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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest From Fourteen
Counties of the State.

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During 1908 there were $50 cases of
communicable disease In Rutland, but
they were nearly all whooping cough
or chicken pox, except Is of typhoid
fever. Is of scarlet fever and 10 of
diphtheria.
The new Rutland Boys club celebrat
ed its FIRST New Years by serving a
turkey dinner to % poor boys. The
dinner was served entirely by the boy
members, but the Revs. w. II. Spence
and NJ H. Smith did the carving.
Employees of the Howe Scale works
in Rutland are wearing buttons saying
for mayor, Frank w. Blanchard" Mr..
Blanchard has general oversight of
the scale works. Mayor Carpenter
says he is not a candidate for re-elec-
ton.
In ,Proctorsville William Brown has
been photographed driving a pair of
horses from Scars & Niles mill to
the railway station, said horses being
attached to load of lumber contain
ing 1851 board feet and weighing
10000 pounds.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Kelley, of
Brandon. was observed at their home
January l. Ex-Gov. +. ]. Ormsbee, in
behalf of their friends, presented them
$40 in gold They also received other
gold pieces amounting to 1928.
The Rev Edward c. Downey of
Spokane, Wash. preached his first
sermon Sunday as pastor of the Uni
yersalist Church in Barre. Mr.. Dow
ney is a graduate of the theological
department of st. Lawrence UNIVERSE
ty Of Canton, N. Y, and this is his
third pastorate.
Following plea of guilty made in
Addison county court this week by
Scion Burroughs OF Vergennes, he was
sentenced to serve 10 months to a
year in county Jail for flourishing a
revolver at Albert Hyer in a disagree
ment over a wood transaction Sen
tence was suspended and Burroughs,
who is % years old, placed in the
hands of the probation officer.
White River Junction faces a seri-
Gus condition, owing to the failure of
its water supply. Water from White
river has been pumped into the mains
but II has been condemned and its use
prohibited by the state board OF
health except in case of fire. With a
severe freeze the water will be entire
ly shut of, as there is so little force
that serious damage to the pipes
might otherwise result.
Nearly twice the number of logs
will be hoated down the Connecticut
river this year as were in last year S
drive. They will come from near the
Canadian line In Vermont. The big
rush is due to a Massachusetts law
which will become operative in 1910
prohibiting the running of logs in
rivers in that State without rafting.
In consequence this season will be a
record breaker as the old way suits
the lumbermen best.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
THROW OUT THE LINE
Give Them Help and Many Bennington
People VIII be Happier

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People viii be Happier
Throw out the Life Line
The kidneys need help.
They're overworked-can't get the
poison filtered out Of the blood.
They're getting worse every minute.
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BILE
Matthew Maginnis, living in Ben
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severe at times as to completely dis
able me. The attacks would come on
me suddenly, last for while and !
would be without them for a week or
so but they were sure to come back,
was quite certain my trouble arose
from a disordered condition of my
kidneys and hearing of Doan's Kidney
Pills. i procured them. They helped
from the first and 1 am only too glad
to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to
other sufferers"
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
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Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
CLOSING NIGHT RIDERS CASE
Mrs. Ranken Hears Plea for Punish.
ment Of Husbands Slayers.

Union City, Tenn, Jan. S-Areu-
ments on behalf of the defense in the
case of the eight alleged night riders
charged with the murder of Cant
Quentin Rankin was begun soon after
court opened today. The case should
go to the jury about noon Thursday.
Major Hal Thomas in the opening ar
gument for the State yesterday traced
the history of the night riders from
the time they organized until an hour
after the murder of Capt. Ranken.
when, according to witnesses, Garrett
Johnson, one of the accused. as
sembled the riders and said:
Burn your masks and keep a still
tongue about this nights business. be-
cause there is going to be hell about
it,"
For the first time Mrs Rankin.
widow of the Night Riders victim,
was in court. Accompanied by a
score Of women friends Mrs. Rankin
was escorted to a seat within the bar.
AS Major Holmes pictured Capt
Rankin as one of the cleanest, purest
men in Tennessee, and described his
fearful end, Mrs. Rankin. leaning her
head upon the shoulder of her sister,
sobbed piteously. Two of the accused
men gazed closely at her, their faces
working involuntarily They were
It'd Burton and Bob Hoffman. The
latter is the man who according to
at least two witnesses, fired the shot
that pierced Quentin Rankin's heart
Mrs. Rankin raised her head a
moment and caught sight of their
faces She shivered and turned her
face away. They did not again look
at her.
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FOR sPREcKLEs' MILLIONS
Sons of the Sugar King Will Try to
Break Will

San Francisco, Jan. 6.-With the fill
ing of the will of the late Claus Spreck
les, in which his oldest sons, John d.
and Adolph. receive no share of the
vast estate, there was precipitated
what probably will be the fiercest con
test of its kind that San Francisco
has ever witnessed.
Under the terms of the will executed
in New York May II, 1907, and filed
in the county clerks Office this morn
ing Claus Spreckles' widow, Anna
Christina Spreckles, is given a life in
terest in the immense estate which
after her death, is to be divided among
her three children, Claus A. Spreckles,
Rudolph and Mrs. John Ferris of King
wood, England, formerly Miss Emma
Spreckles
The testament recites that the other
two sons, John d. and Adolph, have
been literally provided for during the
life of the testator. Mrs. Anna Spreck
les, who is now rs years old, will re.
ceive the net income of the properties
while she remains alive, after which
the three legatees will share and share
alike, except for the provision that
Mrs Ferris portion is to revert to the
estate in case she dies without chill
dren before her mothers death. The
estate is given into the management
OF Claus A. and Rudolph Spreckles
who are appointed executors without
bonds and trustees who have absolute
power to make such disposition of the
properties. as they see fit without be-
ing liable for any losses that may be
sustained.
The will was drafted and signed in
New York City in May Of last year
and as It reposes in the vaults of the
county clerks Office is a beautifully
hand engrossed document-short, sim
pie and direct in its terms.
In the event of Claus A. or Rudolph
Spreckles dying before their mother
their share is to be equally divided
among the surviving children. In
case Mrs. Ferris leaves no children AT
her death her share will revert to the
estate.
Rudolph Spreckles and Charles s.
Wheeler filed the will this morning TO
gether with Photographic copies, type
written copies and petition for pro
bate. This sets forth that the estate
is worth at least 100000 though It's
full value cannot be accurately estlm'
ated at this time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
FRANK 3. HOWE. Editor and Publisher

That Middlebury farmer who has
gone into bankruptcy and whose
petition asks for the exemption of on
" six dollars of his assets deserves
a new start and future prosperity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinlne
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
Il fails TO cure. Il. w. GROVES sig
nature II on each boa. 2bc.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
The Last Straw.

Every time I give party" cried
the discouraged hostess. 81 VOW III
never give another. but I've decided
this time. No more for me- It's the
red checked man. don't mind their
taking up the rugs and dancing until
after midnight and getting dispos-
sess notices served on me the next
morning. or leaving cigarette ashes all
over the place for me to clean up, or
scattering the Welsh rabbit from one
end Of the fat to the other, but when
keys when he gives an imitation Of
something or somebody and I have to
pay 81 to have my piano tuned the
next day that'll be about all."-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
intoxicating Drinks.

1--WE have 6O00 intoxicating drinks
in America" said a temperance lee
turer. ''That, | believe. is the record
Expert as our metropolitan bar
tenders are. they have none of them
mastered the entire American drink
question, and they would throw up
their wet hands if man asked for a
bak-no-ma-shalo, casasha. sam, a
larangina or even mescal.
''You see, all the races that compose
America introduce here the drinks of
their old homes. Bak-no-ma-shalo and
sam are oriental cordials, sweet and
perfumed and nasty, that our soldiers
and sailors learned to like in the
Philippines.
"a larangina is a slightly acid drink
from South America. 1t is a mixture
of the leaves. flowers and fruit Of
tropical plants-orange, banana. lime,
pineapple. lemon. chocolate. mango,
guava, tamarind and l don't know
what
"Mescal is a Mexican abomination
made Of the cactus. 1t goes down like
a bunch of cactus thorns.
"A casasha is a powerful sugar cane
rum that the Jamaicans distill illicitly.
For a cent you can buy pint, though
half a pint is quite sufficient."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
A Queer Fish.

In European fresh water Is to be
found very large siluroid known as
the wells. Its head is large broad and
depressed. fully as long as the trunk
itself, while the tail is compressed
and longer than the head and trunk
together The entire fish is destitute
Of scales and covered with a smooth,
slippery skin like an eel. The snout
is very short the mouth broad, with
the lower jaw longer and very extern
sible. There are six barbels around
the mouth. two of which, situated on
each side Of the upper jaw before the
eye, are very long extending nearly
to the tail. The other four are much
shorter and arranged in pairs on the
chin. Owing to its poor eyesight and
sluggish movements the wells would
be badly handicapped In the race Of
life IL not for these barbels, especially
those of the upper jaw, which can be
moved voluntarily In every direction
In moving leisurely about the fish uses
them constantly In feeling its way,
and at the same time they serve to at
tract other fishes. which mistake them
for worms. When the wells perceives
its prey close enough to be seized it
makes a dart and rarely fails to cap
ture it.-New York Tribune.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
A LOVER OF PEACE.
He Had Decided Opinions on the Way
to Abolish War.

He Had Decided Opinions on the Way
to Abolish War.
Men talk sincerely" once said W.
T. Stead, the great apostle Of peace,
"about loving one another, about the
universal brotherhood of man, and 10
the same breath they assert that it is
right to burn and MAIN and kill In
war. They are not so logical as a
young colored recruit who served in
the Philippines. This young man at
the end of his initial engagement was
hauled before his captain.
$50 you ran at the first fire, did
your said the captain scornfully.
Yes, sab. an I'd "a run sooner, sab,
if I'd knowed it wuz COMM
Have you no regard for your repu-
tation, Calhoun
"Mah reputation hain't muffin to
me, sah 'longside o. nah life
1.-THE captain smiled and twirled his
mustache. Here was an intelligent
young man. He'd talk him over to the
right point of view
Even if you should lose your life
Calhoun he said, you'd have the sat.
isfaction of knowing that you had
died for your country
"'Wot satisfaction could dat be to
me, sab, when de power O. feelin' it
wuz gomez
Then patriotism means nothing to
your
Min, sah / wouldn't put nah
life in de scales agin any government
dat eber existed. for no government
could replace de loss O. me-
Calhoun. If all soldiers were like
you the worlds governments would all
go to pieces
ION de contrary. sab, dey'd last for.
ever, for. If all soldiers wuz like me,
den dere couldn't neber be no fightin'"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
IlIustrious BARRIERS.

William Winstanley, to whom we are
indebted for the Lives Of the English
Poets" began his career by soaping
faces. Farr, who introduced coffee
into England; Dr. John Taylor, whose
eloquent voice so often sounded in St
PauPs; Jean Baptiste Belzoni. giant
and explorer; James Craggs, secretary
Of the south sea bubble; Mr.. Herbert
Ingram Of the Illustrated London
News; Allan Ramsay, the Gentle
Shepherd" Lord Chancellor Sugden,
Lord Tenterden. Jeremy Taylor and
Bizet, the composer of the opera Gar
men," were born and bred and were
trained In BARRIERS shops. = London
Notes and Queries.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
LINcOLN'S STORY.
II Contained Lesson For the Man
With a Grievance.

II Contained Lesson FOR the lar
With a Grievance.
An old farmer once called at the
White House and complained that the
Union soldiers in passing his farm had
to his horse. and he hoped the presi-
dent would urge the proper officer to
consider his claim Immediately.
'Why, my dear sir" replied Mr.. Lin
coin blandly, 81 couldn't think of such
thing. If l consider individual cases
l should find work enough for twenty
presidents"
The caller urged his needs persistent
ly, and Mr.. Lincoln declined good ma
turedly.
But" said the persevering sufferer,
couldn't you just give me line to
Colonel - about it-just one liner
''Ha, ha, ha." responded the presi-
dent, crossing his legs. THAT reminds
me of old Jack Chase out in Illinois.
''You see, Jack-I knew him like a
brother-used to be a lumberman on
the Illinois river and he was steady
and sober and the best raftsman on
the stream. 1t was quite a trick to take
the logs over the rapids, but he was
skillful with a raft and always kept
her straight in the channel. Finally q
steamer was put on, and Jack-he's
dead now, poor fellowLwas made
captain of it. He always used to take
the wheel going through the rapids.
One day when the boat was plunging
and wallowing along the boiling cur
rent and Jacks utmost vigilance was
being exercised to keep it in the mar
row channel boy pulled his coattail
and hailed him with:
Say. Mr.. Captain, l wish you
would just stop your boat a minutei
I've lost my apple overboardr
Think that story over, my friend,
and see If you can find any lesson in
10
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10

The baby was i'll, and the doctor or
dered that he be taken to the sea.
This involved the closing Of the house
until the little one should be well
enough to return. After the wife had
secured hotel accommodations by the
long distance telephone the man Of the
house went to his room and slowly
and thoughtfully spread the entire
contents of his wardrobe upon his bed,
that they might be convenient for his
wife to pack.
He stood surveying them, deep in
meditation, when his wife came into
the room and began to speak to him.
He raised his hand rebukingly.
Don't talk to me now, Susie don't
talk to mel | have a great deal on
my mind. If We are going to the sea
shore day after tomorrow there are
many things to be done, and l must
plan"
His wife, who had already teIe-
phoned the butcher, milkman, baker,
grocer, expressman and ticket office
and given the maid a months vaca-
Noh anu "iidHSeu VIII relative LOT
the care of the dog. gazed at him in
silence.
"A great deal on my mind" he re-
peated- Then the interrogative ma
ture Of his wife's silence forced him
to explain.
you see" he said, Il have got to
put nail in the cellar window and
stop the newspaper = Youths Com
panion.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
HE SPREAD OUT.
Advice the Roofer Got From His Bos.

Advice the Roofer Got From His Bose
in Apprentice Days.
The man was working on the side Of
a steeply slipping roof All of a sudden
his foot slipped, and. with groan, he
began to slide down slowly toward the
edge.
AS he slid he clutched with tense
fingers at the tin. but it was smooth.
1t offered him no hold, and his speed
gradually but surely increased.
AS in a sitting posture, like tobog-
gamer, the man continued his deadly
slide he began to pray in loud. an
guished voice.
Memory, as If in answer to his pray
er, flashed across his brain the words:
''Spread out"
The man instantly lay fat on his
back, spreading arms and legs to their
widest angle. making himself as much
as possible like a starfish. And his
speed at once decreased. The addi-
tional friction surface acted like a
brake A few feet from the edge Of
the roof he came to anchor.
"Helpr' he then shouted.
But the slight movement Of shouting
acted like push, and he slipped down
few inches more.
"Helpw And again he slid little.
But this time help came. A rope was
thrown. and the man climbed back to
safety.
He wiped the dews Of terror from
his brow.
My boss in my apprentice days" he
said told me if ] ever started sliding
down a roof slope to spread out and 1t
would stop me- didn't believe him;
but, by lingo. he was right
The man smiled and sighed. musing
on his long dead boss. Then he crawl
ed back to his dangerous work on the
steep slope of the roof.-Philadelphia
Bulletin
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
Lemon OmeIet.

Put the yolks OF four eggs into a
bowl with tablespoonful Of sugar.
Beat until light and add the grated
rind Of lemon Whip the whites Of
the eggs to a stiff froth and mix light
ly with the yolks. Then stir in a
fourth of teaspoonful OF baking pow
der. Pour In the omelet pan, In which
tablespoonful Of butter has been
melted, and bake in moderate oven
for ten minutes. When done cut the
omelet in half. put on hot platter,
with the following lemon jelly between
the layers, and serve as quickly as pos
sible:
Lemon Jelly--Take one-ha1f cupful
Of sugar, tablespoonful Of butter. the
juice and rind Of one lemon and two
well beaten eggs. Beat together and
stir over the fire until thick.-Deline-
atOr
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
A Weed That Steal. Oysters.

A seaweed has invaded the oyster
beds Of France and carried OF 400, 600
oysters. 1t has carried them of bodily,
as thief would do. The minute seeds
Of this weed float up the English chan
mel in the current of the gulf stream:
they settle on oysters in the Breton
Isle, and they grow to the size of
ducks egg. They are full Of water,
but at maturity the water evaporates,
and air takes its place. The egg shaped
seaweed is then balloon. and, like
balloon, 1t lifts its oyster from the bot
tom and bears 1t out to sea.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
A Painter Who Was Musician.

Those painters who also have the
feeling and some of the proficiency of
musician reveal it in their work.
They are usually colorists. with more
eye for the colors and tones of nature
than her shapes and forms. Such a
one was Corot He had a good tenor
voice and played on the violin. He
sang at his work, and sang. too, when
he was not painting, but wandering
through the forest of Fontainebleau
or around the village Of Vile d'Avray,
absorbing the beauty of the scene and
storing up impressions for future pic
lures. In fact. his whole long life of
seventy-nine years was to lie Pere
Corot as his friends loved to call him.
song And one feels it in his pic
lures, at least In his later ones, by
which he is best known Their color
ing is subdued, like lullaby or wax
ing song. for it was the dawn or twi-
light that he preferred to paint 1t
vibrates with the hum of melody, and
here and there is an accent of effect
that trembles like the string Of his
violin.
Corot's long life was a remarkable
instance Of man being able to con-
tinue 10 the end the springtime OF bis
Magazine.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-10
A LOST ART.

Secret of the Tools Used by the incas
and the Aztecs.
What was the combination of met
ais from which the Egyptians, Aztecs
and the Incas of Peru manufactured
their tools and arms? Though each Of
these nations reached q high state Of
civilization. none Of them ever discov-
cred iron in spite of the fact that the
soil of all three countries was largely
impregnated with it. But they substi-
tuted for it combination of metals
that had the temper Of steel. and the
secret of the combination is lost to
mankind
Humboldt tried to discover the lost
art by Analysing a chisel found in an
ancient Inca silver mine. but all he
could make of it was that it appeared
to be a combination of a small portion
of tin with copper. No present known
way of combining these two metals
will give the hardness Of steel, so
there must have been something else
In the chisel which Humboldt missed
And these ancient races were able to
prepare pure copper 50 that it equaled
the temper Of the finest steel produced
at the present day by the most scien-
tific process. With their bronze and
copper instruments they were able to
quarry and shape the hardest stone,
such as granite and porphyry, and
even cut emeralds. The ancient peo-
pies must have independently discov-
cred the art of tpmDerinr conner and
yet 1t is secret that battles modern
scientists Of the whole civilized world.
New York Times.