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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
Time to Act

The public census and humiliating
notoriety certain to follow the embar-
go laid upon the products of certain
Vermont diaries by the Massachu-
setts state board of health has be-
gun. Here is the Boston Record for
instance saying:
only about so per cent of the New
Hampshire and Vermont diaries sup
plying the Boston market maintain
the standard of cleanliness fixed by
the Massachusetts board of health.
The burden of supervision throughout
northern New England is wrongly
thrown upon this state. Boards Of
health which resent outside advice
appear to do little else"
The Messenger again urges upon
the dairy interests of Vermont the
seriousness of this matter 1t is not
question of the exact number of
diaries inspected by the Massachu-
sets state board of health and the
proportion that number bears to
those of the whole state; it is the re-
grettable fact that in an inspection
of any considerable number of diaries
in any one section such a great per-
itnAuSt VI lutlH SuOulu ne lOuIu Dt-
low standard and in the minds of out
siders be taken as representative Of
the condition of the dairies through
out the whole state. Vermont's dairy
ing reputation has to suffer because
of this embargo, no matter how rela-
lively few of her diaries are directly
involved in it.
Vermont dairymen and public
health authorities should satisfy them
selves whether our dairies are up to
standard or not and whether this in
spection made by Massachusetts, is a
fair one and its results truly charac-
teristic of the state as a whole.
If our diaries are not up to stand
ard, they should be made so; first
by the farmers themselves out of in
telligent appreciation of the practical
law Of self interest; failing that, by
the compelling power of the author
tiles.
If Massachusetts will not take our
milk, because 1t is not safe, we can
not afford to use It ourselves, for the
same reason.
We cannot afford to let the world
understand that we of Vermont live
on dairy products that the remainder
of New England refuses to eat.-St.
Adams Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

Call on W. d. Newton for skates
and Ingersoll watches. Alta
The breakfast table without Ban
quet coffee seems incomplete.
Our store will be closed all day
quet coffee seems incomplete. E. E.
Hart
yelling Thatcher is home from
Cornell University for the Christmas
vacation.
Stoves at low prices. We have
some good ones very cheap. Charlie
Potter. Main street. 45t2
w. A. Bugbee, travelling engineer
of the Rutland railroad, was in town
Wednesday on business.
Miss Lulu Robinson will have her
Christmas sale at her home on Wal
loomsac street from Tuesday, Deem
Der IA, until December 23 44tS
Principal H. b. Dickinson of the
high school and wife left Wednesday
evening for ST. Louis where they will
spend the Christmas vacation.
George Worthington of Bennington
at Yale college is spending the holt
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gorge Worthington of Bennington
Center.
Nelson Hitchcock and Harold Bot
tum students at the Troy Conference
Academy, arrive home today to
spend the holidays with their par
ents.
Thomas ]. Healy will return today
from Colgate University at Hamil
ton, n Y, to spend the holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Healy
of River street.
Employees of the Bennington Elec-
trio company have finished setting
poles from Bennington Center to the
Fillmore Farms and the residence of
James c. Colgate. The electric
wires will soon be strung.
o. f. Reimer of New York was in
town Wednesday inspecting the
work being done about the place he
purchased last summer at Benning-
ton Center. Work about Mr. Rel
mers property is fast nearing com
pletion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
THE NEW MINISTER'S
Facts About Careers of Appointees to
the Various important Posts

Washington. Dec. 23.-Charles w.
Russell, appointed minister to Persia
is now assistant attorney general of
the United States and has for 20
years been connected with the de-
partment of justice.
William James Calhoun of Chicago
appointed minister to China is law
yer, who has had considerable diplo-
matte experience in Cuba and Venez-
uela and served also for two years
as a member of the interstate COM
merce commission.
Robert Bacon of New York named
as ambassador to France is a gradu-
ate of Harvard He was formerly a
member of the firm of j. p. Morgan
& Co. He was appointed assistant
secretary of state September 5, 1906
and was secretary of state from Jan
uary q to March 6, 1909.
Richard c.. Kerens named as am
bassador to Austria-H Hungary is a ma
tive of Ireland He served in the un
ion army and after the war went to
Arkansas and then to San Diego, Cal,
where he was railway contractor.
Henry Lane Wilson, transferred
from Belgium to be ambassador to
Mexico was first appointed in the di-
plomatic service in June 1897 as min
lister to Chile.
Henry T. Gage appointed minister
to Portugal, was governor of Califor-
mia from 1899 to 1903.
Laurits S. Swenson of Minneapolis
appointed minister to Switzerland,
was born in 1865, of Norwegian par
ents. He was minister to Denmark
from 1897 to 1906
Henry p. Fletcher of Chambers
burg, Pa, appointed minister to Chile
is SO years old and a lawyer. He was
appointed secretary at Pekin April
26, 1907.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
BATTLER WANTS COIN
Will Cancel Show Dates to Prepare
for Match With Welsh

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-Battling
Nelson claims that he will cancel all
theatrical engagements in order to
prepare for his match with Freddie
Welsh which is scheduled to take
place in England, February II. The
purse announced is $4,000 and Mel
son is supposed to receive two round
trip tickets to Europe and $500 for
training expenses.
Nelson will be taking chances in
a 20-round bout with Welsh as the
foreigner is a clever boxer and the
Battler never was brilliant in a linn
tied round bout, as was shown in his
contests with Jimmy Britt, AID VOL
CAST, Abe Attell and the joke of the
prize ring, Rudolph Unholz.
Nelson is after every dollar in
sight and $4,000 was undoubtedly the
attraction. The Dane must figure
that he can defeat Welsh and pick
up a bundle of money through theat-
rical engagements in Great Britain.
and then return to this country and
pick up some more easy money.
Nelson's long suit is the 45-round
route, which he calls the Marathon
distance" but he will be up against
tough proposition in a contest of
20 rounds against the clever Welsh.
Freddie has never been known to
possess a knockout punch and Nelson
has knocked out some good men with
in the 20-round limit but there will
be several short-end bets that the bat
Ting one will never get a decision
over Welsh in England at that dis
lance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
REGAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
Philadelphia Woman to Receive a
Pearl Necklace Worth S75o,ooo

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-Probably
the most splendid and costly Christ
mas gift that any woman in the
world will receive this year, will be
a rope of magnificent pearls, costing
s750,000 which George d. Widener
will present TO his wife who was
Miss Eleanor Elkins, daughter of the
late William Elkins, the traction
magnate.
1t is said to be the most costly
string of pearls in the world, and at
a recent sale in New York brought
the highest price recorded for pearl
necklaces. II is said that Widener
intended the rope of gems, some of
which are nearly as large as pigeon
eggs and sufficient for a kings ran
som, as surprise for his wife but
news of the intended gift has leaked
out.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
Road Commissioners and Trul
Lines

Lines
The sentiment in favor of the de
velopment of trunk lines of highway
is plainly developing rapidly in Yer
mont 1t is realized that this is
where the beginning must be made,
If our state is to derive the greatest
possible amount of benefit from the
large sums of money which must be
spent on our highways. Later on the
cross roads can be attended to but
for the present the money must be
spent on the lines which will be used
by the greatest number of people The
Lyndonvllle Journal well says.
I'VE believe. judging from what has
been done in this section, that the
past year has seen i'm Vermont a most
gratifying advance made in road
building But there is a feeling that
the work is not progressing fast
enough. that the trunk lines must
come and the sooner the better. 1t
is impossible to estimate the amount
of money that is wasted on road work
every year in this state, simply be
cause it is handled by men who know
little, If anything. about building
roads The town is indeed lucky that
succeeds in electing a road commits;
sioner with a good understanding OF
road making and the ability to intel
ligently supervise the work"
The towns must not only choose
good competent road commissioners,
but they must also see to it that the
pieces of trunk lines improved con
stitute one continuous stretch of mod
ern highway Only in this way can
Vermont get the most out of its high
way taxes Burlington Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-23
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH
Entire Family at Yonkers Perish
When Home is Destroyed

Yonkers, n Y, Dec 22.-Theodore
Fredericks, 81 years old, his wife
Adelaide 36 years old and their three
children were burned to death in
fire which destroyed the two family
frame house in which they lived. Po-
liceman and firemen rescued nine
other tenants at great risk, and one
of them, Thomas Johnston, was so
badly burned that he is in St. JOS
eph's hospital at the point of death.
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The Ring and the Man
Continued from page IL

necessary; but it is by no means so easy as you
think. Callahan" said Haldane. eff l know
anything about Gormly, he'll make a fight on
that issue. That is our weak point. If we had
that franchise safely passed and in our pockets.
we could laugh at him"
"But tell you, Mr.. Haldane," said Callahan.
THAT all we've got to do is to bring it up and
it'll be passed"
well, to jam through measure like that
in the face of the opposition such an action
would surely bring forth You see, we are
none too invulnerable as it is, and the fewer
opportunities we give for the opposition to at.
tack us, the better. / am not committed to
this view; but don't know whether it would
not be better to defer the passage of such an
ordinance until after election"
"And suppose we were beaten in the cleo
tion?" said Rutherford.
swell" said Haldane, &" if we were beaten in
the election, of course we should have to make
terms with the enemy"
"Terms!" snorted Callahan. "Why, we'd
be ground down to the dust. It'd be state
prison for some of us, and"
81 think that while there is much in what
you say, Haldane," said Van Slyke, "yet we'd
better make sure of the ordinance before the
election. We would have that, anyway, even
if we failed"
Gentlemen" said Haldane, Il am by no
means convinced of what you say. | tell you
that the main fight will be on the disposal of
that very franchise There will be such hue
and cry about it that its passage will be dam
gerous move in the game. l admit that we can
pass anything in spite of any connections; but
the question is, Do we want it?"
That's hardly the question" said Nc
Donald. "Of course want it; but the ques
ton is, Is it the best thing to do? think there
is tremendous force in your arguments, Mr..
Haldane. If we present ourselves with that
franchise, which is SO immensely valuable and
vital indeed to the completion of Our properties,
as well as to the public, we shall certainly have
given to the opposition the strongest ground
for appeal to the people. If we do not present
ourselves with the franchise, if we allow the
election to determine that unofficiallv as it
shall be in much safer and better position
DO you wish to submit this franchise to the
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absurd and yet was SO exceedingly adroit:
"And I'll carry out my part of the game"
said the Chief of Police;
What part is that?" asked Ha1dane.
"While you were out, }" answered Rutherford,
"our worthy censor of public morals, guardian
of public interests, and enforcer of public law,
suggested that it would be good thing to en-
ploy the detective force of the city in looking
out for the interests OF the party by investi-
eating the past. present, and future of Mr..
Gormly. You see, reform candidate has got
to be of blameless life. That's the reason
none of us is allied with that party, l take it.
And if anything whatsoever can be found
that tends to cast cloud over the Individual
reformer, his cakes dough-"
I've offered to manufacture any kind of
evidence necessary" said Callahan.
"Our worthy friend has evidence to burn,
as it were," continued Rutherford: but l
have warned him that the manufactured article
will not 60 in this instance"
You are right" said Ha1dane. Nothing
but the truth will serve against George Gormlv."
Well III get it," said the chief Hes
that wasn't, and I'll find it out before the
election"
THERE is still another matter of interest to
us all which must be settled" continued
Haldane.
What's that"
THE old franchise of the New York Street
Car Company that expires this spring; the link
that completes the circle of the Gotham Freight
Traction Company"
swell, that's matter that concerns you
pretty intimately" said Callahan.
You'll find that it concerns us all, Callahan,
before you get through" said Rutherford.
For without that link. we're broken cir
Gle, as it were," said Ha1dane.
Exactly" said the Mayor. "The ring is
busted"
well, it doesn't seem to me that's very
difficult proposition" said Callahan. We've
got the Board of Aldermen, and the Borough
Presidents as well. All we've got to do is to
draw up an ordinance and shove it through
The Mayor herell sign it, and thatT be the
end of it,
THE program that you outline is doubtless
possible, and it may be that it IS desirable and
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vote of the people, Mr.. Mcdonald" asked

vote of the people, Mr.. McDonald?" asked
Rutherford.
by no MEANS" answered the fnancier.
well, what do you propose them"
"This. Would it not be well, in case this
movement grows strong enough to be worthy
II the attention we are giving it, to de
clare as from the party in power that while
we have the power to grant the franchise, and
while we think it would be for the interests
of the people that it should be granted, yet
we are willing to defer action until after
the election and let the election determine.
If we continued in office, we can say
will be no reason why the franchise cannot be
passed"
That would be a wise course said Hal
dane. :" don't know but that it IS the wisest
course; but must face the other alternative,
and that is defeat. If we made that propo-
sition, and then were defeated it would be i'm
possible for us to secure the franchise, and"
And what?" asked Callahan.
"Gentlemen." said Haldane, 1.-THE stock of
the Gotham Freight Company Traction is two
standing aggregate almost as much. If we
don't have this franchise, they won't be worth
ten cents on the dollar to US"
Gentlemen" said Van Slyke. "you must
face this matter squarely. You are all inter
ested, everyone of you has stock in the concern ;
it is a source of revenue to the Central Society.
How much is it really WORTH" queried
Callahan.
Its WORTH OF course what was put into 1t.
we " control it, t's it will pay fair dividend
on all the stock that has been put out most of
which is held by our friends and the friends of
the organization answered Van Slyke.
The problem was tremendous one. They
faced it silently moment or two, and at last
Hadane restated it.
You see, we can, if necessary, defy public
opinion and jam through ordinance at the
last minute even if we lose the election, al
though by so doing we should give the enemy
tremendous advantage at the close of the
campaign. Or we defer the granting of
the franchise until after election in hope that
the postponement will be our strongest card
for winning. In case we win, everything would
be easy; and in case we lose"
He paused. There was no necessity for
stating what would happen then; every
saw it clearly.
What does the franchise Govern" asked
the Mayor.
1T covers pretty much every available
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scavenging processes of bacteria of some va
riety Ct species
tn. condition can be secured and main
tanned in organism that itself is constantly
decaying in all of its tissues and organs only
by strict compliance With the natural laws
governing the operations of the body as an in
dependent organism in which all of its forces
tend to promote its health and conservation.
Every tissue and every organ has its special
means of renewal of it's tissue by the removal
of dead particles through the outlets and the
reception of fresh material through the inlets
of the body. Waste and supply are exactly
balanced, as in the most precise and delicate
machine. If the outlets become clogged so
that all the waste cannot escape at the proper
time, dead matter, the food of bacteria, be-
gins to accumulate, and disease must be the
result.
In the same manner if the food is in excess
of the demands, or of quality not suited to the
needs of the tissue or organ, waste begins to
accumulate bacteria swarm IN the deCom-
posing mass, and emit their toxins, which, abb
sorbed into the circulation, cause variety of
physical disturbances according to the species
of bacteria present, and the particular tissues
the toxins affect, as the nervous system,
stomach, heart, Kidneys etc.
That even the most feeble minded may be
able to regulate their habits so as to secure an
adequate supply of food both in quality and
quantity, and the prompt removal of waste
matter, as to secure that degree of cleanli-
ness of internal organs essential to pc from
bacterial attacks, the mechanism of the body is
endowed with instincts that make it automatic
in its action: Such are appetite and taste for
food and drinks: the desire for exercise, rest,
and sleep; the impulse of the organs in an
active state; etc. 1t is only when these natural
monitors are interfered with that the mechan-
Ism begins to fail in its elimination of waste,
and bacteria find the conditions favorable for
their functional activity.
Destroy the Bacteria
THE second defensive measure is the de-
struction of the bacteria by means of
agents that will destroy the microorgansm be-
fore or after it's entrance into the body, but
without injuring the healthy tissues. There
is a great variety of these agents of more or
less power, and they are used In the form OF
gases. liquids, and powders, according to con-
ditions existing in individual cases. In gen.
eral, it may be advised that, as bacteria are
everywhere germicides ought to be used far
more extensively than they are for the pur
poses of securing not only the direct destruction
Of bacteria, but of removing or neutralzing dead
matter, the food of bacteria. So minute are
bacteria, and SO adherent are they to material
things, that mere bathing with water does not
remove them, medicate it as we may with
fancy soaps. There should be used in addition
more penetrating and destructive agent,
which would not only destroy all forms of
bacteria, but at the same time secure absolute
cleanliness.
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neither giving or asking quarter. The battle
that it wages with the body can terminate only
by the destruction of one of the combatants."
Viewed in the light of the past history OF in
fectious diseases, this is not an overdrawn
picture. If we estimate the deaths from small
pox in ancient times from cholera IN modern
times. and from tuberculosis Consumption
throughout all time the destruction OF human
life by bacteria cannot be overstated. The
bacterium has been wickedly implacable foe
to the human race in the past. Invisible, in
tangible. everywhere present, it has proved
omniPotent in its destructive attacks upon
communities.
But our century opens with far brighter
outlook for the race. Elementary forces which.
through ignorance of their true functions in the
economy and conservatism of nature, were
permitted in the past to expend their energy
in the destruction of life, have been revealed
by science to be mans most helpful agents in
the promotion of comfort, health, and lon
gevity. Electricity was for ages only thun-
derbolt, an object of terror and an agent OF
destruction, visiting the human residence only
to kill its owner and burn the structure.
To-day the same natural force is mans most
obedient and humble servant. quietly visiting
his home to furnish him heat and light, annihl-
lating time in the transactions OF business, and
transporting him from place to place as on the
ightning's wings.
So the bacterium. once the terror of man
kind as the invisible and apparently TN
movable cause of devastating pestilences,
products of its digestion of waste matter
which is thereby converted into food for plants.
1t visits man in the pursuit of its humble
calling to obtain his contribution to the sum
total of plant food. 1t searches every tissue,
every organ, every recess. however obscure,
but so stealthily that its coming and going and
its immediate presence not known if abso-
lutte cleanliness of the body exists. 1t is only
when dying tissues or organs, accumulationS
of dead matter, are found that its presence be-
comes known Even then it would prove harm
less and its presence would be unrecognized If
its excretions of plant food (toxins) were not
necessarily absorbed and did not enter the cir
culation, thus poisoning the body it is relieving
of dead matter.
Mans Defenses
BRIEFLY, what are mans defenses against
- bacterial
Chiefly two, vis., first, killing it by depriving
it of food; and, second killing it directly by
what are known as germicideS.
The first method is effected by cleanliness of
the person. It may be affirmed that cleanli-
ness, without and within, absolutely protects
every man, woman. and child from the most
common disease-producing bacteria. 1t is not
sufficient to keep the skin clean by daily baths,
while the mouth, nose, throat and other in
ternal surfaces and organs are covered or filled
with effete matter. We must be every whit
clean if We would escape the results of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-14
SHOT BY KINsMAN
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF RIFLE
 MAY PROVE FATAL.
Proprietor of washington Park sheot- ing Gallery in Hospftai With 22 Bullet In His Abdouaen-
 Probably Wfn Die.

By his own cousin. Walter Owen, Q negro. was probably fatally wounded yeetertiay afternoon at Washington Park. when a 22-calibre rife. in the hands of the kinsman, Stafford Tanner. was discharged, apparently by acci- dent, the bullet penetrating the abdo- men of owens.
 owens is operator of the shooting gallery at the park. and his cousin. Tanner, was a patron yesterday. AS Owen stood at one end of the range, directing the whitewashing of the tar get, ana arranging 1t for another shot' the riffe which Tanner held half- raised went off, and the bullet entered Owens's right side, and round ioos ment in his body. It is thought that he will die, He was rushed immeui- ateiy to St. Margaret's Hospital where he Is now confined.
 Tanner, who is boy of only i4 years old, maintains that the rine was ois- charged by accident, as he moved IL. The testimony of several witnesses Of the occurrence seems 10 pear out 'ho statement of accident.
 E Tanner Is held, however, at the cily prison, pending Q hearing.
 Notification of the shooting was sent the police immediately, and six omcers' mounted and bicycle men, with Captain smith and Sergeant McDade, repaired to the scene. The boy. upon hearing that the officers had been summoned tried to escape, and lied across neLo. For some time a fruitless search was made until the fugitive himself was espied and pointed out by negroes: 0ficers Roberts and Mereoitn eneo'eo the arrest