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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24
WANTED

VA ANTED.-Two fancy irOners at the ben
w ningtOu Steam Laundry, ~ North St
i2it2
WANTED lrst-class irone.s az wrights
w Laundry. iiGU
HOUSE PAINTING.-Insidco or outside. G
IL X. Farnum the paperhanger, III Pleasant
street. iOiif
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24
FOR spLE

EOR SALE Good farm well watered. run
II ming water at house and barn. POD acres
suitably divided. -Four miles from Bennington.
Inquire of Garrett Paddock 205 Dewey-st 95f
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24

IL II. CHASE, North Bennington, Vt,
Il. breeds fine Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Brady & Thompson strain. Eggs 81 a setting.
Fowls for sale In their season. Also eggs from
fine brOwnLeghOrns, same price. Agent for
Mccormick harvesting machines. w. Eddys
steel plows Tiger hOrse-rakes and Planet Jun.
or garden tools. Wagons OF all kinds. iona
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24
TO RENT

TINO RENT.-Deslrabe tenements, offices and
stores. Pos esslOn given Immediately.
WE. Hawks, POS north ST.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24

no RENT.-B. G. slade has two houses
/ with gardens on Beech st , to rent. 1l2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-24

TTOUSE TO ENT.--Apply to g. S Iieyes,
Ill at Millinery Store, West Main st. ii2tf
HNO RENT-1ls South ST.. rooms, furnished
/ or unfurnlshed. All modern c0nveniences
Board II desired. J. \. Remington.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
Among the Light Fabrics.

Ever since fashion veered around
to soft, lightweight stuffs that could
be shirred and draped and tucked and
made into full, wide costumes, manu-
facturers all over the world have
been working to turn heavy fabrics
into light, stiff materials into supple,
without losing the characteristics of
each material.
Nobody thought it could be done
with ~taffeta, yet soft finish taffeta has
Leen achieved, and has leaped into
popularity with a single bound. Among
the spring suits one is much prettier
tHan those in which taffeta plays an
important part.
Wolfe skirts-perbaps one Of the
new little checked voiles, or one that
is plain-are trimmed with t~affeta,
just the 'least touch of a shade" dark
e. in color, and the jacket-a rather
short, jaunty little affairs Of the
t~affeta, tucked in the prettiest Of
ways.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

%broidery made in muslin and tied
round the waist; others have a bib,
which is cut in one with the collar
piece; this would be very pretty for
a bazaar, with a couple of rosettes to
be placed at the waist, and where the
collar piece and the bib unite narrow
ribbons cross in the front and end
beneath this rosette. Others, again,
are bordered with lace and have a bib,
which is attached to a band going
round, Just as if intended to mark
the decolletage, edged, like the skirt
of the apron, with lace. Those who
want 1t for work simply have a pretty
pink muslin made with a very deep
pocket, drawn in at the top beneath a
large ribbon bow. Some of the mus
lin lace-trimmed aprons have pretty
ribbon bows attached to charming
~epaulets and then, again, there are
pretty overalls, the bodice part box
plated, set into a yoke embroidered
TO match the cuffs. 1t is a very charm
ing addition to a pretty woman's ap'
pearance.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

selected a site for their place of wor-
ship in a forest of Douglas fir trees
that skirted the shore of Puget sound,
and stretched inward for many miles.
Out of these immense, shaggy-barked
trees that lowered upward for 200
feet without a branch below the up
per half, they chose one eight feet in
diameter to serve as the steeple.
When the branch bearing portion of
the tree had been cut away to pre-
vent the falling of limbs in case of a
storm, there was left a bare trunk
nearly 100 feet high. Beside it there
was built a plain little structure. The
bell was fastened to the tree and the
little church, with its enduring steeple,
was complete.
Although st. Peters was at one time
in the heart Of the village of Tacoma,
u~nfriendly Siwash Indians manifested
such strong ~disapproval of church-go-
ing pioneers that a trusty shotgun
came to be regarded as necessary to
the church service as the Bible and
hymn book.
To-day the hostile Indians have dis
appeared, and even the city Of Taco.
ma itself seems to have abandoned the
church with its ancient tower. 1t is
surrounded by a few little dwellings.
occupying the section of Tacoma
known as Old Town. The business
part of Tacoma is three miles away,
but one of the buildings to which Ia
comans point with pride when eX.
planning the superiority of their city
over Seattle is st. Peters church.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
News of the Spring Hats.

Picture hats and these tiny little
affairs that Paris has whimsically in
sisted all the world shall YEA are
side by side.
Such funny little affairs some OF
them are-regular little polo caps, or
Dutch bonnets, that are only tiny
apologies for hats, yet are wonder
fully attractive and most becoming.
New swisses are embroidered and
printed in all sorts of designs, the
flower idea being perhaps prettiest
of all.
A new treatment for the tiny lace
frills that face some of the prettiest
of the spring hats is running them
from the outer edge to the inner and
out again in a sort of point, which is
filed in by other frills, which get
shorter and shorter as the space de-
creases.
Linen hats are exquisite, with every
day a new way of trimming-or OF
m~aking-them, springing up.
A white chip hat, edged with a row
OF light blue braid and trimmed with
blue velvet ribbon, is one of the SIM
p!est, prettiest things imaginable.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
Dame Fortunes Freaks.

or all the freaks of Dame Fortune
few probably are so strange as those
which she literally slows away In her
lottery wheel. One might suppose
that people who paid their money for
a lottery ticket, with high money
prizes in prospect, would at least take
the trouble to LOOK out for the result.
The opposite is the fact. OF such sums
as $4,000, G1, 900 and G400 lying in
the Credit Foncier and other establish
ments, unclaimed by the winners, the
number is considerable. There are
are many as six sums of $4,000. Some
of these lots have been unclaimed
for twenty years, and in ten years
more will revert to the state. Blu
all is not yet past hope. 1t is record
ed that a Panama lottery prize of
10000 once lay ten years before the
winner heard of his luck. He had
strayed to South America before the
draw" and had not troubled himself
about his number.-Paris Correspond
cnce London Chronicle.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
MADE PETS Of RATTLERS.
Tennessee Farmers Odd Liking for
Venomous Snakes.

Joshua Fleencr. aged so years, keeps
a den of rattlesnakes at his home near
Richards postofllce, this county. He
has made pets of snakes ever since
he was a boy.
He has eleven rattlesnakes In his
den, and experienced some difficulty
in caring for the %serpeits during the
cold weather. Fleener lives in an old
fashioned house with the back wall of
the fireplace on the outside of the
building. The den, built Of stones. was
made with the chimney place as one
of the walls. The reptiles were placed
in this den during the cold weather,
and only II died this winter as n re.
suit of the cold.
Sometimes, when the chimney made
the den too warm, the scrpents would
become angry and fight II another.
The snakes were all captured by Flee
ner in the woods near his home, and
they are all timber rattlers. a species
which Is becoming rare in this state.
Nashville Correspondence lndianap.
oils News.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
A Spring Hat.

Cutely turned up across the front is
the spring hat Of br~onze-colored
erin" or horseshoe braids. The
crown is softly indented on top. The
brim is broad enough to be quite high
when sheerly turned up in front, and
gives the effect of a triangular hat at
sides and back. Folded bands of rich
bronze-colored velvet, with a five.
lCoped bow of the same, laid in front
en- upturned brim and resting almost
on the hair, constitute the trimming.
One superb pale rose.colored ostrich
plume almost encircles the hat. 1t
starts at the back and continues
around the crown, but at the left side
il curls over the brim, and hangs
down toward the back.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
DEGREES OF FASHION
CoLoRs AND COSTUMES IN PoPU.
LAR FAVOR.
Girls Dress of Bright Red-Pastel
Blue Velvet Blouse-Short Wells
Worn With New styles of Hats
Some Appetizing Dishes.
Fixing Up the Cozy Corner.

with high window ledge suggests pos
sibilities for the living room or den"
The settle is made of white wood
elameled in light oak color. The
space between the window and seat
Is filled in with curtained book
shelves. The ends of the settle have
a carved design which matches the
new art pattern of the paper-a To-
tus variation forms the motive. This
seat is upholstered with brown plush.
The big square pillows are Of brown
plush and brown gold cloth. One pill
low covered with q shadow silk in
dull rose, brown and green gives a
note of warmth.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
OLDEST IN UNITED STATES.
ec'fry Of ST. Peters Church, in Ia.
coma, Washinoton.

The Oldest belfry in the United
States and one of the Oldest church
towers in the world is the spire of st.
Peters Protestant Episcoi~l church,
in the outskirts of Tacoma.
The church supplies also what Is
perhaps the first case on record in
which q congregation selected a bel
fry and built the rest If the church
around it. Although the spire is
made entirely of wood, IL is now 700
years old, and will probably be stand
ing when many comparatively new
iron and steel belfries have been
RACED.
Forty years ago the pioneers of Ia
coma organized n church society. They
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
Animals That Defy Cold.

A learned professor of the Acade-
mic des Sciences has been making
experiments which have resulted in
all living things the most capable of
w~ithstanding "A very low temperature.
Enclosed all night in a block of ice n
rabbit was found next day getting on
very comfortably, and evidently not
aware Of anything very peculiar in
its circumstances. In this regard the
rabbit leaves far behind our faithful
learned professor, sheep, goats and
pigs take good second, third and
fourth places.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
To Do Up Muslin Dresses.

To make colored muslins look like
rev boil one quart of wheat bran in
six quarts of water for half an hour.
Strain through cloth, and when cool
wash the dress in this, using neither
soap nor starch. Rinse lightly in
clear water, TO which a little OK gall
Las been added. If colors are to be
set, a tablespoonful of the gall is the
usual amount. If there is no danger
of fading, a teaspoonful is enough.
When nearly dry, iron. This prepare
ton of bran both ~cleanses and stiff
ems the fabric.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

Moses Stannard of Madison, Conn,
who is about So years old, was a de-
PENDANT in a civil suit in the court
Of common pleas at New Haven the
other day. During the civil war he
was a '~copperhead" and raised a con
federate flag on his house in the north
ern part of the town. The action led
to his arrest and his Imprisonment
for a time in Fort Lafayette.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

med with gold braid and buttons, and
the chemisette is of white lace, of
which the deep cuffs are also made.
The latter are trimmed with the piped
bands, and the full sleeves are accor-
holes.
The plated girdle is of the material
trimmed with a piped band finished
On each side of the front with but
tons.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
Girls Dress of Bright Red.

The skirt is gathered at the top anu
has a plain front breadth. The sides
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
New Aprons.

There are many e kinds Of
aprons, for the demand is increasing
for them. Some are edged with EN-,
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

is of white guipure.
The sleeves are entirely new. On
the outside puffs are let in, and they
are finished at the bottom with double
cuffs, ornamented with motifs of en-
broidery. These flare over puffs and
frills of white silk or chiffon. The
girdle is of velvet or SATIN.
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

The small ever of rock crystal and
silverwork found at the Beaudesert
residence of the Marquis of Anglesey.
which was sold at Cirlstie's for 1900
guineas 1921 ,000).
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21
OF Pastel Blue Velvet.

The fronts, which cross slightly, are
finished with wide bands of the velvet
The Falls City tribune., 1905-04-21

Ornamented at the
top with motifs of
green embroidery
of a shade harmon
izing h the
blue.
On each side Of
he front, at the
bottom, the blouse
is trimmed with a
band of green vel
vet and buttons.
The waistcoat is
Of white taffeta,
fastened with two
rows of buttons,
and the chemisette
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

ter. with all of whom the thought of
giving was always more than that of
receiving. They were mode happier and
better by every little favor they 50
willingly rendered the gentle invalid.
Mrs Bixby was great reader and
kept pace with the progressive thought
of the day. Her faith in God grew
grea er, deeper, broader and truer as
the years 70 led on, through her increas-
ed knowledge of her own soul and the
sonls Of her felow-men She was an
original thinker, and marked out clear
pathway for herself through the wilder
nees of human doubt and fear. Along
his roadway Of the spirit, she passed
into that larger knowledge of the clear
or truth of the immortality of every
soul. Death for he1 had no terror, the
grave no shadows. 1t was but the door
wa, to the life eternal, where she was
to greet in love her dear ones who had
gone before In the light of this SUI
premely happy faith she returned to
her soul home, leaving spotless life, a
noble example, as an inheritance to
those whom she left behind.
The funeral services we're held
at the residence of her son in-law,
Robert Hayden Nov. %. at which Rev
Mr.. johnson, of the Athens Baptist
church, read appropriate selections
from the Scriptures, and offered prayer,
while the writer gave such words of
consolation as seemed fitting on such an
occasion
HARRISON d BARRETT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

Viewed as an optical instrument. the
human eye may we'll be called perfect
for 1t is an apparatus contained in a
globe less than an inch in diameter. in
which is produced an image practically
perfect in form and color and which
can be accurately adjusted almost in
stantly for every distance from FIVE
inches to ininity. which is movable in
every direction. has an aren small
enough for the detection of the most
minute details and at the same time
large enough for the appreciation Of
large objects. and which enables us to
see all shades OF color and to estimate
distance solidity. and, to some extent
the consistency Of objects, and yet this
wonderful instrument. perhaps the
most varied in its capabilities OF any
part of the body. is persistently mis-
used and neglected. Is it any wonder
that some day nature resents this treat
ment and leaves the offenders in total
and perpetual blindness?
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CaPatuuk.

Mrs. G. c Jones, who has been In to
Moxie at their sporting camps, has re-
turned home.
AS next Thursday will be Thanksgiving
the meet OF the Ladies' Aid Society will
meet. Friday, at Mrs, Joseph Spauldings.
Subject, Thanksgiving.
Lee Meservy has moved his goods and
family from over the river to Mr.. Spot
fords. They will soon 60 to Madison to
reside.
Mrs. Foss OF Auburn is the guest OF
her granddaughter, Mrs. Bert Spaulding.
Ed Williams returned to the woods,
Monday ne has been having chicken pox
Saw Mrs. Hackett, Mrs. Fred Babcock,
Mrs. Annie Seavey and Mrs. Geo. Adams
pass through town, Friday, they visited at
Sherman and Melvin Beans.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Martin have closed
their buildings and have gone into the
woods for the winter
The School Improvement League have
secured nice desk and placed it in their
school room which makes a greatimprove-
menl beside being more convenient for
the teachers they have also hung number
OF pictures.
Mr.. aud Mrs Crosby Spaulding attend
ed the Grange meeting at Bingham, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Atwood of Mchi-
gan made a short visit in town. last week,
they visited Mrs. Atwood's sister, Mrs.
Cora Powell, and her cousin, Abbie
Bright.
Thomas Owens of Bingham is hauling
supplies for the Clark brothers.
Mrs. Della Brown and Mrs Alice Clark
went to Bingham, one day last week.
Mrs. Pet Martin has been quite sick the
past week.
Mrs. Mary Martiu, who has been sick
so long, is gradually falling.
P. J. Bean has been in town the past
week.
James Corson is working for Phiander
Baker.
Mrs. Joseph Lapoint is the guest of
Mrs. G. w. Spaulding.
Wedding bells are heard in the dis
lance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns
East SkowIiegan.

Sunday night We had about an inch Of
snow and noN W may look for plenty OF
mud
Guy Lewis IRWIN Mason and young
nan from Waterville returned recently
rom an up river hun. with nice deer.
Wesley Bingham has finished up tbs
seasons ,hte,hlng on The LOOMS, Butts
and Whulemore road ihreshing 1000
bushels in Ia DAYS. The largest lot al
one barn was al + N Merfilfs 1000 bu'
MI. Bingham has threshed this season
abou, II. 900 bushels and given the best
Of satisfaction.
We learn that parties have bought the
old Butts store at Canaan and will put IN
A erist mill in the near future. The
people in the vicinity will be glad to see a
mill running there.
Adelbert Richardson is quite sick with
the jiundice at his fathers, +. Richard
son. DR.. Shean attends him.
Chandler K. Church has arrived home
from California and Montana, where he
passed the summer.
Mrs. Mary Chase who resides with her
daueh er. Mrs. +. p. Huntly, has been
critically i'll the past week.
F.P Huntley recently passed week
With relatives 10 Massachusetts.
Mrs. M. J. Morgan of Damatiscotta
passed last week with J. w. Ross and
family.
The telephone iine is nearly completed
IN Eaton Ridge.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
Soil

Impoverished soil, like impOv-
rrished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by anal W
ing the soil can tell You what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
YOU need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

We speak of China and the Chinese,
little thinking that the natives of the
Flowery Kingdom never hear those
terms until after leaving the place Of
their birth or coming in contact with
some traveller They have many names
by which they designate themselves
and the land which they nhabit, but
Chinese and China are not among the
number The most ancient name OF
China is Tipnhai which signifies be
meath the sky" Since the present rul-
ing house took control OF the empire in
1880 the name OF Tatsingkwoh has been
applied to the kingdom az whole and
Chungkwoh to that portion known to
American readers as the Middle King
dom
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30

visit with relatives. MIR and Mrs.
Johnston were here ON their honeymoon
Trip having been recently married in
frankfort.
Mrs Rose (StaIbrd) Rowell wife of
harles Rowell died Nov 20 at the age
# Is years, after tn illness of several
months. Funeral services were held
the ednesday following her death,
Rev. " C.. Baker. officiating Beside
her husband, Mrs Roweil is survived
by two daughters, Miss Minnie Rowell
Of Haftland and Mrs. II. E. touant of
~kowhegan and two sous, Arthur aud
tlph II. Rowell both of this town.
There are also four surviving sisters,
who are Mrs. Betsey Gould of Lake
ity, Mimi Mrs. John Uist, Mrs X f.
Latty aud Mrs. Amelia Coston all of
tiartland
The marriage of scott A Barnes sou
of Mr. and Mrs. harles Barnes of this
town and Miss Winnlfred j. Albee WAS
solemnszed at the home of the bride 8
parents ia Manchester Me, Nednesday
at high noon. The impressive ceremony
was performed by Rev. K f Newhert
of Manchester and the couple were at
tended by Miss kena b. Albee cousin
of the bride and j. w Jones Mr.
Barnes is a popular employee of the
Linn Wooden TO. aud many friends CON
graduate him in bringing to our town
one of Manchester's favorite young
ladies' Mr. and Mrs Barnes will make
their home on Commercial st.
The following is list of the premiums
which were awarded at the Grange fair
baby show For prettiest blue eyed
UaUy glrl, willow rocker, Doris Winni-
fred ParkmaD; for prettiest blue eyed
baby boy, ring, Daniel A. Packard; for
prettiest dark eyed girl, baby Plus,
Merideth Linn Blanchard, for the pref
test dark eyed boy, baby pins, George
Erwin Thompson; for the best develop
cd and active baby, Robert Elwyn Pick.
or; for the best natured baby, dress
pattern, Clair Lewis; for the darkest
haired baby, bib, Mahlon Grey. for the
largest baby boy, toque, Preston Lewis;
for the baby with the curliest hair,
knife, fork and spoon, Harry Amasa
FIuson; for baby with the most mar,
bonnet. Harlow Creighton Young, for
osby with least hair, knife, Rae Fuller
,andlette; for one of the best babies,
pair mittens, HALLS Little; for baby
hat cries the least, baby pins, Natalie
Lewis; for baby with biggest blue eyes,
knife fork and spoon, Gwendolyn Merle
Worth; for baby with lightest hair,
baby spoon. DIN Heath; for one OF the
smallest babies, silver mug, Beatrice
Louise Mckinney Mrs 5 Il. Goodwin,
Mrs. D. K Iongley OF st. AiDans and
A. w. Miller of Hartland acted as
awarding committee
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
hIOOre's hTtlls-CANAAE.

D Mr. and Mrs. Geo Hoxe and daughter
Fern OF St. Adams were guests OF Geo
Williams and family Sunday.
Mrs. Warren Newton of West Upton,
Mass. visited her brother, +. ID. Getchell
here recently.
Mr.. Eli Tw chell and wife from Burn
ham passed last Thursday a, the home Of
her brother. Alouz5 Reynolds.
ChaS. Williams and wife spent few
hours Sunday. with his grandparents,
Mt and Nrs X. b. Williams
Mr.. Fred Getchell was called TO Skow-
hogan, Monday by the death of his step
father Frank Seward, which occurred.
Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie R .ynolds has been quite
sick the past week.
A. A. Goodrich is waiting for snow so
he can commence numbering.
Il is very much like spring aud still the
people are hauling water for then stock
in this vicinity