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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

tDr Duly Neoue11s
James Wood is in New York on
business.
Mrs. Newton Cottrell has returned
from a visit in Greenwich.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Elwell died Monday night.
Mrs. Grace Lampman of Arlington.
former resident, 10 visiting friends
here.
Branch No. of st. Peters church
will meet with Mrs. George Albro on
Thursday afternoon.
Card party and dance at N. L. o.
P. hall Thursday evening, November
20. Admission Is cents. 30t3
Robert Jubb of Fitchburg, Mass,
spent Tuesday in town. Mr.. Jubb is
brother of Joseph A. Jubb.
Large quantities of dressed poultry
for Thanksgiving. Choice at Is cents
per pound-R. NJ. Houghton, 315
School street 31t3
Mrs. Eliza Dakin of Union street
who has been the guest OF friends in
Albany for several days, returned
Monday evening.
A regular meeting of Camp Ray
Sons of Veterans, will be held on
Thursday evening at o'clock All
members are requested to attend.
Phoebe Felio, the young woman
who attempted suicide Saturday
night by swallowing bichloride Of
mercury, was released from custody
this morning. Her father and broth
er, who reside in Keeseville, appear
ed and agreed to take her to theil
home The young woman had beer
employed in a mill in Bennington anC
came to this city in search of {
printer whom she is said to be infat
uated.-The Troy Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

this community worked hard to get
money to put an iron fence about
the village pump. For long time
much care was given to keeping II
In good condition.; now 1t is used for
hitching post and horses are water
ed there, making II an unsightly. and
in winter a dangerous place to get
water for household use. The per
sons who do II are undoubtedly un-
thinking in the matter A word to
the wise is or should be all sufficient.
Village improvement seems wasted
In this case.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
Rheumatism Yields TO
the Great Kidney Remedy

] have been troubled with rheu-
matism for the last five years. Suf-
fered with much pain in the limbs,
back and feet and my joints have
been badly swollen. Also suffered
from constipation. Besides having
regular physician, had tried
every remedy without receiving the
least benefit until accidentally came
across a bottle OF DR.. Kilmer's
swamp Root began taking it,
never thinking II would help me but
must acknowledge 1t has done won
ders for me. Have taken more than
a dozen bottles and feel that ii has
been a God-send to me. | am recon-
mending it to all my friends.
Yours very truly,
IRA ALDRICH,
Howard Street Holyoke, Mass
Personally appeared Ira Aldrich
and made oath that the statement
subscribed by him is true, before me-
d. j. HARTNETT,
Justice of the Peace
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
Letter to
DIR. kilmer 4 Co.,
Bin glIamton. \. Y.

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do
For You
Send to DR. Kllmer & Co., Bling.
hamton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t
will convince anyone. You will also
receive booklet of valuable informa.
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder When writing be sure and
mention the Bennington Daily Ban.
ner. Regular fifty-cent and one dol.
lar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
COLDS VANISH
Quick, Sensible Method That
Doesn't Upset the Stomach.

Have you heard of the overnight
cure that is putting colds in the
head and chest out of business be.
tween sunset and daybreak.
Here 1t is. Cut II out and save II
II you don't need II now If you
have a cold, cough, throat soreness
or acute catarrh, be sure and try II
tonight just before going to bed,
Pour n scant teaspoonful OF HYOMEI
pronounce It Higho-me) into bowl
OF boiling water, cover head and
bowl with a towel and breathe for
several minutes the vapor that arises
then 20 to sleep and awake with q
clear head free from mucus.
HYOMEI is guaranteed for catar
rh, colds, coughs, Group. asthma
sore throat and bronchitis or money
back Bottle OF Hyomel 30 cents al
w. l.. Gokays and druggist every
where.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
NORTH HoosIcK

Fred Weir has started a meat mar
ket
Percy Haswell was in town one
day last week.
Mrs. Kllner OF Blackinton is visit
ing Mrs. Edward Klein.
Mrs. Stella Masten and daughter
Nellie spent Sunday with Mrs. Lou.
is Kipp.
Miss Florence Thomas also Miss
Louise Wilson OF North Bennington
spent Sunday with Mrs Ernest
Washington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
PERU

A little snow the past week Both
wagons and sleighs are in evidence.
Hon. Stephen c. Clark, owner OF
the Singer building In New York. and
the Clark Hunting Lodge in Mt Ia
Dor, was the personal guest of Hon
NJ. J. Hapgood last Thursday.
w. l.. Hunt and his three boys, &C
companied by their cousin, MIR. Bull
lard OF Holyoke, Mass, are camping
on Mr. Hunts farm here. Walter
carried home n fine deer Friday
night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
The RInht Kidney M,dIoIn,

J. r. Parker, 2O2i No. 10th St, Fl
Smith. Ark, says that he had taken
many kinds OF kidney medicine but
did not get better until he took Fo-
ley Kidney Pills. No matter how
long you have had kidney trouble.
nor at what stage Of the disease your
case may be, you will find quick and
permanent benefit by the use OF 20.
ley Kidney Pills. They also regulate
the action Of the urinary organs
Start taking them now. Coles Phar
mecT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

very successful young hunter, this
being his 4th in four years.
Friends OF Miss Mirfeld will be
pleased to learn OF her success as
teacher. After leaving our village
school she entered Castleton Normal
school, graduated there and has been
teaching in Whately, Mass, some lit
tie time, and II is no small honor to
be sought for In our own state, Lud-
low having put in an application for
her services.
Not many years past the ladies of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
81 PER CENT PROFIT
AN UNUSUAL RECORD FOR A
PILE REMEDY

When DIR. ]. 8. Leonhardt OF Lin.
coin, Nebr., located the cause OF piles
and found a successful inward rem
edy for piles, he had II put on sale
under strict guaranty Of satlsfac-
ton IN ten years only three per cent
of HEMROlD users have asked for
their money back, and II speaks we'll
for this scientific modern remedy. Get
a guaranteed 81 package from VIM,
l.. Gokay, Bennington, VT or any drug
gist, or write TO Or. Leonhardt Co.,
Station d, Buffalo, N. Y, for the
HEM-ROID booklet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
WHEN THE HORSE WON'T PULL
SN'no Ieam 4 Tow 10 Not so Com
mon In Summer a. In
Winter.

Winter is tho time when most oom.
monty one driver helps out another
"nen the going is bad with heavy
snow but such help may also be ex.
tended In summer occasionally, when
the going is all right. and a team has
oeen exhausted by the heat. This was
sucn case. but 1t had complications.
Here was a small double truck with
load that weighed perhaps a ton.
scarcely more than that, and q pair
OF horses not the best palr in town.
but team that could easily haul the
load; but now here was this team
matted. while ahead a driver was turn.
Ing the horses Of his truck back to
the truck that was halted, to give that
truck life. an unusual sight for tho
season.
What was the matter? Why couldn't
that team with a comparatively light
load on get away with It without helpf
The explanation was simple.
One Of the horses In tho stalled
team has a mind Of his own. You
couldn't call him a balky horse. nor
is he a horse that lies down on the
Job. and yet there comes times when
he won't pull. and when you can't
make him, as on a day and In a place
like this. On hot hard day when he
gets hot and sweaty and tired he may
make up his mind to stop for a time
and then he does stop and you can't
start him. He wants rest and
he insists on taking 1t, but when he
has rested that way for 10 or Is min.
utes he'll put his mech into the collar
again and go on.
He had stopped like this and the
place where he had now stoppel was
little up grade. but this time he
didn't stop az long as usual for this
Is tolerable busy locality and pretty
soon the trafIic policeman got the out
Mt moving. He Communicated a pass
Ing truck and got the truckman to
give the stalled truck line, and when
the line had been made fast and the
towing truck started up both horses
OF the stalled team started pulling too.
IT'S hot day" said the traffic po-
liceman. but It's not a heavy load.
They'll take 1t along all right when you
get 'em up on the level"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
NO DRAGGING WANTED THERE
Working Man Discovers That Ros..
Ing About HIs Flock Of Fowl.
Does Not Pay.

north country working man re.
Gently took to keeping fowls, and
within . week his fellow-workmen
were weary Of hearing him refer to
the subject.
At length, and as the result OF a
deep-laid plot among his fellows, some
body broke into his fowlhouse one
night and carried of the much.be.
lauded birds.
After this there was a little peace
AT the works. The victim Of the plot
went to the other extreme, and when.
week or two later. he got a fresh
supply Of birds, he didn't even men
tion tho fact to his mates. He had
recognized that boasting did not pay,
and he had no intention OF indulging
In 1t In future. Neither was he going
10 permit boasting on the premises.
Going home to his dinner tho other
DAY, he heard one OF his latest .pur.
chases loudly announcing that she
had laid an egg.
fushing into the fowlhouse, the own.
er seized the offender and wrunR her
neck. Then, holding up his victim az
dreadful warning to the others. he
blurted out:
There! Ye understand Lay as
OFT as 70 like. but I'll hev no braggin'
aboot t!"-London Tit-Eits.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
TAKES BACK THE EMPTY PODS
Ihaddsus obodientIy Returns to Gro
Ger. but 10 Exceedingly Busy
En- Route.

Little Thaddeus is an East side boy
VINO likes uncooked young green peas.
These ud.bits he deSours with relish
direct from the pods, in whatever
quantities are obtainabIe. His weak
ness for young green peas recently
came near getting him into trouble.
as II led him to petty larceny.
Passing a small grocery near his
home. tho youngster spied a basket
OF pens. and, seeing that no ono was
looking, he grabbed a fistfull and
toddled hurriedly OF. Reaching
home with his plunder no was about
to sit down and leisureIy enjoy him.
self, when his mither discovered him
with the goods on. and demanded to
know where he got the peas.
Il taxed 'em FUN B'own's tore" az.
piained the youngster. nfbbling a pea
apprecistively.
Thaddeus," said the mother stern.
ly, you take those peas right back to
Mr.. Brown. and when you give them
back to him you tell him you are q
thief"
Thaddeus obedientIy got up and
started back toward the store, but he
must have been exceedingly busy on
route, for II was q handful Of empty
pea hulls that he handed to the gro.
Ger.
Hey. Misser B'own," he said, take
en-. I'm a fief."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
HIS ESCAPE WAS EXPENSIVE
a'one' Trotter HaskIn keeps Store
Keeper Good hatured While
Chinese Mob WaIts.

frederick J. Haskin, globe.trotter
man or the world and humorist nm
one occasion struck Shanghai when
Tue ieehn8 among the natives was
strong against Americans. Tho peo.
pie OF the Celestial empire were boy.
cotting American goods and stoninz
americans whenever they could pat
away with It.
Haskin was warned not to take any
risk
These people won't bother me-"
ne remarked airily. If any OF them
tries to hurt mo. I'll hand him a swift
wallop under the chin"
Ten minutes after he left his hotel
ne was hotfoot!ng It down the street
Whiie a gang Of Chinese used him an
target and peltins him with any
tLing they could lay hands on. Final.
w. out OF breath. and looking like q
cyclone victim. he ducked into a store.
me mob waited for him with admir-.
aDie patience. At the end OF every
fifteen minutes the traveller would
ask the owner OF the store: s.
Are they still there7" ..@.
They were there.
Then. Just to keep his savior in
Sood humor, Haskin would make a
purchase. He started out on q s3O
oVercoat. but the mob waited no long
tnat he dropped In his expenditures
until the articles he bought were
worth only dollar or two apiece.
lie was imprisoned for half q day
and the price OF his escape was near.
iy 12OO.-Twice-a.Month Popular.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
One Man Complies Dictionary.


Inc giving OF civil list pension Of
sDout 1850 year to Even MacDon.
AID, OF Herne Bay. a Kentish coast
resort OF England. has drawn atten.
ton to the fact that this man has se-
cured this official recognition for his
WORK in compiling and printing o Gae-
lie dictionary. II is a one.man die.
uonary. Mr.. Macdonald has not only
personally compiled and verified ev.
cry word himself. noting local yarIa.
tions. but has drawn practically ev.
cry Illustration, set the type. cast and
made bis own plates. printed, trimmed
and bound the pages. ant mailed the
parts, as they were produced. to the
subscribers. Fourteen years have al.
ready been spent in the work. and II
all goes well, the "Faclair GhaidlJne"
VIII be completed by the end Of this
year. It Will contain more than l.,
ooo.ooo wcrds.-Popular Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
UNCLE CAL GOOD REAsoNER
r'red Question at Camp Fire Astron.
omer That Probably Was
Hard to Answer,

The late George Cary Eggleston
vas In the Confederate army" said n
New York editor, "and, as Memorial
DAY approached, he would narrate at
the Authors club many a memory of
war times.
liked to hear his yarns about
the child-like minds Of slaves. He
once told me, for example, about a
snTizzled slave named Uncle Cal, body
serervant to his colonel.
As Eggleston sat before a camp
nre one coolish autumn evening
watching Uncle Cal mend the colo
nels coat. the crimson and gold glory
OF the autumn sunset turned the talk
to astronomy. and Eggleston said:
You see. Uncle Cal. the world is
round. like an apple. and It goes
round. too-round and round It goes
all the time
Hits round an hit goes round.
said Uncle Cal, skeptlcally. But what
want to know is. what holds II up?
Why, you see, Uncle Cal.' said
Eggleston, the world goes round the
sun, and the sun holds Il up-by at.
traction. you know
Uncle Ct glanced from his coat
mending to Eggleston with a patron.
izing smile
Honey he said. All reckon yo'
haint gone far 'nough in you reason.
In Fo'. II yo' surmisation wuz cor.
rect. what would keep de world I'D
when the sun went down? Answer
me dat. hon!'"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
CATCHING 0peed.

Two wild-eyed horses wearing dilap-
idated harness and drawing a bat
tered delivery wagon stopped at the
stable door.
Just had a ruLaway." painted the
driver
Then for Heavens sake don't put
those horses IN with the other horses
that Will soon go out on a trip" said
the head hostler. III you do. they'll
run away too. They Away do. BE.
fore ] learned as much about horses
as ] know now, brought on a dozen
runaways by doing that fool trick.
The horses that have Just been on a
spree are still worked up to fever
pitch, the rest OF the horses catch
the spirit Of the devil from them, and
as soon as they get out they take a
header"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
FOR SALE

One of the best stock ranches in
Elko county. The ranch consists
OF between two and three thous-
and acres of patented land. all under
four wirefenco. There are about
a thousand tons of hay on the
ranch and lot of we'll bred horses
and cattle. The ranch is we'll
watered and has fine shelter for
stock.
Inquire at this office for further
articulars.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Lightning Rod investlaat

There has always been more or less
controversy as to the efficiency of the
lightning rod, but this matetr Is likely
to be settled at no distant time be-
yond all question of doubt The au.
thorlties OF the University OF Illinois
have undertaken to do this and have
been at work on the problem for some
time. Last summer some valuable
experiments were conducted but the
results were not entirely satisfactory
for the lack Of suitable apparatus.
During the coming summer the work
Will be continued on a very elaborate
basis. The use OF an open field has
been secured for the entire season
and the investigation will be contin.
ued during the entire season in which
thunder storms may be reasonably
expected. In this field twelve 40.foot
poles have been erected Six Of
these are equipped with devices for
registering the effect OF lightning
strokes at or near the poles. There
is a series OF spark gaps with induc.
tion, resistance and capacity figures.
30 that the lightning may jump across
the gaps or pass aro"nd thrt,uRh
shunt circuits. Any action due to
lightning will be recorded on a NOV.
Ing strip OF paper driven by clock
work 80 that the exact time OF the
electrical discharge can be told from
the record. Three OF the poles have
been equipped with sharp needle
points and three with brass balls.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
WESTERN PACIFIC TIME CARD

A new time card will 90 into
effect tomorrow on the Western
Pacific by which the trains will
arrive and depart as follows:
West bound: No. l arrives at
ll:5O p. m. departs at 1901 a. m.
West bound: No. 3 arrives at
9:25 a. m and departs at 9:35 am.
East bound: No. 2 arrives at
8:l5 a. m. and departs at 1925
a. m.
East bound: No. a arrives at
7:l2 p. m. and departs at 7:22
p. m.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
100000 Bsgsars In Gotham.

One hundred thousand beggars. Of
whom 5000 are professionals. infes,
New York city. the worlds richest
city. at present. according to Charles
K. Blatchly. superintendent OF the
Joint Application Bureau OF the Char
ity Organization society This means
that vagrancy ls more widespread in
New York than ever before, present.
Ing a situation that Is viewed with
considerable apprehension. James
Forbes. secretary OF the National As.
ISOLATION for the Prevention OF Men.
dicancy, estimates that the 5000 pro.
iessional beggars easily average IS a
daJ. The 10000 others probably
average II day. 80 that the fnetrop.
Oils pays daily vagrancy toll fl
money alone Of close to 1150.oo0
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
DIFFERENCE IN PAINTING

The fact should be made >Iear
to property owners that there is
all the difference in the world in
painting. , good painter /.
worth more than a poor one
because he uses suitable paint and
puts 1t on right. The Elko Paint
& Wall Paper Co. F. A. George,
prop, are now ready to quote ~
prices on all kinds of painting,
tntn& paper hlnZinz. grain ng
and syn work and they gratuar ee
their work.
A splendid line of fall Wall
paper just received. Phone 1s'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Dogs EYE GRATED ON MANS
american oculIst Restores Lost slight
by Performing Wonderful op-
eratlon. ....

That a person totally blind from
ophthalmia. even from birth, can be
made to sec by having q portion OF o
dogs eye grated on his own was the
startling communication made BY Doc
tor Borsch. an American oculist at
present In Paris. In q paper read be-
!ore the meeting Of the French Oph.
thalmia society few days ago.
Doctor Borsch explained that as
result OF blindness from ophthalk
an also from some other causes,
cornea, which 10 the transparent NJ
orans In front OF the eye, becGA
Opaque and In such a case tho
chance OF restoring sight is to
the defective cornea by a hea'-
To perform this feat, Dr. 8
nrst operates on a dog and la
from its eye the conjunctivea or o.
OF the eyeball surrounding the corr
He removes q portion OF tho In
and places It ASIDE In blood -,
He thon performs the same ~
on the patients eye. removing part OF
tho front OF the eye OF tho same size
as tho cornea, taken from the animal.
Tho dogs cornea II now placed In
position on the human eye and So
cured with stitches OF tho finest pos
sible silk. the surrounding skin, which
had been laid back. being brought into
place over tho edge OF the cornea and
also sewn.
Tho new graft unites with the eye
In = few days. aided by a temporary
glass cover to keep II in shane
injections Of serum to stimuI'aI-
ity' sc in
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Il Was "LovsIyr cbesso.

young married woman In Cherry.
vale asked the polite salesman II hS
mad good cheese. we have some
lovely cheese" was the smiling ans
wer. You should not say lovely
cheese" she corrected. "Why not 7
II is," he declared. "Because"-vith
boarding school dignity lovely
should be used to qualify only some
thing that II alive" We'll" he said.
III stick to lovely."-Chsrryvsls
Nan.) Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Nomen Should Judue

Blk men IN Hartford, Conn, formed
the jury to declds whether a Iady's
dress fit properly or not. Naturally.
the women say that no man is com.
petent to Judge OF such things. and
that the jury should have been com.
posed OF six women. But. according
TO Mrs. Caroline F. Corbin, the men
were doing their "God. .given" duty and
the jury room In no place for women
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
WARNING

All hunting, shooting and fish
ing in what was formerly known
as the Dewar field is strictly for.
biden. Trespassers will be
punished according to law.
Griswold & Henderson
Elko, Nevada, August 25, 1911
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
AmbIouous,

When Bob" Burdette was address
Ing the graduating class OF q largo
eastern college for women, he began
bis remarks with the usual salutation,
Young ladies' OF '97" Then in q hor.
rined aside he added. That's an ayfpl
age for O girl"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Russian OYSTER Poor.

Moscow's oysters como from the
Black sea. They arc not larger than
the end OF ones thumb and cost fjys
cents apiece. Very few are eaten.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28
Her ADVANTAGE.

The Venus OF Milo snickersd.
can't Identify me by fnRer q,
she cried. Herewith shs felt
could safely embark on q career
crime.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-28

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