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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Harry Buss who is employed az
Hudsons is III.
Philip McGlynn of New York is Wis.
iting friends In town.
Joseph Murphy Is acting as special
policeman today on account Of the cir.
Gus.
Miss Jessie Woods of Troy is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Leroy G..
lirant.
Mrs. Frank Dwyer OF S9rIng street
Is recovering from her "ec51- seye
Illness.
Silas Harbour is recovering from
the recent injuries to his hand as
rapidly as can be expected
Mrs. Merrill Hitchcock has moved
from Pleasant street into the H. H.
Allen tenement on West Main street.
Joseph Pellerin OF Gage street and
Frank Pellerin OF Lynn, Mass, are
camping this week at Greylock noun
tain.
Misses Anna and Helen Mahon OF
Rutland are guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. McCue of Park
Isttect.
J Oliver Burt yesterday withdrew
his name from the Democratic justice
ticket. 1t was put on without his
knowledge or consent.
Louis j. Eddington will open 6
meat and vegetable market Saturday
lin the store formerly occupied by M
&c. Burgess on Main street
Misses Kitty and Alice Colwell who
nave been visiting at the home OF b
A. Quinlan have returned to tn III
home in New Haven, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jepson ant
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert .Iep
son of Schenectady, former residents
of Bennington, are spending the da,
in town.
The Salvation army have ren:e,
rooms In the Reyes block where tn,
Sipperly millinery was formerly stu
ated. The officers have rented tn
house in the rear of the store for thei
quarters.
: Buster Brown" has been at the Ii
brary hall theatre all this week an,
enjoyed a packed house at every per
Torrance. Everyone who has not al
ready seen this pretty comedy shoult
not fail to do so by Saturday night
Andrew j. Downs of Silver street i
suffering from severe attack of ind
gestion. He was taken suddenly II
about II o'clock Thursday night an,
us IN a very serious condition today
He is conscious today but is delirioui
at times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
English Scholars HOnored,

DR.. James Augustus Henry Murray,
one of the great scholars of England
and famous as editor of the oxford
New English dictionary, has been
made a knight by King Edward
Percy William Bunting. editor of the
Contemporary Review, who has
reached the age of 70, was made a
knight on the kings recent birthday
anniversary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
BENNINGTON BDIEES
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers
Hugh Townsend Of Manchester is
pnssing the day with friends and rel
atives i'm town.
d. II. Ward who has been visiting at
the home of Mrs.'A Eddy returned 10
North Adams today.
Miss Ada Norton of Worcester,
Mass, is the guest Of Mrs Charles
T. Burt of Elm street.
Col. Albert C,Hubbell of Somergille,
N. j., who has been the guest OF Miss
Katherine Hubbell returned THIS morn
ing
Edward Robinson of Locust avenue
recently purchased heavy team
from parties In North Adams for work
on his farm.
Earl Buchanan will be captain Of
the big tug of war team at the ath.
letic field during the field day on Sat
urday, Sept 8.
The Bennington Electric company
is preparing to move into their new
office in the Norton block on Main
street about the first of September
Rev. H. S. Pinkham who spent
week last April in special services at
the Baptist church, will be the preach
er Sunday morning and evening, Aug
,ust %
Mrs. f. f Draper who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Bert Bishop
of Putnam street, has returned to her
home In Troy. Master Harold Bishop
and Miss Cecilia returned home with
her.
The funeral of Miss Minnie Gerken
who died Wednesday at her home in
the west part of the town, was held
from her late home this afternoon at
2 o'clock, Rev. A. s. Davis officiating.
The interment was held in the Maple
town cemetery,
f. D. Hyde of Painsville, Ohio is a
guest Of his brother. j. NJ HYDE OF
the Soldiers Home for a few weeks
Mr. Hyde has travelled extensively
through the country and is of tie opin
ion that the scenery about our village
is as fine as any in the country.
Because of a temporary shutdown
of the linotype machine this forenoon
the Banner is not able to provide its
usual amount OF news this afternoon
The difficulty was remedied about
1890 o'clock but the delay somewhat
impaired the service for the day.
A prize of a $500 membership to
the Y. NJ. c. A. will be given to the per
son making the best design for jer
sey. This emblem should contain the
triangle. circle and some other design
to make it belong distinctly to Gen
nington. A committee will grant the
prize to the one having the most suit
able design.
The 900 yard track on the athletic
field is completed and candidates fol
races on the Y. NJ c. A. field day
should be out for practice. Anyone
wishing entry blanks may get same
by calling at the Y. NJ c. A. build
ling. The following captains nave
been chosen for the basket ball teams
IL. C. Davis and John Fassett. This
game will be the first basket bal
Igame ever played out of doors in this
town-a novelty worth seeing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
MANCHESTER

Tomorrow afternoon the Equinox
baseball team will play the strong
Salem n. Y nine.
Walter 2. I;ard has purchased 4
Maxwell turhinp car of Polla q and.
Lowe OF Bennington.
Mrs. Elmer D. Elliot and sons are
visiting In Sandgate for few days at
the home of Harmon Bentley.
o. G. Felt and his grandsons, Clar-
ence and Charles Kinney, Jr., have
returned from Lake Bomoseen.
Mr.. and Mr.. Leon Cushman of New
YORK were in town TO attend the fun
eral of Mrs. 0rrin Boynton Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Wyman OF Dor
chester, Mass, are visiting Mrs. Wy
mans mother, Mrs. William H. Hub
bard.
II. II. Hard of Raymond, Neb., has
been visiting NJ. ]. Covey. Mr.. Hlrd
was student at Burr and burton
seminary in 1851.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. b. nottingham. of
New York are visiting Mrs. Totting-
hams father, f. A. Hemenway, at Dr
l.. II. lIemenway's.
Lucien Howe of indianapolis Is WIS.,
ting his cousin, Mrs ID. X, Simonds
Last Sunday he played the organ at
the Congregational church.
George A. Orvls who with Mrs Or
Wis. has been at the home OF Mr. and
Mrs. ID. X. Simonds. Mrs. Orvis par
ents, since August |, has returned to
New York on business.
The annual fair at St. Pauls Ro-
man Catholic church is being held this
week This evening the Equinox
minstrels will give an entertainment
in connection with the fair
Chauncey s. Shaw who has been
spending a weeks vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. N. Shaw,
returned last night to Burlington,
where he is engaged in engineering
work. He will return to the Univor-
sity of Vermont in September.
Edward Swift, Paul Fowler and
Clarence Giddings have returned from
a weeks automobile trip. They made
the journey in Mr.. Swift's quick CIR
md visited Lake Bomoseen, RLtlond,
Sudbury, Orwell, Shelburne and Bur
line ton. Mos Ct the time was spent
at Lake Bontseen.
Ira b. Stafford OF East Arlington has
flushed work as caddy master at the
Ekwanok Country club, He will
take vacation before beginning his
duties as instructor in physics and
chemistry in the Burlington high
school on September S. Paul Shut
fiction has been engaged as caddv mas
ter.
The funclal of Mrs Orrin Doypton
WHO died Sunday morning after q
short illness, aged Sc years, was held
at the Congregational church Wed
nesday afternoon, Rev. Vincent Raw
officiating, Mrs. Boynton who was
Miss Mary Ann Hanley, daughter Of
the late William Hanley, is sui lived
by her husband and one sister Miss
Sarah j lianley of this village,
United States Senator William i.
Dillingham; called on friends in town
yesterday. He was returning in an
automobile from Bennington where
he spoke at the Republican rally
Wednesday evening Within the past
few days United States Senator "
Murray Cane and Forme. Governor
John L. Bates of MASSACHUSETTS and
\rw Jersey have been among the
automobillsts registered at the Equin-
OK house. Mr.. Fowler was one of the
first Automobiles to visit Manches-
ter. The pioneer days in that pas
time were only a few years ago but
now there are nearly an eyenhundred
in the village in one day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

Chauncey 5. Shaw who has been
spending "A weeks vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, II. N. Shaw,
returned last night to Burlington,
where he is engaged in engineering
work. He will return to the Univor-
sity of Vermont in September.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

The annual fair at st. Paurs Ro-
man Catholic church is being held this
week. This evening the Equinox
minstrels will give an entertainment
in connection with the fair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

TO RENT-Smnll house Division Place In.
i quire OF Mrs. E. Norton, $40 Pleasant ST.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
TO RENT

rO RENT-Two furnished or uniurnished
rooms at 3l4 Nam ST., also upper part OF
the Mccall house, corner Mccall and Main SIS
Inquire OF H. w Burgess, Sl4 Main st. 37u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

George A. Orvls who with Mrs Or
Wis, has been at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. d. X. Simonds, Mrs. Orvis' par
ents, since August /, has returned TO
New YoIk on business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

stores, mil property with water power
Individual storage lockers. VIM. X. Hawks
N5 North st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
CONTRACTORS AND RuILDERs

JAMES SILK, contractor and builder. Also
y repairing, rebuilding ana shoD work Shop
Unionstreet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

WANTED Cooks, mattresses, second girls
w and general domestics; $40 10 $40 per
month. Also girls to take positions In shops
md mills ut 81 10 81 per gay. Call or eommuni.
cate at once with lockwood Howe, Bennlng
on. VT. 26tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

ITO RENT-C e. Dewey has house to rent
29ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
10 w p RI G Z D
ADV Err T Isl N G
WANTED

wv ANTED-w Work by day or washing and
w ironing. Inquire OF MIS- Florence De.
Bell, It's Park st. S9tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

(LJANTED-By middle aged lady, position
w as housekeeper 10 small family, widow
er's family preferred. Address NJ. Murray,
Box 1866. Lake George, N. Y Sst3
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

Edward Swift, Paul Fowler and
Clarence Giddings have returned from
a weeks automobile trip. They made
the journey in Mr.. Swift's quick CIR
md visited Lake Bomoseen, RLtlond,
Sudbury, Orwell, Shelburne and Bur
linsto Mos Ct the time was spent
at Lake Bontscen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

7 OsT-A bar pin with Ave diamonds. Lib
IL eral reward II returned to Mrs Sayre Nc
Leod. Bennington.C Center. 39t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21
FOR SALE

EOR SALE-One black morse 9years old,
L sound, not afraid OF automobiles or cleo
trie cars will WORK or road single or doubles
an all around good horse; will be sold cheap
Charles Adams. 40tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

EOUND-On West Main street. a bunch of
Il keyes. Owner may have same by calling
at the Banner once and paying advertising
charges. 4lt2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

VIT erybody to know that we
w make and enstall cur own hot air heat
Iogue to the G. M. Dorr Co. BOOsick Falls,
NY. Au
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

UNOR SALE-A few good second hand
L watches. Inquire OF Geo. +. Heath, Elm
street 38iC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

MEN WANTED for automobile driving and
wi repair business; s25 Tor road driving
course easy payments: largest and best school
correspondence course for home study send
stamp for catalogue. Boston Auto School,
A3 fremont ST.. Boston. abu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-21

Lucien Howe of Indianapolis is Wis
ting his cousin, Mrs. d. X Simonds.
Last Sunday he played the organ at
the Congregational church.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

DDS of administration in the navy de-
partment.
Mr.. Reuterdahl has been described
as marine illustrator" He is an as
sociate of the United States Naval in
stitute and American editor of the pub
lication known as THE Worlds Fight
ing Ships" He was born at Malmo, in
Sweden. in 1870 and as boy desired
to become an artist, but was forced to
content himself with being a scenic
artist, this being considered by his
parents more remunerative than ''art
for arts sake" firing of gliding ORR
entail domes and stretching canvas, he
forsook the scenic studio and drifted
into black and white, being at the time
the youngest illustrator in Sweden. In
this capacity he was sent to Chicago
to picture the Worlds fair of 1898 and
upon its conclusion decided to remain
in the United States. Early years of
sailing and roughing it on craft in the
Baltic and the sea spirit latent in the
blood of all Scandinavians rendered his
transmission to Il marine artist easy,
and with the arrival of the Spanish
war he found his vocation. His work
during this war brought him fame
both as correspondent and illustrator
and subsequently he was sent abroad
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
The "Angel of
The Crimea" at
EigIlty-e
~ HE Crimean war seems almos

!" HE Crimean war seems almost
as far away in the past to the
III rising generation in this coun-
try as the war of the American
Revolution. yet there are some still liv-
ing who participated in it. Among
them is Florence Nightingale, whose
deeds of mercy and heroism will live
in history along with the charge of the
famous Light brigade. The fact that
Miss Nightingale is still in the land of
the living was recently called to at
tention in conspicuous manner by
the gracious act of King Edward VII.
in decorating her with the Order of
Merit. This order was founded IN
June, 1901, by King Edward VII, and
its cross is given for distinguished
services in war. 1t has given uni
versal satisfaction that the first wom-
an to receive this high honor should
be the one who founded the science of
nursing as practiced in connection with
war and whose labors for the wounded
and sick amid the horrors of the bat
tlefield have placed her among the fore
most of the worlds heroines.
The insignia of the Order of Merit
were taken to Miss Nightingale by
Colonel Sir Douglas Dawson on behalf
Of the king She was unable to re-
ceive the royal envoy, but dictated the
following message:
Miss Florence Nightingale desires
to express to his majesty her gratitude
for the honor he has done her by gra-
ciously appointing her to the Order OF
Merit. She feels keenly what honor
it is to be associated with the distin-
guished men who are already members
of the ORDER
Miss Nightingale was some years
ago admitted as Lady of Grace of the
noted Order of ST. John of Jerusalem,
an order introduced into England dur
ing the twelfth century. She will be
eightyeight years old in May next
and has leng been an invalid, but has
nevertheless retained her interest in
nursing as profession and in the in
stitutions and societies with which she
has been connected. She was about
eighty when the Boer war broke out,
but the British government sought her
advice in respect to the care of the
sick and wounded in its army in South
Africa, and she exerted herself to the
utmost in their behalf.
Miss Nightingale comes of q family
of wealth and position and was edu-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
pENHE war in the navy. or over that

ME war in the navy. or over that
E branch of the federal forces.
M III began about the same time, by
a strange coincidence, that our
fne fleet OF battleships set sail from
Hampton Roads for "a fight or froi-
tc" in the Pacific So far the men
aboard the American armada are hav-
ing the frolic, leaving the fighting TO
be done by those left at home and with
the pen rather than the sword. In
deed, indirectly it was the cruise to the
Pacific which caused the war in the
navy, and it was ship lying the Red
Cross flag rather than that of rear
admiral or fleet commander which pre-
cipitated the trouble The controversy
arose originally over the question of
who should command the hospital ship
Relief This question developed rad
ical difference of opinion between Rear
Admiral Willard ii. Brownson, chief
of the bureau of navigation, and Sur
geon General p. NJ. RiXey. head of the
medical corps OF the navy department.
The latter desired to have the hospital
ship Relief sent with the Pacific fleet
under command of medical officer
and with a competent sailing master
in charge of the navigation, but Rear
Admiral Brownson believed that reg
ular officers of the line and not doctors
should have command of naval vessels
and resigned his post as chief of the
bureau of navigation rather than ex-
ecute an order contrary to his views
as to the good of the service. This
action brought out President RooSe-
velt's noY historic letter. in which in
communicating to Secretary Metcalf Of
the navy department his reasons for
believing that the hospital ship should
be under command of a medical officer
he took occasion to describe Admiral
Brownson's action in resigning as "un-
seemly and improper" and ''prejudicial
to the interests of the navy"
In the same letter the president re
q ferred in vigorous language to the
4 criticisms Of the navy and the organi
4 zation of the navy department con
fained in certain recent articles and
interviews.> . 1t is believed that the pres
ident had in mind especially the arti
Acle of Henry Reuterdahl in the current
issue of leading magazine. These
criticisms have aroused wide comment,
S coming as they do when so much at
tention is eentered upon the navy by
treason of the de0arture of the big fleet
y Of battleships for the Pacific. In this
) article Mr.. Reuterdahl has alleged that
radical defects of construction exist in
our warships and that grave mistakes
have been committed and repeated.
The responsibility for the state of af
fairs he describes as existing he
charges to the bureau system, and he
alleges that the bureaus feel compelled
to defend their policies and will not
admit their mistakes even after acci-
dents have happened in consequence OF
q them. Mr.. Reuterdahl's assertions
were characterized by Admiral Brown
a son as overdrawn, but the latter de-
clared that he did not believe in the
bureau system and thought there
should be a reorganization of the meth
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24
Cost of Football.

1t costs money TO keep up a football
team. at most colleges. however. il is
considered paying investment Sup
port of an eleven comes from various
sources. partly from the students them.
selves, parity from gate receipts. from
alumni and in some cases partly from
appropriations made out of the college
treasury. There are the expenses of
maintenance. of travel of salaries for
trainers and assistants and of renting
the grounds on which the great exhibl-
tion games are played OF course
s--.9ch Of the expense Of these things
IS borne 10y gate receints. but by no
means all. 1t is estimated that in one
way and anothe inelHdi'g the ex-
penses OF the 'hnnsand who ~ hun.
dFeds of mlle- = soc the contest. the
annual IIarsard-Yale be y on the
gridiron COSTS about g Cao
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

HARRY X. TaAw. abandonment of tha
duties of his ordinary vocation. In the
case of the second trial of Harry X.
Thaw the judge presiding was anxious
to secure representative men as jury
men and determined that they should
have as good accommodations while
on such duty as the best circumstanced
of them could have in their own
homes. No sleeping on benches o.
"cold victuals' for Thaw jurors were
his orders. SO suit of rooms in one
of the swellest hostelries of the city
was engaged at an expense, it is said,
of 5000 per day. 1t is a hotel which
contains mural paintings and statuary
by famous artists and tapestries worth
q small fortune. The chambers of the
jurymen and the smoking and dining
rooms fitted up for them are luxurious.
The first Thaw trial made house
hold word of the name of the prison
er's leading counsel, Dolphin NJ. Del
mas, a lawyer noted in the west for
his forensic ability long before Thaw
had attracted attention by his erratic
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-24

AND NOW.
Gated in nursing by the Protestant Sis
ters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth. on the
Rhine. She was about thirty-four
years old when the great war began
in the Crimea. Her work during that
bloody contest in relieving the suffer
ings of the soldiers is an unforgettable
part of the history of modern Europe.
The testimonial which she received
after the war amounting TO about
S2J0000. she devoted to establishing
the Nightingale Home For the Traiu-
ing of Nurses Miss Nightingales Lon
don residence in Park lane was crowd
ed recently by friends anxious to con.
gratulate her on receiving King Ed
wards decoration. She is by no means
forgotten. though it is now so long
ago that she became a popular heroine.
She had a sweet face as Il young Wom-
an, and in old age her brow has few
wrinkles. and her countenance is Sc
rene The recent honors, accorded the
"angel of the Crimea" recall the way
she was received on her return from
her abors as nurse in the field over
fifty years ago. Queen Victoria invited
her to Balmoral and presented her with
a cross set with diamonds. and parlia
ment voted her the great sum which,
as already noted, she devoted to the
education of nurses.
Not long before his death the late
Rev. Dr. I. De Witt Talmage visited
Miss Nightingale, and in writing of
the interview he said:
Miss Nightingale IS very wonder
full woman in appearance. She lies
PROSTATE upon a lounge and seldom If
ever walks across the floor. Apparent
" she IS in perfect health. and her
countenance is an illumination of kind
ness. sympa'hr and tenderness such as
! uoTer saw il any other. 1t is impos-
sible for person like her to have been
| forty or fifty years engaged in the al
deviation OF suffering without having
It radiatc in her countenance. She said
she did no. want to die while there
/. was SO much suffering in the world"