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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
EAST ARLINGTON
Frank Bromley is Ill.

Frank Bromley is Ill.
Robert Walsh has been i'll few
days.
Mrs VIM Hayes is quite Ill with lung
trouble.
Marcus Dean of South SALISBURY
was in town Monday.
Miss Eleanor Burt who has been III
is again able to be out.
George Cole is suffering from an
other abcess on his hand.
James o. Br!en OF Schenectady Is a
guest at Richard Morton's.
Rev + b. Harris has goue to Brat
tleboro TO spend few days.
Mrs Norman Gray OF Hoosick Falls
is visiting her son, DR. Scott Gray.
Mrs V. IL. Griffith aud daughter Of
Dandy are guests at Arnold Webb's.
MRS Fred c. Baldwin OF Worcester
was recent visitor AT A. II. Webb's.
The condition OF Mrs N. d. Case
who has been very i'll is somewhat inn
proved.
Mrs Emma Case OF Springfield is In
town called here by the death OF Mrs
Harriet Elwell.
|. j. Warner has resigned his posi-.
tion with A Il. Buck q Co aud accept.
ed one with the Hale Co.
Mrs Harry Niles aud daughter have
returned from Cambridge, Mass, ac-
compared by her little nephew, Ar.
thur Raidey.
Clarence G.. Ferguson, superinten
dent or the st te Anti.Saloon league
gave an interesting temperance talk at
the NJ. T.. church Sunday evening.
The village schools commenced Mon.
day with Miss Margaret Thompson IN
the primary department and Miss
Laughlin Of Bennington 10 the second
grade.
The officers OF the Christian Endeav.
or society for the following six months
are, president, Florence whitman:
vice president, Mrs & A. Eddy: record
ing secretary, Mrs W. NJ. Webb; cor
responding secretary, Celia I. Blair,
treasurer, Mrs George Budro.
The death Of Miss Jennie King oc.
Cured Wednesday. Jan. >, at the home
OF n. u. Case where she had been car
ing for her niece, Mrs T.. l. Buck
Miss King was taken III with pneumO.
MIA the day of Mrs Bucks death Her
remains were removed 10 her home Ia
Sunderland Wednesday evening whef,
the funeral was neld Friday aftern Don
Mrs Harrie, Elwell died OF paralysi
at the home OF her brother, n. b.
Case Wednesday afternoon, jan. >
Her death occurred only few hours
after Miss Kings. This makes three
deaths at Mr Cases with n a week. Hs
and bis family have the sympathy ol
the entire community. Mrs Elwell was
81 years old ana Is survived bY hel
brother aud sister who resides Ia
Troy She was a M long number u
the NJ. +. church and always had the
best interests OF the church al hear
aud as long as her health would permit
she was one Of is most faithful mem
bers. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon az the NJ. T.. church, Rev T..
b. Harris officiating.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09

While we as a nation are boasting,
our forests, our lands and our coal
which are our great natural resources
and public utilities. they have been
monopolized by great corporations
and grasping individuals. The very
commo lities OF life, such as beef and
wheat, our meat and bread have been
cornered and In many places railroads
own such quantities OF coal lands and
20 many mines that the product o.
other miners they refuse to transport
long their route. The stream Of CON-
nercial life In America is strong and
swift. but II controlled and utilized
Alright It's value will be great
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
FRANK Z. HOWE. Editor and Publisher
Your Turn May Come.

Every time the closet OF your neigh.
Dor is opened do you stretch your neck
to peep, and then afterward strain
your tongue TO talk about ii? Do you
ever stop to think that some day a
tragedy may take up its abode In your
home? Can't you get in your head
that some day the tongue of Islander
may cut you Ike sword and the whis-
pers OF your neighbor be as vinegar
on your wounds? Misfortune and dis.
grace may have overtaken your neigh.
Dor, but II does Lot become you TO get
on the housetops and shout II to tue
world.
You will not be called upon TO ans
wer for any OF the sins OF your neigh
bors.
You have all you can do to pay for
your own indiscrelions.
Some day one near and dear to you
may fall-the prison walls may open
TO q son or the scarlet letter OF e,er-
nifty blight a daughter. When home
is In mourning over tragedy, the best
thing you can do is to keep your mouth
shut unless you can say something that
will come as rift 10 the clouds Then
again you know that you may be no
better than your neighbor; the only
difference Is that your neighbor was
caught, and you, up.to-date, have KEEP,
the sunlight away.
BE charitable, for you know not
what day nor what hour the blight will
appear In your sacred circle. -Ex'
change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
Tn. c.r.s,,.u.rph, Plight.

NEW YORK. Jan. .. - Friends 81
Young Corbett have raised n pool Of
$1,000 10 bet on the Denver boy In hi
fight with Tommy Murphy this even.
Ing nc the National Athletic club IN
Philadelphia. The money Il 20 BE- laid
NJ the ringSldc. where Il Il thought
Corbctt will be but n O 20 ) fayorltc
In this city Corbctt's hackers were
asked 60 lay s TO ). and these odds did
not strike them NJ fair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
FAILED.

All efforts have failed TO find bet.
ter remedy for coughs, colds and lung
troubles than Folsy's Honey and Tar.
II stops the cough, heals the lungs and
prevents serious results from cold
j. Paterson, Nashua, Iowa. writes:
Last winter | had u bad cold on my
lungs and tried at least half q dozen
advertised cough medicines and had
treatment from two physicians without
getting any benefit. A friend recon.
mended Foley's Honey and Tar and
two thirds OF a bottle cured me- con
slider II the greatest cough and lung
medicine in lie world" Sold by b.
\. Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
The American Magazine
has Changed Hands
For % ys.- II va. Leslie. Popular 1ou,h',

Ida NJ. Tarbell, Who wrote Llncoln
and the famous STORY OF Rockefeller Z;
WI liam Allen White, the well.knowp
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OF "Mr. Dooley''; Ray STANDARD Ba.
ker, suthor OF Railroads on Trial, :"
aud Lincoln Slefilns, 81 Tho Shame
OF tho Cities" fame, are under the
leadership OF John y. Phillips. nov
editing THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE
Never before has such q brilliant
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Think OF Itl Think Of the quality Of
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
ronopah want. rI.,Ie Carnival.

TONOPAH. New. Jan. 9.-Mlkc RI
ley. promoter OF the recent Gans-IIer
man fight. now wants 10 secure four
big championship fights for the early
part OF April. This Is the programme
he has mapped out rs starter Tor n
two day bargain fstic carnival: Jack
OBrien aud Al Kaufman or Mike
Schrcck. Joe Cans and Harry Lewis.
Jimmy Gardner and Honey Melody.
Kid Herman and Jimmy Britt II
Is his idea TO decide the four fights In
two days for one price OF admission.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
Hector Wa. . surpr,...

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 0.-The Oak.
land track was muddy. but the attend.
ance was fair. In the feature Of the
card. the Gehelmess handicap there
was a marked reversal Of form when
Hector surprised the crowd 10y going TO
the front aud winning easily from his
field. The owner was called into the
stand Ia regard 10 the horses sudden
change. Mary +. ran honestly. but
could not gain on the winner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
AamI,. outlaw rr,.,.,. League.

NEW YORK. Jan. a-Putting aside
all disputes aud differences Of years
standing. the National Association 81
Baseball Leagues. which includes the
minor leagues. adopted resolution NJ
L. annual meeting NJ the Fifth Ave.
nue. hotel here admitting the outlaw
Tristaic league 10 membership as n
Class II organization.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
want. Patterson Aldermen Indicted.

PATTERSON. n. j.. Jan. o. A re.
quest that the board OF aldermen Of
this city be Indicted for failure 20 en-
force the liquor laws was made 10 the
grand Jury by Judge Pltney In the
rassalc county court In his charge
Judge Pitncy said that the members of
the grand jury would be dercllct In
their duty II they did not return such
indictments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
ssrw.. Hon. wrecked b, r,plo.,o.

PUNXsUTAwNEY. Pa. Jan. a.
james McEwen. his wife and two
daughters were Injured and their home
was partially destroyed by an cxpio-
sion OF natural gas. Mrs. McEwen de
lectcd strong odor OF gas Ia the
house when she arose and struck a
match 10 iind the leak.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09
ri., 60 Murder Al white omcer..

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Jan. D.
A message from Fort Reno states that
during the examination Of Corporal
Knowles. colorcd. charged with shoot
Ing Captain Macklin ON the night Of
Dec. II. u was developed that there
was n plot TO murder every white OH
Ger at the post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09

Panama f,aEinecr- wAa, Increase.
CHICAGO. Jan. o Engineers and
drcigcmcn on the Panama canal viii
lIpcii 10 President r. rrye't shortly
IN tie Interest Of higher ways for
themselves
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09

Dyspepsia Is Americas curse. Rur-
dock Blood Bltiers conquer dyspepsia
every time. II drives out impurities,
tones the stomach, restores perfect III.
gestlon, normal weight aud good
health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09

Japan might discover jus, by feeling
around the edges OF I, that the
United States Is not Russia by n long
.hot
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-01-09

This is absolutely In ADVANCE Money depo
or before the 5 Of month will be entitled interest from the
the month
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
BUSINESS NOTES.

Go where the best in town 60 by
paying visit to Capt. Anson's Home
Plate Buffet, 1914 Madison street,
the most popular place downtown.
Finest billiard and poolroom In the
world.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

In this or any other city IN the conn.,
tn.
40
The Rienxi IL the place to 60 for an
enjoyable afternoon or evening. Excel
lent music, fine cuisine, splendid serv.
Ice and beautiful garden and hall. Has
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street, Evanston avenue and Diversey
boulevard.
~6~
There are no brands Of beer In the
market better liked or oftener called
Tor than the Dortmunder, Extra Pale,
Oortmunder Dopple. Salvador and
BershofI's Select, brands Of the Berg.
sofF Brewing Company. Fort Wayne.
Ind.
~6A
No wonder the business Of the Brand
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I worldwide reputation.
~e
For the best and cheapest mats and
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%6A
No better place In Chicago for pic
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boulevard and Northwest cath street.
~e~
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idence and patronage Of the very best
PEOPLE In Chicago. and II you want the
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us Dearborn street.
~0A
The beer bottled BY the Independent
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One Of the finest bEewesiea In tn,
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Saltwater" "Be.shofr's Select" and
'ast but not least, "Dortmundsr."
~9A
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y the man to 60 for campaign button
and the finest badges Of al dsscrip
lions.
The oombineA LaQsid Tank an
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10 shown the decided advantages Of cor
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Tue safest department Store In tn
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public.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21
CRIME COSTS NATION
5000, 600, 900 A YEAR

Jefferson City. Mo, Nov. 19.-The &C
tual cost of crime in the United States
is now more than 5000, 000, 900 q year,
according to estimates completed by
Thomas Speed Mosby, Missouri state
pardon attorney, n made public here
today.
If we consider also the well known
HoG-productiVeness of the criminal
c!a1sea," says MIR. MOsby. this would
bring the estimated burden of crime
no to fully $500, 900. 600 per annum. Ev-
cry honest man in this country. who
is the head OF a family, is obliged to
pay about 1926 n year on this account,
and the per capita cost of crime is
much more than the per capita cost Of
education.
According to the most relic BILE
sources of information. about one In ev,
cry 800 persons In the United States
Is either a pauper, q lunatic or a GRIM
inal, n our degenerate poulation
would make a city larger than the ma
tional capital"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21
MINT PRESS CANNOT
MAKE NEW COINS

Washington, Nov. 19.-The irrever-
ent expressions the president declares
are caused by the motto In roc We
Trust" are nothing compared with the
profanity provoked in the Philadelphia
mint when the attempt was made to
strike the new gold coins from the
st. Gaudens' design.
The presses in the big money MAX
ing establishment would not work at
all when run at the ordinary rate OF
speed.
The principal difficulty is that the
design for the new coin provides for
an extremely high relief on both sides
of the piece and the ordinary coin
presses used in the minis is incapable
of turning out the coins in perfect
condition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21
Ex-GOV. TAYLOR TO
TESTIFY THIS TIME

Lexington, KY, Nov. 19.-Wllliam S.
Taylor, ex-governor of Kentucky, and
Charles Finley. an officeholder under
him, will come from their exile in In
dinapolis to testify for Caleb Powers,
charged with completely in the assas-
sination of William Goebel.
This announcement is made in
Georgetown. The date for the appear
ance Of these two men. for whose re-
u to Kentucky Governor Beckham
has made several acquisitions on gov
ernors OF Indiana, has not been fixed.
Commemorative Attorney Franklin,
Of the district in which the killing was
done, and Governor Beckham have each
gone on record as saying that IL Taylor
and Finley would return to testify for
Powers, they would guarantee them
immunity from arrest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21

mo wives! No sweethearts! Nc
mothers! No grandmothers! No auntsi
No cousins! BY Jimmy! A graveyard
Thanksgiving! No place to go to and
nobody to care whether you go or notl'
In No mild way did Major Philander
Young snap out these EXPLANATIONS. He
leaned against the peony corral fence.
looked at the hapy mules and horses,
thrust into his pocket his pipe and
groaned.
Whats that. PHILIP"
Look at the dust up the road. It's
a wagon! Two wagons! Glory | o the
prophets! Speaking of angels! Here
they come. BY JoNe! Girls, too BY
all that's holy"
Major Philander climbed a post spry
as n monkey, drew his field glasses
from their case and gazed for ten min
utes.
Thunder Joe it's the colonel and
his whole outfit from Santa Fe! Run
call Bob! Run every n OF you! Put
something in order in the tents! Shove
the boots, pipes, spurs and old clothes
everything-urder the cots! Roll up
the blankets! Put the cleanest on top!
How like the"
There, Phllander, hold on! I've
camped with the colonel n his jolly
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21

p~eriOusly close to the great canyons
below.
Low, long wailing notes touched the
organ, like a dirge-then the wind came
against the rocky pinnacles and made
a grand cathedral Of its music. 1t was
like an army going into battle! Soil
tery and small the little party felt. az
they thrilled with it's grandeur.
suddenly a girls voice rang out In
shriekS, as suddenly broke into song
IT horses! Cricket Ny darling!
Don Garcia had gone into the corral.
with snowy ~trappings o half dozen
men had followed. The horses hsa
huddled close together. as with seaithy
steps the men began fastening them
with q lariat.
Boys. what's that?" Don Garcia
gave gave a low whistle; his men
sprang into their saddles. Fly! Santa
Maria" With eyes fixed on the organ
pipes they dashed up the road In a
Hash. Their faces paied. They bowed
their heads as they rode in the shadow
Of Los Organos.
Polly leaned far over the sharnast
Her white hands were wavin1
wildly; her long hair was blown nv
the nerce wind. She sang song after
SSnS, clear as a bell, with the moan
OF the organ in waves of music
Don Garcia saw this vision and the
Great Spirit muttered curses and
tn~reatenlngs upon them. They crossed
themselves n dashed far away int
the valley Of the Rio Grande.
MAJOR Phtlander Young picked Mis-.
Poily up in his arms and carried hsr
sately to h ground. i
You are splendid You are a dan.
oywyou are a darling. by Jove."
When the colonel rode into camn
ana thanksgiving dinner was wall
ing Polly was sitting on the back of,
her blessed Cricket, crying, laughinp
talking ~incoherently, the center Of an
admiring group. al"
Major Philander Young owns a.
Drown stone 'front.' house in wash
ington. d. c., where to the "oId how
thanksgiving dinners are still servs5
Madame Polly Baker Youns" still
aashes feaTlessly Up and down h
oeautiful country roads on another.
Cricket" the gift OF her husband
while the country clubs, the RooseveIts
and foreign legations who excel in An:
horsemanship declare none can eonaI
the plucky little girl who MANAGED the
band OF horse thieves in Mexico .s,non
a Thanksgiving day." not long ago
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-21
PLACES DICKENS IN
NATURE FAKER CLASS

Philadelphia, Nov. 2O.-Was Charles
Dickens the first of the nature ia
kers?
1t is a question that ought to inter
est many thousands of people-the
thousands who love the author Of "Da-
Vid Copperf1eld," as well as the thou
sands who have followed President
Roosevelt's war upon the writer's who
m~lsrepresent animal life in fiction.
1t is, moreover, a question which
came very near to being answered in
the affirmative at the Widener library,
Broad street and Girard avenue. re-
Gently. The occasion was the No
vember meeting OF the Philadelphia
branch Of the Dickens Fellowship. and
the critic was no less an authority
than DIR. Henry Lehman. who, be-
sides his reputation as a chemist, is at
once an ardent naturalist and an ar
dent disciple OF Boz"
Man a Thing Apart
Though the doctrine of evolution is
now so generally accepted" said DR..
Lehman. that most of us feel az il
ell the world had always known that
all animal life was kin, yet some few
Of us can remember q time when man
considered himself a thing apart.
Certainly most noyelists have so
treated him. and it must be confessed
that. marvelously alive as are the hu-
iIldll SICaLlOilO VI has tllltt6 ltldllOI
Charles Dickens had not much OF the
artists eye for the lowe: figures in the
animal kingdom save such as are d.
rectly associated with man.
Slight sympathy for Science.
Indeed, Dickens sympathies were
not. generally toward science-even SCI
cnce in other fields than those of the
northumberland he once published a
deservedly forgotten burlesque of the
then young British Association for the
Advancement of Science: Nor, 1 fear.
can 1t be said that his animals are as
genuine as his people.
Perhaps the best known Of them all
is Barnaby Ridges raven rip"
which Dickens declared was a COM
posite from real life. But I am afraid
n a such powers of speech and I'M
derstanding as Rip possessed were
ley boosted Of by a real raven.
rip Is too loquacious, too respon-
sive to the moods of his master, too
ready to pick up every new catch
wCrd, to be convincing, and even If af-
idavits were forthcoming to this birds
truth. they would impress me merely
as fresh evidence OF the fallibility OF
human observation and human MEM
ory."