The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-06

MRS. A. S. NJ. CHISHOLM and son are
expected from Colrado next week.
Ex-Gov. FUTILE of New Hampshire,
who as governor represented his state at
the Bennington centennial, in 1891, an
nounces himself as candidate for con-
gressional honors.
Buy of home dealers. Put yourself in
their place, and see how you would like
to have your patrons-whatever your
businessman away from you to some
travelling or temporary concern.
Col. BRECKENRIDGE' defense has the
flavor of antiquity at least. 1t was tried
by the first man that was ever put on his
defense. The woman tempted me and |
did eat-and kept on eating.--N. Y.
World.
PEOPLE should be careful about throw
ing old papers of any sort where they
can get into the street. Many runaways
are caused by them, as there is nothing
that so frightens horse, as a paper
bloweng In front of him.
THE Chicago Tribune publishes the
following, saying it did not occur in Ben
nington but in Boston: "When Lots
wife looked back" said the Sunday
school teacher, "what happened to her?''
''She was transmitted into chloride of
sodium" answered the class, with one
voice.
LIST of letters remaining uncalled for
in the PostOffice at Bennington for the
week ending March 31st: Peter Bowen,
p. Davis, B. j. Derby, Daniel Pratt, Ran
som Hardware Company, Y. A. Wacete.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office April 18th. 1894, if not de-
livered before. In calling for above
please say, advertised" giving date of
list.
MAJ. R. j. CoFFEY of the Soldiers
Home, under date of March 9th. writes
to Mrs. Knowlson of Poultuey as follows:
81 have the pleasure to acknowledge the
receipt of two quilts and express money
order, relief fund of late L. A. S., No.
~. 1t is timely and acceptable. l shall
ask to have the fund applied towards the
purchase of an extra wheel chair for our
hospital, which is much needed. Thanks
to all the ladies interested, and also for
your good words in behalf of the soldiers
of the late war;"
DON'T swallow orange, grape or apple
seeds, or raisin stones. 1t is a we'll es-
tablished medical fact that many deaths
hitherto attributed to inflammation of
the bowels" or diseases of that class,
have been due to the malady known as
appendicitis" which is caused by hard
substances like those named, lodging in
the little apparently useless portion of
the intestines known as the "vermiform
appendix" Many of the ills the flesh is
heir to, come and go mysteriously, but
this one can be surely avoided by adher-
ing strictly to the rule, to swallow no.
thing of an indigestible nature, and no.
thing which has not been thoroughly
masticated.
ONE of our brethren of the gull d-edi-
torial remarks, feelingly: "a child is
born; the physician attends and receives
his fee. The editor writes up the event
and receives 0. The child reaches man
hoods estate, is married; the minister
receives his fee. The editor writes it up
and gets co. Time passes on and the
man dies; the physician, the minister
and the undertaken receive their fees
The editor writes it up and receives 00O
The chances are that the babe, the groom
and the dead man took more papers than
he could read and seldom, or never, sub
scribed or contributed one cent toward
his local paper"
WE are sorry for our friends to the
East and the South of the Green Noun
tains. Last week North Adams man,
imbibing Troy whiskey, thought that
city was ,Hoosac Junction, and now
well, we let the Brattleboro Reformer tell
the story: "A sea serpent or something
of the kind was seen IN tie Connecticut
river at Greenfield, Mass, last Friday.
The farmer who saw it thought it was a
log floating down the stream, but the OBJ
ject stopped directly in front of him,
raised about seven feet of its length and
opened a mouth fully II inches across.
This satisfied him. He wanted to see no
more and he left at once for home, going
the shortest way. AS the farmer de-
clares that he had not been near the Yer
mont line nor seen any of our prohibit
tory juice, the case is serious one."
The Bennington Centre correspond
ent of the Readsboro Enterprise. sent
these items last week: Charles G. Mer-
chant, who is in advanced years, is in
is in poor health.-Samuel B.
Sanford of Troy was at his
summer home here on Wednesday of
this week. The foundation for his new
barn is progressing. S. B. Pixies
buildings had narrow escape from fire
Tuesday of this week, as the engine set
| Iue grass on lire near Jne UdIh anu ~
strong wind blowing towards the same,
made business lively for short time.
"A new creamery is to be built on to
the farm house of f. B. Jennings, at
Fair View" AS it takes a good deal
of butter to supply the Mccullough and
jennings families and their servants,
good size creamery is needed.-Nor-
man F. Ovaitt, an old resident of Ben
nington, was buried on Monday of this
week from his residence at the Centre.
Like many of us, Mr.. Ovaitt had his pc
culiarities. He was much re-
spected and one who paid hundred
cents on the dollar and whose word was
as good as his bond. Mr.. Ovaitt could
be called successful farmer, for at this
business he accumulated his fortune, es-
timated to be about $500. A widow
and two children survive: Mrs. Barker
Vail of this town and Marcus, who now
lives in California.
The Stanstead, P. O.. Journal of re-
cent date, has the following: "Miss
Annie Reyes, only daughter of DR.. W.
NJ Keyes of Georgeville, died at the res
idence of her aunt, Miss Packard, Stan
stead Plain, on Monday noon, March
10th. Miss Reyes came to Stanstead to
visit her aunt. On Monday March 18th
she was taken violently i'll, and her
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