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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
BLIZZARD OF 1904
Old Diary Gives Interesting Account
of Severe Storm.

Speaking of remarkable snow
storms in Bennington in the 18th
century, there is one Of great seyeri-
ty, recorded in an old journal, which
began in the very early morning of
Friday the End of March 1904. The
wind was north by northwest. The
snow began to fall sometime before
sunrise, falling perhaps with greater
severity and in greatest bulk about
noon, so that the record runs that 8
inches had fallen in q of an hour.
Toward late afternoon, or about the
time of letting out school, it was al
most impossible for the children and
young lads and misses to return to
their homes from the school building.
Their parents sent horses for them
and they found the snow so deep that
the horses sank in it up to their
necks 1t was over the fences and
estimated to have fallen two feet
since morning.
The snow continued to fall all
night, but with abating force, while
the wind rose piling it in drifts
Making paths the next day was no
easy job. Men, presumably on snow
shoes, sank into the snow up to their
hips as they undertook to tread out
the paths and some became so en-
comprised in it. and by it, that some
had to be eytricated by the help of
others. After this the shovels were
used, and then the horses were
brought out and all the men turned
out to break roads, then came the OK
sleds.
BY the next morning Sunday, the
snow was lying to the depth of feet
on the level and 10 feet where it was
drifted. The task of earring for cat
tie, breaking way to the sheds and
to the watering places by the brooks
was an arduous one, but on Monday
the day was clear and the sun bright
On Wednesday, however, the north
west wind arose again, and the snow
drifted badly, though, strange TO say,
it thawed most of the day And on
Thursday the roads were so drifted
again as to be almost impossible, the
depth of the snow being increased by
a new fall. BY Saturday a thaw
came on which made the roads very
bad for travel
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
YOUNGEST ADMIRAL over ALL
Reginald F. Nicholson Really Only a
Captain Acting Secretary of Navy

Washington, Dec. 29.--Rear Admir-
al Reginald F. Nicholson, the young
est Rear Admiral" in point of service
and in reality only captain on Mon
day was Acting Secretary of the Ma
Wy.
Secretary Meyer was absent on inn
portant private business and Assis-
tant Secretary Winthrop was inspect
ing the navy yard at New York so
Rear Admiral Nicholson, who was in.
stalled last week as chief of the bur-
eau of navigation, became the head Of
the department for the time being.
Rear Admirals of all varieties waited
their turn and the pleasure of the lat
est admiral to transact the business
Of the day with the head of the de-
partment
Such situation was foreseen by
Secretary Meyer some little time ago
and fhe asked the Attorney General
for an opinion as TO whether one of
the aids appointed recently by the
secretary as his official advisers could
act as secretary in his absence and
that of assistant secretary The at
torney general responded in the neg
atiYe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
N. e. o. p. ELECTION
officers Chosen Last Evening for the
Ensuing Year

Walloomsac lodge, N. E. o. p last
evening chose the following officers
for the ensuing year: Warden, n. e.
Greenslet; vice warden, Henry Ly-
ons; junior past warden, Henry d.
Fillmore; chaplain, Mrs. II, F. Fergu-
son; secretary, f. A. Marsden; finan-
cial secretary, G. n. Phillips treasur-
er, M. H. McKeon; guide, w. e.
Green; guardian, Bridget Mcclure;
sentinel, Charles McNary; first repre-
sentative to the grand lodge, II. d.
Fillmore; second representa- i've, w.
e. Green; third, e. A. Iarsden;
fourth. F. E. Vail; first alternate, e.
A. Lemily; second, r. II. Galusha;
third, A. W. Half; fourth, G. N. Phil
lips; trustee for three years, F. e.
Vail; auditors, N M. Puffer, T.. A..
Brown, Bridge Mcclure.
The class initiation will take place
Friday evening. Communications
from sister lodges in North Adams
signify that large number of mem
bers from that city will be present.
Grand Warden r. A. Bugbee and
suite from the supreme lodge will be
in attendance. The entertainment
committee will furnish refreshments.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
CANA u

a commission of three appointed by
him to appraise damages to property
along highways resulting from the
construction of the Ashokan reser-
voir in Ulster County to furnish a
water supply for New York City
Justice Howard reduces the COM
pensation of the commissioners from
$3.50 each to $4,000 declaring incid-
entally, that IF expedition and integ-
rity.s instead of slothfulness and ra-
pacity were the law of the Ashokan
Valley no fault would be found with
the daily wages paid.
while commissions furnish ayen-
ucs for the reckless waste OF many
dollars there are other channels Of
leakage and waste fully as appalling, "
said Justice Howards~
1T is greatly to be regretted that
no public enterprise can be projected
and consummated without this appall-
ing loss called graft, Graft is not
necessarily an Illegal expenditure of
money. but it is that unnecessary,
wasteful use which characterizes the
construction Of every public venture.
At least 40 per cent of all the money
appropriated for public use is lost in
graft. All things could be possible if
this frightful leak could be stopped.
roads, canals, libraries asylums and
hospitals-all these could be built
out of graft could it only be saved.
The commission whose compensa-
ton was reduced by Justice Howard
was composed Of Sidney Harris, Jew
York, lawyer, chairman; c. Gordon
Reel of Kingston, civil engineer. and
DR.. James r. McKenna of Troy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
TRIES TO BURN HER CHILDREN
Mrs. Lpp Reads of Insane Mothers
Act and Attempts to Repeat 1t

Cincinnati Dec. 2S.-Auto-sugges-
ton, it is said, aroused in Mrs. Mary
Lipp today a desire to kill. She set
fire to her home and attempted TO
throw two of her children into the
flames. She killed her pet rabbits,
burned her chickens alive and crush
ed the skull of her pet dog. One of
the children was slightly burned. Mrs
Lipp was severely injured before the
police arrived.
Mrs. Lipp is suffering from the af-
ter effects of sickness her husband
declares. Today she read about Mrs
Paul Sonnecalf of Loveland Ohio,
who while supposedly insane crushed
the skulls of her two children and
then burned her home. This story
is thought to have prompted Mrs.
Inns action.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
WANTED FOR $4,000 FORGERY
Richton Put the Name of M. M. Rain
err a New Yorker, to Bad Check

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 29.-Police
and postal authorities are hunting for
a man who gave his name as NJ. M.
Richton of this city, but who is want
ed in connection with the forgery of
the name of NJ. NJ Rainier a New
York capitalist, to $4,000 check and
the mysterious disappearance of the
same amount in bank stock in the
Citizens National bank of Scebie,
Miss, which was purchased with the
forged papers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
JoHNsoNs "eYM" IN BARN
Negro Champion Plans Training
Quarters at His New Home.

Chicago. Dec 2S.-Work was start
I'd today on the equipment of the
gymnasium in the barn at the rear of
Jack Johnson's new home here. The
negro champion plans to do large
amount of his preliminary training in
his new gymnasium. The equipment
will be the best obtainable and he
will have an ideal training place
when it is finished. 24-foot ring
will be the main fixture in the new
gymnasium.
Johnson said today that he would
have a large training staff, consisting
of "Gunboat Smith" Monte Cutler,
Jack lehman and several others.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
DREYFUs IN A FIST FIGHT
Meets a RoyaIist in Paris Street and
Blows Follow Quarrel

Paris, Dec. 2S.-Maior Alfred Drey-
fus who is now attached to the staff
of Gen. Dalstein, military governor of
Paris and NJ Boerner, Royalist, met
in the street today and INDUCED in a
violent alteration, eliminating in an
exchange of blows.
No Injury was done on either side,
and the police did not deem it neces-
sary TO intervene.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
MOTHER GETS CARLTON CLARK
kidnapped" Boy Finally Decides to
Leave His FosterParents.

New York, Dec. 29.-Little Carl
ton Clark, or Carlton Kre-
mer, who has been taken back
and forth between his mother, Mrs
Maud Clark, and his foster-mother,
Mrs. Kremer of 2S3 West Eighty-third
Street, so often in the four years
since his adoption by the latter that
he hardly knew to whom he ought to
belong, made up his mind yesterday
to leave the fine home and loving
foster-parents of his adoption and re-
turn to his real mother.
Mrs Clark sent him to Lakewood
yesterday in charge of Mrs Gather
inc Gordon, who lived with her at
$l,l09 Amsterdam Avenue. She was
grateful to the Kremers for giving
up the boy, of whom they had grown
very fond, She gladly promised to
let them come and see him as often
as they wished
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
GRAFT WASTES 40
PER CENT SAYS
JUSTICE
Judge Howard Declares Waste
In Public Works a Menace
ALL ARE AFTER EASY MONEY
If This Waste Could be Saved There
Would Be Plenty of Money For
Public Purposes.

Troy, Dec. 2S.-"The age of patrio-
tism has yielded to the age of com
mercialism Uppermost in the hum
an mind today is not the Stars and
Stripes but the dollar mark
Such is the declaration of Supreme
Court Jue ice Wesley o. Howard Of
this city in an opinion today fixing
the compensation of the members Of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
HuNTsMEN FROZEN TO DEATH
Probably Fell Exhausted After Reach
ina Shore from Overturned Boat

Wildwood, n j., Dec. 2S.-The bod
les of two well dressed hunters who
had been frozen to death were dis
covered today on the bank of Sway
mes Channel, near here.
The dead men were identified by
gunners' licenses in their pockets as
Julius w Uber, 80 years old of Cam
den, n. j. and j. w Mcfarland, 10,
of Wildwood Crest. The men had
been dead evidently for at least two
days.
An overturned boat was found float
ing in the channel nearby, 1t is be-
lieved that the boat was overturned
while the men were shooting and that
the gunners crawled to the bank ex-
hausted and were frozen to death
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
MURDER CASE STARTS

Caebretto Pleads Not Guilty to
Charge Of Killing Carusco
Calebretto, of Springfield has been
arraigned for the murder of Battista
Carusco November rs last and plead
ed not guilty Antonio Saprete of
the same place was also arraigned
for an assault on Battista Carusco
with a revolver at the same time and
place and pleaded not guilty. A jury
was Immediately impanelled to try
them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
OPPOSITION TO NEW KING
Socialists Try to Cut His Allowance
and Demand Inventory of Palaces.

SOCIALISTS Try TO CUT HIS Allowance
and Demand Inventory of Palaces.
Brussels, Dec. 2S.-The Socialists
in the Chamber of Deputies today OPP
posed the civil list of the King, which
amounts to 100000 frances, $780,
000), and re-afiirmed their ALLEGIANCE
to republic. M. Roger declared
that the royal chateaus should be
turned into sanatoriums.
The appropriations were adopted
by vote of 100 to 90. The Kings
civil list is the same as that granted
to Leopold, the new sovereign de-
clining the Catholic partys shgges-
ton of an Increase.
The Socialist amendment calling
for an inventory of the contents of
the royal palaces, so as to prevent
the sale of national property as un-
der King Leopold, was defeated.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
FIGHTS WOLVES IN ILLINOIS
Man Driving Near Montgomery At
tackled by Hungry Pack He Says

Chicago, Dec 2S.-A pack of eight
wolves attacked Henry Lund and his
horses yesterday while he was driy-
ing through the woods near Montgom-
cry, H., according to story he told
on arriving home
The wolves first leaped upon the
horses, severely biting them and then
attempted to leap into the sleigh.
Lund fought them off with a heavy
whip. With his horses bleeding and
exhausted by long gallop he finally
reached a clearing, where the wolves
were frightened away.
Farmers organized a party to hunt
the wolves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
MYSTERIOUS AIRsHIP AT ESSEX
People Turn Out to See Brilliant
Lights in Western Sky

Essex Junction, Dec 2S,-The popu-
lace was out in full force last night
to view what was thought to be
mysterious airship. 1t was seen in
the western sky where brilliant
light rose and fell and finally went
out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and Western
Vermont partly cloudy tonight.
Thursday fair and continued cold.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-29
IN MANY DEPARTMENTS

ay we offer the following ENTIRE STOCKS at the greatest PRICE
TIONS have made AOrtmentS most OF these lines
complee-se rghtquaes of usual dependable
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Bringing Home the Catch.

Il make it rule" said Col Ste.
phens, never to bring home more fish
than we can eat at a single meal.
never let a fish lie in the dead water in
the bottom of boat. ] never put a
chain through his gills and drag him
behind the boat until he is water
logged. leave these habits to the
ignorantes who infest the beautiful
lakes of northern New York, seeking
what they can destroy. Now, nine
pound pickerel is splendid catch,
especially when you have him on
six-ounce rod, and 12-strand line. MY
little steel rod will bend itself into a
circle. It looks like the hair spring of
a watch when very busy. Having
landed my nine-pounder, place him
right alongside of me on the seat of
the boat, and keep him there till we
go ashore. When served, he is as firm
as rock, yet~tender, fresh and sweet,
1t makes all the difference In the
world in the taste of a fish the way
you treat him after he's caught
New York Press.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
FIGURES UP IN THE BILLIONS.
Yearly Sum from Agriculture lmpos-
slble to imagine.


In MI the circle Of all your acquaint-
ance5, in all the circle of all your
reading. do you know of a single bill
lionaire? / don't mean-do you think
you know. ! mean--do you know Of
single capitalist who is really a bill
lionaire? That is lot of money, you
know, says Agnes c. Laut in Outing.
AT four per cent. interest 1t means
an income of three and a third mil.
lion dollars a month. I'm not talk
ing of capital that is a quarter water
and quarter hot air and only half
hard cash or convertible realty. I'm
talking of wealth that can be handled
with your hands and measured with
your eyes, wealth that doesn't re-
quire commissions of frenzied finance
to be converted. into terms of the
mint.
d You acknowledge frankly you don't
really know of a single Millionaire in
the history of the world Much less
do you know of any group of capital
lists in the world whose combined
wealth would make 20 billions and
whose 20 Billions pay a yearly divi-
dend of sev billions. A dividend
of $I000000,000 year means an in
come Of s5SG,e09c29 a month, or 49,,
100000 day Talk OF the fate of
Midas! Any capitalist or group of
capitalists who had to take care of
that much money day would have
genuine commissions in frenzied
finance.
Such Capitalist, collectively, is the
United States farmer Such a dlvi-
dend, collectively, does the soil of the
United States yearly hand out 10 the
farmer man. By the last census the
capital invested in agriculture in the
United States was $4,000, geo 900, and
by the last report of the agricultural
department the products of the farm
for 1907 yielded a grand total of ST.
000,000,000. Compare these figures to
the billion-dollar steel trust, over
which the whole world went daffy a
few years ago. and the magnitude of
The greatnecs-apd of the growing
greatness-of agricultural interests in
America beccrtes apparent In fact,
II would be hard 10 put your hand
ON a single department of industrial
life, or constructive work in the Uni
ted States, which would compare in
importance to the permanent value
and yearly yields Of the farm. Then
remember, too, that of all the manu-
featuring interests in the United
States rs per cent. are dependent on
the farm for raw products.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17

An additional Is printers fee charged each oh above.
The above and Of deInquents Realty for the
year 1908
j. M SADLER. Tax Collector for Cily Of Okolona Miss
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chckasaw County
Personally appeared before the undersigned authority
for said county Of Chckasew State Of Mississippi NJ Sade who after
being v that the attached list list Of denquen
Realty for the year 1908 Wa
1909 w E. SAVAGE Notary Public public
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17

| ming counter to trimming counter un-
| til you are absolutely sure that your
trimming will be a perfect match
At the beginning of the present sea-
son the most bizarre color combina-
tions were inNevidence, but as winter
advanced and the social season set it's
stamp of approval on certain styles,
the bizarre combinations gave way to
self-tore, two or three-tone effects,
and the trimming problem became
more complicated.
Every experienced shopper knows
the difficulties of getting harmonious
tones of single color Blues clash
with blues, the new reds and pinks,
faded to ashen haes, are very apt to
come in just one shade, when 1t takes
two or three to work cut the dress
design, and the woman who selects a
perfectly lovely piece of broadcloth"
with the idea of trimming it in deep
er tone of velvet, silk folds or braid,
finds that she cannot secure the de-
sired shades anywhere.
Just to show you how this problem
works out, A young girl selected
broadcloth Of sage green in wonder
full gray shade, intending to make 1t
up with matching silk net and
slightly deeper shade Of messaline
folds. She found the messaline, but
after visiting 16 shops she had to buy
white silk net and have it dyed to
match the cloth, which process con-
sumed week and held up the making
of the frock just that long. Once upon
a time the girl would have used a
white, cream or ecru net, but not to-
day The self-tone net is essential to
the smartness Of the gown.
The uses of these colored nets,
matching braids and landings are nu-
merous, their possibilities enormous.
The Illustration shows an effective
blouse in sage-green messaline and
chiffon cloth which was made for wear
with a two.piece directoire suit. The
front is embroidered in self-tone silk,
and the tucked sleeves are trimmed
with buttons made of the green silk
with tiny star of green beads in the
center Of each button.
(, Similar buttons furnish the only
trimming on the blouse sections, yet
the effect is very dressy and harmon
ICES beautifully with the green cloth
skirt and coat -
A feature of the seasons trimmings
is the dash of metallic coloring, gold
silver, copper, etc., which is intro
duced in the most harmonious way,
especially in beading or in buckles.
White satin dresses for evening are
also relieved by gold lace. OVERLAPPING
the white net or lace used as trim
ming.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Character In the Hair.

II is very unwise to rely upon the
color and texture of the hair as infalli-
BILE guides to character, but in very
large number of cases the following
association Of certain temperaments
with certain kinds of hair will prove
correct.
Auburn haired people are usually
kindly and sympathetic.
Curly hair often indicates thought
lessness, selfishness and improvidence.
Red hair is more characteristic than
hair of any other color 1t is quite
wrong to associate it with bad temper.
Red haired people are generally con.
siderate OF others, and OF more than
ordinary intelligence.
Golden hair is rarely seen on per-
sons of coarse nature; and the same
is true of fine brown hair. The owner
of either will generally be fond of the
fine arts, but may be also Of q some
what irritable Disqualification
Notes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
civ Fallen on Evil Times.

Ispahan, now threatened with COM
mercial ruin by the Persian rebels. has
already had more than her share of
the running process. For the city,
which now holds only $4,000 inhabit-
ants, was once girdled by wall "a
miles in circuit, and, as the capital Of
the Persian empire, provided a secure
home for 100000 people. Butt all
that vanished with the eighteenth
century, when Teherau assumed pride
OF place as the new capital.
Even now Ispahan proelaims In her
miles of tenantless streets and tum-
bladown palaces how splendid she
was formerly. and how as the mighty
central emporium she dominated the
markets Of the east.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
The Oath In Court.

kissing the book" which is likely
to be done away with before long in
England, is rather late development
of the mere touching OF the gospels
with the fingers, which dates from the
sixth century. 1t is likely that the
kiss was originally intended not to
increase the solemnity Of the oath but
to signify reverence and affection
for the book. The kiss appears
to have come into fashion toward the
end of the sixteenth century and
would seem, from what George Fox
says of it, to have been a Protestant
innovation. According to him, the un
reformed method was simply to hold
the gospels with three fingers above
the book, IMPLYING the Trinity, and
two fingers below, typifying the two
fold destruction of the body and soul
that an oath-taker invoked upon him.
self If he swore falsely.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
speed Of FIlaht Of Plaeons.

OF our game birds the most gre
garious and most beautiful passenger
pigeon, now unhappily practically ex-
tinct, Is or was doubtless the most
rapid of continuous flyers; yet tos a
total length of 16A inches it's wings
length is about seven and eight-tenths
inches, proportion less favorable for
speed than with certain other lesS
rapid species of its family, says a
writer in Outing Magazine. Their
sustained speed certainly exceeded a
mile minute, and some authorities
have estimated it as high as 1870
miles per hour. The fact often quoted.
that the wild rice of the Carolihas was
sometimes found in the stoniachs of
birds shot in Canada shows both mar
velous speed and endurance.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Electric EIatlrons loaned.

Ten thousand fiatirons are to be
lent to reliable customers Of the Chi
cago Edison Company for period of
s.y T-,cnths. The object OF this is to
the use I, Met ieity In M
iitl se.sld and lead to tie introductie =
OF ether eiectric utensils While these
'lcis arc lent for six months only. It
Il animated that II the plan proves a
success, they may be permitted to re
main In the hands Of the consumers
for an indefinite length OF tina
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
no save BOOK fron, ReIna Marred

Should water be spilled on the back
Of valuable book bound in cloth, do
not attempt to d-- = with cloth, or
place 1t near the heat; instead absorb
as much Of the moisturc as possible
with plotting paper and put the book
over the back Of chair or rack. so
that the backs hang down. Sit the
chair wnere there is strong draft Of
air that win dry quickly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Too Much REQUIRED.

Miss Oldgirl--I wish my fiance was
4 herol
Brother Jack-4Good heavens. what
.nore do you want Of man? Didn't
ne ask You to marry him7