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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
MINED GOLD IN STOWE
Vermont Miner Observed Golden An
nlversary

Vermont Miner Observed Golden An
nlversary
Stowe, June 5.--Abial Harrington
Slayton and Miss Almira Lorana
Smith were married by the Rev, Geo
Whitney at the Methodist Episcopal
parsonage In Stowe June 2, 1861 Fri
day afternoon and evening a large
number OF friends from Stowe and
other places gathered at their home
ON the main road to Waterbury in
honor OF the 50th anniversary OF that
event. Refreshments were served
and the occasion proved a pleasant
one.
Among those present from out Of
town were Mrs. Jane Howe OF Rut-
land, Mrs c. H. Slocum Of Morris
vile, Mrs. w. V. Bryan and Mrs. II.
M. Demeritt of Waterbury.
Mr.. Slayton's parents came to
Stowe from Woodstock in 1921 and
Mr.. Slayton who is 50 years OF age,
! is the last survivor OF their five chill
dren. He was born on the place
which has always been his home The
mansion built by his father OF brick
made from clay on the farm is one of
! the most attractive homes on the
road from Waterbury to Morrisyille.
In 1S49 Mr. Slayton and his brother,
Jerome b. Slayton, joined the throng
of gold seekers 10 California going by
way of the isthmus which they cross
ed on foot He passed four years in
! California with varied experiences
and success, returning home once
and going back after a two months
stay.
In 1857 he discovered traces OF gold
on the banks OF a stream near his
farm in Stowe known since as Gold
brook. Purchasing the farm on
which the gold was found, he worked
it to some extent and secured sever
al hundred dollars worth of gold, and
has a heavy gold watch chain and
other articles of iewelry made from
it. Mr.. Slayton says there is gold
still to be found there, but not in
paying quantities.
In the summer of 1862 Mr.. Slayton
engaged in recruiting a company foI
the 9th Vermont regiment and was
HuSteEeu III 40 captain VI NOlhpdiS
II July 9, 1862 He was surrendered
with his regiment to the enemy by
Colonel Miles at Harper's Ferry in
September He was paroled and in
December sent in his resignation and
was discharged
For the greater part of his life he
has been 2 prosperous farmer and is
probably one OF the Oldest men in the
state who is actively engaged in farm
ing. He carried on his home sugar
place last spring and has plowed fol
many hours day, holding the pillow
and driving the team himself. He
has always been n respected citizen
and represented the town In the leg
islature of 1876.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

Frank A. Edgerton has presented
The Evening Banner with copy of
the Banner dated August 1, 1861. 1t
contains large amount of interest
ing matter especially in regard to
the war. The battle of Bull Run had
been fought few days before and
the details of the affair were just
getting circulated through the coun-
try. A little later this week The
Banner will reprint several of the
articles from this paper of fifty years
ago. ]. |. c. Cook and son, William
H. Cook were the editors and pub
fishers of the Banner at that time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
knew III. Own Weakne,s.


With much trouble the burglar had
effected an entrance into the big trust
cOmpany's office. AS he approached
the big steel safe he was confronted
by this sign:
Save Your Dynamite.
This Safe Is Not Locked.
Turn Knob and Open.
II don't know what their little game
U.s." he said, "but I'll just see IL 1t
really is unlocked"
He grasped the knob and gave 1t a
turn
Whereupon he received an electric
shock that nearly hoored him, an
alarm bell rang loudly, the Office be-
came flooded with light, door in the
wall few open and big dog sprang
at him.
Darn my fool hideg' he exclaimed
an hour later as the door OF a cell In
the police station closed on him. Il
know what's the matter with me! I'm
too ustingr-Chicago Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

forest to j. f. Silverstein, Asheyille
representative Of independent tan
merry interests.
The sale occasioned much surprise
here because it was not supposed Mr.
Vanderbilt would sell any of his tim
Der holdings. which are daily becom-
ing more valuable. He paid an aver
age Of SO an acre for the 10000 ac-
res OF forest fifteen years ago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

OPENED THE DOOR be pulled himself
together and, arming himself with a
poker, cautiously opened the door.
outside In the passage was white
faced valet carrying jug Of hot wa
ter.
what in heavens name is the mat
terT Mr.. G. s. inquired through his
chattering teeth. Is anybody being
killed.
"'No, SIR the trembling valet slut
tered; it's only my lord taking his
BATH"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

he was staying
at Crewe Hall he
was awakened in
the morning by
the most blood
curdling shouts
and screams. The
sounds were so
dreadful and so
hideously sugges-
tive Of some one
being murdered
that for some mo-
ments he was too
overcome with
horror to move.
Finally, however,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
oh. Yas. hs Was Glad.

A father sent his family of four
healthy youngsters to visit relative.
Though 1t was understood that the
visit was to last three weeks, their
stay heightened to two months.
well" asked the father upon the re-
turn of his offspring. twas your uncle
William glad to see your Was he
glad to see usT said the eldest son
as though surprised by the query.
"Why. dad, the very first thing he
asked me was why we didn't bring you,
mother the cook, the housemaid and
the dogm
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

her side a n d
opened a novel
that she might
read and eat 81
u u an e o usly
when u big sou
Of the Emerald
Isle swung into
the car a n d
pumped himself
directly down on
the open bag.
Sir she cried,
slamming $ h u [
her book a u d
casting dagger's
looks at her of
fender, you're
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
The Most unseIfish Act

a family man can perform is to Sc
cure absolutely to his family an in
come for life If he is taken away
Consult us for details. National Life
Insurance Company of Vermont (Mu-
tual.) Earle S. Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
VANDERBILT SELLS TIMBER
Parts with 10000 Acres Of His Hold
nes Near BItmore

AsheviIle, N. c., June 3.-At a
price more than half a million dollars
George w. Vanderbilt has sold a
twenty thousand acre Gloucester tim
er tract forming part fthe Pisgah
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

Guard your thoughts as well as actions.
Utter not the unkind word
Years may pass, but In the future
Echoes of 1t may be heard
Echoes that may dim your pleasures,
Make some happy day less sweet,
Mar tho harmony of living
Leave the music incomplete.
Los Angeles Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

Sure" calculated the Irishman,
jumping to his feet, his face suffused,
"ol beg yer pardon intoirely. On me
word Of honor, ma'am, Oh nivver tx
picted We had yer foot shtuck up
there y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

We the undersigned agree to close
Thursday evening and keep open Frl-
day evening until further notice:
F. L. Bottum,
A. Q. Lamarre & Co.
T. F. Morrissey & Co.
p. B. Patterson,
Mrs. NJ. Culliton,
A. II. Hollister,
ID. A. Howard,
w. A. Wall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
g. The -
Scrap Book
A FriahtfuI Ordeal.

In the "reminiscences of Mrs. E. NJ.
Wood is story of the eccentric Lord
Crewe Of mid-Yictorian days: "Mr G..
s. told me that on one occasion when
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05

My true love lies asleep,
And so would /, alack,
But for her icy feet
That cuddle galnst my back!
Youngstown Telegram.
Her true love lies awake
In his enameled bed.
The old Welsh rabbits in his midst,
A towels round his head.
-Yonkers Statesman
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
Queer Place For Her Foot.

The gaudily dressed lady street car
passenger had just placed her bag of
freshly popped corn conveniently at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
W. Asuwv.Ah>

Stretching your imagination is not
the same thing as exercising your in
tellect.-Wall Street Journal
Evening journal., 1911-11-23

State Commerce Commission and TO make its rul-
ings effective. Mr.. Deeman testified that he
driven out of the grain exporting business in Bos-
ton because Of the discriminating rates gwen the
large shippers Of the west by the railroad COM
panies. He added that the companies were still
rebating
Mr. Deeman's testimony differs from the opinion
advanced by the Hon. Martin A. Knapp, presiding
judge Of the United States Court Of Commerce,
who recently said in an address before the stu
dents of the University Of Pennsylvania that al
though rebating once common, it is now as
rare rs forgery or burgary-burglary, by the way,
is not very rare.
But Judge Knapp agrees with Mr. Deeman that
government ownership of railways is more than
possible within the next twenty or so years. II
regulation of the railroads now in practice fails
the way will be open for government ownership
Another thing that will help this sentiment, ac-
cording to Justice Knapp, is the conflict between
the railroads and their employees the labor trou-
bles that so frequently happen.
All this shows how out of tune are the opinions
OF those who protest against any regulation Of the
railroad companies by the government and who be-
lieve, or profess to believe, that the companies
should be permitted TO do as they please, regard
less OF the rights of the public or government in
the matter.
The relations of the public with the railroad cor
porations in the future will depend upon the COM
panies themselves. So long as they render good
service, make no determinations and keep within
the law, there will be no serious demand for gov
ernment ownership. The companies have it with
ing their own power TO cause a cessation Of the
agitation against them.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
HANDLE OF A JUG.

T OOKED at in fair-minded manner, it seems
IL to us, that there should be no objection be-
cause Of expense on the part of the property own
ers Of rural New Case county to the scheme for
joint city and county building.
IL is estimated that the city pays seventy-fve per
cent. of the taxes gathered for county purposes
There has been no objection on the part of the city
TO expending money for the permanent improve
ment Of the county roads. Money raised by the
county in this city goes for permanent county i'm
provements. The county contributes nothing to-
wards the maintenance of the streets OF the city
The financial and governmental relations of the
city to the county very much like the handle OF
a jug-all on one side. The proposed building
would be an improvement both for the county ana
for the city
The root OF the trouble as regards the relations
between the city and the county and the state, for
that matter, is largely owing to the fact that the
city is not represented in public bodies of the state
and county as it should be- The city is represent
ed not according to its population, its wealth or
the amount of taxes it pays. The city really should
have as many members in the Levy Court as rural
New Castle has, and it should have larger repre-
sentation than it has in the Legislature, for it pays
the lions share of the taxes.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
AWAY GOES ALL
STOMACH MISERY
No IndiGdeStiOn, Heartburn,
Gas or Dyspepsia Five
Minutes Later

II you had some Diapepsin handy
aud would take little now your
stomach distress or indigestion would
vanish in five minutes and you would
feel fine.
This harmless preparation will di-
gest anything you eat and overcome "a
sour, out-of-order stomach before you
realize it.
II your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do cat seems TO fiji
you, or lays like a lump Of lead in
your stomach. or il you have heart
burn. that Is a sign OF Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
case Of Pane's Diapepsin and take
little just as soon as you can. There
viii be no sour risings. no belching
Of undigested food mixed with acid,
no stomach gas or heartburn, fuilness
or heavy feeling in the stomach. Maui
sea, Debiltating Headaches. Dizziness
or Intestinal gripping. This will all
20, and, besides. there viii be no un-
digested food left over in the stomach
to poison your breath with nauseous
odOrs.
Pape's piapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-o-der seomachs, because il
prevents fermentation and takes hold
OF your food and dlgests Il lust the
same as If your stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all
stomach misery is at any drug store
waiting FOR you.
These large 50-cent cases of Papc's
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
70 thoroughly cure almost any case OF
Dyspepsia. Indigestion or any other
stomach disturbance.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
"TWO soULs,- ETC.

Cincinnati mmercial-Tribune
A very erudite American woman
and an Englishman as accomplished
have decided to get ma ried. and the
future wife, Miss Elizabeth S. Cotton,
OF Easthampton. Mass, will shortly
sail for Bengal. India, the home Of her
fiance, where the ceremony will be
performed in January. Miss Cotton
has a command of iifty-four lsngua-
ges. hut Dr. David S. Spooner. the
man whom she is to marry is not at
all terrified, for he is an archeologist
Of international note and the dis
coyerer of the bones Of the great god
Buddha This very unusual man pro-
posed to his extraordinary sweetheart
in a novel way, and TO convey 10 him
her reply she used the same uncom-
mon medium, the cable.
union OF two such learned and
distinguished people will be of in
terest 10 every one. Surely they
ought to be congenial. and II they are
a frictionless union will be forever
more out Of the question She, with
her powers as a linguist, should be
always an invaluable aid to the emil
nent doctor In his researches, and he
in his turn should be able to discover
many languages, dead these thou
sants of years, which will gladden.
her soul
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
NE wv NE WS
OF YES RDAY
A LITTLE BOOK THAT HELPED TO EDUCATE MILLIONS.

The late Henry Barnard, who was
the first United States Commissioner
of Education and president of various
seats of learning, among them the
University of Wisconsin, had an In
ternational reputation as a master of
the science Of pedagogy, a reputation
which has now become traditional
among the great educators of the
world. He had a vast fund of infor-
nation, anecdotal and reminiscent, re-
lating to the men and women of his
time who we're prominent as educa-
tors or who wrote the most success
full of school or college text books. In
a conversation l had with him a few
years before his death in 1900 at the
age of SO, asked him if il we're true
that Noah Websters spelling book
had a sale larger than any other book
published in the English language ex-
cepting the Bible.
Il do not know whether that is true
or not" Mr.. Barnard replied. 1T
would take a long time to prepare the
statistics which would tell the total
amount of the sales Of Webster's SPELL
ing book But I am inclined to think
that, il you make allowance for the
great length Of life which Webster's
spelling book has had, it would be dis
covered that a little work published
about 1920 by Massachusetts school
teacher has had quite as large a sale
as Webster's spelling book. That was
little volume that could easily be
carried in the pocket of an overcoat
which was called 'Colburn's Mental
Arithmetic venture to say that there
is not now in the United States man
or woman whose first schooling was in
a primary or county district school
who did not study 'Colburns Mental
Arithmetic Many million copies Of
that book have been printed Children
have been found to absorb more read
lily the principles of arithmetic by the
study of this book than by any other
elemental treatise. So far as | can
Judge. the book is in as wide use in
our district and country schools to-
day as it ever was.
Now, there is a curious similarity
between the reasons which led Noah
Webster to publish his speller and
Warren Colburn to publish his mental
arithmetic. Webster wrote his spelling
book solely for the purpose Of getting
an income which would make it pos
sible for him to carry on the work OF
preparation for his great dictionary.
Colburn wrote his mental arithmetic at
first solely for use in his own school.
He had little district school in a
town near Springfield, Mass, when
was little boy. He could not find any
elemental text book adapted, as he
thought. to the instruction of children
in the principles Of arithmetic. It oc-
Cured to him one evening that he
would write out some Of the rules,
easy to understand, which, if children
learned, would enable them TO do i'll
/ their heads arithmetic problems. After
he had written out the rules he made
a test from the manuscript with his
scholars. u was a most satisfactory
test. Colburn, therefore, decided to
publish the little book, He did so, and
within six months the publishers found
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
:: Personal and Pertinent ::


Our body is a well set clock, which keeps good tme
but if it be too much ndiscreetly tampered WITH
the alarm runs out before the hour.-Bp Hall
:-.-.-.
Behoding the bright countenanco Of truth IN the
quiet and still air OF delightful studcs-~Mon.
.-.-s-.
To apprehend contempt is to have deserved it al
ready-pierre Lott.
.--:--.-:
Good maxims are germs of all goodi firmly impress
ed on the memory, they nourish the will.-Joubert.
.-.-.-.
Prosperity is the blessing Of the Old Testament ad
versity is the blessing of the Now-Bacon
:-:-.-:
DO you believe in the recall of public oficials?"
Sure. ] recall all the Presidents have had
for 40 years But can't recall the Vice-Presidonts"
Houston Uost
.-.--.--.
Baseness Of character conduct not only the
conscience, but deranges the intellect Right conduct
is connected with rigb views Of truth.-Colton
Evasion is unworthy of u.s. aud is always the inti-
mate Of equivocation.-Balzac.
s-.-:-:
The power of applying attention steady and undis-
sipated to a single object is the mark Of super
ior genius-Chesterheld
.-.-.-.
II take of my character my reputation will
take care Of itself.-D L. Moody.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
Peoples Column
ADVERTISE THE. CITY.
Suggestion That an Electric Sign be
Erected on Lower Market Street.

ueeOoHVh Ahht dh EtctiIIc Sign ne
Erected on Lower Market Street.
Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
The suggestion to have a parade on
Market street when the new lighting
system is inaugurated is a good one,
] would suggest that the CITY would
advertise the city by having an cleo
trio sign In lower Market street plac-
ed where II can be seen by the pas
sengers on the trains on the Pennsyl-
Nanla railway. The well lighted street
Is going to have striking effect.
A sign on a large scale similar 20
Wnat some OF the stores on Market
street use 10 advertise their business
simply stating This Is Whining
ton" would doubtless be worth the
cost. Later, on the completion Of the
DUPONT building. a sign OF the same
klnd could be PLACED at Tenth and
Market streets advertising the hotel.
NO doubt this idea would appeal 10
the hotel company.
Meanwhile there should be a con-
certed effort among Market street
business men 10 get everything OF
the sidewalks. Bulk windows. awning
posts, areaways and everything that
interferes with or discourages people
TO walk on the street should be done
away with. The greatest asset at
tached to Market street property is
the thoroughfare and everything that
discourages it should be removed and
everything that would encourage or
promote it should be inaugurated.
Yours truly,
Market Street.
Wilmington, Nov 22.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
Editorial Opinion
is 1T A BREAK.

Watcrtown, IN. " Times.
Colonel Roosevelts article in the
Outlook on the anti-trust policy of the
Taft administration is taken to be an
announcement OF break between the
man who made Mr.. Taft president ard
the man he made Also, IL is taken TO
mean that Colonel Roosevelt will be a
candidate for the next Republican
nomination. II is a little peculiar that
all Wall street which turned against
Mr.. Roosevelt during the last state
campaign, for fear he would get a
start toward the presidency, is now
cheering for Roosevelt, because he has
appeared on their side Of the trust
problem President Taft, it is asserted
is not progressive enough for the pro-
gressives and too progressive for the
conservatives, and so Colonel Roose-
welt sees his chance and jumps in with
Wall street.
This may be President Taft's saliva
tion. IL may bring him out as the man
who stands on the golden mean Of
practical craftsmanship. Wall street
support is apt TO antagonize all the
rest of the country and isn't a very
safe foundation for any mans politics.
Wall street sentiment is as auctuating
as ticker tape; it bulls mans repu-
tation today and bears it tomorrow.
It's support or antagonism is based on
the ,self-interest Of the day. II Colonel
Roosevelt has bid for that support and
made that point the difference between
him and President Taft, then the
president is most likely to be forced
through nomination and election. As
between President Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt IL they must make that
choice, the people are more likely TO
stand by President Taft, who is fight
ing for them and against the special
interests that have too long dominated
the government of the people.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
; With the Paragraphers /:

The schoolboys ambition is to bat like Baker and
play football observation-disclosures Chronicle
The Manchus in Pekn should organize back-to-the.
farm movement-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Thirty-hve ago McCreary was Governor OF
Kentucky. Long time between inaugurals.--Memphis
COmmercia-Appeal.
smile is an asset frown liability-New York
Press.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says the mother-in-law is ON
nipotent in China That is enough to start rebellion
anywhere-Washington Herald.
Every woman feels that she ought to espouse some-
thing even IF IL is only cause.--Phiadelpha Rec
ord.
Mr.. Burbank has evolved a thornless blackberry
bush, but what the public wants is stainless blue
berry pie-Deiver Republican.
BY the time we master the Chinese names. war will
break Ont IN Hindpstau, doubt-Florida Times
Uaoi.
Evening journal., 1911-11-23
BY
" H 0 L L A N D" "

themselves overwhelmed with orders
and the printing presses, l might al
most say, have not ceased from that
day TO this in running off copies Of
this book.
"Curiously enough, Colburns Arith-
metic' not only brought him good roy
alties. as Webster's,speller did to him.
but attracted the attention of some OF
the pioneer cotton manufacturers of
New England. who said: If this young
man has a mathematical mind of this
kind, he is just the sort of young man
we want in our cotton manufactur-
ing They therefore made a proposi-
tion to Mr.. Colburn that he become
superintendent, on partnership basis,
of one of the mills in Rhode Island. He
accepted the offer. and the result
proved the wisdom Of the choice made
by these manufacturers. He worked
out many difficult mechanical prob
lens incidental to the establishment
of cotton manufacturing industries by
water power aud he gained additional
reputation as we'll as a substantial for
tune. Webster, on the other hand, also
gained worldwide reputation and a
comfortable income through the pub
lication Of his unabridged dictionary.
which the income that he received
from his speller made it possible for
him to write, although it took twenty
years to do il"
Copyright, 1911, by f. J. Edwards All
rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"The Two Cases of Paralysis That
Changed a Federal Banking Law"