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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
Estate Of Leonard V. Mears.

STATE OF VERMONT. To the
District OF Bennington; IS. h onor-
able Probate Court for the District
aforesaid
To the heirs and all persons inter
ested in the estate OF Leonard V.
Mears late of Pownal in said District,
deceased, GREETING:
WHEREAS, application hath been
made to this court in writing, by
Jennie l.. Mears, Administrative
praying for license and authority to
deed to G. c. Woodwork all right
title and interest Of the said Leonard
V. Mears deceased, in and to certain
lands and premises situate in said
Pownal and described as follows. Be
ing all the same lands and rights
which\ John W. lockwood conveyed
to Ira p. Wood March Goth. 1906 and
whlGn Eros d. Hicks conveyed to
said Wood February Goth. 1906, and
which the said Ira y. Wood contract
ed on the 18th day Of October 1909 to
/ sell to the said Mears, together with
( all the stock, grain, crops and tools
on said lands and representing that
the said deceased was in his lifetime
4. under contract, binding in law anC
equity, to deed all his said right, It'll,
and interest in said described prem
Uses to the said G.. c. Woodwork
and further representing that b.
deciding the same as aforesaid the as
sets of said deceased would not b.
thereby so reduced as to prevent
creditor of said deceased, from re
ceivng his full debt or diminish hi
dividend.
WlIEREUPON, the said Court al
pointed and assigned the 3lst day O
March 1910, at the Probate Office i
! Bennington In said District, to hea
and decide upon said application an
petition, and ordered public motto
thereof to be given to all persons il
terested therein by publishing sal
order. together with the time an
place Of hearing, three weeks SUI
= cessively in the Bennington Evenin
. Banner, a newspaper which circulate
I in the neighborhood of those person
interested in said estate, all of whic
publications shall be previous to Il
day assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE, you are hereby no
fed to appear before said Court,
the time and place assigned, then al
a there in said Court to max your o
iections to the granting of such
cense, If you see cause.
Given Under My Hand at BENIN
ton in said District, this 9th day
" March 1910.
y Grace b. Holt,
Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
SUNDERLAND

Frank Squires has moved to Dorset.
Alton Bentley is working for A. e.
Bentley.
NJ. j. Hapgood Of Peru was in town
one day recently.
Leonard Cun spent Sunday with
friends out Of town.
William J. Marcus was out of town
Monday on business.
Z. Parker Of Manchester Center
was I'm town recently.
Dan Provan the blacksmith has
moved into Mr.. Reynolds house.
William Marcus spent Sunday with
his family in Manchester Center.
Mrs. NJ. S. Pike is on the sick list
and Nellie Brockway is working for
her.
w. J Marcus of the Cooperage Co.
was in Manchester Wednesday on
business.
A. G. Bacon is taking his brothers
place driving the store wagon for a
few weeks.
Don't forget the dance at the hall
Friday night Good music and a
good time for all.
Mrs. e. J. Beagle OF South Shafts.
bury spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p Stone.
( |. NJ. Bentley and c. A. and r. S.
( Wilcox are erecting a new storehouse
for the Bruon Cooperage Co.
4 Miss Nettie Whitman of Manches-
ter Center has been sewing for Mrs
e, G. Bacon for the past week.
w. f. Williams of North Adams
has returned to his home after spend
ing a few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J, p Williams
Miss Agnes Bentley returned HON,
Sunday after spending a few day
with her aunt, Mrs. Walter Young
of Bennington
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hill returne,
home Monday after spending the win
ter with their daughter, Mrs Fletche
in West Chelmsford, Mass.
Clement Burbank and son of Bee
ford, n. Y, was at T.. L. Lawrence
a few days recently, called here b
the death of Miss Sarah Lawrenc
aunt of Mrs Burbank.
A. J. Bruon visited the lumbe
camps in the mountain Wednesda
and reported that business would b
, practically suspended for a time o
! account of the recent thaw.
Blue birds have arrived and it Ia
been good sugar weather for fe
days of late but few have tapped g
yet. The thunder shower of Monda
|. morning left the weather more liz
i, March again.
y Four of NJ. j. Hapgoods teams
= Peru arrived here Saturday mornir
between ~ and l o'clock expectir
:. to draw logs for the Bruon Coope
L age company, as there was too muC
snow in Peru to work in the Woo
but finding no snow here, after Ia
ing short rap, returned home
wait for the snow to settle on Il
east side of the mountain.
Following is the list of town office
elected at the annual town meeting
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Bus Readers

for Bus Readers
J. Elmer Ayres of Oneida is visit
ing relatives here
Charles F. Sands OF Albany passed
the day here with H. b. Davenport re
Gently.
Mrs. J. c. Jensen Of Lyons street is
improved from a recent severe ill
ness.
Miss Mildred Stratton of South
Walingford was a recent visitor in
the village.
The tenement now occupied by Dr.
John r. Wilson viii be for rent after
April LIST. See ad to rent
Mas. E. c. Hamilton and son Ernest
who have been visiting relatives here
have returned TO Brattleboro.
Spring Remqants, specially good
lines being shown now at the Holden.
Leonard Co., mill. Until further
notice the salesro0m will be open
Tuesdays ard Wednesdays. 3tf
James Toomey has completed his
trade for the John Brant blacksmith
shop on Elm street and invites all
patrons Of the shop and others who
want high class work to give him
trial.
Arthur W. lockwood Of this village
and Or. f. E. Potter. A. B. Gardner
and ]. W. Gardner of Pownal are to
leave tomorrow for Boston from
where they will sail Saturday on a
cruise to the Mediterranean. They
I will be absent about two months and
will visit many places of interest
The combined maple sugar supper
and victrola concert held in the par
Tors of the Methodist church last eve
ming was largely attended and was
one of the most enjoyable social ev.
ents of the winter. There were good
| things in abundance with plenty of
I the toothsome maple sugar syrup. At
the close of the repast came the con
cert with Ernest r. Griswold in
charge of the records of which there
were about two dozen The program
/ included an excellent line of selec-
tons, humorous, grave, catchy and
/ classical
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10

Moderator, Il. A. Graves; clerk, Mar
tina Lawrence; selectman for three
years, Albert p. Bowen; treasurer,
Winfield S. Holt; overseer, Quincy A.
Hall; list constable, e. j. Bowen; End
constable, Charles Fisk; collector, E.
j. Bowen; lister for three years, +.
NJ Hard auditors, H. S. Burt, A. H.
Grout; trustee public money, E. G..
Bacon town grand jurors, Eugene j..
Stone, Jay f. Bentley road commits
sioner, Quincy A. Hall; town agent,
e. G. Bacon school director for
years, Alfred r. Bentley. Tax voted.
$3.50. License question, yes, 10; no,
az
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
TONS OF EGGS CONDEMNED
Government Inspector Claims That
They are Unfit for Use

Boston, March 9.-Four tons OF
eggs intended for use in bakers cakes
and pies were taken today from
cold storage wearhouse on complaint
of Dr. George H. Adams, government
food inspector. The eggs had been
removed from their shells and were
collected in $40 cans. DR.. Adams said
they had become unfit for use and
that after they had been treated with
carbolic acid, the government will sell
them to tanning establishments. Had
they been in good condition the eggs
would have been worth $4,000. The
shipment came from a Chicago Arm.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. r. I. Beauchamp Of
Troy have returned home after visit
ing several days with Mrs. Beau
champs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
S. White of Bank street.
There will be a lecture and enter
tainment at Bank Hall the nth Of
March for the benefit of St John the
Baptist church. Program. Bryants
Brass band, Wearing of the Green;
BY the band, Waltz, The Wandering
Gypsie", song by Misses Minnie Nc
Cue and Name Meagher lecture,
Rev. J. J. Reynery, Osa; trombone
solo by l.. c. Bryant; piano accom-
PIANIST J. Daley; by the band, "Au-
tumn Gold Serenade" Refreshments
will be served in the hall by the
ladies of the Altar society. Wood Is
orchestra will furnish music. Every
body welcome. Admission % cents
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10
Notice.

The annual meeting of the Young
Mems Association for the election of
officers will be neld in the Library
Monday. March 2lst, 1910. Polls
omen at one o'clock and close at six
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Ferd c. Martin,
Recording Secretary
Remington, Vt, Feb. %, 1910.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-10

! There's a Mother Old and Gray who
Needs Me Now.
The Story Of Faded Flower.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Now You Know What Whisky Really Is

The term whisky" however, is re.
stricted to distillates from grain, and
under the regulations distillates from
other substances, If labeled whisky"
are inisbranded and the person guilty
of misbranding may be prosecuted.
The regulation follows:
Under the food and drugs act of
June 80, 1906, all unmixed distilled
spirits from grain colored and fla
vored with harmless color and flavor,
in the customary ways, either by :le
charred barrel process or by the ad-
dition of caramel and harmless flavor,
if not potable strength and not less
than 80 proof, are entitled to the
name whisky without qualification.
If the proof be less than 80, that
is, If more water be added, the actual
proof must be stated upon the label
and this requirement applied as we'll
to blends and compounds of whisky.
whisky of the same or different
kinds, that is, straight whisky. recti-
fed whisky, re-distilled whisky, and
neutral spirits whisky or like sub
stances and mixtures of such whis-
kies, with or without harmless color
flavors used for purposes of coloring
and flavoring only, are blends under
the law and must be so labeled"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
CHANGE THE VIBRATION
It Makes for Health.

A man tried leaving off meat, pota-
toes, coffee, and etc., and adopted
breakfast Of fruit, Grape-Nuts with
cream, some crisp toast and cup of
Postum.
His. health began to improve at once
fol-. the reason that meat eater will
reach a place once in a while where
his system seems to become clogged
and the machinery doesn't work
smoothly.
A change Of this kind puts aside food
Of low nutritive value and takes up
food and drink of the highest value,
already partly digested and capable
of being quickly changed into good,
rich blood and strong tissue. ia
A most valuable feature of Grape
Nuts is the natural phosphate Of pot
ash grown in the grains from which it
is made. This is the element which
transforms albumen in the body into
the soft gray substance which fills
brain and nerve centers.
A few days use of -Grape-Nuts will
give one q degree of nervous strength
well worth the trial. -
Is Look In pkgs for the little book, 'The
Road to MELVILLE. !" There's a Reason
Ever read the shove letter9 a new
enc aDpears fron dAe t. ttDe. they
are genuine tr0es ana 1ull q huD
e01eee0ts .z.s fszs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
IMPROVEMENT IN THE BANG
Loose Fringe Of CurIs Has Taken
Place Of the Severe Cut Once
So Much Worn.

While the bang Is back, it, like most
REVEALS, would scarcely be recognized
by its forerunners of the late eighties.
No longer does one make herself q
fright with the severely plain fringe
Of hair completely concealing the fore
head and looking as If it had been cut
around crock.
The modern bang is a loose, frizzy
fringe of curls worn along the top of
the forehead to soften the effect Of
masses of bought braids. Sometimes
it is worn under the ribbon 1llet, in
deed, should be, II the wearer con-
suits becomingness.
AS most women object to cutting
their own hair to suit a passing FASH
ion, no one should venture playfullv
to pull his lady loves curl that hangs
in the middle Of her forehead. To
his modification, and her rage the
fringe and the girl may part company.
For women with big foreheads and
hair scant on the temples the bang il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
What He Was After.

George Washington Henry Clay Lin
coin Carter, one of Georgia's younger
darkey citizens, was suddenly called
upon not long ago to explain his pres
ence at l a. m. in the henhouse of q
white neighbor.
Stealing my chickens, are you, you
black rascal?" the owner demanded.
George w. H. C. L. C. rolled his eyes
until they were all whites.
Nov, now, lookyeh, Mars George"
he protested, dat amt no way ter ac'
an please don pint dat gun at me
dat er way, cunnel, sah," he hastily
added, holding up his battered hat as
shield. "Ah 'clar All warn't gwine
steal no chickens; no, sab! Abs wri-
tin er dialec' story-an' All des' come
moseyen roun' hyah ter git local color
-yas, sab, OATS all All was after. All
'clar to de Lawd hit was!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

THE question what Is whisky"
/ finally has been answered off,
cially and President Taft's decision
has been formulated in set of regula-
lions prepared by the pure food board
of the department Of agriculture.
Weary Willie" when he meets
Lazy Tom" along the roadside and
stops to take a swig out Of his bottle,
will not care whether 1t is whisky &C.
cording to the presidential ruling or
not, just as long as 1t tastes like the
real stuff and has the same effect, but
the man who buys 1t in bottles or
over the bar can see the government
label which will hereafter be found
on all packages.
In brief, the regulations declare
that all unmixed spirits distilled from
grain, prepared in the customary
ways, are entitled to the name
whisky" without qualification. Blend
ed whisky must be labeled as such.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Dress for Girl Of ID
to IS Years.

n RESS for Girl of IA to 16 Years.
- Fine serge in deep shade of old
rose is used for this simple dress
The bodice and gored skirt are mount
ed In one; the panel of front being
carried up to the bust over the waist.
band; the collar and cuffs are edged
with silk straps; the vest and collar.
band also being of tucked silk
Materials required: Five yards 46
inches wide, f1ve-eighths yards silk
~ yards lining sateen.
Dressing Gown.-A specially pretty
gown is shown here; 1t may be made
up in cashmere, nuns yelling, fine
French flannel or fannelette The
empire bodice is tucked in front and
trimmed with insertion; the deep turn
over collar also being trimmed with
insertion and lace; this is pleated at
center back, and each side the front,
and joins the bodice under sash that
Is fixed at top under diamond-shaped
buckle made Of silk over cardboard :;
the long ends are knotted twice and
finish in loops.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Beau Brummel Collects Old Milk Bill

of the residence Of the delinquent milk
purchaser 1t was ten o'clock in the
morning, and the mistress of the house
was at breakfast. Looking out be-
fore opening the door-some Washing
ton hall doors are provided with a
ventilator-like lookout" like those OF
Philadelphia-the maid failed to rec
ognize the milkman, Invested of his
overalls. Opening the door, on hear
ing his modest request for Mrs.
So-and-So, she at once ushered him
in and took his card to her MISTRESS
He waited-a trife awkwardly, per
haps-in the hall, but was upheld by
the stern justice of his errand. The
lady of the house arrived.
"Yes?" she said, Questioningly
What can l do for you?"
THE amount of this, if you please
madam" said he, presenting the oh
noxious bill.
Whatever the lady may have thought
Of the improvised Beau Brummel, the
bill was promptly paid. There were
no lingering farewells, but the milk
account In that house was always
taken care of to date after that,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
HE maids and buffers of Washing

r. HE maids and buffers of Washing
! tons finest residential districts are
we'll trained, but sometimes even they
fail to discriminate. A story is told
of a milkman who had a great deal
of trouble in collecting his bills at a
certain aristocratic house. The lady
OF fashion put him off over and over
again and absolutely refused to see
him in personals milkman.
Money Is as essential in dispensing
the tactical fluid as in other lines of
business, so the milkman resorted to
strategy. A few days after his latest
unanswered appeal man arrayed in
the latest style Of fall suit, with dash
ing diamond studs in a snowwhite
shirt bosom, hands neatly gloved and
carrying a cane, walked up the steps
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
BOY INVENTORS OF America
Some Of Them Arc Making Handsom'
Profits from Strange Devices
Some Of Late Inventions.

Wireless telegraphy and the con
quest Of the air have taken a firm
hold on the youths OF Amerlca. and
hundreds of lads of tender years, bu
advanced Ideas, are devoting their tai
ents to the invention or construction
of machines In both these lines. say
Van Norden magazine.
While these devices are largely for
pleasure, young America has proved
his ability to turn inventive genius into
unitarian channels. One of the most
remarkable inventions made by boy
Is device for signaling on elevated
roads. 1t is in use on part Of the
Brooklyn IL" system. and is the work
OF Morris Schaeffer, Is years old, a
public school boy. Morris was offered
$4,000 for this patent, but on the ad.
vice OF friends refused it. The boy
expects to be able to get $4,000 for
the idea from the railroad company.
OF quite a different caliber is the
machine invented by Donald H. Miller,
student of Columbia university. This,
by the mere touching of keys, similar
to those on a typewriter, translates
Chinese into English. 1t can also be
used to translate any other language.
The contrivance resembles an adding
machine.
From darkest India comes the rec
ord of the achievement of Claude
Moore, the son of poor coal miner.
Young Moore, who is 20 years old, was
reduced to the sum of two cents when
he received word from the patent Office
that 1t had issued him a patent on q
corn-husker. Thereupon Claude, who
is a thrifty youth, sold this patent ia
the harvester trust for considerable
real money.
A most ambitious piece of work has
just been successfully finished by Fran.
els Lee Herreshoff, the young nephew
of the famous yacht designer. This
Is the construction of high-power
racing automobile with which has been
developed the tremendous speed of 80
miles an hour.
Herreshofr has also patented a de.
vice for subduing the glare of acety.
lene lamps. The mechanism does away
with the necessity of extinguishing the
lamps, for it softens the glare, max.
ing it hardly more noticeable than an
oil lamp.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
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Eloquence Burned at Stake in Senate

in the upper legislative chamber. He
is always doing something In a plod-
ding, snowy manner. He can be seen
at any time with documents on his
desk. Nor is he like so many of your
statesmen who place their whole hap
piness in smoking bulky cigars in the
cloak room.
to his feet and began his clarion enun-
citation, the galleries began filling with
listeners, brought by the general
alarm sent out that This day some
thing at last was happening in the
senate. He has a rich, melodious
guage Is able, very. He employs cor
rect gestures, and thumps on his desk
with judgment and effect. He i'm
plored the senate not, oh, not to give
recognition to the confederacy. He
appealed especially to the patriots on
his side of the house, whose party had
saved the union from that period Of
error. He was vehement, but not un-
duly bitter. Things struggled with
in him for utterance, but he had calm
ly set his limitations. He would not
wave the bloody shirt. But, by every
thing that was sacred, he urged that
the old feeling, the old rancor, be not
aroused in this manner. The terrible
past, as pictured by him, should not
at this late day be revived.
Amid tense silence he sat down.
The galleries craned forward, every
heart beating. Would the senate now
be torn by sectional strife?
1t didn't even rip.
Everybody but Mr.. Hepburn voted
to let the United Confederates have
what they wanted. The northern folks
voted right along with the southern
contingent. Even eagerly did they SO
vote. Mr.. Heyburn's vote was the sol.
itary recognition given the throbbing
appeal from far of Idaho.
Thus was oratory martyred in the
United States senate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18


W throned in the United States SEN
ate, hold doubtful sway. Let this
be warning to the young person who
ls training himself in the forensic art
expecting some day to make the halls
OF the nation resound with eloquence
until the listening throng with one &C
cord is reused to action.
1t don't happen. There is something
wrong about the tradition that oratory
sways. The senators can listen to ora
tory all day and remain pulseless as
so many fish, Either oratory is not
comprehended as it should be or the
senate lacks red corpuscles.
For example, Senator w. B. Hey
burn Of Idaho recently was seen to
rise and utterly waste q perfectly
good broadside of eloquence. It was
that noted speech in which he un-
furled the star spangled banner over
the matter Of lending federal tents to
thu United Confederate veterans for
their next reunion. It was gem of
a speech one that would have won
gold medal in 1851. But the re-
mainder of the senate, callous and un-
patriotic, did not enthuse. Indeed,
as the proud ensign was slowed back
into It's black oilcloth case after Mr..
Hepburn had Haunted it, there was
not moist eye in the house. Even
the New England senators refused to
become "het" up over the rebel"
issue.
1t came as surprise, this battle-cry
OF freedom by Senator Hepburn. He
Is handsome, impressive statesman,
with a seat away up in front: also he
is one of the most impressive toilers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
MOURNING JEWELRY IN VOGUE
Must by No Means Be Too Ornate
An Instance Of Proper Thing
To Be Worn.

1t is hard for a girl who likes quiet
mourning to get jewelry that suits her
taste. Most Of it is too ornate, or is
bestudded with pearls, or shows too
much Of the gold Innings.
A dog collar that is being worn by
girl in the deepest grape is in par,
ticularly good style. It is made Of
onyx set in gold, but in such a way
that none Of the shining metal shows.
The form of the collar is groups of
five oval sections set horizontally one
above the other between square, up
right sections deep enough to hold the
cross pins in place. The horizontal
parts are pointed at each end and
about the size of an ordinary cuff pin.
This collar fits closely about the
throat and can be worn on the outside
of the gown or on the bare neck. In
having such an ornament made to or
der the number of the cross pins can
be varied to suit the length of the
neck.