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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
NORTH HoosIck


David Howard is quite i'll.
Guy Holmes and family were in town
Sunday.
Bessie Frazier is going to Chicago
on visit.
James Frazier lost valuable colt
last week.
Frank Agan has position in Ma
chanicville.
Rev. C. d. Face preached here
Sunday for the first.
George Harrington is putting an ad-
dition on his house.
Louis Brownell OF Cambridge visit
ed Fred Vein Sunday.
Henry Bowers Is moving in where
John Brown moved from.
Ruth Harrington, who has been
very i'll is slowing recovering.
James Flynn is building barn on
his place which he bought recently
Mrs Klages went to North Adams
to see her brother who is in the hos
pital
James Flynn is moving his barber
shop in the house vacated by John
Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
METHODIST STEWARDS
Annual Meeting Held at Rutland Mon
day Afternoon

Rutland, May 1.-The annual meet
ing of the stewards of the Burlington
district of the Troy Conference was
held at the Methodist church in this
city yesterday with a large attendance
Rev. p. L. Dow, district superinten-
dent, presided.
The district superintendent finan-
cial report showed that spas had
been apportioned to the charges in
the district and the same had been
raised, which had been applied to dis
'trict expenses.
The salary committee consisting of
Henry Spallholz. c. w. Spencer of
Rutland, c. w. Easton of Hoosick
Falls, N. Y. c. NJ Dassel of Shell
burne and Noble Ball, reported that
the salary of the district superintend-
ent should be $1,000 and the parson-
age. The report was adopted
A motion was made and carried that
s2245 should be raised for the current
year.
The following stewards were pres
ent: Walter Whitman of East Airing
ION. NJ. b. Morgan of Bennington, L.
A. Severy of Brandon. w. n. Cove of
Bristol, l.. NJ Bingham of Burlington,
A. T. Woodland of Castleton, A. A.
3oardman of East Middlebury, Rev
g. c. Farwell of Fair Haven, D. r
aaskins Of Granville, n. Y, j. l..
Clark of Hampton, n. Y, c. w. Easton
OF Hoosick Falls. Fl. w Perkins of
East Pittsford. Willis Cady of Middle
bury. l.. Nj. Hubert of Middletown
Springs, r. H. Allen of North Hoos-
lex. H. T. Beach of Panton, VI. w.
Clark of Wells, j. c. Leonard of Pitts
ford, c. NJ Sawyer of North Gran
vile, A. h. Barton of Rupert c. W.
Spencer of Rutland, G. Mcclure of Sa.
lem. c. M. Russell of Shelburne, B. S.
Congdon of Dandy, Noble Ball of Fer
| risburg, ID. P. Hurd of Belcher, A. f.
North of West Rutland, w. c. Stlute-
want of Weybridge, w. H. Metcalf OF
Williston and H. A Bailey of Winoos-
XII.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
W. F. sAecock BUYS BUSINESS
Hoosick Man Buys Store at Warren
Mass

John NJ. Drake. one of the oldest
merchants of Warren, Mass, has
sold the stock of his general store,
corner of South and Southbridge
streets. to w. Frank Babcock, Hoo
sick, ~ Y.
Mr.. Babcock has taken possession
at once, and will run the business un-
der the name of the City cash store
Mr., Drake began business In this
store in 1872 in company with his
father-in-law, Frederick Brigham, un
der the firm name of Brigham &
Drake
In 1875 Mr. Drake bought his part
1er's interest and has continued the
store since.
Mr.. Drake will retire from active
business, but will continue to live in
Warren. The valuation of the stock
in the store is about $4,000.
Mr.. Babcock for the past 10 years
has been travelling salesman for the
S. F. Bowser Oil Tank Co, Fort
Wayne, Ind, and for II years previ-
GUS to that he owned a general mer-
chandise store in Hoosick, n. Y. He
is living at hotel Ramsdell. and will
later bring his wife and daughter to
Warren.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05


Free to All Subscribers of this Paper
Every reader of this paper suffer
ing from stomach or liver complaint
can get a free sample of both Rye
dale's Stomach Tablets and Rydale' s
Liver Tablets. by writing to the Ry-
dale Remedy Co., Newport News, Va.
These two remedies are not claimed
to be Cure alls." One is for stom-
ach trouble only such as Indigestion,
dyspepsia and mal-assimilation. The
other for liver and bowel troubles.
Both of these remedies are kept in
stock and sold on a guarantee by the
Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
AMERICANS WANT
RELEASE FROM
CUBAN PRISON
Strange Appeal From Island
Republic
URGE GENERAL UPRISING
Spectacular Document Received by
the Attorney General of New
York.
URGE GENERAL UPRISING

Albany, May Am unique appeal
to the people of the United States has
been received by Attorney General
O'Malley, suggesting that spontane-
Gus uprising to be made here In be-
half of the release of Americans now
confined in prison in Cuba. The pc
titioners asked that the letter be for
warded to New York newspaper, -
The petition, which was signed by
six subscribers claiming to be Ameri-
cans, was translated in the state
library. The signers did not state
for what crimes they were being held.
They thought that i'm view OF the an
niversary of Cuban independence dur
ing the coming week of May 20,
special favors might be secured If
asked for at this time.
After citing their appeal the petit
ton concludes: "Illustrious people of
the United States, we come humbly
requesting that you intercede spon-
taneously both personally and through
the public press, to the end that
Cuban people may unite with you and
both nations in Interpreting this most
noble and compassionate act of mercy
and that there may be acquired from
the government the liberty of the
American and colonial American
prisoners who are suffering as con
demned criminals in the Preside and
prisons OF Cuba.
Young fellow citizens, prisoners in
the Castillo del Principe, salute you
fraternally, hoping to obtain from
you the favor asked. and are your
subjects or fellow citizens.
For all the American prisoners in
Cuba"
The subscribers are: John r. Vim
cent, Pedro Farrell Medina, George
L. Gould. Miguel Carnot Subalier,
Samuel Ahar, jose F. OLuinos.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05

the temper of this memorable II me-
lanchOly season, Young, lad Fl years
old with the graybeards and counsel
lOrs CT the COnfederacy behind him,
with The authority of the government
he had sworn to defend and preserve
behind him. undertook and executed
what he believed was desperate act
Of retaliation upon the foe that might
mean simply that he and his men We're
sacrificed and nothing gained. II is not
difficult row, after all these forty
FIVE years have passed, to under stand
how Young AZ his age might hive
glowed with patriotic arder at the 90
pOrtunity TO signalize himself at such
great risk for the good, as he believed,
Of his country We may say that the
Raid was not legitimate form of
making war, but the South wGs DIES,
lerate and was ready to turn 10 any
thing in order to strike terror into
the North that had, after all, known
nothing of the real horrors of the war
that w1s waged SO far away. At all
events, it is fair to assume that the
lad. with al that was benind him urg-
ing him to the task. did not believe
himself TO be IA brigand, a pirate.
guerilla" AZ the time, and nothing in
his life since has ever suggested that
such was his nature. on the contrary
we find that Bennett Fl. Young is
man OF conspicuous public service and
usefulness in his city and state, we
find that he enjoys high distinction
for his learning and talents, that, so
1. g ha hA
is the writer of several books on reli-
gious matters and has been given the
honorary degree of master of arts by
4 religious college and the degree OF
doctor of laws by a Tennessee univer-
sity.
In the face of all these facts. and
more that might be summoned, ex-
Governor Ormsbee is not justified in
standing forth to assail the good in
entions of the governor of the state,
he mayor of St Adams, and other
honorable men, and to incite by his
prominent example the patriotic senti-
nent OF Vermont to a wrong impress
sion of the affair Not only are the
acts against him but the conciliatory
spirit of the present generation that
wants TO forget the miseries OF the
War of the Rebellion is against him.
Most Americans of today positively
refuse to fight that war all over again.
Ex-Governor Ormsbee may have his
own opinion as to the desirability of
INVITING Young or the propriety of in
fiting him and with this the commit
ee will make no quarrel. No man
IN earth could have been invited but
hat there would be some dissent of
opinion In that respect But the
committee believes he will, upon re-
lection conclude that he ought not,
It his age, aud with a proud record of
public service in peace and war be
lind him, stand before the rising gen
rations of Vermont and protest
against the suggestion that the people
If ST Adams cannot manifest such
token OF "forgiving aud forgetting
Is that which has been proposed.
The war is over st. Adams and
Vermont would be the scorn OF the
south and the whole country If they
refused hospitality to this one-time
'oe forty-five years after his famous
aid and forty-five years after he has
lbundantly and brilliantly proved him
self worthy OF public confidence and
i~nor elsewhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
A Physicians Discovery.

A physician discovered Rydales
iCatarrh Remedy and used it in his
practice for fifteen years before the
Rydale Remedy company obtained the
right to place it on the market. II is
made from roots and herbs, found in
the mountain districts of our coun-
try. Contains no alcohol or poisons
and is the only Catarrh Remedy in
the world that is used locally in the
nasal passages and taken internally.
Our guarantee is printed on every bot
tie. You can get your money back If
1t does not cure. Sold and guaran-
teed by the Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
Announcement
TO the Ladies of Benring-
ton and Southern Vermont

/ have recently purchased the Tail
bring Establishment of M. Epstein in
he Library building and will conduct
l first class Ladies' Tailoring Parlor.
I have had several years experience
in the finest ladies' tailoring estab
lismnents of Broadway and Fifth
Avenue of New York and can guaraD-
zee my work equal to the best work
any city.
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits a special
W. All work guaranteed. 1t will be
my aim to satisfy every customer.
Pressing and alterations done at rea-
sonable prices.
E. NaChamkin
Library Building, Bennington, VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05
Is Your Life
Worth Living?

When the liver refuses TO perform its
functions OF secreting bile. and the bowels
become Inactive and loaded with foul
waste materials, the effect on the mind Is
most distressing. Under such conditions
the brightness OF living fades, and gloomy,
unwelcome forebodings settle down Fret
fulness and nervousness with vague fears
OF Impending danger like phautoms distort
the mental vision. What ais youy It's
your liver cons ssted torpid. sulSy. WHAT'S
10 De done? Take one or two Of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-05

after dinner and again at night What
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You viii see things in new light tnen'
the light Of renewed liver activity Your
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the liver acting in harmony with digei
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mn Two great maxims for all Nor
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our iivers and bowels healthy. Smiths
Pineapple and Butternut Pills contain ev-
er1 element needed to assist Nature In es-
tablishing liver activity and regularity OF
tn bowels. Physicians use and recon-
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always keen them on hand. These little
vegetable pills viii ward off many Ills
apF fhaV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

mum temperance So; minimum Sc.
Harrison Uittle Sioux)-Rain .5s;
mean temperature 1875, maximum 90;
minimum So; corn blowing finished;
winter wheat neaerly harvested.
Central District.
Grundy (Grundy Center)-Rain rs;
fine week for farm work; corn in very
good condition now; scarcely any not
laid by; small grain up to average and
harvesting will begin next week; hay
crop best for years. but acreage is not
as large as last year. (Stout)-No rain
or wind and not too warm for comfort !:
corn on high land looks good and be-
ginning to tassel, but on low land it is
weedy and looks badly, not having
been cultivated more than two or three
times: potatoes that have been prop
erly cared for look grand.
Hardin (Iowa Falls)-Rain .06; a
model week for haying which has pro-
crossed rapidly; weather also beneficial
for small grain.
Greene (Scranton)--Rain 10: corn
on high ground looks WE'LL but is poor
and weedy on low ground; hay crop
good: barley ready to cut, but is short
and thin stand.
Boone( Woodward)-Good weather;
corn blowing mostly completed; haying
in progress ard is being secured in
good shape; early oats ready to har-
vest; pastures in good condition.
Tama (Toledo)-Rain %; farmers
busy haying; corn blowing abandoned
Poweshiek (GrinnelD-Rain .07; q
whole week almost exclusively devoted
to haying.
Jasper (Monroe)-Rain os; a full
week of harvesting; rye, barley and
most of early oats in shock. (Newton)
Rain .5S; corn laid by. generally in
good condition: hay and grain being
put up in good order.
Dallas (Waukee)-Past week was
good for corn and fair for hay: hay
making in full sway; most all corn laid
by; early oats being cut and fall wheat
is most all cut; late oats turning rapid
ly. Ode Soto)-Rain 20; winter wheat
in shock and some early oats; spring
wheat ready to cut and quality good;
haying in full sway; corn looks good
but two weeks late
Guthrie Guthrie Center)-Rain .35;
some hay has been made, but farmers
have been busy laying by their corn;
timothy is not yet ready to be cut, but
clover is over ripe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
COL. c. II. MAckEv DEAD.
Prominent Veteran and Democratic
Politician Passes Away.

Sigourney, July 2O.-C. H. Mackey,
colonel of the 33rd Iowa Volunteer in
fantry died here at the age of 70 years.
His illness has been of some months
duration, starting as case of blood
poison, from an old army wound, from
which he never fully recovered. He was
the dean of the Keokuk county bar
and one of the most successful lawyers
in this county. He was member of
the legislature, defeating Colonel Samp-
son in memorable campaign and was
the leading democrat in this county for
many years past His war record was
of the best During the civil war he led
his regiment after the wounding of his
colonel, and was wounded twice while
leading his men. His wife died four
years ago. Surviving are two daugh-
tiers and three sons. four of whom live
here, the other in Oklahoma The fun
eral was held this afternoon in charge
of the Masonic order, of which he was
a member.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
Southern Io1ua Items

Mt. Vernon.
Alfred Walton has bought the Doub-
enmier place just north of town. pay
ing $4,000 for the twenty acres. This
is a good price but it is believed the
land will be worth more in few
years.
Des Moines.
Petition in bankruptcy was filed by
John j. Dwyer, of this city Dwyer is
a clerk and claims he has debts aggre-
eating s2,9s3.90, while his assets he
says are but 5000 The petition was
filed with Clerk Macarthur of the fed
eral court.
Bedford.
w. E. Crum, one of the most ex-
tensive farmers in southwestern Iowa.
has purchased the material and will
construct eight silos on four of his
farms in the vicinity of Bedford. The
silos will each be thirty feet high and
in diameter four will be sixteen and
four twelve feet. Their capacity will
be approximately seventy and 100
tons.
New Sharon.
T. c. Roberts says he picked, from
one-half acre, 100 sixteen quart crates
of Strawberries, or eighty bushels. To
take them all thru they were the finest
in his sixteen years experience, some
measuring over five inches around. The
largest number picked in one day was
twenty-five crates. He paid the pickers
IL cents per box and some made as
high as 25 cents per hour.
Coon Rapids.
A large force of Milwaukee men
with several sections of work train
are raising and graveling the road ives
: of town. The track is to be raised a
least a foot at the depot, and the depot
| platform also raised to conform to it
This will be done sometime during the
summer or fall. The road is to be
raised and graveled from Perry to
Council Bluffs. In some places the
grade will be raised two feet or more.
Manning.
4 Mrs. Herman Puck met with a very
painful, and what might have been a
| fatal accident Thursday night. In at
| tempting to go down cellar she was
feeling around in the dark for the cell
lar door but it had been left open and
before she became aware of the fact
she had stepped off the stairs and fell
to the bottom. striking on her head
and shoulder A doctor was called and
said no bones We're broken but that
she was very badly bruised. She will
be confined to her bed for some time.
Corning.
There was received at the Corning
postoffice recently a letter originally
postmarked al Newark, N. j., May s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
Creamery Men Win.

Des Moines, July 2o.-Iowa creamery
and dairy interests have won their fight
for free return of empty milk and
cream cans by the express companies,
which recently announced that after
Aug. 1 they would charge 10 cents for
carrying each empty can from the
creamery to the original shipping
point.
In reply to a letter from Secretary
Dwight N. Lewis of the state railroad
commission, enclosing protests from
half a dozen of the largest creameries
in the state, General Traffic Manager
j. H. Bradley, of the American Express
Company, yesterday afternoon tele-
graphed from New York as follows:
"All express companies will issue
supplement to classification 10, effec-
tive Aug. 1, continuing the free return
of empty milk and cream cans with
out wagon service. Omitted by over
sight. (Signed) j. H Bradley"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

thirty or more. The cattle were QUE
at his Willow farm west OF town a few
miles. Search OF the premises and In
quiry In the neighborhood brought no
returns. On hill In the pasture IS .
n hole few feet deep and six OF eight
feet across at the bootm. with preci-
pitous walls. In this place the animal
was found. When noticed 1t was up on
its hind legs taking note Of the sur
roundngs and nipping at what little
green stun there was left In reach.
which had been pretty closely eaten
down. Rain almost every day supplied
water. otherwise the animal would
have soon persisted. Whcnrescued the
brute was 50 weak and emaciated that
Ii looked like q ghost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

known to Fort Dodge. It will take the
nature of public reception and other
features for the big evening also will
be planned
General Desire for Action.
There is credited at this time, and
as a result of Senator Delivers prom
inence and activity in the tariff ques-
ton, very impulsivc and sincere de-
sire on the part of great many peo-
pie of this community to express
their appreciation of Senator Dolliver
In terms that will. in n measure. rep
resent the people generally.
A surprising number of men of par
ties, other than republican. have urged
the action that has just been taken by
the Commercial Club, and these not
only Fort Dodge men. but prominent
men from surrounding towns. who
want something done and are willing
to assist the Commercial Club and Fort
Dodge in carrying out any plans for
an ovation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
Oakland

At a. meeting held at the home OF
Rev A. J. Matthews at which repre-
sentatives of the various churches
gathered, it was decided to hold
union evangelistic tent meeting be-
ginning the last week in September A
large chorus choir, led by a trained
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

chorus leader, win furnish the music.
Tho local pastors will do the preach
ing. II Is expected also to have an or
chestra The officers of the COM
mercial club are negotiating with a
man who wishes to put In hotel here.
He is a hotel man and has means. hut
will want some encouragement on the
part of citizens.
Woodbinc.
A yearling calf belonging to A. F.
Selleck was found alive after I. had
been three weeks In a hole. where II
subsisted on water from the rains and
what grass ii could nibhle about the
sides OF The opening by standing on it's
hind feet Three weeks ago Mr.. Selleck
lost the calf from among his herd or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
CITIZENS OF FORT DODGE PLAN
BIG PUBLIC RECEPTION ON
SENATOR'S RETURN.
PEOPLE AT HOME DESIRE
TO EXPRESS APPROVAL
Commercial Club, at Request of Public,
Starts Movement to Bring About
Demonstration Expressing Gratifica-
ton at Senator's Course in Turning
"Insursent."
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge. July 20.-As a result of
importuning from men of all parties,
in non-partisan spirit of approval for
the recent action of Senator Dolliver,
the Commercial Club directors decided
that public ovation of quite preten-
tious proportions will be given the sem
ator on his return to Fort Dodge this
summer.
The Commercial Club secretary. H.
NJ. Pratt, was instructed by the direc-
tors to get into communication with
Senator Dolliver al once and to ar
range a date for the ovation that will
suit the senator and the city Plans
will then be formulated for one of the
biggest demonstration of the kind ever
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
MIND WRECKED BY RELIGION.
Theodore Beneston, Young Man 9
Madrid, Sent to Ciarnda.

Special to Times Republican.
Boone, July 20.-Theodore Bengston.
Of Madrid, prominent and well
known young man of the community
south of Boone. has been taken to the
state hospital ut Clarinda, for treat
ment Bengston's case is sad one. his
mind being completely wrecked by re-
ligious matters. 1 is feared that his
case is hopeless, altho his friends hope
for the best
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

ManZan is good for any kind of Piles.
It stops Inflammation. creates a normal
circulation, thus reducing the Piles, and
heals the parts affected. ManZan may
be conveniently and easily applied, as
the tube in which 1t is put up has a
small. patent nozzle attached. Sold by
b. A. Morgan's drug store.