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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

State OF Vermont,
Westminster SIS, By the Probate
Court for said District, to all persons in
tereSted N the estate of Betsey Howard
of Londonderry in said district, Greet
ing. You are hereby notified that this
court will decide upon the allowance of
the account Of Lewis n. Vale, guardian
of said Betscy Howard, at the session
thereof to be held at the inn of Thomas
Evans in Tnwnshend on the 9th day of
December, A. d. 1898, when and where
you may be heard in the premises, if you
see cause.
ZINA II. ALLBEE, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Mosquito Netting Curtains.

Do you know that mosquito netting
not mosquito bar but the net which looks
like coarse brussels net-makes simply
lovely curtains for bed, sitting or dining
room windows?
1t comes two yards wide, at about 30
or 40 cents yard, with a little. by fringe
or a broad hem.
With white ribbon run through. or
even without, it is really beautiful for
the purpose, and, as it washes like a
handkerchief and can be done up over
and over again, it is very cheap.
Pry in New York Recorder.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Farm For Sale.

On account of poor head h The suhScrib-
CT OF = fp: ale he farm known as the
joel 7. P'r,cr place lnrac,l | 10 miles
from the i'a@r of Londonderry on the
s;a4r pall g., Ca",'cn. Contains G6aCrcS
ln"r. at 'c>.. ia Il Good state of cultiva-
ti,'u; in id'D@> in good condition; 400
YONG ,u.ar naples and some hcmlock
and >p'ur" )imbrr and pl"ntv Of wood.
This is a desirable place for anyone
wanting a small farm. For further par
tieu az cnqn Z on The preni~",.
ME~. l.. Il. J0SSELYN.
Londonderry, July ID, %.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

Among the relics donated last year to
the British riuseumin London is Il green
basalt weight inscribed with the naple
of Nebuchadnezzar II. The weight is Of
the denomination of one mana according
to the scale of Dungi, king of Bahylonia
in $500 B. C.
Other contributions inclnde marbles
and terra cottas from excavations ut
Porta Porteso and Civita Laviuia, and
plate of the rare enalaeled German ware
of the last portion of the fifteenth cen
tury.-JeMeler,,a Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
out OF The GRAVE!
Life's Battle Against
! Death
Aided and Made Victory by
| Aliens Sarsaparilla.
lead the Following Testimonials Care
fully, and Learn what Aliens Sarsa-
parilla Doing for Others. Health
is yail Worth Obtaining when it can
b. Eli I'd SO Easily.


b. aa ID so Easily.
KocKPuKI, MR.
rsaf d tell the people what Aliens
q lid for me. For nearly three
# saw well day. When taken
ID ISs pounds, and l fell away
IS. Was taken by spells of vomit-
ny left side all the time; some
as more than l could bear. took
.. help the pain, but | began to
Ill Try doctor in Rockport, and the
f-. me, 2-. Abbott, said, as the rest had,
70 he ga 4 do no more for me. He gave
me up 10 Gle, and told my husband that
could not live, he had done all he could for
me.
A friend advised me to try Aliens Sarsa-
parilla, gave me bottle, and the third day
began to see it helped me. My neighbors
could hardly credit my story, but nevertheless
til true; IT CURED ME.
God bless Allen and his Sarsaparilla ]
Come to Rockport to my home, and will tell
YOU the same story that do here, and testify
what Aliens has done for me. My children
would have been left without mother only
for Aliens Sarsaparlla. took three bottles,
and to-day l weigh 100 pounds, and never
enjoyed better health in my life, and can
truthfully say that Aliens Sarsararilla cured
me and saved me from the grave. had
headache and backachc, loss of appetite,
could not sleep, distressed spells, and all run
down. If you are sick, use Aliens.
I Mrs. NETTIE GREENLAw.
RocKPoRT, Me-, Aug. I'd, 1868.
hereby certify that the statement in regard
to Mrs Nettie Greenlaw's sickness is true
that she was attended by several physicians
and pronounced by them as incurable; tina
she was recommended to take Aliens Sarsa
paria; that she did take it, and is now well
| attended her through two conhnements
and then she employed other physicians II
! her last sickness.
4 l indorse the statement she has made il
regard to the Aliens.
/ III. B. ERroN,
Physician and Surgeon
Rockport, Me.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
HOODS and Only Hoods.

Hoods Sarsaparilla is carefully pre-
pared from Saraparilla, Dandelion, Man
d AXE, Dock, Pipsssewa, Juniper berries
and other well known remedies. hy pc
culiar combination. proportion and pro
cess, gives to Hoods Sarsaparilla cura
tive powers not possessed by other medi
cines. it effects remarkable cures wheI
other preparations fail.
Hoods Pills cure billiousness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

ga is triumphing over the land, and
what is going on at Coney Island is go
ing TN all around the world, and the con-
tinei.ts are crumbling into the waves.
And while this is transpiring on the out
eide of tho world the hot chisel Of thein-
teraal fire is digging under the founda-
ton of tho earth and cutting its way out
toward tic surface.
ltGurpr;ses me to hear people say they
do ret think the world will finally be
%."ncl Up, wien all scientists will tell
yNu that it has for ages been on fire.
WY, there is only crust between us
anA tie furnaces inside raging to get
oat.( Oblivion! The world itself will
roll tnto il a easily as a schoolboy's in
lia f1bior bail rolls down hill, and
Which our world goes it is SO interlocked
By the law of gravitation with other
works that they will go, too, and 30 far
from Harrington memory perpetuated by
q monument of Aberdeen granite in this
verdi. there is no world in sight Of our
strongest telescope that will be- a sure
P2,iinlcs.t for any slab of comnaemora-
ton Of the fact that we ever lived or
lied 1T al Our earth is struck with
Leath. The axletree of the constella-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Mrs. LIZZIE A. kNowLToN, LIBERTY, Me-.

She says: GENTLEMEN
For several years | have
been afflicted with dyspepsia
and a complicated stomach
and liver trouble. The least
food ] ate would distress me
terribly and fill my stomach
with gas. / was greatly
troubled with dizziness, my
appetite was poor, and had
q very bad cough, was very
nervous, could not sleep, and
in fact my whole system
seemed to be affected; was
unable to attend to my
household duties. Physi-
clans and medicines gave me
no relief or benefit, and l had
lost all faith in them, but to
crafty the request of my
husband / decided to try
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
State of Vermont. !

ZIvA II, ALIBEE, Register.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
SPECIAL DISPLAY OF
NEW FALL
SUITS AND OVBRCOATS !
NOW READY.
Look at famous "Rugby" School Sul rip.
Absolutely all WOOL
AT $500.
WELLS &c GOVERLY
3Si 1856 and 1888 River Street, --G1NN ~ ~
IL, 5 II and 10 Fourth Street, tNVI, Es- 9.
ROY, NJ. Y.

| was off looking at reindeer and Try
ing to get acquainted with it, when all at
once | heard such cracking as made
me start, and | went out at once to the
scene of action. The first near view
got of the excitement was long whip
lash rolling toward me. 1t got straight
before it reached me and lay there in the
dirt ready for another crack at the coin
if some one did not get it sooner. As
we passed along by their cabins most Of
them were open for inspection. At one
door woman and little boy were
standing. She occupied her time in
making faces at the crowd, most of
whom were ladies, while the little fellow
was doing his best to entertain us with
his native songs.
Soon we passed on to the next cabin
and found only little boy who seemed
to be finishing up his breakfast. One
lady remarked he has some pie, and
seems to be eating like other folks"
judge that the little fellow was in a bad
humor that morning for he turned on MS
with scowl and an impatient expression
that at lelst one of his visitors did not
take for compliment He picked up a
piece of orange peel which he hurled at
us, and slammed the door in our faces.
Some of our company, who were bound
to get the full worth of their money,
pushed the door open again and pro
ceeded with their scrutiny. did not
learn what more they found out, and
did not wait for broader hint than the
one we got first. Other people that
thought cot tired of being looked at
we're some of the specimen beauties Of
the international shoE. Yours truly,
G. E. BRECKENRIDGE.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20

you there is none, tell him there ought to
be, then go home and send the rest of the
family around to ask at different times
through the day.
Don't bring your mail to the office un-
til the mail closes, then curse the post
master for not opening the mailbag and
putting your letter in.
When you want stamp on your let
ter, tell the post master to put it on; If
he don't like it, lick him. In case you
put it on yourself, soak it in your mouth
long enough to remove the mucilage; it
will then stick until it is dry.
Be sure and ask the postmaster to
credit you for stamps; if he has any ac-
commodation about him he will do it.
If you haze box, stand and drum on
it until the postmaster hands out your
mail; it makes him feel good, especially
if he is waiting on some body else.-Es-
sex County Herald.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
THE BISHOP, ELECT OF VERMONT.

The Boston Transcript has an editorial
article on the Episcopal Bishop-elect
that will be of interest to readers outside
that Communion as well. 1t says: 1--WE
need say but little now of the worth of
one who is so well and widely known
and respected. His rare intellectual
gifts, his power as leader, and most of
all his strong spiritual life, form part of
his personality. There are, however,
two matters concerning him that cannot
fail to be of general interest at this juno
ture.
THE first bears upon his relationship
to the Society of st. John the Evangelist.
As priest of the American church he
was subject to vow of obedience to the
superior of the order. His admission to
the episcopate will free him absolutely
and forever from an allegiance to or con-
nection with the society which, as our
capable despatch to-day explicitly shows,
has given him formal release from all
obligation to it. As the bishap of Yer
mont he will stand as naked of foreign or
conflicting claims, implicit or explicit,
as any of his brethern in the American
episcopate. Rt.. Rev. A. G. A. Hall will
be free in the simplest and most straight
forward meaning of the word. This
statement, which cannot be made too
emphatic, we are now able to affirm au-
thoritatively.
''The foregoing has to do with his &C.
clesiastical allegiance. We have, fur
ther, word to say concerning his civil
status. 1t has been limited by some that
he had merely taken preliminary steps
towards naturalization before his recall
to England. This is an error. He has
been an American voter for years. And
he became a citizen of these United
States in spirit as well as in name. Be
cause he was true TO his convictions as
an American he sacrificed his prospects
in the community at Cowley, and court
ed conditions from which even the most
courageous would shrink. Now he Is
called back to the country which he loves
and for which he has already dared
much. When he comes it will be with
an unchanged spirit. An American be
left-an American-so we are assured
by his intimates here-he returns. He
returns, not to import an Anglican
church into Vermont, but to develop an
American church on national lines: not
to emphasize partisan thought, but to
continue the work of comprehension and
reconciliation which he began before his
recalln ~
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
VALUABLE HISTORICAL RELICS

VALUABLE HISTORICAL RELICS.
Some years ago the Troy Times pub
lished an article from the pen of G. A..
Reese, giving an account of Prof. Cross S
museum of curiosities, at White Creek,
n. Y, and saying that it was the most
important private collection in this
country, and that the relics should be
owned by the Bennington Historical So
ciety, or the Sons of the American Revo-
luton. We copy the article for the ben
eft of those who ought to be interested,
as we have never known any action taken
to preserve this collection. Ed
The professors library, like everything
else about him, is very ancient. He has
one book which was printed 300 years
ago. 1t is volume of plays by w. G..
Denenvant, knight. he has also the
Baron Steuben's work on military tactics
and his field glass. A singing book with
board cover and buckwheat notes has a
very interesting history, it having once
been the property of Betsey Coon, a
woman who fought all day on the battle
field of Bennington, the 10Th of August,
1777, and who wa delivered of a child
the same evening. The next day and
for several days thereafter she crawled
with her child across the towns inter
vening between EoosIck and the Hud-
son river. She lived to the age of 93
years. The name of this plucky woman
is written on the fy-leaf of the singing
book. In the corner of back room we
observed singular looking stick, very
much resembling Patagonian war club.
We were told that it was cut by a bare
foot soldier boy from Wilmington, Vt,
who used it for weapon of defence un-
til supplied with a gun by Gen. Stark.
Prof. Cross has the hammer that was
used in making this same soldier pair
of shoes. Speaking of shoes, it reminds
us of three pairs which the professor ex-
hibited. One of these was worn by
Lola Monies at dance in buffalo on the
occasion when she defied the police to
take her. Another was the wedding
shoes of Miss Dwinnells, who was mar
ried in Haverhill, Mass, 180 years ago.
The third and last pair are over-shoes
with pointed toes made fifty years ago
for Erastus Bowen of White Creek, who
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
HORSE NOTES.

A fine afternoon and some good out-
door attraction will bring out the people
most any time when the sport is whole
some and of the right kind.
The races at North Bennington were
we'll attended this week, and the sport
was fairly good. Everybody was pleased
with Sableson, the two-year-old stallion
owned by G.. T. Leonard of this town,
which was shown between the heats.
He is a good size and color and shows
that he can go very fast.
Mr.. G. n. Percy of Hoosick carried OFF
the honors of the day, winning both
races with Fleetwood Maid, in the 2.4j
class, and Ace of Diamonds in the Free
for all.
The races were all over by 4.30, giving
all time to get home before dark. Next
spring will see another grand meeting7t
this track.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20

Aside from political events, the week
has seen FIVE events of more than ordina-
ry interest. The death of Gounod was
not entirely unexpected, for he was we'll
along in years, and was ailing of late.
The eminent composer wrote much that
was good and much thatis weak. Nature
gave him melody and distinct individ-
uality, and art helped nature. 1t is as
the composer of Faust that Gounod
will be remembered; and it is a singular
in the history of art that a great German
work has been made popular through
out the world by the sensuous beauty of
a Frenchman's music. In the death of
Marshal MacMahOn, France loses a pic
turesque figure. The loyalty that dis
tinguiehed the Irish family which fol-
lowed the fallen fortunes of James IL.
was seen in the worthy descendant who
was true to the French Republic, al
though great inducements were offered
him to betray a Government that was
personally distasteful to him. AS u
statesman he was an honorable failure,
and, like Wellington, he will be remem-
bered as a soldier. Lucy Stone, the
woman who repudiated her husband $
name, passed to her rest Wednesday
evening. She was born in Brookfeld,
Mass, August 13, 1918, and was married
to Henry B. Blackwell in 1855. 1t is a
little singular that they had a good deal
of trouble to find a clergyman who
would leave out the word "obey" in the
ceremony; finally Col. Higginson, then a
minister, performed the marriage wi tn
out the Objectionable word, and Mrs.
Stone for forty years refused to be called
Mrs. Blackwell. The jubilee of Cardinal
Gibbons, Wednesday, and the w, G. T.
U. Congress at Chicago, completes the
quirinal.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
speaking of sending money out West

"Speaking Of sending money out West
and never seeing it," said somebody on
the train the other day, there's our
creamery. The business men who went
into it pulled out plump six per cent
on their money the first year, and will do
as well, or even better, this SEASON. The
creamery" in this instance is but type
of the opportunities that lie within reach
at the East, but which are scorned by
those people who believe that it is bet
ter to have loved Western investmcnts]
and lost, than never to have loved at all
-Caledonian. 1t was in and about St.
Johnsbury that the Northwestern Guar
anty Company of Minneapolis, counted
the larger number of its Vermont vic
tins, hence these remarks.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20

Editor Dana, of the New York Sun, re-
Gently made an address before the stu
dents of Union college, and the subject
was the new fad of Journalism" Edi-
tor Dana made an eloquent plea. for the
Bible which will upset good many pre-
conceived notions of newspaper men
New York newspaper men especially.
After insisting that journalism is only to
be learned the good old way'-begin
in a newspaper Office and work upward,
he said, as to school. training: What
books ought you to read? Almost all
books have their use, but some are in
dispensable to this kind of an education.
But of all these, the most useful, the
most indispensable, the one whose
knowledge is the most effective, is the
Bible. l am considering it now not as a
religious book, but as manual of utili-
ty, of professional preparation and pro-
fessional use for journalist. There is,
perhaps, no book whose style is more
suggestive and more instructive, from
which you learn more directly that sub
lime simplicity which never exaggerates,
which recounts the greatest event with
solemnity, of course, but without senti-
mentality or affectation, none which you
open with such confidence and lay down
with such reverance; there is no book
like the Bible. (Applause.) Then Shaks-
peare, the chief master of English
speech, the head of English literature,
the storehouse of wisdom, is indispensi-
BILE. l would also invite your attention
to John MiltOn's immortal essay on the
Liberty of Unlicensed Printing" which
contains the highest doctrine that has
ever been promulgated, to my know
ledge, with regard to the freedom of the
press. When l advise you to make your
seSgS @ iam,Sp WIN In tnese t gores th. OF Eng
writers of English literature should be
taken as models. Do not take any mod
ell. Every man has his own style and
the thing to do is to develope it into
simplicity ald clearness."
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20

sH-Use a Waterman Ideal fountain
pen and save yourself from the annoying
necessity of constantly dipping your pen
into the inkstand. You lose time. The
Waterman pen will write all day without
being lifted from the paper. The ink
is right at the pen point, not three feet
away. The pens are for sale at the BAN
NER Stationery store.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
THE BANNER.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1898.

[Entered at the Bennington p @ las ssecond- class
matter by c. A. PIERCE & CO., Publisher
Terms, $3.50 per year, strictly in advance
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
HINTS FROM THE POSTMASTER.

When you call at the office for your
mail, and the postmaster hands it out,
ask him If that is all.
If you ask him for mail, and he tells
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
THE FAST MAIL.

On Friday evening next, the doors If
the Opera House will swing wide open
for the scenic production of Lincoln J.
Carter's Fast Mail" The railway has
often been used by the dramatist, but
never before to such an extent as in Car
ter's famous play, "The Fast Mail" a
freight train with fourteen cars, light
ed caboose and a full-sized locomotive,
with engineer and fireman, crosses the
stage in the most realistic and noisy
manner, while later in the play great
Mississippi river steamboat, with bells
and whistles and engines in full opera
ton, moves in and explodes with terrific
force. A great scene is also given Of
Niagara in real tumbling water. The
company is a most efficient one, and
there is a great deal of fun to go With
the sensational effects. A special car for
the scenery is used, and every detail is
carefully looked to in the stage produc-
ton of the play.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-10-20
OPERA HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
A DARK SECRET.

The American Champion Oarsman has
been engaged for the great Henley Re-
gatta scene by Matt Smith, and will ap-
pear at the performance of "a Dark
Secret" at the Bennington Opera House,
on Wednesday evening October 25th.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-02
BALL PARK ABLAZE.
The Grand Stand Opposite the
West Blotted Out by
Fire,
A Large Portion of the City's
Population Attracted to
the Spot.

Fire broke out opposite the West hotel
early last evening. and when the alarm
was rung in the impression got abroad
that the West was on fire, and a great
crowd soon gathered. The blaze, no w
9eyer, was in the grand stand OF the base
ball park.
The fire demon got control Of the ball
early In the game. so to speak. and
he made home run in a manner
that would put the ordinary base
sprnter to sleep. The pyrotechnie dis
play and brilliancy of the spectacle, as
the flames roared and leaped in thou
sand weird and fantastic forms, was
something to behold with admlrlng
awe and to conJure with. 1t was
Fourth of July display. and the free
show was witnessed by thousands OF
men, women and children, who stood
entranced at the fascinating spectacle.
After the flames obtained full possess
sion of the grand stand and bleacherS,
the scene was weird and magnificent In
the extreme, presenting the appearance
of huge cauldron, or rather CRATE,
through which the fire stuck out Its
lurId tongues with goulish abandon and
glee, as if in mockery at the attempts To
combat 1t with mere water. through
the interstices of this big CRATE it
squirmed, and twisted, roared and
Missed defiance like a nest Oh
goaded pythons OF vipers, and its sin
lister grandeur was something awful 10
behold. The illumination was alone
worth the price of admission. AS
the flames shot skyward the surround.
ing houses and even the faces OF the
spectators took an unnatural and ruddy
hue. AS reflected on the rear OF the
West hotel the picture presented was
extremely beautiful. The huge and
towering pile of brick was lit
up with more than MONDAY
brilliancy. and the guests could
see to read their papers from the
light. Now and then mass would lily
into the air and form cascade of living
flame, spangling the air with sparks
like the field of the cloth OF gold. All
in all, it was an inspiring sight to look
at.
Fly Hatch said last evening that he
sold the grand stand and other appur-
tenances of the ball park last year TO
j. E. Whltcomb for $4,000, since which
time he has had nothing to do with the
grounds. Whitcomb insured the prem
ises for 81, 800. The loss by last even
lng's fire is estimated at from Sl,5OO 10
81 000