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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
"oick Turpin's Tree"

The last remaining portions Of a
famous old elm, which was known to
all lovers Of Blackheath. England. and
the surrounding country as Dick Tur
pins Tree" were removed recently.
Tradition goes that the famous high
wayman used to hover about near the
gigantic branches of this elm, well out
OF view Of his prey, whom he used to
SO adroitly hold up" with his horse
pistols, and relieve Of whatever loose
valuables they might have. The elm,
which had circumference of over
l6 feet, stood close to Hyde Vale, al.
most opposite "Ye Oldn House" While
1t was being cut up nail. in perfect
condition, was found imbedded In the
center Of the wood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Time Re minders Unpopular.

A woman who wished to entertain a
great deal one day wondered why her
guests always seemed so uncomfort.
able.
1T is because of your clocks" said
a candid friend. There are three
within hearing distance of your draw
ing room that strike. don't know OF
anything that makes company feel
quite so uncomfortable as to hear a
clock strike. Somehow 1t is bound to
give the impression that we have out
stayed our welcome and the hostess Is
anxious to get rid of us. OF course
that is purely matter of fancy. yet
somehow striking clock always
seems to say, You'd better be going.
The wise hostess knows that, and II
she wants her callers to be thoroughly
comfortable she shuns clock that
strikes"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
CONSUMED AL THE "scRAPs.
Shakeress Thoroughly Faithful to Her
Religious Principles.

A peculiar custom of the religious
sect known as the Shakers is that they
never leave anything on their plates
after they have finished meal Moth
ing. according to their strict ideas of
economy, must be allowed to go to
waste, so 1t becomes necessary in the
case of the food for them TO "eat 1t to
save it." II is a cooperative business,
too, This Saving" of the scraps, for
not only must each person see that
his own portion is disposed of, but II
need be he must help others who may
have more difficulty
One of the worlds people, who
live near Shaker settlement-a WON
an of a charitable disposition--invited
all the children belonging to the set
Element to a dinner at her house. The
children are those the Shakers have
adopted for the purpose OF educating
them in the faith, so that the sect
may not die out with the present gen.
Grafton Of elders. A quaint old Shak-
eress accompanied the children to the
dinner. AT The table she attended to
all their wants, and when they were
through she moved swiftly around
from plate to plate. consuming all the
remnants before which their infantile
powers had failed. The hostess, who
had been watching her with wonder
which amounted almost to alarm at
her apparently unlimited capacity,
asked her when no scrap of anything
remained IL she had been enjoying her.
self r
"Oh, yea" responded the Shakeress,
sedately: I've had most excellent
opportunity, and I've eat sight"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village rels

News of the Town and Village Telo
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Caleb Briggs of Bradford place is i'll
with the grip.
James Thomas of Mechanicville
spent Sunday In town.
Solomon Sherman of Main street Is
confined to the house by illness.
Edward Burgess and wife returned
home Saturday from their honeymoon.
Miss Alice Gunshannon Of Gage st.
is the guest of friends in Hoosick this
week.
Lenten devotions win be held Wed
nesday and Friday evenings at 1880 at
st. Francis de Sales church.
The second thunder storm Of the
season occurred Sunday morning be-
tween FIVE and six. Today II Is much
cooler but very pleasant.
Miss Gertrude Carney. a teacher in
the Barre public schools, Is spending
her vacation with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Carney of Silver street.
Earl Harbour and Harrison Norton,
students of Norwich University at
Mortified, VT, are spending the annu-
al spring vacation at their homes here.
Paul Sanders will move onto the
Judge Kingsley farm In the west part
of the town this week. Hiram San.
ders, his father, recently purchased
this farm.
The roads in the outside districts
are In very bad condition just at
present. The mud Is all the way from
one to three feet deep. Milk men are
having hard time to get around at the
usual time.
The work of putting the new stained
glass windows In St. Francis de Sales
church started Saturday. The large
middle window in the north side of the
church will be the first one to be put
in. The staging for this window has
already been built.
The condition of Washington street
this year seems to have broken all re-
cords. Store men state that It Is Inn
possible to drive q team from Weeks
street to Elm without getting stuck.
They prefer to take their orders on
foot rather than run the chances Of
sinking to China.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Diving for AIIiuators,

While walking near a pond in the
woods, Bullie Ham, who can tell the
presence of an alligator by the smell
OF the critter, pulled OF his coat and
took header under the water. While
at the bottom of the pond Bullie's leg
arose to the surface and waved to the
men near the shore, The warning was
needed by the men catching Bullie's
leg and giving 1t yank that brought
Bullie to the surface, and with Bullie
came an alligator that measured some
four feet in length.-Apalachicola
Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
wher. ls the Lake Of con..ancsY

WOcTo 10 t0c Lake on toHetanSoI
The Lake Of Constance. or Boden
See, over which Count Zeppelin has
been maneuvering in his airship,
might have to become a forbidden
region for airships If the proposal to
prohibit them from flying over foreign
territory were internationally accept
ed. For the lake is bordered by Swift
zerland, Austria and three German
States--Bavaria, Wurtemberg and
Baden. and has itself been neutralized.
It is one OF the greatest surprises
in political geography that awaits the
tourist to discover that Constance, al.
though on the southern side of the
water, Is not in Switzerland, but in
Baden, although. arrer the repeated
shifts into Germany from Switzerland
and into Switzerland from Germany
on the train journey from Bale, he ia
prepared for anything. - London
Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
"a Hour Drive from Bennington.

~ TOUT OTISc tfoH CSHh"Seo"
No. 149. SO acres, 20 meadow. 20
pasture, Is acres wood lot heavily
timbered with beach, birch and maple
only few rods from house; seven
room, IN story nearly new house 22x
80; barn with basement. Only $1,000.
Snap This Up Quick or You viii be
Sorry.
No. 147. III story house slated with
s rooms, one minute from Main ST.,
and electrics. from to 5 minutes
walk to Cooper's, Bradford's and Rock
woods mill. Three extra building lots
I55 feet front. All for $3.50.
Five Mica from Bennington South.
Take our Word II ls a Winner.
No. 14S. so acres, 80 meadow, 40
pasture, 10 wood lot heavily timbered
with chestnut, birch, beech and maple,
only five minutes walk from house.
IA story white house, green blinds,
10 rooms, one hard wood floor, 26x36
barn with underground basement, shed
1896, ice house, milk house and wood
house and shop, buildings In best Of
repair, running water to house and
barn; 100 apple trees, hen house Lex
"a. Price $4,000.
A 0entieman's Farm and a Beauty.
No. 220. 400 acres, 225 meadow, $50
pasture, rs wood lot well wooded with
oak, chestnut, ash. maple and beech,
rs rods from house. This farm is all
level land, one meadow contains lis
acres with no fencing through 1t. AL
fencing is woven wire, 40 rods to
school. 1870 rods to church; 2 story
with ell, IL room Queen Ann style
house. Bath and toilet, hot and cold
water, laundry with set tubs, all hard
wood floors, natural wood finish. One
horse barn 40x56 with basement. cell
ed all over inside with chestnut, all
| iron stalls with iron feed boxes. Box
stalls and carriage apartment, granery
overhead, spouts to horses; another
born 22x40. annex BOXES, COW barn 81
x30; another 22x32, silo ,14x29; hog
house 20x30, corn house 16x25, her
house 10x15, wool house two stories
20x25, smoke house made OF concrete
another barn 40x56 with shed 15x40
one new barn 30x30 with basement
Sheep barn 22x50, two other barns 81
x40 each. Buildings all slated ant
In best of repair. Plenty Of fruit, will
cut $50 tons hay. Running water Il
all buildings. Price $4,000; $500
down.
No. 224. One acre of land. On
and one-half story house Of FIVE rooms
Barn 16x20. r. F. D. and telephone
Price $3.50.
| No. 222. Two story FIVE room stor'
26x70 in Center Pownal. Price $145(
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Mrs. Myron Taylor has been quite
sick with the grip.
Three from this place went ON the
excursion to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Barrett Of Rut
land spent Sunday In town.
Mrs. A. Kohler Is going to move into
Mrs. David Kent's tenement.
Charles Spencer Is going to move on
to the Byron Jameson farm.
w. w. Bennett ID moving into Frank
Rowe's house on Bonnet street.
Mrs. G. B. Rowe who has been on
the sick list for two weeks past is i'm
proving.
Il. J. Soules has moved from Eas
Arlington into his new home on Elm
street.
The junior auxiliary Of Zion church
met with Miss Edith Shaw last Sat
urday afternoon.
Aiken Warner who has been ON Ii,
jameson farm is going to move b
Massachusetts,.
Miss Mabel Taylor entertained thl
willing workers Of the M. Il. church
last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. George Reed died at the hom,
Of her father. DR.. J. w. Marsh last Fri
day evening after long illness.
Special communication Of Adoniran
lodge No. AZ F. and A. M. Thursda,
evening to work the F. G. degree.
The morning train north was delay
ed two and a half hours Saturda!
morning by two freight cars being Of
the track at South SALISBURY.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30

No. 221. One-half acre, 100 feet
front and 800 feet deep in Pownal Gen.
ter. One and one-half story y room
house. Barn S6x2S. Hennery 20x16.
Ice house 10x14, store house 10x1e
shingled. Plenty Of fruit. Price
$500.
No. 223. 80 acre farm In SALISBURY
one-half mile above North Bennington.
60 acres meadow, 26 In pasture, and
acres in maple grove. Cuts so tons
of hay. Two story fourteen room
house with four fireplaces, six closets
and cupboards. Barn 40x55. Horse
barn 30x40, granery 16x24, smoke
house. Hennery 10x30, 20 apple trees,
pear trees, 20 plum trees, cherry
trees, acre of strawberries. Is cur
rant bushes, and grape vines. R. F.
d. and telephone. Price $3.50
No. 22S. Farm of 21S acres located
one mile west of Center Pownal, on
the road to North Pownal. 81 acres
meadow, 122 acres pasture, Is acres
wood land. Cuts 100 tons Of hay. One
and one-half story house. Barn 29x70
with basement. Barn 30x40 barn
24x40, wagon house 28x42. Horse
barn 24xS0 granery 20x24, slated. Hog
house 16x26 Hennery 14x20, ice
house 12x12, smoke house, wood house
and store house 20x30, milk house 12x
16, One tenement house Of one and
one-half stories. Running water to all
barns and the house. Price $4,000.
No. 227. Farm Of 100 acres, so
meadow, 80 pasture, 20 in woodland,
maple beech, oak and pine. Cuts 80
tons of hay. One and one.half story
10 room house. Barn 22x50, COW barn
42x52 with basement. 100 apple trees,
Is pear trees, 10 plum trees, cherry
trees, Is currant bushes, and IL grape
vines. Farm is located FIVE miles
from Bennington on the Pownal road.
Price $4,000
No. 226. Two acre farm with wood
lot of five acres composed of oak, pine
and hard wood, located two miles
south of Bennington on the road to
Center Pownal One and one-half
story five room house shingled, cellar
and basement. Barn 24x30 with base
ment. Hennery 16x10, another one
x12, shop 12x14 with basement.
Price $500.
No. rs. Thirty-six building lots In
Allen Dale Park, each 50x100 located
on Frank St., Cross St., and Gage St.
from 800 to $3.50.
No. 225. Four acres highly cultiva-
ted leveYland near Hinsdillville church
One and one-haf story nine room
house with fine lawn. Barn 16x24;
hennery 10x20, wagon house 13x16.
nearly new, pig pen 6x12. Good loca-
ton for poultry farm. R. F. D. and
telephone. Price $3.50.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Letter to c. e. Roberts,

Bennington, VT
Dear Sir:--Josh Billings never said
anything truer than this: "Sucksesf
duz not konsist ov never maxim blum
ders but in not maxim the same wur
twist"
N. r. Watkins of Lott, Texas, hat
his house painted some years ago and
ii took Is gallons of what he believed
to be paint; he.bought II for paint. and
it looked like paint, the painter said Il
was paint.
He had 1t painted again; It took |
gallons Devoe. 80
1t cost $65 before: now $35.
He knows II is painted now, and he'f
got that $50 In a safe place. He's got
his knowledge in safe place too.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & co.
p. 8. d. A. Ward sells our paint.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Nothing Lacking.

When Helen Keller. the brilliant
blind and deaf girl. met DR.. Furness,
the Shakespearean scholar, he warned
her not to let college professors tell
her too many assumed facts about
the life Of Shakespeare; all we know,
he said. is that Shakespeare was hap
tized, msrr'ed and died.
WELL" she replied. 'he seems to
have done all the essential things"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
StrenQth of Yate.

Official tests Of the many valuable
hard woods aative to western Aus
tralia have made known the extraor-
binary properties of yate, believed to
be the strongest of all known woods.
Its average tensile strength is $4,000
pounds to the square inch, equaling
that of good cast iron. Many speci-
mems are, however, much stronger,
and one was tested up to TN tons to
the square inch, which is equal to ths
tensile strength of wrought iron. The
sawn timber of yate is probably the
strongest in the world. The tree
grows to a maximum height of 100
feet and has sometimes diameter Of
two and a half or even three feet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
The Wise Old Bow

Il don't know why 1t is, dear" she
said, that you never have decided to
run for president of the United
States" And then he coughed, and
poked the fire, and said: Molly. l
couldn't get my consent to leave
home and you for such campaign ~
that!"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Somewhat Different.

Green-On the strength Of your as
sertion that you would trust Windis
with your life | loaned him ten dol
lars, and now / cant get 1t back.
Brown-No. and you never will.
Green--Then why did you say you
would trust him with your life?
Brown-Oh, that's different Win.
digs deadbeat all right, nut he ID
not an assassin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
About Fertilizers.

Farmers cannot do better than In
vest cent In postal card to send
to C.. s. Page, Hyde Park. VT, with the
words written thereon, Send fertiii-
ger formulas as advertised in the Ben
nington Banner" II will bring them
free postpaid much valuable informa-
ton about the preparation Of home
made fertilizers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Notice to Our Customers.

We are pleased to announce that Fo.
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles Is not affected by
the National Pure Food and Drug law
as It contains no opiates or other harm
full drugs, and we recommend 1t as a
safe remedy for children and adults
ouinlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
Far from Minor.

"This is a great fuss they are max.
ing about a trolley through the park.
| thought the whole matter was a
minor issue" by no means; all the
fuss is because It IL q major one"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts gently yet promptly on the bowels
and allays Inflammation at the same
time. 1t is pleasant to take. Sold by
u. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
A Caro-.

We, the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on q so
cent bottle Of Greene's Warranted Sy-
rup Of Tar II 1t fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee q
rs cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
Hyde's Drug Store G. H. Houghton
J. M. Ayres. A. 8. Hathaway,
HARDWOOD Drug Store
G. r. and A. B. Hawkins
d. A. Ward, 0. e adams,
B A. Quinlan, e. c. Woodwork,
w. L. Gokay, o. e. Adams & Co
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30

Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch LA
Eel Salve--it is good for piles. Sold
by D. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is a
new remedy, an improvement on the
laxatives Of former years. as II does
not grippe or nauseate and is pleasant
to take. 1t Is guaranteed. -Quinlan' 3
Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-30
New List Of Property
For Sale By lockwood & Howe

The following list is all new and has been previously
advertised Look ii over careulyhere may be something
you want
The Springdale news., 1908-05-15

It IS a pleasure to write the life of such able, even, conserv- ative and honorable man as Aaron l. Thompson, who first inha abited this world in the flesh in Wayne County, Ind, 1880, Sept. 2.
 Soon the little boy was living near where Durham, N ashington County, Ark. IS. He grew up in an intimate and honorable asso- citation with the aN, the grubbing hoe. tile maui and wedge, the corn hoe. the mule. the OK, and the general duties of the farm boy aud youth Il a pioneer country. Brig. in his school studies, he early took rank as leading citizen and was constable of White River township, elected at 21 and serving two years. He enlisted in the Federal army early i'll 1865, helped recruit the first regiment of Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. Was made first ser- geat1t of Go. l in this regiment and was promoted to first lieuten- ant, ably doing duty as a soldier til mustered out, August 10, ls65, after AppomattoX, when the war was over. The year fol- lowing his return to his home, lie was chosen Justice and filled tile office two years. He became q merchant in St. Paul in 1908, >oon received appointment as postmaster. and then as Registrar ol Madison Co.,, 10 which office Governor Baxter appointed him. Was elected Judge of Madison County in 1882. He was d no- tary fifteen years serving under Governors Hughes. Clark and Eagle. He was l.. $. store keeper and guager. appointed Ill 1sss, and the neNt year lis eff ceincy caused him to be promoted to general storekeeper and guag- CT, which office lie held nearly five years. About 1s95 he came to Springdale. Immediately lie became one of her most progress i've citizens. Joining with others, he built the then imposing struc- ture. Opera Block. He entered upon his duties as Postmaster in ls97.
 He Was married to Miss Sarah J. Peoi, Oct. IS, ls60, and their children are: Henry L., who oNns
The Springdale news., 1908-05-15

Mr N. K Bird came to tljs splendid farming country in 1Sf5 from Green county, Tennessee. His good wife Lad come to thiS section from North Carolina. 5rt an earlier date. They have fi4e handsome children, two daughters and three sons. Their elegant hemet k right Hear Spfinestafe
 and =Ia -thetr home farm K utls
 hundred acres, about twenty three ol it in orchard He owns anathef farm of eighty acres north u his haals farm and Hat
 safaAea4 0a tats farm be has thirt4z6}c acres u orchard. His hofaa=safH has perhaps che
 gresfe>t variety ot apples in 5llg saea s1leG orchard m thIS worid= beating orStaf4 @eantry AIf
 Bird lS Sa sensible 1ar5ful business mai aaa manasts Iiss properties Wlth tha. .nIe'l32znsz. that assures remuner4ttsg returns. H. is one ot tat progressive frW mn fet this country that has d 4aa4 contepu3n at what drainage meaHs to any faFH, and has tt3ed other years, < ding tliiS year. and Will tile HeN5 year. As | practical man, hr KNOWS that, not alone the swamp parts are the richest parts ol the farm when tiled, but that the higher parts are enabled b stand drouth and wet weather better when til- ed. He has tile courage ot his convictions. too. and goes out lH- to the competitive market and buys fruits ii tie fields and or chardS and handles so as to make business lively and to put honest ducats into his purse. He Is progressive and enterprising. He and his good wife have ac- vcumulated a nice competency and fthey are practical, industrious Tnfople who use their intelligence 1t tin4ell as their hands i'll the
The Springdale news., 1908-05-15

Mir. Johnson IS a Mason and by his every day life shows that he believes in the principles of true fraternity by his effort to lead d peaceful, honest and kindly life. He buys and ships apples and berries in season. \ good citi- zen, attentive to business, he en- joys large patronage. With the public interest at heart, he contributes to the best inter- est of Springdale by aiding pub lie development as we'll as by managing good and popular mercantile business. ]. C. John- son attends strictly to his own business and manages so as to please large and eonfiding GUS tom.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-15

It was i'll 1855, in Iowa, that F. H. Mcdonald first saw day light. He was an energetic youth and like such boys on the farm, he found plenty to engage his hands, and plenty in that great school of nature to make impressions upon his mind, to broaden his view of life and it's responsibilities. An even-telnp- cred boy of marked individuality, lie early developed character, seen in his manhood, for enter prise and a desire to broaden hls field of operations.
 In 1875, he wooed and won d bride, Miss Minerva Davis. They have one son, recently married, and resident of the famous city, Eureka Springs, where lie is a druggist. About 1899, Mr. Mcdonald bought a quarter sec tion in Grant County, Oklahoma, paying S1200 for 1t. Applying his unusual energy and manager ial ability to it's development, he caused 1t to yield him liberal in- crease while he was making a better farm of 1t. After five years of prosperity digging up its pristine richness, he sold It for $500, an advance of S3500 over what he paid for it. In 1905 he bought property in Eu- reka Springs, Ark, where he lived about year, conducting q rooming house Ill that resort city,