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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
HUNTERS REST IS
SCENE OF fine
FEST|WTY
Annual Reception and Hedge
hog Bake Sunday
ONLY ONE MAN WAS LOST
And He Was Recovered by Search
Party-Exceeded Gathering Of
Year Ago

Hunters Rests second annual
hedgehog bake and reception took
place on Sunday and was an even
greater success than the initial out
ing last year. The guests numbered
nearly so and to say that they en-
joyed the day isn't putting it half
strong enough.
The proprietors of the camp, Grant
l.. Harbour, Conrad Schwartz, Sey-
mour f. Wood, Charles A. Wood.
Truman j. Mallory and Jesse NAL
lory had the camp in apple pie order
and properly trimmed for the occas-
ion. TIE decorations consisted of
flags and bunting, wild flowers, sun
flowers and Emory S. Harris.
Several of the party went up Sat
urday afternoon and remained over
night. One of these was Will II.
Nichols. Early Sunday morning
Nichols started out for walk
through the woods and as he did not
return when expected the other
campers got alarmed and the whole
party turned out to search for him.
He was found nigh up ON the noun
tain, smoking pipe and planning
for his next balloon ascension and
totally unconscious that he had
caused any alarm.
The band was in attendance and
gave numerous fine selections during
the day. Leader George c. Wood
gave several of the guests a chance
to try their hand leading, but had to
stop it after John Walsh tried to
lead it into the river. Emory Harris
undertook to play the base drum,
but couldn't do the fade away vita
it and had to be taken out In the
second inning.
Postmaster Graves brought a cush-
ion to sit on and was at first accused
of being stuck up until it was found
out that he had a boil or something
else at the principal point Of contact
and he was forgiven.
The dinner was the great feature
and it was immense. The menu was
as follows.
Stretched Trout Bull Frogs Groans
SHELL FISH
Wild Red Holsters
CLANS la Rubbernecks
Hard Shell Baptists
CLANS in Snell
(Clams were dug in Grants Harbour)
MEATS
Chickens Gizzards BOOSTERS Feet
Hens Bosoms
Roast Cow, a la Schwartz
Small Hedge Hogs on Toast,
la Mallory
WINES
Root Beer in Woods
Seine Wood, Plunket Wood,
Music Wood
ZiZzarino More Zizrino,
S'more Z-z-z-Rino
Oblivion Cocktails (Soc. extra)
FRUITS
Wild Turnips Wild Apples
Wild Grapes
Wild Cats Tin season.
Any inattention on the part of the
slaves must be reported to Henry
Marsh, Chief Chef or Chef
Chief, either one.
August Is, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
POLLY OF THE CIRCUS
Great American Play at Opera House
Monday, August %.

! Great American Play at opera Rouse
Monday, August %.
An instance of the endeavors the
management of the Bennington opera
house is making to secure the very
highest class of contemporary attrac-
tons for local theatregoers, is found
in his announcement that contracts
have just been signed for the presen-
tation here on Monday night, Aug.
90. of the great American play, Polly
of the Circus" which has firmly es-
tablished itself as the really worthy
theatrical success of the present gen
GRAFTON. In addition to disclosing one
of the prettiest romances the stage
has recently brought forward Polly
of the Circus" is famous for two of
the most amazingly realistic scenic
reproductions in history, its elaborate
pictures of a circus performance and
the departure of the red wagon cara
van after the night show. setting a
new nigh-water mark in stage Illus
ions. The fact that Polly of the Cir
Gus" combines dramatic presentation
with the spectacular features OF a
mammoth tent show makes 1t one OF
! the most elaborate attractions ever
sent on tour, and it will be seen here
exactly as witnessed by thousands OF
enthusiastic playgoers during its SEN
sational run of one entire season at
the Liberty theatre, New York CITY.
"Polly of the Circus is played by one
of the most competent organizations
vet gathered. and there Is no doubt
that it will be greeted here by cap
acitY audience.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
TRAIN TOOK OPEN SWITCH
Head on Collision in BrattIeboro
Freight Yard

Brattleboro, Aug. 17.-Through the
carelessness of some railroad employee
who left a switch on the main line of
the Central Vermont railway open, a
head-on collision occurred yesterday
afternoon in the Brattleboro freight
yard shortly after two o'clock when
the New London passenger train ar
irving in Brattleboro at 2:05 o'clock,
crashed into Boston & Maine
through freight which was being held
on a siding.
The passenger train throttle bowled
into the Brattleboro yards at reduc-
ed speed of eight miles an hour. With
out warning it took the open switch
and swerved toward the freight. On
account of a fine rain which had
made the tracks slippery, the brakes
did not hold and the two trains came
together with a resounding crash. The
pilots of both engines were broken
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Is players will go to Great Barring
ton.
On Sunday morning DR.. Isaac Jen-
nings gave a very interesting talk on
the History of Bennington, showing a
very vivid picture of how % people
men and women first came to these
parts from Hardwick, Conn, and of
their long and brave fight to gain a
foothold here. Many OF those who
listened were descendants of the old
pioneers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

80 your marriage was a failure?'
said the sympathetic friend. Worse
than that" answered the man who
was writing a check for alimony; ut
was bankruptcy"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Opportunities are like fish. The big.
gest get away. He who relies on
posterity to do him justice will not
feel the pain of disappointment
Puck
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
Eornet TO Worry.

Half the things we worry over are
tweedledum and tweedledee. Believe
this and you have conquered your
troubles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Remember this about Fels-Naptha
Soap: It's not only distinct from other
soaps in name but different in action.
Most soaps have the distinction with
out the difference.
But Fels-Naptha is different in this
it's totally new way of washing.
Fels-Naptha is the only soap that will
satisfactorily wash clothes in cool or luke
warm water, without boiling or hard
rubbing
That's the difference.
No boiling o. Scalding clothes to
weaken them, no back breaking rubbing
over nauSeouS hot Suds.
Washing done in one-half the time
with one-fourth the labor; clothes last
longer andare cleaner and Sweeter than any
other method of washing will make them.
Do you prefer the different way1
You will when you've tried it.
In using FelS-Naptha Soap in Winter
or Summer, follow directions on the red
and green wrapper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
Thinking In Music.

knowledge in music is in the
thinking and not in memorizing.-
Holmes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
Ru HinnselK

No man ever said anything that was
bright enough to be repeated day after
day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
Finest Fishing Ground.

Lake Erie is the richest body Of
water in the world in fish.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
WorId,s Steam Power.

The steam power in use in the
world to-day is estimated at 100000
900 horse power.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

House was likewise obliging at all
times. In fact all of Bennington turn
ed out and gave the visitors recep-
ton that was a most pleasant feature
of the run"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont, rain tonight. Partly
cloudy Wednesday. uuuz
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

The face of a wife shows what her
husband is, the shirt of the husband
shows what his wife is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Who does not acknowledge a broth
er as a brother Will acknowledge a
stranger as master.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17
which ReInn Interpreted.

Knicker-"What does A b. stand
for?" Bocker-Admirable Biceps."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

God does not settle his accounts
with men every Saturday, but the day
comes on which he settles them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

When a man is not good himself he
likes to talk of what is wrong in other
people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

AS long as a man does not dishonor
himself nobody can dishonor him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Who wishes to rest when he gets
old ought to work while he is young.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-17

Little Bo-Peep washes her sheep
With Fels-Naptha and cool water,
That's why they're quite SO snowy white
AS they come trailing after.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
Women Waqe-Earners.

One woman in five in the United
States has abandoned the domestic
life and has become a wage Garner
Even this does not accurately state
the situation. In country districts
only two women out of every II are al
work, but in cities, that g, wherevei
industrial opportunities are present
two women out of every seven are o
work, nearly one-third of the tota
women population.
How far the father of the family ha-
ceased to be the sole supporter Thereof
is shown in the statistics gathered IL
" cities and tabulated by the census
bureau The total number of women
at work in the q cities is 964 ,695 OF
these 10000 are boarding or living il
the families of their employers. The
remaining 731 ,665 are described as fol
lows: Women the sole wage Garner
9S.S61; one other wage Garner in fam
lily, 21S,415; two other wage earners in
family 18S,0S9; more than two other
wage earners in family, 226,300.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
FEW LIBERTY POLES NOW.
But They Were Once Very Near to the
Heart of Our Forefathers.

An interesting feature of the early
history of our country was the liberty
pole, so dear to the heart of our fore
fathers, but generally unknown to the
present generation,
Liberty poles were for the most part
erected after the revolutionary wal
was so long an acknowledged fact tina:
the rebels could take time to give ii
some picturesque expressions
After the republic was established
no more was heard of them until the
war of 1912 reused the antagonism CT
the people, and up went the Ions
shafts again, each a protest agains.
British aggression
During the whisky insurrection in
the last decade of the eighteenth zen
fury, when seven counties in POI asyl
vania and Virginia arrayed themselves
in defiance of the government lib
erty poles shot up during the night in
the rebellious towns and villages
painted a bright red as signals O.
war.
Liberty poles were erected durin
presidential campaigns in the first par
of the last century by both Wings an
Democrats.
They were usually made of white
pines. dashed together until thss
reached a great height The more fer
vid the zeal of the party, the higher
rose the pc Sailors were ofte,
brought out from the seaboard TO in
land towns to assist in the erection
and to rig flags to the amazement and
delight of TIE boys who knew nothing
of ships or seamen.
Mass meetings were held unde'
these poles, which were often regarded
with superstitious affection. The bow
ing down of pole by a high wind dur
ing a campaign chilled the hopes O.
one party and cheered the others.
These singular emblems Of protes
against oppression have wholly disal
peared of late years throughout Ii
country, except in some remote di
tricts where old customs are still che
ished by rural communities.-Sund
Magazine
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

beneath the gathering darkness Of
death. for there had been no message
from the governor
So Judson Mcleod assembled the
steps and stood upon the scaffold.
And it lacked two minutes of the ap-
pointed time.
The priest drew near TO him and
prayed for his souls salvation But
the condemned man turned his eys
TO the hillside afar off and gazed de.
spairingly along the road that de-
scended the hill towards the jail 1t
was the road leading from che town.
And even as be looked his feet were
bound with cord and his knees like.
wise. and moose of rope was put
about his neck, with great knot be
hind his left ear, for so it is that all
hangmen do. And then the light Of
the world was shut out from his eyes,
for a black bag was drawn swiftly
over his face ard fastened beneath
the chin
And the sheriff, who stood at the
foot of the scaffold, lifted up his eyes
and beheld afar off a cloud of dust
appear suddenly upon the road on the
hillside. A lad on horseback was
coming towards the Jail at full speed.
And although he was still distant
nearly a mile, the keen eye of the
sheriff recognized him. He was a
messenger from the telegraph office
None saw him but the sheriff The
eyes of all others were riveted in NOR
bid tension upon the quaking figure
on the scaffold. Men dared not speak.
and they feared to move. The shadow
of impending death stilled their
hearts with dread, and silence like |
unto that of the grave brooded upon
the scene.
The sheriff slipped his watch into
his pocket and raised his cap 1t was
signal to the hangman. And the next |
instant Judson Mcleod plunged down
through the opened floor His body
jerked convulsively for a moment and |
then hung limp and still, by which
sign all men knew his neck was
broken.
Now the sheriff had loved Molly
O'Brien, and it was 1890.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19

commit the deed, though all men knew
in their hearts that Judson Mcleod
was a villain.
SO the judge had passed sentence
upon him, condemning him to be
hanged by the neck till he died; and
he had set Friday, the 18th clay OF
September, as the day of execution.
And the sheriff had said: THE drop
will fall at 12:30;" which was 10 idle
ty knew that II the sheriff said the
drop would fall at 1870. it would be
even so.
Now the sheriff was quiet man and
truthful
When Judson Mcleod came forth
from the prison it was 26 minutes past
the hour of noon. His face was bag
gard and his eyes shone large in theil
sunken sockets; for he was a yorns
man, and the shadow of the gallows
creeping across the face of the calen
dar through the long, bright summer
had chilled his soul with terror.
On either side of him walked jail
guard, and following close was black
robed priest, holding in his clasped
hands a crucifix and chanting dole
fully.
But the prisoner neither heard the
priest nor Needed the presence of the
awed spectators His terror-stricken
soul was conscious only of the gal
lows-the grim minister of death bid
ing silently the hour of its mission.
But when suddenly the sun smiled
forth upon him from the darkened
sky there fitted across his counter
ance an answering smile, for unto his
heart the sunburst was an omen of de
liverance. Yet the meaning thereof
was known to no man save only the
sheriff for of those that were gath
cred about the scaffold there was none
but him who knew that the life of
Judson Mcleod might be spared at
the final moment.
For on the night before visitor
had come to the jail, hurriedly and on
an errand of vital import. He was a
man unknown to any in the Jail save
to Judson Mcleod, and when he had
earnestly with the prisoner
for a space of more than an hour he
went his way as mysterlously as he
had come Yet the sheriff minded
well the things he heard and saw. and
he said to himself, This man has
come at the eleventh hour thinking
to save the life of Judson Mcleod, and
therefore II is that he has fastened
to the capital on the midnight exprs
that ne may for some deep reason III
tercede with the governor for the
slayer of Molly O'Brien.'
But the morning hours had passed
awav and the sheriff had seen the
xindled radiance of hope in the visage
If Judson Mcleod grow slowly dim
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
(Final Proof

|, Permeal French, of Moscow, ID,
Who made entry No. 81, under the
provisions of an act of the legisla-
ure of the State of Idaho, commonly
Snown as the Carey Act" approved
farch Ind, 1889, which embraces
5WA of section 27, of township 4,
# range 10, do hereby give notice
If my intention to make final proof
o establish my claim to the land
above described, and that | expect to
lrove that I have resided on, reclaim
d and cultivated said land as re-
luired by law, before II. P. Blodgett,
representative of the State Land
Board, at Richfield Idaho, on the Is
lay of August, 1909, by two of the
GLOWING witnesses.
PERMEAL FRENCH,
Entryman
". S. Durnin of Richfeld, Idaho.
=. s. Knot of Richfield, Idaho.
:. D. LemlIuhl of Richfield, idaho
=. B. Brush Of Richfield, Idaho
July 23--Aug 10.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
TIL: APPOINTED
TIME
By CLIFFORD HOWARD


Now it came to pass, when the con
demned man entered the prison yard
and walked towards the scaffold, that
the sun broke through the clouds and
smiled upon him.
Within the yard were many men.
And when the prisoner appeared some
of them took off their hats, for they
were nervous and knew not what to
do. And many of them spat. Yet
they did not spit noisily, as was their
custom, but quietly and in corners.
There had been no hanging at the
county Jail for well-nigh a generation,
albeit two years ago black man had
been strung to tree near by, but it
was in the night time and there was
much haste. So it happened that there
were many among those now gathered
within the prison yard who had never
seen a man hanged. Yet they had not
been drawn thither by mere idle c RI
osity to behold a fellow-creature done
to death, but that they might with
their own eyes bear witness to the
righteous punishment of Judson Nc
Leod.
For Judson Mcleod, coming to
town as a stranger, while it was yet
winter-for it was less than a year
ago-had beguiled the trustful heart
of Molly OBrien, for he was fair of
speech and his purse ministered
worthily to his convivial tastes, and he
was withal a handsome man. And
one day it had come to pass that in a
fit of jealous wrath he slew Molly
O'Brien and cast her body into the
creek.
That is to say, the jury had so found
the evidence, for no man saw him
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NOTICE FoR PUBLICATION.


l. Fred NJ Pagan, of Richfield, Id.
assignee of Geo. Rigdeway of Poca
clio, Idaho, who made entry No IS
lnder the provisions of an act of tn
legislature of the State of Idaho
commonly known as the Carey Act,
approved March 2nd, 1889, whic
embraces SWA NWA and NV a
w of section &c. of township S
If range 10 r., do hereby give motto
If my intention to make final proc
% establish my claim to the Ian,
above described, and that I expect
)rove that | have resided on, reclaim
I'd and cultivated said land as requiT
d by law, before II. p. Blodgett, Re
Preventative of the State Land Board
1t Richfield, Idaho, on the 25th da'
# August, 1909, by two of the TO-
owing witnesses.
FRED M. PAGAN,
Entryma
\. G. brakes of Richfeld, Idaho.
(. G. Phelps of Richfeld, Idaho.
Arthur McClenahan of Richfield, Ids
Herbert Stein of Richfeld, Idaho
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NOTICE F0R PUBLICATION


U. S. Land Office at HALEY, Ida
July 10, 1909
Notice is hereby given that Ches-
er A. Johnson, of Richiield, Idaho,
Tho, on July 3rd, 1907, made Home
tead entry (Serial No. O350) No.
463, for SEA of NWA and lot 3,
ection T. s., and EB of SWA
f section "a, township 3 s., Range
e., Boise Meridian, has filed mo-
ice Of intention to make final proof,
establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register and
receiver, at HALEY, Idaho, on the
tn day of Sept, 1909.
'laimant names as witnesses:
luet Johnson of Richfleld, Idaho.
Albert Huntington of Richfeld, Ida
burton w. Reeves of Richfield, Ida
Fohn S. Thomas of Richfield, Idaho.
A. |. MCMAHON,
Register
July 23-Aug 10.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
He Didn't Know Adam.

In his latest installment of his >au-
photography in the Cornhill Bob Lucy
refers, among other things, to his con-
nection with Sir F. Burnand and the
Punch staff. On one occasion Mr.. Lucy
and Sir Francis were talking in the
crowded assembly at the foreign Office
on one of the queens birthday nights.
A guest in uniform, starred and med
aled. came MP and eifusively shook
hands, with Burnand. whose reception
serving this the newcomer said Il
see you don't know ME from ADAM
my dear SIR said Bnrnand, ~
didn't knew Adam. - London Tit-Bits.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NoEIeE zee P!.HlaeAr!oN.


l. NJ. Il. Snyder, OF Hichiield. idaho
who made entry No. 35s under thC
provisions of an act of the 'eg;sia
ture OF the State of Idaho, commonly
known as the Carey Act" approved
March End, 1888. which embrace.
NWA NEi4 of section 20, OF town
snip S., of range 1 8 g., DO HEREBY
give notice of my intention TO make
mai proof 10 establish my claim 10
the land above described, and that
expect to prove that | have resided
on, reclaimed and cultivated said land
rs required by law, before ii. 2.
8lodgett, Representative Of the State
Land Board, at Richfeld, ldaHo, on
The lst day of September, 1908, by
twC OF the following witnesses.
M. e. SNYDER
Entryman
A. Green of Richfeld, Idaho.
i3y T. Shearn Of Rich6eld, idaho.
q. w. Reeves of Richfeld Idaho
"a A. Denecke OF Richfeld. Idaho.
llly 29---Aug 26
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Einal PrnnN

I, Charles D. Lehmkuhl, of Richield
Idaho, who made entry No. n, under
5he provisions OF an act of the legisla-
lure of the State of Idaho, commonly
snown as the Carey Act" approved
March End, 1889, which embraces N1-2
NWl-4 Of section "a, township 4 S,
IF range 10 E., do hereby give notice
If my intention to make final proof to
establish my claim to the land above
described, and that | expect to prove
that | have resided on, reclaimed and
cultivated said land as requiredsby law
before H. P. Blodgett, representative
of the State Land Board at Cooling,
idaho, on the 10Th day Of August, 1909,
~ two of the following witnesses.
CHA fftiiFsaSS d. Bi i;ii NJ X X i L,
Entryman.
W. S. Durnin, RichfeId, idaho,
L. S. Knox, Richfeld, Idaho.
c. H. Fitch, Richheid, Idaho.
A. Lao, Jr., Richfeld Idaho.
July 29- Aug rs
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


U. S. Land Office at Haley, Ida
July 10, 1905
Notice is hereby given that Mari
}. Johnson, of Richfield, Idaho, who
IN July 1st, 1907, made HOMESTEAD
'ntry (Serial No. O4697) No. $3.50
'or lot 1 and So of the NEH an6
NWA of SEA, section 3, TOWNSHIP
I s., Range 19 e., Boise Meridian
'as filed notice of intention to MAKE
final Communication proof, to estab
lish claim to the land above describ
ID before Register and Receiver, a.
HALEY, Idaho, on the 10th day
September, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses
Crank A. Johnson of Richfield, Idaho
Burton W. Reeves of Richfield, Ida
4. Huntington of Richfield, Idaho.
Iohn s. Thomas of Richfeld, Idaho
A. I. McMAHON,
Register