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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
ARLINGTON

Thomas Morrissey of North Adams
spent Sunday with his parents.
Mrs. Corey and son of Pittsfield Wis
tied Mrs. Alice Greene Saturday.
John Curtis of New York is visit
ing his family at f. N. Canfeld's.
DR.. Campbell of Rochester. VT, has
been at j. X. Batchelder's for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. McRae who nave been
at their bungalow returned home Mon
day.
Miss Meta Mills of Albany spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. f. C.
Woodwork.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morrissey re
turned Sunday morning from their
wedding trip
The remains of Willis Phillips OF
Brattleboro were brought here for
burial Saturday.
Edgar Body and family of Engle
wood, N. j., arrived in town Saturday
for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Miltimore
of Wallingford are stopping for few
days at the Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemily and Mrs. San
born of Bennington spent Sunday with
Miss Agnes Robinson.
Mrs. Paul Rochester of New York
has been in town the past week. She
returned home Tuesday.
Miss Martin of Bennington after
spending two weeks with Miss Julia
Caldwell has returned home.
Enos Lathrop of Bennington and Eli
Latnrop of Schenectady spent Sunday
with their mother Mrs. Mae Lathrop.
Miss Bessie Lakin of the Normal
school at Castleton spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome La
kin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Risdon and
daughter of North Bennington spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
Gault.
II 7. Eaton, worthy patron of Red
Mountain chapter, o. e. S. also ID. ID.
G. p. and Miss Maude Adams, worthy
matron of the home chapter left We'd
nesday for Burlington to attend the
grand chapter of the o. e. S.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
$4,000 FIRE LOSS IN sHoREHAM
Valuable Farm Buildings Belonging to
Thad M. Chapman Burned

Middlebury, June "a two-story
wooden house and eight barns In
Shoreham, owned by Col. Thad M
Chapman of this village, were des
troyed by fire yesterday afternoon
The farm is operated by Mitchae
Mack and his sons.
The fire caught from defective
chimney. The men of the family were
at work in tne fields, and before they
could reach the scene the house was
enyeloped in flames. The barns soor
caught fire and were destroyed with
all their contents, including farm ma
chinery valued at $4,000. Nine horse.
were rescued with difficulty and one
young colt persisted.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. a
small insurance being carried.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
Please Read This

1t is the earnest wish of the Cit
zens of Bennington to ensure It'd
ness on their streets and sidewalks
Toward this end the Village I'm
provement Society make common
endeavor, and it is respectfully re-
quested, both of citizens and So
journers, that they refrain from
throwing waste paper, mail wrap
pings and other rubbish along the
highway, walks. parks and other
places OF resort within our border S,
that our public grounds may be
kept as clearly as he lawns about
our dwellings,. Thus will the good
name of our town for neatness be
merited and perpetuated.
BY direction of the Village I'm
provement Society of Bennington,
VT, incorporated Oct. 20, 1888.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
EAST ARLINGTON

Farand Dean of Wallingford visited
In town over Sunday.
S. +. Hawkins of South SALISBURY
was in town Monday.
Helen Farnham of Bennington was
a recent visitor in town.
Leo Grout of the Vermont Univer-
sity was home over Sunday.
Pre-Memorial exercises were held
in the village schools Friday.
Fred Hard was home from Reads
boro to spend Memorial day.
Carl Capella has moved into part
of Mrs. NJ. o. Schutt's house.
VIM Stafford was in North Adams
Saturday and attended the circus
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. L. Buck are enter
tanning relatives from Bennington.
George ]. Barton and niece of Bal
timore, Md, were Sunday visitors in
town.
p f. Duschene entertained his sis
ter, Miss Duchesne of ST. Adams over
Mrs. M. o. Schutt left Saturday for
Brandon where she expects to remain
for few months.
Fred King of North Adams spent a
few days with his brother, Dennis
King the past week.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. e. church
are invited to meet at Mrs. r. A.
Blair's on Thursday afternoon.
+. L. Buck went to South Shafts
bury Saturday to see his mother Mrs
l.. A. Buck who is in poor health.
George Mcdonald and family of So.
SALISBURY recently visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Mcdonald
Mrs. Bertrand Marshall and friend
of Rutland have been visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richmond Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs c. |. Hendee and chill
dren of Bennington were guests of his
sister, Mrs. Robert Shuhleton over
Sunday.
Rev. Bernard Brascamp arrived Fri
day and occupied the Congregational
pulpit Sunday morning. He is board
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Hard
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Phillips who
were here from Brattleboro with the
remains of his father, Willis Phillips
spent Sunday at Henry Shufileton's.
Frank Nichols was in Bennington
Saturday. Mrs. Nichols has gone to
Woodville, Mass, to attend the we'd
ding of Mabel j. Dustin and G. A.
Warner.
Roy Grout and Frank Walsh were
in Lansingburgh Saturday to play
ball and from there they went to Lud-
low to play with the b. and b. semi
nary team against the team of that
place. Robert Walsh also played
with the seminary team.
The remains of Willis Phillips were
brought from Brattleboro here Satur-
day afternoon for burial. Mr.. Phil
lips was well known by the older res
idents of tne place as he was a resi-
dent of this town for several years
and was an active member of the M.
Il. church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
Letter to n. j. Cole
Bennington, Vt

Dear Sir: If you were our agent
you'd nave lots of fun hearing what
competitors say of Devoe.
They all agree that it isn't right.
1t isn't right for them; it takes less
gallons. They don't say that. They
say. too much zinc" too much lead
they don't say too little OIL" they
don't say too strong" they don't say
goes too far" or takes too few gal
Ions to cover job"
1t is right for the owner; rignt for
the painter; right for the building
wrong for the man who wants to sell
more gallons for that same job.
We can't suit everybody. Enough
to suit all but one.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & co.
p. S. d. A. Ward sells our paint.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.


New wash and voil skirts at No
weeks. 74t2
Mrs. e. Waite of Branch street is
confined to the house by Illness.
Mrs. John Davis is a guest of her
son, john Davis on SILVER street
Martin f. Barney of Beech street is
A. Mutt in Cohoes, N. Y.
s. r. Kramer, trainmaster of the
Rutland railroad, was in town We'd
nesday on official business.
Burton Harwood who is employed
in SALISBURY is spending few days
at his home on the Woodford road
Am prepared to take parties wish
| ing automobile trips. Telephone
75-L or call 2O4 South street. H.
Bottum. 79tf
Mrs. Melvin Robinson and son of
Brimfield, Mass, former residents of
t1is town, are spending a few days
with old acquaintances in this town.
Edwin d. Moore went to Burlington
Wednesday afternoon to make ar
rangements for the exhibit which tne
II. f. Bradford & Co.'S mill is prepar-
ing to make during the tercentenary
exercises next month.
A section of the street running
west of Bennington Center has been
sprinkled with crude petroleum oil
to settle the dust. This scheme was
tried for the first time last summer
and was found to work very well. The
only disagreeable feature connected
with this manner of laying the dust
is that when rains falls and cause
the roads to be muddy. the oily mud
makes wagon washing more difficult.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
EAST PoWNAL

C. B. Patterson has begun his house
L. L. Morgan spent Tuesday in
Manchester.
]. F. Potter, who has been serious
ly i'll is slowly improving.
Miss Bessie Kennon visited Miss
Lois Niles a portion of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. J. Arnold of North
Adams spent Sunday at A. Morgan's
J. H. Norton has his cabin nearly
finished; it is to be called Cedar
Bluff.
al. II. Buss and family entertained
number of their friends memorial
day at their cabin Sun Set.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03

. "A g II q III L "a.
ess,. tba >,Iha Kind You Have Always BOugn
Signature at M1H2zIM<
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03

Gold Medal Flour makes delicious baked
STUN. RH0DA.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
PERFECT CONFIDENCE
Bennington People Have Good Reason
For Complete Reliance

Do you know how
To find quick relief from backache;
To correct distressing urinary ills;
To surely cure sick kidneys?
Just one way-your neighbors
know
Have used Doan's Kidney Pills;
Have proved their worth in many
tests.
Here's Bennington testimony.
John Grennan, living at III Putnam
street, Bennington, Vt, says. Il suf-
fered for a long time from pains in
my back and a disordered condition of
my kidneys. / used many remedies
for the trouble but continued to grow
worse, until finally Doan's Kidney
Pills were brought to my attention,
and l procured them. In a short
time | was benefited so greatly that
continued their use until l had taken
the contents of two boxes at which
time l was entirely free from my trou-
ble." Statement given Dec. 21st, 1909
Time Is the Test
On August 4, 1908 Mr.. Grennan says
Il am pleased to re-endose Doan's
hluHey IHlS. lney CuTeu me Oh XIII
ney trouble some time ago and have
always brought me relief since when
ever slight recurrence of the trou-
BILE has appeared"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
WOMEN ARE VICTIMS
Indoor Life and Lack of Exercise
Causes Piles.

More women than men have piles.
1t is because they take so little out
door exercise and are often consti-
pated. There is a stagnation OF blood
in the lower bowel, and no amount OF
cutting or treatment with ointments
and suppositories will remove this
cause.
DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid, an inter,
nal, tablet medicine, will permanent
ly cure any case of piles, removing
the cause. Price 81 at VIM. L. Go
kay's. Fully guaranteed. DIR. Leon
hardt Co., Station B, Buffalo, N. Y.
Write for booklet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
An Error in philanthropy.

One of the first lessons that philan-
thropists must learn is that 1t is not
always easy to do good There is a
peryersity of human nature, even
when inspired by the best intentions,
which sometimes seems to operate in
vincibly in favor OF wrong II the
mischief that is done by those who
mean nothing but good could be elm
mated from the world the sum total
of error would be noticeably reduced
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-03
EAST RUPERT

B. Ladd is slowly improving.
Quite a number have gone to Dor
set to attend Decoration.
Miss Johnson of South Dorset spent
the Sabbath at Clark Harwood's.
The scholars had Memorial exercis-
es Friday and all did well under Miss
Young's instruction.
Myron H. Roberts and wife of South
Wallingford spent Sunday and Mon.
day with their brother John. Mrs
Will Beattie was also guest of John
Roberts and family.
Mrs. Mary Phelps, wife of the late
William Phelps died the Goth of May
after long and painful illness. She
will be greatly missed by the people
of East Rupert and also Dorset. She
was kind hearted, and willing to aid
people in health or sickness as long
as her health would permit. Hell
daughter survives her and will occupy
her mothers home.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31

old age when this company was wreck
ed by rascally officials. about two
years ago. One OF the officials got
some 500 days in prison. The other
officials-those rascally before the law
or rascally morally-well-
Over on Market-st In an elegant
room. where the drip. drip. drip OF
of water from that morgue's marble
slab can't be heard. are gathered a
lot OF bright-looking, well-fed, we'll
dressed business men. They are rich.
Their golden eagles can be heard
clinking. blinking. clinking together
as these brainy men devise ways and
means for resuscitating the California
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Telegraphic
advices from New York state that
heavy financiers down there will back
the thing. The bank will be revived.
You can hear the gold clinking. clink-
ing. clinking on Its counters already.
over at the morgue Emma Feeney,
aged IS. is dead forever. as the drip
ping. dripping. dripping OF the water
from the cold slab tells II.
You see. this old woman had en-.
trusted all her life savings TO chat
bank. Balzac has said that when one
is old ii does not matter whether
one has swept street crossing
with a broom or the floors OF fuller.
les with a purple robe. But II does,
Emma Feeney had worked. scrimped
saved for long, long years. in order to
be happy, comfortable and free when
old women are pushed into the corner
and forgotten and neglected. She
saw her all lost. Her mind gave way
Sac threw herself from a tnird-story
window.
aorgde drips, drips. drips.
The god In the elegant home OF
high Anance on Market-st. clihks
clinks, clinks.
And this is the story behind the fin
ancial news item.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31
SOME HUMOR IN DEATH

Here's a joke with suicide in Il.
II Is worth while paying some atten-
ton TO II because IL isn't often that
you can have any fun with Death
There was a fellow down In New
York named Barney. He saved. pinch
ed and squeezed others until he amass-
cd several millions and became presi-
dent OF the Knickerbocker Trust Co.
Lord. how he did pinch the poor :
Why, he used to think that a laborer
who wanted over 80 cents a day
should be turned over TO the constab-
ulary on general principles: that the
price OF mems sweat and toll and all
the possible comforts OF the common
herd were matters u be determined
by Wall-5t. and the Chicago pit" just
as In the case OF mine stocks, corn,
or pork. so his old Trust saved, pinch
ed ana squeezed until Barney was
worth several millions dollars, and
nothing else.
In 1907. the gamblers who have the
country's prosperity at their command
got up panic. and Barney's Trust
became involved" Believing that
MS millions, which were all he had.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31

shelter. without means, surrounded by
hostile tribes.
Shut now the volume OF history. and
tell me, on any principle OF human
probability. what shall be the fate OF
this handful OF adventurers? Tell me.
man OF military science. In how many
months they were all swept OF by the
thirty savage tribes enumerated with
in the boundaries of New England?
Tell me. politician. how long did this
shadow OF colony. on which your
conventions and treaties had not
smiled. languish on the distant coast?
Student OF history. compare for me
the bafiled projects, the deserted set
Elements. the abandoned Adventures
OF other times, and find the parallel OF
this Was IL the winter storm. beat
ing upon the houseless heads OF won.
en- and children? Was IL hard labor
and spare meals? Was II disease?
Was Il the tomahawk? Was II the
deep malady OF a blighted hope. n
ruined enterprise, and broken heart.
aching In Its last moments at the rec
objections of the loved and left. beyond
the sea? Was 1t some or all of them
united that hurried this forsaken COM
pany to their melancholy fate? And
is It possible that neither OF these
causes. that all combined. were able
10 blast this bud OF hope? Is II pos
sibe that from a beginning 80 feeble.
SO frail. so worthy. not so much OF ad-
miration as of pity, there has gone
forth a progress 30 steady. growth
so wonderful. reality SO important.
a promise yet to be fulfilled. 30 glor-
ious?
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31
THE RAGE FOR
SCANDAL

Almost year ago. well-known
tanned an interlocutory decree OF div
orce. after washing all the scandalous
family linen In the courts and news
papers.
II Is now discovered that this man
and wife have. for the sake of their
two innocent children. become recon
ciled and will begin their home life
together again.
One would think that the big. pow
erful editors Of the great newspapers
would rejoice over this reunion OF a
father and a mother: that they would
print words of cheer and encourage
ment; that they would do all In their
power TO help rebuild that wrecked
home: that as matter OF good pub
lie morals they would let by-gones be
| by-gones and call on Gods blessing fol
the reunion of the father. mother anC
! children This for those innocent
children's sake. II for no other rea
son.
But those editors rehash, in theil
columns, for the morbid satisfaction
OF their readers. all that old scandal
They will not let the public or those
children forget that that wife anc
mother was accused OF taking night
rides with strange men. With two
children crying amid the ashes OF their
wrecked home for father or mother
the great newspapers refuse peace
| forgetfulness. a new chance for happi
ness TO that mother.
Lord, It is no wonder we have 'ths
! divorce evil" with the public press
or big part OF II, engaged In keep
! ing homes broken up by the resusci
tation OF year-old scandals involving |
mothers honor,
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31
The Deposit in the Morgue

This, just as one OF the stories be-
hind a common financial news item.
On marble slab in the San Fran
cisco morgue lies the body OF wom-
an of 10 years or more. The head Is
crushed and the temples plastered
with clots OF dried blood. The fea-
lures are drawn and ghostly and the
eyes are frozen in a stare OF terror.
II must have been an awful death she
suffered.
There Is light covering over the
corpse and scanty packing OF ice.
from which the water drips, drips,
drips with the regularity of clock s
ticking in this awfully quiet hall OF
death.
When this poor old corpse was first
| brought in they called it Jane Doe,
just 10 distinguish il from the corpse
of that drowned man on the left and
tthat of that girl suicide on the right.
| No one came To see this old woman s
| body. at first. What interest has the
public In woman OF 10? But, later
on. some one happened to. identify the
body as that OF Emma Feeney. All,
this makes IL interesting. People
came. They told her story while the
water drips. drips, drips. and all the
dead OF the gruesome place silently
| listen
Emma Feeney. years ago. was a
famous actress of the coast Thou
sands roared applause at her. She was
the toast OF California" at the clubs.
She had her Jewels. her laces, her
silks. her bouquets. and all the wor-
ship OF a public favorite.
Emma Feeney. as age crept upon
| her. began 10 save her money. IL
was hard, pincning work, for the lights
OF fame die out rapidly, often instan
! taneously. But. at rs years OF age. she
had saved $4,000 which she entrust
ed 10 the California Safe Deposit &
Trust CO.. and she was living happy
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31
Man Wins Against
Time and Space

To England goes the honor of man 8
latest victory over two ancient enc
intestine and space.
When we stop TO think OF IL. these
two things have been for centuries the
I foes at which all the arts OF civiliza-
ton anu the ingenuity OF man have
been directed.
Ii is TO conquer time and space that
all human devices for transportation
and communication have been built.
The raft which preceded the first
log canoe was the first crude attempt
to annihilate distance, and the sailing
ship and then the steamship carried
on the fight The two-wheeled cart
and the beast OF burden first attacked
distance on land, and the 70-mile-an-
hour railroad engine has We'd with
the high-powered automobile in the
same warfare on land.
or late the airship has taken up
the fight where the ocean greyhounds
and the big locomotives left IL.
The clouted runner with verbal
message was followed by the written
letter sent by courier. Then came
the mail, the telephone and the tele.
graph.
Signal fires on hilltcps were the first
wireless messages read by eye In
stead Of ear, and the wireless tele
graph and telephone are setting new
records each day.
II has remained for English enter
prise and patience, however, to bring
old methods TO the greatest perfection
and to set new high record In the
humiliation Of time and space In the
90 h,,v Int
! After more than ten years OF work
continuous telegraph wire has been
strung from London To Rangoon, dis
lance of 1870 miles.
The wire, leaving the shores OF Eng
| land, plunges under the North sea,
crosses Germany and Russia. skirting
the Black sea, crossing Turkey. Per-
STA, through India to Burma-one-third
the distance around the earth.
| The wire climbs the snow-peaks OF
the Caucasus, leaps canyons and tor
rents. through forests and over
deserts Then more mountains, more
rivers, more forests and more deserts,
Through all climates, from the eternal
winter Of the mountain tops, above
the clouds and beneath the seas. 70
the burning sands of the tropics. the
thread Of iron runs, and Its electric
currents are kept In delicate balance
by means OF ingenious instruments.
At frequent stations there are auto
matte machines which record and re
peat the messages, giving them fresh
impulse. N
So that today when the key is press
ed in London the click Is instantly
heard in Rangoon-quicker than
thought.
Miles melt and the clocks whicn
mark the progress OF the sun and the
flight OF time turn back.
A great victory for England. this
subjugation OF nature. Infinitely great.
CT than the subjugation OF the native
ltribesmen.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31

Methnks see II now. that one sol
itay. adventurous vessel the May.
Hover. of forlorn hope. freightei
with the prospects OF future state.
and bound across the unknown sea. |
behold II pursuing with a Thousand
misgivings. the uncertain. the tedious
voyage. Suns rise and set. and weeks
aud months pass. and winter sur
prises them on the deep. but brings
lh'.r not the sight OF tho Wished T."
shore. see them now. sea lttly sup
piled with provisions. crowded almost
TO suffocation In their ill-stored pris-
ON delayed by Gains. pursuing cir
cuitous route; and now. driven IN
fury before the raging tempest, IN
their scarcely seaworthy vessel. The
awful voice OF the storm bowls through
the rigging. The laboring masts
seem straining from their base. the
dismal sound OF the pumps is heard;
the ship leaps. as II were. madly from
billow TO billow: the ocean breaks
and settles with ingulfing floods over
the floating deck. and beats with doad-
ening weight against the staggering
vessel.
see them escaped from these per-
lis. purs1.rz their all but despei ate
undertaking.. and landed at last. after
a five months passage. on the ice-ciad
rocks OF Plymouth. weak and exhaust
ed from the voyage. poorly armed.
scantily provisioned. depending on the
charity OF their shipmaster for a
draught o, beer on board. drinking
nothing but water on shore. without
The Detroit times., 1909-07-31

were gone and that he must go into
bankruptcy. Barney blew out his
brains. He had lived by Greed. He
had lived on Greed. Greed had now
thrown him down, and he no longer
cared to live. He wasn't too old to
make new start, but when greedy
man has been piling up millions for
years by grinding the common people
or through special privileges. 1t comes
awfully hard TO get down among the
common people, and dig Ike blazes
for all he gets. like they do.
Barney having blown himself into
the hereafter, IL became necessary TO
clean W mis- estate. and here is where
the joke comes In. His estate cleans
up to the tune OF over s1.000.000. He
needn't have suicided at all With over
a million he could nave been just as
greedy. just as selfish, just as OPP
pressive and domineering over his
fellows as ever. II Is sure joke on
Barney.
1t may be little off color to call at
tention 10 a joke on the dead. But, a
joke is joke. and. living. Barney was
no joke.