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The record-union., 1894-12-14
Took the Oath Tbsough the Telep

Aooh Tue oaCh A1soui.h Ihe Aeiephohe.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 13.-A contest is
about to be begun over the election OF
sheriff of this county. John Burr, the
man elected, did not take the oath OF
office as required by law, it is alleged.
within ten days after the election. On
the tenth day Burr was in San Francisco.
At 1l:3O o'clock at night, he made oath
through long distance telephone. The
contestants hold that this was not good
oath,
The record-union., 1894-12-14

TEGUCIGALPA, Dec. I5.-Eiots have oc-
cured at Comayaqua, whore the mob
shouted, Death TO the Bouelia family ~
The Central American Federation
scheme, which is substituted for the Cen
tral American Union, allows each cOun-
try it's own President, the President
choosing President OF the federation.
who shall live in neutral district, and
on retiring give place in rotation to all
the other Presidents, each to have ono
vote III the council OF federation.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-28
this time?' sternIy demanded the Cen

this time?' sternly demanded the Cen
eral.
"'Skinning the horse, yer honor
docs 1t take nearly two hours to
perform such an operation?'
"'No, yer honor, but then, you see. it
tuck bout half an hour to catch him, in
nocently replied Pat.
" Catch him! Fire and furies! Was
he alive?'
"'He was, yer honor; and you know L
could not skin him alive
"'Skin him alive! Did you kill him?'
"'To be sure did, yer honor"
Gen. Butler cast upon his servant
such ferocious look that Pat thought
he meditated skinning an Irishman, in
revenge for the death of his horse.''
Perhaps" said Uncle Joshua, mo
man, since the days of Falstaff and the
Merry Wives of Windsor, was ever more
tormented by women than was General
Butler, after the issue of his famous Or
der, No. 2S,' directed to the women of
New Orleans, which was, however, only
a revival of an old ordinance of that city
The secesh woman of this city, from
that time forward, delighted to tease,
vex and irritate him.
"Numberless were the pretexts they
=
extract impatient or angry retorts from
him, which they would relate to their
friends afterward with the greatest gus
to. To take the oath was with them
the height of infamy nevertheless, there
were found men, who not willingly only,
but gladly renewed their fealty to the
United States government.
"Of these, one man, who had always
been known as a Union man, but whose
wife was intensely Southern in her views
and feelings, promptly came forward
and took the oath 1t was not long be-
fore she became acquainted with the
hideous fact, and she determined no
some sort of revenge.
"A magnificent looking woman she
was, and of elegant and commanding
manner. Attiring herself in the most
elaborate and becoming style and cos
tune, she waited upon the General,
gave her husbands name, and was re-
ceived with eminent distinction and
courtesy. After exchanging few ele-
CANT and gracious compliments with the
General and his staff, and attracting the
attention of every one in the room, she
proceeded to unfold the object of her
visit.
General said she, some of my
friends have taken the oath;' and clasp
ing her hands upon her breast, and roll
ing her eyes heavenward, she exclaimed
in tones that Mrs. Siddons, even, might
have envied, Il have come down to
swear allegiance to that dear flagp The
announcement was as irresistible as it
was unexpected. Bursts of laughter
rang through the presence-chamber, and
the General, seeing that he was sold, re-
torted angrily: I'VE don't want your
oath, madam. Go home and take care
of your house and your family; that's
the proper place for women. .'--Boston
Herald.
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land once was, the Democracy has failed
to secure permanent success because of
the inherent weakness of it's principles.
Mr.. Cleveland's advocacy of free trade
has been vigorous and, on the whole,
sincere, and his experience with his
party and the country is conclusive
proof that the American people do not
want free trade even when offered in it's
most innocuous form and under its most
plausible guises.
And yet, with all these disclosures of
his waning influence and popularity,
Mr.. Cleveland is being actively doomed
thus early for third Presidential term.
Doubtless this talk is for the most part
merely the clatter of the irresponsible
and vacuous, but all the same it is fear
full confession of the intellectual poverty
of the Democratic party that any of it's
members should be even suggesting for
such unexampled honors a President
whom the American people had just re-
pudiated as they never in their whole
history repudiated another Executive
in the first year of his Administration
Boston Journal.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-28
THEDEcLINEoF CLEVELAND.

Sincere friends of President Cleveland
no longer make any secret of their re-
gIet that he did not have the wisdom to
withdraw from active politics at the end
of his first Administration. The course
of his second term has been ANYTHING
but calculated to enhance his fame, and
affairs have been going steadily from
bad to worse as it has proceeded. In
their inmost consciousness, the Presi-
dents warmest supporters recognize the
Hawaiian tiasco as serious blunder.
They deplOre his callous indifference to
civil service reform. Every important
election since Mr.. Cleveland was inaug.
urated year and half ago, has demon
strated his swiftly weakening influence
with the people, and the late session of
Congress and the events which have sue
ceeded it have shown that he is fast los
ing his grip on the Democratic leader
ship. His defeat by German in the mat
ter of the Tariff bill was complete and
overwhelming. 1t was immeasurably
the worse reverse his political fortunes
ever had sustained. But it has been fol-
lowed by the Wholesale slaughter of his
personal followers among the Southern
Democratic Congressman, almost every
one of them having been Indignantly re-
jected by his constituents for assisting
the President to repeal the silver pur-
chase law. Now another severe setback
is involved in the Ohio DemocIacy's re-
lection of the Administrations silver
policy and its fatfooted declaration of
free coinage.
Opinions will differ as to the cause of
President Cleveland's decline in politi-
cal prestige, but the fact itself can no
LANCER be denied. Republicans will view
it with mingled emotions. Insomuch
as Mr.. Cleveland has often, though not
always, been right in his contests with
his own party, they will regret that his
influence with it is so palpably decaying.
On the other hand, they will feel GER
tain quiet satisfaction that their predic-
tions have been fulfilled, and that even
under leader so strong as Mr.. Cleve-
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NEW YORK NEWS DER COM
MEM

New YORK, Sept. 27.-Ot the ticket
nominated by the New York Democrats
yesterday the World says: Old divisions
in the party are intensified, certainly not
healed, by Hills nomination.
The Recorder says: Hill is the strong
est man in the Democratic party of the
state. Ifany man could possibly defeat
Morton, Hill is the man.
The Press says il is ticket of forlorn
hope, with the ablest leader in the state
at its head.
The Advertiser says the nomination
shows the desperate condition of the
Democratic party of the state.
The Herald makes no editorial COM
meuts
The Times says Hills nomination is the
sorry outcome of all efforts made to put
aside dissension and unite the party.
President Cleveland says: II am not in
touch with the political situation in New
York, but no doubt the convention has
done the best thing possible"
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Democratic consistency is something

Democratic consistency is something
past finding out. Here is Judge Gaynor
sending an ante.convention message in
which he denounces 1.-THE low, base, ig-
norant and corrupt government prevail
ing in some of our Cities" and yet he is
placed on Tamnany ticket with Hill
as a representative of the elements
Judge Gaynor characteristics as un-
worthy. Aside from the lying platform
the intelligent people of the Empire
State are asked to elect this combination
with all that is behind it. Well, some
queer things were done at Washington
in denunciation, ETC., but the platform
endorsement of Cleveland's tariff action,
with Hill for the head of the ticket, is a
marvellous performance in circus poll
tics. We do not believe the Democrats
can fool the people, but if they do, God
save the people. Pledged to further
'pauperize American labor, the election
of Hill will be calamity.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-28

The anniversaryof the establishing of
the Boston Sunday Journal is to be cele-
brated by that paper in very pleasing
way. Next Sunday a thirty-two page
paper will be issued, inclosed in a finely
colored cover, prepared expressly for the
Journal at cost of $500, and contain
ing many novel features. The Sunday
journal has gained thousands of readers
by it's originality and enterprises, never
letting a week pass without presenting
many strong and entertaining special
articles not to be found in any other
paper, as well as all the news. One hun
dred thousand copies are to be printed
next Sunday.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-28

GB-"America Photographed" will
give you vast amount of information
relating to our continent that you can
secure by no other way than by a visit to
each of the historic and scenic spots
which are portrayed with Photographic
accuracy In this series. Save your cou-
pons.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-09-28
THE BANNER.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRI
DAY AFTERNOONS.

Entered at the Bennington Post Office
second-class matter by c. A. PIERCE & CO..
Publishers.
Terms S1.5O per year, strictly in advance
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GB,I America Photographed can be Sc
lred by lnstallments of only 10 cents.
4 ms is an easy way, a way that won't
otlceaoly ehect your finances to secure
volume of real worth and merit,
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90 Save your coupons. There's big
blue in them.
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yCUsTOM SUITS A SPECIALITY.

Don t get the idea that you are hard to fit.
No matter what your form, if you get your
suits made they should fit perfectly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
TnIs Is Good Plan for Ever =,

The care which Connection ~,
of its old soldiers is thus stated by az az,
John g. Heaty, assistant adiutant ~ wi
eral of the State, who is now IN W.
ington on pension business: co..
necticut prosecutes all pension cases
its citizens without any charge T.
appropriation for this purpose l. nad !
every year. 1t is turned over to ~
adjutant general. We prepare ~ H.
cases as fully as possible before fin
them in the bureau here, and conai
quently there is not so much time !.
quired for their settlement. Tben
again, all the clerks in our Office ~
notaries public, and the pensioners :
not charged any fees when they ara
required to swear to any documents :.
when they come to draw their pensiop'
every three months. The assistan,
adjutant general comes to Wasbing
ton twice every year on pension busi
ness"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

tOther medicines which had tried
did me no good. | took one bottle OF
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy and il set me right on my feet
81 could not help having faith in
this wonderful medicine even il |
wanted TO. Ii cured me completely.
Before took it, was so dizzy | did
not dare 90 away TO work alone, |
would fall down and hurt me badly.
Since taking DIR. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, my health is
good and nerves are steady. | know
it is the best medicine, and advise all
TO use it,
If you are weak, sickly, neryous.run
down, or have any nervous or chronic
disease, take DIR. Greene's Neryura
blood and nerve remedy. Ii will sure
ly cure YOU. The spring is the best
time TO take ii. You can always be
cured quickest at this season. Every
body needs a spring medicine. and
there is none which will do as much
for you as DIR. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. 1t is a positive
cure. Try it. 1t is purely vegetable
and harmless. and is the discovery of
DR. Greene Of "a Temple Place. Bos-
ton, Mass, the most successful special
ist in curing nervous and chronic dis
eases. lie can be consulted personally
free or by letter
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Why Can't | Work?
Why Dol Get Weak and Tired So
Easily?
Questions That Are Constantly Asked
by Thousands.-A Prominent Busi-
ness Man Gives Advice Needed
by Everybody.

The world is filled with weak, sur
fering men and women. OH If they
could only be made well and strong,
how different their lives would be.
And they can be so just as well as not.
Read the following letter from Mr..
Joseph A. Slayton, one of the most
prominent men of Calais, Vt:
"Two years ago | was taken with
the grip. | had to take my bed and
was very sick. | came very near death.
| was confined to my bed for six
weeks. When | got up, | was very
weak and could but just get around.
employed physicians who did me
very little good.
81 had serious trouble with my
heart, so bad that fell and received
serious injury. | was completely run
down and could not do any work on
account of nervous prostration. ] was
discouraged. A friend adj
vised me to try DIR. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy.
81 had to have something to help
me Immediately or ! could not live
LONG.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

Col. f. ID. Bennett, superintendent
of the Bennington and Rutland rail-
road, has been advised by his physi-
clan to take trip South. His recov-
cry is slow from his recent severe i'll
ness since his return from the Worlds
Fair in September. He viii be able
to start on the trip in short time,
accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter, and will visit relatives in Fort
Worth, Texas, and Shreveport, La.
Col. Thompson, formerly of st.
Johnsbury, and lately employed in
the government office at Washington,
last week sustained a fractured leg
and other injuries, by being knocked
down by a team while crossing the
street. His injuries have since assum-
ed a serious condition. He has had
stroke of apoplexy, is delirious and
his leg has been set the third time.
The surgeons fear gangrene and ex-
press grave doubts of his recovery.
A Democratic caucus, to express a
choice for postmaster, was held at
Brattleboro, February Bird, from 2 to
$3.50 p. m. Intense interest was shown
and a larger vote was cast than the
party has ever had at the polls. The
result was victory for Postmaster
Childs, who has held the office for the
past eight years, by vote of more
than to i. f. w. Childs had 354
votes, w. Ii. Minor, l6s, and George
II. Burns, 6. The Australian system
was used.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Vermont at the California Midwinter
Exposition.

commissioners Charles :. Forbes of
ST. Adams and Nelson w. Fiske of
Isle La Motto left Vermont via Grand
Trunk and Santa Fe route for San
Francisco, Feb. 6, where they will be
joined by Commissioners Frank Dill
lingham, Fletcher ID. Proctor, Ed
ward A. Morse and Henry Clark.
The arrangements to celebrate YER
mont Day, which occurs March Sd at
Golden Gate Park, will be in charge
of the commission and the Pacific
Coast association Of the Sons of Ver-
mont. Vermont headquarters in San
Francisco win be at the Palace Hotel.
Among the citizens of the State ex-
pecting to be present are Messrs. Asa
5. Livingston, Frank Walker and G.
A. Sylvester of st. Johnsbury. f. 5.
Fleury of Isle La Motto, John f.
Fletcher of st. Adams, George b.
Royce and w. II. Page of Rutland.
G. b. Welch of Burlington, f. n. Bis
sell of Shoreham, 5. L. Dutton of
Dummerston. f. ID. Butterfield of
Derby.
Among the vermont exhibits at the
Exposition will be an extensive dis
play of maple sugar, under the charge
OF G. b. Welch of the Weleh Brothers
Maple company, Burlington. Sugar
in various forms will be served in
booth erected for the purpose on the
grounds.
Gov. Fuller has received message
from san Francisco, saying that J. 1000 /
NemOnters on the Pacific coast pro-
posed to make Vermont Day a feat
ure of the California Midwinter Ex- I
position, distancing all other State I
days, and strongly urging him to be
present on that occasion. The dis
patch was signed by President Frank /
Dillingham; of the Society of the Sons
of Vermont; Henry l.. Dodge, presi-
dent, and George W. Hopkins. secre-
tary of a committee of one hundred.
1t is probable that the Governor will
90 to San Francisco for Vermont Day
March Bird.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Minnesota Sons of Vermont.

The fourth annual banquet of the
Vermont association of Minnesota
was given on the evening of Feb. Z. al
the Hotel Nicollet, and proved to be
one of the leading social events of the
season. Several hundred members and
many invited guests were in attend
ance. and during the earlier hours of
the evening exchanged informal greet
ings in the parlors of the hotel.
AT 500, Col. NJ. II. Sessions of Min
neapolis, the president of the associa-
ton, invited the guests TO the dining
room. The spread was one of the
most complete ever made in the Nj
collet, which is famed for its excellent
entertainment. Beautiful flowers and
potted plants in profusion decked the
tables and adorned the dining room.
and each lady received beautiful
rose.
After the banquet, the assembled
company retired 10 the parlor for the
after-dinner speeches. Judge j. A..
Chandler of 81. Paul, Prof. G. W.HaH
of the university of Minnesota. Min
neapolis, Russell II. Dorr of Minneap-
oils, and Others made witty addresses
and Mrs. Sarah Rounds Steman gave
a select reading.
After postprandial exercises the
Sons and Daughters of Vermont
danced until the small hours Of the
This affair was a complete
success in every particular, for which
special credit is due to Mr.C.C. Dunn.
secretary and treasurer of the associa-
ton. 4 pleasant feature of the even
ing was the presentation TO each per-
son present copy of a brochure.
entitled ''The Vermont Settler and the
New York Spectators, written bv
Col. II. c. Benton of Minneapolis.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
A Million Eriends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. and not
less than one million people have found lust
such a friend in DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs, and Colds.-If Won
have never used this Great Cough Medicin
one trial viii convince you that It has vyonde
tut curative powers in all diseases Of Throat
Chest. and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed
to do ali that IS claimed or meney will be re-
funded. Trial bottles free at Drew & Leon
ards Drug Store. Large bottles J0e and 81
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Notes and Comments.

1t is generally conceded that Yer
mont leads the Union in the produc-
ton of Morgan horses. maple sugar
fine women and lieutenant governors.
The first two classes proved their
claims to the distinction in COMPETE
ton at the Worlds Fair. If the last
two had been entered, they would,
doubtless, have been equally honored.
Vermont Standard.
Col. LeGrand B. Cannon of Bur-
lington pictures the supporters of the
Wilson bill in these TERMS at is a
singular fact that although hundreds
of meetings, attended by hundreds Of
thousands of workmen, have been
held to protest against the Wilson tar
if bill and kindred legislation, not
one single meeting has been held in
this country in support of it, except
by few political Mugwumps in Bos-
ton, who declared that, although they
condemned many features of the bill,
they would still support it as step
toward free trade, and these political
agnostics ostentatiously assert a theory
as delusive as a Southern rainbow and
with no more substance than a Cape
Cod fog.
State Superintendent Stone reports
an active interest, and, in many sec
tions of the State, especially good work
being done, among the schools. He il
kept busy attending the teachers meet
ings, and many practical questions
are being asked and discussed. Prog
ress during the first year or two after
the adoption of the town system must
necessarily be slow, particularly in
those parts of the State where most
opposition to the new departure ex-
listed, and where the devotces of the |
old district system were reluctant TO /
accept and make use of modern ideas |
touching the management and devel- I
opment of schools. There is much /
yet to be learned in Vermont, in CON
nection with the town system, and I
frequent meetings of superintendent,
directors and teachers will aid materi-
ally in smoothing out the rough places
and bringing about satisfactory So
luton of the problem. Thus far ev-
erything taking the State as a whole
seems TO be working well, and many
once weak schools are feeling the ben
eft of centralized control and bust
ness-like -Calcdonian.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

We desire to say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Flee
tTlc BItters and have never handled remedies
that sell as well, or that have given such uni
versal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time and We stand ready
to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These reme-
dies have won their great popularity purely on
their merits. Drew 4 Leonard. druggists.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Vermont Pensioners.

The following Vermonters have
been granted pensions:
Increase, Luther Stone. Newport.
RichardJ J. Griffin, Mortified. VIM. ID.
Gilbert, Woodstock; reissue. Monroe
}. Perry, Milton; original, Ransom
\. Wiley, Ilardwick: additional.
Robert Collins, Bennington; original.
widows, ETC., Jannette Emery. Rut-
land.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Eslale 81 JAMEs MILLIANs

The undersigned. having been appointeibv the Hon
Probate Court for the District Of Hartford eonIls
sioners. 70 receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands OF ali persons against the estate Of
James Williams late Of koyaltOn In said District, &c
ceased and All claims exhibited In Offset tieIetu
hereby give notice that will meet for the purpea
Is Aforesaid at G.. z. Tarheil's office IN Royalion
on the l2ih day Of March
and the l2thday Of June next from I p. m. unli
O'Clock, p m. Of said DAYS aud thai siN months Iie
the sih day OF Dec. A. D. 1893 Is the time limited y
said Court for said creditors to present their eAms
70 US for examination and allowance.
Dated al Roy alton. this 18th iay Of Jan. A.D.lst
y. o. BELkNAP CoWaission-
loll ARTHIR @. WHITMAN ers.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

- 7 =
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Probate Court for the District Of Randolph Commis.
sioners 10 receive. examine and adjust an claims ana
demands Of all persons against the estate o. Elizabeth
F. Perrin aie Of Rando phi In said District. Deceased
andthe claims Of the deceased exhibited IN ose There
% hereby give notice that We will meet for purpose
aforesaid. at VIM. H. Nichols Office IN Nesl
Randolph on thta22t iav OF Ftu next from
O'Clock pm. until O'Clock Pm. Of said DAY and
that SIX mos romthe 2ithiav OF Jan. AID. 1884 Is te
time limited by said Court for said creditors o. pre-
sent their claims for examination aud allow
4nce. Dated Al Randolph this 25ih day OF Jan. lsft
JAMES HUTCHINSON f,,.,.,isei,,,srs
1919 ALBEIT n. DEAN