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The Blessing Of the Grind.

A brilliant young writer dropped in
for little visit the other day. and
Joyfully impaired the information
that he intended to get out of "the
harness" and devote himself to free
lance work, turning to the pen only
when he felt the inspiration, and
writing only on the subjects that he
deemed worthy.
Many young men-and young wo.
men, too-have made the same joyful
announcement They welcome the
chance to get out of that dreaded
harness" Of daily toll. and to sub
stltute inspiration for the pressure of
the daily grind. But generally 1t is
found that the thing does not work
out as the dreamers anticipate. There
is something In the daily discipline OF
work under pressure that brings out
the best there is In the human mind.
A notable example is found In Edgar
Watson Howe, whose case is summed
up thus by Franklin p. Adams in the
New York MALI
When old Ed Howe quit his Job as
editor OF the Atchison Globe he did Il
to free himself Of the besetting cares
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

The plans of the Bennington county
good roads association, which was
formed through the efforts of j. B.
Wilbur of Manchester and Of which
A. j. Cooper of this town is president,
are being rapidly completed for, the
summers work. Mr.. Cooper has
been in correspondence with the
selectmen and road commissioners Of
the county in an effort to map out
and harmonic the work The gov
eminent offered to send a man here
to act as a consulting engineer In
road work in this county, but II was
not an easy matter to arrange, as in
New England each town is indepen-
dent and manages its own affairs,
while in other parts of the country
the road affairs are in the hands OF a
county board Of supervisors and
therefore the arrangement can be
made with one set Of officials. In
Bennington county, there are II towns
and to make a working arrangement
meant to secure the cooperation OF
II sets OF town officials. All the
towns are anxious for road improve
ment, but plans and tax rates varied
and under the laws of Vermont the
road accounts of a town could not
be mixed up with those of any other
town. Bennington county roads are
such that the people of the county
are anxious to back up the efforts OF
the county association and It is hoped
that the plans may work out and
that every effort will be made to
bring about actual progress. Mr.,
Winslow OF the government road bur.
eau of Washington is expected here
within few days to meet the men
interested in this county.
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of the newspaper Office So he wrote
and published a magazine-still Is do
ing so. But his unshackled utter
ances in his magazine are not nearly
so interesting-to us, at least--as his
Globe Sights" ground out under
pressure, used to be. Mr.. Howe
seems to be pretty happy; he has lost
his Crouch which was his best writ
ing equipment. He doesn't get mad
any more, and it's pity
I'D. Howe may be enjoying himself
more as free lance" but il took
the pressure of the daily grind to
bring out the thoughts that made him
one of the most widely quoted of
American editors He has not prov
ed himself greater than the majority.
His case is merely another example
of the fact that work under pres.
sure" is the sort Of work that is NOV
ing the world along, and that the I'M
shackled individual who is at liberty
to yield to lifes constant invitations
to idleness is in reality imposing the
heaviest sort of a handicap on what.
ever talent he may possess.-Denver
Republican.
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The feelings of our British cousins
regarding the proceedings of the
Senate Committee are much the
same as ours might have been If an
unfeeling British body had investigat
ed the General Slocum disaster. The
facts were bad enough when discover
ed of ourselves by ourselves. To
have had the same facts drawn out
unsympathetically would have been
too much to endure. II is necessary,
therefore, to bear with the British re-
ception of the facts testified to by
British sailors before an American in
vestigatlon.
To our mind the substance of the
testimony obscures certain weakness
es OF the manner in which it is pro
cured. II is a pity that some of the
Senators are not versed in the ways
Of the sea. But what has that TO do
with the fact that an English owner
was aboard an English ship, COM
manded by an English Captain, and
that a marine glass was refused to
British lookout who testifies that the
collision was the result of the lack
OF il? Are Americans responsible
for that and is IL an exclusively
American idea that the facts point to
a personal responsibility? II was bit
ter to us to admit that our laws and
customs permitted the Slocum sacri-
fee, but there was no such proportion
of Englishmen aboard the Slocum as
there were Americans aboard the tt
tanic. Were there not enough
American victims in this very Brit
sh disaster to justify our Congress
in asking questions regardless of the
jurisdiction. and regardless of the
maratime qualifications of the inves-
tigators? Are not this day and this
hour the time of times to learn these
things. whoever is harmed by know
ing them? DO our British cousins
imagine that malice or racial preju-
dice are responsible for conditions
caused by Englishmen, and sworn to
by Englishmen? Ought they not TO
be as considerable of our feelings as
we OF theirs? And has the country
which has lost such citizens in such
a manner no right to investigate the
matter? The British persons con.
cerned are we'll advised not to make
for themselves the pleas which are
made for them, and their friends
across the seas would do well to emu
late the humility imposed upon the
blameworthy by a sanction surpass-
ing any statute and obscuring all
petty criticism. New York Times.
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he would ..ssist in the matter in Other
ways.
q have never given Mr. Roosevelt
or any one else the slightest reason
to suppose that l had changed my
attitude"
Mr. Taft quoted a letter of his own
to Col. Roosevelt on the subject of
reciprocity and read the coloneps re-
ply dated Jan y. 1911. 1t says.
Dear President: 1t seems to me
what you propose to do with Canada
is admirable from every standpoint
| firmly believe in free trade with
Canada for both economic and politi-
cal reasons. As you say, labor cost
is substantially the same in the two
countries, so that you are amply JUS
titled by the platform.
Whether Canada will accept such
reciprocity ! do not know but it is
greatly to your credit to make the eff
fort. 1t may ramage the Republican
party for while, but it will surely
benefit the party in the end, especi-
ally if you tackle wool, cotton, etc,
as you propose.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Taking up Mr.. Roosevelt's antitrust
record, Mr. Taft said he had warmly
approved it on the stump for the for
mer president He said Mr.. Roose-
welt had instituted the proceedings
against the Standard Oil and the Am
erican Tobacco company and that
they had been carried to a successful
conclusion in the supreme court un-
der the present administration
Mr. Taft continued.
Now | find Mr. Roosevelt coming
the other way, denouncing the anti
trust law and denouncing prosecu-
tons under it, He says that the de-
cree in the Standard Oil case is in.
effective, that the price of the stock
has gone up and in some way or othelF
! am responsible for the fact that the
price did go up and that my admins
tration is to be condemned because
that decree was confirmed in the SUI
preme court. The truth is that the
decree as finally entered and enforc-
ed was drawn exactly as Mr.. Roose
yelts attorney general, in the bill
which by direction of Mr.. Roosevelt
he filed against the Standard Oil
company, had asked that It be drawn.
with characteristic holiness and
lack of facts or evidence, and resting
on his false and distorted construc-
ton of my language as to government
by representative part of the people
Mr.. Roosevelt charges that | stand
for the so-called interests and special
privileges. If nothing else would
serve, the record of my administra-
ton as TO suits against railways to
stop increase Of rates, and suits
against trusts of all kinds to dissolve
them and to punish their directors,
must show to a fair minded public
that this administration has no fav-
orites among law-breakers, or those
seeking special privileges.
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BENNINGTON, VT, APRIL &c, 1912

The action of President Taft in go
ing into personalities in the presi-
Dental campaign will be widely criti-
cised and under ordinary circum-
stances would not be justified, but
the circumstances this year are not
ordinary. Any man has a right to de-
fend himself when attacked and the
president has been attacked. He is
justified in striking back. 1t is a
mad, undignifed struggle, but the
president did not voluntarily begin
it. He has been forced into a posi-
ton where it would have been
cowardice to have declined to take
the field in his own defence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

The death of Col. Edward Dewey
Bennett removes one of the well
known figures in Bennington. He has
been closely identified with the bust
ness interests and development of
the town for almost half century
and not only of Bennington, but Of
the entire western half of Vermont as
well as the stretch of country be-
tween here and Chatham. Mr.. Ben
nett was a man who had few early
advantages and earned his promotion
through hard work and attention to
detail. He went into railroading
fifty years ago, when the business was
young and has seen it develop to the
greatest business in the world except
agriculture. There is no other bust
ness that is so closely affiliated with
other business as that of railroading
and the railroad service is one of the
things which Is intimately con-
nected with all the other business Of
a community. This fact brought Col.
Bennett into close association with
every business man and nearly every
other man in this section and he was
most highly esteemed not only for
his business ability, but for his per
sonal qualities and Christian charac-
ter. His influence was always on the
side of morality and virtue and his
death is a great loss to Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely dcrange tho
whole system when entering Il through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians as the damage
they will DO ~ ten fold 10 the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by Il. J.
Cheney & Co. Toledo. o.. contains no
mercury, and "a taken Internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hairs
Cntnrrh cure be sure YOU get the gcnu-
inc u " taken Internally and made In
Toledo. Ohio. by +. j. Cheney a Co. Tes-
timonnls free
Sold 10y Druggists. Price 75c per bottle
Take uali'e Family pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

ROR sALE-Farm of 225 acres, located in
Pownal, miles from Berkshire Trolley, 90
acres tillable land balance pasture and wood
land heavily timbeIed with chestnut, oak and
maple. most of the chestnut is large enough
for telephone poles, there is a modern house
with 10 rooms in best Of repair, piazza entire
length of house, running water In house, barn
S8xS6 with wagon shed attached and under
ground stable under each end, large slo. tie up
Is cows, horse barn with 4 stalls with iron
managers and box stall. new hen house rs feet
long large grainery, young apple orchard of
20 trees, running water at barns. Price $1,000
Mash & Hutchins ATT
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Our Contracts Not Only

shift responsibility from your should.
ers while you are busy earning. but
also assume responsibility for you
when you are through earning. Ma.
tlonal Life ms. Co, OF VI. (MutuaD
Earle s. Kinsley, General Agent,
Mead Building, Rutland, VI.
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FOR SALE-Poultry supplies, 30 coops, paint
ed, tops hinged for men and chickens, 10
feed troughs; s feet long; tops hinged, sides
made OF Stats, Boston dry mash hoppers, Cyph-
size and other small articles. N. ID. Bottum,
So. SALISBURY, vt. 33t25'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS

Door LEAKING g-Let us TX e.. Special
III ists In locating and stopping bad leaks on
all kinds OF roofs. We will he In town until
May 18th. Write or phone Cottage Hotel, ben
ninRton. phWnix Roofing Co. OF North Ad'
ANS. ttlA-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

FOR SALE-The- Hawks proerty at North
Bennington, consistingi Of house, barns
and ten acres Of land. Price $4,000. Nash 81
Hutchins. ATT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

FOR SALE-Double house with modern inn
L provements centrally located, near post
office, rents for $500, per year. Price $3.50 nf-
teen hundred dollars can be left on property.
Nash 4 HutchinS. ATT
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An experienced practical nurse, making .
,peciaity u confinement cases. Mrs. II. II.
Amos, care 81 A. J. Knapp. 81 the reeervnir
Tel. ifi-ia 1877
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

EOR sALE-House OF eight rooms
Il with toilet. Also a stable and wagon
shed on premises and garden In rear
of the house Lot 6OxitO ". J. Meagher,
Agent Oft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching from winter
a laying strain of Barred Rocks $l.00 a setting
Of 10. VIM. Allard. l29 Branch ST., Benning-
on, VT 30tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

EOR sALE-Buckeye Ineubators are guarar-
Il teed 10 hatch every hatchable egg, sold as
low as $500. Send for catalogue. l.. Q. Holton,
Agent for Bennington and Vicinity. 2Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

EoR sALE-New double tenement on Scott
II street; double tenement on Washington
street. house known as Roberts place, corner
of Weeks and Putnam streets; also one build
ing lot on Putnam street; one building lot on
Scott street; building lots on Pratt street and
store house with sheds attached. situated on
franklin Lane. Inquire of James 5; slls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

FOR sALE-Eggs for Matching, from Crystal
White Orpingtons, Kiellerstrass Strain
also Rhode island Reds, lhe kind thai lay, $40
. setting of 10. p. II. Mccarthy, Church ST.
No. Bennington, VT. Tel. Ms 2Gt4s'
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ZYTANTHD-we want reliable agents. Local
w and travelling men all or part of your
time. Outfit fee. Pay weekly. Write for
Terms. Homer N. Chase 4 Co., Auburn,
Maine. t3t2j
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NVANTED-Ag girl for general housework,
w for d weeks only, 81 per month. Apply
10 Mrs. A. 5. Carpenter, Woodford City. Tele-
phone 1914 5St6
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PRESIDENT FLAYS
COL. ROOSEVELT
IN SPEECHES
Continued from LIST page)

port Mr.. Roosevelt and must be con-
demned.
THE truth with respect to me is
the same as it is with respect to Mr..
Roosevelt When am running for
the President ] gratefully accept such
support as comes to me. Mr.. Roose-
welt has done so in the past; he is
doing so now. / am making no bar
gain. | am agreeing to no conditions
that would embarrass or hamper me
in the administration of the Govern
ment should ] be reelected. | do not
say that Mr.. Roosevelt has done so
or is doing so. But when ! consider
the eagerness with which Mr.. Roose-
welt has accepted in his various cam
paigns the assistance of Mr.. Aldrich,
Mr.. Cannon, Mr. Penrose, Mr., Quay,
Mr.. Plat, Mr.. Foraker and many
other men prominent and influential
in Congress and politics, whatever
their designation whether leaders or
bosses. ] do not hesitate to say that
1t involves the most audacious eff
frontery on his part to attack me be-
cause men he characterizes as bosses
are now supporting me and to charge
me on that account with helping ma
chine politics. This is peculiarly un-
fair on his part in view of his we'll
known political history, and is an
other instance of his departing from
the rule of the square deal"
Mr. Taft charged that Mr.. Roose.
welt and his supporters, during their
recent campaign in Illinois linked his
name with that of Senator Lorimer
in such a way as to give the impress
sion that a vote for Taft was vote
for Lorimer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26
Denies LorImer Story

81 have not seen Mr.. Lorlmer for
two years and have had no commun-
ication with or from him. In Illinois
Mr. Lorimer was conducting a cam
paign of his own. | did not ask his
support. He did not render 1t to me.
ANY influence he may have given in
my favor was not because he liked
me. but because he felt more bitter
toward Mr.. Roosevelt. Without fur
Their circumstance or knowledge II
would have been unfair and unjust
for Mr.. Roosevelt to attempt to draw
down on me the popular indignation
against Senator Lorimer, and thus
TO carry the state of Illinois, against
me. but il was peculiarly unfair in
Mr. Roosevelt to do this when he
knew what he did know as to my ac-
tual attitude toward Senator Lori
mer"
Mr.. Taft then read a letter he
wrote TO Col. Roosevelt on January 8,
1911, in which he said he wanted the
movement to Dust Senator Lorimer to
succeed. The letter, marked per
sonal," follows;
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WANTED

WANTED-A woman between 25 and 90 as
w housekeeper. One in family. Address
Box i22, East Arlington, VI. 6Ot24'
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FOR SALE-At low price and easy terms,
a my home on Elm street. Address Geo. f..
Heath. X. +. ID. !, Lawrence. Mich. Stf.
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lNTANTED-Men wanted to earn the auto
w NmObile business road driving and re-
pairing. Send stamp for particulars. New
England Auto School, 800 fremont ST.. Boston
51t2if
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LOST

4 osT-A Colts SO calibre Army Special 10.
~ volyor, ~ in. barrel. either on the lower
end OF the Dunvillc or on the WOodford City
stream. A reward will be paid for is return
20 tho Banner Office. Jto'
4 OST-within the past month or six weeks.
~ dark mink nun. Finder please leave AZ
""""'' Univ '"' ''ON''' '''''''' 5ptf
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FOR SALE One of the best driving horse
in the State of Vermont. Weight about
49, Nine years old. Absolutely sound in
every way. Color black. Mare. Price upon
application. Dexter NJ. Gleason. 49tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

FOR SALE Horses for sale, ID. ID. Hurd OF
Hoosick Falls has just received a carload,
These are az his stable for inspection. i0t24
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WANTED Old geese feather beds Best
w cash prices paid. Address c. +. Dickin.
son, General Delivery. Bennington. Vt. b,t2t'
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The White House.


NV dear Theodore: 1t comes to
me. perhaps without foundation, that
YOU are going to write a strong artl'
Gle on the Lorimer case and publish
IL in The Outlook. ] have been do
ing everything ! could legitimately TO
have the closest examination made
into the Lorimer case. j have READ
as much OF the evidence as l could
get at. and am convinced that there
was a mess and mass of corruption
upon which his election was founded
that ought to be stamped with the
disapproval OF the Senate. But
want the movement to GUST him to
succeed. have urged different SEN
ators to read the record carefully
and after a talk with Root, and Bur
ton. and Knute Nelson, and Crawford
and some others, ] believe we are go
ing to line up a good many OF the
regular Republicans on the side OF
what / consider decency and honesty
In politics.
II has leaked out that have been
taking some interest in. the matter
and fear that it has not helped the
situation generally, because OF that
strong feeling Of clubdom In the Sen
ate. and that resentment against out
side interference which nobody who
Is not intimately acquainted with the
situation can understand the weight
of Il. ! vas talking with Borah this
morning. I have consulted a good
deal with him on the subject and he
and agree that It would be unwise
either for YOU or for me to come out
now against Lorimer and in favor OF
his being ousted; that II weuld en-
able those who are determined 10
keep him in. especially among the
Democrats. Bailey and others, to use
an argument against outside interior
ence that would hold a number OF
Democrats and would deprive us oil
the strength we should get by q
quiet presentation OF the full facts on
the floor Of the Senate, from the Sen
ate itself.
Root is going to make n speech. Sc
Is Burton and | believe that Lodge
will do the same thing Now nothing
would have stronger weight thar
speeches from them, whereas, u
either you or | came out with an at
tack Il would enable the friends oil
Lorimer to shift the subject from the
tainted character OF his seat to the
independence OF the Senate In actinf
as the Judge OF the qualifications Of
| It's own members.
suggest therefore, that II 20,
have an article on this subject, yot
hold Il until after the issues are more
plainly made by speeches on the ilool
OF tho body In which the contest Il
TO be won. | want to win. SO dc
you. This is my excuse for writing
you.
Sincerely yours,
VIM. II. Taft.
p. s. or course. | may be misln
formed as to your purpose In this
matter Since debating the above
| have had the telephone conversation
with you, but let II 20.
Mr.. Taft added that by the tele
phone conversation and by subse
quent correspondence he would moi
publish, unless Mr. Roosevelt desired
J he learned that no such article was
contemplated, but Mr.. Roosevelt said
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-26

WANTED 1'eachers wanted at once
w Rural schools, grades. high school posi-
tons Telephone 29i-i, or write to-day. The
Hathaway Teachers Agency. Bennington. Vt
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nAr

ITO hlsNT-Two furnished rooms TO rent.
Il Inquire Mrs Charles DERRICK, Columbia
House, Depot street. 5Otl2
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V,O RENTAL Remington flats double
l. house for one family, large garden, 81 per
month. A. II. Woodland. f9tf
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EOR sALE-Two Eddy's side hill plows; new
pow points and fixtures at half pri e. c..
&. Dewey. 47t2r
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EOR sALE-0ne 1911 L. NJ. +. thirty touring
n Car in perfect condition mechanically and
with almost new tires. Price s5SO.OO. Benin
hgton Garage. 4stf
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LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR GALE

EOR SALE six horses, % wagons of all de.
scrlptions. Hawks Livery. 55tf