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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17

Our sympathy goes out to Sheriff
Purdy of Manchester, whose farm has
been attached in $4,000 suit for dam
lges, brought by one Tony Nash. who
claims that he was injured by reason
IF false arrest and Imprisonment. The
iheriff thought Tonys resemblance to
Donate, the Italian who is wanted for
he murder of the Morner family at
Oefreestville, N. Y, last December,
vas strong enough to justify him in
uring the man from Massachusetts,
and then lodging him in Bennington
Jail Tony had no tire lie in proving
his innocence and now the sheriff Is
he one to be reached by the long
lrm Of the law. Officers should. OF
course be reasonably sure OF their
man before making an arrest, but II
t is not safe to act on suspicion or
,ircumstantial evidence. It is evident
hat still more criminals are to be
allowed to escape, and there are too
many at large now.-Vergennes En-.
terprise and Vermonter.
The Vergennes contemporary has
inadvertently twisted the story Sher-
# Purdy merely served the papers
On another party and is not personally
concerned. The comment Of the
Enterprise however, is Of value for
sheriffs and their deputies are occas-
lonally put into positions Of dangerous
responsibility through serving papers
placed in their hands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
FROM SALES GIRL TO AElREss
Scranton FoundIlng's Mother Turns
Up and Tells Her of Inheritance

Scranton Foundllng's Mother Turns
Up and Tells Her Of inheritance
Scranton, Penn, Feb. 15.-A tran.
sition from salesgirl to heiress was
the experience of Miss Mary Louise
Simons, an employe of department
store here, this afternoon when she
waited on a well-dressed woman who
came to her counter. Her customer
Informed the girl that she was heir
ess TO large estate in Morgantown,
West Va, adding that she cher infor-
mant) was her mother, whom Miss
Simons had not seen since infancy.
Miss Simons was adopted from ST
Joseph's Founding Home by a South
Scranton family sixteen years ago
and took her foster parents name,
being ignorant of her own parentage
Within two hours Miss Simons had
left her job, babe goodbye to her fos.
ter parents, and started for Morgan.
town.
Her mother states that she is Mrs
Joseph j. Elberts of Morgantown and
that the girls real name is Marie
Louise Schildt. being her daughter by
her first husband, Frederick Schildt
The girl inherits the fortune, she
says. through the death of an uncle
in Morgantown. When Mr.. Schildt
died, she says she placed her infant
In the founding home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
Drinking Horns.

Drinking horns were beloved OF the
early Saxous, who always took their
mead In this manner. Many OF the old
drinking horns were fashioned from
the horns OF the rhlnoceros under the
belief that 1T sweats at the approach
Of poison" Hence. according to this
superstition. the drinker would be In a
position to tell at once whether an enc
my bad been tamperlng with his bev.
eragc. -London Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
is Socialism a Remedy

Perhaps Socialistic lecturers find 1t
necessary to be violent and extreme
in their statements, to attract public
attention, but it may be seriously
questioned whether the extrayagant
use of language is OF any benefit to
any cause in the long run. Pioneer
movements, whether they have the
virtue of truth or not, often appear
merely fantastic and absurd to un.
sympathetic people looking on, and
for this reason 1t is sometimes con-
sidered necessary to make up in zeal
and noise what a cause may lack in
numbers
Since the beginning of the year
four Socialistic speakers in the pay
of a lecture bureau have delivered
addresses in Albany on Sunday after
Moons, and each in his own way has
excorlated without once
defining the term--for causing all the
ills to which mankind is subjected.
Most people who think at all may
be ready to concede that some of the
economic and social evils depicted
by these wrathful spellbinders really
exist, but one may admit It all and
yet not be prepared to approve the
remedy which Socialists would ap-
ply.
And right here is where the aver
age Socialist refuses to listen to rea.
son. denouncing, rather. as "lackeys
OF capitalism" all who do not accept
Socialism. As matter OF fact there
are thousands upon thousands of per
sons in this country who after dag
nosing what they consider the econ
omic and industrial disorder of our
times have honestly reached the con
olusion that not more governmental
machinery, but less. is the cure
These men call themselves radical re
formers-radical In the sense that
they desire to go to the root OF the
| disease.
There are iconoclasts just as sin
cere as the Socialists appear to be
who differ radically from the Social
lists in the manner in which they
would correct admitted wrongs. These
'indivldualists,' as they style them
selves, have wholesome dread Of
increasing the power OF government
over the individual, and history seems
to justify them in that dread.-Al
bany Knickerbocker Press
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17

There is movement on in Norwood
Mass, for town government under
A manager" who shall be engaged
at a stated salary and have complete
charge OF all town affairs, including
the management OF all departments,
the engaging of all labor and the or
dering Of all supplies. 1t looks to us
like move in the right direction and
II adopted other towns that have
much business to attend will do well
to watch It. 1t might be we'll to con
slider such plan here in Lyndon
ville--have one capable and experien-
ced man to look after the business OF
The village instead of a dozen or M.
teen men on several different commits.
sions. This is merely suggestion
but one that is worth considering
Lyndonville Union Journal.
There is no question that in munlc-
ipal affairs at least American com
munities have carried representative
government to ridiculous excess.
Consider for a minute the situation
In Bennington. We elect three sci.
ectmen OF the town, seven village
trustees and village president, sew
en- school trustees for Bennington
village, FIVE trustees and a board OF
school directors In North Bennington,
village trustees In Old Bennington,
three town school directors, two town
road commissioners. one road com
missioner for the village, one for
North Bennington and one for Old
Bennington. Why wouldn't II be a
good thing for Bennington to take up
this commission form of government
that has proved so successful that II
has already been adopted by upwards
Of two hundred towns and cities in
the United States. Briefly, the plan
would be to choose three commission
ers on a strictly business basis "a
take charge OF all the public Affairs
OF the township. This commission
would engage one competent road en-
gineer to take charge Of all Tn,
streets and highways, but would lool
after the rest of the public business
in person. This system is growing
in favor all over the country and 4
will do no harm for Bennington peo
pie to consider Il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17

TO OuFo DoId IN One Day
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QuInlne
Tablets. Druggists refund money n
II falls 10 cure. Z. w. GROVES
signature 10 on each boz asc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
NO DAMAGES FOR AUSTIN FOLK
Pulp Company Reorganizes, Leaving
Dam Victims No One to Sue,

Binghamton, ~ Y, Feb. Alt
was announced today that the con-
tract for reconstructing the Austin
dam has been let to the Owego
Bridge Company, and that the proper
~ OF the Bayless Pulp and Paper
Company of Pennsylvania will pc
sold under foreclosure proceedings at
Coudersport, Pa. on Saturday.
AS the foreclosure sale will wipe
out the Pennsylvania corporation
which owned the paper mill and dam
at Austin, there would appear to be
little probability, that any one of the
many persons who have sued the
company will be able to recover
damages. even though verdiets
should be returned against the com
pany.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17

"Childs Welfare Day" is the latest
wrinkle. Our chief executive-who
dearly loves to frame resonant pro-
in response to the
Mothers Congress, decreed that par
ents should set aside some part of
February II to conserve the welfare
of their children. 1t is enough to
raise a smile. AS though parents did
not devote about twenty-four hours a
day, each day in the year, to conserv-
.ng the welfare of their children
Randolph Herald and News
With the state industrial school at
Vergennes taking care Of some 200
children and crowded beyond its ca
pacity; with the Catholic orphanage
at Burlington, the Kurn Hattin home
at Westminster and other similar in
situations unable to meet the demands
upon them; and with children grow
ing up in every town in the state with
little or no parental care--growing ny
10 be ignorant loafers and perhaps
lrunkards or criminals-it looks to
The Banner as though Governor
Mead's proclamat IN ought to be
needed by the thinking people Of Yer
mont To improve a state it is i'm
portant to improve the quality of the
citizenship, and to do that the best
way is to give better chance to that
class of children. who in the years
% come are likely to pull the aver
lge down
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
BENNINGTON. VT, FEB H. 1912

II Judge Fish takes the assign.
ments of the late Judge Hall as he
undoubtedly will, his first appearance
as presiding judge in county court
will be in the town where he was
born, Newfane, the shire town Of
Windham county. 1t seems almost
like tale from story.book. There
are probably many people still liv-
ing in Newfane who will remember
Frank Fish. as poor farmers boy
thirty odd years ago, and doubtless
the usual proportion of them shook
their heads sadly and predicted that
he would never amount to anything.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
zI-.TN

snellpaardelooszoo spoorwegpit-
roolrljtung that's the technical and
locally accepted name of the automo-
bile in Flanders "Snell' mote that
the second letter is q. not mi means
"rarld.' "paardeloos" means horse
less" "zoondeerspoorweg" is the rec
ognized way of describing thing
without rails" and. finally, "pitrool-
rijtung" implies thing driven by
petroleum" So you have II. quite sim
ply, and mere white whzzers and drab
devils are Ouiclassed. But how'd you
like TO be hit by a real ''snellpaarde'
LOOSE" ETC. st. Louis Republic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
CATARRH GERMS
Antiseptle Healing Treatment That
Quickly Cures at THRILLING
Cost

Catarrh Ia now known to be oaus.
ed by disease germs and II may be
cured only by an antiseptic treat
ment that will kill the catarrh germs
and soothe and heal the lrritated mu.
cous membrane.
Nothing else combines the sooth.
ing antiseptic powers In as perfect a
degree as Mentholatum. Apply n
little OF this in the nasal passages
on going to bed and II cures while
you sleep. Then apply again In the
morning and its curative and heal
ing effect acts all day long.
A Jar OF Mentholatum costs only
tribe. 20 cents, and Is sold by drug.
gists everywhere under guarantee OF
money back n Il falls to do all that
Is claimed for II. Il Is a wonderful
household remedy and is good for all
inflammation, soreness. aches and
pains.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
Ask Any One Who owns One

to tell you about our Annuities. They
furnish an absolutely sure income as
long as you live and you will enjoy
being care free besides having max.
imum income from minimum deposit,
National Life Insurance Company of
Vermont. (Mutual) Earle S. Kins.
ley, General Agent. Mead Building
Rutland, VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-17
ROBBERS NOT CAUGHT
Got Away With $4,000 on Broadway
Yesterday.

New York, Feb. 16.-A taxlcab In
which sat two bank messengers, in
charge OF leather bag containing
$4,000, was held up by hlghwaymen
yesterday morning within one block
OF one OF lower Broadway's busiest
corners. While the chauffeur was
overawed by revolver two men
leaped into the machine. took the
bag and escaped. None OF the gang
has been caught.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11
AID TO THE MEMORY
History Professor's Simple and Inaen-
Ious Method In Calling TsIs-
~ phone Numbers.

j., I long had difficulty IN remember
ling my own telephone number. which
Is 1885, and often when asked for 1t
have been obliged to stammer, oh
why-to tell the truth, I've forgotten
ut for the moment" and then have
had my questioner go off wondering
what sort of creature I am, a profess
sor of history writes in the Atlantic
Monthly.
Under my new system I am saved
IRON this humiliation. I merely have
to remember that my telephone call is
The death OF George VII, and at once
l know that 1t must be 1885. Similar
1y, when calling up the instructor who
has charge Of our elementary course
IN European history. I need only think
of the defeat Of the Franks by the
B~urgundians at Vesseronce, and I
have his number, ga. The professor
who gives our courses in ecclesiastical
History appropriately has for his tele-
phone number 3l3, the date of the
Ndict Of liberation issued by Constan-
tine and Licinius; and the one who
gives the courses In Anglo-Saxon lit
erature has $50, which marks the re-
covery of the independence by Wulf.
here, the first Christian king Of Mer'
ella. For the head OF the Latin depart,
ment I think of the incorruptible
Caecilius Metellus turning the tide in
the troubles war with Jugurtha,
and cali 1oS; while Alexander's vic
tory at Arbela, 831, gives me the
number Of the professor of Greek.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11

ade OF some sort, IL \ favorfts with
those who can wear the youthful and
smart style. Colored hats In the same
fabrics and styles also appear. but
black and white reigns over every
other scheue.
In 4 little importing shop on q side
street are being shown some shoulder
wraps of q specially charming sort
and here tho woman with q sewing
gift often appears to pilfer Ideas for
cheaper things. One wrap, with some
thing of the graceful quaintness of the
old time talma, is called the "Coralie,"
and it Is made Of numerous wool fab
RIGS and of satin and silk. II you wish
one, get q yard and a quarter OF
double-width goods and divide 1t ex-
actly In two down the fold at the mid
die; sew the two pieces together, max
ing q straight scarf two yards and a
half long. Then double the length with
a soft, harmor,zing silk, hemning this
down neatly about a quarter of an inch
from the edge. Then take q loop in
the middle back OF the scarf-th1s
about eight or ten inches deep-sev-
Ing on a hook and y to hold 1t to-
gether. When on, the straight scarf
sinks into the lines of the shoulders
and arms, this adaptability to the fig
ure and the loop at the back giving 1t
the appearance Of a shaped garment.
The same smart throw on could be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11
BABIES TO DRESS in STYLE


Babys clothes just a. elaborate
1ust as much decorated and A. care
fully finished with regard to style az
are mothers this year. and are also
very expensive. 49,.
There are little velvet coats, with
hats or bonnets to match. There
also are combinations OF muf1ers'
scarfs and hats to match.
There are diminutive chinch1lia
coats Just like the larger ones for
mother. And there are wee dresses
which have a decided pannier eject.
The showing in baby hats Is almost
~ large in soms stores AZ the regu-
lar millinery department
The little hats are decorated with
ostrich feathers, lace and other &C
o~essories which herstofors have been
left to older styles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11

made OF silk gauze. deeply bopdered at
the bottom with velvet, edged in turn
with q strip of marabout-
With the continued s~cantiness OF
SKIRT It follows that the petticoaf re-
cedves more and more attention. and
now 4 wonderful freak of the COM
bination tort Is being shown for the
finer costumes. This slimming gar
ment, which owes its being to French
ingenuity, is called q "pantalon jupon,"
and, with Its top part made after the
manner OF q corset ove and wide
drawers, its bottom hangs In ankle
length legs, hung with a single founce
Of quilted lace, or lace over chiffon.
Some of the more practical 5upons
will be made of fine silk in the same
two-legged manner, and nobody need
fancy that this bit of under-rafment Is
immodest or ugly. When worn it has
all the appearance OF a princess petit
coat, and despite the growing vogue
of the panier such garments are need
ed for the good fit Of the skirt.
MARY DEAN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11
IN BLACK AND WHITE
CONTRACTING coLoRs POPULAR
= FOR MILLINERY.
Charming Shoulder Wraps May Be
Copied From tho Approved FASH
IonabIs Designs - Comblna-
ton Pettlcoat In Vogue.

Velvet and plush hats are de
rigueur for dressy one-piece gowns
worn In the street. but generally only
the top Of the hat Is covered with
these materials. The facing of the
hat is of satin-white. II the top of the
hat Is black, and the reverse for the
other arrangement-and the shape is
larger than those wor with coat
suits, the oustume calling for more
FRESHNESS than the suit. The single
ornament still bedecks these dashing
hats, a pair of Mercury wings perched
lightly at the brim edge or in front
of the hat, a silk cockade at the front
or eide, or silk and velvet quilts OF
enormous height put anywhere. The
broad hat with rolling brim and
round shallow crown. with a fat cock
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11

" hssn usatsr thaa shat Of asrsneaso
r. hair over q rat wien wearin1 .
rat Now comes an Adjustable ban
Hesu that nssd not b sewsd.
II comes In various shapes and sizes
sud has three rust-proof clips that ars
yrsssed into shape In . minute b. saDs
panx under the lining. One bandsesl
viii do for various hats and may b.
set 1t any angle to decrease the Size
Of the hat CROWN and prevent It tron'
resting too faS down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11
A TOY WATER MOTOR.

The toy water motor shown in the
Illustrations may be operated in a
bath tub or a kitchen sink, but . laun-
dry tub will generally be the most
satisfactory place because down in
the laundry you will have more DON
In which to rig UP the toys that you
wish to rum, and at the same time
You will not be In %anybody's way.
Aside from operating toys with a
water motor, the writer and his
friends used to have q great deal Of
fun rigging up O. dozen or more
wheels OF different sizes and betting
m to another with belts of clothes
line and heavy cord In such q way as
to have them running at various
speeds. Spools. clothesline pulleys,
bicycle wheels, sewing machine
wheels, and homemade wooden pull
ley wheels were used, and when all
were set in motion they produced as
much noise as Is made In q small
power plant-which to us was one of
the fascinating features Of the
scheme.
You can probably get a small
grocery box for the case OF your wa
ter motor; il not, it will be a simple
matter to cut down a box. A narrow
strip should be removed from the top
board of each side Of the box, as
shown in Fig. 2, or else q small strip
should be nailed to the top edge Of
side borrd, to form outlets for
<he waste water. Gig. g.
L JJfg 2 and A show the detailn faq1
wheel. The ,Ksaroetar If
should be several inches shorter
han tie height Of the box. After
out the two circular side
pieoes of the wheel. and boring a CEN
ter hole through each large enough
a broom handle OF curtain pole
nhaft "a, Fig. 81, draw the lines b
and G at, right angles to one another,
and lines d and ID at As degrees to
&hese.e The lines represent the CEN
Asxs OF, the paddles Of the wheels and
sEM be your guides in putting the
RAeeI together. First nail n end
piece to each paddle Gig. ~. then
nail on the other end piece.
Tho shaft F should be enough
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-11

I longer than the width of the motor
Ease to allow for cutting a pulley CO..
on one md and driving a pin CHI
through the other end Gig. g.. To
prepare the pulley, first mako two
outs entirely around the shaft with a
fine saw, then remove the wood be-
tween the cuts with q chiBel. This
cutting must be done very exactly, OF
course, or your pulley will not center
on the shaft. Drill the holes Fl for
pins. Block 1 Gig ~ Is for a set
turning on the shaft. Make n of
these for each end of the wheel. Bore
hole A through the center Of the
block, drive screw ] into one edge,
and then nail the blocks to the ends
OF the wheel. To mount the wheel,
first slip 1T into the case, Their slip
the shaft through holes A, and when
properly conferred drive the set-screws
J part way into the shaft.
Bore the hole K through the top of
the motor case, about one inch inside
OF the line of the forward part Of the
wheel. This hole should be just the
size of the faucet from which you are
going to obtain your water power,
and one, end Of a piece of rubber tub
ing should be slipped into it and the
other end cut off SO 1t will be Of just
the right length to reach the faucet.
This will prevent the water from
splashing.
The uprights L and the upper
shafttng M are necessary only in case
the water motor sets down in a. tub
anf the toy to be operated cannot be
beltad directly to the pulley on the
main shaft. The upper shafting can
be placed high enough SO that The
belt will clear the sides Of the tub
'(Fig. ~. Cut the shaft M large
enough to fit snugly In the holes in
spools N and o, and drill the holes
p for pins. .n e.~ .. 4iare
Fig. 7 shows how you can prepare
wooden pulley wheels for gearing
down or increasing the speed Of your
motor, and Fig. 1 suggests how one
OF these may be fastened to the side
Of a bicycle wheel and the two sup
ported on two uprights nailed to a
box case.
! Copyright. 1912. by A.. Nelly Hall.)