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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
Furnishing a Room.

Every mother should, where it is
possible, permit her daughter to fur
rish her own room according to her
own taste. In this way girl can find
pleasant way of expressing her own
individuality.
Even where II is not convenient to
allow the daughter to do the furnish
ing, the mother can encourage her to
have the photographs and ornaments
of which she is fond displayed about
her room.
Some OF the pleasantest rooms in
many homes are those in which the
daughters of the house have been al
lowed to show their individual tastes.
And the care and arrangement of such
apartments have proved sources of
continual pleasure and pride to them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
Woman Was Satisfied with Lamb"
Chops That Cost Little.

1--WE don't know what we are eat
ing nowadays" said the New York
woman plaintively. Last Saturday /
was in my butchers getting the Sun
day roast, and the woman who sat be-
side me was buying lamb chops; de-
licious, tender-looking ones. at only 10
cents a pound. Now my husband never
eats lamb, and never buy It in conse-
quence; but | knew that that was
an unheard-of price for such chops as
those. After the woman had departed
said TO the man who was serving
me:
How on earth can you afford TO
sell lamb chops at l6 cents pound ?"
Il suppose II had been customer
who frequently invested in lamb /
might still be In ignorance OF the
truth; but as the butcher knew
never bought that variety Of meat he
was frank about II.
THAT isn't lamb. he said. That's
goat"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
Peru Mountain Road in Fine shap.

Peru Mountain Road in Fine Shape.
A report which has become more or
less widely circulated In automobile
circles, that the road over Peru noun
tain between this resort and Lake
Sunapee is difficult or nearly impass-
able for cars with a long low running
base, and for those of low power is
discredited by the numerous parties
on the Ideal Tour. From ten to TWEEN
ty parties each day on this route stop
at the Equinox house and the number
/ is continually increasing.
! In order to verify the favorable re-
ports by actual investigation a party
from this place, travelling in "22"
Buick, made the run to Peru Friday
afternoon. Measurements were TAX
en- and 1t was found that car with
the longest and lowest running base
in use could make ascent or descent
without experiencing trouble from the
Waterbars. Experiments were tried
in hill climbing and the low power
Buick without chains on wet day,
and with "A heavy load was able TO
stop and start again anywhere on the
SNtepeSl SIduSS VII tllS Iotus
Tho unfavorable reports concerning
the road without doubt originated
from the experiences Of tourists who
travelled this road few years ago. At
the time when automobiles came into
use, the road, which is toll road and
one of the best kept turnpikes in the
state. contained many high water bars
placed on the grades to turn the water
from the roadbed during rainfall. Old
ideas of road making were then in
vogue and the bars were much high
er than was necessary in order to ac-
complish their purpose, This difficult
/ y has now been eliminated by the cut
ting down of the bars, which, in add
tion to removing the trouble for cars
with low running base also did away
with the abrupt steep pitches on the
hills. Those having charge of the
road building during the last few
years have done their work with the
needs of the motorists in view and
the result is that today the turnpike
lis In excellent condition and we'll
Isulted for the passage OF motor cars
of all descriptions.-Ma Manchester Jour
lnal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
ORDER HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
Cutting Crust from Bread for Sand.
wlehes Was New to Landlady.

Your German does not care for fancy
food. writes Samuel G Blythe in
Everybody's. He wants grub" Eat-
ing to him Is sacred ceremony not
to be trlhed with nor slighted Wien
he eats he wants 10 eat, to mastiul.e,
to get realizing sense tina, ne Is
communing with something Eat hal
substance in It. Thera was that oc
casion when Frederi K W. Caldwell
the American vice consul general IN
Berlin, decided u give a reception to
his friends. Fe went to his landiady
and discussed the refreshments with
her. They decided op sandwiches apf
some titles OF that character. In
giving ris parting instructions Cauld
well said: BE sure to cut the crusts
off the bread when you make the
sandwiches"
There was CONSERVATION at this
The landlady held a consultation with
the servants. The master of the house
was brought into 1t. The point was
debated for half an hour. Cut the
crusts of the bread? Preposterous'
After the situation had been canyassed
In all its details and the judgment OF
everybody in the house had been
passed on the proposition, the landlady
went 10 Caldwell
rs II So" she asked that we are
to cut the crusts the bread off when
the sandwiches we are making?"
Certainly caldwell replied.
"Ahl" she said, great light break
ing over her, II comprehend at last
Your friends have no teeth"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
To Be Successful

Stop saying that fate is against you
Going about with gloomy look on
your face, fault-fnding, nagging and
worrying; taking offense where none
is intended; boasting of what you
can do instead of doing 1t: talking con-
tinually about yourself and your az
fairs; saying unkind things about 9TH
ers; writing letters when angry in
stead OF waiting until you have cooled
down and thought matters over; think.
ing of yourself instead Of do
ing for and thinking OF 9th
ers; belittling those whom you
envy because you feel that they
are really superior to yourself; gaz-
ing idly into the future and dreaming
instead of making the most of the
present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
ARLINGTON
To be Continued

o. p. Liscomb of Albany Is at the
l.iscomb cottage for several days.
Mrs. II. s. Wilson was called to
Mechanicville, ~ Y, Friday by the
death of her aunt.
Miss Margaret Hayes, who has been
visiting at William Cullinans, has re-
turned to Cambridge.
On Wednesday, August 18th, a lawn
fete will be given by the Woman's
Auxiliary at the residence of Frank
Garfield. Aprons and some fancy
articles will be on sale. Ice cream,
afternoon and evening. If rainy win
be on Thursday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
Just Like q Man.

Mrs. Mary e. Williams, director Of
cooking in the New York schools, has
$4,000 children and 1877 teachers under
her care. She was very indignant re-
Gently because a member of the board
OF education criticised the cooking
school lessons. 1t is Just like men,
she says, to complain when women in
wade their peculiar province, but they
do not hesitate to mix In women's spe'
clal affairs whenever the spirit moves
them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
Sunday Work.

The small nephew from Virginia
was making his first visit in the
north. Came rainy Sunday, and he
suggested building q mansion OF wood
blocks. His uncle surveyed him
amusedly.
up here" he said. I'VE don't work
on Sunday"
The small boy reflected.
well" he said at length, I'VE don't
do no work Sunday either, 'cept read
the Bible an feed the hawgs."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
DR.. H. L, WILDER INJURED
Was Run Over by His Own Automo
bile In Burlington.

Burlington, Aug. DIR. II. l..
Wilder was run over yesterday after
noon by his own automobile and an
arm and two ribs were broken. He
was in front OF the machine cranking
it when II leaped forward oyer him.
Doctor Wilder was formerly of Swan
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
Like Fluhtlno Like.

ION the new sheath skirts" sug.
gested the fashionable dressmaker,
tentatively.
The police Official, stern In his sense
OF duty, frowned.
1T is war to the knife" he declared.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01

That ou- american forests abound Ia
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues is abundantly attested
BY scores OF the most eminent medical
writer's and teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness Of many native plants before the
advent OF the white race. This informa-
tion, impaired freely to the whites, led
the latter to continue Investigations until
to-day we have rich assortment Of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01
F()R 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
II "a estimated to cut one million feet
of Red Birch, maple, ash and spruce
and ten thousand cords of hard wood
Price IS per acre.
20 acres Of easy and accessible
land located 2 miles from Bennington
one half of which Is meadow land, bal
euce second growth timber land, that
viii 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 80 bushel potatoes
and 40 bushel Of apples with some hay
and all kinds Of vegetables In the
Rnrden. Located on main road .
miles from Bennington. Price for all
ss5O II taken before owner changes
hi mind.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01

Dr.. Pierce believes that our American for
ssts abound In most valuable medicinal roots
Goa the cufeQt most obstinate and fatal dis
eaAes II we,yo6&d properly investigate them,
and y ,s Of this a, conviction; he
epraA effected By bis Golden Medical Dis
covery,n which has -proYen itself 70 be The
pQst ef1clenl sinmnch tonic liver inylRor-
stor. -heart tonic and regulator. and blood
cleanser known TO medical science. DyspeD-
ala, or Indigestion. torpid liver. functional
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield TO It's curative action. The
reason tchv IL cures these and many other
affections is clearly shown In q little book
Of extracts from the standard medical works
which Is mailed free TO any address By Dr. r
v. Pierce. Of Buffalo. N. Y. TO ell sending
Nsuuest for the same
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01

Not less marvellous. in the unparalleled
cures It Is constantly making OF woman's
many peculiar affections. weaknesses and
DISTRESSING derangements. Is DR.. Pierce's
Favorite\ Prescripuorr,>a is amply attested
by thousands otYlpSosc ited testimonials con-
tributed byNGSsteful patience who have been
cured BY Il otcasarrhal nelYic dTaIls. palnfIi
PERIODS, irregnlarlties. prolapsgs and othet
dsplacementa- caqseg- BY weakness. nlcer=
after many other advertised medicines. and
physlcians had failed
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01

Roth the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts OF
native, medicinal roots. The processes EN-.
ployed In their manufacture were original
with DR.. Pierce. and they are carried on by
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
aid Of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose Both
medicines are entirely free from alcohol ahd
ali other harmful habit-forming drugs. A
full list OF their ingredients Is printed on
each bOtGe-wrapper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-01


gold watches at $40, and other watch
les at SIS.
In 1902 every pleasurable carriage,
wagons with spring seats excepted, -
was set In the list at fifty per cent of
its real value.
In 1909 money on hand, or money
due, or obligations payable In money
or cattle or any kind or species of
property, over and above debts owing,
were set in the list at Sc for every
500, thus charging the provision of
the law as first indicated, which tax
ed only money on hand or due"
In 1919 triennial appraisals of real
estate, excepting unimproved land,
were required, and such real estate di-
vided into three classes. The first IN
cluded dwelling houses, out buildings
and lots of not over two acres and
was listed at four per cent of its val
ne.
The second class, improved land,
was listed at eight per cent of It's
value.
The third class, mills, stores, dis
tilleries, and all buildings used for
manufacturing, was listed at six per
cent of its value.
In 1920 some changes In these val.
uatlons were made, the percentage at
which real estate was entered in the
lists was varied, and county equal
Iizing board to equalize assessed val
ues of real estate established. The
principle of this equalizing board was
RETAINED until 1882.
That there were complaints and dis.
satisfaction by reason OF the claimed
inius'ices of the Vermont tax law
ther Is evidenced by the declaration
of the Council OF Censors In 1922
I"That although demands from time to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

DR.. Woods Hutchinson, in an
article in the Saturday Evening
Post, lays down the following
rules for catching colds easily:
"Keep your windows shut.
Avoid drafts as if they were q
pestilence.
Take no exercise between
meals.
Battle seldom, and in warm
water.
Wear heavy flannels, chest
protectors, abdominal bandages
and electric insoles.
Never 90 out of doors when
it's windy or rainy or wet under
foot or hot or cold or looks as
though it was going to be any
of these.
Be just as intimate and affec-
tionate rs possible with everyone
you know who has cold. Don't
neglect tnem on any account"
Those O. our readers who may
eXperimen, with the most radi
cal of the cold cures and preven
tives are requested to report re-
suits, particularly if they chase
themselves across the country
according to the German pre-
scription.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Inquest Concluded in MObLeu-
WeIsh Case.

Inquest Concluded in MObLey-
Wetsh Case.
Coroner Caskey closed the in
quest at Pleasant Hill Monday
in the case of the State against
Grover Welsh, charged with the
killing of b. b. Mobley. The
papers were received yesterday
by Clerk of the Court Gregory,
who at once forwarded them to
Solicitor Henry, at Chester, at
the latter's request. Only two
witnesses were examined, DR..
Andrew Rutledge and Mr.. Ernest
Hammond, of Heath Springs.
Mr.. j. Harry Foster, of the
Lancaster bar, has been employ
ed to assist in the prosecution
AS pre- 'iously published, Messrs.
Williams and Williams and Mr..
T.. ID. Blakeney are the defend.
ants counsel.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

In speech made by Bryan
at Jackson, Miss, Saturday, the
Nebraskan declared that money
is being used by interests repre-.
senting the trusts and the rail-
roads to secure the election OF
delegates 10 the Denver conv en-
tion opposed to his nomination
for president. The charge is in
deed serious one, even for Mr..
Bryan to make. Is it possible
that Democrats can be bought
In such manner?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

An Ordinance-Be it ordain ed
by the Mayor and Aldermen in
Council assembled and by the
authority of the same: That
hereafter it shall be unlawful
for any young man or youth to
call at night on young lady in
this community without having
sufficient kindling wood in his
bosom or elsewhere about his Ger.
son and coal in his coattail or
other pockets to make a comfort
able fire during the length of his
visit, which said visit shall not
be prolonged after the pater fam
ilias is heard to snore loud enough
to crack beer bottle. That the
punishment for each violation of
this ordinance shall be ten days'
hard work on the public side walks
or the places where sidewalks
used to be.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

York county has a road law
similar in its provisions to Ian
CASTERS, also passed at the re-
cent session of the legislature.
York's property tax is Q mills
and the commutation tax $3.,
the latter to be collected from
all males between the ages of 1S
and SO years. In the Lancaster
Act the age limits are 81 and 55
years.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

Ii the Indiana woman who is
seeking her ninth husband will
insert a want ad in this paper
she'll no doubt succeed in land
ing sucker. There is more than
one old widower in this neck of
the woods so keen to form an
other matrimonial alliance that
he'd gladly wed any old thing
with enough energy left to chuc-
kle him under the chin, make
his fires and cook his hash.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

An unusual sentence was i'm
posed on white man named
Bouknight in the court of sessions
in Columbia last Saturday. He
had been convicted of selling Ii
quor, and in sentencing him the
presiding judge, Judge Wilson,
announced that he would make
the fine altogether $30O-$2OO
for violating the dispensary law
and 500 additional for the de.
fendant's making his little d augh
ter take the witness stand in his
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

Cdrotintdns at the Tampa Fair.
Mr.. ]. M. Perry, we'll known
young Lancastriau now living
at Tampa, Fla, writes us as
follows
"Please find enclosed one
dollar and fifty cents for renewal
of my subscription to The News.
| have just read an account of
Lancaster's terrible fire, which I
very much regretted to see.
Tampa has just closed her
fourth State Fair, which was
very grand. Among some of
Carolina's visitors here are Mrs.
@. f. Tillman of Lancaster and
Mrs. r. l.. Hicklin of Chester,
whom we were very much
pleased to see | wish more of
our Carolina friends and ac-
qualntances could have attended
the fair"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Stevens Lumber Co.
KERSHAW, S. c. 44s
Library 4ssOcidtiOn--Pr PrOgrdn. of
Nert Meeting.
KERSHAW, S. G,

AeVS"p ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TOUfuHt W
Ne1t Meeting.
The Library Association will
hold its regular meeting on Fri.
day evening next, at the library
rooms. The following interest
ing program has been selected:
Judge Ira B Jones, reading.
Mr.. w. M. Moore, reading.
Mrs. w. A. Fairy, recitation.
Mr.. j. L. Green, reading.
Miss Maude Mitchell, recita.
ton.
AS these meetings are so full
of interest every member is re-
quested to attend and bring
others.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

The Supreme Court handed
down a decision Monday sustain
ing the action of the board OF
canvassers in declaring Chester
fields dispensary election legal
which means the closing of the
dispensaries N that coupIy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

behalf. "When you placed your
innocent little daughter on the
stand it made cold chills run
down my back" said the Judge
to Bouknight
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

No, Josh, the fair creature you
occasionally see on the streets
with hat on like a disfigured
coal scuttle isn't married, but
she is now taking lessons in leap
year tactics.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

Barring breeze in the after
noon, March came in with a de-
cided lamb-like air. Will the
exit be made with the fierceness
of the king of the forest?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

A Philadelphia man found COL
lar button in sausage the other
day.-Anderson Mail.
Must have been an extremely
swell society dog that had on
that button. The common can
inc is satisfied with an ordinary
buckle.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

Price, the famous cotton spec
lator, is on the bull side of the
market again. In a circular is
sued few days ago he predicts
much higher prices.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

Even staid, dignified, cultured, d,
historic old Camden is affecting
the latest amusement fad-pull. .
ing off wrestling stunts.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

These first-of-the. month bill
collectors had better take to tall
timber when Maxim's noiseless
gun gets on the market.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

"She's pineapple farmer"
says a headline in the Charles
ton Sunday News. Bet she's
not half as sweet as Editor Big
hams "peach of a girl"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04

A New York woman who paid
$12 for a husband now wants
her money back because he won't
work. Some women are so un-
reasonable. Anderson Mail.
And so are some men. No
reasonable man would work al
ways for a woman for so paltry
sum.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Sees the Consequences

DO you realize the serious
consequences of continued
eye strain? Priceless beyond
all other possessions is the
eyesight, and it deserves your
highest consideration. Don't
trifle with your eyes 1t will
cost you no more to be fitted
correctly than it will to guess
at it. | charge nothing for a
scientific examination. Per-
feet fitting spectacles are the
only kind you get here.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Lumber at
Wholesale

Having very large stock of all grades of
Lumber, Mouldings, furnishings, Etc, now on
hand, we prepared to make prompt ship
ments of anything in this line AT WHOLE
SALE PRICES. Prices are advancing steadily
and orders placed later on will be at consider
able advance. Phone us for anything in the
lumber line, and take advantage of the prevail
ing low prices.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Wednesday, March 4, 1908.
CATCHING C0LD--HOW TO PRE-
VENTIT

every one you meet has bad
cold, an article in the March
number of the Ladies' Home
Journal, by DR.. Richard Cole
Newton, under the caption,
"Why do we Catch ColdW is of
special interest. The writer an
swers the question by unquali-
fiedly endorsing Benjamin
FrankIin's theory on the sub
ject, who declared that colds re-
suit neither from cold nor from
dampness, but are due 10 "im-
pure air, lack ofexercise or over
eating". "The underlying cause",
says DR.. Newton, "of most colds
is overeating and improper eat
Ing" In answer to the inqui-
ry, show does eating too much
produce coldsg" the doctor SAYS:
"By putting too much work on
the eliminative functions of the
body arrangement of the vital
processes may occur from a COM
paratively slight cause, like wet
stockings or a cold draft, and
this disturbance of nutrition,' as
a great doctor once styled a cold,
may be mild or severe in direct
proportion to the capacity of the
body to take care of it's waste"
DIR. Newton ridicules the old
idea that you must "feed a cold
and starve fever" He says this
saying should be changed to read,
''if you feed cold you will have
a fever to starve." If we wish
to avoid colds, the learned ply
sician says we must follow the
rules of Benjamin Franklin
"Avoid, as lar as we can, con-
tact with people who have colds,
since contagion is without doubt
one cause of colds; we must avoid
overeating; we must particularly
avoid badly-ventilated apart.
ments, especially our sleeping
rooms, into which we can scarce
ly admit too much air, and we
must avoid too much clothing on
the body by day and by night.
And let us remember that the
exposure of the entire body to
cold air and cold water is most
beneficial and fortifes and har-
dens the system, so that if colds
are taken they are easily thrown
off,"
DIR. Newton is a firm believer
in air-baths, as we'll as those in
cold water, and he mentions
many Instances to prove that
Giving outdoors, exposure to a
low temperature, and immersing
the body In ice water" not only
do not give people colds but pre-
vent them from catching colds.
He says Or. Lahmann, the great
German hygienist, used TO order
his patients to run naked in the
fresh air, winter and summer,
until they were in perspira-
ton, just as soon as they felt the
first symptoms of a cold"
DR.. Newton is not the only
eminent scientist who believes
in such heroic treatment for colds