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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
Mr.. JONES IN AN EMERGENCY.
Except for Single Unfortunate Incl
dent He Was Just the Man to
Deal with II.

When Jones reached home the other
night he found Mrs. Jones huddled up
in a corner of the sofa weeping, and
about four inches OF water on the
kitchen floor.
The Joneses hadn't been married
very long, so he contented himself
with a general remark concerning the
nonresourcefulness OF women and
asked how 1t happened.
The water pipe under the sink
burst" Mrs. Jones told him.
Jones smiled pityingly. walked de-
liberately to the kitchen closet and
produced wrench. Opening the eel
lar door with a confident air he de-
scended to the region below.
After humping at least seven OBJ
stacles he finally reached the wall and
reached out for the cock which he had
noticed in pipe which traversed the
wall. He applied his wrench and shut
1t off.
Patting himself on the back for be.
ing able to cope with an emergency,
he started back upstairs. Just half
way up the steps he bumped into his
wife.
Mrs. Jones was the first to speak
20, dear" she said, what in the
world did you turn off the gas for?"-
Philadelphia Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
WARNING FOR SPECIAL VILLAGE
MEETING.

The legal voters of the Village of
Bennington are hereby notified and
warned to meet at Free Library hall
in the Village of Bennington on We'd
nesday, the 14th day of April. A. D.,
1909 at | o'clock in the afternoon to
transact the following business
Article 1. To see what action, If
any, the Village will take in relation
to enacting a bylaw or amending the
present bylaws of the Village of Ben
nington for the purpose of regulating
or licensing innkeepers, saloons and
barr ooms where intoxicating liquors
ar sold. eating houses, restaurants,
billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys,
theatres, shows, meat markets, fish
markets, merry-go-rounds, and other
similar shows, transient tradesmen,
itinerant vendors, peddlers of medi-
cines, soap, jewelry, furniture, cloth
ing or other wares or merchandise
and peddlers of provisions or produce
in accordance with the provisions OF
the charter of the Village of Benning-
ton.
Article 2. To see If the village will
vote to amend Section Ia of the
present bylaws so that its trustees
may hold monthly meetings on the
first Tuesday of each month instead
of on the first Monday of each month
as now provided by said bylaws.
Article 3. To transact any other
business found necessary when met.
Fred c. Martin,
President.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
This Mixed.up World.

II things would not run into each
other so, il would be a thousand times
easier. and a million times ploasanter
to get on in the world Let the sheep
mess be set ION one side and the
goatiness on the other, and immediate
ly you know where you are. II is not
necessary to ask that there be any in
crease of the one. or any diminution of
the other. but only that each shall
pre-empt its own territory, and stay
there. Milk is good. and water is
good. but don't set the ilk.pail under
the pump. Pleasure softens pain, but
pain embitters pleasure; and who
would not rather have his happiness
concentrate into one memorable day.
that shall CLEAN and glow through a
lifetime, than have It spread out over
dozen comfortable commonplace
humdrum forenoons and afternoons,
each one as like the other as two peas
in a pod Gail Hamilton
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12

Charles Darnton in his review in
the New York World of March 10,
1909 said in part:
Dickens hasn't merely been taken
from the shelf and busted. The story
has been handled with care and dealt
with honestly. Stage thunder rattles
over Dan1 Peggoty's ark-almost as
full of interest as Noah's-but the
spotlight does not shine in Yorkyille.
Miss Holland gets along without it
very nicely, even when as Little Emily
she shiyers in the snowstorms of the
churchyard. She is evidently not a
calcium actress. She seems to be of
the opinion that Little Emily is only
a child of Dickens and not creature
born to the center of the stage with
special lighting privileges. There is
no obvious attempt on her part to
shine as a star" Sometimes you are
obliged to look for her in a corner.
Little Emily's yellow curls bob up ser
enely but not persistently.
Miss Holland follows the play, she
does not try to pull 1t along after her,
as though she were of first impor-
lance. She gives a simple, modest
performance that wins your good opin-
ion-and this seems to be enough for
her. The acting throughout is sur
prisingly good"
In making the scenic production
every care has been taken to present
correctly the quaint scenes so wildly
pictured by Dickens.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen
Counties of State.

The Pittsford town clerk reports
during the past year.
President John NJ. Thomas of Mid
d.ebury college is to deliver the ad-
dress before the graduating class of
Black daiver Academy, Ludlow.
A new hook and ladder truck will
be purchased for the Burlington fire
department The new truck will cost
S2650
The annual meeting of school dir
ectors and superintendents of Rut-
land county held in Rutland Friday
was attended by forty educators. In
the election of officers w. p. Abbott
of Proctor, was chosen president.
In spite of the inclement weather
there was a good attendance at the
l-amOille county road commissioners
meeting in Hyde Park Friday. all the
towns being represented either by
commissioners or selectmen.
Senator w. P. Dillingham; was a
guest Thursday night at a dinner
given by the Japanese ambassador at
Washington in honor of the japanese
commissioners representing the To
kio exposition.
During the month of March w. e.
Poole, licensed druggist in Montpelier
reported 109 sales of intoxicating Ii
quor on prescription and f.. A. Drown
the licensed druggist of Barre, filled
"a prescriptions.
Alden A. Brown of Montpelier who
committed suicide Thursday evening,
had in HIS blacksmith shop a coffin
partly completed on which he began
work about six weeks ago. He in
! tended to be buried in 1t himself but
another was provided.
The Vulcans of Barre and Company
f, LIST Inf, " n. G., Northfield, both
claim to have won the basket ball
game played in Mortified Friday
evening. The Vuncans claim the
game by score of 20 to "a and the
Company f team claims it by score
of 26 to %.
On account of the prevalence of
measles in Pittsford, Health Officer
H. II. Swift has advised the school
commissioners not to open the pri.
mary and intermediate schools next
Monday. Hence these schools except
that at East Pittsford. will not open
until the 18th. The grammar and high
schools will open next Monday morn
ing.
Congressman d. J. Foster has nom
mated Sheldon Harley Wheeler of
| burlington for appointment as cadet
to the United States Military academy
from the first congressional district
of Vermont. Mr.. Wheeler is the son
of Superintendent IL. o. Wheeler and
at present student at the University
of Vermont. He is to appear for ex-
animation at Fort Slocum. n. Y, the
second Tuesday in January. 1910.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12

During the spring every one would
be benefited by taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy. 1t furnishes a needed ionic
to the kidneys after the extra strain
Of winter, and it purifies the blood
by stimulating the kidneys, and caus-
ing them to eliminate the impurities
from it, Foley's Kidney Remedy inn
parts new life and vigor. Pleasant to
Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
Moving on Short Notice.

| was lying on the floor of an old
country loghouse one summer day.
near a big, open fireplace, when
heard a peculiar. frightened squeak
got up to see what looked like a
huge mouse moving at a very rapid
walk across the room When | got
closer look saw that it was a mother
mouse moving her whole family At
least, l hope there was none left be-
hind for very soon a small snake. but
large enough to put into a panic the
mother OF four less than half grown
children. came through the empty fire
place, and after the little fugitive
The mother mouse had two in her
mouth, and fastened to either side OF
her, apparently holding on with their
mouths and for dear life" were the
other two. | killed the snake. and
waSehed the moving family disappear
through a hole in the corner.-St.
Nicholas
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
Letter to A. p. Card

DNhhAhSNShf ''s
Dear Sir; Here's the implanted
truth.
Every job painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint.
And the paint that takes least gal
Ions wears longest. Always. We
can't help it.
Yours truly,
f. W. DEVOE & co
p. S. d. A. Ward sells our paint
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
salt Seasoned Timber.

A workman was packing salt about
a pile of timber. Seasoning timber
with salt. Ell? II sounds like joke.
doesn't it?" he said 1T is often done,
though, especially in ship timber
Ships built of salt-seasoned timber get
a better insurance rate. Some very
rich woods are seasoned in boiling oil.
That's an ancient and costly process.
A new dodge is electrical seasoning.
With strong electric shocks the sap
is driven out of the wood and replaced
by solution Of borax and resin. The
scheme is cheap: not half as good as
salt"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
CAUSES DEBILITY.
Here are Facts Backed Up by
Strong Guarantee.

Strong Guarantee.
Debility is caused by catarrh. In
our opinion, person free from Ca
tarrh was never troubled with Debil-
ity. Debility can never be cured by
medicine not designed to cure catarrh.
We positively guarantee to cure cat
arrh and thus cure Debility. In every
case where we fail to effect a cure,
we will not charge a cent for the med
icine employed during the trial. Now
surely, no one should hesitate TO be
lieve us under such conditions. We
take ali the risk, no one else can lose
anything by the transaction.
We make these statements and this
offer because we know and have time
and again proved that Rexall Mucu-
tone will cure catarrh. Ii is designed
for that one particular purpose. 1t
is not cure-all prescribed to cure
every disease that flesh is heir TO. 1t
is specific. Rexall Mucu-Tone is alb
sorbed in the stomach and carried
by the blood until it penetrates every
part of the body, acting as an antisep-
tic, disinfecting, cleansing, soothing
and healing agent. 1t ribs the system
of all germ and poisonous matter, pu-
rifles and enriches the blood. rebuilds
injured tissues, cleanses and invigor-
ates the muco-cells, neutralizes the
acids of the body, stops mucous dis
charge, tones up the entire system.
promotes nutrition, increases body
weight and brings about feeling of
healthfulness that is lasting.
We have Rexall Mucu-Tone in two
sizes. Prices SOC and $1.00. We urge
you to try bottle on our guarantee.
VIM. l.. Gokay, Druggist, Main street
VT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.


for Busy Readers.
Olin w. Harwood is putting a new
slate roof on his house on North st.
Miss Kate Mattison of Dewey street
spent Easter with friends in North
Adams.
Miss Mary Mulloy of Troy was a
guest of Miss Hannah Mccarthy of
Monument avenue over Sunday.
The Troy Times art supplement Sat
urday evening contained picture of
the new village president, Fred C.
Martin.
William Van Sleet of Pittsfeld,
was guest of friends in town over
Sunday. While here he put up at the
Putnam.
Joseph Hackett and Matthew Maher
students at ST. Michaels college at
Winooski, are spending the Easter va
cation at their home here.
The advance sale of reserved seat
tickets for Mildred Holland in "Da-
vid Copperfield" will start at the box
Office tomorrow evening at O'Clock.
1t is understood that another public
garage, the third in town, Will soon
be opened in the brick barn in the
rear of the Cottage hotel on West
Main street.
+ The HookerHowe Costume COM
pany of Haverhill, Mass, will be at
Foresters hall Monday and Tuesday,
April II, and 10, with full line of
costumes for the Epsilon Kappa mas
querade ball 1916
The mercury reached the lowest
point in several days Sunday morn
ing, being only ten points above zero.
The day dawned clear, however and
was pleasant in spite of the cool,
northwest wind which prevailed.
A regular meeting of Bennington
lodge of Elks will be held in their
rooms in the Hawks block Tuesday
evening at the usual hour Initiation
will take place and the officers will
be installed by Past Exalted Ruler b.
j. Tiffany. All members are request
ed to be in attendance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
A perpetual" Lamp.

The perpetual lamp" of Prof. Mo
fish is a glass flask of gelatine sup
porting colony of phosphorescent
bacteria. The light is less than that
OF a candle, but is sufficient for pho
Biography and terminating peas and
lentils turn to it as a source of en-
ergy Being without heat rays it rep
resents the much-sought cold light
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
Notice..

Now is the time you want your lace
curtains done ready for your spring
house cleaning. There is no one that
can do them better or cheaper than
the Bennington Sanitary Laundry.
Remember we guarantee satisfaction.
Call in or telephone for prices.
Bennington Sanitary Laundry.
]. H. Powers Proprietor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-12
MILDRED HOLLAND
Talented Actress to Present Dickens
David Copperfield."

There is heart in the performance
of David Copperfield" which will be
presented by Miss Mildred Holland
and her associates at the Bennington
opera house. Friday. April 16 The
old-fashioned homely characters seem
human and alive, the auditors feel
like giving each and everyone of them
a hearty hand-shake. All lovers of
Dickens enjoy every moment of this
dramatization of his famous David
Copperfeld"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
SPOOK SLEUTHS

n NE of the main objections io
spiritualism has been it's utter
~ uselesness. Men and women went
to great trouble and expense to call up
the shades of departed persons whose
communications for the most part were
meaningless babblings, indicating the
ghost was in a maudlin condition from
too much spiritus frumenti, or was suf-
fering from softening of the brain.
But the great and progressive state
of Illinois has taken away the reproach
from spiritualism The Illinois State
Spiritualist association has been hold
ing a convention at Chicago AS a re-
suit of this convention preparations
may be made for the establishment of
a spook detective bureau. When the
mysteries of crime battle the ingenuity
of the ordinary or earthbound detective
a spirit sleuth will be called into con-
sultation.
While this plan may have its advan-
tages we see great danger in undue
familiarity with the spook world. If we
invite or permit spirits to take part in
mundane affairs there will be an end of
privacy. We think the spooks should
be allowed to mind their own business.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
SAINT JAMES PATTEN

TN a morning contemporary news
paper is published the most as
Il toundingly shortsighted and hypo-
critical defense of an unscrupulous
and reckless offender against society
that was ever printed. Under the
heading, "Patten Himself; Personality
of the Wheat King" a writer who
signs his name apologies slavishIy and
slobberingly for a man who has caused
more grief, trouble and CONSERVATION
in American homes than any human
being in modern times. This apologist
writes:
Jim Patten doesn't care about
money for moneys sake. He loves the
game of getting it,
Apologists for Rob Roy. Robin
Hood, Fra Diavolo, Dick Turpin and
Jesse James claim they did not care
about loot for loot's sake, but loved
the excitement of getting 1t.
Says the apologist: Ever notice
that Jim Patten is always on the bull
side? That's because Jim is optimistic.
The whole world looks rosy to him,
and that is because he filled his veins
with good red American blood when
he lived in rural district"
From general indications we would
have thought Mr.. Patterns veins were
filled with gall. We would never have
imagined it was blood.
But let us again invite the apologist
to babble:
That's Jim, the optimist. That's
the man who was not so very long
ago a clerk. That's the man who
laughs, chews gum, PASSES THE
CONTRIBUTION PLATE and knows
that the world is getting better every
day.
"CORNERING WHEAT is ONLY
ONE OF JIM PATTEN'S FADS. In
the first place his greatest love is that
for the wife whom he married years
ago at the countryside. THEN he
loves his church. And when he wearies
of THESE THINGS he seeks solace in
his books, Of which he has Won
derful store.''
Sometimes, you see, Saint James
Patten WEARIES of these things
wearies of his wife and church!
Jim chews gum, smokes dry cigars.
goes autoing with his wife and LIVES
A SERMON. Hours after the
afternoon papers have issued their
screeds against the wheat manipulation,
Patten is home, on the lawn, playing
with the children and wondering what
he'll read next"
We hope and believe he will read
this editorial. 1t may do Saint James
Patten some good.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
DEGENERACY

N NGLAND is engaged in an attempt
H to improve the physical condition
~ of children by putting an end to
juvenile cigarette smoking and drink
ing. Unlike the United States and
Scotland. England has always been a
wide open" country. Restrictions on
the liquor traffic have been regarded
as puritanical and unnecessary, and the
English tough has a popular song,
the refrain of which is:
Darn is heyes, 'ooever that tries
To rob a poor man of is beer.
For the word darn" one that is
more emphatic is generally substituted.
But overcrowding, malnutrition and the
cigarette habit have produced condi-
tions which are alarming English So
biologists and philanthropists. The Sal
VatiOn Army is picking a certain pro-
portion of the boys and girls out of the
huddle at the bottom and sending them
to Canada. Those who remain present
problem that must be solved soon,
if England is not to suffer from de-
generation, and since the population Of
England is much denser than that of
any other part of the British empire
excepting Hindustan, to drag down, by
the sheer weight of human mass, other
states of the kingdom and the empire.
The habits of English children, un-
der the influence of a wide-open
licensing system, with Sunday sales
excepting during the ringing of church
bells, are not such as to give any
countenance or encouragement to a So
called liberal liquor policy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
GREATER LOS ANGELES

nROSPERITY in Southern Cali
fornia is a normal condition.
II Much has been said about the re-
markable growth and progress of Los
Angeles. Our metropolitan city is one
of the principal evidences of the
marvellous prosperity of the southern
section of our great state. The pros
perity of Los Angeles and Southern
California is about to be increased
by the expansion of the city and it's
union with the harbor cities.
Consolidation will be of benefit to
every city which will make up Greater
Los Angeles. There is not any part of
the metropolitan area which will not
share in the advantages which are
certain to be the result of consolida-
ton, The fame and prestige of Los
Angeles will be added to by the world
wide publication of the fact it has
taken steps which will place it on a
competitive basis with all the great
marine commercial centers of civiliza-
ton. And over all these older mari
time cities of first Importance 1t
VIII possess IlldHy advantages. II VIII
provide a harbor which will be safe
and easy of access all the year round.
Upon the completion of the Panama
canal it will hold with relation to that
great waterway the position of the
most important and most convenient
seaport on the Pacific.
Boundless are the opportunities of
Greater Los Angeles. 1t will easily
take a place in the foremost rank Of
the most important cities of the
world. Consolidation will be one Of
the greatest, one of the epochal events
in the history of Los Angeles and the
harbor cities. Selfish and narrow
minded opposition cannot even en-
barrass, much less prevent, the ac-
complishment of everything that has
been planned for Greater Los Angeles,
the metropolis of the far west.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
PAST AND FUTURE

TN AN address al the Grand Army
flag raising at the Pasadena high
Il school May Irene Foster said: "Old
Glory is the oldest and most beautiful
emblem of liberty and freedom that
floats. What do we not read within its
folds of the past? May God protect
the future"
The prayer is one in which all citizens
may unite earnestly. If there is any
guarantee of the permanence of the
United States, it is in the protection of
God. The history of this country is as
miraculous" as the history of any ma
ton of which there is record. The up
building in a little more than century
of a gigantic power from a few thou
sand colonists scattered along the At
lantic coast is as marvellous as the
exodus from Egypt and the establish
ment in Palestine of a nation, the de-
scendants of which, the only survivors
of all the nations of antiquity, still
play a powerful part in world politics
and the determination of the destinies
of mankind.
Americas S strength consisted in the
fact it was a refuge for the oppressed.
When the hunted starveling of Europe
saw Old Glory he read in it opportunity.
He was a man with an opportunity to
become a citizen and help rule the
country He was no longer a suspect.
The highest standards of Americanism
must be maintained This nation must
never become weary in well doing, be-
cause we'll doing is the very price of
independent existence. If ever our
refuge for the oppressed should become
an oppressor of refugees, or if selfish
ness should reduce our country to an
arithmetical yearly problem in dollars
and cents, profits and losses; if ever all
the people should forget what some of
the people have forgotten, the charter
of this nation will be revoked and
rescinded by the Power that granted it.
So heaven give to all who believe in
Americanism an opportunity of preach
ing the doctrine to ears that will hear
May God protect the future. May
Old Glory guide us all onward, onward
and inward %
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
THIRD STREET TUNNEL
wv HY do not the authorities adopt
wv modern sanitary methods ir
taking care of the Third street

=" HY do not the authorities adopt
wv modern sanitary methods in
taking care of the Third street
tunnel? Complaints are being made by
citizens who live near the tunnel, as
well as by those who use it every day,
and these complaints are all to the
effect that the tunnel is cleaned in a
paradoxical way, for the more the clean
ing the greater the dirt. This slovenli-
ness causes much discomfort to all the
people who are compelled to use the
tunnel. as we'll as to closely residents,
one of whom says in a letter to The
Herald:
"At a. m. every work day two or
three men begin to sweep vigorously,
filling the tunnel with dust and at the
same hour, a. m, the daily workers
begin to travel through the tunnel on
their way to their duties"
Our correspondent complains of the
language which mingles with the dust
laden air. She says 1t Is real bad"
But 1t cannot be any worse than the
surrounding atmosphere, which at that
time suggests the possible atmospheric
condition of the inferno.
The tunnel ought to be swept at some
hour when it is not generally used by
the public. The hour of least traffic
can be ascertained easily. and that
should be the sweeping hour.
AS long as sanitary methods of clean
ing the tunnel are not used it is a
menace to health as well as a nuisance
to those who are annoyed by the pres
ent clumsy and barbaric methods of
cleaning" Why not use an antiseptic
sprinkler to keep down the dust? And
why not sweep the tunnel at an hour of
the night or of the early morning when
few people are compelled to use 1t?
The foul tunnel and the foul language
1t causes together constitute a nuisance
which should be abated.