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Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
A WORD TO FARM TOILERS.
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
The Home Friend of the
Farmer and His Family.

After the labors and tolls of the summer time,
and harvesting Of crops in the early autumn,
many OF our farmers, their wives, daughters,
and sons, find themselves in a condition Of
health demanding careful attention il suffering
Is TO be avoided later on. Many experience
kidney trouble in some form; with some the
liver is torpid; there is bousness, nausea, and
vomiting, with loss of appetite and depression
OF spirits. Thousands who have been exposed
10 cold, damp winds and rains while toiling in
the harvest fields, now feel the twinges Of
terrible rheumatism; others run down by
worry, oveTwork, and irregular dieting, are
tomented with the pangs of dyspepsia.
To the thousands of run down, sickly, and
half dead men and women in farm homes we
recommend with all honesty and confidence
the workers friend, Paine's Celery Compound,
the only medicine that can quickly and fully
restore strength to the weak body and vigoT to
the muscles. Paine's Celery Compound tones
the stomach; it removes poisonous acids from
the blood which cause rheumatism; it feeds
the weak and diseased nerves and banishes
neuralgia tortures; it purihes the blood and
gives true vitality and life. The use of Paine's
Celery Compound n autumn means the estab.
fishing of perfect physical yigor to withstand
the Tigors OF a severe winter.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

The Banner and Reformer last week
voiced the general demand for some
authoritive opinion as to when man
is drunk. Not exactly in reply but as
opportunity as though it were, the
Boston Herald furnishes the follow
ing:
We printed yesterday afternoon a
letter from Mr.. John e. Macy, a mem
Der of the Massachusetts bar and an
instructor at the Boston University
law school. Mr.. Macy considers the
legalsdefnition of the crime of drunk
enness, question that has been dis
cussed by a number of lawyers and
judges who have arrived at entirely
different conclusions. Mr.. Macy
takes up Judge Emmons' definition,
and shows that it is one that might be
used within very wide limits. MIR.
Macy appeals for a stricter construc-
ton of the law, for he thinks that the
police are wrong in only arresting
those who appear likely to interfere
with the persons or personal comfort
of others. He holds that any person
sis guilty of the offense lof drunken
ness who is found in a public place
so influenced 10y liquor as to be an ex-
ample demoralizing to the public and
subyersive OF good citizenship. !"
This is a very comprehensive defni-
ton, perhaps the most sweeping that
has as yet been advanced, and GER
tainly. If it were enforced, there would
be a material increase in the number
of arrests for drunkenness.
While this is more radical CLASH
ication than the majority of people in
this section will approve it may be
that its adoption would tend to cure
an evil that is hard to reach. There
are DRINKS which are open, shameless
and beyond the reach OF a preventa-
tive but on the other hand there are
numerous cases of intoxication the
subjects of which would never permit
an approach to that stage did they
not feel certain that they were in no
danger of being disgraced through
arrest.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

Hoosick is to celebrate the Battle OF
Bennington this year it seems. Hoos-
lex has done this occasionally hereto
fore and sometimes in connection with
Bennington. This is all very we'll.
1t is as it should be- The attempt of
Hoosick to change the historic name
of the battle, however, is not creditable
to those who attempt it. Hoosick
was once represented in the Vermont
Legislature, had it continued to be so,
it would never have thought of chang
ing the name of the famous battle.
We have deeds on our town records
bearing date, Bennington, Albany
County, New York. There seems to
have been a little confusion in regard
to state lines in this neighborhood at
one time.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

The question of changing its name
is just now agitating the Protestant
Episcopal church of the United States.
All the dioceses in the country this
year are called upon to declare for the
old name or for the proposed new one,
"The American Catholic Church. 4"
This church is one of the great relig-
ious forces of the world. It's present
designation is not its real name but
merely sort of nickname accident
ally bestowed upon it and the church
ought not to hesitate to arise to the
dignity of its worth and give a name
not only descriptive but distinctive
and worthy Of its high station and the
mission'to which it is consecrated by
its faith and its works.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

The Swanton Courier might as we'll
admit that il squints toward opposition
to the reelection of Proctor to the
United States Senate as to keep
squirting and not admit It, And the
Hardwick Gazette, too, processes to
see in the purport of a commonplace
remark of The Brattleboro Reformer
abiding to the senator a menace to
the liberties of the "freemen" of the
state. OF course, everybody has a
right to his own opinion in this matter.
but somehow it appears to strike the
average man that these incipient little
pin-pricks at Proctor indicate an in
tense desire to feel around to find some
vulnerable spot in the old stateman's
character after having tried in vain
for years TO see one. Somebody is
itching to take away his seat in the
Senate, but failing any legitimate rea-
son upon which to base campaign
against him as a statesman. is forced
to fall back upon the frivolous devices
OF worm-lozenge politics. st Adams
Messenger.
Senator Proctor undoubtedly has
more weight and influence at Wash
lngton than any other man who could
be sent to take his place but that does
not alter the fact that these little filings
that the Messenger calls "pin-pricks"
indicate an opposition to Senator
Proctor, that in skilled hands would
prove formidable. It would be Just as
wise to swop a fine Newfoundland dog
for the flea that bites him, as to ex-
change Senator Proctor for some of
those who aspire TO his seat. On the
other hand there are just as able men
in Vermont as Senator Proctor, and
men who are not as selfish as the Proc
tor family has shown itself to be, and
after all that is the only reason there
is even a muttering Of opposition to
the old senator's reelection.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

Corrected to June 10, 1908. Trains leave
Bennington daily except Sunday, unless
otherwise noted.
GOING SOUTH
1870 a m-EXpresS daily for Troy, Albany
and New York.
700 Passenger for Troy, Albany and
New York.
l2i2O m-Mal for Troy, Albany, New York
a,40 /" Flyer for Troy, Albany and New
York.
$40 Express for Troy and Albany
Ss4O " Passenger for Troy and Albany.
B40 Sundays Ouly, passenger for Troy
and Albany
GOING NORTH.
l2iI5 m-Expross daily for Rutland, Burllng-
ton. Montreal, Ogdensburg and
West. Pullman sleeping cars to
Montreal and Ottawa.
1850 Passenger for Rutland, Burlington,
and Ogdensburg
1880 Passenger for Rutland, Bellows
Pals Burlington, Malone and
0gdensburg.
a.AO m-Flyer for Rutland. Burlington. Mon
treal and Ogdensburg, Pullman
parlor car to Montreal.
Jas p m-Local Passenger for Rutland, Bur
lington and intermediate stations.
10 Sundays only for Rutland and Bur
Trains from Rutland arrive at Bennington
2 90 a. m % a. M, 12:45, 4:i5 and $40 p. m.
and Sundays only at 1918 p. m. Trains from
Troy arrive at l2;45, 1925 and II 25 q, M, :3i0,
6l5 and $40 p. m, and Sundays only at 7;45
CHATHAM DIVISION.
s'96 m-Passenger for Chatham and New
York
800 q m-Passenger for Chatham.
Trains arrive from Chatham at 1915 a. m. and
o. %. HBBARD, Gen. Passenger Agt
GEO. T. JARVIS, General Manager
Rutland. W.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

A bill is pending in the Massachu-
sets legislature, certain TO become a
law it is said, by which the Board OF
Aldermen Of the city of Boston, thir-
teen in number is sure to be nom
partisan body. The CHIEF feature of
it is that no voter can vote for but
eight. members of the board. The
idea that municipal government shall
be taken out Of party politics is fast
gaining ground everywhere. The
success Of this kind OF government in
the city of New York under Mayor
Lows administration is having its ef.
feet all over the country.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

p e o plin & IN e
darkness with
phantoms, start
ing at the creak.
ing Of the bed or
the hustle of the
bedclothes.
Such symptoms
in general point
to disease Of the
delicate womanly
organs, and a
constant drain Of
the vital an q
nervous forces
This condition
cannot be over
come by sleeping
pow ders The
diseased condi
.tion must be
cured before the
consequences Of
disease are re
moved.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
M. ]. WEIGH
los NORTH ST.
A GREAT TONIC AND NERVE FOOD
What MRS G. 5. Wright Of North BEN
nington Says About It.

North Remington. Vt, January o. 1903
IMPERIAL WlSR s. MFDICINE Co
Gentlemen ~ have been using your prepsra-
tons for the past few months with the best re-
suits.
For loss OF appetite and insomnia have found
imperial Calisaya Hops and Port sovereign
emedy. Mas c. $. WRIGHT
Principal OF High School, n Bennington. vt.
IMPERIAL CALISAYA HOPS s. PORT, to-
gether with an occasional dose of LIVERO
LOZkNGES Is guaranteed 10 'ure malaria End
fever and ague. Sold by both grOceTs and drug
gists, or write TO Imperial Wine and Med icine
Co.. Newburgh n. Y.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

The prophet who predicted failure
of the hay crop is now without honor
in his own country. Grass is some-
what behind the calendar but It is
coming forward with leaps and bounds.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

We see by one of the state ex-
changes that up in Addison county
potato bugs are not as plentiful this
year as usual" The genuine optimist
can always find something to be thank-
full for.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
SIeePEeSSneSS

Is akin 70 insanity Many a woman re-
Allies this as she lies awake hour by hour,
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
UPHOLSTERING

M. J. w lch his secured the service
a first-class upholsterer. and Is pre-
pared to do all kinds Of work in that line
Mattresses also mad or remade to order
Cushions, etc. Work ,lled for and de
livered. Estimates on al k nds of up
holstering work furnished on app lea
ton.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure rhe u
matism neuralgia. Entirely vegetable Sac
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
$500 Reward for MOns0H
Who Cannot DO Cured.

Proprietors and makers Of DR. Pierce s
Favorite Prescription now feel fully war.
ranted in offering to pay $500 in legal
money Of the United States for any case of
Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolapsus,
or Falling of Womb, which they cannot
cure All they ask is fair and reasonable
trial Of their means Of cure,
why wife was sick for over eight years writes
Albert II. Fulte, ESQ, Of ARamont, Grundy Co.
Tenn, UShe had uterine disease and was treated
by two physicians aud got no relief. At last !
read about Dr, Pierces medicines aud we de
cided 70 try his Favorite Prescription sent
b the drug store and got one bottle and the first
dose gave ease and sleep. She had not slept any
for three nights Being sure that Il would cure
her Isent for five more bottles and when she
had taken the sixth bottle she was sound and
welLn q
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used with uFavorite Prescription when
ever laxative is required
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

Additional trains leave Troy 500, due Ben
nington 40 D. m, and leave Bennington $40 p.
10 due Troy 6.55 p. m.
This train runs daily.
Stops only on signal to take, or on notice
30 conductor, TO leave passengers.
Time a. m.
5 From Troy Sundays 6 80 a. m.
For erinformatiOnaddress @ A. Nimmo,
GenI Western Passenger Agent, Troy. N. Y.
d j. FLANDERS,
Gen Pass & Ticket Agt
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.

Corrected to June TO- 1908 Trains leave Ben
nington daily, except Sunday, unless otherwise
TRAINS LEAVING
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-18

Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the womanly diseases which cause nerv-
BUSINESS and sleeplessness. II is the best
Of touics and invigoTantB nourishing the
nerves, encouraging the appetite and in
ducinR refreshing sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
STARTING THE DAY RIGHT.
First Half Hour Often the Hardes'
Part Of the Twenty-Four.

From the New York Times.
The first half hour Of the day is often the
hardest part Of the whole twenty-four
hours, particularly to workingmen. Many
awake depressed and insufficiently rested.
It seems almost impossible to rise and go
about the duties Of the day. The hours
drag, and work which should be done easily
Is a burden, because the day was not
rightly begun.
A business woman who Is a tremendous
worker. and who always seems equal to
her tasks. was recently asked how she man
aged to do so much and yet keep so well.
ut Is all owing to the ounce of preven-
ton which 1 take in the morning. she re-
piled. Believe me, 1t is better than
pound of cure taken later In the day. L
always make it q point of starting the day
right l never hurry in the morning. no
matter how much l may rush during the
day, and I always have something to stay
my stomach as the old-fashioned people
say. before I get up
"Do YOU have your breakfast in bed?'
mo. indeed. But I do take my ounce
of prevention in bed-that is, l take cup
of clam bouillon or beef tea. Who brings
1t to me? you are about to ask NOBODY.
get it myself without rising. No, 1t isn't
very much trouble. The necessary arrange
ments are made before retiring. On the
little table at the head of my bed put an
alcohol lamp, q. tiny saucepan. a bouilloh
d
or a bottle of clam juice, salt. pepper and
a tin box OF a covered cracker jar holding
some dry waters.
I'm the morning when I awake. If 1t is
anywhere near my time for rising. light
the lamp and set the water to boil. I have
to cross the room to get the water, but
that takes only moment Then l put
bouillon capsule or dash of clam Juice
into the cup, pour in the boiling water and
stir brfskly. The bouillon capsules which
use are already seasoned, but the clam
broth needs the, addition of salt and pep
per. drink my bouillon as hot as I can,
eating two or three dry waters with it,
Then I lie down again for fifteen minutes,
after which I am ready for my bath, and
let me add that 1t Is always a salt one.
THE whole expense is not more than
four or five cents a day, and the trouble
amounts to almost nothing. / have been a
different woman since 1 learned to begin
my day right. L eat my breakfast with a
relish instead of forcing down few mouth
fuls, as used to do. Try my plan and
see if 1 am not right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
A FAMILIAR STORY.
Agreeable Anecdote In New Guise Re-
ceives Friendly Greeting.

From the New York sun
Nothing is pleasanter than to come upon
a well-known anecdote in one of the vol
umes of copious "reminiscences which gentle
men Of distinction toss from time to time
to a clamoring public-it is like meeting a
friend In the heart Of Sahara. The warmth
of our greeting is not so much an ex-
preston of affection as an ebullition of joy
at the sight of q familiar face in the arid
waste.
So It is with real pleasure that we find
the old and tried story of 1.-The one above"
in the current installment of DIR. Andrew
D. Whites Chapters From My Diplomatic
Life" told this time of Emile de Girardin.
IT especially remember" says DR.. White,
Emile de Girardin. editor spouter, in
triguer-the Grand Emile who boosted
that he had invented and presented to the
French people new iuea every day. This
futile activity of his always seemed to me
best expressed in the American smile:
Busy as bee In tar barrel There was
indeed. one thing to his credit; he had
somehow inspired his former wife, the
gifted Delphne Gay, with a belief in his
greatness, and a pretty story was current
illustrating this. During the revolution of
1913 various men Of note. calling on Nine.
Girardfn, expressed alarm at the progress
Of that most foolish of overturns. when she
said, with an air OF great solemnity and
pointing upward, Gentlemen, there is one
above who watches over France I'll un
la-haut qui veille sur la France). All were
greatly impressed by this evidence of sub
lime faith until they discovered by the
context that 1T was not the Almighty in
whom she put her trust. but the great
Emile whose study was just above her
parlor."
It is a good story In the costume of any
nation, but 1t is scarcely in its element in
France, where woman. not man, Is su-
preme. The air of probability Is lacking
which is so conspicuous In the English
version, with Mr.. Gladstone as the over
ruling Providence. It has the true British
stamp. Only the English could have
selected the term lord and master" by
which to designate that commonplace of
civilization. mere husband; and in such
selection they clearly show forth the
deification of man in Albion. For the Brit
ish matron thus to refer piously to her bet
ter half Is entirely natural and effective.
But we cannot believe that even this was
the origin Of the story. Surely 1t must have
been an archaic narrative Of Noah, scan
ming the horizon from the lookout turret.
with the ladies locked below. Nor can
we think that its career is ended. 1t may
yet be repeated with perspicacious apt
ness of our most conspicuous public man.
or whispered, with sacred awe, of the Ger
man emperor. We have followed the for
tunes of this elastic tale with vivid interest.
and we are eagerly awaiting its next APP
pearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
usage. Take. for instance such words 40
observation-disclosures nlr,,nr II

usage. Take. for instance, such words 40
'extinguishment." "revealment." with
drawment." development" ''denotement'
and 'startlement." 1t is not difficult to
trace the mental process. The word ''ex-
tfnguish" was in the speakers mind. He
wanted noun. and to stick "ment' on to
the verb was an expedent nearer to hand
than the search for extinction" Occa-
sionally the quick change is from the noun
to the verb When a man says Ito admin
fstrate,' may be sure that he first
thought of administration" and that he
was then in too great a hurry to notice
that the analogy with such pairs as "cele-
bate" and celebration" would mislead him.
III one were making a collection of lin
guistic curios one might add to it such ex-
hibits as propellatio 'affirmance."
'clientage." ''remniscent.al," "moveless,"
'traditionary," "lelsuristic." 'unsympa-
thy and "bishoply." In the mind of the
offender there seems almost to be lurking
kind of predatory false analogy which
grabs at his expressions and distorts them
before he can help himself.
Is 1t too late to purify our speech from
these misch.evous tendencies, or must we
be content to see a great language turned
into Shoddy? Certainly the effectiveness of
English as an organ of thought is weaken
ed by the careless use of it's vocabulary
The creation of redundant words really
adds nothing to the resources of a tongue,
and the overworklng of some words COM
bined with the Woodworking of others,
means actual poverishment. Only a pedant
would object to the gradual expansion of
the dictionary by means of the adoption of
new idfoms and terms. When our ancient
metaphors have lost their edge, We may
be pardoned If we turn even to collouuial-
fsms for pointed expressions to take their
place. But there is no progress through
confusion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
OLD SCHEME.
How Fortune-Seekers Lose Money on
70 Ancestral Estates.

How Fortune-Seekers Lose Money on
10 Ancestral Estates.
From the London News.
1t may be that the advertisement in this
case was merely a cruel hoax. But In
America the fleeing of credulous fortune
hunters is a regular business. which makes
large profits, and keeps agents on this side
Of the water. One of theomethods adopted
by these human sharks for catching their
victims Is to insert in the newspapers bogus
advertisements. similar to that which
brought these two old men to this country
They do not want to find the person named;
In all probability no such persons as those
mentioned in the advertisements ever ex-
listed, but in others, for. the sake of veri-
similitude, names are used seeking men
who are known to be dead The advan-
tages obtained from such advertisements
are gained Indirectly. There are thousands
Of families in this country with relatives
who years, perhaps generations back, went
to America and became lost to all knowl-
edge of their connections here. These rela-
tives, seeingthat some one, in similar cir
cumstances, has died and left large for
tune to his distant and unknown relations.
Immediately think that they, too might
also have been sought for and that a for
tune may be awaiting them. So they write
to make inquiries and after that are quick
ly induced to forward fees for the search of
ing the relationship, and later on still fur
Their fees for documents and proofs, and
sometimes. II they have any money left
by this time, further fees and costs for
supposed lawsuit. Many a poor, ignorant
family has been drained dry of all its saw
ings and been ruined in this way.
Another trick frequently adopted Is to
send out story that some agricultural
laborer in ireland has just inherited q
million in America, or that some tram
way car conductor in America has inher-
tied half an English county and castle
or two. These stories are soon found to
be untrue, but they are never overtaken
by the deuials, and they go the round
Of the world, gathering credulous victims
everywhere. For the poor in America,
Australia and the other colonies, many
of them descendants of good families in
England. readily believe that money may
have been left here to their ancestors,
and only needs claiming to be obtained.
Some time ago a solicitor in the city
was employed as the agent of an Amer
lean firm He told a representative at
the time that, though he always assured
the applicants that nothing would come
of the inquiries, they always insisted on
having their names and fees sent on to
America, and were SO confident that
money was awaiting them that often they
rather suspected his advice as having
been given merely to put them off the
scent after they had parted with all the
necessary clues.