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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Condemns Motor-Speedlna.

Bishop Samuel Fallows Of the Re
formed Episcopal church. preaching
in st. Poul's church. Chicago. recently
on "The Race for Life." took OCCASION
to warn his congregation against mo.
tor speeding. LET your moderation
be known to all men, should be in.
scribed on every car" said the bishop.
The commercial. military and other
uses Of the automobile are endless.
We therefore hail it, advent. with Joy.
not untempered. however. Win whole
some fear"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Black are .Hsias Him:slf to .Pspne..

S.'.ss's .0SS 90
Black APE .Hslas Himself to -Pspnes.
A..hig black ?. ape. escaped from
private. rzoQ at. Pasadena: CAL.
recently. and for an hours: walked
up and. down: ,arist0sratie Grand
avenue: causing "a complete 'dearth
of wealthy and other '''grades Of
citizens oh the tlfofoughfare::' and fin
ally walking up the broad lawn t.
the residence Of Bishop P Johnson.
where he entered the diping-room and.
selecting q dessert spQo9. helped him.
self for: some. time TO > large dish
of prunes. which, sat On. the table.
After he had cloyed himself with
prunes he .ambled, 0ut and returned
home.- showing evident enjoyment
over his little excursion: -
The apes name is Bearfoot Harvey,
and he belongs to the monkey colon,
maintained by E. w. Knowlton. =
local. wealthy. resident. :. ..
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
80 1879: .
c,ubr ansb Aotel 70; ch.tdfen

Paris has it, infants club: who're
the babeiabout town may spend tn
idle afternoon; but London comes q
good tee6nd. WIN = hotel for chlldrSn.
Here. III suites 81 two rooms. he
children Of the Ieli-fodo may md =
town address while parents are tratel-
ing. Or enduring .pnamiahle climates
The guests range from atoms Of .
month or 30 to veterans Of eight or
nine. and each three have . day and
uixht nursery to themselves.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

Here is hint on preventing the
smoke that usually accompanies ad-
ding fresh fuel to an open fire or
crate. When adding the new wood
put it at the back. drawing the pieces
already burning to the front to keep
in, the heat and prevent smoke.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Low Equator Speed.

Low Equator speed.
1t is true that every function Of
body and mind slows up about 20 per
cent, and permanently. too. after six
months under the equator. Faster
telegraph operators sent from here to
New Orleans after q few months fail
perceptibly in speed and 0ever r.
cover.-New York Sun.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

.-1~<Dsoeoli0n Aofs laeeatituds:.
'Tngratitude." said Uncle Eben. 'is
. word mos frequently used by folks
dat has had mo- dan DER share Of
fAyo1 an had DER expectations on
I6aSooSbly stimulated
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08

Forsslsht Of Haymaiess. -.
Maud Muller watched th6 Judge rids
By.
He win come IN handy u I V0t
Q divorce" 0ho 0o01eQto6 :.
Hss1E1tb che aa1tae 41eGn1onj
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Reason Enolsnh.

HOd&0n fn0V3n.
Teacher-Tommy, .yoa should comb
your hair before you come to school
Tommy. got no comb.
Teacher-Then. borrow your IA
theirs. 60. 80. -
Tommy-Father aine got no comb,
neither. :.
Teacher-Absurdt Doesn't he comb
his hair?
Tommy-He aint. got no hair! Lip:
pincott's Magazine. =.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
A. TASTE Of 1HE. REAL THING
'@tsw' +orie "ee,stssmah Fsrmer'' Hes
~'.Mueh Fan with Visitors FROM -"
the City. 4. .'s.-

A ,well-known New York man VIZ
is deyelppink a. superb. estate in the
Catskills loyes to. wear HIS city
friepas on: Of a bit when they go up
to spend. weel1ssnds with him, espe-
ciailF Is they verge at all toward the
genus dude. One of the chief delights
is to meet. them st'the station dressed
as a farmer Of the most backwOods
type sSifed 5eakaa,' no coat: and really
more Impossible Than and genuine
farmer would dare to BE. y.
When the train, pulls up at his. sta
ton he Ia waiting on the platform for
his gnests, .lOo@ans as serious as can
be imagined. and their expression lis .
feast: for. his hSn1orous-sOul AFTER he
has enjoyed this: to t2se--ful4est. he
takes them around to the other Side of
the station and thete ID hts ox-cart:;
waiting to take them four miles up
into the. mountains OF course it tray
els at q snaifs race. and gives the
victim of this practical Jester the
jolting,o their likes. sAlso 1t provides
them. with. o. most pronOunce2 con.
trast to their customary motor meth
cd of''traveling. - ..
For heavens sake. Frank" expost,f
lated a: weary youth: as-thsy bounced
up the hits: lis this really the way
you have to get your friends to your
home; :Aayen't you any other turn
out tban this?". CO., - |
"Ob., certainly. l.; .have,."'. ex.
planned the host .blsDdly. but i
thought you'd enjoy little. Of the
real thing" :s.- .es.: -
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Partisan definition.

--ather, said little -SoIl6. what is
a political trickster?" Il can't give
you a definition that will cover all
varieties. But. in general terms. he
Is a member of the Opposition who
succeeds in having his own way"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
liQht, Truth, Publicity,

There is no disinfectant like sun.
light. There is no diplomacy like
plain speaking. There is no financial
guarantee like publicity.-New York
Evening Post.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
:"
Value Of Proc in Pond.

vsue o. TTo9 III Foho.
Frogs may do. come harm to hsh in
aSpbnd. but German experts have de-
-cll4d that tits ;is: outweighed by the
good they do In destroying injurious
insects. 4 * ~
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Womanish.

While . woman does not like to
have the truth told about herself. II
must be remembered that she does
not tell 1t about other women:-Puck
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Make Pets Of: Bear. CUTS:

Make Pets Of: Bear Cuts:
Bear cubs are popular pets III Lon.
don just now. Appointment dealer
says that the taste inclfnes now to.
the Syrian variety. while a short time.
ago the Malayan bear was all the.
fashion. J.. i:
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Uncle Ezra Says:

Lots Nv men who claim To be open
an above board are 80 on'y. threw
fear Nv gittin' their Jackets wet"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
TONGUE.
REV

REV. TONGUE.
In Nj: ,...a os Speech
Is - : SNay"
.-i....
From . We ~,r.le ply.
siOSnOni.t o. g. - ;Gu cue
when quit -. . .s c.n-uenf
in giving t.. !. ava, as when /,
Is waggin 81 t. t. o.. :aa. This
Is hard fact s.. - IN u Swal.
low-in siienC,. lis only remedy is
to keep well so rs T. c5yiate the nee.
essary injunction of tll doctor to put
his tongue out. for by this thrust out
sign the doctor shall known him.
The tongue of the talker when OBJ
truded inclines to the right side of the
mouth. We are asked tn believe
whereas the seldom used tongue gray
itates to the left side Orators. preach
ers and barristers are endowed with
right sided tongues Verbally parsi
mOniOus persons have left sided
tongues
Furthermore, ''the tongue that
shoots out straight without turning
or wavering indicates a solid. relia
BILE man of affairs" Tongues that
turn up indicate impractical natares
A downward, dropping tongue belongs
to person born to poverty and q
ready eye for the hopeless side of
things.
The cruel tongue flattens and
brOadens when extended The deli
cate speaking organ with curled up
edges is the property of an magma
tive and artistic being When the
tongue issues forth as if gripped i'm
a dental wise. it signifies a love of
life more than ordinary
Finally We are warned that the in
iividual who thursts forth his tongue
TO its EXTREMIST verge is person t.
whom no secret should ever be con
fided. for he is an irresponsible chat
.erer
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-09-08
Truth Tersely Put.

There are no rounds Of drinks In
the ladder of succesS.-C. K. Shet,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
CENSUS OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHOWS
GAIN OF rs
Clerk Leroy G. BTant Makes
Annual Returns
TOTAL NUMBER is 1865
Girls Of School Age Residing in Dis
triet outnumber Boys by
81.

Leroy G. Brant, clerk Of the incor-
porated school district of the village
of Bennington, has completed the an
nual census of the school children of
the village between the ages of and
rs years of age and finds that the to-
tai number is 1865 which is an in
crease of 26 over that of his last years
report. Mr.. Brant's report shows as
follows:
Number of childrensin incorporated
school district between five and eight
years of age-3l3.
Number of children in incorporated
school district between eight and IF
teen years of age, 745,
Number of children in incorporated
school district between fifteen and
eighteen years of age, 307
Number of children in incorporated
school district between five and eight
cen years of age (the sum of the three
proceeding questions) 1865.
Number of boys in Incorporated
school district between FIVE and eight
cen years of age-654.
Number of girls in incorporated
school district between five and eight
cen years of age-7l1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
GOOD CAUSE FOR
ACTION AGAINST
COUNTY
Persons Confined in Jail Gould
Sue For Damages
THROUGH IMPAIRED HEALTH
Prisoners, Even if Proven Guilty,
Have Right to be Treated Like
Humans.

Editor of the Banner:-l was glad
to read the excellent letter upon the
court house question that appeared in
the Banner Friday night from the pen
of Mr. Barber. II seemed to cover the
ground completely, so fully in fact,
that | will not endeavOr to add much
10 IT, This letter of mine is more for
the purpose of showing my interest
in the matter under discussion, the
interest of an everyday citizen who
has the good of the town and county
at heart. AS physician | have many
times been called to attend prisoners
in the Jail, and have always maintain
ed the sanitary conditions existing
there were a disgrace and reproaoh to
the fair fame of this county As
matter of fact. it would seem to me
that inmates of the Jail here, whose
health suffered through confinement
in this place, would have good cause
for action against the county in a suit
for damages. Prisoners have a right,
even if proven guilty after a fair tri-
al to be treated like human beings,
and not confined indefinitely to quar-
ters many men would not house their
dogs in
think a large majority of the in
telligent taxpayers of this county will
consider they are acting in the best
interests of all the people in the var
ious towns, if on Tuesday they vote
for the new court house. We would
suppose that in a matter of this kind,
the voters of our town at least would
cast their ballots almost solidly for
an improvement in the architectural
beauty of their principle village to
say nothing of humanitarian motives,
where the cost per capita will be so
light, and payments arranged so CON
veniently for all. A new 100000 post
office. $4,000 court house, and soon,
(perhaps) 100000 hotel, would look
well in Bennington.
Very truly yours,
w. f. Putnam.
Bennington, VT, Feb. 27, 90
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01

account of your easy.going morality,
are throwing away their lives? Shall
we permit our youth to have their
fling. in expectation that in the end
they will be as useful and honorable
citizens and as worthy men as their
fathers? Men, are you not awake to
the risk.
Now there is a way out for us in
Bennington. No-license will do Ito
cal prohibition, backed up by the spir-
it and practice OF abstinence on the
part of the individual | am convinc-
ed that standing strongly for one
thing must mean supporting the other
also The saloon and the club with
their social drinking, their vicious
practice of standing treat, their provo
cation to a mistaken spirit of hospi-
tality, which in the case of the work
ingman is a direct robbery of his wife
and children. the money that should
go to them for clothing and food and
the small comforts and pleasures of
life being guzzled in the false name
of good fellowship-the saloon and
the club have fostered among us the
habit of moderate and immoderate use
Of liquor, and this in turn has been
entrenching the institutional evil.
Now. consistently, let us vote mo"
for the community and mo- for our
selves. The man with his private
supply of liquors may still not believe
/ IN the saloon because II is social
menace and a community nuisance,
and in so far is justified in casting his
ballot against it, but at the same time
he is somewhat lacking in consisten-
cy, and can never be a very earnest
supporter of temperance in public dis
cussion and agitation. But now is
salvation nearer to us than when we
first believed | have hope that we
are beginning to awake out of sleep,"
and that presently we shall cast of
the works of darkness We shall
awake If we really wish to awake. 1t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
Driven Decent nsp Fore Ezerted
sHAFTssuRY VOTERS LIED TO

SALISBURY VOTERS LIED TO
Circular Full of Falsehood Circulated
There
The following circular said to have
been gotten out by NJ. j. Hapgood OF
Peru has been circulated broadcast
through SALISBURY:
TO THE VoTERl
A New Court House for Bennington
Win Cost the Town of
SALISBURY
s33oo.0o Or More
win you Stand for This Unnecessary
Expense?
A Vote NO VIII Kill the Bin
KILL It'll
The foregoing would be interesting
If true but il isn't true or anything
like true. II is deliberately and in
tentionally false and intended to mis-
lead the voters. Here are the facts:
If the new courthouse and jail are
built at Bennington the greatest cost
in any one year will be five cents on
a dollar Of the grand list Now the
grand list of SALISBURY is not quite
$4,000. A five cent tax will make the
amount to be paid nearly $3.50, or Just
about l6 cents per capita The actual
cost is ten cents per year to man
who pays a poll tax and only so cents
on each thousand dollars worth of
property. Not a very heavy burden
is it? Surprising the tax had to be
assessed for six years it will cost
the poll tax payer all told only 60
cents and the cost to the town will
be only about half what the circular
claims and distributed over six years.
But the real meat In the cocoanut is
this: If the new courthouse and Jail
are built at Bennington il will mean
not an expense to the town of Shafts
bury but good bunch of money right
in the pockets of SALISBURY people.
If the buildings are built it will make
a market for the product OF Shafts.
bury's principal factory.
Not only win there be call for ma.
terial for the county buildings but
when business is good in Bennington,
new houses etc, are built there every
year and the Eagle Square company
furnishes thousands of dollars worth
OF lumber and finishings The money
is paid out in wages to SALISBURY
workingmen and in turn they pay II
to the farmers and store keepers Of
the town. SALISBURY voters to a
man ought to be at the polls and vote
yes on the question, They are fully
as much interested as Bennington.
The same kind of a circular has
been handed out in Arlington, Pow
nal, Wodford and other towns The
figures are false in each case and
more misleading even than false.
What helps the market town of a sec
ton helps all the surrounding towns
just as much. Not only will these
towns not lose anything but they will
actually profit by voting yes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
Who supports the wife?

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a de-
bate the other day In New York, the
question oeing, DO husbands support
their wives?" Rev Anna Shaw said
that they do not, but that in this
semi-clvilized country in 80 of the
states the title to the children rests,
not in the mother, but in the father.
Women can not legally possess their
own children nor own their clothes.
The more work a woman does the less
her husband gives her Mrs. Gilman
said that II a stenographer earning
$25 a week married an invalid and he
stayed .home and did the work while
she made the money, people would
BAY she supported him, and logically
the wife doing the same thing was
supported, The audience, however
voted in favor Of the proposition of
DR.. Shaw
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
VISITED FARMERS INN
Young Boy Left BY Wayside in Intox-
icated Condition.

Young Boy Left BY Wayside in Intox-
ieated Condition.
In his sermon yesterday morning
bearing upon the question of license
or no license which comes before the
voters at the annual March election
tomorrow. Rev. George S, Mills, pas
tor of the Second Congregational
church. used as an illustration an in
cident that was brought to his atten-
ton only few hours before his APP
pearance in the pulpit.
About o'clock Saturday evning a
woman who resides near the old race
track came to Mr.. Mills with an I'M
usual story. The woman was consid-
erably disturbed over the incident and
because of her excitement was not
particularly definite in relating the
minor details of the affair; but the
main points were plain enough.
Shortly after dark some children
came running to her house and report
ed that a young boy in knickerbocker
trousers was lying insensible beside
the highway. With the assistance of
another boy and a passing man the
insensible youth was taken into the
house where it was soon ascertained
that his condition was due to liquor
1t later developed that the boy with
two older companions had driven to
the Farmers Inn during the afternoon
and the collapse of the younger was
the result of the expedition. Whether
he was boisterously pushed from the
wagon or fell out could not be ascer
tanned, probably the latter as he was
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
THE LIQUOR QUESTION
Views Of Lincoln, Moltke and Presi
dent Elect w. n. Taft


Editor of the Banner:-"After re-
construction" said Lincoln. the next
great question will be the overthrow
of the liquor traffic" These words
we're uttered on the morning of April
10, 1865, the day before his assassina.
ton, to Major J. b. Merwin his init.
mate friend. He also says, AT the
close of my address in Springfield in
response to vigorous and repeated
calls. MIR. Lincoln made one of the
most effective and thrilling arguments
for the entire prohibition of the liquor
traffic to which | ever listened, and
from that time on until the day of his
assassination he was deeply and pro
foundly interested not only in the
practice of total abstinence, but In
prohibiting the liquor traffic.
Moltke, himself an abstainer said:
Beer Is a far more dangerous enemy
to Germany than all the armies of
France"
The Presidentelect of the United
States, the Hon, William H. Taft.
when secretary of war said: with
hardly an exception, the men who are
incapacltated first during the prelm-
mary activities of a campaign, are the
drinkers. The same is true in every
walk of life which demands the best
energy of man. To the man who is
actively engaged in responsible work,
who must have at his command the
best that is in him, at its best--to him
| would, with all the emphasis that |
possess, advise and urge, leave drink
| alone-absolutely. He who drinks
Is deliberately disqualifyng himself
for advancement Personally refuse
to take such risk, / do not drink
IS"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
HAPeoop,s VIEW
Prejudiced Statement From the Pooh
Bah of Peru.

PreJuoiced statement r rom the room
Bah Of Peru
Editor of the Banner:-The Ban
ner" has taken particular pains to ad-
yertise the fact that ! have made y
visit to Bennington to investigate
Court House matters. suppose,
therefore, that a communication upon
the subject is naturally expected
from me which said Banner" will
have the courtesy to print
| found the conditions there about
as expected. There is fine court
room forholding the sessions, the on
ly possible ground of complaint be-
ing the windows shaded by adjoining
buildings, but upon the audience end
only-the court end being well light
ed by large windows entirely unob-
structed The room occupies the
whole upper story with the commodi-
Gus gallery at the end. 1t has twelve
large, high windows.
County Clerk. Probate and Jailer's
quarters ample and commodious, with
full kitchen ommodations-the on
ly complaint being that there was not
good yard for hanging out the
clothes, and the kitchen roof so low
that summer heat penetrated the
room.
Now everything centers upon the
Jail AS | entered ! remarked that
the atmosphere was too close, Upon
| looking around | p found four large
windows upon two sides, one side he
ing entirely unshaded, but all OF
them were closed tight. ] know of
no room that could be better and
more asily ventilated If the occupants
chose to do 1t. A wide corridor com.
pletely surrounds the cells. and Is
well lighted and well ventilated, IL
they choose to ventilate 1t by merely
letting down the high and lengthy
windows at the top,
The floor is low down, but If of
cement, as supposed no moisture need
penetrate 1t. Woman's quarter UNI
exceptionable, in case the partioned
quarter is wholly given up to ii, and
the cell kept secluded. In which
case there is no occasion of ever
locking the door,
There were four prisoners, two of
| them being absent at work outside
Inquiry of them developed the fact
that they had no complaint to make
except that they would like a bath
room attachment. Doubtless they
were used to a bath room at home
and missed It.
If there is anything about the SAM
tary arrangements not as 1t should be
il certainly must be the fault OF the
plumber and could easily be remedi
ed Nothing of the kind was shown
Respectfully submitted,
M. J. Hapgood
The foregoing from Mr.. Hapgood Il
printed Just to show how distorted I
view a man can take when guided b!
self interest and prejudice. Hap
goods standing as a witness is wei
shown by an incident that happened
four years ago The bill introduces
by c.. Nj. Graves was before the legis
lative committe and Hapgood appear
ed in opposition. He told the CON
mittee that he had visited the jail
and courthouse In Bennington an,
found them in good condition, perfect
" sanitary and all right. A few day
after that Hapgood came to Bennine
ton and had to inquire where the jail
was located The voters will TAX
his opinion at the proper value
Continued on last Page
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01

in no condition to help himself. His
companions drove on into the village
but later one of them returned and
assisted in taking the intoxicated boy
into the house.
The boy was utterly helpless and
might have suffered severely from ex-
posure had he not been discovered.
All three boys were intoxicated when
they came home. They belong to
some of the best families in town. 1t
is only another illustration of what
this town suffers from its proximity
to the Farmers Inn and the dives at
Walloomsac and North Hoosick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-01
PARDoNED BY GOVERNOR

Harowick Woman Arrested for Alleg-
ed Liquor Selling III Of Consumption
st Johnsbury, March. Mrs Annie
Croce who was among the number ar
rested in Hardwick in January for IL
legal selling, and has since been in
carcerated in the Caledonia county
jail here, has been pardoned by Gov.
G. II. Prouty as she is i'll of consump
ton
Mrs. Croce has two children, son
years of age and another child 2
years old which has ben here with
the mother. The citizens of Hard
wick obtained a largely signed petit
ion and presented it to the governor
for her release. Mr. Croce who was
arrested with his wife, is out on pro.
baton