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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs. Anna Null and family of River
street and Mrs. John Nehr and family
of Lincoln street are spending the
day at Lake Pontoosuc near Pittsiield.
Word has been received here that
Joseph Cranston, who is undergoing
treatment in the Albany city hospital,
is slowly improving and his ultimate
recovery is now looked for.
You are invited to attend the ex.
hibition and sale OF handmade Porto
Rican drawnwork and embroideries,
blouses, dresses, lunch cloths and
novelties, Tuesday July 2Sth, after
noon and evening at the home of Mrs.
j. A. Jubb, Elm street, Bennington.
1872
j. M. Hyde and e. b. Hyde, who
were the guests of Buafflo Bill (Col.
w. f. Cody at Rutland Friday were
royalty entertained by Col. Cody with
whom j. NJ. Hyde served for years in
the fifth United States cavalry. About
40 from here went up to see the Buff.
falo Bill show
Charles T. Burt has just completed
the work OF putting a new top on f. b.
Jennings automobile The new top is
Of pantdzote and of better and more
durable stock than most of them on
ne wmachines. Mr. Burts shop is
especially prepared to do this kind oil
work promptly and substantially and
will also do other work in similar
lines on automobiles.
Thirteen members of the Young
Womans club enjoyed the trip to
Old Deeriield, Mass, Friday and spent
a delightful day in visiting the his
toric spots in which the town abounds
Coming as they did from a historic
place themselves they were surprised
to find such an abundance of relics OF
history in this Massachusetts town
The return trip was made in the eve
ming, the party reaching here on the
1890 car.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Stole the Rattlesnake.

There is a sneak thief out in Cali
fornia who must have had an un-
pleasant surprise recently after a
successful pinch of a grip which he
picked up in the railroad station at
Los Angeles. The case had been set
down by two miners whom the crook
had followed, and he evidently thought
he had made haul of gold dust at the
least. When the miners discovered
the grip was gone they raised com,
motion and told the police that they
didn't care so much about the loss az
the fear that some one would get hurt
through the theft. They went on to
explain that the grip contained moth
ing except an enormous live rattle
snake, and though no trace Of the
thief has come and nothing has been
heard of the snake, the police and
miners are still wondering how the
crook looked when he opened the case
TO inspect his plundei
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

N'N"y W. SNeJ HSaANies
$500 buys mans suit at Multi
gan 4 Roche's worth from $40 to SIS.
Miss Carrie Prentice OF Park street
is visiting friends i'm Adams and Pitts
field
$500 at Mulligan & Roches buys
boys or childrens suits ages to II
years
Charles Dean and Irving Bum left
this morning Cor Wilmington to spend
the day.
Joseph Benzal left this morning for
Springfield TO attend the funeral OF a
near relative.
Mrs. William Hefferman and family
Of North street enjoyed an automobile
ride TO Manchester Fridty.
$3.50 at Mulligan & Roche's buys
young mems long pants suits worth
from $40 to $l2 in ages 16, II, IS and
10 years.
Mrs. Frank Morgan, who has been
visiting relatives in town for the
! past lew uugS, ltlulhtu W htl uOlit
in Lexington, Mass. this mirning.
Rain and plenty of it seems to be
the cry these days. After a storm
there comes calm and after a
| drought comes deluge. Farmers
will soon be cutting a second crop of
hay.
Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Lambert OF
School street left this morning for a
visit with relatives in Mantle Conn.
Mr.. Lambert will return next week,
but Mrs. Lambert will remain about
a month longer
Blossom Bump, the three months
old child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bump
died at her home in Center Shafts.
bury Friday, The funeral will be
held Sunday from the house al 2 o,
clock The burial will be held in the
Center SALISBURY cemetery.
An invitation has been extended to
the members of Custer Sixth Corps
post Custer Sixth Corps w. Il. C. and
Camp Ray Of V. and their families
TO attend the annual basket picnic OF
the Berkshire county G. A. r. to be
held at Hoosac Valley phrk Friday
July 81
The remains of John Clancy, who
died Tuesday at ST. Vincent's hospital
in New York from tuberculosis ar
rived at North Bennington Friday az
ternoon and were buried Immediately
in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Clancy
was 80 years old and Is a brother.in
law OF James Leonard
Mrs Madison h. Wnslow, a former
resident of Bennington but now resid
ing in Cold Springs, n Y, Mrs. Man
ming Winslow of the same place and
Mrs. Frank Winslow and daughter OF
! Goldfield, New, are guests at the
farm of George w. Bushnell in the
south part of the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Play Has Historic Characters.

Alfred Testonis new play, "Gloace-
tino Rosslni." which was recently per.
formed for the first time Is described
as the life Of the great master OF
music" In the fourth act. which is
laid in Paris in 1860 Richard Wag.
ner appears as one of the characters.
He is still unknown and is spoken Of
as the embodiment Of the glorious
future. while Rossini is spoken OF as
the glorious past. third in the group
is Vincenzo Bellini. The title part
was played by Erneste Jacconi.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs. NJ. c. Holt is entertaining a
cousin from New York City
John Haney has resigned his posi-
ton with the II. c. White Co.
Miss Gertrude Shepard is visiting
friends in Arlington for a few days.
Mrs. William Simonds has moved
into the new farm house on Hall farm
Miss Lottie Mattison and guests
spent Tuesday with relatives in Pow
nal.
Miss Laura Mosher is spending
some time in Holyoke. Mass with rel
atiyes.
Several from here attended Buffalo
Bill's Wild West shows in Rutland
Friday
Miss Elizabeth Haney of Proctor
is visiting her brother and sister in
this place.
A full line of campaign buttons and
badges at Needham's. Come in and
pick the winner.
Charles NJ Colvin has erected a
new house for himself on Bank street
and moved into it.
Mrs Henry Roster is the guest of
her daughter Mrs. j. Ed. Walbridge
at Camp LOafmore
The work on the new road through
Greenwich street which has taken
some weeks to build is completed.
Rev J.. A. Cooney and family leave
Tuesday for the northern part of the
state where they will spend their vaca
t-ion.
Miss Henrietta Walbridge returned
Thursday from an extended visit with
friends in Boston, New York and
vicinity.
Don't forget the Baptist Sunday
school picnic to be held in Hunting.
tons grove, West SALISBURY, newt
Wednesday.
Charles Schaefer of New York are
Charles Schefer of New York City are
the guests of their brother, Rev. T.
F. Schaefer.
Mrs p. A. Van Derlip and two
daughters of Chicago left Thursday 10
visit relatives in Hoosick Falls and
North Adams.
Joseph Hayes and son and sister
Miss Hayes of Hartford. Conn. have
been spending a few day with DIR. and
Mrs. D. A. Gleason,
Miss Elizabeth Horton has complet.
ed her course at the Albany Business
college and Is with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs James Horton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hinsdil and
son who have been spending few
weeks at the Hinsdill farm house have
returned to their home in Troy.
w. r. Worthington and wife accom-
panied by his daughter, Mrs. Martha
Hall and children, expect to go to He'd
ges lake next week for few days
camping.
The remains of John Clancy of New
York were brought to this village Fri.
day afternoon and inferred in the Cath
Ole cemetery Mr.. Clancy was a
brother-in-law of James Leonard.
Mrs. George Shepherd was quite
severely injured one day this week by
falling from moving trolley car on
Main street. She has nearly recover.
ed from her injuries at this writing.
Friends of F, L. Virgins who for.
merly resided here will sympathize
with the family in the recent severe
Illness of the son Lloyd at theih home
in Palmer, Mass He underwent an
operation for appendicitis and is recov
ering slowly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
A Pleasure Foreqone.

Have you studied political econ
omy?"
mo, sir" answered Senator Sor.
ghum. I'D like to. bat I'm afraid my
constituents would think | was anus.
Ing myself reading books instead OF
hustling for pensions and appropris
lions "-Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

7:30. Sunday school at p m and Up.
worth League at $40 All are vel.
come.
. The picnic of the Baptist Sunday
school has been postponed again until
1t stops raining,
Corn is in tassel This fact shows
that the seaon is fully three weeks in
advance of last year
Mrs. j. u. Gibney was the guest
yesterday of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. X. s. Blue, in Rutland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

couple weeks, returned to her home
in New York today
Mrs. James Thomas left this morning
for a visit in Mechanicville over Sun
day
Mrs. Daniel p. Barber of Benning-
ton Center is spending the day in
Troy.
At the Methodist church tomorrow
the pastor, Rev. H. S. Rowe will
preach at both services. in the morn
ing at 1890 and in the evening at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

EOR sALE-The place knOwn as the Col.
l. Andrew Potter property situate on South
siSts Of large, r0omy house. barn ana about
three acres OF land Only about three minutes
walk tom post office corner The place Is
offered at a reasonable price and easy terms Of
payne { can be arranged II desired, Posses
sion given within reo'Onable time after sale.
Charles n. Powers, Savings Bank Building. 9s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Drysdale
At $50, were $3.50 & SITS

Children's Pumps--tan or patent
leather-silk bow-ankle straps
hand-sewed skutfers-sizes S to
II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, SAYS:
Il have taken only four doses Of De.
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills and
they have done for me more than any
other medicine has ever DONE" Sold
by d. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
WANTED

w ANTED-Anybody wanting an expert
w enced nurse apply 10 Mrs Allen a. the
corner OF School aud Pleasant streets. Also
furnished rooms 10 rent 3l24
NY ANTED-C Cooks, Mattresses second girls
w and general dOmestcs, SO to $40 per
aonth. Also girls to take positions In shops
md mills at 81 TO 81 per uay. Call or communi.
ate At once with ROCKY o0d Howe, Benning
IN. W. 28tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
teachers Examinations

Examinations of applicants for
teachers certificate will be held at
Bennington, IN the school house on
School street, Thursday and Friday,
August 6 and z, and at Manchester
Center in the school house, Monday
and Tuesday, August 10 and IL.
At each place examinations for
entrance to Vermont Normal Schools
will also be offered.
Examinations will begin each day
at 9 a. m.
ALBERT w. VARNEY.
Examiner Of Teachers for
Bennington County.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Newa Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly fer Busy Readers.

Mrs. Lewis T. Eaton of Boston is
visiting Miss Helena Norton.
Edward Bellmore OF West Rutland
is visiting In town for a week.
Miss Julia White, who has been
visiting her brother, James II.
White of Valentine street for the past
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

LETITIA:
Gold Medal Flour makes the whitest
preau' SYLVIA.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

FREE

EREE 2OO.page book about Minnesota,
I compiled by the State. describing indus
tries crops, live stock, property values schools,
churches and towns OF each county. and Mime.
sofas splentd opportunities for any man. Sent
free by state Hoard of immigration, Dept. V
30, State Capitol, st. raul MINI. i5tG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Drysdale

At $3.50, were $500
Women's Button Oxfords-Rus-
STA Calf vamps-white calf up.
pers-white pearl buttons. Five
other styles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

AMRS SILK, contractor ana builder. Also
J repairing, rebuilding ana shop work Shop
iponstreet
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
FOR SALE

L'OH sALE-FKe Boston Bull pups. TWO
II males aud three females Male SO. fe-
male IS. Inquire &. Papers at Banner
ONCE 1871
LNOR SALE, heap, high English dog cart
~ Best make, best condition. Write Box
sE 7. o.. Bennington. luti
DOR SALE-Typewrters-2 10 70 per cent
L saved by buying rebuilt machines Rem
ingtOns, Smiths, UnderwOods, divers and all
other makes Fully guaranteed Write for
prices OF make desired. Fisher Bros, ll3 Nun.
roe st Lynn, Mass. 4t2i
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

E'OR sALE-Parlor organ In frstclass con.
[ dition. Call at 203 South St 7st
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Drysdale

At S1.59, worth $3.50
Women's two-button Oxfords-
patent leather-soft and flexible
smart and diessy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
lOc Figured MuSlinS SC yd.
Csc Turkish Bath Towels l0c

special lot large size and heavy; always reaed Csc
each. SOC pair; price 38c pair; or, each l9C
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Royce enter.
tanned a party of friends at Camp
Rest" yesterday evening, the occasion
being Mr. Royce's 45th birthday.
Among those from out of town was
Mr. Heck of Stamford, Conn, a school
friend of Mr. Royce's boyhood days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25
Famous 81 SOnnette COrsets 75C

styles to choose FROM sold the country at 81 an
dom at reduced price. In Clearance Sale at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-25

Mrs. William r. Graves of Ben.
nington Center gave charming lun.
cheon followed by bridge in honor of
Mrs. Eugene Graves and adughter,
Mrs. Norton Monseratt of Ohio.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
In From Falls Creek

Boggs and Redman returned yester- day from their property on Falls creek, where they had been for the past three weeks. There is still much snow out there and the ground is frozen. Con- ditions were not favorable for sluicing, and consequently the men spent most of their time in prospecting, and in selecting ground that can be worked as the season advances. They washed out enough gold while there to pay the expenses of the trip, and after few days stay in town will return again to work their claims.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
HOURS OF SLEEP

There occurred recently a wreck on the London and Northwestern railway in which several people were killed and more injured. The accident was caused by the driver of the engine falling asleep at his post. Upon inves- tigation it was learned that the engi- neer had been deprived of sleep for a greater part of the four nights imme- diately preceding the accident. Many other railroad accidents have occurred in the past that were truceable to the fact that railroad employees had been kept at work for long periods of time during which they were deprived of their required hours of sleep,
 Nature has 50 fashioned man that it is as necessary for him to sleep as it is for him to eat. Occasionally we hear of some great man of whom it is claim ed that he required but three or four hours sleep in the ,wenty-four. It is possible that such am one may have slept less than that number of hours at one time, yet had the habit of drop ping to sleep for few minutes at diff ferent periods during the day.
 For most people eight hours sleep out of the twenty-four is none too much. Possibly it would be just as conducive to health and long life if this were taken, as is ones meals, at different times in the day. It is a safe rule to live by that at least one- third of mans life should be spent in sleep, and if an extra few minutes Ot sleep can be picked up now and then in the middle of the day it will add rather than detract from ones work, ing force.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
THE MONTH OF JUNE

The month of June has distinguish ing features which belong to no other month in the year. It iS the period between the raw cold days of the slow ly retiring spring and the hot, dry and dusty days of midsummer. lt is the month in which the days stretch out to their greatest length, and in this northern country the daylight cOntin- ueS though the twenty-fOur hours. In this month, too, the days begin to shorten and lead with unerring cer- tainty to the long dark nights of mid winter. In June there k prOfuSion of Sweetly blooming flowers scattered through fields and forests, and there iS a deIicacy in the shading of the fresh leaves aS the trees put forth their fO- liage which k lost in the deeper shade of green in the later summer. It k also the month of roses when these sweet flowers bloom jl greatest abundance. It k the month when peo- pie living in the denSely populated cities begin to make excursions to lake and stream and forest with sort of homing instinct for communing with nature, the common mother of us all. It is the glad month of the year for those who have been pursuing their courses of study in school and college, for this iS their graduation pe- riod when they look back upon years of study and happy relations with teachers and fellow class mates, and forward to an unknown and untred life amidst the stern realities of the struggle for place and preferment among men. It is the month of prom ise that gives evidence in bud and bloom of what the harvest will be as the ripening season comes on aPace.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
Write for That $35.35

WaShington-Ignorant or merely gullible people are writing to the Treasury Department asking that the Treasury forward to them S3o.35 each, which the writers allege is due them as their share of the Govern ment's spare funds. A woman out in Iowa sent a sample letter.
 If it is true," she wrote, "that l should receive $35.35, 5,please send it at my expense"
 The Treasury Department has writ ten to her and the others that 1t is not true.
 What produced the food of applica. tions for this precise sum of money was the published statement that the per capita circulation of the United States on April 1 was S35.35.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
Hunters Strange Trophy

The skull of a feer with his horns fastened in the fork of an alder tree not more than six inches in diameter and three feet from the ground, par italy covered with bark that had grown over it in the years since the unfortunate animal met its death, was found by c. F. Oldenburg in the forests of Fidalgo island while out hunting.
 From the position of the bare skull and the horns it IS presumed that the deer was trying O scratch the back of its head against he young tree when one of its horns became fastened under limb. It is considered probable that the animals neck was broken in its ef- forts to eXtricate itself. Mir. Olden- burg estimates thal the skull has been suspended from tOe tree where he found it for at leas4 two years.-Seat- tie times.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
Voices of the Past
tie times.

Another departmfnt has been added to the British Museum. This is the gramophone record department. Records of the voices of all the most eminent people in, all walks of life will be supplied to the museum by gramo- phone company The museum trus- tees undertake not toallow the records to be heard for fifty years, at the end of which tirie it will be possible for the student 70 go to the museum and awaken the voices of the past, just as he now turns up the writings of departed masters.
 The greatest care will be exercised in comforting upon persons the honor of niche in the chamber of voice records at the British Museum. The few celebrities who so far have achiev- ed this distinction number about a dozen, and they include the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Westminster, Lord Kelvin, Lord Roberts. Mme. Patti, Mme, Melba and Si6nor Caruso. The Sun.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
Teach Girls LifeSaving

A course in life saving has been in- stituted among the women students Of Columbia University for the purpose of making them as alept as men in rescuing drowning persons. They re- ceive the regular life-saving drill, in- cluding the grips and breaks, towing to shore and artificial respiration. A fully dressed girl is thrown into the water at one end of the swimming tank and other girls are obliged to rescue her from the opposite end and take her back, which is already done in 57 seconds. This new departure in co education has become immensely popular.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06

is most easily caught of the birds by the cat. While the robin is ridding the land of bugs and worms to feed her young the sly old cat pounces upon her, and the nestlings are left to starve to death while waiting her re- turn.
 The cat enemy of Chicago has of fered ten cents each for the first hun dred cats killed. and other financial inducements to rid the city of this de- stroyer of bird life.
 A cat may be some company in a lonely home, but it is quite probable that a substitute could be found that would more than take the place of this domesticated beast.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
The Modern SCarecrCw

As he stands in the middle of the flat Suffolk field there is little to show that he is not the ordinary inanimate scarecrow. He stands motionless for five minutes at time, and only when bird is tempted by the fresh corn just appearing above the ground does he show any signs of life. But then it is that the scarecrow moves; he hits an old tin can with the rusty handle of shove and frightens the birds and makes them fly quickly out of sight.
 So he spends his day, this old, bent man, and at the end he is paid Is pence. He is the village scarecrow.- London Mail.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
DIDN'T MAKEIT STICK

A druggist in Seattle was arrested by a policeman for selling whiskey without license. The policeman went to the druggist and asked him for some whiskey for cold. The druggist gave him a mixture of whis- key, glycerine and quinine. The patrolman had the druggist arrested for selling whiskey without license, but the court decided that the drug giSt was not guilty under the law.
 There may be some things meaner than attempting to induce man to violate the law for the purpose of se- curing conviction, but this is quite mean enough for all practical pur- poses. Such used to be the tactics of the anti.Saloon league. A company of good church members would be dele gated to visit various saloons on Sunday and call for beer which the saloon keeper could not sell on that day, eX- cept in violation of the law. If they got the beer, they claimed they emp tied it in the cuspidore and then they went away and reported the offense, and the dispenser of wet goods was forthwith Surnmoned before the judge ment seat.
 The instigator of crime is generally
 
 with the perpetrator of the deed, and should suffer the penalty with him. The plea of course in this case would be that the end justified the means. But no self respecting man can with a clear conscience lend himself to a scheme to induce a man to violate a law for the sake of securing his con- victiOn.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-06-06
A Princess Keeps Hens

It is quite in keeping with the prac- tical and economic spirit of modern Germany that Crown Princess Cecilie has taken up chicken raising. She has had arranged for her poultry run in Potsdam supplied with the very newest appliances ana put Capt. Schneider, distinguished amature poultry breeder in charge.
 The experiment is to be conducted on strictly business principles and if it does not pay it's way it is to be diScon- tinued. Meantime it is expected to serve as a model for poultry culture to the whole empire.-The Sun.