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Marriage Ceremony-FinIand.

Marriage fetes in Finland, as in Nor
way, are often prolonged for several days,
even among folk of humble rank. One pc
culiarity, which may excite more surprise
than approval among eligible suitors in
our own country is that the Finnish lover
never himself pops the question" to the
girl of his choice. The momentous pro-
posal is made through a third person,
called the "talman, to whom the happy
couple give a present when his delicate
mediation proves successful and ends in a
wedding. Not uncommonly their gift to
the talman takes the unromantic form Of
a shirt.
In like manner the clergyman who pre-
sides over the nuptial service receives a
simple and inexpensive present, often
handkerchief AID a pair of warm hair
gloves. A similar gift is bestowed upon
the officiating priest at funerals. Upon
these mournful occasions the service is ex-
ceedingly simple-more so than would sat
isfy the views of British undertakers-
but the burial is, as a rule, followed by
large hospitality on the part Of the bereaved
family Westminster Review.
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When is the HappIest Time :?

Not when, in early morning
OF Lies long changeful day,
The fair, unclouded dawning
Foretells a glorious day;
For youth is full of yearnng,
OF restless longings vain,
And the hopes within it burning
Shadow its joys with pain.
Not when the sun, at zenith
Beams straghtlv from above,
And the mothers heart is swelling
With an ecstacy of love:
For, with each added treasure
Come added fear and dread,
And cares in fullest measure,
While early hopes are fled.
Lies st rms leave wreck and ruin
Along the varying road,
And stTeng h Is turned to weakness,
Beneath lfe's wearing load,
But, when the sun, slow sinking in the west,
Throws frightening shadows DER the backward
way,
When tired hands, and weary brains may rest,
After the toll and burden of the day;
When time, and grief, and loss, like furnace fires
Have burned from love all base alloy away,
And clearer vision quenched all vain desires,
While restless hopes vanish with passing day
Then is the happiest time IN life, for those
tho, in the light of love, uufailing, sure,
Wait only until the gates shall wide unclose,
Which shut from sight all who have passed be-
fore. Judith Wells
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Sold at Banner Stationery Store.

OO'N al DoHIIOl SbaIOlOl SlOIC'
The Golden House" is novel with
purpose, and an admirable purpose; but
in addition to it's moral, which the read
er must read for himself, it is filled with
those delightfully."- unexpected and telling
turns of thought and expression, with
which the writings of Mr.. Warner
abound, and which, sometimes, make
the reader forget the story in the style.
Half of Mr.. Warmers book is devoted to
that useless, but ornamental, set of men
and women in New York, who have al
most succeeded in making art the fash
ion. and who spend all their lives in
mingling the deep red of the hot house
plant with the neutral tint of the I'M
blemishing, scentfermentations of
Rheims and Epernay. The other half of
the novel pictures class of men and
women who live in Rivington street, and
the alleys adjacent, and who, when they
mingle anything, mingle the fumes OF
cabbage stalks and beer-both usually
stale. 1t treats of squalor; of filthy sur
roundings, acquiesced in as being a mat
ter of course; of wonderful patience in
deprivation and in suffering; of incapac-
ity; of ill-paid labor; and of that kindest
spirit of sympathy and helpfulness which
distinguishes the conduct of the poor to-
ward the poor; and which the rich so
rarely entertain for the poorer for the
rich.
Mr.. Warner knows both halves, and he
has studied both halves. If he has no.
thing but gentle irony for the one, he has
nothing but helpfulness and sympathy
for the other. He is writing at the one,
he is writing for the other. He is show.
ing One-half how the other half lives, or
tries to live.
Certain persons whom we have known,
and who some time ago made serious
Little journey in the World'' under the
personal guidance of Mr.. Warner, will be
recognized among the inmates of "The
Golden House," and even if we are not
particularly pleased to have met them
| again, we will be interested to see how
far they have gone upon their journey,
and how they behave as they get nearer
| to their journeys end. In his earlier
novel Mr. Warren made an honest, man
| ly protest against the utter wordliness
of the world, as the upper half of the
world is familiar with it, He exhibited
the rottenness and the hollowness of
modern society in America, as it was
| pho Ographed upon the sensitive mind
! 'bu IliO OlSNl oONll vi pulC ANU lCtl
young woman. He showed how hard it
was for her to struggle against her sur
rOundings and rise above them. In this
later work he goes little further, and
he shows what happened to the Jacque-
minOt bud when it finds itself with the
cabbage-stalk in the garbage. barrel of
the East Side. He has not tried to make
fashion artistic, but he has attempted to
make the Golden Rule fashionable, in
the best sense of the word. And little
deeds of kindness and little words of
love will be more fashionable, in the
World to which half of us are going,
than are all the canons and the laws of
| art.
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POWnaI,

Saturday at 7.3O a. m. the thermome-
ter registered the coolest of the season,
being between eighteen and twenty de-
grees below zero.
The ice harvest is beginning. The ice
is of extra good quality, being from ten
to twelve inches thick.
George l. Smiths left hand was severe
ly Injured in the mill Friday. 1t will be
some time before he will be able to re-
turn to work.
The young people are arranging for a
sleighride and supper.
Special revival services are held in
both churches, Mr.. Arnold being assist
ed by Mr.. Mott and Mr.. Clark by Mr..
HurIbutt. Much interest is manifested,
tie churches being filled nightly.
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Bible Distribution in Bennington.

Bible Distribution In Bennington
Last fall an agent of the Vermont BIZ
BILE society, F. W. Newcomb of South
Royalton, canvassed this town, and has
furnished us a statement for both the
town and this village. In the town the
number of families visited was 1,4Sl;
number of persons In these families,
6,544; number attending church, 2,699;
in Sunday schools, 1916; between and
Is years of age, attending Sunday school,
IT'S; between those ages not attending
such schools 70S; number of children un-
der years old, ST.; illiterate families
81: number of families found destitute
of the scriptures, Protestant, AZ, Catho-
lie. los; number of families supplied,
Protestant, 3S, Catholic, AZ; families
having the Douay version, 1888; individ-
uals found destitute, Il; number sup
Piled, 8. The Bibles sold were 100; val
ne, S9O23; donated, 1874; value $2S.SS
The number Of days engaged in this
work were 40 at an expense of $685.
Collections for the society, $500
The Catholic population of the town is
given as 2,1O7; supplied by gift, Al; one
Bible sold; SO declined; s illiterate, not
supplied; others not supplied; 10 sup
piled with New Testament. OF the
Protestant destitute families, 81 were
supplied by gift; by sale; one illiterate,
not supplied; 3 able to buy not supplied;
Sfurnshed with New Testament.
In the village of Bennington, which,
we take it, is included in the above, but
kept separate, the number of families
are, LOOP; persons in families, 1927 (oe-
ing the population of the village; num-
Der attending church, 2,O10; attending
Sunday school, LIE: between and Is
years of age attending Sunday school
SOS; between those ages NOT in Sunday
school, 49S; children under 5 years, 1871;
illiterate families, 10; families found des-
titute, Protestants, IA, Catholics, rs;
number of families supplied, Professionals
IL. Catholics, 81; families having the
Douay version, 176; individuals destitute
6; supplied, 6. The number of Bibles
sold were 1O7; value, $6O.S6; donated,
%; value, S22 II. The number of days
engaged were 90, at an expense of $2750;
collected for the society $2.10. The
Catholic population for the village is
1,6SO, and four families of Jews. OF the
latter, 8 were supplied with the New
Testament, and one with the whole BIZ
BILE. Forty. three Catholic families de-
clined to receive this version of the
Scriptures; ten Protestant families were
supplied by gift, two by sale, one litter
ate not supplied and ore able to buy,
but not supplied; four had copies of the
New Testament, and one possessed an
imperfect copy.
These statistics will be read with in
terest. 1t will be noted that in the town
a small fraction more than one-third and
in the village little less than One-thlrd
of the entire population reported attend
church. AS far as the possession of the
Scriptures is concerned we think our
town ranks well with our neighbOrs,
both Protestants and Catholics being
we'll supplied with their own version of
the Bible.
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Arlington.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols and two daugh-
tiers of Manitou Springs, Col, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will McAuley
Mrs. Nichols being a sister of Mr. McAu-
ley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McAuley are in town
at present.
The Calumet Dramatic club will play
the drama entitled "Crawfords Claims"
in Shushan, n. Y, Friday evening, Jan.
18th.
A crowded house enjoyed the play
here Dec. 3lst and Jan 1st
The school in District No 2, COM
menced Monday with the same teachers,
Miss Lyons and Miss Benedict.
A son was born to MIR. and Mrs. Den
mis- Conroy, Sunday, Dec. Both.
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TWO Lives Saved,

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
ILL.,, was told by her doctors she had Con-
sumption and that there was no hope for
her but two bottles Of Dr. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr.. T-os. Eggers,
100 Florida street, San Francisco, suf-
fered from dreadful cold, approaching
Consumption, tried without result every
thing else then bought one bottle of Dr.
Kings New Discovery and in two weeks
was cured. He is naturally thankful. 1t
is such results, of which these are sam
pies, that prove the wonderful efficacy of
this medicine in Coughs and Colds.
Free trial bottles at at c. D. Gibson's
Drug Store.
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MAKING HIM FEEL AT HOME,
How Many Grimes Are Committed In the
Name of Hospitality.

How Many Grimes Are Committed In the
Name of Hospitality.
How many mistakes are made in this
world with the best intentionsl How Of
ten we condole with each other when we
should rejoice How frequently man
urges friend to take drink, ''just one
more" under the impression that he is
doing him favor, when really the man is
anxious to get home to his family There
is no mistake SO hard to correct as that
which is made with the best motives pos
sible. The other day Buggins invited
Muggins out to dinner. Muggins is rath-
er shy, but he managed to scare up enough
courage to accept. Mrs. Buggins and the
three Misses Buggins held a council of
war.
What is Mr.. Muggins fond off" que
ried Mrs. Buggins.
Pm blessed if 1 know" quoth he
Find out today if you can" was the
edict So Buggins went to a friend for
advice
Il don't remember. Let's see. He
either despises or is very fond of coffee.
think he is fond of it. Yes; Pm pretty sure
remember his drinking eight cups in ono
night"
lllt UIuUI VI Jub IlldbIbI 10 blltlb IhuSBlh
hates coffee with a bitter, undying hatred
that was Unborn. If he ever drank eight
mugs of anything, it surely was not Coffee
but Buggins went home and told his fam
lily that as long as Muggins had cup of
good coffee he didn't care row Of pins
about anything else.
The dinner came off.
Have a cup of coffee, Mr.. Muggins, "
said pretty Miss Buggins first. Il know
you won't refuse" So Muggins took it,
He gulped it down and tried to look calm
Then the second daughter of his hostess
spied his cup empty. She rushed up for
another. His shyness overpowered him,
and he took 1t without murmur. He
swallowed that too. The eagle eye Of the
youngest Miss Buggins fell upon him. He
quailed.
Poor Mr. Muggins!" said she sympa-
thetically. Have they neglected your
Never mind; I'll take care of you. Here's
a cup of coffee"
How could he refuse2 He never has dis
covered how he emptied that cup All he
remembers after that is the hostess com
ing up with another cup of coffee on one
side of him, and Buggins, with genial
smile, insisting upon giving him fifth
dose.
II want to make you feel at home"
said he.
well, them" said Muggins, recovering
from his shyness, don't give me any
more Coffee
"Why not"
because, when I'm home, never
drink coffee. In fact, 1 loathe coffee. -
Philadelphia Press.
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IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

NOTlu bSuIlinStOu'
Miss Staples. niece of Mrs. G. E.
yelling, is visiting her friends here.
The holidays having passed, and been
more than usually joyfully improved,
the young people, ten in number, have
returned to their respectives schools,
Wilbraham, Saxton's River and Troy
and Albany business colleges.
Miss Bertha Minott, who has been con-
fined to the house for several weeks,
does not improve as rapidly as her par
ents had hoped, or as her many friends
haye desired.
Mrs. Henry Morse, is visiting at her
father S, Squire Mallory's, in Benning-
ton, for short time.
The cutting of ice has been carried on
for several days, and large quantities
have been taken away to supply farmers
and families out of the village. Lake
Paran furnishes the best of ice, which is
now about fourteen inches thick, and be-
ing so easy of access is utilized by many,
both far and near. w. j. Hurley will
not fail to fill his ice house for supply
ing our village, though he answers the
calls of those who desire to fill their own.
The sleigh ride of sixteen of our young
people, in a four in hand sleigh on Fri
day evening last, to HoOsick Falls, where
they had a good supper at the Fitchburg
Hotel, was fine affair. The party re-
turned at a seasonable hour, prepared
from the start to encounter the cold, and
thus were warm and comfortable the
whole ride. The evening was well known
as the sleighing was good.
The week of prayer is being observed
by Union meetings. each evening, alter
mating between the Congregational and
Baptist churches, commencing at the
former on Monday.
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notwithstanding Governor Patti
sons report that strikers in Pennsyl-
vania lost 81, 1895, 423 in wages in 1898,
while their employers lost S131,35O, and
that of the twenty seven strikes in 1894
all but three were failures for the strik-
ers, another strike is now inauguraGed
at Homestead. But then experience
never has any show with some working
men against the advice of labor agita-
tors
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Old PEOPLE,

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskey nor other intoxi-
cant, but acts as tonic and Alternative.
1t acts mildly on the stomach and bowels,
adding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
perform nee of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old people find it just ex-
actly what they need. Price fifty cents
per bottle at G. D. Gibson's Drug Store.
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choOl began Monday.
West Rupert.

Mrs. T. D. Smith has sold her place in
this village to Fred Perkins,
B. Bibbins has sold the Green lot to
Fred Perkins.
1t is reported that Frank Sheldon has
bought the Miss Peck house and lot of
this village, nice little place. There
will be quite good many changes in
town this year.
Frank Barden has been in Troy, N.
Y, few days on visit.
DR.. Carpenter is so he does some bust
ness again.
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The New Year

Finds Hoods Sarsaparilla leading every
thing in the way of medicines in three
important particulars, namely: Hoods
Sarsaparilla has
l. The largest sale in the world. 1t ac-
complishes
2. The greatest cures in the world. 1t
has
3. The largest Laboratory in the world.
What more can be SAID? Hoods Sar-
saparllla has merit; is peculiar to itself,
and most of all, Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures. If you are sick, it is the medi-
cine for you to take.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

The st. Johnsbury Republican
quotes from letter from Samoa, which
reports the Auckland papers as announc-
ing that alderman Mckinley had car
rien Indiana by 100000 majority" The
Auckland editors seem to be almost as
dazed as were some of our Democratic
contemporaries when the November
avalanche struck them.
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"a little farm well titled,
A little cellar well filled,
A LITTLE wife we'll willpd -

What could you wish man better
than that? The last is not the least by
any means, but how can a wife be well
wiled if she be the victim of those dis
tressing maladies that make her life a
burden? Let her take Dr. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription and cure all painful
Irregularities, uterine disorders, infam-
nation and liberation, prolapsus and
kindred weaknesses. 1t is boon and a
blessing to women. Thousands are in
the bloom of health through using it,
when otherwise they would be under the
sod Are you sufferer9 Use it, or
some day we may read
little wife self willed,
Rosewood cOfhu early filled,
Spite of doctor well skilled.
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RuckIen's ArnIca SaIve,

The best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25c. per box,
For sale by G. D. Gibson.
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Great Battle

Is continually going on in the human
system. The demon of impure blood
strives to gain victory over the constitu-
ton, to ruin health, to drag victims to
drag victims to the grave. Hoods Sar-
saparilla Is the weapon with which to
defend ones self, drive the desperate
enemy from the field, and restore bodily
health for many years.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-01-08

The years 1893 and 1894 are the only
ones since the War of the Rebellion
closed, in which the expenditures of the
Government have been greater than its
receipts. That tells the story of the
financial embarrassment which besets the
present Administration Bedford
Standard
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A little wife self willed,
Rosewood cofhn early filled,
Spite of doctor well skilled.

Ovarian, Fibroid and other Tum ors
cured without surgery. Book, testi-
monials and references, mailed securely
sealed for 10 cents in stamps. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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-Senator-elect Burrows of Michigan,
is no mere barrel candidate, but man
of truly Senatorial size. For dozen
years he has been one of the acknowl-
edged Republican leaders in the Nation
al House of REPRESENTATIVES..
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MARRIED..

MALLORY-HURLEY -In B'nnmt ton. Dec.
31st. 1894. at the residence of Squire Mallory, by
the Rev. Chas. r. seymour, Mr.. James Mallory
to Miss Gertrude Hurley.
They ook the l O'Clock train for Albany for a
weeks visit amo friends and relatives
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Pure blood is absolutely necessary
in order to enjoy perfect health. Hood's
Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and
strengthens the system.
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IrRev. 1hos. X. Beecher says of the
Waterman Fountain Pen: II find the
Waterman Fountain Pen the very best of
them all. Nothing can surpass its hon
est excellence unless it be the cheerful
determination of the Company to make
every pen suit its purchaser, however ex-
acting he may be-" These pens are for
sale at the BANNER Store.
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Manchester Centre.

Miss Verona Provan has been visiting
her sister, Miss Stella Provan, in Gran
vile, N. Y.
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Bennington Historical Society.

The annual meeting of the Bennington Histor-
cal Society will be held at the office of Batchel-
der & Rates. in Bennington. on Wednesday, Jan
uarv 9th, 1895, at 10 o'clock M, for the purpose
Of electing seven members Of the Bennington Hat
tie Monument Association for the year ensuing
Bennington, VT, December Goth. 1894.
EDWARD L. BATES. Recording Secretary.
no
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FOR SALE |!

One hundred and forty-fve acaes Of land, about
one mile south OF Bennington Battle Monument.
containing several building sites which command
fine views of village and mountain. Good water,
wood and stone in abundance. Address, MISS
PAIGE, Box 3ls, Williamstown, Mass. 57ml
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1-Prayer and Hymnals. A large
inc at the BANNER Stationery Store.
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Hoods Pills cure nausea, sickness, in
digestion and billiousness. Csc.
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All Hemorrhages, Female Complaints,
Etc., are quickly controlled by that
Household Remedy, Ponds Extract.
THE GOLDEN HOUSE.

A novel by CHAR, Es DUDLEY WARNER. Illus
trated by w. 4. SMEDLEY. Half Leather, Orna-
mental, So 90.
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Notice..
TO RBNT.

ITO RENT-Several desirable tenements. Pos
l session given Immediately. WILLIAM E
HAWKS. ct
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-24
RICE PAPER.
Tho Chinese Tree Is Now Successfully
Grown in Florida.

Tho Chinese Tree Is Now Successfully
Grown in Florida.
The rice-papcr tree, one of the most
interesting of the flora of China, has
recently been successfully expert
mentcd with in Florida, where it now
hourishcs, with other sub-tropical and
oriental species of trees and shrubs,
says the st. Louis Republic When
first transplantcd in American soil the
cNpcrimcnters expressed doubts of it's
hardness, fearing that it would be I'M
able to stand the winters. All these
fears have vanished, however, and it is
now the universal opinion that it is as
we'll adapted to the climate of this
country us to that of the famed Flowcry
kingdom.
1t is a small tree growing to height
of less than fifteen feet, with &; trunk
or stem from three to five inches in
diameter. Its canes, which vary in color
according to season, arc large, soft and
downy, the form somewhat resembling
that noticed in those of the castor-bcan
plant. The celebrated rice paper, the
product of this queer tree, is formed of
thin slices of the pith, which is taken
from the body of the tree in beautiful
cylinders several inches in length.
The Chinese worllmcn apply the blade
of sharp, straightlsnifc to these cylin-
ders and, turning them round either by
rude machinery or by hand, dexter
ously pare the pith from circumference
to center. This operation makes roll
of extra quality paper, the scroll being
OF equal thickness throughout. After
cylinder has thus been pared it is I'M
rolled and weights are placed upon it
until the surface is rendered uniformly
smooth throughout its entire length.
1t is altogether probable that if rice
paper making becomes an industry in
the United States these primitive
modes will be done away with