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Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1896-01-07
BENNINGTON co. SAVINGS BANK.

YINhe Bennington County Savings Bank st the
i Bennington County National Bank, Is open
.. m. to 4 O'Clock p. M, Sundays and Holidays ex-
ceptad. -,
inter- to depositors strictly in accordance with
he laws Of the State Of Vermont. Money de-
nosited anytime after the first day Of each month
draws interest from the FIRST day OF the next sue
ceedng month. Interest computed January
LIST and July LIST, and II not Withdrawn WILDE added
principal, and interest thereafter will accrue
Loans solicited upon real estate and undOubte
personal securities.
ABB. VALENTINE, President,
lie GIBSON, Vice President
C. II. DEWEY, Treasurer,
G. W, HARTMAN, Secretary,
TRUsTEEs-A B. Valentine, q. W. HArman
DIN Scott, J. T. shurtleff, I. (. Gibson j. r
hudson John Robinson.
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Successor to Or. s, B. Pike.

AL operations performed in the most thorough
and careful manner, and ut reasonable prices1I
Nv Aim viii be o give entire satisfaction to all
cases submitted to my care.
Gas and Ether administered for extracting
teeth without pain, when desired.
Ofice Opposite Free Library Hall, Bennington,
aft Vermont
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81 had tired feeling and headaches
hut Hoods Sarsaparilla has helped me"
Miss E. L. Noyes. North SALISBURY, vt.
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Business ,Diretturp.
BATCHELDER & BATES.
CoALI CoALI CoALt
q. CUTLER, Dentist.

T IME AND CEMENT
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-07
THE SOUTHERN
H. f SHs .zEy
PACIFIC COMPANY.

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train for Truckee. sacramento. Ben
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
RAMS Horn Wrinkles.

Do not make the mistake OF thinking
you can become rich by never giving
away anything.-Those who lead chill
dren, need to keep very close to Christ.
Nothing can strengthen our hearts
like knowing that God has promised to
be our strength.-If We think evil we
shall be sure to speak it.-Some peo-
pie fear to call the devil by his right
name, lest they offend friend.-The
man who is ashamed of his religion has
good reason to be, for he has the wrong
kind.-It is a great mistake to think
that money can buy happiness.-Find
out what God has done for others, and
you will know what he will do for you.
Are you laying up any treasure
where moth and rust do not corrupt
Trials do not weaken us: they only
show us that we are weak.-Nothing
counts up any faster in heaven. than
being prosecuted down here for right
eousness' sake.-God never made law
that was not for our highest good to
keep.-Ram's Horn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Through the Compress.

It would ruin angels, to come down
here and go in company that some
church members consider good.-it is
easier to be contented without wealth
than with 1.-THE devil trembles when
good man prays.-Until we are will
ing to be guided, we are not willing to
be helped.-No one ever made life any
brighter for another, by complaining
that his own lot was hard.-There is
something wrong with our faith, If we
never praise the Lord except when we
feel like it.-Church members who new
err smile, will some day find out how
much harm they have done.-Solomon
got much of his knowledge in the
school of experience.-The love Of
money is still making many man be-
tray his Lord.-There is no deception
more dangerous than self-deceptiOn.-
We never know what man is until we
know what he is when he can't have
his own way.-Lot walked into Sod
ON: but left it on the run.--If we would
stop looking toward the wrong place,
we would find it easier to stay in the
right place.-Ram's Horn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Feelings and Salvation.

Speaking to persons who declare that
feelings are necessary to salvation, a
recent writer says:
Martin Luther, in one Of his conflicts
with the devil was asked by the arch
enemy if he felt his sins forgiven. mo"
said the great reformer, Il don't feel
that my sins are forgiven, but / know
they are, because God says so in His
word. Paul did not say, Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
feel saved, but Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.
by his brother, Do you feel that your
debt is paid? No, is his reply, don't
feel that it is paid; know from this
receipt that it is paid, and feel hap
py because l know it is paid.
So with you. dear reader. You must
believe in Gods love to you as revealed
at the cross Of Calvary, and then you
will feel happy, because you may
know you are saved.
A dear old Christian, on hearing per-
to say: "Feelings feelings! Don't
bother yourself about your feelings. l
just stick to the old truth that Christ
died for me, and He is my Surety, right
on to eternity; and III stick to that
like limpet to the rock"
Be my feelings what they will,
Jesus is my Savior still.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
The True Wife.

Oftentimes j have seen a tall ship
glide by against the tide as If drawn
by some invisible bowline, with hun
dred strong arms pulling it. Her sails
untitled, her streamers dropping, she
had neither side wheel nor stern wheel,
still she moved on stately, in serene
triumph, as with her own life. But
knew that on the other side of the ship,
hidden beneath the great bulk tina,
swan so majestically, there was lit.
tie toilsome tug, with heart of fire and
arms Of iron, that was Juggling it brave
ly on: and l knew that if the little
steam tug untwined her arm and left
the ship it would wallow and roll about
and drift hither and thither and go OFF
with the refluent tide, no man knows
whittier. And so l have found more
than one genius. high-decked, full
freighted, idle-sailed, gay pennoned,
that but for the bare toiling arms and
brave. warm beating heart of the faith
full little wife that nestled close to him
SO that no wind or wave could part
them, would have gone down with the
stream, and have been heard of no
more.-O. w. Holmes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07

One may imagine a musical instru,
ment left in some old castle deserted
during political revolutions standing
warped and cracked with heat and
dampness-unstrung, untuned and
voiceless. But at length the owner re-
turns, and the tuner is summoned to
put the instrument in order. He lifts
the cover, and the dust rolls back in
clouds "Ah" he says, sit is a noble in
strument, by the grandest of makers"
He strikes chord-a hideous discord,
rather-which drives all hearers from
the place. And now, as he begins to
screw and turn, to bring up each key
TO It's proper pitch, what wailings and
screenings fill the room! People would
say, That musical Instrument" But
the tuner says, wait, all will be right
in time" And when the long work is
completed. and he sits down to draw
forth from those strings some melody,
or one of Beethovens majestic har-
monies, children and servants flock to
listen in amazement and wonder. Thus
it is with us in the world Oh, be pa
tient while God is 'uning you. Now
the wailing and the discord, by and by
the full and perfect harmony.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Herod could kill John the Baptist, but
he couldn't get rid Of Christ.-Ram'
Horn
How Power Came.

DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman. the we'll
known evangelist. recently told how he
received the Holy Spirit and what eff
feet it had upon his daily life. He
said:
l had been struggling for five years
| had had visions of his power and
giimpses OF what / might be if l were
filled with the Spirit" but all this
time, like the disciples at Ephesus.
there was a great lacking.
At last / reached the place where |
felt that Twas willing to make sur
render. | reached it by the path mark
ed out by Mr.. Meyer when he asked.
Are you not ready to say, I'm willing
to be made willing about everything :"
That seemed easy. and alone before
God I simply said, II am willing"
Then he made the way easy. He
brought before me my ambition, then
my personal eases, then my home, then
other things came to me, and l simply
said, II will give them up" And last
OF all my will" was surrendered about
everything. Then, without any emo
tion, for. as Mr.. Meyer said. it was
faith without emotion" l said. MY
Father, now claim from Thee the in
filling Of the Holy Ghost"
From that moment to this he has
been living reality. I never knew
what it was to love my family be-
fore. l question if they ever knew
what it was to love me. although we
had called ourselves happy in the love
of each other / never knew what it
was to study the Bible before; and Why
should /. for had l not just then found
the key? / never knew what it was 10
preach before. "Old things are passed
away" in my Christian experience; be
hold, all things are become new"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Air for the Cows.

The English government some time
ago took up the matter OF the proper
supply of air to cows. 1t is regarded
as part Of the work of the public health
officers to inspect all barns and see
either that the buildings are well VEN
tilated or that they are large enough
to permit Of being shut for some hours
without detriment to the health OF the
cows. 1t Is said that the execution or
the law has occasioned a great deal OF
friction in the country districts OF
England. The medical officers make
specifications as to how barn shall
be ventilated, or in the absence OF ven
tilation how many cubic feet or air
may be given to each animal. Most or
the barns are found to fall far below
the requirements. 1t is very likely
that investigation would show the same
condition of things to exist in this
country, though in less degree.
In fact. some Of our barns are so
poorly built that they need neither ven
tilators nor air space, since the air has
free ingress and egress through the
cracks between the boards. To such
as have tight barns the question Is
pertinent. OF the two ways mentioned,
giving the cows more breathing space
would appear better than to ventilate.
since by the former method all drafts
may be shut off. When an animal is
not in the best of condition, draft of
cold air too frequently proves the be-
ginning of serious and sometimes fatal
disorders.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Themes for the Thoughtful.

The man who tries to hide his sin,
forgets that the eyes of the Lord are
running to and fro throughout the
earth.-God pays highest for the serv-
ice upon which We put no price.-It Is
waste of breath to talk any louder
than we live.-When the devil is near
est, he generally smells least like brim.
stone.-A course of conduct that has
to be defended to the conscience, may
be set down as wrong.-God's work is
never small work, no matter how un-
important it may look.-It is good to
pray, but our prayer will mean more, il
we first bring all the tithes into the
storehouse.-We must do the thing God
tells us to do, before anything else will
count.-It is good evidence that God
is not in the meeting, when everybody
gets in hurry to have it over with.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Dairy Notes.

Is it fact that 1t costs $S5 per year
to keep cow in feed alone?
1t is better to test the cows before
you buy them than afterward.
Look to the condition Of the cows
about to calve. 1t is better not to have
them too fat.
Do you know just what each COW of
your herd Is doing, or just how much
milk and butter she can produce in a
year?
The man that begins to keep a strict
book account of all things is the man
that has improved his chances of sue
cess in the dairy.
The old idea that ignorance and dali
rying can go together is exploded, If
any part of the farm work needs sci
ence, 1t is the dairy.
Some of our best dairymen advocate
having their heifers drop their first
calves at two years of age. What is
the opinion of our readers on that
point?
Although il Is hard to fatten a COW
during the milking period. 1t should
be attempted whenever the COW is to
be sold for beef after she runs dry.
Some cows will lay on fat even when
they are giving milk. provided they
are fed all the fatteR'ng food they caa
digest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
No Mercy Under the Law.

And all Israel stoned him with
stones. and burned them with fire.
Josh. 1925. The destruction of Achan
and his family may seem harsh. but
it Is what must always happen under
the reign of law. Things like 1t are
taking place all about us in this present
day, and we do not question their JUS
tice. Under the law the harvest of sin
must always be death. II man is
imprudent or improvident, the innocent
of his household must suffer for it. The
stones of want are thrown upon them
without pity. They must die to COM
fort because their father has sinned
against the conditions by which only
they could enjoy it. See the drunkard,
as he is being dragged from the camp
of responsibility, thrift and honor. to
be stoned to death by the circumstances
OF life for his sins against society and
his own being. Are not his little chill
dren dragged along with him down into
the dark alley of sorrowful Achor, to
share the same dreadful judgment that
must fall upon him? When the man
who holds high place in business cir
cles becomes an embezzler and default
err, are not his wife and children stoned
by all the Affections that follow his Of
Tense? A mothers dishonor descends
upon the babe in her arms, and blights
its life. Disease in the blood of the
parent means death in the veins OF the
child. Under law there is no escape
for the innocent. They must suffer with
the guilty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
short Notes and Notions.

We must be willing to be like Christ
before we have any right to expect
Gods favor-One source Of weakness
I'm the church Is that there are SO many
people who will not repeat the Lords
Prayer together.-Nobody is required
to shout, but every repentant sinner
must believe before he can have peace.
The fact that God has taught bees to
store up honey and squirrels to lay up
nuts for winter ought to convince us
that he expects men to make prudent
provision for the future.-The man who
asks God for his daily bread will not
get it with butter on 1t unless he does
his best to honestly earn it.-Jacob saw
angels pass up and down on the ladder,
bG. they were not taking men to
heaven Sith them.-God made the plan
of salvation before he created the dust
out Of which the first man was made
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Hiding Behind a Drum.

At one time during the war soldier
who had just Joined the army, was sur.
prised and frightened to find that he
was in the midst OF battle. The great
shells were falling about him, and he
wanted some protection, and he saw q
large drum lying on the ground and
ran and hid behind that. He did not
seem to realize that the first bullet that
came would easily pierce that; and so
he sat. feeling perfectly secure. not real.
izing his danger.
That is the way with many who
merely resolve that they are going to do
right, and overcome the temptations OF
Satan; but they are no more safe while
trusting in their own strength, than
the soldier was. hiding behind the
drum.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07

till the first of September, seven
months, she laid LA eggs, by actual
count. 1 also had pen of three pull
lets and hen of the same breed. l
kept record of this pen for eleven
months. In that time the four birds
laid 561 eggs and each one of the fowls
raised a brood of chickens within that
time. ]. r. Shooter.
Davis County. Iowa.
(The above Is an excellent letter.
The five fowls spoken of made good
records, for high records are much
more uncommon than most people sup
pose.-Ed. +. R)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Contrary to tho Lords Life.

We wonder sometimes why people
start so eagerly and get discouraged so
quickly, why everything seems bright
in the beginning and very soon full of
difficulties that raise doubts and fears.
Is it not because the character must be
purged Of the evils that are in it and re-
formed before the inward peace and
wisdom from the Lord can find full ex-
preston there? This work is not an
instantaneous work; it is slow, pro-
gressive work. And more than this,
it is not an attractive work, for it is
the work of putting out OF our 'charac-
tiers OF out of our hearts one by one
the things which we love, but which are
contrary to the Lords life and which
obstruct our way.-Rev. George 5.
Wheeler.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07

have bred Langshans, Light Brahmas,
White Cochins, Partridge Cochins, Bun
Cochins, Silver Spangled Hamburgs,
Rose and Single Comb Brown Leg
horns. White and Barred Plymouth
Rocks. land am now breeding Buff Co
chins, White and Barred Plymouth
Rocks. For town I think the Buff Co
chins are the best breed; for the farm
the Barred Plymouth Rocks are the
best.
/ have four poultry houses, eacn
10x30 feet, 8 feet high in front and 0
in the back, with shed roof. They
are good, warm houses, with sash win
dows in front. In my winter feeding.
| usually take equal parts OF bran ana
shorts, and sometimes mix corn meal
with it. Sometimes I add chopped
oats. stir it all up dry and pour hot
water on 1t. l stir 1t well after that
dnd let it stand about an hour before
feeding. This Is for breakfast. / also
sometimes feed wheat. At night feed
whole corn.
Our market here is usually good.
There Is cold storage firm here that
ships to Boston, and another firm that
ships both live and dressed poultry.
/ get fair supply Of eggs in winter.
l had last year So hens and from these
l got, from January 1st, 1895, to Janu-
airy LIST, 1896. 4,S7S eggs. and raised
800 chickens ty hens. | have lost
more fowls from roup and cholera Tor
Indigestion than from any other cause.
| think mere fowls die from indiges-
ton than from cholera. In raising
broods my chief troubles have been in
the chicks having bowel trouble and
being infested with lice.
: l sometimes doctor the hens, but II
Is easier to keep them we'll than to
cure them after they are sick. Give
them plenty of exercise and good, dry
Toosting places. / have new breed
developed myself. They are rose
como Barred Plymouth Rocks. l have
a pullet of this breed that began lay
ing in October, 1894, and kept up lay
ing an egg every day till along into
February. Then | commenced to keep
b record Of how many eggs she would
Day. Fror: the lrs, OF February, 1895,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07
Truth In Plain Dress.

No matter what business the Chris
tian may be engaged in, he should
make it the Lords business.-The true
attitude of watching for the coming
Of the Lord is to be faithfully doing
the things the Lord wants done.-When
the Christian Is not blessed in giving,
his gift is too small. The devil in some
shape Is a welcome guest in the home
where the Bible Is not read.-When
Paul was making tents. he was look
ing for the Lord to come as much as
when he was preaching.-Whath higher
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07

1t is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth-Rom. 1: 10
It was in the gospel of Christ that Paul
based his confidence, and proclaimed
his un5ounded trust. 1t was not the
imitation of Christ that he held up
vhen he bid every sinner look and hope.
He never gave any kind of a sinner
hope that ne could be saved by his own
works of righteousness. He didn't say
join this church or that: or do this,
but don't do that. He didn't say, Be
sure to go to church as much as you
can en- the Sabbath, and never stay
away from prayer meetings when the
weather is pleasant. Had Paul gone
about preaching salvation through
works, we should never have heard of
his receiving stripes, prosecutions and
Imprisonment. The powers of dark
ness were against him, because his
theme was the gospel OF Christ. He
proclaimed the gospel Of Christ to be
the power of God. and power avail
able for all who would have it. What
glorious news for men who had come to
know their own weakness and help
lessness Men who had found out that
their struggles for freedom were
against something stronger than flesh
and blood. Men who had groaned in
spirit and shed tears of remorse because
they had learned to their sorrow they
could not do the good they would and
the evil they would not do they had to
do. To such men, and to all men, Paul
offered the gospel of Christ as the pow
er of God that would enable them to
break with sin and lead new life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-07

cent investigation by commit
tee of the house of commons,
one of the big importers Of margarine
was examined. He told the committee
that himself and his associates were
opposed to the selling of margarine for
butter. They had, however, found that
The local officers would not enforce the
law against such sales. He and his as
sociates had therefore begun prosecu-
tions against offenders, and had already
convicted some dozen men in the local
courts.
He described the efforts of an honest
tradesman to prevent his competitors
from selling margarine and margarine
mixtures for butter. Said tradesman
had purchased grocer's stock and
with it had found large quantity Of
margarine. The clerk told him that
the former proprietor had been selling
lit for shilling butter and that he might
Jas well do the same thing. He refused
Ito touch it. His competitors continu-
ling to sell, as described, he secured
samples of their goods and called in the
inspector. The latter informed him
that If he would attend to his own busi-
ness and let the doings of other people
alone, he would be all right.
! The only way the law could be en-
forced, declared the margarine import
Ter, was to have national inspectors
lwho should pass from place to place,
land who would not be affected by Dri-
lvate and local interests