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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
WATCH AND KEG OF GIN
Queer Combination Of Loot Taken From the
Brewster Inn.

Queer Combination OF Loot Taken From the
Brewster Inn.
WI Lundergan, proprietor OF the
Brewster Inn on North street, has lost
a five gallon keg of gin, and Annie
Hanrahan, a girl who works in the
kitchen, is unable to find her silver
watch.
During the past week gang OF
plumbers from the Simmons shop at
North Bennington has beep at work
putting in system of steam heat ON
the premises and the doors have been
left open more than usual to allow
free 'ngress to the building. Whoever
appropriated the gin and the watch
probably took advantage of the OPP
portunity thus afforded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
PUFFER..STREETER.
Popular Young Couple Married in Albany
November 20.


November 70.
Mrs Clara Adele Streeter, daughter
of Mrs G G Easton of Main street, was
married at Albany Nov 10Th to VIM
Warren Puffer, an employe OF j L
rbour.
The ceremony was performed at the
tabernacle Baptist church by Rev
Charles Nichols. Mr. Nichols was a
classmate OF Rev Frank r Morris,
pastor OF the local Baptist church, and
accompanied him on his trip to Eng
land. The best wishes of large circle
of friends are extended to Mr. and Mrs
Puffer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
WILL RETIRE IN 1909
Boston Herald Says Senator Proctor Will No,
Finish Term

Proctor, Deceit is understood
here that Senator Proctor contemplates
retiring from the Senate March 4, 1909
three years from now, and that he
will announce his purpose soon to the
people of his state. The term for
which he was elected does not expire
until 1911. The senator feels that he
has already had long career in pub.
lie life and will not care to serve out
the entire term.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
Fur Overcoat Bargains

Extra quality black Alaska Dog
Overcoats, all sizes only $500 each,
Splendid quality Raccoon coats from
S35 90 upward. Order by mail. VIM
FL Frear & Co., Troy, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06

Little Colds" neglected -thous ands
of lives sacrificed every year. Dr.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
little colds-cures big colds too, down
TO the very verge of consumption. sss.as
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06

Every family should have its house
hold medicine chest-and the first bot
tie in it should be DR. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup. Natures remedy for
coughs and colds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
SPENCER.DUNN
Former Bsunlns ton Young Lady Married
October 2lst

October 2lst
Miss Margaret Dunn, formerly Of
this town and Lawyer Arthur c Spen-
Ger of Brattleboro we're, married In
Greenfield, Mass. Oct. 2lst.
Miss Dunn was an operator for some
time at the local telephone exchan ge
and later went to Brattleboro in the
telephone Office. Mr. Spencer is we'll
known in Brattleboro and the best
wishes of large circle OF friends will
follow Mrs Spencer to her new. home
in that town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06

Itching piles? Never mind If ply
sicians have failed to cure you. Try
Doan's Ointment No failure there.
80 cents at any drug store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
Weather

Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06

EOR SALE-Cheap. a six.hole range. good
r every way, for wood or coal Heath, Elm
Street. st
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

clot at the back of the seat Just above
the head.
The fittings of the train are of the
most sumptuous description. Electric
light and electric fans are found every
where. The chief feature Of the train,
however, Is the fact that for the first
time in the history Of British railways
Wallets and ladies' maids are carried, in
addition to the guards md dining car
attendants.
The ladies' maids are neatly attired
in black alpaca dress with white lin
en- collar and cuffs, nurses bonnet,
fancy apron and a badge in silver
thread inscribed: &c. w. r. Lady's
Attendant" The Wallets wear a smart
serge uniform. The maids will con-
stantly patrol the train to render SER
vices to ladies and children and they
will specially watch over ladies' trav-
cling without an escort. The Wallets
will do everything for a male passen-
gers comfort and at a pinch are pre-
pared to clean his boots.
The new French De Glenn four-cyl-
Under compound locomotives, the larg-
est and most powerful engines yet
seen in this country, have arrived at
Swindon, and will be employed on the
service when 1t starts.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
LUXURIOUS ENGLISH TRAINS.

Wallets, Maids and Numbered Seats
Among Other Conveniences.
The Great Western Railway Com
pany the other day ran a trial trip
with the "Cornishman limited" express.
which commences to run between Lon
don and Penzance, says the London
Mail. As was the case last season,
this train will achieve the worlds rec
ord long-distance nonstop run between
London and Plymouth, 24o miles in
265 minutes-a speed Of 65.7 miles an
hour.
Three entirely new trains have been
built for the service, composed Of the
largest and most palatial vehicles ever
yet seen in the country. Each coach
Is seventy feet long and nine and one
half feet wide. A train Is made I'D
Of six coaches, with a total seating ca
pacity for 26S passengers. divided be-
tween thirty-six flrst-class and 2a2
third-class. second-class passengers
will no longer be carried by this par
ticular train In either direction.
Every seat in the train 10 numbered
and the passenger will require a per
forated ticket. half Of which Will be
torn OF by the guard and slipped. 20
that 1t cannot be removed, into q little
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
An Aid to Hearfn1.

Hurry them along, please" said the
woman customer as she left a pair Of
opera glasses for repairs at a Chest.
nut street store. II can't hear well at
the theater without them"
Another customer who WAS WAITING
smiled when the women left at her an.
parent mistake. "She meant she could
not see." he observed.
No." rejoined the optician: "she
meant Just what she said. Opera
glasses are an aid to hearing as well
as to sight. You can prove it any time
you are seated we'll toward the rear in
a theater by training the glasses on q
singer. AS long as you keep the singer
under scrutiny with the glasses Won
will be able to follow the words Of the
song with ease. Drop the glasses and
you Will notice difference. It will
require more or. less of a strain m
catch the enunciation distinctly.
by the use Of opera glasses a tho.
alter patron Is enabled to note distinct.
ly every movement Of a singers Inns
and the unconscious lip reading great.
~ aids the sense Of hearing. II Won
ever attend a public meeting where II
Is impossible to get close to the sneak.
ers provide yourself with opera glass
es, and you will be surprised how
greatly they will aid you in hearing."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
Changing the Subject.

The late Hon. Charles w. Slack told
the following Of the Hon. Peter Har-
vey, the friend and biographer of Dan
lei Debster:
Mr.. Harvey was large man with a
small voice and that pomposity Of
manner that many very difident men
possess. Above everything he valued
and prided himself upon his friendship
with the great expounder."
The first year Of the War of the Re-
bellion he went through to Washing
ton, and on his return was asked how
he liked President Lincoln.
WELL" he said, "Mr. Lincoln Is 4
very singular man. 1 went on to seq
him, and told him that had been an
intimate personal friend Of Daniel
Webster; that l had talked with him
SO much on the affairs Of the country
that felt perfectly confident 1 could
tell him exactly what Mr.. Webster
would advise In the present crisis, and
thereupon l talked to Lincoln for two
solid hours, telling him Just what he
should do and what he should not do,
and, will you believe It, sir, when got
through all Mr.. Lincoln said was, as he
clapped his hand on my leg. Mr.. Har-
vey, what a tremendous great calf you
have got "-Boston Herald
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

F. l.
The results fairly satisfactory
like the bows ordinary ship and udde
The propeng
twoblade
ship driven belts
eter 600 carboys vo and fifty tons iron borngs
hydrogen After
The
accomplished successfully
suddenly necessary
ground practically pieces
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

63 years ago and was a member Of
one Of the most aristocratic families
OF that country. His health had been
undermined by his arduous duties as
apostolic delegates to the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto Rico, yet despite that
he threw himself heart and soul into
the work Of combining the epidemic to
a small section Of New Orleans and
sacrificed his life in his efforts to aid
the stricken city.
Archbishop Chapelle leaves a record
Of faithful and enduring work, not
only for his church, but for the nation.
When he was rector of st. Matthew'S
Church in Washington he was brought
into constant touch with foreign Dip
lomats accredited to our government.
Through his acquaintance he became
profoundly versed in worlds affairs.
He was true statesman and took an
intense interest in the progress Of TIE
United States. It was his broad-mind-
ed craftsmanship and true catholiclty
Of feeling that led to his selection as
archbishop Of Santa Fee, New Mexico.
Later he was transferred to New Or
leans, and his great ability and knowl-
edge made him the natural selection as
apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto
Rico. The archbishop's work there
was not only in the interest Of the
Catholic Church, but Of vital import
ance to the United States, for he did
much to overcome the hostile feeling
held against this country by the Cath
olics Of Cuba and Porto Rico. He was
also the Pope's representative in the
negotiations for the purchase OF the
lands Of the Friars In the Philippines.
Archbishop Chapelle. as a friend and
companion, was without a superior.
He was full Of "reminiscences, was a
charming story-teller, had very
healthy love Of humor and a keenly
humorous eye. Moreover he had much
tact. He was deeply beloved, not only
by members Of his church, but by all
who came under his kindly influence.
In his death the Catholic Church suf-
fers an almost irreparable loss and the
nation loses a man who was great and
good.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
DOlaYor.

He was a laggard at wooing and the
dear girl had quite lost her patience.
One evening he said in a casual
way, I'm q firm believer In the old
proverb, Marry in haste and repent
at leisure"
She looked up at him and smiled
YEARLY.
"But, Of course" she said, "that
couldn't really interest you"
"And why not?' he asked.
Because you wouldn't have any
time left to repent in"
He thought this over for some time
and finally saw the point When he
left an hour later they were engaged
Plain Dealer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06


Department at Washington is law
yer, keen and round, who looks after
that particular kind Of business. It
Is very large business, for in the
twelve months Of the last fiscal year
Assistant Attorney General R. P. Good
win was instrumental in excluding
from the mails the letters Of almost
$50 different men and concerns. This
fiscal year, beginning with July, the
offenders are more numerous than
ever. The files in Mr.. Goodwin's we'll
conducted Office are bullying with pa
pers In these cases.
There are recruits, of course, in this
peculiar class Of wrongdoers, whose
days and nights are devoted to
schemes for deceiving the unsophist!-
Gated public, and who would use the
Postoffice Department to help their en-
terprlses along. But there are very
many confirmed ones, who, driven out
Of business Under one name, soon be-
gin under another.
1t Is amazing how persistent some
Of the offenders are and equally re-
markable to what extent people will
put their money into questionable ven
lures, says Mr.. Goodwin. Lewis, the
man who started the United States
Bank at st. Louis, secured about ST.
100000 before a fraud order was is
sued against him. That was one of
the big cases, But there are many lit
tie cases. For instance, those old ad-
vertisements for writing letters at
home are still running. till we catch
the persons practicing deception. You
will find cases on our docket showing
that we are constantly issuing fraud
orders against such concerns.
The medicines that cure everything
under the sun likewise figure in tho
scores Of fraud orders signed BY the
Postmaster General We are now con.
strung the law against such concerns
more strictly than it has ever before
been construed in this office, with the
result that fraud 10 declared pra cticed
In some cases where heretofore the
perpetrators would have escaped.
A few years ago a fraud order was
issued against one Rowan in Milwau-
kee because he had been Advertising
Mills that were a sure cure for deaf
ness. Furthermore, he promised to re-
fund the money II consumers Of the
nils were not cured after following his
;nstructdona When the money had
h.en sent and the purchaser had Row
ans bills, he found ono Of the condi.
t,ons to b the taking Of 1000 pills as
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

Chapelle, W h o
succumbed to
the dread dis
ease after weeks
Of heroic work
and self-sacritice
In the infected
districtof the af-
ficted southern
city. The dead
prelate had con-
tracted the fever
while aiding the
authorities to
suppress the cpl
demic among the
foreign element.
re b b 1 shop
G b a p e lie was
horn in Fronco
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

are coming to them
or how much mon
ey these letters
contain, the post
master refuses de-
livery; the letters
and the money go
back to the send
ers. That is what
happens when a
fraud order Is Is
sued. In a sunny
corner Of the ad-
ministrative floor
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

the rate Of one a day. Rowan WAS
refused the privilege Of the mails, and
he was found to be a very old offender.
ne "aS very prolific In new schemes
ior oe1raudlng the gullible public, and
also quick IN securing a new address
as soon as he had hit upon particular
~ ing NOUS scheme.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

ever was, and bids fair to keep right
on grinding for many decades. 1t is sit
uated near Swanquitis, N. c., and is
landmark which is held in highest con-
sideratiOn.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
Moral Delir1um Tremens.

MOPal DolfF1um Tremen0.
"His talk is entirely too coarse to
suit me-"
"Oh! he's merely gotten into the
habit of calling 4 spade a spade"
IL wouldn't mind that, but he insists
upon calling lots Of things spades that
are not"-Philadelphia Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

Al women get fatter, they devote
the interest to finding an acceptable
corset that they formerly devoted to
tho church.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
CORN MILL % YEARS OLD

Yet Doing Duty In q Rural District Of
North Carolina.
The windmill here shown is 81 years
old. and has steadily been doing duty
grinding corn. It is Just as busy as It
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
Something Wrong.

"Oh, yes. he's a self-mads man."
II thought you said bis name was
Taylor"
"Well?'
"Well, It takes nine tailors 10 make
a man."-Philadelphia Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

That person who thinks no ono II
hight but himself ought to be locked
up where he can do no damage
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE

Archbishop Chapelle a Victim of yell
low Fever.
A most regrettable feature Of the
yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans
was the recent death Of Archbishop
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06

Why Il It people always look at q
mans socks when hs takes OF his
ohoesl
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
FRAUDS IN THE MAILS.

Assistant Attorney General Who
Hunts CroOks.
Every year many people find them
selves cut off from the privilege OF the
mails. No matter how many letters
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-10-06
Treos Which Produce OIL

Tro00 Which Produce OIL
In China there Is q tree which mo.
duces oil. Recently about 1000 were
transplantsd from China to California
and 1t last reports were doing well.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13
Not a Slick Compliment

While l was pupil in the Jackson
school, in Newton, some eight years
ago, Capt. John w. Weeks, who after
ward became mayor of the city, one
day visited our class, says a writer in
the Boston Herald. The future mayor
had not been long in the room when
one of the largest boys, who had APP
parently been in whispered wrangle
with companion, exclaimed. in a
voice loud enough to be overheard.
you better not be SO swift about CIV
ing information"
81 heard you say something about
information" said Capt. Weeks, with
smile, addressing the boy who had
spoken. Now let us see If you are
well-informed enough to tell the class
the meaning of the word information.
But the boy was forced to admit
that he was not. Thereupon Capt.
Weeks referred the question to the
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13
Correspondents Got No Eggs

flies. These insects I have seen him
send, with his unmailed fist, dozen
at time, without warning. to the
shades of the blue bottle. But he
spared chickens, and this bird
learned to perch on his shoulder and
to peck bread from his hand. 1t was
an awkward situation. I took no de-
light in the fowls winning ways and
simply wanted its flesh and Barry was
of the same mind. Ricarlton at last
proposed a compromise.
HE said that he would take no
share of the bird that we had already
doomed and he would let us have the
first dozen eggs that his chicken
which he had christened Kurold. IN
honor of the famous Japanese general
should happen to lay. We agreed to
this arrangement, but 1t was most I'M
satisfactory. for, although of course
l feel certain that Ricarlton was no
party to the deception, the wretched
bird turned out to be rooster"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13
How He Became Liveryman

tiers would bring to a stable, pretty
fair sort of business in itself, or at
least sure starter. and do business
for other peoples daughters. too?
That's all there was to it. was
certain of some business and | was
willing to take chance on the rest.
And everything went all right. My
daughters gave me all their patronage.
and they used more carriages now
than they ever had before-they said
they wanted to see their father do
well, and | got my full share of the
patronage of other peoples daughters,
and the volume of 1t was great.
'In the course Of time my daughters
all married and they all did we'll; very
comfortably, to say the least. Every
one of them now keeps carriage OF
her own, and keeps it in my stable;
and so the girls, nice girls. every one,
that once cost me so much, though |
never begrudged 'em cent of it, now
send me money, every one.
Their business alone is something
tidy. but they are really only few
of many profitable customers, and l
have never regretted taking up the
livery business.
But it was sort of funny, now, how
I came to go into it, wasn't it?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13

In Frederick Villiers' recent book
telling of his experiences with the
Japanese forces at Port Arthur he mar
rates an interesting little incident
that occurred the day the correspond
ents first reached the front. They
were quarted in rooms at Dalny which
had been pillaged and desecrated by
the Chinese robbers after the evacu-
alton by the Japanese. He says:
I'VE were soon busy trying to make
the place habitable. Rations of food
were sent us from headquarters and
our party OF ten was soon split up
into messes. Barry correspondent
of the Chicago Daily News), Ricari-
ton. the expert Photographic artist,
and myself, received bread, potatoes
and two chickens. Ricarlton took a
great fancy to one of the birds and,
being tender at heart, would not have
1t killed.
"In fact he was quite Buddhist in
many ways and would destroy only
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13
MARKETING POTATO CROPS.

In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley Of Yale University In his book
on Railroad Transportation, Is the case
Of the Aroostook potato growers
brought by President futile Of the
Boston and Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could better show
Of the localities which 1t serves.
main dependence Of the farmers
OF the Aroostook region Is the potato
crop. aggregating annually eight to
ten million bushels, which find mar
ket largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions OF New Eng
land. The competition of cheap water
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these pota-
toes always at a very low level.
Potatoes are also considerable out
put of the truck farms of Michigan.
their normal market being obtained In
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities Of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun
and rains brought a tremendous yield
OF potatoes from the Michigan fields.
At normal rates and prices there
would have been glut Of the custom
airy markets and the potatoes would
have rotted on the farms. To help
the potato growers the railroads from
Michigan made unprecedentedly low
rates on potatoes to every reachable
market, even carrying them In large
rttu r,ff tnu n, w.Ia tn nc
ton. The Aroostook growers had to
reduce the price on their potatoes and
even then could not dispose of them
unless the Boston and Maine Railroad
reduced its already low rate, which it
did. BY means of these low rates.
making possible low prices. the potato
crops of both Michigan and Maine
were finally marketed. Everybody
eats potatoes, and that year every
body had all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads. had they been applied
to the movement of all potatoes at all
times, to all places. they helped their
patrons to find markets then. The
Boston and Maine Railroad suffered a
decrease in its revenue from potatoes,
but it enabled the Aroostook farmers
to market their crop and thereby to
obtain money which they spent for the
varied supplies which the railroads
brought to them. If the making OF
rates were subject to governmental
adjustment such radical and prompt
action could never have been taken.
because it is well established that If
a rate be once reduced by a railroad
company it cannot be restored through
the red tape of governmental proce-
dure. II the Michigan railroads and
the Boston and Maine Railroad had
been subjected to governmental limi-
tation they would have felt obliged to
keep up their rates as do the railroads
of France and England and Germany
under governmental Limitation and let
the potatoes rot e hdnIe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-07-13

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