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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
sws OF theLTOwn and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

DdsD
Miss Rose Decker of Mount Verno
is the guest of her cousin, Miss Mary
Butler of Bradford St.
Miss Jennetta O'Neil, a former
pupil at st Mary's Boarding school
has returned after a two weeks visit
with her cousin, Miss Helen Sullivan
of North Adams.
Ned Donnelly was down from Wood
ford Saturday.
Among those who spent Sunday
away from Bennington were Arthur
Clark in Arlington, Peleg Madison
in SALISBURY, Il. b. Hyde in Bran
don, Miss Katherine Niles in Troy,
Miss Sarah HOLMAN in Cohoes, A. G.
Sweet at Lake Emerald, Mrs Eliza
beth French in Manchester, Miss
Maude Galusha at Lake Emerald, Miss
Anna Welsh in Arlington.
Miss Jennie Burgess, Mrs Sele Pike
and son are here from Springfield.
Thomas Leroy who has been the
guest Of Frank Dryer on Spring ST.,
has returned home.
Mrs George Lawrence and son,
Frederick, start soon for Montreal.
Fred Martin is taking a weeks vaca-
ton. lie left for Lake Emerald Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs J. Homage of Spring
ST., have returned from their visit in
Hoosck Falls.
Edward Beaulieu is again at work
in the baggage department at the de-
pot after several weeks vacation.
j. II. Winslow & Son of Troy have
sold for DR. Warren E. Putnam Of
Bennington his three story brick
dwelling, 2l4O Sixth avenue also his
two three story brick dwelling, 2l42
and 2l4t Sixth avenue in that city be-
tween Federal and Jacob streets to
Edmund Broderick, mason and con.
tracter. Mr. BrOderick Will remodel
the dwellings into modern three fiat
tenements, and will hold them for an
investment.
Hubart Putnam sang sin the Time
of Trouble He Shall Hide Me" during
the otfertory at st Johns Episcopal
church in North Adams Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Putnam is at the present time
the bass in the quartette Of the Fourth
avenue Presbyterian church in New
York city. He was formerly one of
the choir boys of the church. He is
the nephew of DR. Putnam OF this viii
lage and has strong masculine voice
under excellent control
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-25
P0WNAL

Edward Edwards and wife OF Gene.
va, n. Y. are guests of Mr. and Mrs J.
Sleight. Miss Jennie Stewart Of Troy,
n Y, is also visiting them.
Mrs Harriet Prindle entertained a
number Of friends at her home with tea
parties Thursday aud Friday even
ings.
Edward J Barber is better after his
severe attack of Indigestion although
very weak.
Misses NJ and NJ J Lincoln were in
Hoosac Tunnel, Mass, recently visit
ing their nephew W / Barber.
Lawyer James Tracy Potter of
North Adams was in town On business
recently,
Mrs Chauncey Potter, of Ewing,
Mass, is visiting her parents in town.
Mrs Bourassa of Boston, Mass, is
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Bechard. Her four children
are with her,
Mrs Maria Haley has moved her
dressmaking rooms from Church st to
her own home on High st.
Mrs Celiah McCumber is visiting her
parents in Grafton Center, N. Y.
Alexander Peltier was unfortunate
enough to lose his valuable watch and
chain while berrying near "Snow
Hole" on Tayhonic mountain.
Master Edward Niles has novel
attachment for carrying parcels on
his bicycle 1t consists of an addit-
ional wheel to the side much after the
style of railroad velocipede.
Miss Elizabeth Herm IN left Satur.
day morning for three weeks stay at
Block Island r. |. Miss Hermon's
aunt, Miss Richards of Blackinton,
Mass, went with her.
M ISIS Florence Mitchell left here
Thursday to visit friends near Pitts
field, Mass.
Constable Joseph Norwood is in
vestigating the train stoning which
occurred near North Pownal recently.
The Republican town committee has
called caucue for Tuesday evening
at c. H. Myers store at Center Pownal
for the purpose of electing six dele
gates and six alternates to the Repub-
lican County convention.
Mr. and Mrs VIM Hakes celebrated.
their Goth wedding anniversary at
their home here Sunday July "a. A
number of friends were present from
Troy and Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
A G Parker played on the tennis
team of the North Adams Country
club against the Adams club Thurs.
day. He won his match single and
with his partner Geo Chase of North
Adams won both matches they played
in doubles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
TELLS OF CHRISTIAN
WORK AMONG INDIANS
Bishop Hare, of South Dakota, EnIisht-
ems the Episcopal Convention

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 15.-Right Rev.
Nv. H. Hare, d. D., the speaker chosen by
the Episcopalians to represent the work
of Indian missions. was in 1873 conse-
Grated bishop of that part of the coun-
try now known as South Dakota, then
largely occupied by Indians. He has
watched the tide of white population
flowing into that state and has had
some hand in the processes by which
its Indian population and it's large
white population have been led to live
side by side in amicable relations.
The speaker dwelt upon the fact.
first, that the Indians have been
brought into contact with the whites
by the white mans choice and not by
their own, and, second, that this con-
tact of the Indians with the whites,
especially with the precursors of civil
cation, is inevitably accompanied by
many influences injurious to the In
dams, so that the white mans progress
and that of the Indians are generally
in inverse ratio.
While admitting that adverse condi-
lions had made many of the Indian
tribes practically inaccessible to Chris
tan work, the speaker dwelt upon the
following facts: That in Minnesota, out
of a population of 1000 Indians, over
800 were communicates of the EpiSco-
pal church; that in South Dakota, out
of a population of 10000 Indians, $500
are communicates; that there are
ninety congregations and sixteen ma
tive clergymen, besides about sixty
native catechiStS; that the congrega-
tions regularly make contributions f0r
the domestic and foreign missionary
society and other charities of the
church, amounting to over $4,000 an
nually. The speaker closed
All success in work among the In
dams, so far as l know it, has been the
result of sympathy and fellowship with
them. They have seen that the mis-
sionaries valued them. They have seen
that the missionaries liked them. Dirt
and rudeness might exclude them from
the missionary table, but not color or
race. On the other hand, all want of
success Of work for Indians, and for
negroes, too, has resulted largely from
the fact that the workers have been
under the dominion of the unchristian
habit of mind which calls some classes
of men, simply because of their race or
color, common and unclean. Z"
Tonight a public meeting of the
church association for the advance
ment of the interests of labor was held
in Fanueil hall, at which a number of
prominent churchmen delivered adj
dresses. The archbishop of Canterbury
and party left the city today for New
York, from which port they will sail
for home tomorrow. The Duke of New
castle, one of the leaders of the High
Church party in England, arrived here
this afternoon, and it is expected he
VIII attend some of the sessions of the
general convention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
VAN DYKE THREATENS
TO CARRY DOUGLAS
Sixth District Candidate Continues His
Strenuous Campaign

Special to The Globe
EVANSVILLE, Oct 45.-C1eve w Van
Dyke, Democratic candidate for congress
in the Sixth congressional district. ad-
dressed a large and enthusiastic gathering
here last night. He discussed the issues in
a mastery manner and created a very ia
vorable impression. 1t is freely predicted
that Mr. Van Cleve will carry Douglas
county by heavy majority. From the
fact that he was for four years county
superintendent of schools of the county he
is widely and favorably known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

Crex Rugs and Matting-Neat,
pretty and unusually durable;
this fabric continues to gain
in popularity for halls, dining
rooms, hotels, kitchens and
bedrooms. A large assortment
of new patterns just received.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
Liquor Associations Merge

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 15.-By virtue
of a resolution adopted at the conven-
ton of the National Liquor Dealers
association it has been decided to
amalgamate that association with the
knights of the Royal Arch and the
knights Of Fidelity, the name of the
combined organizations to be the Ma
tional Liquor league. E. L. Jordan. OF
Washington, D. c., was elected presi-
dent Among the vice presidents is
Thomas L. Lally, of Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
ISN'T APPOINTING
POSTMASTERS NOW
President Suspends the Busl-
ness Till After Election to
Avoid Bad Feeling
Globe Special Washington Service

14f7 G Street
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 15.-No
appointments of presidential postmas-
tiers have been made for some time and
none will be made until after the cleo
ton The word went from the White
house to the postoffice department
some time ago that no more appoint
ments would be made at present, but
the matter was kept quiet and did not
last few days some urgent letters and
kilograms have come to the postoffice
department from senators and repre-
sentatives in congress and from other
influential persons, demanding to know
why appointments of postmasters had
not been made in certain cases. In
some instances vacancies had existed
for some time, and in other cases the
four-year terms Of the incumbents had
expired.
Finally it was explained in answer
to one of these demands that the presi-
dent had given directions that no
names be sent to him from the depart
ment for appointment until after the
election. The president does not wish
to stir up strife among the faithful in
doubtful states until after Nov. 8, for
he fears that it would have a bad effect
on the chances of the electoral ticket.
In some pending cases there are bitter
fights on the appointment of postmas-
ters Mr.. Roosevelt deems it best not
to add fuel to the flames of factionai
trouble at this stage of the campaign.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16
Minnes0tan is Head Of DRUGGISTS

ST. LOUIS, No, Oct. 15.-The sixth
annual convention of the National AS
sociation of Retail Druggists ended to-
day with the election of the following
officers: President, Thomas Voegeli
Minneapolis; vice presidents, Charles
r. Judge, st. Louis: Otto C. Bastian
South Bend, Ind; F. A Snow. Wich-
ita, Kan; secretary, Thomas v. Woot-
en-, Chicago; treasurer, Charles F.
Mann, Detroit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

Floor Oil Cloth Squares for
under stoves. We have just re-
ceived a large line in neat
and pretty, well painted pat
terms on extra heavy burlap.
These come in 1, IA, Ia and
J yard squares.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05

Why He Couldn't Sell.

"Solly Joel, the wealthy South Afri-
can racing man, once wagered a friend
100 pounds that he could stand on
Westminster Bridge for two hours
offering golden sovereigns for sale at
sixpence each and be unable to get
a bid, so suspicious is the average
person, says the New York Telegraph.
On rainy evening he appeared at
one end of the bridge, stability dressed
and, holding out a handful of sover-
eigns. urged passersby to purchase one
for sixpence.
Not a pedestrian halted. and the
friend who had bet became desperate.
Grasping the arm of a seedy-looking
fellow, he thrust half crown into the
mans hand
Here. my good chap" said he, take
this half crown and buy one of those
sovereigns the gentleman has for sale
there!"
The man took the money, put it in
his pocket, and said, with grin:
"B'lime, gov'nor, not I-Narf crowns
is too scarce!" and he hurried across
the bridge, while Joel gave his friend
the laugh; and the two hours being up,
collected his bet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05

Perhaps no other of the many anec-
dotes which have been told of the
late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, says
Success, shows more clearly the mans
true greatness his steady loyalty to
his friends, and, withal, his innate
business shrewdness, than the follow
ing about the strong right hand of
helpfulness, which he once held out
in time of need, to old John Ellsler, the
dramatic manager.
About the time that Mr.. Hanna
took up his home in Cleveland, Mr..
Ellsler, whose career is, to-day, one
of the traditions of the American stage,
built the Euclid Avenue Opera House
there. He had put practically all his
money into the venture, so that, when
some enemies started to drive him
to the wall, with the intention of buy
ing in the property at some merely
nominal figure, they had very little
trouble in forcing the house into the
hands of the sheriff. Mr.. Hanna had
met Ellsler, and liked him; moreover,
he felt that the effort to bring the
best shows" into the West was one
that deserved well; so, ON the day of
the sale, he was on the edge of the
crowd that had gathered to see the
Eew theater change hands.
The bidding ran we'll, with Mr.. Han
ma always a little in the lead, till,
at length, it went to him. Then he
made Mr.. Ellsler his manager on
shares, backed him UP generously, and,
in general, so guided and guarded the
destinies of the house that, at length,
it passed again into Mr.. Ellsler's sole
control, the transaction having prov
ed. finally, advantageous for all con-
cerned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05

The King of Italy has bestowed
one of the highest honors in the gift
of the Italian crown upon Salvatore
Pizzati, millionaire and philanthropist
of New Orleans. 1t is Knight of the
Crown of Italy and was bestowed in
recognition of Capt. Pizzati's princely
gift to the Italian poor of his home
city.
Miss Bessie H. Smith, daughter of
a farmer near Richfield, N. J., has en-
tered her name In Paterson as a can
didate for mail carrier She wants a
rural free delivery route. Before maxi
ing her application Miss Smith under
went physical examination and the
doctor assured her that she was in the
best of health. The work is arduous.
The carrier must report at the postof-
flee in all sorts of weather at $50 a.
m. Miss Smith is we'll educated and
thinks she will have no difficulty in
filing all the requirements which in
clude a knowledge of horses and the
delivery route, which covers sixteen
miles. The salary for the first year is
$3.50. Out of this the carrier has to
supply a horse and vehicle.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
BRIGHT BITS.

The Maestro's Advice-"The ques-
tion is. Do you love him?'' mo, I
don't" Then marry him, by all
means. If you really loved him it
might interfere with your CAREER
Puck.
-Applicant-"Yis. sor; Dim out av
wur-rk. OF used to be a mothorman
on tn trolley, but Oh got discharged fer
recklessness. Mr.. Bubbles Qnter-
rupting)-"Good! I'll engage you as my
chauffeur. Judge.
What do you think of this idea
Of voting by machine?" WELL" an
swered Farmer Corntossel, II under
stand that politics is run by machine
up to that point. / don't see any rea-
son for stopping ."-Washington Star.
Deacon Jones-"Didn't I see you
coming out of saloon last EVENING""
Slingsby-"Lucky for me you didn't
see me when 1 was going in l might
have had to pay for somebody else's
drink besides my own. Boston Tran
script.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
Nothing Unusual About That.

What's the meaning of this word
'trite?' asked Archie, according to
the Chicago Tribune.
81 can tell you better by illustrat-
ing it, said Reggie. Suppose you
hear a conversation of this kind:
(" How do you do, Miss Flyppe ?
Beastly weather for the time of year,
isn't it?"
It's perfectly horrid.'
I don't think 1 ever saw worse
weather. Did you?'
i never did. Never in my life.'
Coming around the corner, l
thought the wind would blow my head
off. Beastly wind. isn't it?'
It's just horrid.'
The weather man says it's going
to rain, doesn't hep
I think he does. I hate rain;
don't you. Miss Flyppe?
L detest it. It's horrid.'
Now do you get the idea?'' said
Reggie.
No; blest if l dol" said Archie
more mystified than before. That's
exactly the way l always talk when
I call on a young lady"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
THE FIGHT ON THE BOIL wEEv1L.


The proceedings of the convention
that has keen called to meet at
Shreveport to consider the question of
the possible determination of the cot
ton boil weevil will be watched with
| interest throughout the civilized world
! by persons interested in the cotton
| trade. The success or failure of the
cotton crop of this country is a mat
ter of largest moment, not only in
the United States but in other coun-
tries as we'll And that the production
Of cotton in large quantities is threat
ened by the boil weeviI is a fact too
well known to need to be commented
upon. So far It is true, the weeviI
has appeared in only two states
Texas and Louisiana-but the authori-
ties agree that it is only a question of
time when it will cover the entire cot
ton belt if means are not found to stop
its progress. 1t is the purpose of the
Shreveport meeting to evolve a prac-
ticable plan of checking the advance
of the weevil, if possible.
Two of the men best informed with
respect to the boil weevil are Prof.
Stubs, head of the Louisiana Agri-
cultural Department. and Prof. Nor
gan, the chief entomologist of that
state. And they agree in taking
rather gloomy view of the outlook
The Guatemalan ant has dropped out
of sight. Nobody is paying a great
deal of attention to it now, and no.
body expects it to solve the boil Wee
vii problem. Prof. Stubs expresses
the opinion, in the New Orleans Pic
ayune-in which opinion Prof. Nor
gan coincides-that the only way to
get rid of the pest is to suspend the
production Of cotton in the territory
infected by the weevil; to prohibit
cotton growing absolutely in such
territory. until such time as the bugs
and their ova have been starved and
killed off.
In view of the fact that cotton is
the main dependence Of the people in
the territory in question, it would be
necessary for the states and the gen.
eral government to come to the re-
lief of the planters during the period
in which they were prohibited from
planting cotton. The cost would be
very large. and there is some doubt
that the states and the gen.
eral government could be read
lily induced to make the nee
essary appropriations 10 reim-
burse the cotton planters in the affect
ed territory. But if that is the only
way of getting rid of the pest.
wouldn't it be a matter of economy TO
adopt that policy at the earliest possi-
BILE moment?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
AUTO BEAT LOCOMOTIVE.

From Locomotive Engineering.
Press dispatches say that gasoline
motor car recently built for the James
town, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Rail-
way has proved to be a great success,
when a preliminary test was made.
The gasoline motor is $50 horse power
engine, and when the initial trip was
made by the officers and directors OF
the road, all ordinary steam locomotive
was made to accompany it's rival in
case the gasoline machine failed. The
steam locomotive ran along track
practically parallel to the one on which
the motor car moved. A run of about
twelve miles was made. from James,
town to Bemus Point, along the shore
of Chautauqua lake. The distance was
covered in fourteen minutes, which in
cluded slow downs for curves and poor
track. The motor car travelled at about
sixty miles an hour and incidentally
ran away from the steam locomotive.
which was doing it's best to see that
the motor car did not come to grief.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
MEXICO ON A GOLD BASIS.

During the first Bryan campaign the
silverites used Mexico as one of their
standing arguments. 1t was a happy,
prosperous and progressive country
they said. and this fortunate condition
of affairs, it was claimed, was wholly
due to the fact that the government
permitted the free coinage of silver,
At that time the talk was that under
no conceivable circumstances would
Mexico abandon silver. 1t was said
the Mexicans were so sure they were
right in their financial theories that
nothing could induce them to restrict
the coinage Of silver. The Mexican
people were looking forward to the
time when they would practically own
the world, because Of the prosperity of
their country on a silver basis.
1t turns out that everything that
was claimed for Mexico wasn't true.
The Mexicans have begun to see that
their silver money and silver standard
do not bring the prosperity it was
expected 1t would. Therefore Mex
lea has arranged to get on a
gold basis. The proposed basis
isn't quite in harmony with the
gold basis in this country, but 1t will
doubtless lift the government out Of
its financial troubles. The ratio be-
tween silver and gold is to be 32h to
1, instead of 16 to /. The government
thinks the ratio it has adopted will
enable the silver miners and mine
owners to get rid of their silver at
a much better advantage than II the
ratio of this country should be adopt
ed. The chances are, however. Il is
mistaken. In it's finances IL Will be
out OF touch with all the great COM
mercial nations. Mexico. Will. she
was getting on gold basis, should
have got sn the one oeIupied by the
gold standard nations. She will find
eventually that she will have To take
that position. China Is thinking OF
adopting the gold standard. n she
does she won't adopt the halfway meas
ure that Mexico has.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
says: "As for the South. its plain
policy is to attend strictly to it's own
business and devote itself to getting
rich by the development of its extra
ordinary material resources. With the
increase of wealth and population the
South will regain its political power
and be as great as ever
The Boston Traveller says: "The
proposed amalgamation of the seven
branches of the Presbyterian church
would gerrymander the President of
the United States into the denomlna-
ton that harbored Harrison and Cleve-
land. Mr.. Roosevelt is of the Reformed
communion. one of the seven, formerly
known as the Dutch Reformed
The Mobile Register (Dem) says:
There is a movement to GUST Gov.
Vardaman from the presidency of the
forthcoming anti-boll weevil convention
to be held in Shreveport, the reason
being that the convention expects to
ask for the sympathy and aid of Mr..
Roosevelt's administration and of a
Republican Congress; and there Is
more than a suspicion that Gov. Var
daman Is persona non grata in that
quarter. GOV. Ndrdanan might sud-
denly astonish the world by doing the
reasonable thing of resigning the presi-
dency but-well. we do not expect It,"
The Houston Post (Dem.) says: 80
far as the South Is concerned, Il will
do just what appears TO be necessary
four years hence. II II II proper 10
put forward a Southern candidate. he
viii be urged not because he II "a
Southern man, but because he is a ma
tional Democrat, one who represents
the noble purposes and lofty ideals OF
national party. The South has "A
number 81 such men, ana when the
judgment 81 the party concentrates
upon such "a man he viii be nominaf-
Cd. Very likely, the next nominee viii
be- a aoufhefn man. N 20, Il viii not
b. because ~ The state or section ~
his residence but because ~ hiF aupe-
rior nYaiin billy AZ a candidate. SOUTH
efn Democrats are not sectional"