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/ q. CUTLER, DENTIST.
Succession to Or. s. B. Pike.

Al operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and at reasonable pricess-
My aim will be give entire Subtraction to all
cases submitted TO my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
ofice Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
s7tf Vermont
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One consolation -Jinks-So poor
Pulfem was killed in that railroad acct
dent? lie was in the smoker, | believe
B nks-Yes, that's one consolation we
all nave. He forgot to take any cigars
With him. and if he was smoking one
bought of the IRA boy, death must
Weekly.
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BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK

TTNhe Bennington County Savings Bank at IN
/ Bennington County National Bank, is opeI
daily for the transaction Of business from 10 o'cloc
.. M to O'Clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ed
copied.
fn,er =. to depositors strictly in accordance wid
ne laws Of the State OF Vermont. Money ID
nosited ANYTIME after the first day of each mont
draws interest from the first day of the next sui
ceedinR month. Interest computed JanuaI
Isl and July LIST, and If not withdrawn will be add
o principal, and interest thereafter will sccrII
upon il.
Loans solicited upon real estate and undoubte
personal securities.
Alb. VALENTINE, President,
l. E. GIBSON, Vice President
c. H. DEWEY, Treasurer,
G. W. qARMAN, Secretary,
TRUsrBBs-A B. Valentine, q. W. Harm
Olin Scott, j. T. shurtlefr. l. E. Gibson ].
hudson John Robinson
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question Of time as
1 could not DO cured.
1 gradually grew
worse, very weak,
and completely dis
couraged, until 1
lived, propped half
up in bed, because l
couldn't Tie dOIOss
nor sit up. Think
ing my time had
come l told my fam
fly what l wanted
done when | was
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-15

Hoods Pills are the best aftcr-dinner
pills, assist Digestion, cure headache
25c.
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gone. But on the first day Of March on
the recommendation Of Mrs. Fannie Jones,
OF Anderson, Ind, l commenced taking
DR.. Miles NeIO Cure for the EcGTt
and wonderful TO tell, in ten days was
working at light work and on March 10 COM
menced framing barn, which is heavy
work. and hav'nt lost day since. am Sc
years old, 6 IT. Az inches and weigh 25Olbs.
L believe L am fully cured, and
am now only anxious that everyone shall
know OF your wonderful remedies"
Dyesville, Ohio. SILAs FARLEY.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sod on q positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it at 81. bottles for s. or
it will be sent, prepaid on receipt OF price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart- Ind
DR.. Miles Heart Cure
Restores Health
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
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When the wild winds whistle through
the void,
And the snow doth fly and the air is
cold,
l wonder will she be so bold
As to wear the boomers as of old?
indianapolis Durnal.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-15

LaxoI, the new form of Castor Oil is so
palatable that children lick the spoon
clean.
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7 EBANON SPRINGS K. r.
IL VIM. V. REY SOLIDS Receiver.
Change OF time in effect July 81, 1885
LEAVE BENNINGTON.
8:25 a, m. For Peter burgh junction, North
Adams and Boston aud all points
East and West on the Ftchburg
Railroad. Also on all points on
Lebanon Springs RailrOsd.
LILO D. m, For Petrrshurgh Junction. No.
Adams and Boston.
5;45 %. m. For Petrrsnurgh Junction, Will
liam town ana North Adams aud
all points on Lebanon Springs
rVlruad.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS n BENNINGTON.
1898 a. m. From Troy. .HOoSick Falls. viii.
amstown North ADAMS aud sll
points east ON Fitclburg railroad
and all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
2:3O %, m. From Troy, Hooslck Falls and
points west TN fhchburR X r..
also from poimiS rust In Boston.
6:O8 o. M From North Adams. Williams
town, B"ston and al points east
on titchburg railroad. Also
from all points on Lebanon
Springs railroad.
E d. BENNiTT. Superintendent.
JOSEPH CHlLDS, General Passenger Agrni
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Paint five or six miles Of. IS The famous Blue
Point from which NcwYork gets It's best oysters
Within the last few years there has been 4 dispo-
stlon on the part OF the inhabitants ~ the shore
villages 70 dispute the Smiths right to the bottom
OF the bav The dispute has ben carried on with
some acrmony the Smith family having hal 80 i"''
believe the best OF the legal battles over '' MAJ
ter one Of In, present generation OF Smiths has
been bred a lawyer on purpose to carry Oh '"S
litigation which seems to he without end.
Smiths Point. as the Ions fine. wooded he"u''''
closing tho east end Of the bay Is called remains
probably very nearly az II was 2o years ago IL
Is many miles from thc railroad. 80 that 'f' mas
not played havoc with the forest. Inc slo' ""',''
tho manor house stands Is historic i''' ~"
Smiths have lived for go years upon small
ateau or clearing made ia the forest upon the
shores Of the bay: all other sides Is me Forest
Two miles TO the south across the STRAIT tIia' con
meets the Great South Bay with MoilcheS Day
to the east rolls the booming surf lHEht III Ho"l
OF the manor house may be traced the I'''''"' ~
"A fort erected here by the Hrlush TO guar" '''
ship channel 10 Morichcs Bay "hl'h P'NS'"
within a;unshot \ hagataT and an "ih cannon are
the ONLY relies Of war 10 be seen. inc h'h"'-"""
itself the third house upon the spot was o"''' ~
1910 II IL a fine specimen Of the GENEROUS MUS
OF that time - or 81 feet long ana perhaps ~ o'o'"
Tho front seen in the Illustration. faces the wafer
Everything about the building Is in excellent re-
pair and although the craze for modern 'niES mas
10 some extent affected the interior enough re-
mains to make II place 10 sec '"' ",S ~
runs through the house. with square an" 'o''S
rooms opening ON either side. Much OF IN" tu'"'-
ture IS modern bur some pieces mere ana 'h'i' ""'
from the last century and Few thlhEs l'I""'"
that came from England with william Shl'h ="
years ago The present owners, the seventh gen
Grafton in direct line from Colonel smith, are On
tremely courteous and obgtng In showing '"e'r
treasures to visitors from far and near
II is n drive Of four miles from the railway s'i-
ton n, South Haven to get to ST Georges Manor
so that Ilfe may II times be tribe lonely az the
manor house especially for young people ana d"'-
ing the winter The nearest nelghbors are thre"
miles of on Mastlc Neck. where dweU the ROD
crises Nicolls Iawrcnccs and tloyds. all oil "hom
have been here almost as long as the Sh'thS'
olonel Richard Floyd who built his house on me
neck was one OF the signers OF the Declaration
OF Independence 1t may be lonely at times. out II
is good to find people who appreciate the dignity
OF living where six generations OF their ancestors
have lived and died and. u may be added. where
they l'e buried: for the family graveyard Is WITHIN
gunshot OF the house Here lie all the heads OF the
Tangier Smith family since lioD Children have re- !
ceived alotments OF the tract and the 10000 acres
OF lssa have dwinded to 1000 acres In 1891 as az
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woods Or Prime records in his History OF Long
Island that fifty years ago tracts OF thirty anu
even forty square miles were completely burned
over that not a bit OF vegetable or animal HE
remained Fortunately. Long Island Is land or
springs and rivers. While the land is sandy and
poor in the middle Of the island vegetation taxes
heart easily: nevertheless. 1t takes time TO grow
a big tree on such soil and ever since the railroad
began running the middle of the island Is but little
more than a barren sand plain covered with SCRUB
oak and pine tina. seldom gets chance to flourish
for long. old men have told me that they re-
member when Coram. Ydphauk and other Brook
haven settlements in the middle of the island were
far more prosperous and had three times the popu-
lation they have now Such was the destruction
of property and the loss caused by the fires started
by locomotives in 1850 that It was with serious
difficulty the people OF Suffolk County were pre-
vented from tearing up the tracks.
Along the shores OF the Great South Bay 1t may
be supposed that the country looks to-day more as
when the Indians gave II up. glance at the map
shows that the Smith grant includes the head!and
that closes the eastern end Of the Great south
BAY the noble sheet Of water that stretches from
Babylon 10 Brookhaven. distance Of twenty-five
miles. The bay Is separated from the ocean by Fire
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an aged lady when she died. seventy
years ago; had she lived 10 a green old ago. II
would probably have taken a much larger TOMB
stone to record her life history
To return for last word TO ST. Georges MANOR
its future will probably depend largely upon means
4 communication with the outside world. SO long
>as it is necessary drive for miles through dense
woods in order 10 reach the shore or the Bay II
will continue to be delightfully."- secluded. But some
day an electric railway will reach out TO Smiths
Point, and then this fine water front will be lined
with summer residences having an outlook before
them OF twenty-five miles down the Great South
Bay. Ii Is not likely that the hum or industry Will
disturb these shores in our time. There used TO Dc
some ship and boat building in Brookhaven Creek
and across the bay I'm Belport, four miles from
the manor house, but II seems TO have passed away
as completely the whaling industry OF Sag Har-
Dor, a port that boosted sixty whaling vessels In
1886. on the lawn OF the manor-house may still
be a giant iron cauldron used TO try out blub-
Der In the days when whales were often sighted on
shore. 4 watch for whales regularly kept
until 1880 and when sighted signals were
made to St Georges Manor. TO Brookhaven and TO
Bellport. The whaers sailed across the bay to the
sandbar and launched their boats through the SURF
The Indians not only granted lands, but whales.
witness a deed for whales" as IL Is called on
the records, signed by Tobaccus. and dated March
g. 1861 according to the terms OF which the whites
TO pay the Indians five punds OF wampum''
for every whale killed.
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TIE DANGER TO THE LOBSTER INDUSTRX

From Tn, Providence Journal
Unless measures for their preservation prompt.
" taken. the lobster fisheries Of New-England
Win soon be worthless Fishermen themselves, who
have In the literal sense been killing the lobster
with the golden egg which provides them a veli-
the supply OF Holsters is diminishing Last year in
Massachusetts alone. fifty more men than ever be-
fore engaged In lobster catching, using 5000 more
pots and traps yet the total catch Of this largely
extended industry amounted 10 $1,000 fewer Holsters
than usual roo many Holsters were taken for mar.
ket either when too younS 10 spawn in the sea-
son when, ii left unlisturbed, they would have
spawned. In 1894 the egg-bear.ng Holsters sole
source OF supply for future fshng) which were
killed numbered 1856.
or course. there is a paying market for small
Holsters, Just as there is for game in the close
sea son. The French prefer their 'hommard" young
and tender, when the fish is sweet and Juicy Bur
the French better than we, take precautions that
the supply OF eggs shall not be nearly exhausted
as to cut short and run up the OF the larder
Ii IL the present study of the Fish Commissioners
how best preserve the supply Of Holsters In New.
England. and OF the means which receiving
especial attention and experiment legislation and
hatcheres are the principal ones and the most
and nches) Is the size which Is permitted
by law to catch. Yet Chairman Bracket. OF the
Massachusetts, Commission. afiirms that lobster
OF less than liz inches ever spawns. IL only lob
sters which had already spawned at least once
taken there would be to worry for
one lobster yields thousands of eggs. But how TO
keep an unfailng supply and still let II b
possible to eat Holsters which have not grown as
tough and stringy and havorless a bit Of rub
bert Assistants to breeding seem to be needed -
surely a. the operation OF close season.
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Island Beach. strip ~ sand upon which salt grass
grows and not much ose. The fishing and oyster
Ing In The bay are mentioned IN al the Oh deeds
and for nearly 90 years the right ~ tho Smiths 10
charge for the privilege ~ oystorng ut their "nd Of
the bay has been uuqucstioncl Iu'l within IN"
last MY years IA" ocean into -" bay at an in
let opposite The mouth OF the C1nnecticut RIVER
IA" boundary of s. Georges Manor estate
AMI very OLD SIN remember t. have seen good
sized schoonors come u through This inlet. But al
ready in 1870 u hal been gradually growing shall
lower for years. In $50 T. heclrnc so chokcl with
sand as - h' us. Joss FOR navigation and finally
water ceased - come through altogether.
This serious matter - The inhabitants along
the shore. most oC whom derived their living from
fishing claiming and oystcring. for with no Inlet
from Tho ocean nearer than Fire Island the water
- tho bay. frl o., hundreds ~ streams. became 80
fresh that al The clans dIoI. Desperate efforts
were made t. keep tho ulc; open. For years n ditch
was maintained AT great expense. The inhabitants
were called upon 20 appear once year and pu' In
two days work with shovcis AMI carts. they were
,I.oArI t. pay their p1I tax In this way instead
~ working 30 out uruu the roads they dug sand
Iufiug Inlet week" But one big storm would
often destroy the weeks work iu 'fcw hours that
about lV1 an efforts % keep the inlet open were
abandoned. Not a clam IS 10 bc found in these
waters. whore thcy noGrishcI wonderfully in the
carly part ~ the century. Upon the other hand.
the oyster seems O., ike fresh water and has con-
t.aacI to thrive Ksht within sight OF Smiths
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ON GREAT SOUTH BAY.
A COLONIAL CORNER OF TO-DAY.
ST. GEORGES MANoR-A SECLUDED CORNER OF
LONG ISLAND

ST. GEORGES MANoR-A SECLUDED CORNER OF
LONG ISLAND.
Cv some freak of fortune there remain down on
Long Island not more than fifty or sixty miles from
NeN- York several big colonial estates containing
thousands OF acres, upon which the doscehdantS oil
the original settlers still live: In some Instances
,bc, hold their grants directly from the English
crown and in instance at least. they still hold
the parchments sealed and signed. by virtue OF
which they lay claim to tracts of many thousand
acres Such grant IL that held by the smith fam
iIy in Brookhaven township. ST Georges Manor AT
the cast end OF the Great South Bay is the family
bor,e and has been for the seven generations since
the grant from King William, in 1858. The parch-
mont which gives them title IS an imposing af-
fair nearly yard square. covered with fine. black
letter writing. some of Il rather yellow and faded
but most Of It perfectly legble and easily decphered
with good glass and some patience The ponderous
seals that accompanied it have become broken by
constant handling and the pieces are now preserved
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The two Fares OF yellow corne' herein mentioned
we're still brought 20 the Manor House ycar.y an
III about twenty years ago. when the custom was
allowed To- lapse Upon the lands thus coded TO the
Indians 200 years ago. about forty Indian families
now dwell there /, no question about their Indian
blooI but II is so mixed with that OF the negroes
Is 10 make IL probable THAI no pure-bOod Indians
survive.
Colonel William Smith appears 10 have been gem
erous with his laid He not only gave 10 the Ind
ians but To the church The land upon which the
South Haven Church now stands given by him
the town for church purposes during his life. AMI
the gift confirmed In his Will The present church
H. Il quaint little affair. as may be seen In the IL
lustrIton; 1t IS the third church on the size ami
dates from lS2S In the church that stood this
spot from 1865 I'll 1898 the British stabbed their
horses and practlsed other ndlgnies Judging from
the orderly and we,l-preservei appearance Of the
graveyard they spared that They did not. across
the island. at Huntington. build Of the tomb
stones Or. Prime was tod by IN old man that ne
had seen ioaves OF bread drlwn ont OF these ovens
with the reverse inscription OF the tom5stoaes OF
his friends the lower crus,
According to the following curious Old document
upon the South Haven Church records. the wife OF
Colonel Smith was the ony privileged -
sit at the table In front o. the pulpit:
Whereas there hath several rude actions hap
ened In our church by reason of the peoples not
being duoly seated. which is much to the D.snonor
of God the discouragement of vertue. for the
preventing OF the like asaine. II is ordered that
the Inhabitants bee seated after mannour ana
forme following: That all householders that have
or shall subscribe within month TO pay forty
shngs are seated at the table. Il that
wimmen permitted to sett there. Except
coll Smiths Lady nor any women k!nde and that
the President for the Time being shall sett in the
Right handle seate under the pulpit. a the Clarke
the Left.
Then follows a long list OF the persons who shah
be entitled to use certain pews. The pews num-
bored up TO seventeen, from which it may be in
fcrred that the church a very small one. Tina;
there no bel is seen from the following note
upon the town records dated May :. 1923
IL was agreed by the Trustees now present. for
We yeare lI2l. that Nathaniel Tooker shall have
thurty Shillings. TO be payd by ye Townc for
lea tcing the Drum We Lordc's Dave, and for
sweepeing ye meieng house for ye yeare above
written.
Before leaving the South Haven Church. let ME
note an inscription upon one headstone OF the
graveyard as more curious than many often deemed
worthy OF reproduction.
Sacred to the Memory OF
HANNAH JONES.
Wife OF
EBENt.ZER SCUDDER
Later Wife Of
JONATHAN SMITH
Still Later
WIFE OF EBENEZR HAWKINS
Born July 4. l766-Died Jan. TO- 1924
It here appears that the late MS Jones was BY
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hIn nuc de Memoirs: and 1t will be readily under
stood therefore. that the match meets WIN me
$50 80 an the part of the Pope and the
ur.'oan Who foresee in the event or the succession
Of the young couple TO the throne OF ag ,he an
vent wen IN 81 al, matters connected with The chIrcn
Both OF lhe S,Is tba Duke OF Aosta is almost
eh Belgian Italian Is eop9ea to GeyS' ia
portion OF en- ard coal mines ia belgium. and
hns figured in the A Pr5e de- nc Goha
as Crown iIin' roinnc ON the other hand Is a ma
tnrias ,1n English county OF Middesex rides and
hunts like an If ~, latter. and berays in her APP
the s Of x Gst that o OF The q Bour
MeckIenburg grandmother WIN '"A' ~ '"' '0
bOns.
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doubtless inherited this
disposition TO piety from
his own grandfather,
King Charles Albert
who after abdicating In
favor OF Victor Emman-
no, became II monk and
died as such in an out
of-the-way monastery IN
Portugal. Princess Helen
Is likewise deeply rclis-
ious. more 50 in fact
than any other memDer
OF her family save nor
..A AnnnfH-
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athletic young fellow whose auburn hair. tawny
rnustache and large blue eyes suggest anything
but Italian origin. and which must be attributed TO
the Flemish blood that comes TO him through the
family OF his mother, who belonged 10 the noble
I,ec;an house % 10 In spite OF his being
he fayoritc nephew OF King Humbert and destined
in all probability to eventually succeed him
ruler of Italy, ne is fervcnt Catholic having been
brought up as such by his monkish father.
King Amadeus of Spain. Amadeus himself had
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wv HUE " a - - ~ va o. .
unmarried princcsscs.
and at all the enter
tainments given in Lon
don at which she has
been present has in
variably carried off the
palm for lovcllncss;
while her future hus-
band has inherited more
OF that cOarseness Of
feature or. indeed.
downright uglIness for
which { h 9 rclgnine.
house of Savoy IL so IA
nous He IL "A tall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07
THE RICHEST WOMAN ~ GREAT BRITAIN.

SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DRESS
Although Lady Burdett-Coutts has never been
at any time able to lay claim TO beauty. yet there
IS probably 10 woman In the world who has re-
ceived during the course OF her long life so many
offers of marriage from royal princes such as the
Duke of Aumale down TO cranks. Indeed. suitors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07

o. the latter class have been numerous That on
several occasions she has been compelled To appeal
for protection to the police she Is probably IN"
wealthest woman In her own right In IN" United
Kingdom the basis OF her fortune being the celc-
brated old Coutts bank. Few people have mad" a
more noble use % money her name having hg-
lred al the head OF every charitable and phian-
thropc enterprise. either as founder or principal
subscriber for than half century. II was
by way of recognition Of this philanthropy that
Queen Victoria conferred upon Miss Rurdett-Coitis
a peerage since which time she has been known as
the Baroness. 4 few years ago she finally de-
cided upon matrimonial venture. selecting as her
husband young American born In Brooklyn ana
naturalized as an Engshman. whom 81" hai
.ursed through attack OF sickness contrart"i
while distributing relief in her behalf 10 M SICK
and wounded at the close Of the last urcO-Kussdn
war Her husba nd. who Is about my years h"T
Junior. has been permitted TO assum" her nam"
though not her title. and received on his wedding
dav from his aged bride an annuity OF s~pU" TOT
the remainder OF his life Since then sh" seems 10
have taken a new lease Of life. and H. spite or ne"
advanced age Is more active and youthful IN her
WAYS than overnight pink, pale rose ana othrr
delicate shades being the COlOrS "lch Ah" piiHtI-
nally affects in her toilets al OF when are qlN"
indescribHbly ugly. oId-fashioncd. and unbeComlnt
These little eccentrictles however IN no wise de-
tract from the fame ana popularity which N" lr-
seryedlv enjoys as the most charitable ana PM
anthropic woman OF her era.
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A HAPPY P.AIR.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF YOUNG PRiNcEssEs.
II would be difficult TO find more comedy couple
than the young Duke OF Aosta and his hancee,
prnceas Helene d'Oreane. The latter is admittedly