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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
First Tricky and Second Has No Kindness of Heart
with Taper Fingers Woman with Perfect Mou

away, waving back glad "ha, has,
| to the man with the plank.
Tell me, we ghouls, which of you
would go within twenty rods of that
woman's window and dig up her hus-
band S remains looking for treasure?
am told on what | consider good
authority that when Mr. Perry was bur-
led they struck ledge and that his
grave was only about three feet deep,
aud the burial made more respectable
by building large mound above the
surface.
A few years ago Il party OF Williams
students, possibly having heard the
buried treasure story, went up there
and dug hole where Perry was buried
about seven by nine feet on the surface
and about three feet deep. This is the
fifteen by eight hole that the party
from North Adams saw, Of they saw
any and is probably as deep as could
be dug without blasting.
My grandfather, Jennings Rider,
lived on the place from some time late
in the POS until 1851 and lived in the
same old ramshackle tavern that the
Perrys lived in, and the same old house
stood there some time after he moved
away. 1t was burned and another
built on the site by Samuel Jewett; this
one is also burned and some of the
charred timbers are the ones seen by
the North Adams party.
''Cut off from the world?" Hardly.
If this gentleman from North Adams
will drive up here any time after the
roads are settled next spring and take
me for pilot, will agree to land him
at the Perry place in four hours with
out starting strap or bolt.
Four hours for II miles may seem
long, but it is not trotting course,
and there are few fallen trees to be
removed but there is not a standing
tree that would in any way interfere
with taking a load OF hay to the Perry
place.
Buried treasure? Yes, there is
treasure buried on the Perry place and
/ know just where. 1t is not yellow
sand, mica or iron pyrites such as the
rainbow chasers ar" digging all over
the state, but good, hard coin OF the
realm and buried by the hand of man,
and propose, with the editors per-
mission to tell the readers of this pa
per just where it lies before the snow
leaves the ground in the spring.
SO keep your eye on the Banner and
Reformer. If you are not subscribe
er, subscribe now; don't depend on
borrowing your neighbours paper. 1t
is low down trick any time to borrow
local paper and when this treasure
secret is revealed, your neighbor will
tell his wife not to let you have the pa
per until he he is we'll up the old turn
pike.
r. s. Plumb says his parents began
housekeeping in the old house in 1897.
presume he is right, but if so, they
lived in the house with my grandpar-
ents, the Riders, and it is fact that a
family did live with them at about that
time.
If / mistake not the stage route was
changed from the old turnpike to the
Woodford Hollow route in 1892 and
the tavern business became a dead let
ter on the "pike" but my grandparents
hung on until 1851, making precari-
Gus living out of the charcoal men and !
George Il, Smith.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Cornell Won Cross Country Run.

Cornell Won Cross Country Run.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-THE an
nual cross country run between Penn
sylvania and Cornell, which took place
through Paramount park here, was won
by the Ithacans in the fast time of %
minutes and 80 seconds. The distance
was miles and 500 yards, and the
number of points scored was; Cornell,
II; Pennsylvania, IS. the least number
winning r. T. Newman, Cornell,
finished first.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Presidential Election VIII Make No
Change.

No matter which candidate is elected
Foley's Honey and Tar will remain the
peoples favorite remedy for coughs,
colds, and incipient consumption. 1t
cures colds quickly and prevents pneu-
monis. A. J. Nusbsum, Batesville,
Ind, writes, 81 suffered for three
months with a severe cold. A drug
gist prepared me some medicine and
physician prescribed for me, yet did
not improve. l then tried Foley's
Honey and Tar and eight doses cured
me" For sale by b. A. Quinlsn. - -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Legislature Has Adjourned
Until Monday Afternoon.
SHORT MORNI NC SESSION
Bill Shortening Deer SeaSon
KilIed-Scnate Holds Up
Plurality Election Bill

Montpelier, Nov. l2.-The legisla-
ture began work this morning at g.
o'clock but after an hours session,
both houses adjourned until Monday
afternoon.
In the House seven bills were killed
and eight introduced. OF the new ones
seven were amendments to charters of
private corporations and the other
was unimportant.
Among the bills killed was the one
limiting the open season for deer to
the last five days in October, also the
bill permitting teachers to visit other
schools three days per year without
loss of pay.
The providing for the testing of the
eyesight of pupils in the public schools
was ordered to third reading in the
House.
The Senate ordered the plurality
elections bill to lie and passed the bill
Incorporating the Stamford light, heat
and power company.
Governor Bell has issued his pro-
clamation appointing Thursday, Nov.
9th, Thanksgiving.
Montpelier, Nov u. Both houses
held short sessions yesterday after
noon but the committees put in the
time after adjournment considering the
numerous bills which they have on
THEM files.
The upper house completed its work
in less than haitian hour and the mo-
ton to adjourn was carried by vote
of IA to 10.
During its brief session the trading
stamp bill, providing for redeem
able value to be printed on the stamps
and making them redeemable in
money as well as in goods was killed
AS the excise tax has already receiv-
ed the death penalty there seems to be
no hope of any legislation in this dir
ection.
The lower house ordered the third
reading of the bills to increase the
state highway tax to eight cents, the
one prohibiting the placing of adver-
Using matter on fences, bridges and
highways and also several others of
less Importance.
Eight house and one senate bill were
passed. One of these safe guards the
interests of laborers and urnishers of
material in contract operations by
certain provisions relating to exemp-
tion from the trustee process. Another
prohibits graft" in connection with
public business.
The House was in session about Is
and adjourned until o'clock
this morning.
Yesterday morning the Speaker
cast the deciding vote on the question
of the third reading of the bill annex
ing part of the town of Lowell to the
town of Albany. After a long debate
the vote was 50 to 95 and the Speaker
voted yes.
The Governor has signed the DR.
Campbell pure food-bill.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
A Place For Garytn.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Nov. PA
plan looking to the resignation of one
sf the Democratic representatives elect
from Cumberland and his succession
by Governor L. F. @. Garvin, who fail
ed of reelection for governor on Tues
day, in the general assembly when that
body meets in January is under consid-
iration.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
LlPTON'S DESIGNER DEAD.
George Watson Of Glasgow Who Built TIE
Shamrock.

Glasgow, Nov. l2.-George Watson,
the famous yacht designer who created
the designs for Sir Thomas Lipton's
cup challengers died today from heart
disease.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12

Miss Nj. Delude, Friday evening,
won the shoes in the Y club at the Ben
nington shoe store. There will be a
drawing in the B club on Monday
night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Return. From Washington.

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 12.-Roose-
velt's plurality in the state Of Wash
ington Is 66,T49. with a few precincts
not reported The plurality Of Mead
(Hep) for governor. Is 1921
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Liberation Notice.

Notice is hereby given that have this day CIV
en- nv son. Ernest B. H. Stanley, his time for the
remainder of his minority and / shall claim nor
collect none of his wages or pay any bills OF MS
contracting after this date:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Weather.

Fair, warmer tonight and Sunday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
WAN re D

NXTANTED-Two ladies, well acquainted in
w Bennington to solicit insurance for an
Old.line Co Must be good Isenman and OF good
address. Reference required, good chance
for the right parties. Ordinary Department.
Address A Banner Office.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
FOR SALE

NOR SALE.-A good, big work horse weight
1900 or 1900; between 3 and 10 years oid
inquire of j. E. Hurley, 2l7 South st. 26O
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
MRS STARRETT DEAD
Home Was in Chicago But She Spent Her Sum-
mcrs in Bennington.

Mrs Henrietta Starrett who spends
her summers here, but whose home is
in Chicago, died there this morning,
aged So years. Mrs Starrett was the
sister of Mrs c. H. Mason. Further
particulars will be given later.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
Cheap Advertising

Advertising under this head 20 cents
for the first time and ten cents each
time after. Advertisements not to ex
coed four lines.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-12
TO RENT

ITO RENT-li6 Dewey street, near Main,
All modern Improvements. Also two new
frat class tenements (30S-310 Gage ST. nearing
comnletion gas next spring, bath, hot and
cold water upstairs and down. Ready about
Nov. 18TH or 10Th. Very choice. Rent reason
able. Apply TO W. Z. Putnam NJ d. z4sti
vT,O RENT.-1ls South ST., rooms furnished
or unfurnished. All modern conveniences.
Boa d II desired j. 7. Remington.
no RENT-Two small tenements. Inquire
i of Emory S. Harris.
mo RENT,-Desrable tenements, Offices and
stores Possession given Immediately. w.
T. Hawks, 200 North st.
ITO RENT.-Warm brick houses in North
Bennington. Rent 500. Inquire Floyd
Huling. AtSo
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Judge Parker realized, as every other
thinking man in the country did, that
the omission from the platform of any
promise as to what the democratic par
ty would do or any assurance as to
what it would not do left the party
free to follow any vagary of financial
policy without doing violence to it's
pledges.-Raleigh Post.
Worse than this. 1t would have left
the door open for Bryanites to declare
that the democratic convention of 1904
having made no declaration on the fl
nancial question the PLANK on that SUBJ
ject DIN h platform of 19O9-was still
the party law. And they would have
urged this contention so vigorously that
the democratic nominees would not
have increased their electoral vote
over that given Mr.. Bryan four years
ago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

The friends of Dr.. c. Alphoso Smith
and of our state university, we know,
were delighted to learn by yesterdays
press dispatches that he had declined
the offer of the presidency of h Uni
versity of Tennessee. DIR. Smith is
only associate professor of English at
u university. He deems it his duty
to reject the call which would raise
him from this position to hat of pres
ident Of a state university which, as
he says, lis in fine shape and has before
it a future Of great expansion and use
fulness." AS he sees his duty to be,
DR.. Smith feels called upon to perform
it, at the cost of foregoing marked ad-
vancement in his chosen profession.
The chronicling of his action carries
with it all necessary commentator.
No words of praise are needed to raise
him higher in the estimation Of the peo-
pie of North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

The New Bern Journal complains of
the offensive odor that emanates from
the Atlantic and North Carolina yard
dn hat city. We have no doubt that
had the receivers been allowed to re-
main in control Of that road a few days
longer there would have been on cause
for such complaint. We suggest that
President Bryan give temporary en-
rloyment to some Of the men he dis
charged for economy's sake a few days
ago and have them put his railway
yard in better sanitary condition. By
the way, we would like to hear from
some of the numerous local attorneys
of this corporation, in view of a recent
free pass decision OF our supreme court,
on the question of the liability Of this
railorad company in the case of a per-
son while riding ON a free pass con-
tracing malarial fever because of the
unsanitary condition of the railway
yards through which he had to pass
on the company's train.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
THE BIG RACKET STORE.
GEO. @. GAYLORD, PrOp'r.
The Place that Saves You Money.
Alkali Ike.

The death near Fort Steele, Wyo., of
"Aakal Ike familiarly known to his
parents when a child as Daniel Bur-
rows, came as a shock to the commu-
nifty n to the literary world, says the
Minneapolis journal. Aikah Ike was
n OF the a men who followed the
old boys who cut notches in the stocks
OF their guns to keep track of the num-
Der of Indians slain. The bad man was
not particular as to the race OF his
victims. His private cemetery was as
much a show place" as the stock
yards are in Chicago.
So dear old .AikaIi Ike is gone.
Well. we'll, The face Of the West is
changing rapidly of late. Only a fort
night ago Jack Sullv. the Terror of
the Rosebud, was shot down and out
by officers while stealing cattle and
less than a week g Jack Trailer OF
the Big Muddy gang was captured and
jailed. In the midst of life We are in
Jail.
boots off in Colorado and not long
Of regret. Calamity Jane passed peace
fully n quietly to her rest. The old
and violent West Is passing. a pass
ed. All hail the new West Not quite
81 exciting. perhaps. but ones chances
of figuring in a shooting scrape as
shootee are happily growing less.
There are few Of bad men left. We
G Seth Bullock. jimmie Foley
Theodore Roosevelt and a few others,
but on the whole we are much tanner
than We were.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Local. Editors Trouble

The man who handles the local de-
partIient Ola newspaper learns after
due experience not to expect very
many thank for a column Of pleasant
things, but he knows as surely as
come the seasons that a single line In
which there is unintentional mistakes
will cause some one to be heard. Also
that when he has made pleasant men
ton SS9 times of some person, place or
thing, but on the ~thousandth time fall
to do so, he must o expect to be for
given. The omission may have been
from accident. inadvertence o ven an
entire lack of knowledge, it matters
not. The simple fact remains that he
will be judged On that He may say
good things about some business man
for weeks, but let him make some mis-
take and the good things said are for
gotten n that mans business is de-
MED him.-Winchester (Ky.) Democrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
MIR. BRYAN,S ANNOUNCEMENT.

There were a good many democrats
who. before the meeting of their ma
tional convention and while so much
was being said about Mr.. Bryan bolt
ing the platform and nomination if
they did not suit him, expressed the
wish that he would do so. They were
of the opinion that the party would be
in better condition with him openly
against it han with him a continual
firebrard and disorganizer in the
party.
When Mr.. Bryan on the floor of
that convention announced his inten-
ton to support Judge Parker. many
of these democrats thought that he
had, after making a good fight, decid-
ed to accept defeat. as every good
party man should, and would give
the ticket his unreserved suppor.
His contention regarding the word
ing of the reply to the judges tele-
gram again caused MANY to suspect
Mr.. Bryan's true allegiance to the
party's nominees and platform.
This suspicion is strengthened by
the announcement of his position,
which Mr.. Bryan made through tn.
press in yesterdays papers. 1t was
thought that We had gotten rid OF
Bryanism; that he had accepted his
defeat and would align himself with
the majority of the party. But such
seems not to be the case. We are to
have four years more of Bryan and
Organism. 1t is r he announces
that ne is going to vote for the dem
ocratic nominee: but not n word
does he say in the way of urging hi:
followers to do the same. A care.
full reading Of his announcement
of his position impresses one Will
the idea that . his sole object II
to keep himself within the pal,
of democracy in order thai he ma,
fight the party from behind it's owl
breastworks.
The expression: Ito damn witt
faint praise has never had a moi
perfect illustration than In the cas-
of Mr.. Bryan's reasons why he sha1
vote for the democratic nominee. fol
lowed up in the same statement d
his vicious attack upon his party. II
gives four s why-not that hi
followers should vote the democrat
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
To Draw Hill Out.

During the early morning session Of
the subcommittee preparing the plat
form today the lights went out in
the rooms of the Pennsylvania delega-
ton, where the committee was meet
ing. says a ST. Louis dispatch in the
New York Times. 1t was then past
o'clock, and the members were as tired
as the writing newspaper men and
others outside. When the lights went
out n Of the reporters yelled:
Hurry up with the electricity. Hill
and Bryan are in there and there will
be murder in the dark"
William Jennings Bryan came cut
OF the committee room shortly after
this. n called to a friend:
Here's so cents he said. Wi
you go down to the drug store ans
get me some mustard plasters? / think
they are % cents a box, and if SO gel
two boxes. l want a lot of Them"
What co you want with the plas.
ters?' asked a newspaper man
Trying to draw Hill out on what are
Parkers views" he replied with {
wink.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
Strange Story of a $50 Bill.

County Judge w. H. Prewitt, who
now lies critically i'll at his home, in this
city, with very little hope Of his re-
Covery, has in his possession a twenty
dollar bill which has connected with
it a pathetic story Of u civil war.
While gathering together and arrang-
ing his personal effects, in company
with several friends, on Tuesday, he
pulled from an old box a twenty dollar
bill, yellow with age, and remarked:
This must not be spent during my
lifetime
He then related the following story:
Just after the battle Of Perryville
I found two young Confederate soldiers
-iying, wounded, upon the field. / o
them to my home, then in the neigh
horhood of the battlefield, and took
care of them for several weeks until
they had almost recovered from their
wounds. One morning a company OF
Federal soldiers surrounded my house
and o US prisoners 10 Danville.
where they kept US for several days
before taking the boys to prison.
When the lads were about to be taken
away they gave me this twenty dollar
bill for taking care Of them. ! refused
al first, but they insisted that / take
the money, for it would be taken away
from them anyhow, and / would JUS
as oon have it as anybody. 1 finally
consented. They gave me the bill and
bade me good bye Is they went &c
prison. his was fortyltwo years ago.
said h judge. and / have neither
heard nor seen anything of the young
soldiers since, but i have kept THU
money. Many times / have been broke
and in need Of a dollar, but / never had
a desire to spend the bill. Here it is;
1t belongs to them"-Louisville Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

ticket and work o its success-he
Is going to vote for the nominees.
The balance OF his card Is an arraign-
ment of his party n a covert. but
strong appeal to his followers TO as
sist in its defeat. To them he holds
out as an incentive to accomplishing
the defeat of his party his declared
determination, as soon as the pres1-
Dental election Is over. to renew the
| fight he has been carrying on in his
party for the last eight years
According TO Mr.. Bryan's announce
ment, he is to remain a disturbing
factor within his party for the next
four years. His political principles.
which. because of their adoption by
| his party, nav twice caused its esfeat
| and which were repudiated by his
party at the St. Louis convention, are
| still to be urged upon the public for
the next four ear
We suppose Mr.. Bryan considers
| democratic defeat certain. That -
| why he announces that he will. four
| years hence, attempt to again force
| his ideas upon the party. Should
| Judge Parker be elected, Mr.. Bryan.
| realizing the fact that his political
principles had twice caused h defeat
| of the party and that it had won as
o as it abandoned them, could
hardly have the effrontery to insist
on the party returning to them.
The situation narrows down to his:
| Organism got a backset in the con
| vention. Judge Parker'S election
would be its de~ath-blow. Mr.. Bryan
would rather see the democratic
nominee defeated on a platform op-
| posed to his principles than to have
him elected under circumstances
which meant a reputation by his
party Of those principles. Hence it
is to Mr. Bryan's political interests
to have Judge Parker defeated. And
it looks as if his statement was pre-
pared for the purpos of aiding In
his defeat by placing the democratic
party in such a light before the Bry-
antics as to induce them to refuse it
their support.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19
ASK OFFICIALS no RESIGN.
Committee of Public Safety Of Mem.
phis Take Decisive Step.

Memphis, Tenn. July 13.-As a result
of a recent fight in a gambling house
here which resulted in the death of
two deputy sheriffs, the committee Of
public safety today decided to call a
mass meeting tomorrow for the purpose
Of dealing with existing circumstances.
Several speakers advocated the ap-
pointing of a committee of IN thou
sand to call upon Mayor j. ]. Williams
Chief of Police John 6. Mason and Geo.
Blackwell, sheriff Of Shelby county and
demand their designations as public
Officials. All gambling houses have
been closed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

Albany, ~. Y, July 12.-Former Sen
ator David 3. Hill tonight gave out
the following interview on Judge Par
kers declaration for the gold STAN
dard:
Il am gratiied that the convention
so enthusiastically endorsed the brave
and manly stand for Judge Parker. n
that the whole country has so fayora-
bly, received II. The party is In the po-
sition in which I wished IL be, having
endorsed the present gold standard.
The financial question Is now entirely
out OF the campaign, and the republi-
cans are ~powerless TO drag It In. The
road to a successful campaign has
been cleared.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

1t looks like Russia would think she
had trouble enough already, with the
war in Manchuria and a threatening
of revolution at home. to prevent her
seeking others through her warshfps
boarding and searching British mer-
cantmen on the high seas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-19

If the democrats can nominate q
man for president who suits Cleveland
and Bryan, Bourke Cochran and Ben
Tillman. Henry Watterson and G. Fred
Williams does it not look like he should
please all factions and shades Of DEM
ocracy sufficiently to secure the solid
democratic vote?