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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
seaoulls Of Auehmithie.

In the ASKING village Of Auchmithie
you may frequently witness seagulls
flylng into the houses OF the fisher.
men and partaking OF food from their
hands. One OF these sea birds was in
the habit Of staying in fisherman's
house all the year round except at
the breeding season, when It left
About fortnight ago. while the gull
was away. the fisherman removed his
home some three and a half miles
from the former place.
The fisherman never expected to see
his old friend the gull again It was
therefore. much to his establishment
that he beheld on recent Sunday
the sea bird come walking into his
new residence with stately steps TO
resume his old famlliarities and house
hold ways
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
s4Rgwo SCHEME OF MOTHER.
No Roseate Postcard Without lts
Thorn Of Suggestion,

Harolds mother-well call him
Harold-went abroad a month ago.
leaving Harold under the somewhat
unsubstantial control OF his elder sis
ters.
In spite OF the itemized directions
with which even unto the moment Of
final leavetaking she had not ceased
10 lombard him, Harold's mother
was far from sure that her efforts
would have any lasting effect
Her voyage was more or less dis
turbed by these doubts, but before she
landed on the other side she had de-
termined on a course Of action. Like
all small boys, Harold IS most covet-
Gus Of picture postcards and had
looked forward to a harvest from his
mothers trip.
He got IT,
Every day she sent at least one
card And, whatever else 1t bore in
the way OF inscription, there was not
one which failed OF this Introduction
Just as soon as you get this so and
brush your teeth"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
LAST DAY BEFORE
BIG BATTLE OF
BALLOTS
Both Party Headquarters at
New York Deserted
CHAIRMAN ORE IS CONFIDENT
Hitchcock Maintains That Taft viii
Have s25 Electoral votes-Maek
Claims Illinois and Wisconsin

New York, Nov. with the work
Of the campaign practically at an end
both the Republican and Democratic
National Headquarters yesterday
were deserted. Frank H. Hitchcock,
chairman Of the Republican National
committee, will go today to West New
ton Mass, to vote. He will return
here late tomorrow afternoon and re-
ceive returns at the rooms Of the Re.
publican National Committee in the
tower Of the Metropolitan Life build.
ing.
The Republican National chairman
stands by his prediction made last Fri
! day that Mr. Taft will receive 1926 cleo
/ toral votes
Republican State Chairman Wood
ruff was at his headquarters in West
39th street for a short time yesterday.
He was busy going over reports re-
ceiyed from upstate leaders regarding
probable Republican pluralities in
their districts. Mr. Woodruff is not
giving any of these figures for publ
cation He will receive election re-
turns at Republican state headquar-
ters tomorrow night
President Parsons OF the Republican
County Committee spent practically
all day at his headquarters making
final arrangements for the organiza-
ton of watchers and election officers
the Republicans will have at the polls
tomorrow Mr. Parsons said last
night:
IF Mr. Bryan carries New York
county at all Il will be by a plurality
Of from 10000 to $4,000. District
leaders believe that Gov. Hughes will
not run more than 10000 behind Mr.
Taft in New York county"
Democratic National Chairman Nor
man f. Mack will go TO Buffalo today.
vote early tomorrow and then come
back here to receive the returns early
In the evening. There was a rnmor
that a statement OF some importance
was being prepared for issuance te'
day.
In a statement given out yesterday
he said:
THE denial OF Mr.. Roosevelt and
the denial by Mr. Cortelyou OF getting
money from those big interests desir-
] luE government ldNoIH were iuoIt VIZ
orous IN 1904 than they are today.
Men like John ID. Rockefeller and An
/ drew Carnegie were not then publicly
advocating the ticket and putting their
fortunes at the disposal of the Repub-
lican committee. The money paid In
hen by the Standard oil Trust, the
Steel Trust, Hartman and others Is
but a bagatelle compared with the
millions which Rockefeller and Car
negie and Morgan are pouring into
his campaign in the last days in the
desperate attempt 20 stem the resist
less tide that will carry Mr.. Bryan in
10 the White House"
/ During the day Mr. Mack received
a telegram from the state chairman OF
Illinois declaring that Bryan would
larry the state, and one from Mil
gaukee declaring that Wisconsin
would give Bryan from $4,000 to $4,000
| plurality.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
AgRoNAurs co MILE A MINUTE
Anchor Rips OF Part Of Roof and
Draas THROUGH Trees.

North Adams, Oct SIN the most
spectacular balloon ascension ever
made In this city or in this country,
William Van Sleet OF New York. pilot
OF the Pittsfeld Aerial club, accompan
led by NJ Mennard of Pittsheld start
ed from the North Adams Aero park
shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon In a wind that was blowing at
the rate OF 40 miles an hour
AS soon as the balloon struck the
higher currents II was hurled along
al so miles an hour at a height some
times as high as 5000 feet Landing
was made In Whateley, 40 miles away
in 80 minutes from the start
Once the aeronauts had TO throw out
ballast TO clear the top OF Hoosick
mountain and at the time of landing,
there was some exciting moments.
The anchor hooked into trees took
hold Of a stone wall and ripped of a
part OF a barn roof The rip cord was
finally used and the two men came
down 20 feet with a rush being
thrown to the ground quite heavily.
Both escaped injury.
Fully 40 men were required TO hold
the balloon in place while the aero
nauts were getting In. During the
filling Of the bag the wind tossed the
balloon about to such an extent that
the rubber pipes from the valve 20 the
balloon neck were torn and the valve
broken three different times.
Van Sleet was urged not to so up.
but dismissed the warnings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
CYNTHIA A. HoLToN
Longtime Resident Passed Away at
Plttsheld on Saturday.


Pttsdeld on Saturday.
Mrs. Cynthia a. Holon. widow Of
the late Lucius NJ. Holton. died Satur.
day. Oct. 81. at the residence OF her
daughter. Mrs. c. c. Cooke. In Pitts.
field In the 18th year of her age. A
stroke OF paralysis, sustained several
DAYS previous. was the cause Of death
The deceased whose maiden name
was Cynthia Bump. was native Of
SALISBURY and was married nc Center
SALISBURY In 1854 Her husband
died In 1895. The surviving children
are a daughter and one son. l.. G.
Holton Of this village
The remains will arrive here this
afternoon and the funeral will be held
from her former home on School st.,
at 1880 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon,
Rev Frank r. Morris. pastor OF the
Baptist church. officiating
The deceased who was a woman OF
lovable character. resided for over
half century at the family home on
School street and the news OF hel
death. particularly by the older resi-
dents OF the village. viii be received
with sincere regret
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
A Cure for rheumatism

Capt Dibble. who lives on a farm
near this place. is In his nlnety-sixth
year. and says he never had a rheu-
matte pain in all his life, and but little
OF any other kind OF sickness lie ac-
counts for this by having sailed so
years on the salt seas. He says salt
renders you immune from rheumatism,
as well as other ills to which the
body is heir The captain drinks
freely Of salt water and sprinkles salt
in his bed every night. lie is a well.
preserved man, and although near the
100 milestone, gets around as well as
the average man OF 80 or 60.-Rolla
Sharpshooter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
FEWER BILLS THAN IN 1906
Number Introduced in House 1874,
Compared with 25s two years Ago

Compared with 25s two years Ago
Montpelier, Nov. 2.-An the sena-
tors have gone home and only about
25 representatives remain here. 1t is
expected that Senator CORY will ad-
journ the senate from Monday after
noon to Wednesday afternoon. The
mouse is expected to assemble for bus
mess and there are about twenty-five
bills ready for introduction Monday.
1t is reported that While bills will be
introduced the point OF no quorum will
be raised if there is an attempt to
transact any important business of
the house before Wednesday.
When the legislature adjourned Fri
day afternoon the twenty-third day of
the session. the ! use records show
ed that 1874 bills had been intl oduced,
compared with 25S introduced at the
same tin e two years ago The senate
had sent ten bills to the house.
The house had passed three senate
bills and twenty-eight house bills, had
killed eleven house bills, ordered two
to thnd reading and one to lie and
made one a special order. Thus for
ty-six bills had been disposed of while
1853 are in the hands of committees
The judiciary committee has report
ed fifteen bills and has thirty four on
hand; the Joint committee on state
and court expenses has reported seven
and has four on hand, the railroad com
mittee his reported four and has four
on hand Bills in the hands of other
committees are as follows: Approprl
ations, seventeen; corporations, three;
joint special committee on taxation,
ten; joint committee on game aLd fish
cries, seventeen general committee,
ten; joint committee on temperance,
ten; municipal corporations, six. The
other bills arc distributed among a
large number OF committees
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
BoYlsH DANCE
Young Ladies Play Romeo at Apollo
Hall Saturday. Evening

About thirty young ladies, half OF
Nhom were dressed as boys held a
very enjoyable Halloween dance in
Apollo hall Saturday evening Man
nish costumes and boyish pranks were
the features Of the event.
During the evenings entertainment
refreshments, consisting Of cider,
doughnuts and apples were plentifully
served. Miss Mabel Livingston pre-
sided at the piano.
The judges awarded Miss Florence
Madison the prize for acting most
like a boy" during the evenings lark.
Miss Anna d. Rogers and Mrs. Louis
Tiffany were the patronesses of the
dance
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
Made carIxIe asheIl QUIZ

Rov. Thomas Alexander. a Presby-
terrain minister. long resident in Chel-
sea and well known as brother Scot.
was most anxious 10 know Carlyle. but
had no opportunity OF getting an in
PRODUCTION to him. One day in the
Kings road he saw Carlyle coming in
his direction and took advantage OF
the opportunity by going mp to the
sage and saying Thomas Carlyle. |
believer" Carlyle's reply was: Tom
Alexander. know" They became
good friends, and later Mr. Alexander
wrote to Carlyle for a subscription to-
ward school building fund, and Car
lyle wrote back a refusal In doggerel.
whereupon Mr. Alexander replied that
II he did not send him e5 (S25) he
would sell his poetry to a collector or
publish 1t. The e5 was at once
forthcoming.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
LINEN SHOWER
Mrs. William r. Graves Gives Delight
full Party Saturday

The linen shower held at the home
of Mrs William r. Graves at Benning
ton Center Saturday evening for Miss
Ella Bingham, proved one of the most
enjoyable social events of the season.
Many guests were in attendance and
a bewndering amount of the finest
linen was showered on the brideto-be.
The refreshments were dainty and
unique, the feature of which were
cakes served in the form of fruit,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
wRs ANDREW FOSTER DEAD
Passed Away at the Home Of 0aush-
ter Saturday Afternoon.

Mrs. Angeline Foster. wife of An
drew Foster, aged sc years, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. David
Robinson of Anendale park Saturday
Death was due to the effects OF a
shock.
Besides a husband she is survived
by FIVE daughters, Mrs Charles Nc
Neney, Mrs. Albert Cummings, Mrs.
Owen Stupplebean, Mrs. Fred Haskins
and Mrs. David Robinson. One son,
Joseph Foster, also survives her
Mrs. Foster has been a resident of
this town for several years and has a
large circle of friends who will doubt
less be grieyed to learn of her death.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
morning at o'clock from the Church
of the Sacred. Heart, Rev. C. f. Pre-
vost officiating. The burial will be
held in the Hinsdillville cemetery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

II you suffer from constipation and
liver trouble Foleys Orino Laxative
will cure you permanently by stimula.
ting the digestive organs so they will
act naturally. Foleys Orlno Laxative
does not grippe, is pleasant to take and
you do not have to take laxatlves con.
tinually after taking Orino. Why con
tlnue to be the slave OF pills and tab.
lsts. -Qulnlan's Pharmacy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

Scores in other college games were
as follows:
At Ithaca-Cornen, 10; Pennsylya.
MIA state 4.
Al New Haven-Yale Freshmen. %.
Phillips Andover, 0.
At West Point-Army 0, Princeton.
o.
At Lewiston. Me,-Uniyersity of
Maine, 6, Bates 0.
AZ Cambrdge-Iarvard, 6 Brown
p.
At Annapolis-Carlisle. It,: Navy G.
At Syracuse-Syracuse %: Williams
TO-
At Middlebury, vt-Middlebury. G.;
ST Michaels, o.
At Ann Arbor-Michigan -, Van.
derbilt, 6.
At Hanover-Dartmouth Il; Am
herst, 0.
At Hartford-Trinity Is; Holy
Cross. 0.
At Medford-Bowdom IL. Tufts. 10.
Al Easton-lafayette, o; Bucknell.
6.
Al Chicago-Chicago, 20; Minneso-
IA o.
At Springfeld-Springfeld Training
School. IL; Wesleyan University, 0.
At Pittsburg-University Of Pennsyl
yania. %; Carnegie Tech" o.
At New Haven-Yale 40; Massachu
sets Agricultural College o.
At Durham. New Hampshire State,
rs: Boston College. o.
At EXeter-Colby Is; Phillips-Exe-
ter, IL.
At Military Academy G:
De l.aselle. o.
Al Observation-Disclosures Polytech.
mic, o: Worcester Tech 0.
Al Washington-George Washington
n: University OF Maryland o.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
WILLIAMS IS THOROUGHLY
BEATEN ON GR,DIRON
At SYRACUSE
Berkshire Boys Failed to Score While
Chloride Of Sodium Eleven
Made % Points

Syracuse. Nov. BY all around
superior play Syracuse University SAT
urday afternoon defeated Williams col
lege % TO o, before some eight thous.
and persons. The game was played
in the Stadium, which resounded with
the cheers OF both sides as Williams
had her share of supporters. Quarter
back Banks was easily the star of the
struggle. and never failed to make a
gain when he carried the ball Capt
Horn too, was a tower of strength.
and Hinkey who played his first game
at end, displayed the fact that he was
the brother of the one-great Yale end.
Louis Hinkey. After the first five
minutes Of play the score was never
in doubt After the game Coach
Wiles Elder of Williams congratulated
Coach Howard Jones of the city Of
salt ON his splendid eleven Jones
and Elder started their football car
GERS on the same team at Exeter and
today met as rival coaches for the
first time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

Dewiu's Kidney and Bladder pills
are unequuled TN cases of weak back,
bacl, ache. Inflammation of the blnd.
der. rheumatic pains Antisopuc and
act promptly. sold by ID. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

Use Dewitt's Carbolized Witch Ha.
eel Salvc-it Is healing. cooling and
cleansing. Il Is especially good for
piles. Sold by d. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next a Hours.
For Eastern New York and Western
v.rront fair tonight and Tuesday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

Asst q ia.
~. Ills KInd You Raw NtaB Bought
''', q &xHAZIzsx
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-02

The calssons tor the foundation work
OF the Singer tower were sunk to bed
rock through nearly 20 feet Of quick
sand
Crews representing the United
states and Canadian governments are
At work near Houlton, Maine, marking
the boundary line.
A company is now being organized
I'm Germany with a preliminary CAPT.
tai az $4,000 to establish a line OF
passenger airships between the prin.
cipal capitals Of Europe. backed by The
Krupps and by leading bankers.
The Washington times., 1908-10-07
Up-to-Date Washington Girls
GoLeap Year Game Ore Better
Marriage License Clerk Bowled Over by Appearance of
Two Girls Seeking Matrimonial Papers for
Themselves

Two fair girls OF Washington. Miss
Mamie Z. Sheperd and Miss Anna V.
Keller, have leaped beyond the ad-
vanced idea Of leap year proposals and
have set the fashion Of getting the
marriage licenses themselves.
These two maids, who might be sup
posed to be at home IN the midst of
giggIing bridesmaids. turning pale and
a lovely rosy color by turns, at the
hought of facing the minister, braved
precedent and set the new fashion at
the City Hall.
Miss Sheperd is starting early to
emancipate herself from trouser rule,
for she confessed to only twenty years
She blUshed a little when the eyes Of
License Clerk BeIIew showed wonder at
her act, but she answered readily
enough all the required real personal"
questions. that he took delight in ask
ing.
Miss Keller, however, was quite busi-
ness like about it, She smiled with n
superior sort OF air, when the clerk,
In mild surprise at this second wonder
On the same day, repeated the ques-
The Washington times., 1908-10-07
WASHINGTON MEN
FORM REFINERY
Oil Company Organized Un-
der Laws of Virginia With
Capital of S5OO,OOO.

The Columbia Cotton OIL and Pro
vision Company, composed Of Wash
iugton business men, has just been or
ganized under the laws Of Virginia
with q capital Of S5G CO., The capital
has been paid in by the incorporators.
The c1m1ary is one Of the largest
business enterprises carried through IN
this CITY for months Its principal pur-
pose IS 10 refine cottonseed oil, and
for this purpose it has bought out the
plant Of the Virginia SJockyards ana
Abatrofr Company. near ROsslyn, Va
The plant OF the new company viii
be located on the same site, where 3
number Of new buildings will be built
and machinery installed
The contracts for the construction
c. the buildings and installation Of
the machinery were awarded yester-
day.
In addition 10 It's buslne-- OF refining
cortOuseed oil. the company VIII have
an abattoir OF its own, and viii manu-
fac-ure and sell Idrds. compounds, ard
Shortcomings. All oil manufactured znd
marketed will be handled IN tank cars
owned by the company
The inc-rporators are among the
most prominent business men Of the
city. They are William V Cox. presi-
dent Of the Second National Bank, Il
Bradley Davidson, president Of the
United States Trust Compsnyi
Clarence = Norment president of the
National Bank Of Washington. Robert
y. Harper, president Of the Washing
ton Cham ber Of Commerce; Arthur g
Moses. OF w. b. Moses & Sons; VII
liam G. Carter. vice president Ct Golden
& Co. commission merchants Thomas
Grant. secretary Of the Washington
Chamber OF Commerce; A A Chaplin.
president Of the Chapin-Sacks Manu-
facIuring- Company. George P Sacks,
vice presiden Of the Chapin-Sacks Man
CfacturiIg Company Charles W BOtsch,
provision merchant; Louis p hrey- OF
krey, Prise & CO.. commission mer-
chants. Walter J. Johnson. florist Ben
jamin 5. Graves. secretary and treas
urer OF the Haycnner Baking Company,
and Z n Brown
The incOrporatOrS have held a meet
ing and have organized with the fol-
lowing officers. G. p. Sacks. president,
William c. Carter, secretary Thomas
Grant, treasurer Robert y. Harper
and II. Bradley Davidson, vice presi-
dents The officers and the remaining
inCCrpOraJOrs constitute the board OF
directors.
Work IS to be begun Immediately on
the Improvement and enlargement OF
the plant Of the Virginia StOCkyards
and Ahatt Company. The officers
% the ne company expect that Its
business viii be in active operation
within sixty days.
Situated just across the Potomac
river. not Tar from the AQueduCJ
bridge, the company viii virtually be
one Of the business organizations or
the District Of Columbia and win
operate one Of the few large manufac-
turing plants in this vicinity II viii
be unique in that IL viii be the only
producer Of cotton oil in this part OF
the country. The market for such a
product IS regarded as assured, how
ever, and the thousand and one pur-
poses for which IL is now used are en-
/ tireIy familiar 70 the public
The Washington times., 1908-10-07

ton, Now this license is for you. is
it?" for relatives frequently get the
licenses But she assured him that she
was the bride. Then she laid on the
counter a square pasteboard bakers
box and the guess was thai it held
the wedding cake.
And all this time, Charles r. Lewis.
who is to be married to Miss Keller.
and John J. Jenkins. who is to be the
husband Of Miss Sheperd, were doubt
less at home. for they didn't appear
with their better halves-to-be.
Each of the unblushing brides paid
the one dollar for the document that
would permit the annexation Of a hus-
band with a nOnchalance that the .slerk
turned into a ribbon-CUunter affair with
his hurried lone dollar please" as he
pushed the folded paper across the
counter.
Twentieth century girls are daring
enough TO make leap-year proposals one
year out Of four, but the new fashion
OF the bride taking charge Of the cere-
mony and standing sponsor for her
husbands age and pedigree, IS a few
leagues in advance. But no one that
watched, dared to quiz the two modern
girls who have started out to set a new
pace in feminine procedure.
The Washington times., 1908-10-07
COMMITTEE LEAVES
TO NOTIFY DR.. MANN
Letter Received Here Indicates he
Will Accept Washington
BiShOpric.

Not until tomorrow Will il be known
whether the Rev. DR.. Alexander Mann,
of Boston. viii accept the bishOpric OF
Washington This afternoon tnG spec.@-
notification committee appointed at me
recent Episcopal convention. accom-
panied by two delegates from the Ca
thedral Chapter, will depart for Boston
to notify DR.. Mann. The committee Sc
lected at the convention is composed Of
the Rev. DR. Randolph McKim, rector
of the Church OF the Epiphany: the
Rev. Dr. Roland c. Smith, rector Of st.
Johns Church, and Melville Church. g
local attorney. In addition TO this com
mittee the representatives appointed by
the Cathedral Chapter are the Rev
Dr. Alfred Harding, rector OF St Paul s
Church. and the Rev. DIT. George &. +.
Bratenahl. rector Of St Adams Church.
The representatives Of the cathedral
board have been instructed TO make a
special effort 90 induce DR.. Mann TO
accept the office.
DR. MCKim, the chairman OF the moth
6catiOn committee, received a letter yes.
terday from DIT. Mann. expressing his
qualification over the high honor shown
him, but no intimauOn was given as to
his decision.
DR.. Mckim seemed to regard the gen
eral trend Of the letter as indicative OF
an acceptance The conference between
the bishOp-eleCt and the committee will
occur tomorrow, that being the day set
by DR.. Mann.