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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
BENNINGTON BRIEI S.
News Of the Town ana Village Told
Briefly for Busy Resdera

Monday was good day for rubber
ing-underioot.
Emory 5. Harris was in Troy
Monday visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Pratt OF
Salisbury visited town Saturday.
Charles Frazer Jr. of North street
was a guest of Mart Green at Sucker
pond over Sunday
Mrs. Russell Jewel of the west
part Of the town is confined to the
house by illness.
Joseph A Jubb and Charles Pat
chin spent Sunday at Deeryiew
cabin near Sucker pond
Mrs. Isaac Levin of Bradford st..
returned Monday afternoon from a
visit with friends in, New York.
e. e. Hart has returned from a
business trip to Burlington and other
cities in the northern part OF the
state.
A business meeting of the Young
Woman's club will be held this even
ing at s o'clock. All members are
earnestly requested to be present.
Mart Green, the celebrated hermit
of Sucker pond, was in town Satur-
day visiting his summer friends and
purchasing provisions to round out
his winter supply
A party Of nine from the Fay dis
trict took sixty pounds of fine pick
erel from Sucker pond Sunday. One
of the fish balanced the scales at five
pounds and thirteen ounces.
Richard Casey of the west part of
The town severely injured the index
finger of his left hand while at work
about his barn Sunday As a result
he will not be able to use this hand
for several days
Walter II. Berry proprietor of the
Walloomsac Inn. has purchased
driving team from parties in Hoosick
Falls. They are we'll matched bays.
five years old and weigh about 1900
pounds apiece. Mr.. Berry will use
them next summer in his livery con
nected with the Inn, making total
Of four horses for this purpose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

PHOEBns
There's nothing like bread made from
Gold Medal Flour. DEBORAH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
LANpeRovE

Benjamin W. Beers was at nome
over Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie E. Roby was at home
over Sunday.
Mrs Mary Wyman of Londonderry
visited at Frank Rush's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haythorn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Fisher and two
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Abbott
Sunday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
EAST DORSET

Mrs. Emma Gray is visiting in Al
lington.
G. H. Freddy of Philadelphia Il
in town.
Eddie Couplings spent Sunday ii
Arlington.
George S. Hall was Sunday visitor
in Rutland.
H. S. Foss of Pittsford was a reeen
visitor here.
John Brockway spent Sunday il
West Rutland.
N. L. Davis of Albany was a recent
visitor in town.
DR.. J. l. Cockrane was in Troy. n
Y, on Monday
L. H. Story of Bennington was here
part of last week.
Miss Matte Griffith was a Monday
visitor in Rutland.
VIM. Leary was in Bennington last
week on business.
Thomas Mclaughlin was a Sunday
visitor in Pittsford
Wallace Brock was a visitor in
Rutland last week.
Edward Griffith was at home from
Manchester over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Ache returned
Sunday to their home in Rutland.
John S. Reed was in Granville, y.
Y, Thursday and Friday of last week.
Edwin Shuttleworth of New York
was here on business part of last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Landon of
Dandy spent Sunday at his home
here.
Mrs. Leon Harbour, who has beer
spending some time in Bennington. is
visiting here.
Miss Nellie Clark returned Sunday
from a brief visit at her home in
West Rutland.
Richard Butler and mother of Wall
ingford spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends here.
V. A. Madam returned Saturday
from a short business trip in the
north part of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dryden of
Rutland have returned home after
a short visit at her home here.
Richard Smith of Brandon has
taken a position as superintendent of
the Manchester Marble Co.'S quar-
ries here.
Miss Kilda Vachon entertained
number of friends at school hall Sat
urday night. Dancing and music fur
nished the entertainment.
Daniel Leary has resigned his posi-
ton as foreman on the Manchester
Marble Co.'S Quarries where he has
been since the company commenced
operating here.
The Young Peoples society met
with Miss Anna Coping Saturday
evening Games and music furnished
the amusement. Refreshments were
served and all report an enjoyable
evening
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
MADE 1T A LIFE STUDY
Dr. J. S. Leonhardt Found the Cause
and Cure Of Piles.

DIR. ]. S. Leonhardt, the celebrated
specialist of Lincoln, Neb., proved, al.
ter years of study that the cause of
piles is internal-bad circulation.
Then he perfected Hem-Roid, an in.
ternal remedy, and in 1000 different
cases it cured 9S per cent BY DR..
Leonhardts order Hem-Roid is sold
under an iron-clad guarantee. II it
fails, the money is paid back.
Sl.OO at VIM. l.. Gokay's, Benning.
ton, Vt, or mailed by DR.. Leonhardt
Co., Station B, Buffalo, N Y. Write
for booklet.
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Perfectly Clear

It's dish-u-way, sab, explained old
Brother Swank to befuddled friend:
Orthodoxy am de doxy dat | makes
muhsef-dat rs de orthor Of, 20 I'm.
'erstand. Uh-well, and dis yuh hec-
iordoxy am de udder mans doxy dat
he's allus uh-hectorin me wild. DO dat
make it cl'ar TO 80 apprehension,
Brudder Tarr?"-Puck.
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ro cuRE A colo m oNE pAY

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
n fails 10 cure. 70. w. GROVES sig
nature II on each boa zoo.
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Ladies OF Bennington

Are you interested in the new
spring styles in models and ma
terials? | have made one handsome
model in Princess style and would
like any lady to call at my store and
inspect this new design / have had
q years experience with large tailor
ing companies in New York and
would like any lady to inspect this
model and see if they can find any
fault with it's design work or fitting.
From now on until the end of this
month | will give you a 10 per cent
reduction on all suits. My price for
suits is from S35 up. Ladies and
gents garments cleaned and pressed
at moderate prices.
H. MYER f S S:;'s''s
2lS River ST. Bennington, Vt.
TELEPHONE CONNECTION
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Caro-.

We. the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on so
cent bottle OF Greene's Warranted Sy-
rup OF Tar II it fails to cure you.
cough or cold We also guarantee a
20 cent bottle to prove satisfactory OF
money refunded
Thompson's Pharmacy, C H Houghton
j. M. Ayres, A. S. Hathaway.
harwood ID Store,
G. r. & A. b. Hawkins,
d. A. Ward, o. 10. Adams
B. A. Quinlan, p. G. Woodwork,
W. b. Gokay. o. u. Adams Co.
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Too Much Gravity a Bad sion

There is a false gravity which is a
very Ill symptom; and It may be said
that as rivers which run very slowly
have always the most mud at the
bottom, so a solid stiffness in the con
slant course of mans life is sign
of thick bed Of mud at The bottom Of
his brain.-Sayille.
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Lock! Look Look n!

Follow the crowd on Mondays
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon,
and eachevening to Library Theatre,
Bennington's popular home of re-
fined entertainment. All the latest
and best
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

How much time he gains who does
not look to see what his neighbor
says or does or thinks. but only at
what he does himself, to make it Just
and holy.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

Foley's Orino Laxative cures con.
stipation and liver trouble and makes
the bowels healthy and regular. Or
mo is superior to pills and tablets as
II does not grippe or nauseate Why
take anything else?-Qulnlan's Phar
macy
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MOTION PICTURES and
ILLUSTRATED SONGS

secured from the worlds best manu-
facturers. Entire program changes on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Come and bring the children ard
stay as long as you like. Matinee
only Monday, Wednesday and Sat
urday and only one performance at
each matinee. Show starts at 800
o'clock prompt. Two continuous
performances each evening
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Hospital Service.

W. ]. Davy. 504 jefferson avenue,
Washington, Pa, sees many inequali-
ties in regard to hospital record. He
enlisted Jan. 8, 1862, in the Washington
Cavalry. which subsequently united
with the Ringgold Cavalry, and was
finally consolidated with the 22d Pa.
Cav. He served three years, and was
never in a hospital, but always ready
and able for duty. He was wounded in
the knee in line of duty, but was on
duty again in less than week. There
was no hospital nearer than 25 miles.
so he had citizen physician dress the
wound two or three times. He did not
get a pension until 1890, and is now
receiving s12 a month. Some of those
who enlisted with him and were in the
hospital for six months or year and
finally discharged on account of ,iisabi.-
ity are receiving as much as $24 a
month. There is another class who did
not enlist until the Spring OF 1865,
some of whom are receiving $24 Il
month. He feels that If a man went
to war and soon had to go to hospital
and become a bill of expense to the
Government and now receives S24 a
month, surely one who enlisted for
three years and served the full time
and did his duty all the time should
have as much. The men who went out
in the Spring of '65 and never were in
an engagement are not entitled to as
much as those who served their full
time and really put down the rebellion.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
1st Conn. Cav. at Mcdowell. Va.

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of Oct / you give brief sketch OF
the battle OF Mcdowell, Va. You state
therein that Gen. Schenck sent the SD
Ohio of his brigade to the aid of Gen.
Milroy What about the rest of
Schenck's Brigade? I am dead sure"
that the 1st Conn. Cav. went on the
same errand as the sgd Ohio.-Charles
J, Merritt, 1st Conn. Cav, Medina. n. Y.
Gen. Schenck reports that he took
out about ESQ of the 1st Conn. Cav. on
his march to Mcdowell, but he makes
no further report with regard to them.
Gen. Fremont reports that q company
of Connecticut cavalry. under Capt.
Fish, attacked the guerrillas at Shaver
River, killing their Captain and three
men, wounding others and capturing
and destroying more than 80 guns.
Capt. 3. w. Leigh, 1st Va. tConfed-
erate), reports that Sergeant and four
men of the 1st Conn. Cav. rode up TO
q picket. mistaking them for their own
men. and were captured.
The Connecticut History of the regi-
ments from the State says that the
battalion under Maj. Lyon, as a part of
Gen. Schenck's Brigade, took part in the
battle of May s, between the forces of
Gems. Schenck and Milroy and the rebel
army under Gen. Jackson. and also in
the operations that terminated in the
battle of Franklin on May IL and IL,
1S62.-Editor National Tribune.
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Wants His Drum,

Comrade George W. Friedly. Drum
Major. 125th Pa, Huntingdon. Pa,
wants his drum. On Monday morning.
May 4. 1853, on the banks of the Rap
pahannock, when the regiment was
resting after the battle of Chancellors-
vile, it was shelled by the enemy. and
the men moved out of the danger zone.
Comrade Friedly's drum was carried by
another musician. \ho deposited it in
a place of safety, intending to get it
later. Other comrades saw three men
from New York regiment take the
drum, and they were requested to let
it alone. but they carried it away. The
drum was a priced gift by Co. C, 125th
Pa. to Comrade Friedly; was unusually
fine and quite valuable; shell very dark
and costly wood. Inside of the drum
was roll of the officers and men of
the company at the time of presenta-
ton. Boys, who has that drum now?
Is it fair to refuse to return it to the
boy to whom his company comrades
gave it in the days of war, when it's
rolling rattle called them to arms, to
bed, to breakfast and to post?
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Gen. AbsalOm Baird.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me thru your paper some information
in regard to Gen. Absalom Baird, Third
Division, Fourteenth Corps, in the At
lanta campaign.-John Q. Baird, Island,
Pa.
Brigadier and Brevet Maj.-Gen. Absa-
lom Baird was born in Pennsylvania,
Aug. 20. 1924, and graduated from West
Point in 1S49, becoming Second Lieu
tenant in the I'd u. S. Art. After TAX
ing part III some campaigns against the
Indians he was in command of a light
battery at Washington in the Spring of
1861, and then entered the Adjutant-
Generals Office. He took part in the
Bull Run campaign as Adjutant-General
OF Tyler's Division. He next became
Chief of Staff of the Fourth Corps, Army
of the Potomac, in which he took part
in the Peninsular campaign, and be-
came BrigadierGeneral of Volunteers,
April %, 1862, when he was assigned
to the Army of the Ohio. and took part
in the capture of Cumberland Gap. He
was next assigned to the command of 4
division of the Fourteenth Corps, which
he commanded successfully in the Chat
tanooga and Atlanta campaigns, receiv-
Ing brevets for Chickamauga, Resaca,
Jonesboro, Atlanta and Savannah. After
the war Gen. Baird re-entered the In
Department, and be-
came finally tor-General.-Editor
National Tribune.
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Generals and Their Commands.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please answer the following questions
thIu the columns of your paper?
L. Was Gen. Robert L. Lee Command
er-in-Chief Of all the Confederate
armies, like Mcclellan. Halleck and
Grant were?
2. Was the Confederate army conn
manded by A. s. Johnston and Bragg
called the Army Of the Tennessee or
Mississippi?
8. Did o. o. Howard or John A. To.
gan take command of the Army of the
Tennessee after McPherson's death a,
Atlanta?
4. Was Pope given a command In
Missouri after being relieved of his COM
mand in the East?-Byron NJ. Maxwell
Paris, Ill.
1. Gen. Lee in the latter part of the
war was absolute Commander-in-Ch -Chiei
of all the Confederate armies. holding
the same relation to them that Grant
did to the Union armies.
2. The army which Braxton Bragg
commanded and afterwards Joe John.
ston and John b. Hood was the Army
of the Tennessee. Albert Sidney John
ston commanded still larger territory
and a part of his command was the
Army of the Mississippi.
8. Gen. John A. Logan temporarily
commanded the Army of the Tennessee
after McPherson's death, and then Gen
o. o. Howard was appointed permanent
commander, which position he held un-
til just before the Grand Review al
Washington. when Gen. Logan was
again placed in command.
4. Gen. Pope was assigned to com
mand the Department of the Northwest
with headquarters at st. Paul.-Editol
National Tribune.
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nearly two months he had manuvered
with the highest skill TO force Joe John
ston out into the open and into a de-
cisive battle. Johnston had evaded this
with equal skill. Altho Johnston had
occupied positions of the greatest
strength. and had been forced out of
them one after another, still Sherman
had failed in his hopes of catching his
opponent in the Decentralization of re-
treat or in crossing a river and inflicting
la -crfppling blow upon him.
However. in spite of Johnston being
on the defensive. Sherman's army had
managed to get full pay out of the enc
my for every man it had lost.
The problem now was to reach Ma
rietta In the rear of Johnston's strong
position at Kenesaw. which would force
him out of the high. rugged, mountain
Gus country. and give a better chance
for a fight in the open field.
The twin peaks of Kenesaw, rising
some 400 feet above the general level
of the country, with Pine Mountain as a
salient in their front and Lost Mountain
strong flank defense, were substantial
~ the last of the parallel ridges which
rise in great waves of the earth as far
to the north as Mission Ridge at Chatta-
nooga Southwest of Marietta the
ground begins to sink down into the
rolling plain of northern Georgia, to be
succeeded in turn by the vast level of
the tidewater region.
The fortified line running along the
lofty crest of Kenesaw was a position
more difficult of assault than any which
had yet confronted the army. II was
yitally necessary that Sherman should
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
1st q. S. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give short sketch of the 1st U.
s. Cav. during the civil war? Also in
formation as to where Lieut.. Fisher,
commander of Co. L.. 1st U. S. Cav,
died? He was wounded and taken pris-
oner at the charge of cavalry at Ash
by's Gap. Va, June IL, 1861. A.
Pherson, Bellevue, Ky.
The 1st U. S. Cav. was organized in
1888 as regiment of Dragons. The
designation was changed in 1861 to 1st
u. s. Cav. At the beginning of the war
the Colonel was T. r. Fauntleroy. who
was succeeded by Col b. J.. Beall. and
he by Col. G. A. II. Blake, who retained
the command until Dee. Is. 1870. Il
belonged to Torberts Division of the
Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Po-
tomac. and lost during the. war nine
officers and 73 men killed and two off,
GERS and 81 men who died from dis
ease, in prison, etc.
First Lieut.. Cesar Rodney Fisher died
June 81, 1868. of wounds received at
Ashby's Gap.-Editor National Tribune
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The 3Cth Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
n short sketch of the 30th Ill.-Ben. l..
Harris. Corydon, KY.
The 30th ILL.,, one of the fighting regi-
ments, was organized at Cairo and
Springfield from August to December,
1861, and after two enlistments finally
mustered out July II, 1865. 1t was
commanded by Coils. Philip B. Foulke
Elias S. Dennis and Warren Shedd in
succession. 1t was first under fire AT
Belmont Mo-, in which action Mai
Thos. McClurken wee killed It tool,
part in the storming of Fort Donelson.
1t was also present at the siege of Co
rinth, and remained in northern Mis-
sissippi until the opening of the Vicks-
burg campaign. engaged in active SER
vice. 1t was hotly engaged at Atlanta.
suffering heavy loss. 1t marched with
Sherman to the sea. The 3Oth belonged
to Logan's Division, Seventeenth Corps,
and lost 125 killed and 220 from dis
ease. etc. Its total of killed and wound
ed was 461. and 23 of its members died
in Confederate prisons.-Editor Nation
al Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
DEATH OF MAJ. BURST.
A Good Grand Army Man Passes Away.

Maj. John W. Burst, dear old Jack
Burst" known all over the country for
his good works. died at his hon. at
Sycamore. Ill. March IA. He was born
in Meredith, N. Y, in 1s43, on his faith
er's farm. Ills ancestors were sturdy
Dutch, who had settled In New York
early in theT history of the country.
Comrade Burst was educated in New
York, but in 1860 went to Illinois, and
May is, 1861, enlisted in the 18th Ill.
From this ha was discharged in 1862
on account OF injury to his eyes. Aug.
10. 1852. he re-eniisted in the 105th
ILL.,, which regiment was hurried to the
front 20 meefS Bragg's invasion of Ken
tucky. He took part in all the battles
and marches,,of his regiment until the
battle, of New Hope Church, where his
left leg was taken OF by a shell. He
was at that time holding the commits
sion OF Capts IN. After recovering from
his wound Maj. Burst was appointed
postal clerk, then Postmaster of Syca-
more. next Warehouse Registrar at
Chicago, and then Inspector of Immi-
grafton at Chicago. In 1894 he was
Quartermast r-General of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and in the Fail
of 1896 was with party consisting OF
Gems Howard. Sickles, Stewart. Marden
and Corpl Tanner, which made such
an effective canvass OF 13 States in the
interests of Mai. William Mckinley.
President Mckinley appointed Maj.
Burst InspecJr of immigration at Chi
cago. which dsfice he was holding at the
time Of his dsath. Comrade Burst held
nearly every sOffice in the Grand Army
of the Republic except that of Com
mander-in-Cbtef. for which he was
prominent candidate four times, and
came near election each time. He was
"a member OF the National G. A r.
Pension Committee for six years, and
assisted in drafting the act of June 27,
1890. In 1874 he married Lettice Ann
Mayo. the daughter of a prominent
man of De Kalb County. ILL.,, and three
children Were born to them, who, with
his widow. SUI svive him.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
and division commanders with q copy
of your dispatch. that they may feel re-
assured

and division commanders with q copy
of your dispatch. that they may feel re-
assured
with great respect,
''W. 7. Sherman, Major-Gencral"
Gen. Grants Unselfishness.
This episode gave occasion for Gen.
Grant to display his usual unselfshness
and his high opinion of his great subor-
dinate. When he received the notifica-
ton from Secretary Stanton of the ap-
pointment of certain Brigadier- r-Generals,
and of the promotion of Osterhaus to a
Major -Generalcy. and that there were
three or four other Brigadier-General-
cies which were at his disposal, he an
swered:
City Point Va, July IS, 1864: p. m.
Hon Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary OF
War:
your dispatch of 9 p. M, gath, just
received. The vacancies yet remaining
for acknowledgements l would like to
have given to such men as sherman
may recommend. He has conducted
his campaign with great skill and sue
cess / would therefore confirm all mis-
recommendations for department and
corps commanders. No one can tell so
well as one Immediately in command
the disposition that should be made of
the material on hand. OsterhauS has
proved himself a good soldier. but If
he is not in the field 1 regret his pro-
motion.
u. S. Grant, Northumberland"
Ito be continued.)
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Build Yourself Up
This Spring
Begin taking Hoods Sar-
parilla today. 1t will do
you good.

The heavier living, closer confinement
and harder work of the Winter, as well
as the torpifying effects of the cold
weather on your skin and other excre-
tory organs, are now telling on you.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, taken now, will
give your system just what it needs
and must have. will help you over this
hard spot and quite likely save you
from serious illness later. 1t purifies
the blood. restores the appetite, gives
health and strength.
1t effects its wonderful cures. not
simply because it contains sarsaparilla.
but because 1t combines the utmost
remedial values of more than 20 diff
ferent ingredients. each greatly
strengthened and enriched by this pe-
culiar combination. These ingredients
are the very remedies successful physi-
clans prescribe for the same diseases
and ailments.
Begin taking Hoods Sarsaparilla to-
day. Get 1t in the usual liquid form or
in chocolated tablets known as Sarsa-
tabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
} The New York Pension Bill.

Editor National Tribune: John Drake,
54S Centre street, Trenton, N j., OBJ
jects to this New York pension bill,
thinking that the committee Is figuring
for themselves. barring enlisted men
who served from other States out. The
18th N. Y. had about one-third Jersey
men in the regiment, while Co. D, 4Sth
n. Z. had 102 commissioned officers
and enlisted men on the original roll
Out OF them 81 residents of New Jersey
became part of New York State regi-
ment 1 myself served four years in
Co. ID. 4Sth N. Y, and now reside in
New Jersey. I think the New York
pension bill is wrong. 1 say, give to all
or none. 1 hope the Governor will veto
the bill.-John Drake. Trenton, N. ].