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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

A Barre man did a job Of painting re-.
Gently and was not able to collect his
SIS bill for the work So he turned
the bill oyer 60 lawyer for collection.
Here let us pause moment for tie
lawyers to brace themselves and prepare
to swear at the writer Of this. The
lawyer had no better ilck collecting the
bin, but he did engage the painter to
sweep the eobwebs out Of the Office and
re-tint the walls.
This done, the painter got anxious for
a settlement Of the bill which he had
placed in the hands Of the lawyer for col.
lection. "AII right acquiesced the law.
yer, and he sat down and figured how
they stood. In A short time be announc.
Jed TO the painter that the latter owed
the lawyer not only che amount of the
collection bill, but the labor for repairing
the lawyers office. while there was SIS
coming to the lawyer to boot. The paint
er nearly collapsed, but soon con6ratu.
lated himself on bis final escape from
the legal embrace He announces that
he viii hereafter do his own collecting,
or let the bills 20 TO outlaw.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

Nevertheless, II wouldn't Be a safe
proposition for anyone to kill another
and theu rely On the @nnwitsen law
70 get him ont 81 the hole, the same
rs these Strothera brothers have just
done In Virginia. TIE "rnuTitten law
appeals forcibIy, bat all iuries would
not look at It IN the same light that
these virginians did. II IL far preferable
to allow the lag To mese out what pun.
ishHent and personal retribution there
may be sought.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

barn. 50 great was the sagacify OF this
beast that ID wg1lld regularly pull the
hasps w IN twu doors, pass through and
then march straight to the grain bis.
and there took its fit
Not ID he omtdone in the tire ~
horses Alderman Cutler reported that
he had an equine in bis stable, which
woald 10 10 the watsr-tnb id the barn.
turn The faucet with It's teeth and then
drink the refreshing water Huh, that
aint nothing, interpbsed Alderman
ThgrEtoH. give cot cut which II %
pleased 81 the sight Of running water
that II will 70 up in the bathroom and
reaeh Up and pull the cord releasing
flow 81 water from the reservoir above.
alderman ThuTston thought that that
would hold 'eIn for while and ii did;
no more stories were Forthcoming.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

During a hill in the business at the
city council chamber the other evening
the members got to dealing in tales Of
domestic animal life.
The tallsfeast was started by
little "purp' which displayed its relig
ious bent and training by getting grave.
ly up into chair, turning its face to
the floor, al the same time resting ia
paws on the gack Of the chair. IN this
position IL would remain until someone
said Amen, when it would Jump to tho
floor This dog was the property of
Deputy Sheriff Slayton..
The next story was told by City Clerk
Mackay about D horse quartered in bis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08
FHR0GERiS so
ia North Main St Barre. VI.

without the meddiing Of busybodies.
Therefore, We shan eheerfuIly accept
their statement that at this time there
is nothing 10 announce 10 Tie public.
With the understanding however, that
something Is actually being accomplished.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

For sonla reason or other e. III. Harm.
man doesn't carry conviction With lila
words when DE gathers the Newspaper
aaen about hiaa and grants m ''inter-
yieE7 on what he has and has not done.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

Goddard seminary Il getting to Sc a
cosmopolitan school. Among the stu,
dents Is ono from the beautiful isle al
Cuba, another from far.away south
America, third from Johnny Bun land.
while now ysnng lady has entered from
the land Of the Oriental Yankees. the
Japanese, although she herself Is not
Jap. And BY the way TIE institution
on the bill is in a very prosperevs con.
dition, compared with some of her sister
denominational schools in Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

just now when nearly everyone u
hitting The Central Vermont railway
company, q single strike win come sim
Ply III the Ratare of events
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

scne people wIlI arer that the license
town Of Jay IN Orleans county was a.
aood as its name In TIE last local OPP
tton vote.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

Brattlebcro Stu retains III reputation
AZ the bonpe 81 ''shose who uaed 10 lire
here, and ~ gmezampIed scraps In torn
meeting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08
GRANIrEvILLE.

Granite Mountain lodge, No. 1907, I.
Q. 9. p, N. y. All the members arc
requested 70 tetcnd the meeting Friday
evening at o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08
" The stormy March has
como At last. Bryant

One good Rain Coat
outlasts a dozen umbrcl-
las. According to stats
tics there is more illness
from colds in March than
at any time Of the year.
Take warning and take a
Rain Coat. The best
kind here at $1,000 and
SIS. 90. Other Goats at
$40. 90 each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

Traits right, ses III know 1t The start
who can and who can't deal With tae
city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

Scene, city eourt room. actors. some
Barre lawyers exchanging amenities aud
passing pleaeaBtries Ike fragrant bout
guets on calm summer morn.
4 tell You that this witness did not
say that
II ten you Ne did,
He didn't
aHe dii.n
Ny brother attorney, who says ne
did does not tel the TRUTH
@0n the contrary my learned friend on
the ether nide, who Says he dldnst. II
sn exponent ~ that base class III indi-
giduaIs who are sometimes called pre-
yaricatorsn
You're n --"
NO. I'm not. You're q ."
Then they see the absurfity OF the
situation, smile and shake hands. but
ready 10 engage ii another cliach At tbs
Least signal. The casual spectator won
deTs what becomes Of the merit OF the
case and II the question III lawyers
verecity Is being tried
Of course they did not use the exact
words Of the above but IL amounts Ia
TIE same thing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

President Roosevelt aays II Is and
President Eliot sags Il isn't, Take your
Kirk at football
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08

An old gentleman was seen doing the
serpentiHe about pole the other day,
and those at some distance away we're
70 loss To know what he was IN 10.
Bait a. they raine nearer they found that
be was reading one Of those anti-spit.
ting signs which the city council has
had strung throughout the city. The
signs are moHftF0us things, 10 biz II
fact that they reach entirely around a
eommon-sizei pole The Old gentleman
AZ first thought IL circus poster. RE-
would start at the left hand side and
reading naturally Ia the right. found
himself twisted halfway around tue polc
before be got to the end 81 the line.
Untwisting himself, Re would 70 back
70 the original starting position, and
again pind himself into 4 coil. Thus.
until he got to the end Of the script.
when be found himself wiser but
tired man. It has been suggested that
vehicles BE- provided whereby he who
reads may ride about the pole for com.
forts sake. There il 0ue thing about
It, though no one with eyes at all could
miss seeing the sign.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-08
4,421O

eapiea tire lavgeat raid circulation 81
any daily paper ID this sectioa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
NGroN, VT, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1907
ANNUAL MEETING
Reports and Officers Chosen at Meeting Mon
day Afternoon.

The annual meeting OF the Young
Mems association was held In Library
hall Monday aft rnoon. The report OF
the treasurer showed that the total re.
ceipts OF the year had been sl0l6. IL,
this including the $500 voted by the
town, and the disbursements had been
sl44l.97. There was q balance 10 the
treasurer's hands OF si74.54. The re.
port OF the book fund showed that the
total receipts OF the year including what
was on hand at the beginning of the
year, and what she book committee
mad appropriated from tie general
fund was e65l.l7, and there had been
expended si09.8i.
Other reports showed the association
TO be In q fiourishing condition. These
officers we're elected for the ensuing
year; President, Rev F. r. Morris;
vice president, Rev George S. Mills;
corresponding secretary, 4. A. Smith
recording secretary, +. G. Martini
treasurer, A. 4. Hollister; managers,
DR. l. II. Ross, 4. II. Holden, Arthur
]. Holden, A. b. Wilmarth, Frank T..
Hoe. II. 4. Healey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
SCIENCE in
Aid OF LAW
Microscope as Witness In
Brownsville Inquiry. 4
FOUR RIFLES MERE FIRED
Alleged Confession Of D.W.Gray
Sent From Galveston Found
To Be a Fake.

WASHINGTON, March 19.-Four RI.
fies from Company Is, Twenty-hfth In
fantry. were used In the Brownsville
ARRAY, II the ordnance department OF
the army can substantiate reports sent
TO the senate committee on military NJ
fairs concerning the microscopic exam
nations OF the thirty-thrce shells pick
ed up In the streets OF the town ON the
morning following the shooting.
All OF the rifles In the possession or
the battalion at Fort Brown on the
night OF Aug. - were sent to the
Springfield arsenal and two shots were
fired from each. The shells used were
then compared with those picked up
az Brownsville, aud the officers making
the tests reported that II has been
demonstrated beyond dispute that four
guns OF Company Il were used In dis
charging all Of the thIrty.three shells.
The reports were made part OF the
committee records, and Lieutenant
Hawkins OF the ordnance department
and q. A. Spooner. expert inspector OF
gauges used In the manufacture OF
muskets at the Springfield arsenal. are
ready 10 20 on the stand TO explain
their reports and be cross examined
concerning them.
Two OF Company BIS rifles. said to
have been used In the ARRAY, were
kept In the storehouse locked up. tho
key OF which was In the possession OF
former Quartermaster Sergeant Walker
McCurdy, and the other two rifles were
said 10 have been issued 10 Privates
Joseph l.. Wilson and Thomas Taylor.
Senator Foraker Immediately had sub
poenass issued for Taylor and Wilson
and for the recall OF McCurdy. He
also asked that the war department be
instructed 10 send for Lieutenant Iau-
rlscn, who commanded Company Ii az
the time Of the ARRAY. Secretary Taft
In a letter 10 the committee pointed
out that the men who did the shooting
may have used any guns they could
secure and that Taylor and Wilson
cannot be held TO be guilty because OF
the showing made by the tests at tho
arsenal.
The alleged confession OF I'D. w.
Gray" supposed TO be a member OF
Company II. which was printed at Gal
weston. Tex. was formally denied In a
telegram from Major Blockscm NJ San
Antonio TO the war department Major
Blccksom said In his dispatch that he
had received n telegram from the chief
OF police at Galveston saying that the
publication was q fake
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19

TAX OF 70 CENTS VOTED
Made Appropriations Similar In
Amount To Those Of
Recent Years.

The annual village meeting held In
Library hall today was not largely at.
tended and as a general thing but liz.
tie interest was shown. II was called
TO order at o O'Clock by President A.
j. Cooper. The village clerk read the
call. AS the auditors reporthad been
generally circulated in pamphlet form,
1t vas decided not to have that read.
The clerk appointed Frank Mcmahon
and Dwight II. Rudj assistant village
clerks for the day.
II was voted to hold the business
meeting at one o'clock 10 consider the
various articles 10 the warning. at
which time there were but few more In
the hall than there we're q. the morning
session. The business was promptly
conducted and not n long time was oc-
cupled with the same.
The meeting was called TO order at
O'Clock this afternoon 10 act upon
the different articles 10 the warning.
Article 2. To hear 4 report OF the
officers for the year past.
Accepted
Article 3. To see what sum ~ mon.
ely shall be voted 10 pay the Bennlng.
ton Fire Department.
sl2j TO each company.
Article 4. To see what sum the
Village will vote for Open Air Con.
certs ey the Bennington I'll =, nd.
SEQ.
Article s. To see what sum the vii.
lsge will vote 10 be paid 10 the Ben.
nington Improvement Society, 10 be
used in the care OF the cemetery
grounds 10 the village.
sl00.
Article o. To see the village will
vote 10 direct Its Trustees 10 print =
report OF the doings OF It's officers for
the scar ensuing before the next an.
nual Village meeting.
II was voted 10 print the report as
usual.
| AftNit o. ~ so " tut filluEt viii
vote 10 pay its clerk sum In addition
70 that prescribed by the charter for
services rendered by him as such clerk
Tor the year ensuing and II so what
SUN Il will ~ vote.
sioO.
Article 8. To see what sum the vii,
lage will vote for the extension OF the
Village Sewage system.
$500
Article .. To see what action the
Village will take In regard 20 extend
log the Village Fire Alarm system.
VOTED 10 lease the matter with trus
tees Who shall not expepd over si2co
Article 10. To see what tar the VII
lage will raise upon lie grand list 3,
defrsy the expenses OF the Village 70
the year ensuing, and 10 pay lie In
debtedness thereof, and 10 Ok the tim
FOR the collection Of said tax.
Voted tax OF 20 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
MONGReL BIT CHILD

little Csniis Gross Badly Injured BY Dos at
Burlington.
Burlington, March Little Cantis
Gross, four years old, was badly bit.
ten by dog today while crossing
Champlain street on Pearl. The dog
Is q great yellow mongrel which has
been making trouble for some time by
biting horses. The little girl had her
cheek terribly torn and was also bit.
ten on the arm. She was given medi.
cal treatment and her case Is being
watched with anxiety for II is thought
that the dog is mad one and serious
results are feared. Humane Agent
John Fuller Is on the trail OF the dog
aud II will be killed II found.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
SbAFTSBURY

The ladies OF the Salisbury Meiho.
dist church will hold an Eater fair,
Friday evening, March %. There will
be attractions for young aud old. A
hsh pond and surprises for the boys
and girls The booths will be PRETTY
arranged an art gallery will be one OF
the features OF the evening. There will
be home made candy for sale add IN
oyster supper served Ia The parlor Of
the church. All are very cordially la.
ylted 10 attend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT MILTON.
Jasper fairehiId Charged with Firing into
fiouss Of N. e. Phelps.


Milton, March is-Jasper Falrchild,
q young man about 20 years old, was
arrested by Deputy sheriff b. d. Mar.
tin Sunday evening about go'clock II
being claimed that he fired charge OF
tne shot through q window OF the resi-
derce OF n. 4. Phelps on Maplewood
avenue with the intent 10 do bodily
harm 10 Mr. Phelps II not actual muir
der, although no one was hit. Real
or fancled wrongs II Is said, doubtless
20 iuhamed the young mans temper,
which IL Is said at times. Is almost IN.
coatrolable. The gun used was u
double barreled shot gun which was
found against a tree In the rear OF the
Meth odist parsonage after Fairchlld's
arrest.
No attempt at resis,auce was made
and no denial OF the deed was attempt.
ed. Fairchiid was taken TO Burling
ton this morning.
Mrs Phelps has been seriously III
for some time Of nervous troubles and
Is reported rs being In critical con
dltlon this morning from the shock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
SIX LINERS
Go ASHORE
Wild Sea and Fog PlayHavoc
On English Coast.
VESSELS ON REEFS
Suevic and Jehhba's Passengers Res
cusd Through Angry Surf a
Hundred Childre n Rescued

LONDON. March l0.-ln wild sea
that threatens all with destruction slx
steamships. including the White StaI
liner Sucylc. the Elder llcmpstcr lirei
Iebba aud the British steamer New
stead. are ashore on the English coast
In the vicinity Of Dover
The Sucvic. from which nearly COG
persons. passengers and crew. have
been rescued. aud :he Jchha. from
which i.O were taken ashore. are on
the rocl,s IN sight Of Lizard light. The
Ncwstrad Is ashore on Cuckmcrc.
Three other steamers are on the
rocks oil Rye. Dungeness and Dover
respectively.
The Sucyic carried 400 passenger,
aud crew of lg1 They were rescued
Ia boats. The children were carried
through the surf lay fishermen and
their wives. who met the lifchoai' on
shore In water up Ia their armpits
Tho rescue of seventy passengers aud
nifty of the crew OF the .lehla wis acc
complishcd 10y means OF the brccchc'
buoy.
All of the half dozen Steamers ~
trouble ran ashorc'm u dense fpg AM
high wind that prevailed during th'
night along the southern coast OF Eng
land.
Outside OF tho suevic and Jebb'
there Is no information a. 10 the safe
~ OF passengers or crews. The New
stead was bound in from Noyossysk
Black sea. Her position Is very dan
gcrous.
Passengers on the North German
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19

Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm H.. bound
from New York for plymouth and
Brcmen. had n rarc and remarkable
view of ncrcues from n Shipwreck.
The Kaiser passed close asicrn of the
Sue,lc at q time when the work of
rescue was nj it, height The vessels
were ~ close together that the captain
~ the German vessel was able 10 see
that he could h. Of no assistance. The
kniscr's passengers. many 81 them
New Workers. had q view Of the sue'
Vie wreck and the rescue work for
half nm hour
There were no fewer than 100 chill
drcn aboard the sucylc. aud their res.
cue was attended with considerable
danger More than score of them
were babies IN arms.
Because ~ n high wind and heavy
fog that prevailed during the night
there was great delay IN the work Of
rescue. and the mothers Of the little
ones were In n state OF hySterical panic
that the officers had hard work 10 keep
within bounds. A. the boats contain.
Ing the children reached the shore
they were met far out In the surf by
fishermen aud their wives. who car.
ricd them through the kissing waves
10 safety.
The sueyic was homeward bound
from New South Wales, via Cape
Town. There was such heavy fog M
she approached the Lizard light that
the naylgators lost their bearings. aud
she ran on 20 the Brandics rocks. close
under the lighthouse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
TWO OLD BOOKS
Containing faci' About Bennington And Also
the State.

j. 7. Remington has two aged books
which are interesting. One Is the Amer
lean Spelling Book by Noah Webster,
published by Holbrook x Fessenden OF
marlborough In 1917. The other Is
the Vermont Almanac and Statistical
Register for the year 1874. In this lit
tie book Is found much judiciary infor
nation and u list Of the officers OF the
state at that time.
John Mattocks was governor and
Horace Eaton lieutenant governor.
Members OF the senate from this county
that year we're Benjamin +. Morgan
and Leonard Sargent and Calvin Gil.
son was town representative. The Off
GERS OF the Bennington county cour.
we're b. +. Olin and John II. Sander
sou, assistant judges; j. V. ID. s. Nc.
Eowen, sheriff; Aaron DEMO Jr., high
bailif; A. l.. Miner, states attorney.
Attorneys and counsellors ut law 10
Bennington at that time we're Hilaud
Hall, Pierpont lsham, John S. Robin
son, Samuel II. Blackmer, Henry KEEL
logg, Nathan Hoskins, o. c. Merrill
A. Z. Lyman, VIM S. Southworth
David Robinson, Jr.. W. NJ. Robin
son and Enoch Davis.
The justices OF the peace we're Samu-
el II. Blackmer, John S. Robinson
Simeon Morse, Paul NJ. Henry, Geo
Benton, John vanderspiegle, o. c
Merrill, Aaron Ketchum, Luther Parl
Hymen Tuttle, Neal Rich, Asa Doty
Brownson II rmon, Elhanao W. Stra
ton, Lemuel Morgan, Elisha Root, Ly
man Blackmer, Newell squIres. Henr,
Robinson, Bernard Golden, James =
Godfrey, Vim Burt aud John Norton
Perez liarwood OF Bennington wa
colonel OF the First regiment OF tn
Vermont militia. VIM Haswell wa
town clerk that year, John Fay va
FIRST constable and Freeman Strattol
oyersecr OF the poor. The physician
of the town we're, Noadiah Swift lie
man Swift, WIN Bigelow, Horace May
Wm a. Dickerman, 5. Wilcox and I
Moore.
The clergy men we're Reys T.. "
Hooker, a. LOOMS and n. o. Preston
CongregAiionalist.; G. +. Hewes, Bal
list; J. Beeman, c. Dart, J. Downs
Unlversalisis; Mr. Barber, Mr. Bel
KNAPP, and II. Robinson God, .Metho
dists.
The book also gives statistical info
nation OF the state from the year IL
up TO 1874.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
IDEAL RURAL DRAMA
Quincy Adams Sawyer Story Of Everyday
New England Lie.

From the moment the curtain rises
on "Quincy Adams Sawyer" the great
rural drama which Is coming here on
Friday, March %, at the Bennington
opera house, the genuine country at
mosphere Is established and every body
is directly put into that receptive
mood which is guarantee that the
play is thorough pleasure to theatre
goers.
Summed up 1t Is quiet story Of ev-
cry day New England life with no un.
naturally startling incidents, the
whole ringing absolutely true as q
picture OF real life. The stereotyped
william, the impossible wronged girl,
the other characters familiar In melo-
drama but never 10 real life are all
absent from the story.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
NEW Y. NJ. C. A. SECRETARY
Come, to Re ninston We'll Recommended and
Appsars to Be a Worker

Charles L. Lleby, the new gesera
secretary OF the local YMCA has Tor
several years been engaged In assocl'
alton work in the south and west. He
is graduate OF the Chicago Secretar'
ial Institute, an institution designed
entirely to III young men for the posi-
lions OF general secretaries In the
class OF 1908. His frs, pc iition after
his graduation was with the associa
ton a, Hampton, Va. where he remain
ed for two and one-half years. For
one year he has been secretary oil the
association at South Fork, Pa, ms
last station being at Allentown Pa
where he was known as n special Sec
rotary. having general oversight
over several subordinates. Mr. Lleoy
comes to Bennington we'll recommend
ed. is pleasant appearing and Is much
interested In his work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
MANY NEW DIVORCE CASES
wIndhsm County Count. which Opens Apri
q. Mas 81 IN Al.

Braitleboro, March l7.-An excep.
tionally large number OF divorce cases
are se, for trial Of the coming term OF
wlndham county court At Newfsne.
the old cases continued for various
reasons and the new cases aggregating
50. Judge william II. Taylor Of Hard
WICK will preside and the term will
open April ., Besides the divorce cas-
Is there are 100 civil cases and IS
equity cases on the docket, which Is
nov being made up.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
Val. Professor. H..,s.,

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Mach 10
The resignation 81 Rev. Dr. Lewis
orrmond Brastow. professor of practl.
cal theology In the Yale Divinity
school. aud % Daniel Cady Eaton. pro.
fessor ~ the history and criticism Of
art. were accepted NJ the regular meet
INK 81 the Yale corporation. Roth pro.
fc--orS retire after many years of scrv.
Ice. aud each becomes q professor
emcrltus
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-19
BROUGHT TO BRATTlEBORO
Ss~ Yo'k PolIssmsn Killed Jumping to Ferry
Boat

Brattleboro, March i5-The body OF
Ed~ln J. Langllle who died 10 New
York city yesterday rs 4 result OF =
fall which he sustained while jumping
10 ferry boat arrived here tonight
aud the funeral will be held tomorrow
Mr. Langille was q member OF the Ne~
York police force and left here three
years ago. lie vas q years old apd
leaves besides his parents who live
here. two brothers In New York and a
sister living here with her parents. Hs
was born 10 Halifax, n. u.