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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Result of thu Chase.

John Burroughs is well known as one
of the foremost of nature writers in
this country. Some time ago he visited
his brother, Eden Burroughs, who liYes
I'm the Catskills. at a place called Ho-
bart. The two brothers went fox hunt
ing together. The honor of the hunt
came to Eden, who shot the only fox
1t so happened that foxskins were
worth about s. at that time. and the
successful Nimrod took much pride in
telling how he got the better of the
sage of Slabsides. Later, in boasting
to a few friends about 1t in the pres
ence of his brother, John, he was in
terrupted by: you have Dragged about
that fox hunt long enough. You shot
the fox, sold the skin and got So. |
wrote little account of the hunt and
got SO from the magazine which pub
ushed it. So there you arer'
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Four Of a Kind.

Judge Isaac Russell, chief justice of
the court of special sessions of New
York city. undertook a private and
unannounced tour OF inspection among
the various corrective and charitable
institutions of his jurisdiction, says the
Saturday Evening Post. Late In the
afternoon he entered the outer office
of one of the insane asylums.
II should like to make trip through
this place. he said to an underkeep-
err who CHANGED TO be in sole charge of
the office temporarily.
"vicitors days are Wednesdays and
Saturdays" said the keeper shortly
'and. besides. it's after hours"
"But insist on being shown
through" said his honor.
well. you've got nerver growled
the keeper. who are you to be givin'
me orders?"
Il am Chief Justice Russell of the
court OF special sessions" was the an
swer.
~That'l be about ALL" said the keep
or YEARLY We've got three Of you
in here now. Why don't you call your
self George Washington? There's only
one OF him"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
SLEDS OF THE YUKON.
They Are Built to Stand the Hardest
Kind of Hard Wear.

The Yukon sled, while not thing of
beauty, is built to stand all kinds of
hard wear. or, as the freshman said,
1T will last forever and after that can
be used for firewood.'
The sled is about eight feet long. is
made of any kind of hard wood, lies
close to the ground, costs from SO to
S1i and makes a trail sixteen inches in
width.
Another pattern is known as the base
ket sleigh and is to the Yukon sleigh
what three masted schooner is to a
coal barge. In length it is from eight TO
fifteen feet, is made of birch. oak or
hickory, cuts trail twenty-five inches
in width, costs from $40 to $500, is
raised a foot or more from the runners
and in the best examples is dashed to-
gether with rawhide
The basket sleigh, MS its name inn
plies, is fitted with basket, into
which the load is placed and from the
back of the basket pair of handles
project. to be used in guiding the sled
on the trail. 1t often happens that a
Yukon sled will he fitted with home
made basket in imitation of its more
aristocratic brother.
In very cold weather wooden run
ners are best. but in ordinary circum-
stances steel or brass runners are used
Wide World Magazine
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
J.ft.rsOn's Prayer and POuItice.

Joseph Jefferson was suddenly taken
III once while visiting at the home Of
a friend. The wife of the friend whose
hospitality he had enjoyed became
alarmed over his condition and. being
Of religious turn of mind. wished to
lnstill in the mind of the actor her be-
lief in the necessity for spiritual con-
temptation. A call to his room for the
purpose of applying a poutlce gave
her the much desired opportunity.
"Mr. Jefferson" she said, nervously
shifting the poultice from one hand to
the other for your sake, for the sake
OF your friends, your family, II
would like to pray for you"
The actor listened Httentively. and
his answer came slowly. yes. mad
am" he said. you may-for my sake.
for your sake. for everybody's sake
but for heavens sake put on that poul-
ticer'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Morse Yeti

Wilton Lackaye, the actor, once made
a Naturalization of LES Miserables"
He had spent much time on his work.
The dramatization of the Hugo master
piece had been one of the dreams of
his early youth. Truly the completed
drama was to the actor as child he
dearly loved. But when Mr.. Lackaye
tried TO interest theatrical capital In
the production he found dearth of en-
thusiasm. Every one knew that Lack
aye had dramatized LES Miserables. :"
and 1t was one of the live topics of
Broadway. Oscar Hammerstein met
Lackaye in this particular period, and
his first question was
wilton, have you got manager to
produce Les MiserablesT
And to this Lackaye sarcastically re-
piled:
"a manager to produce it! haven't
found a manager that can pronounce
Arkansas City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
ROLLING THUNDER.
Why the Rumble at Times Is So Long
Drawn Out.

DTdWu OdA'
the prolonged roll OF thunder is
readily explained by comparison with
volley fred along line of troops.
Suppose troops to be drawn up on a
line in such numbers as TO extend for
a mile and ordered by a signal that
all could see TO fire al once. one
standing at the end of the line would
hear the report of the musket nearest
him instantly. He would hear the
others successfully. Thus n report 800
feet away would come TO him in half
a second, and he would not hear the
last report for five or six seconds after
the gun had been fired. This would
produce sort of roll, which would
gradually increase in intensity.
If the listener stood exactly midway
between the two ends of the line the
reports from both ends would reach
him at once. and the sound would be
but half as long in reaching him as IL
he stood at one extremity. II the sol.
diers formed circle there would be
one sharp explosion.
Flashes of lightning may be consid
cred as representing three lines of
troops along which the explosions oc-
cur at the same time. Consider the
variety of distance and position of the
listener and we account for the va
riety OF sound in thunder. In noun
famous regions the rolling is augment
ed by reverberations or echoes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
- The -
Scrap Book
A SPECIFY Recovery.

On one of the visits of the American
fleet TO English waters Admiral Erben
was in command, with Captain Alfred
Il. Mahan, the writer on naval affairs,
as his flag captain. One morning Cap
tain Mahan came to his admiral with
an invitation TO dine with a duke
which he had received.
81 can't accept" said Captain Ma
han, 'as they forgot to invite you"
Il should say you couldn't" .growl-
ed the admiral "I'll answer for you"
Whereupon the admiral wrote:
Admiral Erben, United States navy,
regrets that Captain Mahan, his flag
captain, cannot accept the invitation
of the Duke of Blank Captain Mahan
is on the sick list"
An hour or so later messenger from
the duke returned with invitations for
the admiral and the captain, where
upon the admiral wrote again:
Admiral Erben accepts with pleas
ure the invitation for Captain Mahan
and himself. He wishes also to advise
the Duke of Blank that he has taken
Captain Mahan off the sick list"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Undetermined Ioka

There's crook gone to the island
for ten days that I'll be looking for
when he comes out" remarked a po-
liceman on an east side post.
"Why?"
"Well, listen. caught him trying a
door on my beat the other night and
took him in. He started to be nasty
about 1t. and l swung my stick at him.
Before could land him one on the
head he shouts out to me:
"Don't hit me! Look out! There's q
dynamite stick in me pocketr
81 stopped quick enough, all right.
for, you see, ] get all the blowing up I
need at the station now and again. But
listen. When that chap was searched
at the station there wasn't a sign of
dynamite on him.
"Who was the joke on? Never mind
that The question is, who will the
joke be on? Just wait."-New York
Globe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
A BOX OF SARDINES.
How to Test II and How to Tell the
Kind Of Fish Il Holds.

NlUu " TisH " F1Of0o'
Francis Mare gives the following in
stflctions for purchasing a can of sar-
dimes.
The two sides Of the can should be
fat or concave. II they bulge out there
is likelihood that the can contains
gases resulting from decomposition.
No can should be bought that has
cen resoldered.
The lettering on the can should be
clear and distinct.
IL there is choice between soldered
cans and cans sealed by crimping the
latter should always be preferred.
II the cans are soldered select those
that have bright solder. which is less
likely TO contain lead and less likely
to be bad.
After the box OF sardines is taken
home the c"n should be- opened under
water II any bubbles of -S escape
the stuff should Ice DESTROYED The kind
OF oil used in preparing tie sardines
is OF TO great importance. The fish
used are not however. always true
"sardines"
In the true sardine the dorsal fin Is
forward OF the ventral tins and there
is no wrinkled crest on the ventral
line The skin is smooth and blush
on the back. In the herring the dorsal
is only slightly In front Of the ventral
fin and there is n wrinkled ridge be
hind the latter. The skin is brownish
on the back. with a delicate network
In the sprat the dorsal fin is in a
line with the ventrals, and the crest
behind as well US I'm front Of the ven
trail fms can be easily felt by passing
the thumb backward from the base of
the head The flesh OF the sprat Is
rather hard.
In the anehovy the ventral crest is
absent, as in the sardines. but the dor
sal fms are behind the ventrals The
"chinchard." a small variety OF mack
erel. may be distinguished by its gray
fish color and the presence OF two fins
on the back extending nearly the whole
length OF the body. The forward fin
has a spiny point-Harper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
How He Would stop pusIina.

Dueling survived in England until
about the middle of the forties, when"
says Lady Dorothy Nevill, ian en-
counter between Lieutenant Colonel
Fawcett and Lieutenant Monro, in
which the former was shot dead, led
to a debate in the house of commons
owing to the wife Of the former being
refused a pension. On this occasion
Sir Charles Napier declared that but
one way existed of effectually putting
an end to dueling. No duel should be
allowed which was not fought across
a table OF the two pistols used only
one should be loaded with ball, lots
being drawn to see who should have
the loaded one. If this produced no
result then both pistols should be load
ed with ball and the survivor. should
there be one, hanged
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
seNKiNGTON BRIEFS
News =. INC Town and Village Told Briefly
Sor Busy Readers

Harry Chase has returned from
~ 'nelier.
"a d. Burt of Pittsfield passed
the week end in town.
Fred Myers of Pittsfield was at his
home here over Sunday.
Comrade Ward of the Soldiers
home has returned from a trip to
Canada.
Miss Elizabeth Powers of North
Bennington passed the week end with
Miss Mary Gibney.
Mrs S. B. Hall of Old Bennington
went to Glens Falls Saturday to visit
her son, Carter Hail.
Herbert Barton, an inmate of the
Soldiers home has returned from a
visit in Brattleboro.
President c. II. Spooner of Nor
wich University was the guest of DIR.
and Mrs. w. E. Putnam over Sunday.
For ale:-Bookcase, gas stove,
kitchen table, mating, eggs in water
glass. Call mornings. II. B. Dickin-
son, Elm street 9t2
The Bennington City Band are ad-
vertising in another column for veg
etables and farm produce. Farmers
and others interested, look at the
advertisement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21

the lawn and had spikes on It, He
didn't see the door In the fence and,
after figuring for time, put his lawn
mower against the fence and tried to
climb over regardless of the spikes.
The lawn mower slipped, and Kilkenny
stuck on one of the spikes and hung
suspended.
The caretaker heard his yells and
came out Finding Kilkenny hanging
there in the air. he looked up at him
and said:
well. you are green. How long
have you been overW
"BegObsp' shouted Kilkenny. az
amt over philadelphia Satur-
day Evening Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Tn Much Ridinu.


A Kansas man who shutters badly
visited Chicago and got into the ele-
vatOr OF one of the skyscrapers. He
worked his jaw frantically. but could
not get the elevator boy to understand
what floor he wanted until he had
been carried up fourteen stories above
where he wanted to go. Then he came
down to the lower floor and started up
again. After he had gone through this
performance severas times he stepped
out in disgust and hunted up the
man who was directing the running
of the elevators. "S-s-say." he siam
mered. "w-w-w-w-would y-you m-mind
speakin' ito th-th-that f-f-fel-feller in
th-that cage HUMANITARIAN Ito
st-st-stop at the s-s-sixth floor. b-b-but
i'-'sSore can s-s-say s-s-dxth h-he
. : me no ito 1.-THE t-ttwenty-s-sev-
eth "-RGnsas City Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
NOT TOO GREEN.
Hs Knew Enough to Painfully Realize
His Exact Position.

Hs Knew Enough to Painfully Realize
His Exact Position.
Francis Kilkenny landed in Chicago
some years ago, fresh from Ireland,
with but q few dollars and no job In
sight. He decided to buy second
hand lawn mower and make some
money cutting grass. He was directed
to the north side of Chicago and final
ly struck the place where the big
houses and fine lawns are.
He went up the steps of mansion.
hammered on the front door and was
vastly astonished to have man stick
his head out of an upstairs window
and ask what are you dssng there.
you greenhorn? Can't you see this
house is closed for the summers"
"But you're in it, answered Kill
kenny.
Sure I'm in it. I'm the caretaker.
If you want anything just go round to
the back door, where you belong"
Kilkenny started round, but came to
q tall board fence that ran clear across
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
SADDLE MAKING IN MEXICO
Ehtirs Families Often Take Part IT,
the Home Industry.

The making of saddles. while in the
aggregate an important local Mexican
industry, is purely home affair, the
artisans for the most part working in
dependently In their own homes and
often pressing the entire family into
service. The manager of the largest
wholesale and retail dealers in saddles
in Mexico Cky says that all the saddles
which they handle are made locally at
home by hand, and he estimates that
more than 100 families in the city are
similarly employed.
Many Of these handmade saddles are
handsomely carved and most creditable
In appearance, although the leather as
q rule Is far inferior to that used in
American saddles. Ii is the practice Of
retailers to furnish the trees, leather
and fittings OF all kinds 10 the work
men and pay them for their actual la
Dor. The labor is the cheapest item
entering into saddle construction, many
entire families being satisfied with a
wage OF 30 cents 10 81 American cur.
rency per day.
The saddletrees used for the better
grade of saddle are imported from the
state Of Colima. the cheaper grade of
saddles using tree Of local make. No
American saddles or saddletrees are
carried in stock by local merchants.
but are ordered from time to time ac'
cording to the specifications OF the in
dividual purchaser.-Trade and Consu-
lar REPORTS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
The Superseded.

AS newer Corners crowd the fore
We drop behind
We who have labored long and sore
Times out of mind
And keen are yet must not regret
To drop behind.
Yet there are of us some who grieve
To go behind
Stanch strenuous souls who scarce believe
Their fires declined
And know none cares remembers, spares
Who go behind,
IT'S not that we have unforetold
The drop behind.
We feel the new must GUST the old
In every kind,
But yet we think must we, must we.
Too. drop behind?
Thomas Hardy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
He Died Anyhow.

This was the way a native physician
in India filled out death certificate:
Il am of mind that he died Tor lost
his life) for want of foodings or on ac.
count of starvation. Maybe also for
other things or comfortables, and most
probably he died by drowning"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Maternal Pride.

First Young wife-The photographer
said my baby was the pretiest baby
bed ever seen. Second Young Wife
That's strange! he said the same
thing about mine. First Young Wife
Well. suppose he saw your baby be
fore be saw mine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21
Tn. WAY 20 Win.

About the only way to get things
coming your way h long battle
against their going the other way
Atchison Globe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-21

To live long II Is necessary 10 i've
IlOwiy.-Clcero.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
4 Family Reunion.

Mrs. Peter Roney and daughter,
Miss Mabel, who are spending the
summer in South Dakota, enjoyed a
reunion on Aug. 18th with her chill
dren at the home Of Mrs. L. D. Mel
leven in Sioux Falls. Those present
besides Mrs. Roney and Miss Mabel
We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Roney of
Flandreau, S. D.; Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Roney and daughter of Wash
ington, Mimi; Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Roney of Chester, S. D.; j. Roney OF
Lawrence, Mimi! Mr.. and Mrs. L. d.
Miller and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Roney, all of Sioux Falls. A
fine three course dinner was served,
which was enjoyed very much. This
is the first time in more than TWEEN
ty years so many of the family were
together and all had fine time. The
event will long be remembered by
them ALL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
A Close Call.

The r. II. Tracy family is at the
Swezey summer home at Trout Run,
while DR.. and Mrs. Swezey are in the
west, and on Monday night two of
the Tracy girls and Ruth Swezey had
a narrow escape. They were sleep
ing out in the tree house in the yard
and when the storm became severe
they ran to the house. Just as they
arrived at the house lightning struck
the tree house they had left and shat
tered it. Had they remained a few
moments longer they probably would
have been killed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
DEBORAH Wins Two More.

The DEBORAH ball team took two
more neighbors into camp this week,
defeating Ossian on Sunday by the
score of to 4, and West Union yes
terday 10 to 8. The game Sunday
was witnessed by large crowd and
was very close and interesting. Riggs
and Gutteboe were the battery for
DEBORAH and Heuser and Graf for
Ossian. Yesterdays game with West
Union went eleven innings before it
could be decided, when DEBORAH got
the winning score. Gutteboe had his
ankle injured during the game.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
Tn the NIississippi.

Sunday morning a party of Decor
ahianS went to McGregor to board
the fine new steamer Morning Star
for a trip up the Mississippi to st
Paul In the party were Mr.. anC
Mrs. Chas. Trzcinski and daughter
Miss Ruth, Mr., and Mrs. Fl. F. Bar
thell, Mrs. H. S. Renken and daugh
ter, Miss Tilla, Miss Ella NARROW
After reaching ST. Paul they will Wis
il various points in Minnesota, Mrs
Renken and daughter going to Win
ona, Miss NARROW to Mankato, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Trzcinski and daughtel
to Detroit, Mimi. a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
Several Well known Winneshiekers
Are Called to Their Eternal
Rest.
Christopher Peterson Kiarland.

HflsCOilef PETERSON N ldrIand.
One of the oldest residents of Win
neshiek county, Christopher Peter
son Kjarland, who lacked less than
a month of being ninety years of age,
passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. A. c. Christian, at
one o'clock Saturday morning, at her
home on the west side, death result
ing from a stroke of paralysis sus-
tanned a week before He was born
in Norway and after being married
came to America in the fifties, COM
ing direct to Winneshiek county and
locating in Pleasant township, where
he lived continuously until two years
ago, when he came to DEBORAH with
his daughters family, with whom he
had been living on the old home
stead since her marriage to Mr.. Chris
tan, who purchased the farm. His
wife died in 1895, and one child al
so preceded him, three surviving:
Henry Peterson, South Dakota; P.
c. Peterson, Cairo, ILL.,; Mrs. A. G..
Christian, DEBORAH
The funeral services were held
yesterday morning at ten O'Clock
from the home of A. G.. Christian in
West DEBORAH, the remains being ia
ken to the Big Canoe church for in
terment, Rev. K. Seehuus officiating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
Emma II. Clen.

Miss Emma r. Ulen, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. X. Ulen, pas
sed away on Thursday at the home of
her parents northwest of the city,
after an extended illness, at the age
of twenty-nine years. She was en-
gagged in teaching school and Nor
wegian parochial school for two
years after completing her educa-
ton, and for four years thereafter
was valued assistant in the Office of
the Adams Seed Co. of this city. A
year ago last February she was TAX
en- with a severe attack of pneumon-
ia, from which she suffered for a
long time, finally recovering and re-
Stunning her position, but soon had
to give it up again, and gradually
grew worse until the end came on
Thursday. She leaves to mourn her
death her parents, one sister, Isa-
belle, and three brothers, George,
Peter and Edward. Four members
of the family have preceded her in
death. The funeral services were
held Monday, Rev. Otto E. Schmidt
officiating. Miss Ulen was a young
lady of rare qualities, untiring ener-
gy and of a kindly disposition that
made her the friend of everyone she
met She will be sorely missed by
many.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
Matt. P.tZenberger.

Mr. Matthew Pitzenberger, one of
the old and well known residents of
Winneshiek county, having been a
merchant at Festina for many years,
Passed away on Sunday, at the age
of 60 years. Last fall he sustained
a stroke of paralysis, and has stead
ily failed since, sustaining two addir
tional strokes last week, which re-
suited in his death Sunday. He leaves
wife and seven children: Mrs. A.
A. Hrubetz, Blooming Prairie, Min
nesota; Andrew, Marysville, Cal. !;
John, Jackson Junction, Ia; Frank,
Maley, Iowa; Matt, Fort Atkinson:
Misses Ida and Tillie, at home. The
funeral services are being held today.
Mr.. Pitzenberger was man who was
respected by all who knew him, a
kind and loving father, a good citi-
zen and his death will be generally
mourned.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
In the Eastern Market.

Mrs. Bertha Mott and her son Wal
ter of the Cresco store left Friday
for New York and Philadelphia, to
make fall and winter purchases of
dry goods for the Mott & Co. stores.
Mrs. Mott has been making these
trips twice year since their bust
ness opened and finds them profitable
to the firm as we'll as to the trade,
enabling them to secure the latest
productions of the market at the
lowest possible price.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-08-14
Shoe Store to Open Aug. 3fst.

The new SELF Royal Blue shoe
store in the old postoffice building
will open on August 31st. The room
has been completely remodeled, new
floors, shelving and steel ceiling in
stalled, besides other improvements
A. NJ. Kerr, who has accepted a po-
sition with the new store. has re-
turned from Chicago, where he as
sisted in selecting the stock to be
carried. He says that it will an up
to-date store in every way.