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Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
- Estate Of TRUMAN ELWEIL.
The undersigned, having been appointed d
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of BET
nington, COMMISSIONERS to receive, examiI
and adjust all claims and demands of all persoI
against the estate of Truman Elwell, late
SALISBURY. in said district, deceased and d
claims exhibited in offset thereto hereby giI
notice that we will NEE for the purposes afoI
said, at the late dwelling house of said TrumJ
Elwell on the 3lst day of August mel
from one o'clock p. m. uni
o'clock p m, Of said dav, and that 4
months from the LIST day of March, A d. 1896.
the time limited by said Court for said creditd
10 present their claims to us for examination al
allowance.
Dated at Shaftsbury, this 9th day of Mard
A. D., 1895.
CLARK STONE,
GEO. Il. BUCK,
Ia Commissioners
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-03-29

Present, John V. Carney, Judge,
Abram Morgan Administrator of the estate
Armida Morgan late of Pownal in said Dlstric
deceased, makes application to sad Court, for
ceuse to sell all of the real estate said deceased
situate in the town of Pownal bounded as follow
viz: On the South by the Highway, on the Ea.
and West by the dover lands of deceased and O
the North by lands of David Tousey containin
about "a acres of land with buildings thereo
standing, representing that the sale of said re,
estate will be beneficial to all persons conceTne
in said estate.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court, th
said application be refeared to session thereo
to be held az the Probate Office in Bennington
said district, on the 9th day of April A. D. ls9
for hearing and decision thereon: and, it is firtl
er ordered that all persons interes ed be notfie
hereof, by publication Ofnotce of said applcatio
and order thereon, three weeks successfully
the Bennington BANNER, a newspaper publishe
at Bennington, and which circulateS in the neigl
borhood OF those interested, before said time
hearing, that they may appear at said time an
place, and If they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court.
IS Attest. JOHN V. CARNEY, Judge,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
Taxation Of Church Property.

The question whether or NOT church
rropertv should he taxed has been tho
subject OF wide discussion and 50 far. az
the merits Of the case are concerned tho
controversy is far from being satisfactory
ily settled. ComuarativeIv few people
would have church and parsonage build
inas taxed. but it is urged TINT where
stores. houses ana other real estate owned
by church CORPORATIONS become the source
of revenue. such propcrtv is rron.,I, mad,
subject to taxation.
A decision which has = direct baa RIM,
upon the legal a-rects Of tho o,,estio,, IVA =
inst hacu rendered nv rudyo t2oo.h OF g.
special term of the Supreme Court of
New York, 1t appears that the Board of
Missions Of the PRESBYTERIAN church and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
The SUGAR Bounty Apain.

Vermont sugar makers have well nigh
abandoned all hope of ever receiving the
bounty due them on the maple sugar
manufactured during the spring of 1874
which fulfilled the condition of the sugar
bounty act then in force, or at least so
long as the present administration con-
tinues. Various announcements have been
made as to what sugar producers might
expect; opinions of government officials
regarding the legality of these claims
have been put forward; and various forms
of postponement have been resorted to
at Washington until now over year after
the bounty should have been paid in ac-
cordance with the law, the date of final
settlement appears to be as far off as ever.
The intimation now comes from Wash
ington that the treasury officials are likely
to take such action as will make 1t neces-
sary TO secure decision from the Supreme
Court of tho United States upon the uues-
tion of the constitutonality of bounties to
American interests Any one who knows
the nature of the routine which all cases
of this nature must pass through in the
Supreme Court, recognizes the fact that
tho appeal Of the sugar bounty cases 10
the Supreme Court means almost endless
litigation, even II the case is pushed with
all possible despatch.
As was announced in our columns yester-
day. Comptroller Bowler has set a hear
ing Of arguments on the constitutionality
for July "A, and his decision will definitely
settle tho question SO far as the treasury
department is concerned, and inasmuch
as he has all along held that the payment
Of bounues was illegal. the arguments are
not likely to have much weight with him
II the comptroller rejects the claim It will
OF course, be entirely on the ground OF un-
constitutIonality. II this decision is
reached in the treasury department It will
then be necessary for the claimants in
tho case in hand and similar cases TO bring
suit against the government In the Court
of Claims and no matter what the decis-
ion in that court may be. the cases would
at once be carried to the Supreme Court
Even il the Supreme Court should make
the case special. as was done in the in
come tax suits, it would be many months
before decision could he reached.
The claim which has been selected for a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
What a Big Harvest VIII Mean.

1t Is a significant rs well as interesting
fact that while dealers are endeavoring to
boom the price of wheat and flour on the
season. the railroad managers who have
recently made a tour of inspection
through the West have returned with as
tonishin8 stories regarding the probable
enormity of the crops. They say that the
wheat crop will be very great, and al
though it may be found to be less than
several of the historically great yields of
the past decade, still the harvest will
probably be an enormous one.
1t has already been chanted through the
West that Corn is king" and the re-
ports of the railroad magnates CONFIRM
previous statements in relation TO the out
look for an unsurpassed yield Of corn this
season. They say 1t is likely to be the
largest harvest Of corn on record, and that
1t may pass 2,0oo. 900 of bushels IT is
pointed out that the demand for corn. not
only for conversion into meats but for
domestic food, has increased to a marked
degree, and that Europe will in all prob
ability import moro corn the coming sea
son than ever before. The railroads aN
naturally counting upon the enormous
crops for such an Improvement in earn
ings as will enable them TO make good
some of the losses of the past two years
and this will undoubtedly be one of the
results OF an abundant harvest.
The direct influence OF enormous crops
upon the farmers OF the West themselves
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
An EXAmnlc for John Bull.

The announcement that France has de-
cided to submit to arbitration its dispute
with Brazil over the boundary of French
Guiana is wcllcalculated TO cause the
public to turn it's eye in an inquiring man
nor in the direction of John Bull; for the
dispute between France and Brazil has
many points of similarity to that between
England ana Venezuela. In both cases
there is a reasonable doubt as to early
treaties and in each case one power has
occupied territory claimed by another.
Any unprciudced person who has in
vestigated the Venezuelan boundary con-
troversy can not fail to be impressed by
the fact that because England is strong
and Venezuela is weak John Bull has for
the past fifty years been grabbing more
and more of the smaller powers territory
and putting his brand on it, and John
will, of course, continue to do this just as
long as there is no power bold enough to
attempt to show him that might does not
always make right
The proposition is made by Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts in the North
American Review that Venezuela is justly
entitled to all the territory coded TO her
by Spain whose title rested on the orig
inal discovery and that what SPANS
rights were are those of Venezuela at the
present time. He points out the fact that
the Dutch made settlement east of the
Esscquiho river and that inasmuch as the
treaty OF Munster in 1913 recognized the
right of the Dutch to the land they occu-
pied. Spain and Holland were the recog-
nized original owners of the territory nov
in dispute. the Essequibo being the bound
airy between their respective possessions.
Holland coded a portion of Dutch Guiana
to Great Britain in 1914, and the Esscquihc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

is not to be overlooked, however in con-
tempating the effect upon greater and
corporate interests with which the public
in general is moro familiar The people
in many sections Of the West who have
been heavily burdcned with mortgages,
would be placed on their feet, financially,
10y a single good seasons crops IKE those
now expected. 1t is to be hoped. therefore,
that the outlook has not been oVcrdrawn;
Tor abundant harvcsts throughout the
West would not only have marked bene-
fetal effect upon the business situation in
general, but a big harvest would do moro
than any other one thing to dissipate the
silver horesics of which so many Western
men are at present the victims.
Last, but not least, there are few Yer
monters who have financial reasons of a
personal character for hoping for abun-
dant crops in certain sections of the West
on which they are at present heavily
"1en-ing."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
American Tourists Abroad

1t is announced that travel from this
country to Europe during the season now
in progress bids fair to pass the oxtraor-
binary figures which were reported in the
summer of 1883 It will be remembered
that the enormous European travel Of
that season from this country was due
to the unusual attractions offered during
that year abroad, and especially by the
Paris exposition. There are no cXtraor-
binary attractions in Europe this summer
but the rush Of passengers is stated to be
so great to render it necessary to order
state rooms a long time in advance.
1t is not impossible that the large num-
her of American hciresscs who have re-
Gently made desirable matches abroad has
led designing mammals and quite willing
daughters to take a trip abroad in the eX-
pectation of duplicating some Of the mat
rimonial successes recently cnroninl"d, but
if this be tho case many disappointmonts
will undoubtedly result Foreign-titlc
hunters are said TO be in almost as great
ill-repute abroad as are foreign fortune
hunters in the United states, and impc-
cunious lords appear to be inclined to sec
the paternal possessions with their own
eyes in this country before venturinE to
bcstow their names upon American girls.
Not all American travellers i'm Europe
are title-hunters. however, and it looks
now as if the Vermont colony in Europe.
which is Of generous proportions would
be made up very largely of persons who
have already become Cupids victims The
old worlds treasures of antiquity and art
viii ever render II "A Mecca for American
tourists. and the tide OF European travel
VIII inevitably ncrea SC with the lapse of
timc aided by more rapid ocean speed
and dccrcasing expenses
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

There are many indications that the
language spoken In the United States
is to eventually become the language Of
the civilized world 1t is said that French
is being abandoned in the Canadian Par
lament because no one will sit and listen
TO speeches in that language.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
THE HIGHWAY LAWYER.

mo, said Smallwort, who was taking
his ease under his own vine and fig tree,
no | won't give you anything TO eat, buc
if you will do some work l will give you
a quarter in cash"
DO YOU know" said Everett Wrest,
that I'VE got mighty good case asin you
for attempted bribery. II | only felt like
pushin' it?'-Cincinnati Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
UNEXPECTED LOGIC.
THE OLD MASTERS.

Are you sure this is a genuine Reu-
bens?" asked the customer
Sure" cried the picture dealer. I'm
prove il. Reubens."
Yes, SIR said the clerk at the back
of the store.
who painted this old MASTER"
ME, sir" said the clerk.
Blu the customer was not satisfied and
went away without buying llarper's
Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
WHY NOT FREE COPPER COINAGE


G'rom the Chicago JournaD
why don't thu owners Of copper mines
turn in and demand free coinage Of cop
per units? Their metal when coined into
cents makcs a very neat and enduring unit
to measure the value Of a popcorn ball
one dollar consists of 100 such units.
without copper in tie form of alloy. god
and silver coins are TOO soft money Tor
daily use. Tho product of the copper
mines Of the United states for the current
wear viii probably exceed in value that Of
the silver mines that are causing all TINS
rumPus about free coinage. why SHOULD
the copper kings be compelled to sell
their product at 1919 cents pound when,
coined into As grain bronze cents OF "a
per cent copper tineness, they would re-
ceive sl.20 for every pound or II, leaving
0OO coming value. against $1,000, 0O
the coming value OF silver last year al the
IL to I ralio.
or if this is too baldheaded swindlo,
why not go back to the free coinage OF
copper into the l6s-grain cent of our dad
dies "demonetized" by the rascally act
of February p, 1851? This would give tc
the copper kings 34i4 cents a pound Tor the
precious metal they now sell to manufac'
tuners of electric wires. cartridges, ETC.
for 1919 cents. BY such a simple operation
we could bull the products of our copper
mines from $33, 600 900 a year to over SlOo,
/ 900 600 coming value, against SIOeo,O wv
/ the coming value of silver last year at th'
! IL to | ratio.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
EASY FOR HIM.

$50 you think you can stand the ardu-
Gus duties OF a variety actor? You know
in our play we find occasion to throw
YOU down a thirty-foot flight of stairs
into a barrel of rain water
Il think | can stand it," said the hun
gry man. II was tax collector for three
wears. "-London Tid-Bts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

When you want anything, advertise in
the new special column of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
it will pay you to read about Sec page
seven. This paper has more than $4,000
readers every week, and one cent word
will reach them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

Although the commissioners appointed
to Investigate the Nicaragua canal have
not made their report as yet it is an
nounced that they are favorable to the
project as a whole and their report will
of course tend to promote the enterprise
to marked degree.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

The Defender easily outsailcd the Vigi-
liant Saturday. while the Nigilant defeat
ed the English Nalkyrie in 1893. This is
encouraging and now it only remains to
be seen whether the English builders Of
Nalkyrio Ill have learned faster than
have their American cousins.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
BEREANEN.

Brown-"You look as if YOU had the
blues"
Robinson-"So have. I've lost my beau
tiful Kew silk umbrella"
Brown-"Wherc did you leave it?"
Robiuson-"I didn't leave ii anywhere.
The owner met me on the street and took
it away from me. "-TeXas Strings.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

He leaned soulfuly nearer. And could
YOU" he whispered, think of another"
She cast down her eyes r sweet con
fusion Really" she faltered, two
plates already-er-f you insst-thank
you. Yes; strawberry favor If you
please. PUCK.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
SHE DIDN'T KNOW.

Ethel-So Arthur proposed last night?
Maude-Yes
Ethel-And did you accept him?
Maude--I was SO awfully excited dom
know whether | did or not. II he come
tonight ! did, and If he doesn't | didn't
-Scrbner's Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

Mr.. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Black Creek
~ T., was so badly afflicted with rheuma-
tism that he was only able to hobble around
with canes, and even then it caused him
great pain. After using Chamberlain's Pain
balm he was so much improved that he
threw away his canes. He says this lini-
ment did him more good than all other medi-
ones and treatment put together. For sale
At 90 cents per bottle by Deaupre & Lowry,
Druggists.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
VARIETY IN TRANSLATION.

The difficulties Of the English language
are we'll illustrated in a story recently
told of three French boys who were do
ing Shakespeare into English from the
French versions. when they came to the
Lin" from Hamlet" ITO he or not to be-
the thrc" TRANSACTIONS came out as fol-
lows: "To vas or not to am" TO were
or is to not" ITO should or not to will
New York Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
AN EXCHANGE PROPOSED.
G'rom The Boston Tronscrint)

Grasshoppers are preying upon the
crops in New Hampshire and Vermont.
They might send MS down a few hoppers
to eat up our caterpillars; or perhaps it
would be better 10 send them some Of our
catrrl pillars to feed their hopIcrS, and so
spoil the hoppers' appetite for green
things,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

It cost the people OF this country about
sll.5Oo, O00 to be counted at the last census
but it is probably worth the money to
know how many there are of us.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
CTR KIDS.

"What are You CRYING for child?"
"Lolo has hurt me-
"TlOW. pray
Il was going to hit him a blow with my
fist, when he duckcd his head and | struck
the wall ''-Etoile Beige.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
4 1-2 PER CENT.

All taxes are paid by tina bank on deposits N
slHNl or less. Deposits are received in sans
rom 81 to 5000 and no interest will be paid
on any sum in excess Of this amount, except
on deposits by widows, orphans, adninistra-
'ors, executors, guardians, charitable or relt-
eiOus institutions or ON trust funds deposited
by order of court.
This bank prefers Vermont securities for the
investment Of its funds, and sends no money
out of the state until tine home demand is met.
NO money loancd to any officer or trustee of
the bank.
CHARLES T SMITH, President.
{. +. WAPD, Ireasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
WHAT SO RARE" ETC.

At the restaurant:
Customer-Let me have a steak, rare.
Esthetic Waiter (calling)-Ono June day
steak-Pittshurg Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

The rush Of Americans to Europe This
season is greater than ever The steam
ship agents. who began by estimating the
number of tourists to foreign parts at So
COO have doubled their figures and may yet
treble them. The return tide will soon set
i'm, and the steamships Of the popular
lines are reported as already filled from
the middle of August to the first Of Octo-
Der, with hardly berth to spare
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

The defeat Of the English liberals in the
recent parliamentary elections is attri-
buted largely to the proposition of the late
liberal ministry to increase the tax on
beer a similar proposition overthrow
Mr.. Gladstoncs ministry in 1855 Beer is
king in Great Britain, as in Germany,
and the government which undertakes to
raise the cost of his malt liquor to the
English voter. does so at its peril.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25
Agreeablv Surprised.

81 had very severe cold on nv lungs
that caused much soreness and gave me con-
siderable uneasiness in regard to the result
says Mr.. I. +. Smith, of Billerica, Mass.
"A local druggist called my attention to
Chamberlains Cough Remedy, and on his
recommendation | gave the remedy careful
trial The result surprised me; recovered
entirely in three days" % and 80 cent bot
ties for sale by Beaupre & Lowry, druggists
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

Those who heard Henry NJ. Stanley
lecture in this country and knew the de-
tails Of his career will find it difficult to
account for his election to the British
parliament. Born in Wales, no drifted to
this country and became In succession a
cabin boy on the Mississippi. a partc-
pant in the civil war. an Omaha reporter,
tho pioneer Of many parts OF Africa, the
finder of Livingstone. tho rescuer Of
Enlin Pasha. a bridegroom In Westmns-
tar Abbey and then a lecturer honored
by the greatest in all lands. When he
FIRST attempted to run for parliament he
was mobbes and In company with his
VIE narrowly escaped garious injury.
Now ne ID -r.ctcd triumphant. defeating
no less man thsn George Otto TreYel-
gan. asrhew Of Hacaul.y and ex-chcf
secretary tos LdAnd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ...............s col. go 10
Overd rnfte secured and unsecured 2H}0i
e. = Bond4 TO secure cirCulatiof 1yOnpDOn
stocks Securities, etc.............. l,OJNu)
Banking house. furniture and
fixtures Observation-Disclosures. 15GQD
Other real estate and mortgages
owned ..........,.,...,. 13OO0D
Due from National Banks
mot reserve agents)...S &c. l3il4
Due from approved re-
serve agents. ............. Sl,l4SGj
Checks and other cash
Items. ...................., 7,7lljG
Notes Of other National
Banks. 5,523O
Fractional paper currcn-
| cy. nickes and cents. l6i00
Specie ................... 2i3S3tO
Legal-tcnder notes.. 24,3l5.O1
Redemption fund with L.
:. Treasurer % per cent
OF circulation. .,.,...,,.. 45OOOO
- OF nln 81
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

The absorbing topic in Grand Army cir
Giles Just at present is the report that no
courteses will be shown colored members
Of the order visiting Louisville this sum
mer to attend the national encampment
The residents of Louisville knew of course
that the order included colored members
when the invitation to hold the coming
encampment in that city vas extended
and 1t hardly seems possible that objec-
ton would be made al this late day to
the entertainment of the colored veterans.
However, the emergency is likely to arise
and it is for our Southern neighbors to
say whether or not another Grand Army
encampment shah ever be held on South
ern soil, or amid hostile surroundings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-25

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