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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
WEST sHAFTsBURY


Grace Center visited Bessie Amidon
recently.
Alice Young recently visited Sarah
Perkins.
Grace Center visited Mrs Truman
Amidon last week.
Hyde Barber spent Sunday with
friends in Arlington.
Lena Amidon visited her aunt, Mrs
Truman Amidon recently.
Rev. L. A. Cooney called on Elmer
Amidon's family Tuesday.
Edgar Mattison and daughter Alice
were at r. h. Tinkham's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Barton and two
sons visited in Bennington Sunday.
Pearl and Frank Corey are visiting
at the home of their uncle, Martin
Coulter.
Mrs. Josephine Jones and Mrs. May
McNeal of Albany spent Saturday
with Mrs. Martin Coulter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Gulley and
brother-in-law, Elijah Squires, spent
Sunday at Charles Perkins
Bessie Niles commenced her fall
term OF school in the Martin Elwell
district on Tuesday of this week.
Miss Anna Sheridan returned to
New York last week after spending
some weeks with her sister Mrs. Geo
Brownson.
Mr., and Mrs. Earl Cobb and son
have returned to their home in Wards
boro, VT, after spending two weeks
at the home of her father, Charles Ban
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Ross and fam
lily have returned home after spending
some time with Mrs. Ross parents in
Londonderry.
Mrs. Truman Amidon entertained
the Misses Anna and Nellie Center
and her sister, Mrs. Mark Harbour
and two daughters ,Rosette and Mar!
Harbour recently.
The Misses Eunice and Edith Ly
ons of Bennington and Tula and Ere
da Brownson Of South SALISBURY anC
Maud and Nettie Shaw of North AID
ans, spent one day last week will
Miss Bessie Brownson.
Edward Farnham, wife and sol
Clarence spent Sunday at r. r. Tink
hams. Mr.. Farnham returned to hi
home in Arlington Monday morning
leaving Mrs. Farnham and son t
spend the week with her sister, Mrs
r. T.. Tinkham.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
FOR SALE !

so acres of good land with first
class house and barns; located 81
miles south of Manchester Street;
V mile from Depot. Church. school,
Free Library, and General store, only
a few rods from house. Nearly new
large IL room house with large
halls, large piazzas, one in front
and the other on side; rooms nearly
all finished In natural wood; house
painted white with green blinds; one
Of the best cellars in the county;
large front yard with beautiful shade
trees; marble walk from street to
house; soft water In house and pure
well OF water % feet from side door,
stream of water runs through barn
yard. New barn size 36x5O with
large basement for stock; horse
stalls; located 150 feet from house;
good corn and grain house, hen house,
wood house and other buildings. All
located near Battenkill river where
the best fishing is to be found, this is
an all round fine place and will east
ly keep 10 cows and 2 horses. GO
apple trees and plenty OF other fruit
The scenery is fine. II would make
fine place for retired gentleman
or O summer home. House and barns
all slated. Price $500.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
MANCHESTER


Mrs, Otto r. Bennett and daughters
are spending the week in Bennington
and North Adams.
d. X. Simonds attended a meeting
of the trustees of Mlddlebury college
Tuesday at MiddIebury.
Mrs. r. Edward Way and Miss Lu-
ella Francis are visiting Mrs. l.. w.
Cole in South SALISBURY.
Leon Wiley has returned from his
home in Winhall where he has been
spending a short vacation.
lie Abbott has returned from Long
Lake, N. Y, where he has been EN-
ployed for two months at the Saga
more House.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. X. simonds enter
tanned Rev. John M. Thomas, .presi-
dent of Middlebury college, who
preached al the Congregational church
Sunday.
Miss Clara Boynton has returned
from Lake Bomoseen where she has
been spending the summer and will
continue her studies at Burr and Bur-
ton seminary.
There we're more than 100 arrivals
at the Equinox House on Sunday.
Nearly all of them were AUTOMOBILE
lists. This made a total number of 2l5
visitors over night
Edward Sibley OF Bennington was
in town Monday and Tuesday. He Is
manager of the Burr and Burton sem
mary football team and Is busy arrang'
ing his schedule for the season, which
will open soon.
The young daughter Of F. G. VII
liams was badly burned Sunday while
the children were playing with JACKIE.
lanterns. Her clothes became ignited
and she was badly burned before the
flames could be extinguished.
d. X. Simonds who has been town
clerk for nearly 35 years, has resigned
and Charles A. Shattuck has been ap
pointed to complete the unexpired
term. The resignation was made nee
essary owing to the ruling of the post
office department that a postmaster
shall not hold any other office.
Shepard Strong is in town for few
days. In past years Mr.. Strong has
ispent much of his time in Manches
ter but at present he is In the rea
estate business In Cleveland. While
in Manchester he was an extensive
breeder of poultry and made rounC
of the fairs in this and other states
during the late summer and fall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Green
spent yesterday in Troy.
Miss Flossie Eddy of Troy is the
guest of Mrs. Henry Spencer.
Mrs. Arthur Sheperd has returned
from a few days visit in Troy.
Mrs. George Houghton is spending
few days with friends in Troy.
Miss Lottie Madison is spending a
few days with friends in Manchester.
Miss Martha Wright spent one day
in Troy recently with Miss Dorothy
Houghton.
Miss Gertrude Sheperd left yester-
day for WATERFOWL, Mass. where she
lis to teach school.
Are you going to the dance Friday
evening at Bank hall given by the
Fish and Game club.
All members of the Fish and Game
club are especially requested to be
present tomorrow evening at their
regular business meeting.
Miss Sadie Porter who for the past
year has been stenographer at the H.
c. White company has resigned her
position and left yesterday for Akron,
Ohio where she has similar posit-
ion.
Mrs. Hannah Burdick of New York
Mrs. Elmer Lamphier of Hoosick
Falls. Mrs. LeGrand Babcock of Pet.
Iersburg and Mrs. S. f. Worthington of
IFitchburg, Mass, visited Mrs. II. A.
Davis yesterday.
The North Bennington Fish and
Game club will open the dancing sea-
son in this village by holding one OF
their good old jolly social dances
Sept. II in Bank hall. George Don
nelly and Harry Phillips will furnish
the music, and the dance will be run
as all theirs have been and the club
wishes to thank all for their past pat
lronage of the last season which was a
grand success.
Thursday evening, Sept. 10th the
Fish and Game club will hold their
regular meeting at s p. m. after which
the members will set down to a dove
lsupper, then a good smoker and mus.
ical will take place. The club is fast
charging in membership and the gun
team is doing fairly good work and
would like a match with some of our
Ineighboring clubs, to help make
things interesting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
WEST ARLINGTON


Elisha Phillips is afflicted with
rheumatism.
Tommy Hays has been suffering
from a severe cold
Mrs. c. H. Young has been on the
sick list and under the Doctors care
the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Morehouse are
entertaining little Miss Lora More
house and little brother of West Rut-
land, Vt.
Mrs. w. o. Sweet and daughter
Edith who have been visiting Mrs.
Fred Hanley, returned to their home
in Granville last week.
George Hoyt and bride Of Pittsfleld
Mass, and his brother Freddie were
at w. II. Pratts Sunday, also Charles
Crofut's returning Monday.
II. e. Hayden Of North Adams was
the guest of West Arlington friends
over Sunday Mr. Hayden has fine
position as teacher in Falls Village,
Conn.
Miss Bessie Haskin returned Satur-
day from Sunderland and opened
school in district No. on Monday.
Miss Estella Harrington commenced
her school Tuesday on the green.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
Never Had His Hair Cut.

This town boasts a modern day Sam
son, in an eccentric old man, who, like
the hero of old, has never permitted
his hair to. be trimmed, says dis
patch from Maple Falls, Wash, to the
New York American. He wears long
locks which hang nearly to the ground.
He Is a powerfully built man and
stands six feet five inches. The man
is John Fitzpatrick, rs years Of age,
and who, though so old, can lift bar
rel of salt, weighing 27O pounds, at
arms length over his head.
One Of his recent feats OF strength
was at the Yakima county fair when,
in the presence of many persons, he
picked up granite bowlder which,
when previously weighed, tipped the
scales at 450 pounds. He raised the
huge oblong stone in his arms, carried
II 40 feet and loaded 1t into wagon
box with no assistance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10

Quinby S. Backus of Brandon has
conducted campaign for the COVER
norship of Vermont at total expense
of $394.S3. OF course Mr. Backus had
no expectation of receiving the cleo
ton, but as the nominee of the indie
pendence party he travelled to most
of the larger towns of the state, raj
lies were held and literature was dis
tributed and all for the insignificant
outlay of $394S9. Men of other par
ties who take an active hand in the
political game in Vermont can scan
the tabulated report of Mr.. Backus,
published in another column, and per
haps gain wisdom therefrom If the
independence man did all the things
his report says he did for $394,SS some
of the other fellows would do well to
go to Brandon and take a course in
political economies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
ARLINGTON

William Waldron of Bennington has
moved his family to Arlington onto
the place he recently purchased here
Mrs. Sydney Haskins of Granville
who has been visiting at her home for
two weeks returned to her own home
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cross who
have been taking carriage drive
through Hoosick, Petersburg and Der
lin returned home Monday.
Peter Boshen has returned from Wis
iting relatives" and friends In Pitts
field, Springfield and Chester, Mass,
and reports that crops and business
outlook are fine and prosperous.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
THEY KNOW 1T

Thousands of people throughout the
country know that the ordinary rem
sdies for Piles-ointments, suppositor-
les and appliances-will not cure.
The best of them only bring passing
relief.
DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid is a tab
let taken internally taht removed the
cause of Piles, hence the cure is per
manent. Every package sold carries
a guarantee with it,.
1t is perfectly harmless to the most
delicate constitution. A months treat
ment in each package. Sold for S1.00
At w. L. Gokay's, or DR.. Leonhardt
Cos, Station B, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10

LucRETA:
Just learned that Gold Medal Flour II
sifted ten times through finest SILK. EUGBNiA.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
SOUTH SALISBURY

The village school opened on Tues
day.
William Coulter was in the village
on Monday.
Eugene Deitz had an injury from
falling from a wagon.
Labor day was not observed here,
only as a day of labor.
Mr.. Beebe of Manchester was in
town on business Monday.
Frank and Harold Dean are students
in the Bennington graded school.
n. Hawkins and family went to the
Cambridge fair one day in their Buick
Eddie Collins of this place has gone
to the North Bennington graded
school,
Miss Bessie Mirfeld left town on
Monday to begin school work at
Whately, Mass.
William Young is having quite a
serious time from the effects of the
extraction of tooth.
Mrs. Mary Seymour Galusha spent
part of Saturday and Sunday in the
home of Marcus Galusha.
Miss Nettie Flemming, bookkeeper
in the office of the Eagle Square Co.,
is away on her vacation.
Miss Ida Harrington will accompany
Miss Marcia Dunlap to Ypsilanti, Mich
where she will enter school,
Edward Way, wife and son of Man.
chester have been spending a short
time with his sister, Mrs. l.. w. Cole
Robert Buck passed the examna-
ton and will enter the high school at
North Bennington, also his sister Miss
Grace.
Miss Mary Robinson and sister
Georgiana who have been students in
this village have gone to North Ben
nington.
Mr.. Taylor the engineer at the
Eagle Square Cs works moved his
family from North Adams on Mon
day to this village.
Frank Montgomery's little son is
having serious bleeding attacks from
the affected eye. 1t seems to be grow
ing weaker every day.
William Moon and son Clarence re.
turned from Dover on Monday where
they have been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Mary MOON Atwood.
Miss Rose LaDeu who has been in
town for the past three weeks, left on
Monday morning for North London
derry where she has school.
George Moon and wife returned on
Sunday having visited their mother in
West Dover, then driving about the
country, visiting several townships.
Mrs. William Moon visited her sis
ter and other friends at Manchester
last week. On her return Monday eve
ming she brought young niece home
with her.
T. II. Dunlap and wife went to
Sandgate on Saturday to visit his
niece, Mrs. Harry Peck and found her
very much benefited since removing
from Schenectady to the mountain air
p c. Eddy of Albany came on Sat
urday to visit his old home and re-
manned until Monday. His son Her.
= bert accompanied him back after a
month spent here with his grandpar.
tents.
Invitations are out announcing the
marriage of the daughter of Rev and
Mrs. Robert Blake Tozer, Bertha Els
tella, to Jesse George Eddy on Wed
nesday, Sept. 23 at 10 o'clock, noon at
Hoosick Falls.
Cole hall has been greatly improv'
ed. The interior has been painted
and with paper and good shades will
be a credit to the village and reflects
much credit on the men who have
been so persistent in their effort to
complete the work.
Miss Marcia Dunlap leaves town on
Monday for her western home in
lYpsilanti, Mich. She has had a nice
visltwith her fathers and mothers
people and has made many warm
friends with her genial nature who re-
lgret her departure
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup

IA, been used for oyer sIxTY-FIvE YEARS BY MIL,
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E1mber zoos AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
All subscriptions payable In advance
FRANK B. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

Rutland's fire whistle with the wind
TANNER attachment to furnish the
noise has arrived. To secure the pur-
chase and installation of this compar-
atively small and inexpensive but
much needed apparatus it was neces-
sary for the Rutland Herald to burn
up enough editorial to overturn the
destinies of nation but it won out.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia II. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1855 Lawrence
St., Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
81 was practically an invalid for six
years, on account Of female troubles.
Il underwent an operation by the
doctors advice, but in few months ]
was worse than before. A friend ad,
vised Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me 10 perfect
health, such as have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering al
l did with backache, bearing. down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia H. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-10
Camp Araaon.

Owing to press Of duties I cannot
continue to meet the people as adver-
tised.' can be seen at Camp Aragon.
]. P. Bradley,
Sec'y., Fraternity OF Duxanimae.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

opened the abscess which contributed
toward Mr.. Edison's deafness. Tt was,
seemingly, wholly successful.
Three years g Mr.. Edison had
trouble with the same ear and at that
time DR.. Duel performed an operation
for mastoiditis. The recovery was
complete and the present trouble is for
eign to the earlier ailment.
Mr.. Edison went to New York from
his home in Llewellyn Park, West Or
ange, yesterday afternoon, accompanied
by his family physician. They visited
DR.. Duel and it was decided that it
would be best for the inventor to go to
the Manhattan Hospital, where a for
NAL consultation over the case could be
held. This consultation took place late
last night and was Immediately fol-
lowed by the operation. Those present
at the consultation in addition to Dr.
Duel and DIR. Bradshaw were DR..
James F. McKernon, the ear specialist,
and DIR. w. Gill Wylie. It was found
that an acute abscess had formed in
the middle ear and that an immediate
operation was advisable. Mr.. Edison
was placed under an anaesthetic, which
he took without trouble. The period of
unconsciousness was only a few mo-
ments.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
ORGANIZE TO AID
SUFFERING POOR
IN SECOND WARD
Assistance Will Be Given With
out Publicity and Many
Families Benefited.
SPREAD OF THE WORK
is DECLARED NECESSARY
Recipients May Pay Back in Fu-
ture Years if They Care
to Do So.

The Second Ward relief committee
was organized yesterday by the Demo-
cratic leaders of the ward. and City
Counsel James r. Nngent was elected
chairman. The purpose of the organi-
cation is to alleviate the suffering of
the poor OF the ward, many of whom
are In dire want, but refuse to apply
to the city for aid. The chairman said
today thai similar organizations would
be, formed in other wards where relief
was needed, and inspectors would be
chosen TO go among the people and give
them aid without publicity.
The call was sent out last week by
the city counsel after several pitiful
cases We're brought to his attention, and
the officials from the ward were re-
quested to attend the meeting at the
rooms of the American Club in Court
street.
Among those who were enrolled in
the committee were County Counsel
Elvin w. Crane, Freebooter Edward G.
Eaton, Aldermen Michael Leveen and
Elmer A. Day, all of the Second Ward;
Police Commissioner John Bladder, Elk
else Inspector William Dignan, former
School Commissioner George w. Cour-
ter, Enos Runyon, of the County Board
OF Taxation; Benjamin Seligman, John
Sullivan, John Leonard, John McBar-
ron, Christian Schlittenhardt, Otto Mil
.ler, William Bahrs, John Shay and
James Connorton. Bernard Owens was
chosen secretary of the committee. and
the preliminary work having already
been done, contributions were asked
for, and from those in the nall $500
was collected.
The committee already has fourteen
cases of deserving charity unde its
care, and several have been sent to
hospitals. while the children of two
families are being taken care Of by
members of the committee until the
condition of their parents can be inn
proved.
Excise Inspector Dignan today de-
clared thai in the Second Ward there
are many cases of untold misery
among respectable working men. who,
in several instances. have been forced
TO mortgage their homes for food.
1t is the intention of the committee
ito look up all cases, supply food and
fuel and pay rents of such as are de-
serving, and the sting of charity will
he taken out of the act by allowing
the persons relieved to pay back the
amount advanced if. they ever hould
feel inclined to do SO. In such case
the money will be turned over to chart
table organizations.
city Counsel Nugent today said that
the work of the organization had but
begun, and that organizations in many
of the other wards would be necessary.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

in the commercial world, in music.
etc, most of which prophesies haze
already Gene true.
The chapter concerning Edison's per-
sonaiity gives a good character sketch
of h man. Here are brief scraps OF
descriptive points:
: Edison does not regard his deafness
as an afiiiction, and on more than one
occasion he has declared that 1t has
saved his listening to much nonsense
which could only have resulted in the
waste of a lot of valuable time"
zone Of Edison's chief personal
characteristics is a disregard for the
conventionanties of dress. From the
days when he spoiled a new suit with
a bottle of chemicals he has had rather
d contempt for fine clothes. Not so
long ago Edison always wore a long
linen duster-a masculine Mother Hub
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

connection with the telephone, the
electric light. the photograph, the
moving picture machine, the storage
battery, etc, OF all these wonderful
products of the great mans brain the
photograph probably caused the great
est sensation. There was something
inexpressibly weird in>the idea Of cap
turing speech and preserving it for CEN
turtles to come. Yet It was the result
of pure reason, based upon a very
happy Inspiration. In telling of the
discovery Mr.. Jones VI
'In his early work with automatic
telegraphs operating at high speed,
Edison had occasion to experiment with
embossed strips Impressed with dashes
and dots thereon. which were moved
rapidly beneath q stylus to vibrate Il
It was observed thai THIS stylus in
vibrating produced audible sounds,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
A BIOGRAPHY OF EDISON

of the usual biography there is the
vividness of a well-told story. 1t ought
especially to appeal to readers in this
locality, because Of the faet the great
Wizard has long been a resident Of
Llewellyn Park, West Orange, and has
given tine world most of his greatest
works from his factories in that town.
Passing rapidly oyer the chapters
dealing with Edison's birthplace and
his boyhood, when he was a newsagent
and later a ~telegrapher, the reader will
be most interested perhaps In the sec
lions which deal with the inventors
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

Simply as a matter of inspiration the
idea of a talking machine occurred TO
him, and, remembering his experiments
with the automatic telegraph trans
mitter, he concluded that if the un-
dulations on the strip could be given
the proper form and arrangement the
diaphragm could be vibrated SO as to
reproduce any desired sound"
John Kruaei, one OF Edisons woIk-
men, who died in 1899, made the mrs.
crude photograph, and his voice on J
IS sim preserved in the hundreds Of
other Important records in the Edison
labratorv in West Orange. He nede
the model in thirty hours. working CON
t~inuously, arc it is at present con
tained in the South Kensington Mu-
scum, in London. Edison at that time
was so sure that the phonograph would
reach perfection that he prophesied is
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
EDISON RALLIES
RAPIDLY AFTER
EAR OPERATION
Inventor Confined in New York
Hospital as Result of ABB
cess in the Ear.

Instead of going to Florida from his
home in West Orange this week on his
usual winter trip with his family.
Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor,
Is laid up in the Manhattan Eye and
Ear Infirmary, New York, where he
was operated on last night for an alb
scess in his left ear. Mr.. Edison will
probably have to remain in the hos
pital for the rest of the week. Mrs.
Edison is with him. He was resting
today.
The operation was performed by DR..
Arthur Il Duel. ear specialist, who