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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16
HoosIcK

Miss Helen Rudd is on the sick list
Mrs. Carlton Brown is in New York
City.
T. II. Sullivan is on the sick list
DIR. Clark attends.
Miss Mary Van Volkenburg has re-
turned home to Athens.
Irving Prebble has gone to SYRIA
cuse to attend the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. w +. Babcock have
moved to Lawrence, Mass.
Francis Lanone spent last week in
North Adams during old home week.
William Rogers is confined to the
house by illness. DIR. Donnelly at
tends.
Mrs. Maus Stearns has been spend
ing a week at the home of her father,
II. c. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hawks are re-
joicing over the arrival of a boy born
last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Rudd and daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. F. Howe are visiting in
Ann Arbor. Mich.
Miss Jennie Sherman spent few
days in North Adams last week dur
ing old home week.
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THEATRICAL NOTES

There is a report about tnat Chaun-
cey Olcott intends to try his luck IN
an Irish play at London early next
summer.
With last Saturday nights perfor-
nance of THE Climax at Joe Web
ers theatre, Edward Locke celebrat-
ed its 50th performance in New York.
The Climax" remains on Broadway
as one of the connecting links be-
tween the theatrical seasons of 1908
1909 and 1909 1910.
joan Philip Sousa has named his
new march, upon which he has been
at work several months, The Honor
of the Yankee Navy" Arrangements
have been concluded between Mr..
Sousa aud Blanche Ring whereby the
composition is secured exclusively for
her new musical comedy, THE Yam
kee Girl"
"A Gentleman from Mississippi re-
mains the attraction in the Bijou the
atre. Souvenirs will be given at both
the matinee and night performances
on Wednesday in the form of shirt
waists Thomas A. Wise and Douglas
Fairbanks continue in their original
roles in the comedy, which will this
week pass the eleventh calendar
month of its run here.
Oscar Hammerstein has been elect
ed an officer of public instruction of
France, an honor seldom SHOWN to
others than citizens of France. Mr..
Hammerstein was notified by the
French consul-general last week. The
honor has been conferred on account
Of Mr.. Hammerstein' efforts in
spreading a knowledge of music in
America and especially for inuroduc-
ing the works of French composers to
Americans.
"The Third Degree" is having its
! final presentations at the Hudson the
atre. The original company, includ-
| ing Helen Ware and Edmund Breese,
is booked for an autumn engagement
in Chicago. They leave New York at
the end of this week and will be fol
lowed by Grace Filkins and special
company in "The American Widow
This has been one of the most sue
cessful of all Charles Klein's plays
and in many ways it is the best work
that this author has accomplished.
"The Third Degree" has established
the reputation of Helen Ware, prov
ing her to be one of the brainiest and,
chnically, one of the best equipped
actresses on the American stage to-
day Whatever Miss Ware does in
the future is sure to be watched with
deep interest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16
CLOSE RACING At
BAT TIE NK|LL
+, VALLEY, FAIR
Fully 5000 People In Attend
ance on Second Day
TWO WELL-KNOWN SPEAKERS
Congressman D. j. Foster-Lieut.
Gov. J. A. Mead Deliver Ad-
dresses Between Heats

Manchester, Sept. 16.-The largest
second day crowd that has attended
the Battenkill Valley fair in several
years was on the grounds at Manches-
ter Center yesterday. The racing
was closely contested. especially in
the 2;35 class pace and the 2:30 trot,
which furnished the best time of the
afternoon with two heats finished in
.2:211s. 1t Vas a pretty race between
Rose Baker, owned by l.. o. Allen of
Middlebury and Tommy Twist owned
by O. W.Welch OF North Adams. TIE
Middlebury mare won the firstheat
which was race all the way but in
the next heat broke badly and finish
ed third She then pulled together
and took the next two heats and the
race closely pushed in each by the
North Adams horse.
In the 1924 class trot, Dillon Maid
owned by f.. J. Miller of Shirley.
Mass, after finishing fourth in the
first heat, settled down to business
and took the next three heats while
.1rilby owned by William Dudley Of
Crown Point, n. Y, who took the first
captured second money. Jack r., the
Iloosick Falls horse owned by VIII
liam J. Riley finished second in the
last two heats and took third money.
There were six starters i'm the 2.27
class pace, but on the first turn after
completing the first half of the init
ial heat Slickey, the young horse
owned by II. r. Burgess of Benning-
ton, fell as the result of bucking the
hobbies and Woodruff, owned by Geo.
r. Russell of Lake George, n. Y, was
also thrown. Slickey was drawn. The
race was won in straight heats by
Timothy \. Y. owned byA. W. Bump
of Hartford, \. Y.
The summary.
2.35 class pace and 2:30 pace, purse
$50:
Rose Baker-I~ o. Allen, Middle
bury, 1-3-l-l
Tommy Twist-O. W. WEIGH Norta
Adams, 2-12-2.
Peter Troy-D. A. Barker, Rutland,
3-2-3-3.
Ned D.-F. s. Church, Cambridge,
4-l4-4.
Time-2:21h;7:26; 2:21%; 2:221A.
2:24 class trot, purse $175:
Union Malu-E. ). MlliCI 9HIltg'
Mass, 4-1-1-1.
rrilby-William Dudley, Crown
Point. 1-2-3-3.
Jack R-W. J. Riley. Hoosick Falls,
1922.
Tillie Barron. H. Potter Salem,
2-6-4-6.
Kocian-E C. Bryant, East Dorset,
6.4-5-5.
Mary Russell--G r. Russell, Lake
George, 5-5-6-4
Mark 7. Cook, Nallingford, ~
I'd.
Time-2:2Sh 2:26A 1925; 2251a.
1927 class pace. purse 1925:
Timothy n. "a. w. Bump, Hart
ford, ILL.
Young Sheckallis-L. o. Allen,
2-2-S.
Ellis st. Clair-B Squires, Hartford
1872.
Woodhull-G. Il. Russell, Lake
George, 5-4-4.
Baby SC. L. Snow. Bennington, 4
sd
sHckey-H. T. Burgess. Benning
ton. d.
Tinle-2:25; 2:26ls; 2:24la.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16

II COO seeds. VIII sell all for S25. Address
Gussie Brown, Wallingford, VT, p. o. Box III.
64t6
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TO RENT

TO HE NT-TwO roOus corner of Main and
i Valentine streets. suitable for light house
keeping on Office Inquire Mrs. f. Norton, $40
Pleasant st. +Git6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

James H. Whitney is spending the
day in Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Flynn lr., have
gone to reside in North Adams.
Dexter M, Gleason is moving his
family here from Woodford today.
Napoleon and Joseph Tester are
attending the fair at Manchester TO-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Roster are
spending the week at Lake Bono.
seen.
Rev and Mrs. L. p. Armstrong re-
turn to their home in New York this
evening.
George Temple of Northfield VT,
is spending a few days with relatives
in town.
Mrs. Phelonise Passenow of Park
street is moving into the Putnam ten
ement on Gage street.
John Lyons is confined to the house
with an injury to his knee sustained
while-at work in Pittsfield.
Harold Sweet and guest, Roswell
Blandy of Boston are spending a few
days on camping trip in Woodford.
Frank W.. the five months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. ID. l.. circuit of Div
ision street died Wednesday, Septem-
Der Is.
Mrs. ]. L. Fort of Gloversville is in
town, called here by the serious i'll
ness of her father, George F. Town
send of Gage street
If the old fogy who refuses to adyera.
tise his business would brush the cob
webs out of his brain. he would see
that he is the greatest loser by ais
short sighted policy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16

q RENr-From October LIST, corner store
in the brick building at corner North and
Pleasant streets, being one of the two stores
now occupied by II. Harry Levin. building
steam heated and the store is an up-todate
store in good location for any line of business.
Apply to Charles n. Powers. Savings Bank
building. 3tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16
Low PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR sALE

FOR SALE-Pair of secondhand work har-
Il ness for sale cheap at Chas L. Burt's har-
ness shop South st. 65t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16

INO RENT Large pleasant house at 2O1 Scott
L street. Recently lifted up and in good con
ditiOu Inquire of Olin Scott R3tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16

no RENT-Two desirable .tenements on
Main street. Apply to DR. H. J. Potter
-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-16

E'Uh sAt FL cOhI-bIack morse, age To yrs.
weight 1900 lbs, sound and kind. good
reader will guarantee him in any spot or place.
single or double; grey mare, age Syrs., weight
800 lbs. sound and kind, extra good roader,
true to work double or single, but little afraid
of electrics; heavy delivery wagon cortland
make, 9 IT. box fitted with heavy top, rOll-up
curtains front hood, 10 IN. sideboards. trays
and inside racks, complete with back steps.
brake. etc; delivery wagon Cortland make).
without top, IT. box. Both wagons were
bought new last year. smaller one in July. and
only used balance of season; are In perfect
condition; carriage in hrst-class condition:
road cart set heavy double harness, new
last year, extra heavy full brass trimmed ex-
press harnesses one new last summer and one
Just bought, used less than dozen times; .
single harness, one new last season; lextra
heavy russell leather dOuble-cinch stock saddle
with bride to match, used but few times and
one brand new l2-tOOth Planet, Jr., strawberry
cultivator fitted with pulyerzer attachment
and leveler, used but twice. w. c. Stanley.
North bennington. Vt. Tel. 1912 56tl2
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Massage

Scientifically given by professional
medical masseuse of New York All
nervous troubles and deformities in
caildren a speciality. Treatment Civ
en- at ladies' residences or at Office.
Inquiries or appointments.-Mis NJ.
Williams, AL Main street
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Closing Out Sale.

Miss Alice Foley must be out of
store by first of Oct. and will sell
her entire stock below cost beginning
Saturday. Sept. 1.
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JTOK sALE-Tbe horse-shoeing !

EOR SALE-The horse-shOeing business
L and stock and tools of the late John $.
Brant at THE Old Stone Shop. Business has
been established longer than any shop in Ben
nington County. Shop is doing from $40 to
$50 per week now with only one man. Price
on application, Nash Hutchlns. 6ltl2
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WANTED

w ANTED-M Middle aged woman to keep
w house and take care of.small child while
parents are at work. Apply to Garry. w
Papers near Richardson's greenhouse. Gail in
the evening. GltGt
iNANTr Done experienced looper and
w one experienced knitter who knows how
to top on bali hose to begin sept. 20. Apply
TO Berkshire Hosiery Co., North Adams, Mass
Soft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10
HYHAWKER JOTS

ITO mansions, through dugouts," IS
one of the interpretations OF the Kan
sas motto given in the current number
of the Kansas magazine.
isn't he a weak, wobbly, no-ac-
count fooI?'' asks the Wichita Beacon
of the man who insists that he can
drink or let it alone, but never dem
onstrates the latter proposition
At the normal examination at Stock
ton recently, some of the students gave
original answers to questions on Kan
sas history, says a Rocks county pa
per. John Macdonald. the veteran
Kansas educator, helped get up the
history questions. Name some i'm
portant act of the Stubs administra-
tion?'' was one question. The ap-
pointment of John Macdonald to
place on the state school board" was
the reply of one. "Who was John A.
Martin, and who was John Martin %
was another question. To which
wag replied: John A. Martin was
governor of Kansas and John Martin
was the only man in PlainVille who
voted against the waterworks." Name
a prominent feature of the Hoch ad-
ministration ?" was another question.
Governor Hoch pardoned many sin
ners," was the answer of a young lady.
E. M Phillips, who was one of the
buffalo hunters of Kansas, says that
the last buffalo that was killed in
Barton county met death in one of the
brakes on the old Baker farm east of
LOWns Inc animal was hlI1GO ny Din
Blank and Dan Specie, who lived on
two quarters north of the old Shirwise
place. They found the buffalo On the
Cheyenne bottoms and as it was
slightly crippled were able to get UP
rather close to it, but their shot only
wounded the animal and it ran north
and up one of the brakes at the foot
of the big hill Blank and Specie fol-
lowed it and found it had lain down in
the tall grass where they quickly put
an end to its sufferings. This hap
pened in the year Of 1874, and three
years prior to that time, Frank says
the prairies were simply covered with
bufalo.-Great Bend Tribune.
Lem A Woods, a veteran of the
Kansas newspaper field, and an I'M
failing source of common sense sug-
gestions, contributes from Chanute a
little gem to the Burlington papers
about babies. Woods concludes
his observations thus:
1.-The average baby needs protection
from silly, sympathetic admirers more
than it needs anything else and when
people learn this there will be less
obituary poetry need of this class:
"A precious jewel from US has gone,
A voice we loved is still,
A place is vacant in our home,
That time can never fill.
1.-THE way to keep the jewel will be
to keep it cool, we'll cared for in a
room with plenty of fresh air and not
handled and churned around as if you
were trying to get a nickel out of
savings box before 1t is unlocked"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10

A perusaI of the new tariff law, if
any one has the time or the inclination
to wade through a huge volume of
printed matter, the greater part OF
which is apt to be unintelligible to an
individual of average information, will
disclose the TACT that Divi-Divi occu-
pies an important place on the free
list along with a few other notables,
such as dandelion roots. cuttlefish bone,
bristles, Balm of Gilead. Joss sticks,
ieeches, moss. seaweeds. turtles and
waters of the uEleaveEed and non-edi-
BILE sort.
In fact the number of things of this
sort that are on the free list is sur
prisingly large in view OF the reason
able assumption of most folks that the
tariff was being revised by the deadly
opponents of free trade. but in looking
them over the attention is naturally
arrested by Divi-Divi. There is no ex-
PLANTATION about it. 1t is merely on the
free list, that's all. And if it is a
So so way of spelling "divvy'' it is read
lily understood why it should be placed
On the free list by such prominent
politicians as are members of congress.
Politicians and "divvy'' have been
friends since birth. Indeed, they are
almost in the nature Of twins. They
used to run hand in hand together
like boon companions. However, there
las been an effort of late years to
divorce them. Perniciously active
public prosecutors and grand juries the
country over have taken politicians and
public servants to task for associating
with their old friend "dIvvy." In fact
the days of ''divvy'' supremacy, or of
the old kind of "divvy'' supremacy, are
on the wane. Is is any wonder then
that the politicians of congress should
try to rehabilitate it by placing it on
the free list so that any possible ''divvy"
which may float this way from other
lands will be sure of a welcome and
Will not have to pay an exorbitant tax
for the purpose of making its presence
known here? Not the slightest. In po-
Htical eyes the place for "divvy" is on
the free list. The freer il is the better
for them, If they don't get caught.
But it is impossible to continue along
with this line of argument, reasonable
as it seems, for a friend has just come
in with the information that Divi-Divi
is the name of a tropical tree, the
bark of which is used for dyeIng and
tanning. This, however. goes to en-
phasize the important fact, which all
people should bear in mind, that it is
always easy to mlsinterpret and i'm
pugn the motives of others, especially
public servants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10

in the neighborhood of $76 and $77
a share.
Now this may be laughing matter
to the county commissioners but few
other people will be able to see it in
that light. Shawnee county needs
lots of money. more than it is de-
sirab1e to raise in one year by taxes,
for good roads, for new bridges and
a variety of other things. The
additional money that the commits
sioners might have received from
these railroad bonds. if they had
used the same sagacity that other
public officials in Kansas have used,
would have helped out materially Is
the tossing of this money to the
winds, as well as the giving of $500
to a private brokerage concern for
doing work that could Just as we'll
and even much better have been done
by county officials, a joke? If the
county commissioners think SO they
are no longer entitled to the generally
high regard in which they have been
held, and deservedly, too. until this
transaction, by the people who
elevated them to their positions of
trust and responsibility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10
THE FAR SEA.

In our home by the quiet sea,
ana a child there came to join US two,
And we thought-we thought-as he
throve and grew,
we are for Death, not he"
And We were happy, my love and I.
by the side of the sparkling sea,
Til our son went out to a tryst with
Death,
And fought. but fought with falling
And Death prevailed, not he.
Yes, Death was there and my love and I
ON the shores of a gray, gray sea,
void, void was place that we could not
For our boys fresh heart lay cold and
And Death was there. not he.
But while we saddened. my love and I,
Alone by the heaving sea,
There rose in me a voice which said.
His soul has but through a doorway
sped,
Which ye may pass, not he.
His life rides out like the swelling tide,
Out to a far. far sea.
He has slipped his chains and the sea is
wide;
Would ye have him here in the harbor
Nay. rest We here. not he.
His dust may lie in the straitened tomb,
Or sink in the deep, deep sea;
But the ship of his soul seeks a larger
room,
For death ,ye mourn? For the death of
WhOm2
Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
CFrom the Chicago News.1

CFrom the Chicago News-l
Fine store teeth make broad grin&
Hunger is a necessary evil; it pro
notes industry.
Fame may come to a man suddenly
and go just as quickly.
Undertakers also come under the
head OF scientific boxers.
Our idea of a wise man is one who
never argues with woman.
Many a man makes his mark in the
WorId-With q whitewash brush
A woman's no may mean yes. but
it usually has q double back action
Many a poor man doesn't get half
q chance after acquiring better half.
The only sure way to change a wo-
mans views is to agree with them.
A man who boasts that he picks his
company usually picks flaws therein.
A man seldom has as big bank
balance as he wants acquaintance to
believe he has.
Instead OF making a fool of man
2 woman furnishes the opportunity
- and leta him do the rest
Many a young man starts In to work
fired with a noble ambition-then
the ambition evaporates and he gets
fired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison GIobe.J
BY affinity is meant the first man
who asks.
How rapidly time flies from the day
when man distinguishes himself!
When a woman with money has poor
taste, it is more conspicuous than
when a poor woman has it.
There are none of us so wise we don't
find a little promise in the success
achieved by some one our senior.
After girl reaches % she looks glad
ly upon any new town that she may
move to. as a sort of a new pasture.
Every woman is pleased when she
hears of a woman who has gone out to
spend the evening, leaving her husband
with the baby.
To have work. and the strength and
ability to do it, is a great blessing. Still,
you hear a lot OF complaints from peo-
pie who have to work.
Mother and Father: Father has to
have the measles in order to sympa-
thize with the children but Mother
doesn't.
An Atchison woman narrowly eS-
capped being mobbed recently. She said
she didn't think her baby was pretty
The people tire of hearing a mother
praise her children, but they won't
stand for lack of it. Now they are
saying of the baby. THE poor little
thing! It is worse off than an orphan -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-10
Some orchid Values.

If you had quite an ordinary orchid
collection you could take up one of the
better bulbs that had Powered prettily
and go out and buy with the proceeds
of its sale a peachblOw vase, a high
powered touring car, or a reasonably
safe and sane balloon.
London auction knockdowns recent
ly ran from so guineas to 290 and $40
guineas, and SO on, and the highest
price, SIS guineas ($4,500), was not
for wild but for a garden hybrid an
der" w. Thompson of Walton
Grange, Staffordsihre, realized from so
to $50 uineas Cor from about 1914 to
$3.50 each) for bulbs of duplicates
in his collection. Last year a arden
hybrid Cypripedium went for the
equivalent of $500, and a Brussels
buyer paid $4,000 for a wild Cook
soniae crispum. Count Apponyi of
Budapest, paid $4,000 to Venezuelan
for one of a species so iantic that
oxen were required to convey it and
the section of tree to which it was at
tached. Because a Cattleya had a
violet blue corolIa instead of the violet
rose corolla of it's species its price
leaped $3.50. For the Pittianum of
the H; T. Pitt collection. a small
himself paid $500 for the cele-
brated importer Persimmon Crispum.
This had been bouht in open market
before Towering, for So cents It is
the plant that has demonstrated how
it can bloom that costs dear For the
spotted CrisDum Frederic Sander
Mr.. Pitt, after seeing the bloom, paid
1000 enthusiastically $1O,5OO-
Franklin Clarkin, in Eeverybody's