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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
vew 81 this To sD and Village Bric ny
Told for busy Readers.

Told for busy Readers.
Friday evening will be ladies' night
at the Bennington club. Cards.
Mrs Duuhem OF Willlamstown,
Mass, is the guest OF Miss Reyes,
The Farmers Institute will be held
Tuesday, Feb. IL, at the Village hall
In North bennington. The meetings
will be held afternoon and evening.
The snow that camo Monday night
and until the middle of Tuesday after
noon fell to the depth of some eight
inches. Steam cars were late and the
electric cars ran at q disadvantage all
day.
For a number OF years II has been
the custom TO hold Lenten services Ia
the st Francis church. This season
that arrangement will not be followed.
commencing next Ash Wednesday the
services will be held In the new church.
This is because Rev A. j. Barron
thinks that II is much more economic al
as IL will save building fire 10 the
old church.
The regular meeting OF Bennington
grange will be held Wednesday even.
Ing. Following the limitations musical
and literary entertainment will be rem.
dered as follows: Music; recitation,
Mary Rose; Debate, Resolved that the
farmers success In life depends more
upon the wife than upon the man, aliir
NATIVE, Mrs Saunders, Mrs DEMO;
negative, Houghton Rice. Il. +. Rock,
wood, Willard Rose; music.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
WAS THIS MARK TwAINi
Humor Of Debtors Answer Really
Worthy OF Master.

A prominent New York lawyer says
that In his earlier professional days
he was glad to expand his slender In
come by bill collecting, says Harper's
Weekly On one occasion he had a
bill against a man who, incidentally.
has since achieved success which
puts him beyond the necessity Of such
an indefinite statement as he made
on that occasion. The young lawyer
found him with his feet propped upon
his desk, while he gazed dreamily at
the ceiling through a cloud OF tobacco
smoke.
But. really, sir. must insist that
you give me some definite idea as to
when you will settle" the lawyer said,
after having been gently rebuffed.
The author consented to lower his
eyes and to wave his pipe languidly.
why. certainly. sir-though there
seems to me TO be rather unneces-
sary commotion about this triHe.' he
drawled. l will pay the bill as soon
as think OF II, after receiving the
money which publisher will pay me
In case he accepts the novel which
will write and send him Just as soon
as I feel In an energetic mood after a
really good idea for a plot has oc'
Cured TO mel"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
ARLINGTON

DR. Gray was In Troy Saturday.
MI Congdon OF i';ew York IL In town.
II. 8. Wilson was 10 Boston the pas,
week.
Charles Hard spent Sunday In Man
chester.
Mrs Vault has been 10 town for Q
few days.
Miss Bessie Lakin is confined 10 her
home with hard cold.
Mrs II. N. Shaw OF Manchester was
In town for the church supper.
Miss Ailene Somers Is slowly i'm
proving from her serious Illness
There is q party from Bennington
expected up Wednesday night for the
dance.
The New England Telephone & Toll
sxrsph company are doing some work
10 town.
Eugene Andrew and family and
George Andrew and family OF North
Adams were called here Saturday by
the death OF Mrs Andrew.
On Thursday evening there Sill b,
given In St James church a recital To-
GLIDING vocal and instrumental music.
Anyone who 10 Interested 10 music ID
invited 10 attend.
There 10 70 be q dance 10 the hall
Wednesday evening. Llncoln's or
cnestra OF Shushan will furnish the
music. All come and have good
time. Supper will be served a, the ~
lington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
DIED IN RESCUE WORK.
az the Tboms. Mine caused
Death of Thirty-etght Miners.

Explosion az the Thomas Mine causcd
Death of Thirty-eisht Miners.
ELKINs, Va, Feb. alt is now def
nitely known that the total number Of
men IN the Thomas mine az the time
OF the explosion was thirty seven. all
Of whom were foreigners.
Mine Boss Daniel Jones. an expert
enced miner. sixty years OF age. was
suffocated 10 death. He was one OF the
FIRST OF the rescuers 10 enter the mine
and was brought out nearly dead by
his comrades. After recovering he
went In a second time and was brought
out dead from suffocation. making the
total death list thirty eight. SO far
only sixteen bodies have been taken
from the mine. az II Is extremely dan
gerous TO enter the workings for any
considerable distance because OF foul
gases.
The drift II a mile In extent, and II
may take a day or two before the drift
Il clear enough Of gas 10 allow the res
cuers 10 recover the rest Of the bodies.
Not until then can the real cause of
the explosion he known.
II i believed that when the men bad
gone into the drift some distance with
their open lamps the accumulated gas
exploded. burning many of them 10
death. and the after damp sufocaied
the others The work OF rescue Is being
done by American miners. Many Of
the rescusN were overcome and were
brought out more dead than alive.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
DENOUNCED BOON TO MANKIND,
Seventeenth Century Wiseaeres Saw
No Good In speetaeles.

A certain English vicar made him.
self notorious by the vigor with which
In the seventeenth century, he In.
Weighed against the use OF the newly
Invented optic glasses. since they per
verified vision and made all things APP
pear In an unnatural and therefore a
false light. Microscopes and tele.
scopes. with their array Of lenses. he
declared to be impostors. since a man
could not see so well with two pairs
OF spectacles as with one. Some as.
serted II 10 be sinful to assist the eyes,
which were adapted by Providence
to the capacity OF the Individual.
whether good. bad or Indifferent. II
was argued that society at large would
become demoralized by the use OF
spectaeles: they would give one man
an unfair advantage over his fellow.
and every man an unfair advantage
over every woman. who could not be
expected on aesthetic and intellectual
grounds to adopt the practice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
The Family Honor.

Bobby" asked the teacher OF the
class In arithmetic. addressing the
question 20 one OF the younger pupils.
how many pints are there In a gal
lon?" I've forgot II again. ma'am."
said Bobby. who found Il hard TO com.
NIT 20 memory the tables OF weights
and measures
Thinking that perhaps by turning
from the abstract TO the concrete she
might succeed better In stimulating
his power OF recollection. the teacher
tried another tack
Bobby" she said. your father is a
mllkman. isn't he7"
Yes. maam."
well. now, think as hard a. you
can. lie sometimes sells a gallon can
full OF milk. doesn't he? Just 30.
Well. when he does. how many pints
OF milk are there In that gallon can. :
Its all milk. ma'am." Indignantly
exclaimed Bobby.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Kama, Woode hueks, ,eI,..

In the early '70s series Of lorna.
does In Kansas drove quite a number
OF inhabitants back east Among
thcm was a negro. who went 10 Con.
cord. n. H.. and entered the employ
OF the Hon. Mark n. Holt.
One day Mr.. Holt asked the fellow
about the tornadoes. the damage done
and several other questions along that
line. The man replied.
"Ya-as. they was turriblei sunthin'
turribiel Why. jest in our town tho
whole riber bank vas washed away
and left dozens Of woodchuck holes
suckln out az much m ten feet"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
kEAroR At NEW ORLEANS.
Main Event at CITY Park Track Won
by Fa,orit~.


NEW ORLEANS. Feb. q - Kcator
easily won the feature Of .he card In
deep mud Ccniian and Mlnot set the
pace until the stretch was rcachei.
when keator forged ahead aud cross.
u uhe wire i've lengths ahead Of Gen.
tan. with Mlnot third.
Molo u. won the second race. but
was disqualified Tor fouling.
I'D Corrlgan won the first race With
bis colt Goddess lie was away wei
md escaped interference lie got
through In the stretch aud won clev-
crly. Rlprap landed second money
from Paxton. The last namei was
one % the best played horses that has
conc 60 the post lately. lie had been
framed up for killing and with an
even brenk could not have lost Thou.
sands we're burned NJ on him. Sum
maries:
First Race. Goddess. hrst. Riprap.
second: Paxton. third
Sccond Race 80 Little wally. first,
ARABIC. second. Gould. third.
Third Racc..lBellc Of Kent. FIRST: So.
bado. second: Dona H.. third.
Fourth Race KeatoF. nrst. Contian.
second. Minot. third.
Fifih Racc.-Excitement, FIRST; Prince
Brutus. second. BAIL. third.
Sixth Race. - Tinker. nnt: Goldic.
second. Rebounder. third.
Seventh Race. - woodsaw. hrst.
Klcinwood. second: Marvel r.. third.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
MANCHESTER CENTER

Elmer Adams is 10 Cambridge for
few weeks.
The ladies OF the OES held a
social Tuesday evening.
Five persons were baptized at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
Mrs Emile Perkins who has been
with friends 10 Albany returned Moe
day,
MRS Earl Marsh and Mrs Mark Man
ley are expected home from Chlcopee
Falls.
Miss Edith Provan who has been
teaching 10 Proctorsville Is home for
few weeks.
Rev II. s. MacCready ofiiciated
at the funeral of Mr. Bowie In Sunder
land Monday.
Miss Cora Fisher and friend OF
North Bennington spent Sunday with
friends In town.
Mr. woodcock, an sged and highly
esteemed gentleman, was buried In
Dorset Monday.
Many friends extend congratulations
TO Mr. and Mrs r. Bradley who are 70
live In our midst.
The Service club OF the Baptist
church will meet with Mrs Winchester
on Maple street Thursday.
Loren Davis has accepted position
with the Electric Light company OF
Bennington and left today.
Charles Clemmons OF Honolulu is
visiting bis father DR. s. s. Cler mons.
Charles lisa lawyer, q partner with
Charles Hemenwsy.
Miss Manora Edeerton, teacher In
the primary department, who has been
very Ill 10 some better. Many friends
hope for her speedy recovery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
EAST RUPERT.
Mr.. Clark HArwood /. quite III.

Mrs Clark HArwood is quite III.
Mrs Julia Towsley Is III with a sew.
ere cold.
John Frost and wife spent sunday nj
b. Ladd'a
WIN Denplson has returned 10 his
home IN Rupert.
Clarence Perklts and family have
moved 10 West Rupert
John Peltier Of Hebron, ". Y, call.
cd upon -. Ladd and wife recently.
Miss Danforth OF Arlington is spend
ing q fe. weeks With her uncle and
aunt, Harry Danforth and wife.
There was Q small attendance Of
school last week on account OF a case
Of scarlet fever 10 the reighborhood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
r,,,..,., K,,,. Over . score.

ELKINs. w. Va. Feb. b.-Twcnty.
ave or thirty miners, the majority of
them foreigners. are supposed 10 be
dead IN n mine explosion at mine No
% OF the Davis Coal and Coke com
pany at Thomas. near here Five min
ers who were Just entering the mine
when tho explosion occurred were TAX
en-. out alive. but II IL believed all ihr
miners already In the mine have beeu
kllled
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
amsr,e.a Consular asss, Drowned.

CONSTANTINE. Algeria, Feb. g.
Antoine rvllx Carlo. the consular
agent Of the United states al Bona.
met his death here during the night
upon hls arrival from his post. Mr..
Carlo was crossing the bridge which
spans the river Rhummcl when he fell
into the water. 200 fcct below. Ills
body was recovered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Had Hook. oaIy NJ oakIawa.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Feb. e.-Thec
were no bcokmakers In the booths az
Oaklawn The eastern system Of hand
hooking was substituted for the west
ern method Of tickets. bookmakcrs
sheets etc. and after the FIRST two
races worked satisfactorily. Tho hand
hooks were not molc-tcd by the ON.
rcrs. The winners were Telepatip.
Hollow. June Time. Nancy. DociIe and
Vusiilnr silk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

vigor and cheerful-
ness soon disappear
when the kidneysere
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that il Is not uncon-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys, II the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Feb. -
The steamer Parker. belonging 10 the
Dale Sand company 81 this city. was
blown up near williams island. few
miles below here on the Tennessee riv-
or James Thompson. captain. was
dangerously injured. A negro hremnn
IL missing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Repr.s.,s o, Oakland.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 0-In the
rncc over the Futurlty coure ~ Oak.
land. whcaistonc went 10 the front
and opened big gap. but The Repro
bate came on and won In handy style
from vinccnio. Brush Up. the favor.
itc. AZ o to -. simply rompcd homo In
the thlrl race.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
p.eo. Correct. senator p,,sr,as..

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-Mr. Bacon
made a brief statement intended 20
show that Senator Beveridge had been
In error regarding the operation of the
child labor law IN Georgia. Mr. Bsvcr.
idge had said that there had been s.oco
applications for child labor In Fulton
county. Ca. under the new state law
and that all OF them had been granted.
Mr.. Bacon said he had ascertaIncd that
but ten applications had been granted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Ms. 4. ro,,.,,, No, r.sss.s.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Ex-senator Ia
Toilette denies the announcement Of
tho engagement Of hIs daughter. Mis-
Fola In Toilette. recently made from
Madison. Wis. and widely circulated
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

NOT SPRINGS. Ark. Feb 6.-Tom-
ay Ryan knocked on, Dave Barry In
the fiflh round.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

Dessh Of General Tom Thsms'
LONDON FEB. s-Ths death 10 an
ucunryi Of Gspersl Tom Thumb. tue
nmuuy dwsrf who was n ove ums
uHibitsd BIZ r. n. Barnum.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

suffered day and night the torment
OF itching piles. Nothing helped me
until I used Doan's Ointment II cur
ed me pcrmancntly."-Hon John IL
Garrett, Mayor, Glrard, Ala.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or II, when the child reaches an
age when II should be able tocontrol the
passage, II is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause Of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the FIRST
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due TO a diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser.
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root Is soon realized. tits sold
by druggists, in fifty Eyf~
cent and one-dollar eHl5s3s ALL,
size bottles. You may II HUH ~ ~,
have a sample bottle s11ilE
by mail free, also a Homo Of svumpiOos
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
Including many OF the thousands OF testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, n. y, on every
bottle
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Tn ,rnrA ooLprx oSp pA,

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo ouluins Table,,
nta1tr's . f'r'i ll,.i : o. saeh bos ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessensambition beauty,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-06

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have q sample bottle
by mail free, also q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24

The Homestead, of Des Moines,
Iowa, is an agricultural weekly of
the highest class, edited by actual
farmers, who live upon and operate
their own farms and are able to put
to the test of experience all the
theories discussed in its columns.
The Homestead has departments
devoted to horticulture, poultry,
dairying, sheep, veterinary, laws af-
fecting the farmer, the household,
Sunday school and every interest OF
the western farmer; and it's editor
ials cover every question regarding
soils, seeds, machinery, methods Of
cultivation, breeding and care Of
live stock, etc., in which the far
mers of this section are interested
The Homestead's contributors in.
clude tie ablest and most success.
full farmers, breeders and expert.
ment station workers in the middle
West. If you are a Homestead rea
der, you cannot fail to be up to date
on all farm questions; and Farm
Burrows" Hints, Devices, Sugges
tions, etc. and other valuable fea
lures are an unfailing source of en-
tertainment and instruction. The
Homestead is 81 year to sub
scribers, and subscriptions either
singly or in combination with this
paper, are taken at this office. Avis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
Edward ms Drum CORPS.

Probably introduced from the east,
is frequently mentioned in the accounts
of the first crusade. When Edward
Ill. and his queen made their trium-
phal entry into Calais, "tambours," or
drums. were among the Instruments
which were played in their honor. An
other of these was called n maker"
or liettledrum. taken. together with its
name, from the Arabs. The poet Chau-
Ger also mentions this Instrument in
his description of the tournament in
the "Knightes Tale"
Fyfes, trompes. nakeres and. cariounes,
That in the bataille blower blody sounes.
The king generally kept troop of
these bandsmen or Ministries in his
employ. and we read that Edward IT.
on one occasion gave. a sum of 81
shillings to Roger the trumpeter, Janiho
the nakerer and others for their per
formances.-Chambers journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
Ti,pinn the Cook.

In old times 10 dine with nobleman
cosr more in tips to the servants than
q club dinner. Lord Poor, well nam
ell Irish peer. excused himself from
dining With the Duke of Ormond upon
the ground that he could not afford 1t.
III you will give Inc the guinea l have
to pay your cook, will come as often
as you choose to ask me"-which was
accordingly done. The duke, however,
had not the pluck to stop the tipping
practice. Lord Taafe, n general officer
in the Austrian service, did what he
could. Hc always attended his guests
to the door. When they put their
hands into their pockets he said: No.
If you do give it. give it to me, for
1t was l who paid for your dinner"
To Sir Timothy Waldo must be given
the credit of putting an end to the
monstrous practice. After dinner with
the Duke of Newcastle he put crown
into the cooks hand. 1t was rejected.
81 do not take silver, SIR" Every good.
And do not give gold" This cou-
rageous rejoinder "caught on" and
the day of walls to cooks was over
st. James Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
The St. Paul's Pacific Extention.

When the Union Pacific railroad
was completed with government as
sistance it was almost universally
held that the enterprise would not
be duplicated within the memory of
living men.
The baroness Of the country be-
tween the Missouri river and the
Pacific coast, it was said, was bar
rier to further railroad building.
The conquest of the Rocky noun
tains a second time was declared to
be all but impossible. There was
no other pass through which anoth-
er road could cross the mountains.
Today there are SIX transcontinen-
tai lines. Three years hence-per-.
haps even sooner-there will be sew
en-. The Pacific extention of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway will be the new link of steel
to bind the western coast of the
country to the lands on the hither
side of the Missouri. The enter
prise is already assured of success
full completion.
The lands which were pronounced
barren forty years ago have bios
somed as the rose. The passes of
the mountains have been found
Throughout the entire route of The
St. Paul extention rich and devel-
oped country awaits the advent of
the locomotive. Engineering diff
culties have been met and overcome.
The road is certain to be on pay
ing basis from the first.
The enterprise means much for
the Pacific coast, more for tho Puget
sound region and most for Chicago.
A direct line to the northwest will
undoubtedly develop trade not only
with the Pacific coast, but with the
orient. The assurance is confirmed
by the known energy, activity and
progressiveness of the St. Paul man.
agement, which will undoubtedly
carry to the Pacific coast the policy
of enlightened enterprise which has
placed it among the first of Amer
ica's great railroad systems.
The new line to the coast signifies
progress for the whole middle west.
Chicago Oh ronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
The Soul and the Beard

In Russia it was the common belief
up to the time of Peter the Great that
beardless men We're also soulless and
that man who purposely admitted
having his beard married could never
enter heaven. The great Peter above
referred to ordered his heathens to
shave up" so as to appear more civil
liked, and when they refused to comply
with his edict he fined the wealthy and
middle classes 100 rubles for each
beard that was permitted to grow and
each peasant and laborer a kopeck for
the same privilege. Finally the priests
were appealed to, and they Informed
their Practitioners that unless they sub
mitted to having their boards shaved
they need not expect that st. Nicholas,
the gatekeeper of heaven, would be
able to distinguish them from the
bearded Turks. That had the desired
effect,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
catarrh Cannot Be Cured.

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the
disease. Catarrh is blood or con-
stitutional disease, and in order to
cure it you must take internal reme-
dies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medi-
cine. 1t was prescribed by one of
the best physicians in this country
for years and is a regular prescrip-
ton. 1t is composed Of the best
tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The per-
feet combination Of the two ingre-
dients is what produces such won
derful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
T. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
The Hazelton Bank Robbery Like the
Masonville Burglary.

Three attempts and success is the
history Of safe blowers and the
Hazelton State Bank. On Monday
night, when the belated March
winds were blowing their hardest
and all Hazelton was asleep, the
State Bank was entered by burglars,
the vault drilled open, the safe de-
molished by nitro-glycerine and
about $4,000 in gold, silver and
currency taken. The first know
ledge that was obtained of the affair
was on Tuesday morning about 1870
when President McCurdy fitted his
door key to the lock Of the front
door Of the bank. The key refused
to turn and he found that the door
was unlocked.
1t is the opinion of all who have
looked over the ground that the
work was done by old and exper-
fenced professionals. The tools
used in the work were stolen from
the section house and comprised
picks, wrenches, cold chisel and
punches. The picks were broken
in the work and a broken drill was
also found in the building. The