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NOTICE..
Bennington County Savings Bank.

The annual meeting OF the corporators OF III
Bennington County Savings Bank viii be held
at the office OF said Bank In its bank bulldog in
Bennington, Vt, on the first Wednesday dst
day. Of January, A d. 1908, at Q O'clock D. m
for the purpose OF electing board of trustees
for the year ensuing and the transaction of any
other business found necessary when met, es
peclally TO I'll vacancies In the number of cor
porators, and to alter and revise the bylaws.
CHAS. II. DEWEY, Secretary.
Dated at Bennington, VT, Nov, &c, 1907,
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Vegetable with Old LINEAGE.

Asparagus is the aristocrat Of the
food plants. None other has so distin-
guished lineage, for its records reach
back almost to the beginning of au-
thentic history. 1t is mentioned by
the comic poet Cratinus. who died
about 425 B. C. The Romans hold
asparagus in the highest esteem, the
elder Cato treating at length, in his
DE re Rustica," still extant, of the
virtues and correct cultivation of the
plant. Pliny, writing about 60 A. D.,
has great deal to say Of asparagus.
He says: 'Of all the products OF your
garden your chief care should be as.
paragus."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Two Sure Cures.

III you want to know sure cure
for rheumatism" said the pretty
woman, take a long piece Of Irvine
and tie 1t around your waist, up under
your arms and down again around
your wrist, and let 1t stay there. In
three days you will be perfectly
cured" IL know a better cure than
that" said the tall, thin boy. Take a
black cat out to graveyard on dark
night and cut off both its ears and a
piece Of its tail Put the ears and
tail on the roof of the house to sun,
and when there's nothing left OF them
you'll quit having rheumatism"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly for Busy Readers.
Prayer Books and Rosaries at
Evans. 34lI
liennison's seals. tags, pnrer bells
garlands, ETC., fountain pens toy
books at Evans. 3lt7
Mrs Myrnn Goodel ard dauph' r
Eva, left Monoay afternoou lor >isit
In Troy.
Mrs James Thomas left today 10
s ,end Christmas with her husba, d IN
Mechanicsville.
Miss Jessie wilkins Is home from
the CastI.ton Normal school To spend
the Chr istmas vacation.
Mr. aud Mrs Frank Norcross let
Monday to spe,d Chris tmds with Ter
parents In Briggsville, Mass
james Judge, conductor on the Chat
ham division, Is taking vacation
W. ID. McGurn is taking his place.
Fred Cullinan OF Arlington was the
guest of his sister, Mrs George Will
liams Of Jefferson avenue Monday.
Misses Esse Levin and Mary Simil.
nisky left Monday afternoon for few
days visit with friends in Saratoga.
william Donnelly, brakeman on the
Chatham division, left Monday to
spend Christmas with his parents In
AlburRh, VT.
Miss Emma Grace, who has been the
guest OF Miss Minnie Mahar OF Main
street, returned to her home In Mechan
icsville today.
Many practical and useful gifts can
be selected from the fine stock at the
Bennington Shoe Store. Their prices
marked to fit the hard times. 35tf
E. d. Gibson OF Rutland, an en-.
ploye OF John p. Squire Co OF Boston,
vas in town Monday distributing cal
enders on which his picture appears
nearly life size.
Geo C. Wood, violinist has been ehs
gagged to assist the choir &C the Epis.
copal church on Christmas morning.
He will render Robyn's Melodie in z
Minor "Amo" for an ofYertory.
Geo C. Wood, violinist, and Don j.
Whitcomb, cornetist, have been en-.
gagged to assist the choir at st Francis
church for the midnight mass on
Oh istmas eve. Mrs Healy will sing
20 Boly Night" with violin obligato
ty Mr. Wood.
The entertainment to be given at the
old Academy library ON Thursday eve
ming at o'clock promises to be an
enjoyable affair. Prof Richard S. Ba
han will give recitations and render
vocal selections. Ice cream and cake
will be on sale.
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English a PuzzIins Language.

A Frenchman in conversation with
friend said. IL am going to leave
my hotel. paid my bill yesterday
and asked the landlord: DO | owe
you anything? He said: You are
square. That's strange, said |. I
have lived long and never knew | was
square before Then. as | was going
away, he shook my hand, saying: I
hope you'll be round again SOON I
said: I thought you said | was square,
He laughed and replied: When said
I hoped you'd be round again soon l
meant hoped you wouldn't be long.
English is a difficult language"
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On Trail of MIX Trust.

CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-The December
grand jury has returned indictments
against fifteen members Of the Illinois
Mix Dealers association for conspir
acy to do an illegal act injurious to
public trade. The indictments are the
result Of the investigation recently
commented by States Attorney Haley
into the causes for the recent advance
In the price Of milk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Notice to Our custo mers.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as 1t contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. and we recommend 1t
as safe remedy for children and
adults.
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Not Guilty Of Land Frauds.

ROSWELL, N. NJ, Dec. pa jury
In the case of c. L. and B. Fl. Talmage
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government of public lands, hai
brought in a verdict OF not guilty.
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He Knew.

Lady customer wish to tell you
how these shoes OF mine are to be
made" Shoemaker-"Oh. know
that well enough; large inside and
small outside. "--Illustrate Bits.
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TOLEDO, o., Dec. 23.-Frank Ball.
mer, thirteen. and Frank Felix. twelve,
were drowned while skating in slip
along the river. Their bodies were re-
covered
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24
Pneumoni. Take. Minstrel.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 23.-Williaw
nenry Rice, one Of the best known
Ministries in the United States, died
of pneumonia in hospital here after
an illness Of two days. He was sixty.
Eve years Of age.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-24

DAYTON. o.. Dec. 23--John Young,
the negro who committed criminal
assault on Mrs. w. ID. Hershey Of Co
lumbus, has confessed the crime.
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| CHOICE MISCELLANY
Mrs. Fish's Gold Buttons.

Presumably there is a certain salts
faction in the consciousness that ev-
erything around is ''of the BEST" if
only in the sense of. the costliest, but
the ordinary citizen is not expected to
have any great desire to follow an ex-
ample recently set by Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish in her manservants' liveries.
Brass buttons have disappeared from
the Fish establishment as too COM
monplace, and now the butler, the
footman and other liyeried servants
sporG buttons Of solid gold engraved
with the monogram rs. f." If they
could be persuaded to tell the truth
they probably would admit that they
groan under the burden Of responsible
ity involved. Every night when the
days work is over every man has to
take off his buttons, which are put in
through eyelets, and hand them over
to an especially appointed supervisor,
who counts them and locks them up in
a safe for the night. Every morning
there is a grand redistribution, and
every man, therefore, is responsible for
his buttons until he has turned them In
again safely at the end of the day
New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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A Millinery Novelty.

AS usual, at the start of the season
there are several radical departures
from accepted styles that are tried, as
1t were, tentatively, and accordingly. as
they are met with favor or otherwise
their future career is settled.
One of the prettiest Of the recent in
novations in this line is a smart sailor
shape, one Of those saucer brimmed
affairs, in white chip, provided with a
bandeau of goodly depth. The novelty
consists in the fact that the steepest
part of the bandeau is in the front in
stead of at the back, as heretofore, the
brim turned up sharply off the face
and the bandeau covered with a huge
rosette bow Of white messaline ribbon,
some of the edges being deftly wired
to hold the shape.
Wired ends Of black velvet ribbon
are caught into a chou and posed be-
side the white, this being repeated in
the trimming around the crown where
the strands of black and white ribbon
are mixed, the loops and ends that dec
crate the back being composed equally
Of white satin and black velvet rib
bonS.
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American Natural Gas.

Wher natural gas was first brought
into use in America there seemed to
be general idea that the supply was
ineXhaustible. 1t was sold at low
rates and usually without measure
ment. This method encouraged waste
in the consumption of gas and was
shortly abandoned by the larger COM
panies. Today nearly all consumption
Is sold by measurement. 1t is believed
that the time has now come when it is
possible to procure statistics of the
quantity of gas consumed, and this
will be undertaken. The method will
give such figures in the future that a
more direct knowledge will be obtain
ed Of the capacity Of gas areas to main
tain a commercial supply of gas for a
certain number Of years. Exchange.
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Famous Fresco.

A replica of Watts famous fresco,
Justice" in the hall Of Lincoln's Inn.
which he declared was perhaps the
only real wall fresco in England, being
painted piece by piece as the plaster
was laid on the wall, has been placed
In the Bar library at the law courts.
Many Of the heads in this fresco are
portraits. There is in Minos likeness
to Tennyson, Sir William Harcourt sat
for Justinian, Sophia Lady Dalrymple
for Theodore and Emma Lady Lilford
for the youthful King Alfred. In Ina
there is a portrait Of Mr.. Holman
Hunt and in Scion Of Mr.. Spencer
Stanhope. Mr.. Valentine Prinsep sat
for Servius, Sir Charles Newton for
Edward l., Mr.. James SPEEDING for
one of the monks, Mr.. Edward Armi-
tage and Lord Lawrence for the two
barons.- st. James Gazette.
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A Mountain of Sea Food.

Leigh Hunt once skittered a sonnet
at the salt water fish. He called them
rather impolitely ''dreary mouthed,
gaping wretches Of the sea-" he re-
preached them with being mute,
though jewellers in the roaring
waste" and he asked them how they
passed their Sundays. Minor poets can
be as foolish sometimes as other folk.
By reason Of the activities Of our fish
ing fleet last year quite a number Of
the 4'wretches Of the sea" definitely
ceased to pass their Sundays in any
manner. The vessels Of the fleet made
6,906 trips to the fishing grounds last
year and on their return unloaded at
Boston 89,693,370 pounds of fish, worth
$2,117,324, and at smelliest Gloucester
80,707, $40 pounds, worth 1885, 038; to
tai weight of the fish landed at these
two ports last year, 170,401, 210 pounds
total value, $4,O72,362. Hartford Cou.
rant.
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ornamentation on these pattern petit
coats above the line of the knees, but
below that point they are almost too
fussy decorated, as most of them are
with narrow ruffles of lace edged with
velvet or ribbon.
Small ruchings of chiffon are also eff
fectively used and add materially to
the fuffiness Of even an deliberately
decorated skirt.
In this Illustration, taken from
L'Art de la Mode, thNDetticoat is of
striped silk and plain to the knee line.
Below the knees there is a lace border
put on plain, and on it are medallions,
fower-like, in black net At the bot
tom edge of this border there are a
series of six ruchings of black silk that
alternate with plain bands of white
silk, making a strikingly pretty I'M
derskirt for street or house wear.
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Fear to Admit identity.

cts really alarming how hard 1t is
getting to be nowadays to get per-
son to admit his Identity to stran-
ger" said a business man the other
day. "Now, have perfectly legiti-
mate line which draws me to middle
class of people and those who are on
the edge Of the so called society. l go
to their places Of business. Some of
them | know by sight. l go up to
them and ask if Mr.. So-and-so is in,
knowing at the time he is the man |
am looking for. Half the time the
man will reply, No, he's out just now,
but / will take the message.
''When he finds out my business he
generally laughingly admits his iden-
THY and says he thought was rep
resentative Of So-and-so. / suppose
this is the result Of the modern way of
living on the installment plan, with
collectors at our heels. Boston Her
aid.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Office of the Street Assessment Committee
Kenosha Wisconsin, March 81, 1907 E
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until the 10th day of April, 1907 at 200 p M.
for furnishing all material and doing all the
work necessary and required to improve the
following street, in the City of Kenosha ac-
cording to the respective specifications, pro-
files, plans and details thereof on file in the of
fee of the City Clerk of said City for the in
spection of bidders, to-wit:
Rowland avenue from Market street to Salem
avenue, being about $3.50 So. yds. of brick pave
ment. ISIS 1ineal feet of stone curbing, 140C
cubic yards OF excavation, to be graded to a
sub-grade and curbed with stone curb and
paved with vitrified paving brick on a bed OF
crushed stone for a width of 80 feet. Work
shall be com peted on or before Oct. 1, 1907
falling in which the contractor shall pay to the
city rs liquidated damages the amount of $3.50
per day for each and every days delay in com
plotting said work
Directions to Bidders
Each bidder must accompany his bid with a
contract and bond with not less than two sure
ties, who shall be freeho1ders of the State OF
Wisconsin, and shall Justify as to their re-
sponsibility, and by their several affidavits
show that they are worth i'll the aggregate al
least the amount of the entire contract price in
property not by law exempt from execution
Surety companies approved by the Street AS
sessment committee Wi11.be accepted in lieu OF
personal sureties Said contract and bond, with
sureties, must be completely executed on the
part OF the contractor, with the exception OF
the signature on the part of the City. This is a
positive requirement of the Charter and must
be complied with. Bids falling to comply with
the above requirements will not be considered.
Bidders must submit proposals to do the work
according to the specifications, prof1es, plans
aud details, stating therein prices respectively
per square yard of brick pavement; per cubic
yard for grading; per 1ineal foot for furnishing
stone curling i'll place. The bids for the work
will be canvassed separately and considered in
the aggregate, based on the estimated qnanti-
ties names in the specifications and awarded as
separate contracts. All bids and accompa ming
contract and bond must be written on the
blanks prepared by the undersigned for the
purpose, and price should be stated in writ
ing and figures
All bids should be marked on the envelope
''Street Assessment Committee - with the name
of the street marked theron on which such bid
is made, and filed i'll the office of the Street AS
sessment Committee in the City Clerks Office in
said City.
NJ B. Blanks for proposals and blank con
tract and bond will be furnished on application
to the City Clerk.
The said Committee reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids
JAMES GORMAN,
r. H. MOTH,
]. H. O'BRIEN.
W5O Street Assessment COMMITTEES
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Money In Waste.

These are days when all waste mat
ter is utilized for something or other,
but few people realize what a great
business it is. Waste paper, as every
body knows, is gathered and sold to
be remade. In the Office buildings of
Philadelphia all paper taken from the
wastebaskets is gathered into bin IN
the cellar In one of the buildings its
monthly sale nets $3.50, enough to pay
the chief engineer. In most Of the
buildings, however, the engineers are
allowed to profit by the sale Of the
paper, and each generally makes tidy
sum every MONTH Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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First publication. March 81, 1907,

Il lISL puDllCdIlOH. NIdTCH ~ 12Vts
CTATE OF. WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT
~ Kenosha County.
In Re Application of The kenosha Lum per
Company, domestic corporation, ana John
Spry Lumber Company foreign corpora,
ton, for the sequestration OF the properly ana
the aDnointn1ent of a Receiver OF The Wluter
Sash and Door Company, domestic corpora
''ou' NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of
March. All d. 1907, the following order was duly
made and entered by the Circuit Court OF Keno
sha County, in certain proceeding wherein
The Kenosha Lumber Company, domestic
corporation, and John Spry Lumber Company,
a foreign corporation, are petitioners, and The
Winter Sash and Door Company, Wisconsin
corporation, is defendant, namely:
1T is Ordered by the Court nov. here, that all
proceedings by any creditor other than the
above named petitioners against the above
named corporation, The Winter Sash and Door
Company, be and the same hereby are re-
strained and enjoined, and it appearing neces-
sary and proper that all creditors of said cor
roraton. T1e Winter Sash and Door Company,
should come into this proceeding:
1t is therefore, hereby ordered, That Dan O.
Head, the Receiver of the above named corpora
ton, The Winter Sash and Door Company.
publish in The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a weekly
newspaper published in the City of Kenosha
Wisconsin, once each week for six successive
weeks, notice requiring all creditors of the
above named corporation, The Winter Sash
and Door Company, to exhibit their claims and
to become parties to this proceeding within six
(6) months and five % days from the hrst pub
LEGATION Of such notice, which notice shall in
clude this order, and that in default thereof
they, such creditors, be precluded from all bene-
lit of the Judgment which shall be made herein
and from any distribution which shall be made
under such Judgment.
By the Court:
E. B. BELDEN.
Circuit Judge.'
Now, Therefore, Each and every creditor OF
the above named defendant, The Winter Sash
and Door Company, is required to exhibit his
claim and become a party to the said action
within six (6) months and five (5) days from the
first publication of this notice, which is the 21st
day of March, A. d. 1907 and in default thereof
every such creditor shall be precluded from al
benefit of Judgment of distribution made ir
the above entitled proceeding and from any dis
tribution which shall be made under such
Judgment
DAN o. HEAD
Receiver of The Winter Sash and Door Com
pany.
Dated March 18th, 1907.
HENRY ], HASTINGS AND PETER FISHER,
w52 Attorneys for Receiver.
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First publication, March 21, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IL ENOSHA COUNTY COURT:-In Probate.
IN In the matter of the estate of Eliza
Ann Vinegar, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against Eliza Ann
Vinegar deceased, late of the City of Kenosha.
in said County of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted by the County Court of Kenosha
County at the regular terms of said court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha, in and for said County, on the first
Tuesday of May, A. D. 1907, and on the first
Tuesday of November "A. d. 1907, at ten O'Clock
a. M OF those days; also that the time until and
including the first Tuesday of October, A. D,
1907, is the time allowed and limited for cred
itors of said Eliza Ann Vinegar deceased, to
present their claims for examination and al
lowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 18th day of March
A. d. 1907. BY the Court.
RUSSELL H. SLOSSON,
County Judge.
w50 HENRY J. HASTINGS, Attorney
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First publication, March IA, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

II ENOSHA COUNTY COUR Tin Probate.
IN In the matter of the estate of Ne1s Jensen
Bush, late of the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands OF ali persons against Nels Jensen
Bush, deceased, late of the City of Kenosha,
in said County of Renosha will be examined
and adjusted by the County Court of Kenosha
County at the regular terms of said Court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
of Keuosha, in and for said County, on the first
Tuesday of November, A. d. 1907 at ten O'Clock
A. M. Of those days; also that the time until
ard including the first Tuesday of October, A.
d. 1907, is the time allowed and limited for
creditors of said Nels Jensen Bush, deceased,
TO present their claims for examination and al
1owance
Dated at Kenosha, the 9th day of March,
A. D. 1907.
By the Court
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
WAY County Judge.
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First publication. April a, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDTTORS

KENOSHA COUNTY COURT:-In Probate.
IN In the matter of the last will and tes-
lament Of Chas. B. Bostetter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands OF all persons against Chas. b. Bos-
letter, deceased, late of the city of Kenosha.
in said county of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted by the County court of Kenosha
county at the regular terms of said court to
be holden at the County court room in
the City OF Kenosha, in and for said county,
on the first Tuesday of June, A. D. 1907. and
on the first Tuesday OF December "a. d. 1907
at ten O'Clock A. M. of those days; also tnat
of November, A. d. 1907, is the time allowed
and limited for creditors of said Chas. B.
Bostetter, deceased, to present their claims for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the End day of April
A. d. 1907.
By the Court
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
w52 County Judge.
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shades. 1t is trimmed with a heavy
lace, dyed to match, and worn over a
guimpe Of cream colored lace of a
lighter, thinner sort.
The blouse is one Of the charming
new ones that allow the use Of two
materials with such perfect success
and can be made with the half low
neck, as illustrated, or made high, as
liked. The skirt is cut in three pieces,
the narrow front gore being made en-
tirely of lace, while lace applique is
used over the circular sides, and there
is band Of velvet at the lower edge
of the skirt.
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WOMAN AND FASHION
The SPRING Petticoat.

Underskirts for spring wear will be
more elaborate than those that have
been SO popular during the winter sea-
son and because of the lingerie, lace
and embroidery trimmings will doubt
less De quite as much in favor for use
with afternoon frocks and with even
ing gowns.
Like the models that are now gen
orally worn, because they fit the fig
ure closely and give to the outside
skirt the proper set, these 1907 designs
are plain and fit snugly around the
waist and oyer the hips. There is no
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-11
Elaborate Linoerie Waists.

Once again common sense has pre-
vailed, and the overelaborate lingerie
waists with short sleeves are no longer
deemed appropriate with plain tailor
gowns, but are reserved for the gowns
suitable for them. The plain linen
waists, extremely smart from their
perfection of cut and fit, are now much
smarter, with the severe plain cheviot,
serge and cloth costumes