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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-01

II II. CHASE, North Bennington, VI,
II e breeds fine Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Brady & Thompson strain. Eggs ~ setting.
FOwis for sale in their season. Also eggs from
fine brOwnLeghOfns, same price. Agent for
Mccormick harvesting machines, w. Eddys
steel plows, Tiger horse-rakes and Planet Jun.
or garden tools Wagons OF all kinds. 4omi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-01
TO RENT

0NO HENT.-New modern tenement bath.
i hot and cold water upstairs and down
piped for gas; all modern conyeniences; very
desirable los Dewey St, near Main. Apply to
W . f.. Putnam. NJ. >. 1875
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-01

I OST.-An account book containing orders
IL for shoes Finder will please leave at AL
ems Fish Market. l27
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-01

William a. Harwood. Henry
Rudd and ID. r. Moore are amc
those who are fishing the Baiteni
today.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
BANNEI CROP YEAR.
Value of 1905 harvest Twice as Great
as Ntion's Debt.

Value of 1905 harvest Twice as Great
as Ntion's Debt.
Washington, i. Chat the current
year will be a bnner year for crops in
this county IS the indication of the
Governme.t crop report. The Govern
Ment cropexperts have figured out that
the corr crop will be 2,716,91S,OO0
bushels, hough with favorable wealth
er this YIELD may be increased so that
the cropnay be close to the three bill
ion bushl mark. AT the price now OBJ
tainingm Chicago for May corn, Of
forty-fdr cents a bushel, the value of
this cID would reach 1,195, 443 ,92O.
The larsSt previous crop, harvested in
1890, Sc 1865, 900, 1000 bushels.
The 0ring wheat crop will be only
slightl.behind the record crop of 1898,
when ~92,G56,000 bushels of spring
wheat we're harvested in the North
west. The probable result this year is
now p.ced at 2S0,047 900 bushels.
Will the wheat and corn crops are
the INST important in the popular es-
innate there are other crops which
are nlrly as essential to national
prospety. and these also promise
great fturns, according to the Govern
ment epOrt. The crop of oats will
probafy be i'll the neighborhood OF
93O,OO000 bushels, of a value at pres
ent pres for May delivery in Chicago,
ILL.,, of;274, 100000. These three crops
combird will be worth 5000, $50 $40.
This i,nearly three times the amount
o. oul entire national bonded debt,
which amounts to $685., 157. $50, and
nearlytwice the amount of the public
debt othe United States.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
"What Shall I Dot"

That Is the problem which frequently
confronts everyone-especlally parents
with small children. A slight illness
treated at once often saves a long
period of sickness and eXpense-some-
times prevents death. The trouble Is
that so few people can think on the In
slant what treatment to apply, even II
they have the knowledge necessary to
recognize the disease and know what
simple remedies are best. To meet 4 Is
want at small expense the Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street, New
York City, is sending postpaid a doctor
book on receipt Of sixty cents In
stamps. The book is Illustrated, con-
tains 598 pages, explains symptoms,
causes and simple means of overcoming
ordinary Illnesses. 1t was written by
the eminent J. Hamilton Ayres, A. NJ,
NJ. D. 1t is a volume which should be
in every household, as no one can tell
what moment he may require the
knowledge it contains.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
USED RAFFLES METHODS
Smooth Thief ~Confesses to Eleven
Robberies in Daylight
William ThompsoD, twenty-five Years
Old, Has Been Causing q Commo.
ton in New Jersey Towns.

Montelair, N. J.-William Thompson;
who appears to be something near the
ideal Raffies Of fiction, so far as his
methods are concerned, has been
transferred to the Essex County Jail.
Thompson has confessed that be COM
mitted many daring thefts, the police
say.
He was arrested by Detective Reil.
~, OF the Montclair police, for the rob-
berry OF Solomon Wright's residence in
Mountain avenue, from which he stole
a camera, and the authorities say that
he has confessed to eleven other rob-
~beries-three in Newark, three iii
Hackensack. three in Englewood and
two in the Oranges.
thompson tells of a remarkable ex.
perience in q house in Newark. He
says that in the summer he called one
afternoon at the home of John Cot
ton Dana, of No. 226 Mount Prospect
avenue, and asked to see Mrs. Dana.
A woman came to the door, according
to Thompson, and he introduced him
self as a personal friend of her hus-
band, saying that he had just returned
from Germany, where he had been
studying music. According to the
story, the woman invited him to re-
main for dinner.
Thompson says he stayed and that
during the meal he constantly expect
ed Mr.. Dana and wondered what he
would do if that man arrived.
Mr.. Dana is librarian of the New
ark Public Library. Miss Beatrice
Winser, who, with her mother. occu-
pied the Dana house during the alb
sence of its owner in the summer
says that Thompson called at the Dana
home two weeks ago while Mrs. Win
ser was home alone. with a maid.
Miss Winser said the visitor gave his
name as James Wallace Weston and
told that he had just returned from
studying music in Germany. He said
Mr.. Dana was an old friend.
Miss Winser said that the intruder
took a stick pin, set with pearls, and
a diamond ring. The peculiar theft
was not reported to the police be-
publicity was feared.
On September 10 last he called at the
home of Robert Cumming, st No. 317
Mount Prospect avenue the police
say, and represented himself as a
friend of MI. Cumming. He was in
vited indoors to wait until he came
home. He said he stole a pearl scarf
pin.
The same afternoon he told the po-
lice, so they say, he visited No. 632
Mount Prospect avenue, first ascer-
tanning that the head of the house was
away, and, representing himself again
as the ~householder's friend, was ush-
cred into the parlor, where he picked
up a silver snuff tray and made off
with it.
Thompson called at the Groel house,
Orange, and was told that the family
were away. Representing himself as
an old friend, he coolly sat in the par
lor for half an hour before he went
upstairs and helped himself to the
| contents Of Mrs. Groel's jewel box. In
Hackensack Thompson said he called
at the home of John w. Thompson,
, which is the name the prisoner goes
by. He also admits, it is said, that
he got into the home of a man named
Moore, in the same town, by misrep-
~resenting himself.
The man appears to be about TWEEN
ty-two years old, and when arrested
| said he came from Pittsburg.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the conquering of woman's dread
enemy, Tumor.
So-called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages, OF the pres
ence of danger may be made manifest
by excessive menstruatioh accompanied
by unusual pain extending from the
ovaries down the groin and thighs.
If you have mysterious pains, If there
are indications of Inflammation ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and go
through the horrors of a hospital opera
ton; secure Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound right away and begin
it's use and write Mrs. Pinkham of
Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Read these strong letters from CRATE
full women who have been cured:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- First letter.
"In looking over your book l zee that your
medicine cures Tumor of the Uterus. Ihave
been to a doctor and he tells me l have a tu-
NOR. ! will be more than grateful if you
can help me, as I do so dread IN operation"
Fannie D. Fox, Z Chestnut st. Bradford, Pa.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- (Second letter.
l Jdhe Tue HpeTIy 10 congratulate you on
the success l have had with your wonderful
medicine.
Eighteen months ago my monthlies
stopped. Shortly after I felt so badlyI sub
mitted to a thorough examination by a ply
stefan, and was told that l had a tumor on
the uterus and would have to undergo an
operation.
81 soon after read one of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink
ham 8 Vegetable Compound a trial. After
taking five bottles as directed, the t1mor is
entirely gone. 1 have again been examined
Lydia E. Plnkham'S Vegetable Csmpeuni
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22


Scratching a living here and there,
killing thousands of bugs and worms
which would cause much loss of crops
if allowed to live, the ordinary barn.
yard hen is a wonderful combination Of
productive forces. In five years time
she will lay 700 eggs, each contain
ing $50 grains Of water, 12J of fat,
10S Of lime, SO Of albumen, 26 Of sugar
and 10 of ash-the most condensed and
strengthening form Of food offered to
man. Every person having a little
plot Of ground is able to keep from
half a dozen to many dozen Of these
wonders and so add to the family in
come. To do this to the greatest adj
vantage, one must know how to care
for his fowls-to guard against, de-
tect and cure disease; which fowls to
save for breeding purposes, etc. The
simplest and most satisfactory way Of
securing this knowledge is to buy it
from some person who has made q
success Of fowl raising as a business.
Such a book, giving the experience Of
twenty-five years, is obtainable for %
cents in stamps from the Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard St, New
York City. 1t is an Invaluable work.
The life Of one chicken saved would
pay for the book several tin over.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
MAYOR OF BOSTON DIES.
Patrick A. Collins Passes Away at
Hot Springs, Va.

Hot Springs, Va.
Boston, Mass.-The death of Mayor
Patrick A. Collins, at Hot Springs,
Va. from acute gastritis. Yas an
nounced here.
The Mayor left here about a week
ago for Hot Springs for a rest, accom-
panied by his eldest son, Paul Collins,
and then was apparently in good
health.
Mayor Collins was born in Fermoy,
Ireland, March ~, 1914, and was
brought to the United States at the
age Of four. When he was twelve he
went to work, devoting his evenings to
the study Of law. He was graduated
from the Harvard Law School I'M 1871,
He was in the State Legislatures from
1868 to 1871. He was in Congress from
1888 to 1889. In 1898 he was appoint
ed Consul-G General at London, England,
where he served four years. He was
elected Mayor in 1902. He was Chair
man of the National Democratic Con-
vention of 1883.
For many years Mayor Collins de-
voted much time to the cause of home
rule for Ireland. He was the first Ma
tional President of the Irish Land
League in this country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
Newsy Gleanings.

The Irish language is now being
taught in $500 schools in Ireland.
In Cincinnati the women are begin
ming to take up the fad of going shop
ping without their hats.
Shells filled with oil, intended to calm
a stormy sea when fired into it, have
been invented in France.
Goldfish cheese" is the name given to
a canned preparation Of fresh cod, now
put up in Newfoundland.
The University of Paris has estab-
lished a number of travelling scholar
ships for women students.
Belgium is making preparations to
celebrate this year its diamond Jubilee.
The Kaiser las given orders that
dancing is to be taught in all the mill
tary barracks in Germany.
Buda Pesth has a street which no
n will enter because of the abnormal
death rate that has prevailed there.
A few days ago a man in Baltimore
was sentenced to two months in iail for
pounding his horse on the head with a
brick.
Rev G. w. Mcpherson plans the
building of a great evangelistic hall
seating 1900 persons in New York
Citv
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

DR.. Edmund J. James is President of
the University of Illinois.
Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia,
is editing the memoirs of General
Jubal a. Early.
James j. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railway Company, is sixty
w years old.
John @. Packard, a pioneer miner of
Utah, is the donor of Salt Lake City's
new public library.
John w. Alexander received $175,00O
for his mural paintings for the Carne-
gle Institute at Pittsburg.
Lord Templemore, who lately Gel
ebrated his eighty-fourth birthday, is
father of the House of Lords.
Ruric n. Roark is the pleasing name
of the dean of the department of peda-
gogy, State College of Kentucky.
John Pbilippi, a horticulturist Of
Lodi, Cal, has perfected a new fruit
from the peach and the nectarine.
Z. II. r. Green, of Dallas, Texas,
son Of Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York,
has adopted automobiling as a pastime.
BENJAMIN +. Hobbs, The oldest ar
morer in the service of tho United
States, died recently at Springfield,
Mass
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
The National Game.

Toledo has signed catcher G. G. Land.
late of the Paducah Club.
The Albany Club has signed pitcher
Kroh, of q Buffalo suburb.
The Utica Club has signed outielder
Milton Carr. of the Rome team.
Providence has released outfieldar
Ball to make room for Dick Harley.
Infielder Charles Babb and pitcher
Mitchell have been released by Brook
Ign.
Manager McGraw says that Claude
Elliott will be a star pitcher next sea-
son.
Cleveland has purchased third base
man Louis Barbeau from Columbus.
Reulbach modestly attributes q large
share of his success to Frank Chances
coaching.
Louisville's star catcher, Alfred
Shaw, has been purchased by Boston.
in addition to~outfielder Clay.
President Ebbetts says there will be
a National League club in BROOKLYN
next season and he will be at the head
of 1t.
The latest captures by the Che
Americans are reported as being Dill
er Reagan and second baseman Mis-
Of Birmingham.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
Prominent PEOPLE.

Secretary Hay detested all unneces-
sary and wanton falsehood.
1t is said that Emperor William has
a choice selection Of American slang
words.
Prince Peter Kropotkin, the famous
social reformer, now resides at Brom-
ley, England.
The Duke Of Sutherland is perhaps
the best locomotive engineer in the
British peerage.
General Booth, head of the Salvation
Army, has just returned TO London
after a 10000 mile trip.
King Edward is to review the Scot
fish Volunteers at Edinburgh.
Elihu Root has his sense of humor,
which CLEANS out now and then.
Contrary 10 the general opinion in
Mexico and abroad, President Diaz is
not a multi-millionaire.
Notwithstanding his seventy-fve
years, Emperor Francis Joseph is still
greatly addicted to the chase.
Admiral Evans has been asked by the
crew Of the battleship Missouri to as
ssrn a mule to the ship as mascot.
yearly allowance of the Mikado.
is at the same time that of the
imperial family. is now $780,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

by the physician and he says I have no signs
of a tumor now. 1t has also brought my
monthlies around once more; and ! am
entirely well. I shall never be without a bot
tie of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
in the house. Fannie D. Fox, Bradford, Pa.
Another Case of Tumor Cured
by Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
About three years ago I had intense pain
IN my stomach, with cramps and raging
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me,
but finding that did not get any better he
examined me and, to my surprise, declared
l had a tumor in the uterus.
II felt sure that it meant my death warrant,
and was very disheartened 1spent hundreds
of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kept
growing, till the doctor said that nothing but
an operation would save me. Fortunately !
c~orresponded with my aunt in the New Eng
and States, who advised me to try Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before sub
hitting to an operation, and l at once started
taking a regular treatment, finding to my
great relief that my general health began to
improve, and after three months l noticed
that the tumor had reduced in size. kept
on taking the Compound, and in ten months
1t had entirely disappeared without an oper-
alton, n using no medicine but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and words
fail to express how grateful 1 am for the good
it has done me.n-Miss Luella Adams, Colon
made Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and should give
confidence and hope to every sick
woman.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all ailing
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass,
for advice.
: a KOman's Remedy for KOman'S Ills.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
BURNED ALIVE IN FLAMES
Retreat Of Victims at Avon, Conn.,,
Cut Off by Fire.
BLAZE FOLLOWED EXPLOSION

Automatic S~prinklers Prevented From
Working by Burning of BeIting-vain
Efforts to Rescue Bodies-One of the
Walls Falls Crushing a Number of
Helpless Victims
Avon, Conn. The explosion Of a
fuse, followed by a fire in a building
Of the Climax Fuse Company here,
caused a panic among twenty en-
ployes in the building and resulted in
the death of seven and injuries to
twelve others. There was no way of
coping with the flames, which spread
with such rapidity that the escape of
the victims was cut off. In all four
buildings were destroyed, the loss be-
ing estimated at 100000. There were
sixty employees in the plant.
The dead are: William Burke. forty
years old, married; James Joyce, about
thirty-ive, married; Robert Mccarthy,
aged eighteen; James Wallace, whose
wife lives in Springfield, Mass; Molly
Mccarthy, Miss J.. Sullivan and Mrs.
NJ. B. Tucker.
The exact cause of the accident is
not known, but the accepted theory
here is that in an effort to burn out a
stoppage in one of the machines James
Joyce caused an explosion Of a
fuse with the hot iron he held in his
hand. Those who were in the room
and who came out of the place in a
condition to tell about it say that the
explosion was not a severe one, and
ordinarily would not have caused q
panic. Infiammable material near,
however, was set on fire, and in a few
moments the room was a mass of
flames. There was a mad rush for
the doors and windows, and during the
scramble many were pushed back into
the buildings, while others were Sc
verely burned.
AS II of the walls of the second
largest building fell several bodies
could be seen entangled in the mass of
machinery in the basement, and in a
short time they were reduced to ashes.
The body of a woman was seen near
the edge of the fire, but the great heat
frustrated all attempts to rescue it.
A few rods from the group of burned
buildings are two small sheds in which
fuses and powder are stored, but they
escaped the flames.
1t was supposed that the burned
buildings were either ireproof or
equipped with automatic fire sprink-
lers, but on account of the burning of
the betting which works the pumps,
the sprinklers were rendered useless.
There is no fire department in the
town.
superintendent Hagsell expressed
the opinion that the great mass OF
flame which was seen Immediately af-
ter the explosion was caused by the
burning of the reels on which the
fuses are wound.
There was nc powder in the room
when the fire broke out" he said, land
l attribute the loss of life principally
to s~uffocation caused by the smoke and
flames which filled the room almost in
stantly."
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
MILLIONAIRE ENDS LIFE.
Richard S. Fay Dies at the Feet Of
His Painting Wife.

Katonah, N. Y.-Rising from q table
at which he had been playing cards
with his wife, Richard s. Fay, forty
years old, a millionaire and formerly
a prominent clubman in Boston, shot
himself through the head in his beau
tiful house ON the outskirts of this
village. Two years ago Fay attempt
ed suicide in the Calumet Club, New
York City.
The death of the man was pathetic.
He fell with his head almost touching
Che feet of his wife, who, overcome
by his act, had dropped backward
into her chair fainting. Servants
rushed into the room and found Fay
in the agonies of death and his wife
in the CHAIR, with her head hanging
on her chest. The man was dead a
minute after the shot.
The Fays lived on one of the pref
test estates along the Hudson. Their
house was set in the middle of sew
enty acres of beautifully tlmbered
land.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

The Soutern Cotton Association. in
convention It Asheville. \. g.. estab
llshed q minimum price of eleven cent;
for th~eincciing cotton crop. The sum
mary of IL crop of 1905-O6, as report
cd by the'tRtistical COMMITTEES of the
association is as follows: Production.
9,5SS, 1873 ales; percentage OF condt
ton as capared with last year, I3.3
as compald with the Governments es
timate of2.1.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

London and Liverpool are both at the
level of the sea.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
HONEST PHYSICIAN.
Works With Himself First.

1t is a mistake to assume that ply
sicians are always skeptical as to the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs.
Indeed, the best doctors are those
who seek to heal with as little use of
drugs as possible, and by the use of
correct food and drink. A physician
writes from Calf. to tell how he made
a we'll man of himself with natures
remedy:
Before l came from Europe. where
/ was born," he says, at was my Gus
tom to take coffee with milk (cafe au
lait) with my morning meal, a small
cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and
two or three additional small cups at
my club during the evening.
"In time nervous symptoms devel.
oped, with pains in the cardiac region,
and accompanied y great depression
of spirits. despondency-in brief, the
blues! ! at first tried medicines, but
got no relief, and at last realized that
all my troubles were caused by coffee.
/ t%hereupon quit its use forthwith, SUBJ
stituting English Breakfast Tea.
y 1.-THE tea seemed to help me ut first,
but in time the old distressing symp-
toms returned, and / quit it also, and
tried to use milk for my table bever-
age. This l was compelled. however,
to abandon speedily. for while it re-
lieved the nervousness somewhat it
brought on constipation. Then by a
happy inspiration | was led to try the
Postum Food Coffee. This was some
months ago, and l still use it. 1 am no
longer nervous, nor do 1 suffer from
the pains about the heart, while my
blues have left me and life is bright
to me once more. l know that leaving
off coffee and using Postum healed me,
and / make it a rule to advise my pa
tents to use it," Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22

The Erie Railroad has arranged for the
immediate expenditure of $225,0 0 for the
installation of tie most modern and eff
cient railway signal that has yet been put
on the market; 1t is known as the Hall
Electric Semaphore Normal Clear System,
and is operated by stationary storage bat
teries. The line between Bergen, N. j.,
and Middletown, a distance of So miles,
is to be equipped at once. For the first 80
miles the signals will be put two-thirds of
a mile apart; for the rest of the distance,
about one and one-third miles apart. 1t
will require five power plants for charging
the batteries, which will be located at
Rutherford Junction, Ridgewood Junction,
Suffern, Oxford and Middletown. The line
to be protected has two and four tracks at
different places and is the most congested
part of the Erie system. Hitherto a man
ual block, which is a tower with signals
operated by a towerman, has been used as
"a block protection, but it has been deemed
best to install an automatic system for
further protection and to accelerate the
movement of trains. The new system will
be extended over the entire line in the fu-
ture,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-09-22
Not in Business Now.

"After 1 had seen all the historic
spots in New York City," said a West
erner, Il began looking up the places
of interest near by. One day my wife
and 1 went over to Weehawken for
the purpose of visiting the spot where
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
fought their duel. After leaving the
ferry l accosted a native thus:
would you be so kind as to tell we
where Hamilton and Burr had their
famous quarrel?
"'Wal now, let me see,' replied the
J~erseyite, that's the firm tibet was
blastin' out the Palisades, wasn't it?
Wal, they amt quarryin' here no more
amt been for soma time back
New York Pre-