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terest in all that concerns mo MY mind IS quit"
made up-aud I told Albert -his morning of II. ilr
warm affection he showed mr ou learning this Elf.
great pleasure. Hs seems perfection, ana !
think l have thc prospect ~ very great happi-
before I lore Aiil NOR" than can say
and 7 shall do everything iu nay power 20 render
the sacrifice hc has mad" tfur q srcrttr' IN IaN
opinion il is) small I clu. re seems 90 have
position. These last few tat- have passed IKE a.
dream me, and ! $50 much bauNd'rrd by If
all that know hardly how 10 write! but do feel
UeTD, happy
7, is absolutely necessary that this determination
OF mine should he known % No one but yourself.
and Uncle Ernest-till the meeting of Parliament
AS Il would be considered otleIwiea urEl'ritIl uu
my part not 10 have assembled itrliaW'n nt at ono"
have informed them OF g. Lord M.l-
bourne whom hav. OF course consulted about tie
whole affair. quite uUrrpE'- IuN choice, and 'N-
presses great satisfaction M tu" event which ho
thinks IN every way highly desirable. Lord Mel
done towards me. win the greatest kindness and
We also think Il better aud Albert quite approves
Of n that yy. should he married very soon after
and indeed loving Albert as ! do cannot wish
il should De delayed My feelings are htfl'
changed must say. since last Spring when I said
couldn't think OF marrying for three or four
gears; but seeing Albert has changed all this.
This letter IS the prelude to strain which
recurs again and again in the Queens CORE
spondence. Her happiness in no. husband was
complete He filed the difficult position OF
Prince Consort with remarkable adrotness and
his counsel in all matters Of government ana
politics was Of such service to the Queen that
she was always eager to ascribe to him the
achievements marking her reign while ne was
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require Almost on the eve OF the wedding
when he is proposing a longer stay at Wind
sor than would suit her convenience as Queen,
she writes to him, saying, You forget, my dear
est Love, that I am the Sovereign and that
business can stop and wait for nothing" The
note struck here is magnificent and 1t Is char
acteristic of the Queen at every time and in
all circumstances.
The hard and sometimes excessively delicate
task Of subordinatiug personal considerations to
her conception OF what was due to her country
and government was made the more trying
through the fact that the ramifications of her
family extended all over Europe. To woman
of her affectionate disposition the necessity Of
distinguishing between public and private rela-
tfons was especially irksome. 1t was anguish to
her to wound a kinsman whom she loved. But
her sense of duty acted a solvent in the set
Element of her problems, as well In her youth as
in her womanhood She took to heart the advice
of Leopold. THE great thing is to be the Ma
tional Sovereign of your own country" he said.
"and to love its very faults" She did not finch
when to follow this advice led to a rather sharp
eDisode between herself and the beloved uncle
who gave It, King Leopold felt that England
owed him her support in Belgium, and when the
policy of the Queens Cabinet. with reference to
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her Uncle, the King of the Belgians. which will
show how dreadful "A blow Mime. Adelaide's death
viii be the King of the French and Royal Fam
lily. The Queens first thought write the
King. which she would not have done without first
mentioning il to Lord john but upon reflection she
thought II quickest and best write once TO her
cousin Clementine princess Augustus OF Sake
Coburg), TO convey in her name the King her
sincere sympathy on this melancholy event The
King of the Belgians' letter has, however, brought
the King. and she wishes TO know what Lord John
thinks of it. The Queen thinks II undignihed
unfcelinE carry political coolness at moments
like these, when her feelings of sympathy are
so strong and so sincere The Queen would certain
y under other circumstances have instantly written
her cousin (the Kings daughter) may be sufficient.
as II conveys a direct message: and there may be
people who will construe this into political act,
but the Queen thinks that this risk should rather
be run than that she should appear unfeeling and
forgetful of former Kindness and intimacy.
The Queen would be clad to have Sir Johns opin-
lon on this subject a possible.
The Queens relations with her Ministers form
the substance of very large part of this cor
respondence. The essential principle OF patriotic
duty by which they governed has already
been indicated. To the historical student there
is much in the letters which will have value as
throwing light this or that episode in the
formation or fall of a Ministry. and on specific
phases of domestic and foreign policy. But for
the general reader the appeal of this part of the
work lies in its exposition Of the Queens de-
velopment constitutional ruler. The high
minded cooperation with the government which
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that the deposed Maharaiah Dhuleep singh haa
shown little or no regret for atrocities recently
inflicted upon British men and women In India
by the natives. The Queen replied:
Though might have perhaps wished ne w. =,
haraiah to express his feelings on the subject U
the late atrocities in India it hardly to be ex
pected that he NATURALLY of negative though $50
tie and very amiable diSpOSitOn) should pronOunSo
opinion painful a subject, attached as no
is his country. and naturally StH pOssesslns VIZ
all his amiabllity and goodness, Eastern HGtaTes
he also hardly, depOsed Indian Soveresn. ~
East India Company and above all impatient OF
Sir John Logins tutorship. be expected to s hSs ~
hear his COUntTy-peOple called n6HdS and utoRStesf
and to see them brought in hundreds II not thou-
sands, 10 be executed.
Ills best course is to nothing. she must tilHN
IL is a great mercy he poor boy is not there
OF the Queens attitude toward the libera
arts, and. indeed, of the intellectual figures Ia
the period covered In these volumes. We hsaa
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business that brought them together. by per-
sonal sympathy not long to be kept concealed
by awkwardness of manner; and. what was hes,
of all, he was disposed to follow. at home ana
abroad. the firm but conservative line which, with
the Queen herself. instructive. She had
indeed to regret him when she was distrauvh.
by the vacillatiOns of Lord John Russell ana
exasperated by the high handed ways Of PAL
merston. A good deal of space is given in thesa
volumes to her long conflict with one of tia
most difficult statesmen who ever looked after
Great Britain's foreign affairs Lord Palmer
ston's policy was nothing if not energetic. ana
his confidence in 1t was such that he was i'm
patient of the checks which the Queen wouI5
frequently have imposed upon it. In diplomat,,
appointments and in communications to ths
Queens representatives abroad he seemed neva-
to tire of obstructing or disregarding her wisbe.
Her influence would have made for peace. IN.
made for irritation. What she would have ar
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his affairs did not seem TO him 10 be quite
favorable enough. he complained repeatedly 10
his niece. with great patience she explained 70
him that he might be OF English good will
bat must not expect too much. Il am glad
cStractod some spark Of politics from your dear
Majesty" he replies whereupon. in a friendly
but terse note she says:
Though YOU seem not n dislike my political
sparks think s. e. better not TO increase them.
they might hrally take fire. particularly I see
with rr-'.r that this subject cannot
preston o. very sincere wishes FOR the welfare
and prosperity of Belgium.
This crushing rebuke 70 one whom she re
garded "A second father must have cost a
grevous paug; but that was not, In her opin-
ion, too much To- pay for her chief object. the
avoidance OF anything like embarrassment for
her Ministers. In the correspondence Of Janu-
ary. ISIS there IS interesting example Of
her puuctiHo or@this point. The political inter
course Of England and France at that moment
was not IN the happiest vein. and though the
Queen was really attached TO Louis Philippe
personally, she was veXed with the course his
government had taken. on the death of his
sister. she was torn between eagerness 10 e1-
press her private sympathy and fear lest. in
writing she might disturb the situation II af-
fcctcd her Foreign once. In her difficulty she
wrote this letter 10 the Prime Minister:
The Queen sends Lord John Russell u letter from
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which she set upon paper long afterward we
have these glimpses of her nrst yeats.

which she set upon paper long afterward we
nave these glimpses Of her frst years.
Ny earliest recoilections are connected with Ken
S-'lSeoh rance where rnber crawling on
= yellow carpet spread out for that purpose-and
lelns tod that II cried and naughty my Uncle
ssusse1 would hear me and punish me for which
Itatsoll always screamed when I saw him! / had
Gnd aprons . . I was brof,elt ~, ,.N... . WEE
Ily-never had room to myself tiIl 7 was ineariv
EiDbn up-4iWays slept in my mothers room tiil
ct5as 70 the Throne At ciaremont and In tba
sIns. houses az the bathing places I sal and took
I'D lessons IN my goyerness's bedroom NO 80
.t sa oi learning as little cfildand bafied every
Altipt 20 teach me my letters up 10 five Yea ia
when consented to learn them IN, 49, t oio
written down before me. - i OS'HS
n the year '26 (I thinl) George ~ asl,as -.
eoasr my Sister and down TO Windsor for ny ths
st.l tls' ne mad been bad terms with NV No.
liner when he died-and took hardly any to- Oe
- poor WIDOW and little fatheriess girl who MS
A. - ne ufne or his (the Duke of Kentsl
es-en tnat they could not travel back TO KensInx.
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Queen Vscto,ia's Character Por-
trayed by Herself.

TIE LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA A Selec-
ton from Her Majestys Correspondence Be
tween the years 1887 and 1861. Published by
authority OF His Majesty the King. Edited by
Arthur Christopher Benson, NJ A, and Niscount
F,sher. G. c. V. O., x. c. B. In three volumes
Svo. pp. xviii, ca; xiv $40; tx, S51 u|ongIilahs
Green & COZ
The reign Of a constitutional ruler resembles
at once a great natural growth and vast
architectural fabric. Based upon the character
Of q people and Influenced in its development by
broad social conditions, it nevertheless inevitably
receives the impress of legislatures and minis
ters. being expressive Of their policies no less
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
ELECTRICAL FRATERNITY
First Annual Dinner at the Putnam
Wednesday EVENING.

The Bennington and Hoosick Falls
Electrical Fraternity, through the
courtesy of the Bennington Electric
Light and Power company, held its
first annual dinner at the Putnam
house Wednesday evening. 1t was a
gathering OF over score of congenial
associates whose daily life brings
them into close contract with each
other and the occasion was SO
thoroughly enjoyable that the mem.
cries OF 1t will furnish many a joke
and laugh until the years rolls around
Tor the next annual meeting. Mayor
Lyons was a guest of honor.
Superintendent E. E. Larrabee pre-
sided at the head of the tables and
upon taking the seat of honor pro.
mulgated the order that everyone pres.
ent should make speech, sing n
song or tell a story. This requirement
was fulfilled to the letter. For the
nth time since he arrived from Wal
lingford w. III. Nichols told how he
killed that buck, H. w. Small sang
some excellent songs from AUD
ScotiaV and every member of the com.
pany helped do his part in the post.
prandial exercises.
The bill of fare was somewhat
technical but not so much so that
many OF the points may be under.
stood by layman:
Soups
insulating Compound Transit on
Porcelain Tubes Two Ball Adjusters
Fish
Lead Covered Cable in Iron Conduit
Tree Trimmings
Roast
Lyons and Nichols Pothead a Ia
Frenchman
Bronze Copper Segments
Christmas Tree Outfits
Entries
H. W. Rosettes la Windsor
Hubbell Chain
Salads
Glover Salad a la Mayonaise
Desert
Wireless Ice and Assorted Fibre
Battery Fluid penc,i 1;nos
:, Inc guests of the evening were E.
=; Larrabee, W. Fl. Nichols, w. M.
AKIN, j: p. Daley, J. w. Leighton. b
y. Bradley, J. E. VIM, H. C. Chase.
A. Dwyer. l.. c. Davis, w. L. LYONS
ueorge Stratton, w. Ostrander, L.
MATS, W. Burke, H. W. Small, H. H.
warren, W. Rudd. r. Taylor e. p
Boughton.
AN excellent supper, the principal
feature being venison for which the
company acknowledged its indebted.
ness TO Messre Nichols and Lyons. was
served by Landlord Cornell.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
A "kAFFEE kLASTcH,
Fair at St. Peters Parish House Next
Week,

A "kaffee Klastch" and sale will be
held in st. Peters Parish house the
AFTERNOON and evenings of November
sixth and seventh. In the coffee room
Frau Grafui. Frau Diidenhoff and Frau
Auerback will serve coffee, sandwiches
and chicken salad. tea and waters.
ice cream and German cakes. This
room will offer for sale THANKSGIVING
tavors and many attractive novelties.
Frau Adelberts booth will be the
center of attraction for children,
dolls, stuffed animals, handkerchiefs
and flowers will be sold. Young girls
costumed as flowers will be in at
tendance
Frau Nohden's utility and mysterious
package department will create much
amusement. Frau Hertz and Frau
f1aytman will assist.
Frau Nuremberg and Frau Keller will
sell home made and the celebrated
Mirror candy from an attractive stall.
assisted by Frauline Scheller, Frauline
Nohdren and Frauline Maxmenden.
One corner of the hall will be filled
with the usual goods always found at
such an entertainment. Home made
rugs, many useful and decorative
articles in care of Frau Scheller and
Frau Bliimendorf.
The dairy and vegetable stall, fruits,
jellies, pickles, etc, will attract all
good housekeepers. Frau Hartz. Frau
Seiberg, Frauline Seibold, Frauline
Scheller and Frauline Lambiind will
be in charge. . Nor should the Golden
Goose, Frau Greppi will represent, be
forgotten, Admission 10 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
PATRONSON ROUTE.
z W|LLL0SE MAIL
DELIVERY
Unless Roads are Repaired
Within 80 Days.
TOWN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
Warning Letter Was Received Today
From Fourth Assistant Post.
master General.

The free delivery Of mail on rural
route number 2, on which w. P. Bah
cock is carrier will be discontinued
or changed so as to include different
territory unless the roads on that route
are repaired within 80 days.
This is the meat of notice received
today by Frank NJ. Crawford, chair
man of the board of selectmen, but in
effect addressed to the town of Ben.
nington. The letter comes from the
fourth assistant postmaster general
and is couched in plain language
| Special reference is made to the con-
dition Of the road from the village lin.
its to the Gore place.
1t is said that the inspector who was
here several days ago and went over
the rural routes declared this the
worst piece of road he ever found on
rural route except, possibly, one sec.
ton in the town of Enosburgh, this
state.
The selectmen are powerless i'm the
matter. All they can do will be to
call the attention of the commissioner
in the south district to the contents Of
the letter. The town voted the re-
pairs on the roads into the hands of
the commissioners and must abide the
outcome
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31

RECEPTION TO SECRETARY LlEsy
Pleasant Gathering In Honor Of the He.
firing Secretary.

Inc brotherhood room OF the NJ. u.
church was tastefully arranged LAST
evening Tor the farewell reception to
De given to G. Il. Lieby, retiring sec.
rotary OF the Y. NJ c. A. by the
brotherhood OF ST. Paul of which he
was member. The president, Rev.
Dr. fowley and the officers acted as a
reception committee. SIS Mr. lie.
by was escorted to the rooms by c. ID.
Gibson OF the committee on arrange.
ments.
Inc meeting was opened I'm due form
AFTER which the president stated that
at recent meeting the desire had
oeen expressed to give Mr.. Lieiy a re.
ception and committee consisting of
A. +. Barber, G. d. Gibson and E. S.
doKay We're appointed to make neces.
sary arrangements. The result was
tnls meeting. He said the program of
the evening was an entirely informal
one, and announced Secretary Lieby
as ths honored guest of the evening.
duane Bassett then rendered two
very pleasing piano solos and J. Law.
renee Griswold recited a very enjoy.
aDie production. The president then
asked TOT short talks expressive OF the
brothers feelings toward Mr.. Lieby
ana A. Il. HOLSTER, A. u. Cutler, A. M
torrance and h. T. Griswoid expresse d
tnelr nigh regard for Mr.. LieDy as a
christian gentleman and the belief was
expressed that the systemati2ed ar.
rangement of the Y. NJ. C. A. work
winch he has accomplished I'm his short
stay here, will make it easy for his
successor to go on with il. whereas
Shen lie came here all was disorder
and practically no Y. NJ. C. A. All ex
pressed their regret that he must leave
and wished for him successful fut
ure.
Alter another solo, DR.. Rcwley ad
dressed Mr.. Lieby personally referring
10 MS statements when ne came that
ne should not forget In all that he did
that he was in charge of Christian
association and that he should see re
1t that that spirit should permeata all
its activities and this you have done.
said the speaker, and this is VIVA,
IKE about you and after you are g, nt
as people think of it they viii find sou
growing III their estimation as a man
~ Christian gentleman"
Then as token of regard and afCec
ton on behalf of the Brotherhood O
81. Paul, he presented Secretary Lieby
ana Vile with several pieces of silver
Mr.. Lieby replied with much feelip:
thanking the brotherhood and express
ing the conviction that his brief sta,
in Bennington would prove BLESSING
to himself and to others. He said h,
had tried to do his duty faithfully anC
was content to leave it all to his Divin,
Master For the friendship of tn,
brotherhood as shown in the beautiful
gift he said he could not find words
suitable to express his gratitude. H,
closed by saying,"I shall never forge
you, brothers, for this" After sinein.
Blest be the Tie That Binds Will,
forming the Brotherhood circle. tn,
meeting broke up with many well wish
es for the secretary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
Autopsy on Body Showed
Potassium
GAS MAY HAVE CAUSED DEATH
Wrote to His Wife just Before He
Died OF Attack by Robbers In
New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3i.-After per-
forming an autopsy on the body OF
Herman Bradley Potter, .Jr., OF Doyles-
town, Pa. who was found bruised and
gashed in his room in the Waldorf
Astoria, Coroner's Physician Philip j.
O'IIanlon announced that the sudden
death of the wealthy insurance man
was due either to asphyxiation, caused
by a fall, or to poisoning by cyanide
of potassium.
The mans nose had also been broken,
and that also looked like a fresh In
jury, but several other wounds on the
head had begun to heal and apparent
ly were not of recent infliction.
There were no wounds on the body,
but both legs from the knees to the
ankles were covered with bruises and
cuts, as though the victim had been
brutally kicked These wounds had
also begun TO heal and had not been
recently made.
House Detective Smith says that Pot
ter was drinking Saturday when be
talked with him and that he then
spoke of having been beaten and rob
bed. Where the victim kept himself
up to the time of the finding Of the
body is a mystery, although he Is said
to have had breakfast In his room at
1890 o'clock Tuesday morning. 1t Is
evident that Potter wrote to his wife
after the assault, as is shown by the
following letter to his wife:
I'm the left hand drawer of the bu-
reau you will find in the tin box an en-
velope in which are the names of all
the insurance companies l represent.
Write to every one of them and ask
them to appoint you their agent"
The letter then dealt with private
family matters and closed as follows:
"Goodby to you and the children.
forgot TO say that on last Saturday
night | was put out of business while
on my way to the hotel. was tackled
! by three toughs, and had quite an ex-
perience. ! fought two of them to a
standstill, but the third hit me with a
sandbag on the left side of my head,
knocking me out. They took my
watch, locket, cigarette case, ring and
! pocketbook.
"a policeman came up and took me
in. Fortunately | had my key to the
Waldorf, and that means a great deal
| in New York. Goodby."
Coroner Hamburger advanced the
| theory that Potter. after being attack
ed. addressed the letter to his wife so
in case he died ii would be sent to her
When the body was discovered it was
! lying in an alcove that connected the
sleeping room with the bathroom, and
his clothes were neatly folded and ly.
| ing on chair. The remnants of break
fast were on table, and two pack
ages of cigarettes were beside the tray
/ The sum of S16.75 lay on top Of the
| bureau.
When the coroner was asked II IL
would be possible for man to write
a letter after his skull had been frac-
tured he said it would. He declared
that Potter might have written the
letter to his wife and collapsed after
ward.
A small jar was found in the bath
room containing some kind Of drug.
| This will be analysed
1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
FELT BROTHER WAS HURT
Knew Of Accident at Chester Before
Receiving Telephone Message.

Chester, Oct 29.--The fact that
George Harlow, one of the foremen for
the Pollard Manufacturing company
had been severely injured here today,
became known to the brother, DR..
Frank Harlow of Claremont, n. H.,
simultaneously with the accident
through some process of telepathy.
DR.. Harlow telephoned to this town
soon afterward and received informa-
ton that bore out his fears.
Mr.. Harlow, who is well known
throughout this state and in New
Hampshire, was at work in the wrap.
per factory and reached up in accord
ance with the nightly custom to ad,
just part of the machinery at 5
o'clock. His right foot slipped under
crank shaft, the great toe and the
second toe being so badly mangled
that they had to be amputated. DR..
Harlow telephoned> James Pollard, a
brother-in-law of the injured man, and
asked whether there was any trouble
with George. He said he had had an
impression at exactly 5 o'clock that
something had happened to his brother
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
kEYES-NORTHROP.
F. w. Reyes and Miss Lettie Northrop
Married in Cheshire.

Readsboro. Oct 30-Miss Lettio
Northrop. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George e. Northrop of Chesire was
married to f. w. Keyes of Readsboro
Monday afternoon at the home of the
brides parents. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Dwight Spencer,
pastor of the Cheshire Baptist church,
The bridesmaid was Miss Ethel Love.
joy, a cousin of the bride and the best
man was Ira Chase of Readsboro
The bride Is a young lady well known
in Cheshire where she has always made
her home and where she has been &C.
tive in social and church interests. For
some time she has been living in Reads
boro where she has been bookkeeper
In the Readsboro chair factory. After
a short wedding journey, Mr.. and Mrs
Reyes will make their home here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-31
CHILD TAKES POISON
Swallows Corrosive Sublimate and Dies
Within Short Time.

Rutland, Oct. 30-Elizabeth, the 16
months old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Schmitt of No. 16 Woodstock
avenue; died yesterday morning from
the effects of taking some corrosive
sublimate which was accidentally plac
ed within her reach. The little girl
had been brought down stairs by her
brother, who sat her on the floor while
he was building fire.
In making preparations for the fire
the. brother took the poison from a
shelf and placed 1t on a table. In some
way the paper was knocked onto the
floor and the baby took the contents.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Schmitt came
down stairs and found the little one
gagging and saw the paper on the floor.
She Immediately took Elizabeth to the
office of DR.. n. j. Delehanty on North
Main street but it was too late to save
her life. Besides her parents she Is
survived by two brothers, Charles and
George.