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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
WO3T. .: II H'SIG
HoremNeb, CgrJ His Reign d.
More for scypt, Perhaps. Than
Any Other Ruler.

Horemheb was at this time (of his
accession 40 years of age, full of en-
ergy end y'gor and passionately an.
xious TO have a free hand in the car
rying out of his schemes for the reor
ganization of the government 1t was
therefore with JOY that, in about the
year 1850 b. c. he sailed up 10 Thebes
in order to claim the crown
Had he lived longer he might have
been famous as a conqueror as well as
an administrator. though old age
might retard and tired bones refuse
their Office As 1t is, however, his
name is written sufficiently large in
the book OF the worlds great men
and when he died, about 1915 b. c.,
after a reign of some thirty-fiye years,
he had done more for Egypt than had
almost any other Pharaoh He found
the country in the widest disorder
and he left It the master of itself and
ready to become once more the mas
ter of the empire which Aghnaton
doctrine of peace and goodwill had
lost.
Under his direction the purged wor
ship OF the old gods, which for him
meant only the maintenance of some
time-proyed customs. had gained the
mastery over the chimerical worship
of Atom Without force or violence he
substituted the practical for the vi
sionary and to Amun and order his
grateful subjects were able to cry
THE sun of him who knew thee MOI
has set. but he who knows thee
shines, the sanctuary of him who as
sailed thee is overwhelmed in dark
ness, but the whole earth is now il
light. The Century Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
About Choosing Lawmakers.

This is what Gov Charles Il.
Hughes, of New York, thinks about
a great and perennial public ques-
ton that is even now beginning to
confront Vermonters once more:
"The executives of our day may
make mistakes. They may be expos
ed to just criticism because of lack
of merit in their recommendation
or policies, but the American people,
true to their instinct, will pardon, if
they believe that there is a sincere
endeavor to ascertain the facts, to
deal with problems in the light of
the facts, with the sole object to be
OF service to the community, and
that must be the test to be applied
in all our difficult essays of admins
tration. We need in our lawmaking
bodies study. The legislator should
be student of the legislation of the
past, of the laws of other countries
and of other states; a practical man,
because he is dealing with the appli-
cation Of theory to actual affairs, but
student with practical duties"
Let us make not mere academic
proposition of this, to be thought
about distantly as Of no direct appli-
cation, but a straight-out neighbor.
hood question of it, one that comes
right home to our own doorsteps and
concerns ourselves and scores of
men about us that we can all of us
call by name.
When do we, anywhere in Yer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
HE WoopFoRp MAIL

The discontinuance of the Wood
ford postoffice and stage route is
fair sample of the stupidity with
which government business is done,
under hard and fast rules bound
round by red tape and with no pro
vision to take care of special cases
like this. A business man, smart
enough to sell chewing gum to
child, who couldn't devise a better
system than the United States post
office department ought to be sent
to a retreat for the feeble minded.
If the silly red tape wound around
the department could be unwOund
enough to allow a little variation i'll
the line of common sense, a situation
like that now arising in Woodford
could be easily taken care Of
The stage line star route has been
paying 5000 per year and the post
office SIS per year AS star route
contractor, Carl Bugbee, the stage
driver, could and has delivered the
mail all the way from Bennington to
Woodford City. He has also carried
passengers and done parcel deliv-
cry. Were it changed TO a rural
route he would not be allowed to
carry passengers or parcels and
there are not people enough on the
line to make it a rural route under
the rules Were Mr.. Bugbee paid a
fair price say $75 or $50 per month,
he could undoubtedly be engaged to
deliver all the mail up through Wood
ford without interfering in the least
with his passenger and parcel bust
ness
But it is a condition and not a the
DRY that confronts Woodford 1t
looks as though there are only two
possible ways. Either Woodford
people must drive from three to ten
miles apiece to get their mail or that
plan proposed by the Banner several
weeks ago will have to be adopted
whereby a carrier will have to tray
ell alternating daily between Benning-
ton and Wilmington. This plan Is
far from ideal but it seems to be the
best available
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
What Vermont Offers

The Nergennes Enterprise gives
excellent advice to the young men of
Vermont as follows
The Morrisville Messenger says
there is money in Vermont 1t ad-
vises the young men to buy farms In
Vermont.
we believe the editor is right.
There are plenty of farms in this
state that need only the right cultiv-
alton to prove veritable gold mines.
I'VE know of case in the town OF
Braintree where a farmer had made
himself land poor by keeping in the
old ruts and adding a liberal number
of lawsuits for spice.
when his son graduated from
Dartmouth and came home he found
his father sick, discouraged and
practically bankrupt The boy had
a good offer to go West as civil
engineer at salary that would be
worth having He gave it up and
told his father he would stay by the
old farm and try and save it,
He used his college education.
He used his brains as well as his
hands
He settled up the lawsuits as best
he could
He applied modern methods to
the old farm
He raised his own corn instead OF
buying it,
1T was hard work but the old farm
responded nobly to his efforts
in ten years he had not only say
ed the farm paid off all the debts
made 1t pay but he had made money
enough off the farm to buy modern
machinery, to pay for an adjoining
farm and had money in the bank.
He had saved his fathers life and
made his declining years pleasant
"He said I am glad | decided to
/ stay in Vermont He was sure that
he had made more money than he
could had he gone West in the first
place. Today he is an honored and
respected citizen of Vermont.
This is no isolated case. There
are hundreds like it,
Farming does pay in Vermont il
you use your brains as well as
Drawn.
Not all of Vermonts young men
will stay at home. Some of them
will find greater opportunities else
where, but the same may be said oil
the young men of states much larger
then Vermont The fact remains
however, that Horace Greeleys ad
Young man. go west" lacks
the force that It possessed when il
was uttered The West is no longe
a region where homes may be hat
for the asking The editor Of the
Tribune would give different advic,
If he were living today. The gift o
second sight is unnecessary in ordel
to make this assertion with contun
ity is in the East Here farms ma,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

mont deliberately select candidates
TO represent our towns in the legis-
lature from among men that We
know are students of the leglsla-
ton of the past, of the laws OF other
countries and other states How
often do we take the pains to pick
out men whom we know TO be par
ticularly interested in the study Of
civics and unusually well adapted by
natural fitness and by experience
and training, and send them to Mont
pelier to make our laws for us?
We would not trust a valuable
watch into the hands of any cheap
repairer that did not know his craft.
We would not trust our health and
lives with doctors that knew no medi
cine. We would not trust our horse
to be shod with a smith that simply
took the job up because he had fall
ed at everything else
But we will send men to Montpel-
Ter year after year, from town after
town and city after city, for almost
every conceivable reason in all the
mischievous caprice of politics-eX
cept the one prominently desirable
reason that they are peculiarly well
fitted by temperament and natural
ability and by education and obser
walton and experience to make laws
and help govern state.
We reject expert service right at
the very place where, in many re
spects we need it most.
The first and the most conspicu
GUS qualification for a seat in the
Vermont legislature is to want it,
st. Adams Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
The Spirit of Winter

The Spirit of Winter is with us,
making its presence known in many
different ways-sometimes by CHEEKY
sunshine and glstening SHOWS and
sometimes by driving winds and
binding storms. To many people
it seems to take a delight in making
bad things worse, for rheumatism
twists harder, twinges sharper, cat
arrh becomes more annoying, and the
many symptoms of scrofula are de
veloped and aggravated. There is
not much poetry in this, but there is
truth and it is a wonder that more
people don't get rid of these all
ments. The medicine that cures
them-Hood's Sarsaparilla-is easily
obtained and there is abundant proof
that its cures are radical and perma-
nent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Inasmucb as some people seem to
have difficulty in understanding Gov.
Hughes position on the income tax,
the following from the Troy Record
may help them in getting a clear
conception Of the governors atti-
tudc.
1T is unfortunate that some peo-
pie have misunderstood that part Of
the governors recommendations to
the legislature which deals with the
income tax He is in no sense OPP
posed to it. He considers the
amendment to the constitution as
drawn, entirely too broad And in SO
stating, he is following the proceed
ents of decades 1t has been held
from the day Of John Marshall that
"instrumentalities of government"
can not and should not be taxed, AS
drawn, this amendment permits the
Federal government to levy taxes
upon the bonds OF states and munic-
qualities which have been issued as
exempt from such charges The
trouble is not with the governor but
with the men who prepared the
amendment. II ought to be re-
drawn The governor explicitly says
that he fayors an income tax amend
ment, If it is so stated that it will
avoid the necessary conclusion to
which his line of argument leads
him."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

A disguised political worker at tn.
state dairymen's convention at Bur
lington this week was heard to re-
mark that with Olin Merrill and Dr..
Mead in the field the governorship
fight will be a slow race to see who
can get the nomination the cheapest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
START THE NEW YeAn RIGHT

by insuring up to an amount which
fairly represents your value as an in
come producer. 61st year. Nation
al Life Insurance Company, Montpel-
Ter, Vt. (Mutual) Earle S. Kins-
ley, Agent, Rutland Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
Possibly a Scheme.

"A New York broker Is said to be so
stingy that he buys his coal by the
peck" Perhaps that's precaution,
not stinginess. 1t may be that he
doesn't want TO start a bull market"
Washington Herald
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

TOR SALE-The home place Of the late Chas
n Bowles consisting of dwelling house, barns
and about forty acres of land; also lot No. II in
the 2nd division of lots containing about l2O
acres of land; and also lot on Corbett Hill, so
called, containing about 100 acres of land; and
lot on Beef Hill, so called containing about
l45 acres of land An of said property situated
in Woodford, Vermont Apply to Lewis G:
Evans. Administrator. 45tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Look, the fires under control, yet
there is a foolish man going to throw
a crayon portrait out OF the window"
"Why not? That's his only chance to
get rid OF it, Milwaukee Journal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
HYdrophobIa in Germany.

Though hydrophobia has been
stamped out of Britain, it is still ram
pant in Germany, where every year
over $500 dogs and cats afflicted with
the disease are destroyed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

be obtained more cheaply than in the
West Here we are much nearer the
great markets of the country Wont
pelier Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
Uncle Ezra SAYS:

stick to the farm, but don't neoes-
sarily, when you are away frum home,
let the farm stick to you"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
Needed as an Antldote

"a man needs lot of native sense"
says the Philosopher Of Folly. ito ov'
ercome the foolishness he acquires"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

EOR sALE-Pair heavy oxen. Never shod
Il and in good working condition. Handy,
sound and all right Weigh upwards Of 5000.
viii draw anything that is loose Apply 10 II.
Merle Bottum, Salisbury, Vt. 55t6
Tor SALE-100acre farm, known as the
II George Richards farm; 80 acres tillable,
% In pasture runs from state line down nearly
to White Creek village, three and half miles
from North Bennington on main thoroughfare.
Farm fairly well fenced, three barns in fair re-
pair. Plenty of good water in pasture; land of
the best. Price 5000, terms easy. Nash Hut.
cbins 49tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
TO REM,

ITO RENT Convenient house at low rent
Il Inquire at Banner Office. 1910
ITO RENT-li0 Dewey St. rooms, modern
improvements. Inquire of W. L. Putnam,
NJ. ID. @t'
no RENT Desirable tenem nts, Offices
stores, mill property with water power
individual storage lockers VIM. e. Hawks. 800
North st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Ivory doubles in price every few
years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
NOTICE OF ANNUAL NEE TING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
the First National Bank will be held at It
banking rooms in Bennington, Vt. on the nth
day of January, 1910, mt 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, for the election of directors for the en-
suing year, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
L. A, GRAVES, Cashier
Dec. 1th, 1909
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
WANTED

WANTED Men 20 run small bench saws.
w Clark Co.. Si4 Main St.. Bennington.
cots
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

WANTED One steam engine and boiler
w 20 or 80 II. p Address Lock Box 49,
North Bennington, VT. 0Oto
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Is pairs Logan Shoes for
Boys, sizes 81 to l34. Sale
price CSC
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

WANTED-Dse talking machine records
w exchanged at Baronis and loc store;
River Street. 5t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08
Good Blood

Means good health, and Hoods
SarsapariIla has an unaPproached
record as a blood-puFifier.
Il effects its wonderful cures, not
simply because it contains sarsaparilla
but because it combines the utmost
remedial values of more than 20 different
ingredients. There is no real substitute
for it. If urged to buy any preparation
said to be "just as good" you may be
sure il is inferior, costs less to make,
and yields the dealer a larger profit.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla today In usual liquid
form or in ehocOlated tablets known as Sarsatabs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

WANTED A woman cook, for two weeks
w only, AT Soldiers Home. 5Nt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

$3.50 Ladies Patent, vici
and Gun Metal Butcher cut
Shoes. Sale price S1.S9
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

WANTED LoOpers wanted on wolsted half
w hose Apply TO Vermont Hosiery a
Machinery Co. oolO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

All our Mems, Ladies and
Children's Slippers left over
from the Xmas trade at cost
prices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Many real bargains in Chill
dren'S Shoes which we can
not enumerate here
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

American &c n tleman
Shoes, heavy tan grain, double
Soles. A strictly 81 Shoe.
Sale Price S2.9S
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-08

Mems $3.50 Tan Grain
Working Shoes. Sale price
S1.75
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
SOME ATTRACTIVE DRAWINGS.
DecOrah's Artist, Phil HeXom, En-
hibits New Specimens i'm Water
COIorS Which Show Much
Merit.

The store window of John c..
HeXom & Son has on display this
week a couple of drawings in water
color by Phil HeXom, the junior
member of the firm, which should
not pass unnoticed. They are real
works of art, and mark the develop
ment of Mr.. HeXom along artistic
lines as rapid and distinctive. One
of them is entitled prairie Post
Road Station" and is a picture of
a cowboy, mounted on COW pony,
getting his mail at a prairie mail
box. The other picture is a scene
in the pine woods by moonlight, and
both give evidence of the rare ar
tistic qualities of Mr.. Hexom. He
is also at work on a cover design
for a large New Mexico firm which
deals in Indian curios, and unless
We miss our guess, Phil will soon be
bidding for honors with Frederic
Remington.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Back to Good Old Iowa.

From now on we expect to record
just as many returning from the
west and northwest to good old
Iowa as we do leaving. We know
of many who would be mighty glad
to come back here and have what
they had when they left to start over
again. j. H. Lee, nephew of A. A
Lee, moved back from Thief River
Falls, Mimi. last week, where he had
been for several years, and had not
raised a reasonable crop since he
went there. He has rented the So
land farm on Washington Prairie
which he will manage this year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
THE TOWN ELECTIONS.
Officers Elected in Nearby Incorpor.
ated Towns Last Week.

OSSIAN.
Mayor-T. F.. Schmitz.
Treasurer Frantzen.
Assessor. E. Boyle.
Councilmen-H. H. Blanchaine,
o. L. Gunderson, E. H. Anderson,
Ed. Dowd, John Moe.
CALMAR.
Mayor-Jacob Meyer.
Treasurer. p. Ode.
Assessor-A. o. Stromstadt.
Councilmen-J. j. Mashek, F. H.
Harms, Hans Evenson, L. Kittelsby
Jos. Koch.
SPILLVILLE.
Mayor-G. F. Heuser
Treasurer. j. Haug.
Assessor. ]. Benda.
Councilmen-J. H. Haug, ]. c..
Chekal, J. w. Hruska, Anton Balik,
w. c. Kovarik.
FORT ATKINSON.
Mayor. p. Schissel.
Treasurer-Joseph Chekal.
ASSESSOR. Mcmillan.
Councilmen-Jaco Capp, Jno
Heine, Joseph Schneider, G. II. HUI
Der, Vented Kohout.
POSTVILLE.
Mayor. ]. Boucher.
Treasurer-James McEwen.
Assessor-A. L. Meier.
Councilmen-Char Sonnkalb,
John II. Meier, F. E. Crandall,
James Gregg and Fred j. Thoma.
CASTALIA.
Mayor-A. c. Tatro.
Treasurer-Geo. Allen.
Assessor-W. c.. Winn.
Councilmen-E. w. Allen, G. r.
Neunswander, j. A. Hart, w. H.
Haefner, H. H. Meyer
JACKSON JUNCTION.
Mayor. H. Hoye.
Treasurer. B. Lynch.
AsSeSSor-MileS McGovern
Councilmen-Hugh Lawrence. w.
Dunno, James Marion, Frank j.
Hoye, Clemence Burns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Making a Pine Enai.

Many OF our people have been
over TO the site of the new Ice Cave
boulevard during the past week, and
they are all delighted with the beau
tiful view obtained from there of
the city and the river encircling it.
as well as the fine drive that will be
made past the Ice Cave and Dun
ning's spring. Mr.. Conner is doing
splendid work, and when completed
this will be one of the most popular
drives in this vicinity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Preparing for Big Sale.

TheO. j. Brandt, the furniture
man, is preparing to hold a big
special sale of furniture and beds.
commencing next Monday and last
ing all the week. He is making
special prices throughout his store
and intends giving one of the big
gesJ and best sales since starting in
business in DEBORAH. Read his big
adv. in this issue. Next week. We'd
nesday and Thursday, April 10 and
IA, he will have a Chi-Namel de-
monstration at his store, given by
enc of the manufacturers repre-
sentatives. 1t will be a fine oppor-
tunity for the ladies to learn how
TO varnish and grain their floors and
wood work and make them look
brand new.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Old Style Eastern Star Partie.

1e wimmen OF Y, Eastern Star
will hold an olden style partie in
We place which is known as We
Masonic temple, in ye cittye of De-
corah, Iowa, on we evening of April
18th, 1910.
Ye good things TO eat will be
served as in We olden tyne. Ye take
TO the bigge partie and we supper
is Two York Shillings for We MEME
and One Shilling and Three-pence
for we wimmen. All We Masons take
Notice-See that ye come, and
bring We wimmen to the Old style
dress partie, and here We singers and
ye olden tyne musick.
Eating will begin at We hour of
600 by We town clock.
By invitation of We Eastern Stars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Medical Society Meeting.

The meeting of the Winneshiek
county medical society at the court
house on Friday afternoon was well
attended, and some interesting pa
pers were read and discussed,
among those taking part in the pro-
Reum of Calmar, Hexom of High
landville, Barefoot and Jewell of De-
corah.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
City Year Closes.

Monday evening the city council
met in it's annual session for the
hearing of the reports of the COM
mittees and the closing up of the
business of the year. These reports
will be published next week Dur
ing the remainder of the week the
council meets each evening as board
tof review for the adjusting of the
taxes of the residents of the city.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Canada Special is Wrecked.

1t is reported that the special
freight train which took the goods
of those leaving from Burr Oak and
DEBORAH last week for points in
Canada, was laid out in Minnesota
for several days, and finally YVES
badly wrecked in North Dakota, the
fireman being killed and at least two
cars being badly demolished. Par
ticulars obtainable are neagre, but
it is said that the loss was not
heavy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Marriage This Morning.

At nine o'clock this Wednesday
morning, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter John
son, Rev. O.. E. Schmidt performed
the ceremony which united for life
Mr.. Edward R. Jahr to Miss Nora
V. Johnson. The ceremony was wit
messed by immediate relatives and
friends, after which a wedding re-
past was served, and the newly
married couple departed at noon on
wedding trip to Minneapolis and
Portland, N. D., for visit with his
parents. They will reside at Neils-
vile, Mimi. where Mr.. Jahr is en-
gagged in the stock business. The
bride is most estimable young lady
, who has grown up to womanhood in
one of our best families, and the
groom is gentleman who enjoys
the respect and esteem of all who
know him. 1t is union in which
their many friends heartily acqui-
esce, and join us in congratulations.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-06
Entertain the Old Soldiers.

The ladies of the Womans Relief
Corps served a fine dinner yesterday
to the old soldiers, in the Post
Rooms. 1t was pension day" and
the ladies entertain the comrades
every quarter when they come in to
get their pension money.