The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-16
The Man Who Works Six Days Week Who Honest and Keeps Sober
OBJECTS TO fAKtRS
Take ,hs Money Of ihs Publ, and Give num'
bog In Return,


Editor ihn banner When uh'
schools afo closed, ilemllls shut dow
digging of trenches suspended, alons
with other occupations. aud Che grnrf-
ai populaco dons tho holiday roga'ia
aud hie, forth as a body, there must
boz something going on or ln more
popular gfrnncular, ",nmrih.ng dos
Ing. Every one knows li IL tho cir.
Gus day nnd ior nearly all u time FOR
innocent amusement And set, aiion.
dart upon This form Of iollily comes
iho iakcr mot hklrl which thought
'would give us pause aud incline ns
o. consider The iRker and bis ways.
lea ihe arsi place be- must have a c'r'
tain amount of c'evoru',s, and then o.
ready tongue. with q moan aud dishon'
cat sirrak somewhere Ia the general
makeup, aud above an large amount
~ what 8, called hy some assurance,
by others NERVE" and knoNn 10 some
localities A. brass You eau hear
10 10 bis voice and you eau see the
glitter 81 Il in his eye. he d, hypo.
critic, charlaian and n you notice
you sill .cc that bis thumb Is Of al
interesting aud dangerous aexibilliy
such a. the iricksicr who bids the lad.
les and gentlemen 20 watch him care
fully aud see that be- has nothing CON
coalod up bis sleeves
Such man goes through our village
streets quite freely in a way 70 make
you question which part Of the street
is his personal property. said be-
goes through but no. be- does noi
lie stops all along the line and is uu-
quostioningiy allowed all the room be
cares for on The ground and al the
atmosphere that be can percolato With
his brasss voice. by moanso 81 which be-
draws crowds 10 hear about aud buy
his cures FOR rheumatism, corns, tooth
and headache. etc, etc.
Then be roos through his little or
big game bcguiling those trusting
ones looking for cure, Who are quite
ready 20 be- bcguiled, and being hon
est themselves deem our faker Of such
kind. Not he. far from 10. lie plays
upon that trust which be can easily
distinguish and aside from moral
harm, brings harm 10 local trade, 81
fering remedies which may be procur.
ed Ia the town al more reasonable
terms.
There comes a wonder % person
beholding for the first time faker
and his fakes as TO whether these men
are allowed space aud a hearing In
every town through which they follow
the circus a free side show" To
see a simple. honest old man who be-
lieves the yender 10 be so giving up his
real dollar, good he knows because he
made II, for little box Of stuff which
shall take away his rheumatism In ten
days-to see this In the Main street OF
the good village must lead one 10
think and to question. With the blue
box is given another just like 1t in re-
turn for the courtesy OF purchase, a
gift which shows the fake. Then there
is the corn plaster, the ike of which,
my dear friends, has removed not less
than 10000 corns, and will remove any
corn on earth. Also, this little bottle
held TO the aching tooth. entirely re-
moves pain, and held to the nose, so
will cure the worst headache, by clear
ing the channels to the head. "lt's the
blocking Of those, you know, friends,
which makes the head ache" You
wonder wherein lies the theory for the
tooth, and after seeing young and old
parting with perfectly good money for
stuff they know not of, but through |
this glib speech maker, you come
away.
Again you wonder how a person
with such gift for taking people in
who are out for fun--can be allowed to |
block up public thoroughfare of a
town under the direction of intelligent |
people who know there are better
things to get taken in on.
Should such an intruder be tolera-
ted? Should he not better be run out
of the streets? Not for the sake of us
too suspicious ones, but for those who
come all unsuspecting.
f. T. C.