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MRS. VIM. B. Sheldon.

Margaret Amelia, wife of the Hon.
VIM. B. Sheldon, died suddenly at theiI
pleasant home, in this village, yesterday
afternoon at about o'clock, the result
of an attack of apoplexy, experienced an
hour before, and from which she never
regained consciousness. Mrs. Sheldon
was born in this town, her maiden
name being Simmons. She was one of a
family of ten children of which only
one, II. @. Simmons of North Benning-
ton, is now living. Her age was 81
years, May 9th, last.
Mrs. Sheldon had been in poor health
for several years, yet her sudden death
was not expected. For the last few
days she had been feeling remarkably
well, which fact her friends had COM
mented upon. Friday last she walked
to the store of E. L. Nichols and back,
without stopping to rest, something
that she had not done before in years.
Sunday she rode to North Bennington
and returned, and Monday was about
the house as usual and received several
callers during the afternoon.
About o'clock she went into the
bedroom to lie down on lounge, as has
been her custom for a long time. Mr..
Sheldon was in his Office attending to
some business with client, when he
heard sound from the room in which
his wife was. Going to the room he
found her partly lying on her face, with
froth issuing from her mouth.
With the aid of the servant she was
gotten on to the bed and medical assist,
ance and some of the neighbOrs called.
DR.. Goodall was first to arrive, and DR..
Newton of North Bennington, soon
came.
The physicians could do nothing for
her and in an hour sha was dead, not
having regained consciousness during
the attack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon were married
October 10Th, 1875, and have resided in
this village eleven years, the balance of
the time in North Bennington. One
child, a daughter, was born to them. 1t
died eight years ago, and Mrs. Sheldon
had never recovered from the blow she
experienced at the time.
Mrs. Sheldon was a women of gener-
Gus impulses and possessed many friends
who are shocked at her sudden death.
During her long period of illness, the
devotion of Mr.. Sheldon to his wife has
been remarked fact, and since the
death of their only child they have been
all in all to each other. The mother has
now gone to her child, and Mr.. Sheldon,
in his sad bereavement, will receive the
sympathy of the entire community.
The funeral services will be held from
the house tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
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Presiding Elder Noe was in town on
Tuesday of last week and held the Sec
ond quarterly conference of the year.
The Templars are making arrange
ments for an entertainment in the near
future. Further notice will be given.
A little son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Dragon last week. Also recent
ly, little daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Cannon.
On Wednesday morning we had quite
a lively old shirkshire, and with it much
rain. No damage done as heard from.
John Bradish went to Arlington on
Saturday, to supply the pulpit on Sun
day for Mr.. Perry, he being away from
home.
The social under the auspices of the
workers" last Friday night, was quite
a success, socially and financially. The
society netted about $1,000.
Mr.. Montgomery and Mr.. Green are
making quite rapid strides towards COW
ering their houses. Mr. Montgomery
expects to have some of his house ready
to occupy before long.
Mrs. Dean is putting partitions into
the tenement where DR.. Woodruff had
his Office, making the house ready for
rent. 1t is rumOred that L. j. Barton
expects to occupy it when done.
Members of the Library Association
will please remember the notice of an
adjourned meeting, two weeks from last
Saturday, the goth of October, at 4.30
o'clock, at the library room.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Madison was on last Friday struck by
more disastrous storm than that of the
previous Wednesday: i. e., the usual
fall visit of Mrs. Adelaide Fisk, her
three daughters and many grandchildren.
This hungry host had been expected for
several days, aid the fatted lamb had
been killed for the occasion. After
bountiful repast the guests were enter
tanned by some of L. o. G.'s inexhausti-
BILE fund of witty stories and reminis-
cences.
The following are the names of schol
ars neither absent nor tardy during the
month ending October 5th, in District
No. IA: Lena Bandistel, Maud Bottum,
Walter Devino, Rupert Dean, Rilla Ca
lusha, Mary Gordon, Myrtle and Fred
Green, Clara and Clifford Hawkins, Shell
don and Elsie Howard, Arthur and Mel
lie MillingtOn, Freddie Monette, Ernest
and Lillian Washington, Irwin and Bes.
sic Matteson, May Driscoll, Warren
Hartt, Kenneth Parker, Daisy Pleasant,
Josie Quinn, Bessie Niles, Leslie Has
well. Number registered, fifty. H. L.
Matteson, teacher.
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License, What and WhY7

Editor of the Banner: If you will al.
low me the space, want to say a few
more words upon most important sub.
ject. We are told, as comfort l sup.
pose, thai not more than ten men can be
licensed to sell liquor in our town. II
we can grant permission under, or ac-
cording to law, to make men drunk, thus
becoming brutes and murderers, why
not sooner license ten men to murder
Without stimulants, and thus save trouble
and expenseP Men will murder; there
fore, let them pay stipulated sum into
our treasury for the privilege of taking
the life of a fellow being. Then what
an inducement such a plan will offer,
for good citizens of high moral character
to aid in the support of our State Gov
eminent. Is not this reasonable view
of this vexed question? SEP.
Bennington, Oct. 18th, 1894. q.
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A Wonderful conaueror.

No disease is more common among the
people than scrofula. Handed down
from generation to generation to genera.
ton, it is found in nearly every family,
in some form. 1t may make its appear
ance in dreadful running sores, in
swellings in the neck or goitre, or in
eruptiOns of varied forms. Attacking
the mucous membrane it may be known
as catarrh, or developing in the lungs it
may be, and often is, the prime cause OF
consumption.
In whatever form scrofula may mani
fest itself, Hoods Sarsaparilla is its in
veterate foe and conqueror. This medi-
cine has such powerful Alternative and vi
talizing effects upon the blood that every
trace of impurity is expelled, and the
blood is made rich, pure and healthy.
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South SALISBURY.

Seymour Galusha is at work on his
tenement house.
Several of our community are suffer.
ing these days from rheumatism.
VIM Papers has moved to North Ben.
nington, where he has secured work.
Jesse Spencer has moved into one OF
Ed. Brownson's tenements, recently va.
Gated by Eugene Deitz.
No delegate went from here, as was
hoped, to attend the convention at Lyn.
donville, of the L. o. G. It's.
G. S. Madison is doing quite lively
business in the Wayne Building and
Loan Association.
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THE )
HOpIE- DIqKER

Walbridge, the Home-Mak-
er, is daily receiving car loads
of goods to make homes COM
Portable and eozy, and if you
have a home, or expect to have
one, it will be really necessary
to consult Walbridge before
your "ideal home" can be
completed. Walbridge's EN-
porium abounds in beautiful
CHINA of exclusive patterns,
AUSTRIAN GLASS WARE,
a large and selected line of
TOILET SETS that are
marked at cost for leader,
and which you must see to
fully appreciate. In SILK
LAMP SHADES the assort-
ment is more varied than has
ever been shown in the State.
BANQUET LAMPS in all
the new and beautiful designs,
HANGING and HALL
LAMPS in profusion, STOVES
and TINWARE. In speaking
of Stoves, it is astonishing the
number that this house dis
poses of. Last week thirty
parlor stoves were sold,-(
more than the small con- |
Germs sell in a whole season.
Don't you think his extremely
low prices are the cause Of the
volume of business done by 4
this house. FURNITURE
Well, Walbridge has for yeal!
furnished the houses of thisV
and surrounding counties with !
Furniture, and he intends to-
continue doing so, if low prices
and first-class goods are in
ducements enough. Read Wal
BRIDGES advertisement each
week, it sure to prove inter
esting.
WALBRIDGE.
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Morton and Saxton on the New York
State ticket and Strong and Golf on the
Municipal ticket present combination
which challenges the admiration and de-
serves the support of every voter who
believes in clean politics and honest adj
ministration. 1t represents the highest
level of patriotic citizenship, and is
the pledge of business methods in pub
lie affairs. 1t is business ticket, made
up of successful business men.
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POWnaI,

An interest should be awakened over
the needed extension of Oak Hill Gene
terry. Two or three meetings have been
notified with an invariable result of adj
jouTnment each time.
Mrs. Adna Hicks of Rowe was a guest
of DR.. Barber.
Arthur Card is soon to erect new
house near the depot Plans are drawn
and the ground already broken.
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Beyond Comparison

Are the good qualities possessed by
Hoods Sarsaparlla. Above all it puri-
fies the blood, thus strengthening the
nerves; it regulates the digestive organs,
invigorates the kidneys and liver, tones
and builds up the entire system, cures
Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Catarrh and Rheum-
atism. Get Hoods and only Hoods.
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Stop, Lady, Stopl
Lean and lank,
He's such o crank;
My Starsl l thank
I'm not his wife;
He'd make my life
A scene of strife.

Stop, lady, stop! his liver is out of
order. Hes just too nice for anything"
his wife says, when he is we'll" Every
wife husband should take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t puts the
liver and kidneys in good working order,
purifies the blood, cleanses the system
from all impurities. from whatever cause
arising, and tones up all functions gem
orally. Guaranteed to benefit or cure,
or money paid for it refunded.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-16

Mr.. AND MRS. A. BUEL, SHELLEY are
visiting in New Haven, Conn. -.r-.
JOHN P. HARDWOOD and family leaves
to-day for their new home, Escondido,
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Notice to Churches and Societies.

Hereafter patrons of the BANNER job
office will receive notices in the locals,
proper, free as heretofore. All others
will be charged ten cents line in the
business notices. This rule applies to
Obituary Resolutions of Societies or
Lodges, and to all entertainments o
whatever name or nature where there is
fee asked for admittance, and the OBJ
j6ct is to make money, whether adver-
tised in the name of an organization,
committee or individual.
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets permanently cure
constipation, sick headache, indigestion
and kindred arrangements.
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sg- Watch the date opposite yo,T
naqe on this paper. 1t SholOS that your
subscription is credited on our books to
Aat date. 1.-THE date is not changed NTH
in It feW days from the time remittance is
male, notify the publishers.
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Hoods Pills cure all liver ills, bilious
ness, jaundice, Indigestion, sick head
ache. 25c.
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Wanted.

A competent cook in small family, at
PIP Pleasant street. 48tf*
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SPECIAL BUSINESS LOCALS.


The F. NJ. T. A. B. society hold an
other hop, at their rooms Friday evening
October 10th, Goldsmith,s orchestra.
Admission so cents. All are welcome.
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Y@To RENT-House and barn on
Union street. Inquire of David Carpen-
ter. 26tf#
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single copies of the Banner, in
" rappers for Mailing If Desired
TWO Cents.
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PROF. D. M, BRISTOL'S
J EDUCATED HORSES 30

Ponies and mules The oldest, largest and
best troups of educated horses in the world. Ten
years of unparalleled success in every city and
town in America, and now better than ever,
Still with us the wonderful horse mathematician,
horse acrobats, horse leaping, horse swinging,
including the wonderful mule, Denver.
Prices 25c. 35c, Soc Matinee prices Csc, 35c,
children 15c. At the matinee children get a free
pony ride.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
SLAUGHTER OF TREES
Going On Constantly at the Rate Of
S.OOO.0GO Acres Annually.

Going On Constantly at the Rate Of
S.OOO,0GO Acres Annually.
1t is estimated that 100000 acres of
forest land are cleared every year,
and that in the ten years previous to
1876, 12,OO0.OOO acres were burned over
simply to clear the land Ten years
ago it was estimated that the timber of
New York was disappearing ut the rate
Of 10000 acres a year. Since then
laws have been passed which have
restrained to some extent the wood
,ran's AK but it is still welded far too
freely.
The warning given this country by
George r. Marsh many years ago,
in his work entitled Man and Nature" {"
and by others who have given careful
study to this subject, has not been
wholly in vain. A reactionary move
ment Mas already begun, and Its good
results are visible in many quarters.
Perhaps it Is not too much to hope
that our friends and protectors, the
trees of the forest, which have for us
SO many precious housekeeping full
the streams andxyivers, .essenlng the
heat of summer md the cold of Win
ter, guarding the fields against ruiuous
foods and freshets, Offering a shelter
and a pleasure ground to the we'll and
a perfect sanitarium to the sick-will
be preserved from further ruthless de-
struction for. the JOY and blessing Of
this and future generations.-Bost
Transcript.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24

the writer have IN mind the application
of steam to machinery? Or was it
electricity propelled his engine" He
may have been the Bell or Edison OF
that century, who died without making
his mark:
To Sr Edmond Andres
Knigt Captain Gereran 4 Govern
er in Chef over this his Majestys
Territ0rys, Of New; f
The humble petition Of christopher
Talbot Turner in Boston
Humbly sheweth
That whereas your petitioners with
with great pains & expence hath found
out an Engine useful for divers trades
men as turner's ropemakers smiths &
all sorts of mills for corn slider saWmills
& almost any thing that Is to~be done
by wheels with sails 4 also hath dis
coured to make II boat sail against the
wind & tide & snudry other things with
more ease & expedition then hath bin
discovered hitherto either in Europe or
America & whereas his Majesty & his
royal Predecessors haue at Ill times
been pleas'd graciously to Encourage
all undertakings of this nature vt who
SOeVer fndS Out any new engine or IN
vention profitable for ye common good
to grant their letters patent for the
sole use thereof
Therefore yh petitioner is humbly
bold & begs vt yr Excellency will be
pleas'd to grant him VI letters patient
for We sole use & Improvement of the
said Engine in these his Majesties ter
ritories of New: r. for IA years las is
|accostumed) & ytno other person shall
make use Of the same or any such like
without yr petitioners consent.
who is in duty bound & shall for ever
pray.
CHRISTOPHER TALBOT.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
F,VE-MAsrED SCHOONER.
The Gov. Ames Is the Only Vessel of
It's Kind.

The Gov. Ames Is the Only Vessel of
It's Kind.
The schooner Gov. Ame:, the largest
fore-and-after in the world and the on
ly five-masted schooner, arrived in
Providence the other day with 1925
tons Of coal. She has recently been ell
gagged in carrying lumber from the
Pacific ports to Australia. She is 265
feet long over all, 232 feet long on
her keel, so feet beam, 81 feet deep.
and her tonnage register is .1,7G9.77.
She can carry 5000 tons of coal OH
a draft of 20 feet. She has a center
board of the best quality of white
oak 33 feet long. Is feet deep and 8
inches thick and hatchways, each "a
feet cross decks and 8 feet fore and
aft. Her outside pianking, the heavi-
est ever put Oh schooner, is 6 inches
thick, and at the gunwals { inches.
The five lower maSts are called fore
mast, mainmast, mizzenmast, jigger-
mast and spankermast, and are each
LIS feet in length, the topmasts being
each So feet long. The jibboom is Is
feet long, and the schooner spreads
1000 feet of canvas. She has two an
chors weighing $500 pounds each, with
50 fathoms Of = 1-2-inch chain, besides
Il steam anchor of 1850 pounds and 4
kedge of 1000 pounds. The sails are
hoisted with donkey engine of 80
horsepower, and she has large steam
capstan and No. II windless, the larg-
est made. 1t cost 5000 to build the
Gov. Ames. Her master, Capt. Cor
nelius A. Davis Of Somerset, Mass, is
one of five brothers, all of whom are
or have been sea captains. as was their
father before them.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
A bright yellow sky at sunset pres
ages wind; pale yellow, wet; orange
or copper-colored, wind and rain.
Aging Brandy by Ozone.

A London brandy distilling firm hav-
ing offered to age brandy for it. GUS
toners by ozone in eighteen months,
a we'll known electrician has stated in
English electrical papers that If the
ozone process takes eighteen months
to mature and improve brandy, the ap-
paratus used must be imperf act, and
the ozone Of very poor quality. With
a medium-sized apparatus q cask OF
wine or spirit can be oZonized within
from four to six hours, according to
the quality Of the liquid, and after, say
three months rest, it will have been
aged some years. THIS is no expert
ment, as the process is in daily aud
successful operation. Not only is the
expense in aging and improving wines,
whiskies or brandies by this method
tr.fling, but the maturing and refining
Of all alcoholic liquids is SO rapid aA
to make saving IN many directions
possible. Besides great economy from
the quick turnover, and on the re
duced loss by interest on capital, there
is an important gain in the avoidance
Of the shrinkage, which always takes
Mace in evaDDratioa.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
Protector of the RhfnOcerOs.

The rhinoceros bird is the volunteer
vidette and protector in general of the
rhinoceros. 1t Is a variety of thrush
and is about the size of a catbird The
rhinoceros is a big, vicious, unwieldy
brute, with prejudice against all ami
NAL nature except the bird that bears
his name. He is always spelling for a
fight and never waits to be attacked.
AS soon as ne sees anything that is
alive he charges on it and unless it
evales the rush there is usually a sub
ject for funeral. Fortunately for At
rican hunters, the ugly brute's eyes are
weak and so situated that it's range of
vision is extremely limited, it being
able to discern only objects directly in
front of it. AS a consequence 1t would
be- an easy matter for hunter to APP
proach near enough to the rhinoceros
to get an effective shot but for the
vigilance of the rhinoceros bird. This
feathered sentinel perches on the back
of the rhinOceros and whaa it sees nr
hears an animal approaching at once
sets up great futtering and scream
ing and flies at the intruder. The
lbincceros always he,>ds the warning
and follows fast in the wake Of his tiny
guardian, ready to do battle and deal
death to any living creature except the
bird AS compensation for the birds
services the rhinocerQs permits 1t to
perch upon his back aud dig into his
tough hide and feast upon the worms
it finds there.-St Louis Globe-Deno-
crat.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
PENGUlNs FEEDING.
The Transformation That Takes
Place when They Enter the Wa

Th> Transformation That Takes
Place When They Enter the wa
ter. =.
The appearance Of the keeper, with
his pail of live gudgeon,, Is the signai
for sudden and intense excitement In
the cages. The penguins wave their
little tlippers and waddle to the door,
whence they peer eagerly down the
wooden steps leading to the pool Ihe
cormorant croaks and sways from saoe
to side, and the darters poise their
snaky heads and spread their batlike
wings. At the waters edge the pen
guins do not launch themselves upon
the surface like other waterfoWls, pu'
instantly plunge beneath.
Once below. an astonishing change
takes place. The slow, ungainly bird
is transferred into a swift and bril-.
liant creature. beaded with globuies OF
quicksilver, where the air clings to the
close feathers, and flying through the
clear and waveless depths with arrOWy
speed and powers of turning far great
er than any form Of aerial flight. The
rapid and steady strokes of the wings
are exactly similar to those of the air
BIRDS while it's feet float straight out
level with the body, unused for pro-
pulsion, or even as rudders, and as
little needed in its progress as those
of a wild duck when on the wing.
The twists and turns necessary to
follow the active little fish are made
wholly by the strokes Of one wing and
the cessation of movement in the 9th
er, and the fish are chased, caught and
swallowed below water, the only
appearance of the birds on the surface
being made by one or two bounds from
the depths, when the head and shoul-
ders leap above the surface for sec
ond and then disappear.
Any attempt to remain on the sur
face leads to ludicrous splashing and
confusion, for the submarine bird can
not float. 1t can only fly below the
surface. Immediately the meal is fin.
ished both penguins scramble out of
the water and shuttle, with round backs
and dropping wings, back to their
cage to dry and digest.-Spectator.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24
Electric Mufnea.

Although the electrical brick kiln.
which was said to have been invented
by Western engineer, has failed to
materialize, it is stated that an elec-
tric mufie is now "a fairly common
adjunct to the laboratory Of the French
metallurgist. An electric muffie at once
suggests the adaptation of the princi-
pie OF resistance to the ''fiiing'' Of pot
terry. When valuable porcelain Is '.fir-
ed, ina kiln heated by means Of fuel,
many expensive precautions have to
be taken SO MS to prevent the delicate
glazes and colors from being injured by,
the products Of combustion. This has
led to the use of small gas kilns and
mufies, as the products Of combustion
of gas are not quite SO injurious to
porcelain as are those Of fuel. 1t il
now argued that since mufile can be
made just as hot by electricity as bY,
any other means. and since the electric
al heat leaves behind 1t no fumes or
hurtful products, electric muffles, and
even electric kilns, would be a success
In the baking Of porcelain.
The Bottineau pioneer., 1894-11-24

According to recent statistics there
are about 1900 women practicing
medicine OH the continent Of North
America, of whom 40 are homeopath-
ists The majority are ordinary prac-
titioners, but among the remainder are
20 hospital physicians or surgeons, 95
professors in the schools, 61O special
lists for the diseases of women, 70
alienists, 65 orthopedists, 40 oculists
and aurists, and, finally, 80 electro
therapeutists. In Canada there is but
one medical school exclusively devoted
to the training Of medical ladies, but in
the United States in 1893 there were
ten, one of them being homeopathic
establishment.