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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
FOR SALE


400 acre wood lot, located on the
main road in the town of Woodford,
6h miles from Bennington, VT, one
half Of which is first growth timber
1t is estimated to cut one million feet
OF Red Birch, maple, ash and spruce
and ten thousand cords of hard wood.
Price SIS per acre.
20 acres OF easy and accessible
land located miles from Bennington
one half Of which is meadow land, bal.
ence second growth timber land, that
will cut 800 cord of wood and several
hundred oak railroad ties. Price
5000.
Good 8 room house with good horse
and COW barn and acres Of good
land, estimated so bushel potatoes
and 40 bushel of apples with some hay
and all kinds OF vegetables in the
garden. Located ON main road 8
miles from Bennington. Price for all
$3.50 II taken before owner changes
his mind.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
From Experience.

do you believe Poe really heard the
raven tapping, tapping, tapping upon
his chamber door," asked the lanky
artist.
mo, that's all rot" responded the
impecunious bard.
think so?"
Sure. I'll stake sonnet against q
square meal that instead OF raven do
ing the tapping 1t was hi" collector"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
Picnic Grounds.

Poucher and Swift have opened up
a picnic, clam-bake and camping
on the Bennington and North
Adams trolley road, with running
spring water on the grounds. En-
trance only about ten rods from where
car stopss Ct
u C.xsek
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
Camp Aragon.

Owing to press of duties cannot
continue to meet the people as adver-
tised. l can be seen at Camp Aragon!
j. p. Bradley,
Sec'y., Fraternity OF Duxanimae.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
Il Is.

"How are you getting on in your
endeavor to win the hand of Miss
Skads?"
Fine"
why, heard that the entire family
was down on you, all but she?"
well, isn't that doing nne?"--Hous-
ton Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18

a Chance Tor Boys to Make q Dollar.
We want all the bones We can get.
Can use heads hoofs, horns-any-
thing in the line OF bones--if only
dry. We will pay 75c per hundred
pounds for thoroughly dry bones-we
can pay even more II strictly clean.
hard, fresh. dry, boiled butchers
bones-and pay freights from your
station II shipped In lots OF 200 pounds
or more. Ship in barrels or cheap
sacks.
G. s. Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18

HONEY:
You jes' can't beat biscuits made outen
Gold Medal Flour,-no sab. MAMMA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
JnssIcA:

JEsBIcA:
Mother says there's only one best
-four" Gold Medal Flour. JOHN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
TOWN EXAMINATION

For applicants for admission TO High Scho0
tuition free) will be held In Room 10, Benning
ton Graded School building, Thursday and
Friday, August 27-2s, beginning at O'Clock
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
Old Furniture Wanted

Good prices will be paid for al,
kinds of old furniture. Call or write
BARNEY LEVIN III River St
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
A Lot For The Money

No. 240. 10 acres, 4 meadow. q
pasture and wood, plenty wood for
family use. u mile out OF corpora
ation l " story s room house. A mag.
niilcent view Of Bennington. / barn
S6xS4, % apples trees. Price only
$500. 5000 down.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
A Chance for Boys to Make a Dollar.

A. B, Swift.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
A Money Maker

No. 2S5. % acres, 16 meadow un.
der high state Of cultivation, 8 acre
wood lot, u mile from school, q miles
from Bennington village; III story
house, rooms, l barn 25x3O, Is ap-
pie trees. This farm will keep 4
cows and / horse. Price 1890.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18
"a Mile From Village Limits
Neat Comfortable House.

No. 241 2 acres meadow land Y
mile from village limits III story
mouse, 8 rooms; will sell by the
month or small cash payments,
Price $3.50.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-18

The Kennedy Comedy company will
give an entertainment In the Union
opera house Monday evening, August
II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
The Selection of Kern.
Philadelphia North American

Philadelphia North American)
Grant was right. however. His words
are as true now as when he spoke
them: You can always trust the Dem
ocratic party to make Q fool of itself"
The chance to take position of
great political advantage was tossed
away. The obvious strategy Of the
hour was disreGarded. The opportuni-
ty was there fol an act of breadth and
wisdom which would have impressed
country. But there was also an open
ing for 4 netty play for the cleo
oral vote Of single state. The result
was the nomination Of Mr.. Kern.
In consequence, some $1,000, 900 Of Am
orleans. who have not been blessed
with residence anywhere between
South Bend and Evansville. are asking
in various degrees of wondarment, that
range from polite Indifference to pro-
family. "Who is Kern?"
After 1iligent investigation we learn
that Mr.. Kern Is a product of l<ollomo.
Mr. fscrns achievements in states
manShir consist of q seat in the Indi-
ana Legislature and two defeats for
Governor Of his state In Kol,omo he
has the reputation Of being q great
campaisrer. The first time he ran for
Governor he was beaten by $4,000. The
second time he was beaten by $4,000.
He is a Democrat of unQueStionable
regularity. He was an ardent support
err of Cleveland and the gold standard
The moment Bryan was nominated in
1896 he became an equally fervcnt ad-
vocata OF the 1f-to-1 theory.
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The Case Of Missouri.
waterbury American.)

Roosevelt carried Missouri in 1904,
and the claim is made that TAFT Will
also carry it this fall. This claim is
based on three or four different con-
sidcrations. In the first place, there
is q row on in the Democratic party;
III the second place, the Republican
candidate for governor is Mr. Hadley,
the attorney general, who, fighting
pretty much unaided, landed Standard
Oil to the admiration of everybody,
whatever his sympathies for or against
the trusts; in the third place, there
has been a great influx into Missouri
in the last few years of Iowa and IL
inois farmers. who are naturally Re
publicans. Then again, Missouri is
getting 70 be an increasingly progress
sive state, which means that it votes
loss by tradition and more by dis
elimination between candidates and
parties as they actually arise. III
Missouri should go Republican in two
successive presidential elections, it
would redeem itself from the name
which has 50 long attached to it, that
of being q "Bourbon' State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
The Friday Foo'ishness.
cleveland Lelder.)

One Of the tlashlight revelations Of
the Denver convention was the turning
back Of the clock in the convention
hall for four hours or SO to prevent the
nomination OF Bryan on Friday by that
one clock.
Ostrich folly could go no farther
Superstition could be no sillier Tim
idlty could not Shiver more abSurdly in
the face of an outworn bit Of nonsense
which is we'll enough in children if
they don't take it seriously, but is
amazing in n national convention of q
great party choosing it's leader for a
presidential campaign.
Friday was not even lodged. Only
one poor clock was falsiiied Bryan
was nominated on Friday and his de-
feat is none the surer on that account.
W hat hurt him i'll the Friday Stiffness
is the fact that it made his followers
look too trivial, too light headed, too
ridiculous to be taken seriously for any
purposes, by grown men.
Bat tho convention has precedentS in
social usages Marriages are not often
solemnized on Friday The Denver
ceremonies made Bryan the bride
groom with political death for his
bride.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
Campaign
An Invitation to Looters.

I.incoln (Neb.) state JournaL)
Where the Democratic platform de-
parts most widely from Repupllcdii
policies it reveals it's most obJectloh-
able features. For example, the de-
mand for turning over the control q
the grazing lands to the States IS
palpable bid for the votes OF the Dig
cattlemen Of the West 1t would pc
a dangerous experiment. 1t has beeh
demonstrated again and again that
tie management Of the great natural
resources cannot be safely entrusted 70
the people whose Immediate financial
interest lies in exploiting them. There
would be no national forests If the
matter were left to the pepole OF the
mountain states. Those people are as
honest and as patriotic as anybody,
but the needs Of the hour would OBJ
scure the larger view that is involved
in the creation of these reserves. In
the same way, the control of the graz
ing lands by the states would be tnc-
tured by self interest and influenced
by the men of capital and strength
who earn the title of cattle kings
President Roosevelt has won some dis
favor in the range country by insisting
that the fences shall come down and
that the range shall be administered
for the common good. This Demo-
cratic plank is an invitation to the
mon who have fenced in a part OF the
public domain to vote the Democratic
ticket.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
The Country's Big Crops.

The long drought which has cut
down the hay crop here in New
England and worked more or less in
jury to other crops has not been felt
elsewhere in the country, and in the
great agricultural regions OF the West
and South the crop outlook was never
better than at the present time. The
season has been exceptionally favorable
and every day makes it more likely
that the great staple crops of corn,
wheat and cotton will beat the wonder
full records of the past few years. The
corn crop this year according to pres
ent promise will yield 2,70O, 900, 900 bu-
shells. which at the September option
price Of G. cents would be valued at
81, 700,000.000. The wheat crop with an
indicated yield of 675,OOo,O 900 bushels at
90 cents per bushel would amount to
1927 900 600 The cotton crop which
promises II, 100000 bales at 9la cents
would yield about $500, o00,OO The oat
and hay crops, now out of danger are
record br eakers in quantity and quail
ity. Last year these two crops We're
valued at over $1,O000OO,O0O, and this
year that sum will be further exceeded.
All the crops of 1907 were estimated by
the Department of Agriculture at a
valuation of SAP, OO0,O 900 on the farm
and in view of the larger yield this
year, and the good prices generally
obtained. it is quite reasonable to ex-
pect that our farmers this year will
produce new wealth worth at least S.
O0O,0OO000; the largest sum ever real
lied in one year by this country or any
other from agricultural products.
This condition Of things leads Clews,
the Wall street authority to declare
that this continued prosperity of our
farmers will be the strongest factor in
the country's business recovery. Our
farmers are already in better condition
financially than they ever have been
It's Il CLASS, ana since they are less IN
debt than usual they will be more able
to buy necessities and luxuries than
at amy time in their history. Says Mr..
CleWs in his weekly letter: "If there is
any hardness in recovery it will be
chiefly in the erection of new buildings
and new plants. In all probability the
plants Of the country have been sulii-
GENTLY enlarged during the last few
years to meet requirements for some
time to come: and as we have been
much occupied building cotton mills
iron works, new office buildings, new
apartments, etc, old time activity in
these lines will not be quickly resumed
until there are signs of the new facili-
ties becoming inadequate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
a few minutes:
her Tonnage

l'tdl e-ot II, t-o,tAf
1t will be noticed that by far the
greatest number of vessels traversing
the canal carried the British flag. This
will not surprise anyone, although
some readers may not have been pre-
pared to learn that the British ships
outnumbered those of the nation max
ing the second best showing by more
than four to one. That Germany
should have sent more shipping
through the canal than any other
country, after Great Britain, and more
than twice as much as France, is what
most people would not, perhaps, have
guessed, and the relative positions on
the list of italy and Japan are hardly
what might have been supposed.
But the most striking item on the
list is that showing that there passed
through the canal in the year 1907 nine
American vessels having an aggregate
tonnage of 1851. The United States
was 18th on the list and only five coun-
tries in all the world made a poorer
showing. We were ahead of Belgium,
China, Egypt, Portugal and Siam, but
all the rest We're ahead of us, and for
the most part a very long way ahead
Look at England with very nearly 800
vessels to our one. or at Germany,
which beats us sixty to one, or at lit
tie Holland, with its 223 ships having
tonnage Of 632,0S9, compared with
our aggregate tonnage of 1887. and
then say whether the exhibition is not
one at which this country has reason
to feel ashamed. And the mischief
OF it is that things are going from bad
to worse. In 1906 the United States
record was twenty-five ships with a
/ tonnage of 67,S76, so that the figures for
last year show a most substantial de-
cline.
The table tells eloquently the story Of
the disappearance Of the American
flag from the high seas-except when
carried by a battleship or a private
yacht The table leads the Philadel-
phia Inquirer to remark: Every In
dustrial interest in the United States
is protected except the interest of
trans-oceanic transportation and the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

years old, and ms sister. .s 81, .,,e
buck did the fishing, the girl did inc
work II was: "Viola, bring me inc
bait; Viola. get me a drink; VIOLA
take care of those fish, don't you see
thcv are in the sun. an the sun'll spoil
EN- In short. it was "Viola. do every
thing" and when, just as the boat was
coming in, they started homeward' u
was Viola who lugged the string oil
fish. She obeyed the commands Oh her
lordly brother, meekly. What maze
him order; what made her obey
Natural tendency. That's all; that's
why 7 say it's only by q mastery 9
fort that we don't make the women W
all the work now, just as the lhuiaiis
made the squaWs."
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Not to Be Trusted.
(New York Globe.)

(NeW OIk IloDe.J
It is safe to predict that Bryan will
not accept the challenge to joint de-
bate addressed to him by Thomas e.
Watson, the presidential candidate Of
the Populst party this year. In 1896
Watson was the ticket associate Of
Bryan. was his loyal supporter and
follower, and advocated his election
with the most tremendous fervor. But
now his eyes have been opened. and
he denounces Bryan as a man without
abiding political principle, who is con-
trolled by q burning ambition to be
president.
More than in any campaign since
1884, because of the comparatively
near approach to each other of the two
formal platforms, popular attention is
directed to the character of the two
candidates. Watson's testimony is
pertinent concerning the political
charo cter of Bryan. In 1896 he
fought side by side with Bryan in
behalf of the proposition that there
should be immediate free coinage Of
silver at 16 to /. Up and down the
land Bryan proclaimed his allegiance
to this doctrine-not for 1896, but for
all time. He declared his unalterable
opposition to "monOmetallSm which
has locked fast the prosperity of an
industrial people in the paralysis OF
hard times" Watson is still for this
principle. Bryan has quit it. In
1896 Watson fought side by side with
Bryan in behalf Of the proposition that
it was unconstitutional to authorize
the issue Of bank notes-that in Con-
gress alone was vested power to issue
money The Constitution has not been
amended. and Watson clings to his old
Interpretation. Bryan this year con-
SentS to asset currency and proposes
to put a further premium on rotten
banking by guaranteeing national
bank deposits. National banks in 1896
were in deadly hostility to American
institutions. Now there is to be new
development of power which is pre-
tended to he in their behalf. at is
simply monstrous." says Watson, "that
W. J. Bryan's burning ambition for
office should drag the historic party of
Jefferson and Jackson into the mirc
of such political shame"
The utterance of Watson has a remi-
niscent sound. 1t is reminiscent OF
the type OF discourse with which
BRYAN made the country familiar in
1896. Watson now says, and with no
more heat. what Bryan said twelve
years ago. He now countenances and
does not dare to attack legislation
which he then said furnished proof
that the Republican party was in cor
rupt conspiracy with the money
power" A crown of thorns had been
pressed down on the brow of labor
mankind had been crucified on cross
Of gold. Now he holds out that he
VIII not disturb the thorns-that he
VII do nothing to pull down the cross.
1t is not strange, as he contemplates
the change and beholds the reason
therefor. that the soul of the consis-
tent Watson is filled with rage.
Bryan has been most copious in his
advice to the American people. He
has been more copious than any man
who has, ever lived. And with re-
spect to practically everything impor-
tant Of which he has talked events
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

One Democratic editor to whom the
nomination Of Bryan is hard pill &c
swailow-as It is to all the Demo
cratic editors in New England except
that of the Biddeford Record-tries tc
chirk up bit by ramarking, ANY
way. the Denver platform is SOUND
He is right, the Denver platform is
southland nothing else. 1t is al
sound, without sense or sincerity. Il
is a hodge-podge of contradictions
aiming to please all classes and deal
ing honestly with none of them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

The exceedingly difficult country
over which Austrian railroads are con-
Structed, necessarily making the cost
Of operating steam locomotives excess
siy", has caused the railway officials
to study the question Of electrical
traction. 1t is now proposed to cleo
trify 1000 miles of trunk line system.
The Arlberg tunnel, which serves a
large traffic and is seven miles long.
viii be the first section considered.
Wolfe the government has not definite
~ decided on any one system for all
the lines, the three-phase will, it is
said, be adopted for the Arlberg sec
tor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

have proyed him wrong-have so clear
L. proved him wrong that even he IS
com,el,ed to acknowledge the fact by
act if not by word. With such a rec
ora he now asks the American PEG
pie to take his advice and conilde
in his leadership. He would have set
aside the rule by which men are Or
dinarily judged and have it assumed
that because he was in error IN
the past he is probably right now.
To such topsy-turvydom he invites
the people 1t is as if Stoessel, on the
plea that he had Numbered when de-
Tending Port Arthur, should ask the
czar to entrust to him the guardian
ship Of his most important remaining
fortress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21
The Business of the Suez Canal.

\ few days ago we published some
figures showing the very satisfactory
financial showing of the SueZ canal
for 1907. Here is another interesting
table-though an American can hard
ly study it with pride-which shows
the nationality of the ships which
passed through that great waterway
last year. We find it in the Philadel-
phia Inquirer and it is worth consid-
ering q few minutes:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

The building business in New Eng
land thus far in 1908 does not give evil
dence of any serious depression. On
the contrary it is above the average
for the past half dozen years. Ac-
cordinr to figures compiled by the F.
w Dodge Co. of Boston the building
contracts awarded in New England
from Jan. /, 1908. to date amount to
$50, $4,000. In the corresponding
period of 1907 they were 900; In
1906, ss5,O5S. 900; in 1905. s5S, 1851 900: in
1904. SAG, 9O1, 900; and in 1903, $51, 663, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

Make way for the Glidden tourists
todny. They have the right of way
through Androscoggin, kennebec ana
Franklin counties and should be given
a hosIitable welcome. They will
near TO be somewhat in hurry. but
their tour through Maine is good ad-
yertisement for the state and they
will respect the rights of others on
the highways.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

The Hartford Courant declares that
to thousands of Democrats in Pennsyi-
wanna and New Jerscy-yes. and IN
Now York and Illinois. too-t"e
specially conspicuous thing in Mr..
Rryan's candidatinG outfit this year
win he the label which Colonel Guffey
has stuck on him: 1.-THE most impu-
dent, domineering, devastating boss
the Democratic party has ever known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

The Democratic editors are inclined
To scott a bit over the idea that Ten
nessee is in the doubtful column OF
that there may be a break in the solid
South. Ru, stranger things have hap
pcned. In the last few years Deia-
ware. MARYLAND. West Virginia, Mis-
souri, and Kentucky have joined the
Republican column with good deal OF
freo,,eucy. while before Organism dis
rurted the Democracy they were
counted as surely Democratic as
Mississippi or Florida.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

The general interest and the large
attendance at Saturdays successful
races under the auspices of the Au-
gusta Driving Club demonstrated that
the Driving park must be saved. Let
US hope that there will not be another
period of five years before there is
horse racing in Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

Just before Queen Alexandra left
England on her recent continental trip
she received a letter from Martha
Massey, a servant girl VINO was lying ill
ir st. Luke's Hospital, London. The
girl wrote that she was dying of con-
sumption, and the doctors had only
given her a few weeks to live, and
above all things she wanted to see the
Queen before she died. Alexandra was
so touched by the letter that she went
to see her and took a present of fruit
ana flowers to her
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

"We're inclined to be disguised with
the Indians who make the squaws do
that the reason we don't do it. is be-
cause by mastery effort. we have
overcome a natural tendency So
spoke a travelling man few days ago
Continuing, he said: "a few days ago
I was on the wharf at a small Maine
coast town waiting for a boat. Several
persons We're fishing for founders and
harhor pollock off the wharf. Among
them were small boy, about ten
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

ANY mention of "EInglish fair play
will! hereafter be considered as a huge
Joke whenever the management or the
1908 Olympic games is remembered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-21

present state of that interest furnishes
an Impressive object lesson as TO what
would happen if the shield Of pro-
tective tariff We're, as the Denver plat
form proposes, to be removed"