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Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
North Bennington.

NOTCn bennInStOns
The auction at w. E. Harrington's last
Thursday, was the largest that has oc-
CURED IN this section in ten years. Ev-
erything was sold and brought good
prices and netted Mr.. Harrington fine
sum of money. Mr.. Harrington is one
of the most successful young business
men of this part of the country and his
friends regret his goingaway. He will
soon locate in business in she vicinity of
Omaha, Neb.
Those who listened to the exercises at
the Baptist church last Friday evening
were well pleased. The success of the
Juniors in their part was largely due to
the faithful training of Mrs. j. Loomis
and Mrs. A. Hathaway. The committee
and all concerned wish to express their
sincere thanks to all those who took part
in the exercises. Especially Miss Norton
who so kindly, at the last moment, took
the place of one who was unable, on ac-
count of hard cold, to recite. Her rec
itation king Robert of Sicily was very
fine. But they do not know how to par
ticularize each one was deserving of so
much credit.
Ernest Bottum is assisting his brother,
Fred. L., in taking charge of the meat
and vegetable market.
We would congratulate Arthur Bassett
and wife in the coming into their home
of a little daughter.
The paper mills at State Line and Wal.
loomsac, are using at present., the pro-
duct of the Roberts pulp mill at Ben
nington Falls.
Time makes certain some of the sad
dest expressions, and fixes beyond doubt
things that are real, though we strive to
imagine and hope the worst may not be
realized. News that cannot be doubted
has come of the loss on the i'll fated
steamer Elbe, of Albert E. Lockport
son of Mrs. A. W. Cady, the wife of a
former Baptist minister here, now To-
Gated in Northern New York, who had
been completing his education in Ger
many and was on his way home when
the accident happened. The young man
is remembered here as bright youth of
much promise, and the stricken mother
and friends have the sympathy of their
many old Pensioners.
The sleighride to Cambridge last even
ing Of a party of twelve of our young
people was highly enjoyed. 1t was
gotten up as a straw ride, and the wealth
er being moderate there was no suffering
from cold, and as we learn conversation
was almost uninterrupted for once.
The not unlocked for scarcity of water
in our mill stream is now upon us. The
closing in of winter without the usual
quantity of rain, is now showing itself
with telling effect upon the manufactur-
ers on the creek Lake Paran is very low
and nothing but good thaw which may
be expected at this season of the year,
will relieve the wants of the mill owners.
A very pleasant evening was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.White on
Friday of last week, by several invited
guests. Acting charades and other
amusing games, with the bountiful sup
per, made the evening one of rare enjoy
ment.
Mrs. E. A. Baker spent day last week
with Mrs. NJ. Z. Henry at Riverside.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19

Although the Administration obtained
by the sale of bonds during last year
Sl17, $50, ,2S2, for the alleged purpose of
redeeming greenbacks and Treasury
notes, yet Mr.. Carlisle is forced to admit
officially. says late Washington intelli-
gence, that, with the exception of Sl2,-
3S7, ,451, every dollar of that gold was
used to pay the current expenses of the
used for meeting current expenses was
S105, ,0N2, 143. If the President had made
the proper recommendation for the in
crease of the revenue, instead of recon-
mending their decrease, there would
have been no need to issue any bonds
whatever Hence the present predica-
ment in which the Government is placed
to issue S62, 900, 900 of bonds at an exor-
bitant rate of interest is due wholly and
solely to the Administration of Cleve-
land and Carlisle. Moreover, since Jan.
uary the deficit amounts to nearly S14,-
100000. Hence the Treasury owes, or
would owe if the law were carried out in
regard to appropriations, about S1G3,-
1000 moro than it can meet; and yet
Cleveland and Carlisle, either from
blindness, perversity or absolute incom-
potency, officially declare there is no
need of any more revenue, but that leg
islation is simply required to keep gold
in the Treasury.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19

There is complaint in some quarters
that in the Lincoln celebrations the Re-
publicans have shown too pronounced a
readiness to appropriate Lincoln to them
selves. Well, Lincoln was President of
the whole country, but, if our memory
serves us, he was a Republican, and
every important measure of his Admin
istration was carried over Democratic
opposition. n.-Boston journal. The Dem
ocracy, even now, are not falling over
one another to do the memory of Lin
coin honor.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
PoWnaI.

Quite an interest is being awakened in
religious matters at the Centre by Mrs
Hitchcock the revivalst.
Travelling is yet quite difficult The
main river road is getting free of snow,
while the hill roads are covered with
drifts.
The Junior Epworth League took a
sleighride Friday evening, and had fine
time.
Charles Turner is quite ill with Ia
Grippe.
Mary Towsley won the watch at the
rafle and dance on Thursday.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19

The foreign syndicate, which brought
the s62, 100000 four per cent. thirty-year
bonds from Mr.. Cleveland, did a very
shrewd thing when they employed Mr..
Cleveland's former law partner to help
them make the deal, but they did not do
a shrewd thing when they got Mr.. Cleve-
land to put on record, in his special mes
sage, their Willingness to pay the same
price for three per cent. bond that they
had agreed to pay for three and three
fourths per cent hond. In making this
distinction themselves, they have fur
nshed an excellent reason, should any
future administration desire to take ad-
vantage of it, for paying the interest and
principal of those bonds in silver.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
horses.
ReadSbOFO

Add G. Niles has Vermont bank note
of 20 shillings which reads, on the face
side:
Twenty Shillings. The poffeffor of
this bill fhall be paid by the Treasurer of
the State of Vermont, TWENTY Shilhngs
in Spanish Milled Dollars of Six Shillings
each, or Gold or Silver coins equivalent
by the first day of June, A. D. 1882.
By order of Affembly- Windsor Feb 1881.
T. PORTER, Jos. TAHET."
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
Expelled

every poison and impurity of your
blood, by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Then there's clear skin
and a clean system. letter, salt rheum,
eczema, erysipelas, boils, carbuncles,
enlarged glands, tumors and swelings,
and all blood. skin and scalp diseases,
from common blotch or eruption to the
worst scrOfula-these are perfectly and
permanently cured by it.
In building up needed flesh and
strength of pale, puny, scrofulous child
rem, nothing can equal it.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
On the reverse side:

On the reverse side:
Zone Pound. Death to counterfeiters
Westminster, Printed by Spooner &
Green, 17S1."
Mr.. Niles has also one dollar James
town, N. j., bill, two dollar Benning-
ton, Vt, bill, dated 1910, signed by G.H.
Brown, cashier, c. Raymond, presidedt;
a $3.50 bill on the Middling Interest bank
of Boston, which was ISSUED by the New
York Lumber Association; also Rhode
Island bill of sixpence, dated 1856, and
Continental bill of SS of 1776.
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"who Cot This Money?"

There is a matter connected with Mr..
Cleveland's bond sale or gold purchase,
whichever it is to be called, says the New
York Press, that needs to be explained.
1t is a matter of about S9,000,000. If a
four per cent. coin bond having twelve
years to run, sold this week, as it did, at
ITO 1-2, it is plain that a similar bond
running for thirty years is worth 1l9 3-4.
But the price at which Grover Cleveland
sold the 1862, 100000 of four per cents to
the foreign syndicate was only 104. The
difference is more than S0,OOO,OOO.
Who got that money? Where did it go?
The bankers didn't get it surely. Mr.
Cleveland didn't make them an unneces-
sary present, did he? They were cer-
tainly willing to give as much for the
bonds as would be lad in an open sale,
weren't they? Then who got that sum
of nine millions? Was it a commission,
and, if so, to whom? Will Mr.. Cleve.
land explain? or Mr.. Carlisle? Or per-
haps Mr.. Francis Lynde Stetson, Mr..
Cleveland's law partner, can do it?
By the way, what was Francis Lynde
Stetson's connection with this bond bus.
mess, anyhow? Was it as broker, and,
if so, where was Secretary Carlisle, who
draws salary from the Government for
attending to its financial matters? Was
it as lawyer, and, if so, where was Oh
ney? Where does Stetson come in, and
how much does he come in for?
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19
FOR ONLY SI.75.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY BANNER, Io4 Issues,
THE NY. WORLD, lo4 Issues
FOR ONLY $I,75,

Jeff. Davis county is the strongest Re-
publican county in Texas. In less than
five years the people of that county will
be sending petitions to the Legislature
to change the name. 1t hits the patri-
otic people as severely as did the name
of Surrender the unreconstructed rebels
of AppomatUox Court House.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19

The savings bank depositors of New
York city alone have accumulated a sum
six times as large as that for which the
national Government is preparing to is
sue bonds. And were not Congress more
anxious to play politics than to be pa
triotic, these savings bank depositors
would be willing to show their faith in
the strength of the nation.-Lowell
Times Dem)
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-02-19

Delicate diseases of either sex, how
eyer induced, speedily and radically
cured. Address, in confidence, Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
Ny,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

He died in the convent of st. Orofrio on
April rs. 1895, on his way to the great
event. Excitement brought on fever,
and fever killed him.
1t will be three hundred wears in a
Few days since Tasso died. ANY man
who can have the worlds poets write
in his honor when he has been in the
grave SO long must have a foremost
place in the poetic art. Tasso has that.
Swinburne, who is at the head Of the
British celebration. which takes place
in Westminster on the 25th, places Tas-
SO above Petrarch and only grade be-
low Dante. William Morris makes the
address.
The French academy follows its i'm
memorial custom by setting apart a
niche among the busts of it's immor-
tails for future efigy of Tasso. Fer.
dinand Brunetiere and Henri de Bar
nier read poems in honor of the ter.
centenary.
King Humbert has headed a sub
scription 10 found Tasso chair of lit
erature in the University of Bologna.
Il is noteworthy that the American am.
bassador TO Italy has been the first 10
contribute to the fund with which it is
proposed. to erect in the city of Rome a
statue to the memory of poor. neglected.
aysterical Tasso.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Tassu, his life story snoulG be 81 utter
~ unknown. His Jerusalem Delivered
has been as popular here as the Inferno
of Dante. Americans have been the
most indefatigable in searching the au-
thorities for the life of Tasso, while
two American writers, Henry James
and Bret Harte, have been conspicuous
in the preparations for the coming cele-
bration. Not that il is difficult to tell
the story Of Tassos life connectedly.
Indeed, the biographies, the encyclo-
pedias. the books of critics are rich in
detail. We are told that he was born
at Sorrento. in Naples. on March II,
1874 His father. Bernardo was dis
tinguished e literary man. and upon
TIE birth Of TOrquato Tasso he was
destined for letters almost as a matter
q cyurse- l. i curious. and at times
uUoolooOrs. 20 observe how the lives of
poor l-t talented youths in that coun-
~. and Il thai age. became tangled
with The csree:s = those whose riches
and whose power 1lase he function Of
patron a-l1osi ll-r.-zt-e. Tass0 was
'Te READ. ~ exc Yts9- Inc o5r studied
under he t-se- ss= =: t1e Jesuits. and
when his ta;as- aas ezl-ed the Roy. in
1854, followed TIE pzte--al fortunes.
He left his mother IL convent at Ma
pies and never saw her again.
Young Torquato. from the moment
he entered his teens. became the liter
airy assistant OF his brilliant father.
He went all over Italy with him, study
ing. copying, correcting and, Of course,
writing verses, but the fact is never
mentioned unless they blossom out at
maturity into great poets. Then the
fact seems highly significant, for some
reason or other.
subsequently fortune not only ceased
to smile upon the elder Tasso. but ae-
tually began to frown. Torquato was
sent to Padua to study law, and applied
himself 70 IL with such arder .s s,,:.t ne ne
had very s99Gl finished love poem ., hin IN
' ss,wssise cantos. After that he turned up
in the University of Bolognaand began
to study philosophy mo- donbt with'the
same ardor he had previously devoted
70 the law We next hear of him at
Padua, where he conceived the idea of
his Gerusalemma Liberata, intended as
an epic record Of the conquest of Jeru-
salem by the crusaders under the COM
mand of Godfrey de Bouillon.
Now par aare b...,, TO come IN his
direction. IL l-da IcrQrato i'asso was
introduced to Cardinal Luigi dEste
and to his brother. Alfonso H.. sover-
eign duke of Ferrara. lie made a big
hit, or, as the poets would put in real
English. the charm of his manner,
heightened by tinge of pensive mel
ancholy that redeemed rather than de-
tracted from the languid beauty of a
face many woman would have en-
We'd, though it was in no way feminine
except in refinement and delicacy. SO
won upon the court that he rose rapidly
to favor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Grafton B. Hammond VS.. William Downey, ex-
ecutor of the last will of Charles Salmon, de-
ceased Thomas 60 lrnon and So rnor1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Unhappily, Tasso seems to have had
flippant strain in him, and 1t asserted
itself the moment he discovered that
where the court was concerned he was
right in 1t. He began to make love in
all directions. Practice made him so
perfect that he had the audacity to try
his luck with Leonora, the sister of
the duke of Este, a gentleman so gor-
geous and naughty that even Gilbert
and Sullivan in their palmiest days
could not do him justice. At first
Leonora found Tasso's love equal to
anything of the sort she had had made
to her. Subsequently the lady dis
covered that the low-born poet was
madly presumptuous in daring to love
her. the pride of the Adriatic. the star
of the night, the gem of the aristocracy
and column and a half of other
things. So Tasso was clapped into
prison.
But when he had languished there
awhile number of the susceptible
ladies Of the court pleaded so hard for
him that they let the poor fellow go
after he had promised never to do any
thing of the sort again.
When Tasso got his freedom he util.
lied it In writing poetry. The Gerusa-
femme was the poem thus evolved, and
the great epic made its appearance in
1917. 1t was the Trilby Of It's day.
Everybody was talking Of It, writing Of
1t, fighting over It. Tasso was some
body.
But the critics and the scholars tore
the piece to shreds. They found flaws
in the metre, in the technique, in the
detail. Poor Tasso was driven to distrac-
ton, for he was sensitive to criticism.
The critics soon perceived this, and
they had no mercy on him. What with
revising and rewriting and retorting,
the poet went from distraction to down
right madness. lie did all sorts Of CO.
centric things and in 1877 had to be
sent to prison hospital. At various
times he was either released or escaped,
but was invariably sent back. Finally
he wandered in abject poverty to Tu-
rim, and was kindly received by the
brother of Duke Alfonso
The rest Of his career affords very lit
tie that is pleasant in the telling. he
went back to Ferrara in 1879. remained
under constraint for about seven years.
He became what we call nowadays
crank and a has been.
Finally there came a new outburst of
literary enthusiasm in Italy. On sud-
den it was felt that In Tasso living in
poverty and neglect there was real
immortal unhonored and unsung. A
public coronation was decreed him at
the capitol in Rome, and the ill-starred
genius emerged from squalor to attend
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

gomery, Frederick Montgomery and Mar
Norris.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

The hardest thing to acquire, miss.
said the dramatic teacher. lis the art %
laughing naturally without apparent
effort"
"0h. I've got that down fine, said
the would-be soubrette Il typewrote
for three years for man who was al
ways telling me funny stories about his
little boy. indianapolis Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
A Convincing Proof.

An old man went into life insurance
Office and asked to be insured. The
company asked his age. His reply was
d.
why, my good man. we can't insure
you" said the company.
"Whv not?" he demanded
why, you are 81 years DID,"
What of that?" the old man cried.
"Look at statistics, and they will tell
you that fewer men die at % than at
any other age. London Spare Mo
ments
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

A teacher in one OF the lower grades
of a city school was endeavoring to i'm
press upon her pupils the fact that a
plural subject takes verb in the
plural
Remember this" she said; girls are,
boys are; girl is, boy is. Now do
you understand it?"
Every hand in the room was raised in
assent.
well, then" continued the teacher,
who can give me sentence with girls
plural, remember?"
This time only one hand was raised,
and that belonged to pretty little
miss. please, ma am" she said. with
all the assurance of primitive reason
Ing, ~ can give sentence. Girls, are
my hat on straight?" = Cincinnati
Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
His Yearu.

81 do not doubt that you are young
man Of talent and versatility, as your
recommendations set forth" said the
patent medicine manufacturer, but
am unable to offer you anything in the
way of position-but stay"
He whirled quickly around in his re-
volving chair.
81 will give you four hundred dollars
IN gold for an appropriate and express
sive substitute for the phrase, that
tired feeling, to be used in our bona
tde testimonials. Truth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
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A Horse OF Another Color,

Labor Reformer = Now, don't you
think. as a man. that the hours of labor
on street cars are too long?
President of Railway Company Il
don't think so. They are treated well.
We take excellent care Of them, and
only work them eight hours day.
"Why, l know a conductor who is
on from 9 a. m. To II p. m"
Conductor | was speaking about
the horses. "-Tammany Times
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Hunker-l think Miss Elders mind
must be burdened with unpleasant
thoughts. Judging from her looks,
Spatts - You are right There is
something in her past to which she
studiously avoids alluding.
bunker What is il?
Spatts-Three and half decades
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
A Sufficient Sign.
Trouble at the Last Turn.

There is too much system in this
school business" growled Tommy.
"Just because | snickered a little the
monitor turned me over to the prin-
cipal and the principal turned me over
to paw"
"Was that alp"
mo. paw turned me over his knee.
indianapolis journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

years. The occasion is the tercenten-
nary Of Taso, one, but by no means third.
in the great trilogy of Italian poets.
the man whose fame has spread
wherever what Swinburne calls the
culture of decadence is made possible.
That should mean everywhere, II the
newly dressed old theories of degenera-
tion have anything in them.
Although the headquarters, as il
were, OF this demonstration will be
Rome, our own country takes a prom
inent part in it. as does England, France
and Germany. The Americans on
American soil who are interested In
clude Richard Watson Glider, Louise
Imogen Quincy, Richard Henry Stod-
dard, and. in fact, all the big and little
poets we can boast. The Americans in
Rome will be the ambassador, Mr.. Mac
Veagh. to whom has been accorded the
honor Of replying to the orator Of the
day on behalf of our republic, the
Stones. Mr.. George W. Vanderbilt, who
expects to be passing through Rome on
April 25, the day OF the celebration, and
others as universally known in their
own country The scene of the COM
memoratorv exercises will be the con-
vent Of SAINT, Orofrio, where the author
Of the Gerusalemma Liberata and
Aminta died on April IS. 1895 The
Italian ministry, through DR.. Bacelli
the minister of public instruction, has
established competition for the best
work on Tasso, written by students in
the universities OF It;dy. The prizes
will be awarded on the capitol, where
the poet was TO have been crowned
when he fell ILL.,
1t is somewhat singular that in the
United States. the country which. out
side Of Italy, has taken most kindly 10
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
Matrimonial Item.

Add you read of that fellow who
was arrested in Chicago lately?
B.-No. What had he done?
"Why, the seoundrel had wives in no
less than ten different cities"
"All | have to say is that am sur
prised at the in-ten-city of that fellow's
affections. "-Tammany Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
A Charity Concert.

Wiggle-Why did they call it char
ity concert, do you think?
Waggles-1 don't know. Possibly be-
cause it is so often necessary to be
charitable toward the performers
Somerville Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Alkali Ike ION his death-bedl-1 tell
yer, Bill, it's terrible thing fera feler
t die KNOWN he hain't done les right
Bronco Bill-Cheer up, old pa
cheer up!
Alkali Ike-l can't. Bill; thar I've
been intoHdin . cut IN heart out Nv
Dirty Dan fer tn las six months-an'
KEEP putin it off-puttin it Off
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
The World Over.

At seventeen he madly loved
A woman twcnty-eicht;
At thirty, In one twenty ,hree
He thought he'd met his tate;
Al forty 20 a maid eighteen
His passion he eonfesses
At sixty he Is married to
A schoolgirl in short dresses
Kansas City Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

'will you walk into my psrlor'" said the
spider 10 the ~
But the insect only tossed her head and tossed
II very high
"Why. no." she said, with hsuteur; your
style with mine won't run;
Your dining and reception rooms are, vulgarly,
IN one
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
THE WORLD OF HUMOR.
Some Of the Latest and Best Things
From the Pens of Our Most
Noted Funny Men.
Ye Sympathetic Friend.

Ye Sympathetic Friend.
Friend-Got cols, see.
Jinks-Yes, little one.
"You ought to be mighty careful.
That cough needs attention"
"Think SOP"
1T has regular graveyard sound"
"Good gracious"
awful dangerous time for people
with colds = grippe, pneumonia and
quick consumption everywhere"
"Eh?"
Eyes. A friend Of mine took cold,
not half so bad as yours, last week, and
In three days he was dead"
"My stars"
Fact. The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through If he hadn't
worried so much. Take my advice
and try not to think about tn. Y.
Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03

Miss Summit-Mr. Jagway called on
me last night. and Iahink he had been
drinking.
Miss Palisade-He told me this morn
ing that you looked beautiful Life
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-03
ALWAYS In sight

Nodd-You say your baby is nine
months old and hasn't cut a tooth.
Are you sure?
Todd-Well. l guess so. There is
plenty Of opportunity TO see them il
they were there, Brooklyn Life.