
Of our glorious country. The people do
not suspect the motives of the old
soldier. TheyHre ready to see his faith
in his works.
The drum, the noise, the flags and the
uniforms, all the gay trappings, all the
loud echoes of war are inspirations to
the boys and excitements to the girls.
We need the love of the girls; we must
stir the patriotism Of the boys. Let us
have the noise and the pomp Of mimic
war. The glistening bayonet and the
graceful plume do not serve any vain
purpose. They mean that we can follow
the one and use the other In our country's
service. They mean that ordinary citl.
zens, engaged with us in the common
pursuits Of peace. may assume all the
terrors Of an army with banners in de.
fense Of our beloved country.
Let the drum beat its noisy rattle let the
bugle blare in re.echoing shrillness; lei
the banners wave above the marchin 7
columns Of experienced or expectani
heroes; they all indicate that this is now
always was, and ever will be, the hom,
Of the brave and the land Of the free
No country need fear the heel Of the
eonquSror, or the tax Of king, whsr
our nsighbors are ready, at the call oi
our President, at the FIRST signal o.
danger, TO lay down the tools of in
dustrious peace TO sacrifice the comforts
Of home; and jeopardize fortune, healtl
or life itself, in the defense Of oul
glorious liberty, our splendid homes.
Here's to our heroes that have beer
and to those that are to come.
Evening journal., 1893-05-30
THINGS OF LONG AGO.
City Treasurer Adams the Possessor o.
Two Very Old Newspapers.

City Treasurer Adams the Possessor Of
Two Very Old Newspapers.
City Treasurer Adams has fad for the
antique He likes any thing with the
stamp of age on IT, from bottle Of
French brandy to a newspaper. The
latest additions TO his collection of curl.
osities are two newspapers which were
printed when American journalism was
IN its infancy and telegraphy was un-
known.
The senior publication recently ac-
quired Is the Maryland Journal aud The
Baltimore Advertiser. dated Friday.
August 20, 1913. IL is a small paper and
rspudiates all party ties One of its
contributors wrote under the following
pseudonym "Honon cronon thotonto.
LOCUS" The editor was evidently not
an advanced patriot, for. after reviling
all the English soversigns from James /.
be printed the following concerning
George III:
With noble sentiments he mounts throne;
Suoduts his foes and makes the world his
Way he slill flourish, may he nobly shine.
nor nor wind blast nor Fox corrupt the
So sing historic muse I'm boldest laws.
Nor critic cenaure Iear nor cOvet praise
The Ulster county Gazette comes next
in antiquity. It Is dated January 4.
1900 and was published at Kingston.
Ulster county, N. Y, by Samuel Freer &
Son.
lt contains an account Of the death OF
George Washington and its rules are
turned in honor of the great warrior aud
statesman. In the Congressional news
/ 10 gives the message Of President John
| Adams, which does not occupy more
than hal a column. The foreign news
Is clipped from the London papers. one
OF the notable articles being an account
Of the battle Of Zurich, as published IN
the London Gazette on October 10. 1899
Mr.. Adams is also the proud possessor
OF printing flask brought 60 tnis state
| by one Of William Penns party at the
time Penn landed at New Caslle.
Hubert A. R0op the Third street
printer, owns an English Bible which
was printed in England in 1920. II ha.
been in his family for many years, com
ing TO him from his mother.
Evening journal., 1893-05-30
nllAck nncrralMc


The effort Of the Republican man ayers
to counteraet the holiness of t he Wiley.
BlackburA.Jestsr Swiggett era with the
wickedness Of DIR. shortlidge and the
patriotism of Brigadier General Per.
kins is amusing and depressing.
1t is depressing because, notwith.
standing the fact that II makes the
party and its candidates easier to beat
il is still a sad predlcament for
great political party to be in. Though
they appear to comprehend the scheme
Of this popular government so feebly.
and to estimate justice to every citizen,
and equality before the law, with
such ignorant dlsrespeet or such def
ant contempt, we cannot rsgard them
otherwise than as citizens-many of
them reputable and valuable.
The effort to apply wickedness and
patriotism, where before they applied
only holiness, exeites humor because the
trick is so patent. They are experimenting,
like quack doctor. with any remedy
that is suggested, without reference tc
the sex, or any other condition Of the
patient.
Meantime, Of course, the patient suf
fers. The county treasury was emptied
by the Levy Court; the City Council
emptied the city treasury
Meanwhile. much to the astonishmeni
Of the managers, the holiness official.
went on private foraging expeditions OF
their own, not for the good Of the party.
To counteract the activity Of the pres
ent administration we have plaster Of
wiekedness and a salve Of patriotism.
These are simply experiments. The,
show that the quacks have no idea what,
the matter with the patient-no concep
ton that the people are suffering from
ignorant doctoring
As matter Of fact, the wickedness o
DR.. Shortlidge and the patriotism
Of Brigsdier General Perkins will
not do the patient any NOR,
benefit than the school book intelligence
Of Wiley and Jester and the holiness o
Swiggett aud Blackburn The patien
needs a change and fresh air. An entir
drug store, long row Of nice, new fiftv
cent flags would be equally Ineffective
the patient is not all negro; the peopl,
have some sense aud some dignity. Tn,
people do not need any Of the Republi
can nostrums. They are sick Of them
old-soldier patriotism and out-with.
The boys wickedness are no better suite,
to the needs Of the city government thai