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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-24
TOLD OF LEES SURRENDER
Body Of Civil War Telegrapher. l;
Cremated In ST. Paul

st. Paul, Mimi, July 24.-The body
of Ransom Phelps, the veteran tele-
graph operator, who took the first
message announcing the surrender of
Lee to Grant at the close of the civil
war, was cremated at Forest Gene
terry, St Paul, Monday. Phelps died
at Crooked Lake, Mimi, Saturday.
A copy of the famous message an
nouncing Lees surrender is among
Mr. Phelpss effects. The ashes will
be sent to Horton, n. Y, for inter.
ment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-24
TO ELEcTRlFY MORE LINES.
The New Haven Also to Four-Trsck
Providence-to-Boston Route.

Boston, July 23.-The New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company has definitely decided to
electrify and four-track the Boston
end of its line between this city and
Providence. Work is to begin this
fall, and is expected to be completed
within a year. The power for OPP
Grating trains is to be furnished
from a plant to be erected in Provi-
dence, and the system adopted will
be the one now in use between
Stamford and New York.
The cost of the work will be be-
tween $6,500.000 and S7,000,000, to be
met by bonds bearing 4 12 per
cent, and running rs years. These
bonds will be issued by the Boston
& Providence Railroad Company and
guaranteed by the New Haven.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-24
BASEBALL BUNTS.

Malcolm, the Vermont University
pitcher, held Northampton to hits
at Brattleboro yesterday and the
home team won by a score of to
2. Ryan, the former Bennington cen
terfielder now with Northampton,
failed TO secure a hit out of four
times at bat although he accepted
his fou rchances in the middle gar
den
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-24

Ray Fisher, the former Bennington
pitcher, showed fash of his previ-
Gus form Monday when, pitching for
the New York Americans, he held
the Chicago White Sox to six hits
and won the game Is to 8.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-24

Bellows Falls defeated keene yes
terday to at Bellows Falls. Patsey
Keefe of Williamstown, the former
Bennington team captain now with
Bellows Falls, secured two hits out
of three times at bat.
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
REAL HOME FOR "SC0TTY"
Back OF Manson VIII be a MlnIa-
ture Of Death Valley Where
He Made Wealth.

Los Angeles C0l-When Walter
Scott much better known As Death
Valley Sootty," learned that Sis Hop
klna the actress, otherwise Mrs.
Frank Mlnsoy, was having built n
$4,000 residence on the LOolnoga
hills, he strOlghtwNy bought two acres
adjoining, stripping $4,000 off hla
roll, and instructed hle architects to
prepare tho plans and specifications
for n $4,000 house In Los Angeles.
lie dopoaltod the cash for the Orohl'
teet,
IT want to show the people that I've
got enough money left in my boots to
build a home" he said TITS going to
be q mans house, and I'm going to
live in IT, I'm going to stand pat now,
l'yo blowod In all the money I'm 60
ing to, The ghorlff's not looking for
me now, and can come back and call
their bluff,"
ono feature will bo n facsimile OF
Death Valley m acre In extent, con-
gtruetod In the rear OF the house,
"illlm" seotty'a famous burro, will bo
turned loose there.
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Farmers Educational
mi and Cooperative
Ill Union of America
Matters Of Especial Moments to
J the Progressive AgricuIturist
When in doubt ask your wife.

NUeU III uOuDJ ASK yOuT WllG.
Write in haste-repent in hurry.
A pinch of salt doesn't hurt the
salt,
The preacher can tie knot as vel
as sailor.
Politics are often the most bother
some kind of ticks.
Man proposes, but very often It Is
papa who dlsposes,
The coal dealer should be careful
to take the right weigh,
The salt may be coarse without be
ing the least bit Objectionable,
Those who eat corn on the cob run
a risk of having corn IN the ear.
1t is dimcuk to travel the road &c
success unless you keep out Of the
ruts.
Too many Of us are apt to consid
er yesterday at the expense OF tomor
row.
Fussy folks strain at little things;
and so, too, does the careful dairy
man,
Most men find It easier to hold O
runaway horse than to hold the
tongue
The man who sells himself for an
Office gets beat, no matter what the
salary
A broken clock will 80 for few
seconds II thrown at the cat SO will
the cat.
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes a goodroad
preacher,
If we spent as much time learning
to do things the best way as we dc
correcting our blunders we would
have more time for rest,
The farmer who uses his farm FOR
banking fertility from his animals Is
wiser than the man who sells on
everything to swell the figures In his
bank book,
Dull times affect the farmers less
than any other class In the commun
ity The wise farmer sells his sur
plus, He can always make his living
on his own place
win the city.bred cubs who draw
alleged funny pictures for the news
papers ever learn that farmers do not
wear alfalfa whiskers, chew tobacco
and talk like fools?
If you want TO aid IN Increasing the
price of cotton, why not get IN the
game right next year by planting a
reduced acreage and try to induce
YOUR neighbor to do likewise?
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
PUTS BLAME ON MlDDLEMAN
Dr. Wiley Urges Producer and Con.
sumer to Get Together to Reduce
Cost OF Living

DR., Harvey Wiley, chief Of the bu'
reau Of chemistry, thinks that by
eliminating the needless mlddlemen,
tho cost Of living win be reduced
Admitting the grave seriousness OF
the increasing cost Of living, Dr.
Wiley says tho problem must be
solved by bringing the producer and
consumer closer together.
DR.. Wiley advocates tho purchasing
of supplies from public storehousos
to give relief
every city has q supply bureau,
and there is no question that this
could be broadened into a depot Of
supply" he said Now, Of course,
this idea will be jumped on by every
Wholesaler and every retailer But
that Is not the question, Tho ques'
ton ls, How are we going to get at
this problem in q sensible way to
solve it2"
When It comes to meats, Or, Wiley
says the product passes through five
hands, The little broker who goes
about tho country buying cattle, the
big broker, tho butcher, the whole
salor and the retailer. Tho public has
TO pay hyo profits
Abiding TO the cost Of milk, DR.,
Wiley said It was about four tlmos
what It should bo to tho public, be-
cause Of lack Of proper system OF
distribution,
"a dealer told me not long ago
that he delivered 500 gallons Of milk
day and that no had twelve teams
to do t. lie said he had twelve drly'
ers, and every one stole from him,
Eight hundred gallons Of milk ought
to be hauled by one double team, The
milkman delivers milk at one resi-.
denco then has to drive long way to
some othor residence and tho expense
Ia needless"
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06

Just inside the iron fenco surround
Ing the whole burying ground, ono
can almost reach through the iron
sonco and touch the outline Of stock
1Ag,shaped foot which Is plainly
etched on the surface Of the stone
It appeared family not long after the
monument was put in place, and day
by day II Is said to have grown moro
distinct,
This startling sketch was the sub
ject Of much comment, and people for
miles around gathered to view tho
strange shape on tho stone, 1t Is
said that mornbors Of the family h0yo
trlfA In vain to oilaoo the mysterious
foot by cutting into the face of tho
monument, but each time the figure
gradually resumed lts old shape,
Buekport residents ara divided in
their version of the legend, many hold
ing that the woman who uttered tho
curse had been sentenced TO death by
Jonathan Buck, and had foreeNBled
the appearance Of the famous mark
ing, while others contend that the
woman IN tho case was an Indian
maiden who, after being courted by
R,onathan Buck was soroly dlsoppoInt'
ed whom he refused to marry her She
cursed him and all Of his descendants,
and had foretold the appearance OF u
arrange sign on the tombstone,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
FARMERS TO GET TOGETHER
Plan for Solving High Cost Of Living
Problem Proposed at Meeting
Of National Congress.

Closer organization of the farmers
of this country for the purpose Of put
ting the producer and the consumer
closer together was advanced as tho
only possible solution Of the high cost
of living problem at recent session
Of the farmers national congress- Ot
Columbus o, Pooling Of tho agrleul'
tural interests Of tho nation to the end
Of eementlng together the farmers for
the welding Of larger influences for
legislation more in accord with these
interests was strongly advocated,
Emphatic appeal was made by many
delegates for the adoption Of rosolu'
iIons momorlalI2ng congress to pro.
yIdo parcels post and establish q
federal good roads bureau, Strong
donunclaton was made Of tariff abuses
and movement was started to have
the congress take action against tho
tariff commission,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Peta With HIa cerpae.

Casper, Wyo,-For more than two
weeks after Fred sehNeht had fallen
over cliff to his death near here, his
team Of horses and dog faithfully
stood watch near tho body meanwhile
almost porIahlng from lack Of food
sehaehta body was found In lllg
Sheep canyon, l9 miles west Of Cas-.
per, by Frank Long, who came upon
the almost starved horses and dog,
tho former still hltched to Schacht's
wagon
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Science is Needed.

What we need as farmers Ia Bclon'
tihe training, solntIhe knowledge and
the mental discipline and capacity to
apply Il on our own farms, Tho solon.
tlno farmer or the farmer who knows
how IB tho man who will succeed In
the future Scientific farmers are Just
simply mon who know how to obtain
tho maximum corn yield from land
at tho least expense, A scientific cot.
ton grower IN tho farmer Who obtains
II maximum yield from tho land Ot tho
least expense and leaves the land rich
or than before, Knowledge 10 what
we need
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
STlCKER AND THE GUTTER
Farmers Union Would Be More Pow
erful Organization II Members
Would Stand Together.


The only thing that prevents the
Farmers Union from being the most
powerful organization on earth Is the
fact that the members have not stood
by the organization as they should
have done. If every farmer In Mis-
sissippi for instance, would join this
organization, and all would act In uni
son, they could completely dominate
the affairs of the state. AS 1t now
stands, the laws are made and affairs
controlled to a large extent by a
small minority.
As one of our correspondents puts
1t, some have drawn out of the order
because they did not get forty acres
and a mule the first year they be-
longed to 1t. They cannot see be-
yond the material benefits. They
think in dollars and cents,
The Farmers Union was not do
signed to make men rich by merely
joining tho order and paying their
dues, as many seemed to think But
its primary object was to amellorate
the conditions OF the farmers life, to
educate him to get more out OF his
land with less labor, and to give him
the profits which are rightfully his.
That the union has not accom-
plished this In greater degree dur
ing the FIVE years Of Its existence Is
due to these forty acres and n mule"
fellows, If all those who joined dur
ing the first year Of existence had
stuck and put their shoulder to the
wheel and pushed, much more would
have been accomplished and tho
union would be fv) times as strong
today,
But the forty acres and n mule"
fellow couldn't see any further ahead
than the dollar he was paying for
dues. He didn't stop to consider that
conditions Of years could not be
changed in one or two years,
The benefits of the union may not
be apparent TO the forty acres and
a mule" fellow, because he did not
stay with the organization long
enough to secure any, and there were
no other benefits for him aside from
that forty acres and mule, and be-
cause no did not secure that, tho
Farmers Union Is q failuro
But those who have stood by the
organization through the yiclssitudes
of it's Ave years know that the bene-
fits have been many times in excess
Of what they have paid into It, and
they know, also that while all Of tho
things for which the order Is now
striving Will not come during their
time, II they keep on as now, they
will leave rich heritage to their
children and their childrons children
in the way Of greatly bettered condi-
tIons
The Farmers Union now has ma
jority Of the farmers In nearly every
community in tho state, But they
should all belong In order TO bring
about more quickly that state Of af-
fairs, for the consummatlon OF which
tho order was founded
stick by the organization, Don't
get discouraged because you have not
grown suddenly rich through your
connection with the Farmers Union,
The early history Of all governments
and all institutions has been ono OF
trials and trIbulatlons, and only by
perseverance, has success been at
tanned. Mississippi Union Advocate,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06

latlon she sustained for 20 years un.
Ill Allen died, Allen Is said to hayo
furnished the money with which Miss
Wilson opened tho most notorious
dive in the city, In the 40 years Of
It's existence, however, thoro were few
arrests mOdo there,
When Allen died he left u $4,000
policy, made in favor Of Miss Wilson
She notified his brothers that at her
death the money would be handed
over to them, Some years ago ono OF
the brothers asked Miss Wilson for n
portion of this money and was given
$1,000, In her viii $4,000 is left to
Dan Aliens brothers,
Six years ago Miss Wilson leased
her house, purchased u $4,000 rosi'
dcnco in Kowt2o place, an exclusive
residential district, and went to live
In her new homo, with her she
brought one Of the best Shakespero0n
libraries IN the west, Among her
books is an illustrated Bible, which
cost many thousands Of dollars and
which Miss Wilson IL said to have
been fond of reading and atudying
Her library ran into Thousands Of
volumes, and pictures and works OF
art fairly filled her home, Her Hover
garden and homo were the wonder Of
the town,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Sell UnprofltabIe Cows.

A farmer made the following state
mept after testing hls milk cows the
first tlme
u found had one COW that gave
over 5000 pounds Of milk In year.
From her could not help making a
profit. found had another that gave
mo $500 pounds Of milk IN year,
From her couldn't help making n
loss"
Every farmer should test his cows
nnd and out how many profitable cows
no Ia feeding and caring for The un'
profitable cows should DO sold 10 the
butcher
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Feed for Shotes.

Corn and oats, half and half,
soaked for about twonty.four hours
make most excellent feed for shoteg
from four to six months old, After the
pigs begin to tax tho SOW II Ia adylB'
able 10 let them have oil tho soaked
corn they viii cat up cloon Artor the
pigs have been woOnod feed thom for
three times day for few weeks until
they will eat grasses, eleyefs and 9th.
ef Hueeulent feeds,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
QUEER IMPRINT ON
A MAINE MONUMENT
Mark Of Foot Said to Have Fol.
lowed Woman'S Curse.
CANNOT BE EFFACED
Residents of Buckport, Me-, Declare
Woman Charged With Wtchoraft
Pronounced MaIedlction Upon
Towns Founder.

Buckport, Me.-"You will soon die.
Over your grave they will erect
stone upon that stone will appear the
imprint of my foot and long after
your accursed race has perished from
the earth people will come from far
and near to say there lies the man
,;sAo murdered woman
A This Is the substance Of curse said
Vo have been uttered in hatred and
anger by a woman about to die, a
woman of mystery, who cast spells
upon her neighbors, and told tales un-
believable. 1t was curse given by
woman who knew she was about to
die, and who in her wrath desired ven
geance against Col, Jonathan Buck, the
founder of Buckport, who, so the story
goes, caused this woman to be put to
death as witch
Some years later q monument was
erected TO the memory Of Col Jona-
than Buck in the Buck cemetery,
about half mile south Of the present
center of the town, 1t Is granite
shaft about Is feet high standing on
the usual base stones, and 1t bears the
following inscription:
COL. JONATHAN BUCK,
The Founder CT Buckport,
A. d. 1862.
IfBorn In Hayerhill, Mass, 17l8.
Died March IS, 1895,
The cemetery wall forms q boun.
Diary to the sidewalk and the stone is
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
Caring for Manure.

All the stock fed during this wlntGr
should be credited with tho full value
of all the manure produced, All the
manure should be properly cared for
and applied TO the soil at tho proper
time, A by,produot valued at ono dol.
lar per load should certainly not be
wasted In the feed lot,
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
DIVE KEEPER GIVES
RICHES TO CHARITY
Woman Notorious for Years
Wills Omaha S500,000.
REAL NAME UNKNOWN
Miss "Anna Wilson," Who Came as
Stage Girl to Nebraska Metropolis,
Repentant, Gave Her Resort and
Wealth to City.

Omaha, Neb.-Miss Anna Wilson's
gift of practically S500,O0O to charity,
the accumulation Of 40 years profits
from the most notorious dive Omaha
has ever known, has brought out more
"reminiscences and caused more talk
than any single event in the middle
west In years. Miss Wilson was sixty
years Of age when she died a few
days ago, and in her will she makes
no individual gifts, except Of trust
fund.- but leaves all that she had
saved to the city as her greatest pos
sible restitution. 1t is the second
largest gift to charity ever made by
an Omaha resident, Six months ago
Miss Wilson closed out her dive and
presented the building, with $4,000
to the city as an emergency hospital,
Anna Wilson went to Omaha when
II was a frontier town several years
before the Union Pacific railroad was
completed in 1867, Her first appear.
ance was on a music hall stage, She
was bright and pretty, Also she was
well educated, Just who she really
was has always been a mystery, She
freely acknowledged that Anna VIII
son" was not her true name, but her
real identity has never been revealed,
The young girl remained on the
stage only a short time When the
music hall went to the wall she was
without an engagement. In the emerg-
eney she took up with noted
square" gambler Dan Allen, and be-
came his common law Wife, This re-
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06

The cemetery wall forms q boun.
Diary to the sidewalk and the stone is
The Harrison times., 1912-01-06
FastIdIoue Lueyl

fTlndlay, 0,-ller three gold teeth
becoming dlscolorod, Miss Lucy kob-
ler, twentynlno years old, domestic,
used silver polish TO oioNn them, She
swallowed eorie OF the liquid and has
been In serious condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03
PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN
AGAINST COAL STRIKES
Foreign Correspondence of'The Star.

Foreign correspondence of'Ihe star.
LONDON, November u. 1912.
One of England's foremost engineers
says that within the last few months the
question of the best method Of storing
coal has claimed a great deal Of atten-
ton i'm this country owing to the uncom-
Portable position i'm which many large
consumers We're placed by the recent
strike of miners. At the present time
those concerns The uninterrupted work
ing of which is to a great extent de-
pendent upon the supply of coal are rap
idly accommodating enormous stocks in
order to forestall the miners in the event
of further trouble This is particularly
the case with gas works. electricity
works and railway companies. and stocks
which at one time were considered ample
for the purpose are now being trebled
SO as to avoid. or, at any rate. minimize.
the effect of another stoppage of supplies.
In respect to storage ii must be borne
i'm mind that coal cannot merely be tip
ped into heaps and left unattended for
an indefinite period i'm the manner i'm
which the ballast or sand can be dealt
with, for with coal not only has the
deleterious influence Of weathering to be
contended with, but also the danger or
spontaneous combustion.
The questions thus arise, What methods
should be adopted when a large quantity
has to be stacked and what precautions
should be taken to prevent the heap from
igniting spontaneously? perusal OF the
literature which has been published on
the subject shows that widely differing
and contradictory means are recon-
mended by the numerous experts.
There is little doubt that the liability
is greater when the coal is stored in the
open. 1t is a fact, however, that while
a steady downpour of rain on an out
side heap seems to have little effect. fire
will very often be caused when there is
any local application OF water, such as
drippings from leaky pipe or gutter.
leaking roof over a coal store. for in
stance, will very often start the action.
and in such cases the consequences are
the more serious because it is difficult to
deal with a fire i'm the confined space OF
building.
Other disturbing influences. such as ex-
ternal sources of heat, must be avoided
so far as possible. A hot pipe passing
through a heap under the ground on
which the heap stands will occasionally
give rise to trouble. and coal stores in
close proximity to boiler houses or re-
tort benches should be avoided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03

Jack couldn't keep his eyes off of was
right in the middle. 1t was a huge pie
OF big, fat hickory nuts. Now who could
remain ill-tempered and cross with such
lot of goodies spread before them?
Certainly not Happy Jack or his cousin,
Chatterer the Red Squirrel. They just
had to smile in spite of themselves, and
when Striped Chipmunk urged them to
sit down and help themselves they did.
In three minutes they were so busy
eating that they had forgotten all about
their quarrel and We're laughing and
chatting like the best of friends.
Its quite family party, isn't it?''
said Striped Chipmunk, for you know
they are all cousins.
Whitefoot. the Wood mouse. happened
along and Striped Chipmunk insisted that
he should join the party. Later Sammy
Jay came along and nothing would ex-
cuse him from sharing in the feast, too.
When everybody had eaten and eaten
until they couldn't hold another thing and
1t was time to think of going home
Striped Chipmunk insisted that Happy
Jack and Chatterer the Red Squirrel
should divide between them the big, fat
hickory nuts that were left, and they did
without once quarreling about ii.
Thanksgiving comes but once a year.
But when it comes 1t brings good cheer
said Striped Chipmunk to himself as he
watched his guests depart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-03
THE FISH INDUSTRY.
VIII-OYSTERS AND LOBSTERS.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

the lobster. which a few years ago seemed
in danger Of becoming practically extinct.
at least along the Atlantic coast owing
chiefly to the improvidence of the fisher
men in the destruction of the spawning
Holsters. In addition to the Matching of
the eggs which are taken by the lobster
fishermen. One of the most importa MT
some of the states now operate lobster
ponds in which egg-bearing Holsters NAV
be safely kept pending the Matching sea-
son. This enables them to collect seed
Holsters throughout the year and hold
them in large quantities. instead Of de-
pending upon possible collections by the
fishermen. One of the most important
of these lobster stations is Pemaquid
Harbor, Me. AS a result of the eggs thus
secured more than quarter of a billion
lobster fry have been planted in the
Maine waters this season. For some time
the work of planting went on at the rate
of a million a day.
1t is this work which has been growing
steadily for a number of years, that has
made possible the increased catches of
Holsters which have been noted recently.
The New England coast states have
passed rigid laws enforcing the return. of
small Holsters to the water. and despite
frequent stories of violation the fisher
men themselves resent the assumption
that they are so blind to their own inter-
ests as to be willing to antagonize a
measure which is intended only to pro-
ster catch Of 1911 was larger than for fif-
teen years previous. and there is every
reason to think that this popular crus-
tacean will in the near future become
quite within the reach OF even the modest
housewives table allowance.