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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

The efforts now to save the chest.
nut trees emphasizes natures revenge
for the needless slaughter OF the birds
Bird conservation is one OF the i'm.
portant factors In forestry. but Il
human carelessness or wantouness de.
Stroys the natural means OF tree de-
lenses. II follows that men are left to
their own inadequate devices to repair
the blunder. In this case worse than o
crime.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Knots an hour Figuring on the
basis accepted by naval architects
and engineers. the Titanic struck the
iceberg with an impact force Of a.
5o0,00o ms. If the Empire State
express had struck the same object
the force of the impact would be ap-
proximately S67.50O tons. il is de-
clared.
Il is said that no ship ever built
could withstand such a terrific strain.
The force OF the blow thought to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

IF the vessel makes port the own
ers face loss of at least s750.000 In
the event of total loss it will be a
serious matter for the ship cost $10,-
0O0. 900 to build. For insurance pur-
poses her bulls were valued al $4,000
600 and in addition there were many
miscellaneous items to take into ac-
count | don't suppose the owners are
covered to the extent of more than
Eve millions"
There were 3.43S mail bags aboard
the Titanic when she left Southamp-
ton. Ii is stated that the proportion Of
the registered packets carried was
heavier than usual. There were no
parcels. The letters addressed to
Canada consisted of the usual mid
week mail from North and South
America and the Canada islands in the
Pacific
No definite Information can be OBJ
lained here as 10 the amount OF val
tables on board. but it is understood
that in addition to the private collec-
tons of jewels belonging TO the
wealthy women passengers she had on
board at least $1,000 coo worth OF dia-
Enonds consigned to dSaIers She also
took q large amount OF bouda
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Another victory for the paper trust
A Bostonese family cooked a turkey In
q paper bag and then ate bag and all
We presume that when they cook the
sacred goldfish they do It in a paper
bag and then throw away the cod.
fish and eat the bag.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Save your Taisin seeds. A scientific
Investigator in California. where 5000
or 1000 tons Of them are thrown away
every year. has demonstrated that
they have commercial value. and that
strip. oil. meal and tannin can be
made from them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Simplicity In weddings is reported
to be strongly advocated by members
Of the British aristocracy. Members
Of the British sristocracy who marry
American heiresses will hardly be able
to induce the young ladies' to agree to
any brand Of simplicity that precIudes
the wearing Of more than 100000
worth Of pearls.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Rhinelander On a boat trip down
the Wisconsin river from Eagle river
to Rhinelander. James 0berholtzer
and Martin Berg. game wardens, con
fsoated ESQ mink and muskrat traps
set alongrihe bank.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

a Justice Of New York's supreme
court says there are too many laws.
courts and teohnicalties. The gen
eral public for some time has been
Susp>cting that less law and more
Justice would better hn the average
needs of the community, and Il is
quite gratifying TO the lay mind TO
have its opinions confirmed by this
expert decision.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Science takes fall out OF romance
by proving that hair cannot turn
white in single night. hat many
brunette has become a blonde in that
length of time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

A heart expert tells us that the
chief cause of marital discord is quar-
reling about money Ard yet. our
millionaires are not altogether uu.
known to the divc.ce court
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Doctor Wiley says We need more
cook stoves and fewer pianos. We
shudder to think Of his opinion Of the
canned music We get out OF phohN
graphs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-24

Madison, The articles of incorpo-
ration of the Farmers State bank of
Ablemans, Sank county. capital SIS
Ooo, have been approved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
VERMONT COLONIAL DANES.
Society Owes Existence to Miss Anna
c. Park Of Bennington.

Among the patriotic societies of Yer
mont that will meet in Montpelier
next month is the Vermont Society of
Colonial Danes The first society of
this name was organized at New York
and incorporated May 90, 1890 with
membership extended to women of
America of colonial descent subject
to restriction.
The service of the ancestor must
have been distinguished service of an
officer of high rank, either civil or
military. A second society was form
ed at Philadelphia out of which grew
an organization uniting the thirteen
colonies under the title of The Ma
tional Society of Colonial Danes"
An interest in these societies de-
veloped in Vermont and Miss Anna
c. Park of Bennington wrote regard
ing Nermonts position in the organ
iZation. The answer said that Yer
mont, not being one of the original
colonies could therefore have no colo
NAL society, members of the National
Society are invited to join and not ex-
pected to apply for membership with
out invitation" This answer stirred
the Vermont womans loyalty and Mrs
w. c. element of Rutland told in The
Vermonter of several years ago how
Miss Park appealed TO women and
the appeal met with hearty response.
The Colonial Danes of Bennington
organized an Independent society in
1894. A meeting was called at Rut-
land in 1897 to appoint a committee
for preliminary work relative to a
State organization. A State Society
was organized and adopted the fol-
lowing preamble:
Whereas the history of Vermont
unique in the colonial period OF our
country, has no parallel in the his
tory of nations, we her daughters,
descendants of colonial ancestors,
animated by patriotic desire to
keep in memory the heroic deeds of
her people in this period and to
teach our children the value of the
selfsacrificing lives of their fore
fathers in founding the colonies and
the independent commonwealth of
Vermont, de hereby organize and as
sociate ourselves under the title of
The Vermont Society of Colonial
Danes"
The first meeting took place at
Montpelier in the historical room of
the State House and Miss Park was
elected president. The society was
incorporated in 1898.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
PETITION GOES TO
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
FreehoIders Ask for Change in
Rutland Management.
SEVERAL ALLEGED ABUSES
Unprotected Crossings, Station Clos
ed at Night and Makeup of Trains
on Bennington Branch.

Daniel Guiltinan, chairman OF the
board of trade consisting of himself,
Emory S. Harris and William II.
Nichols, acting under the vote of in
structions of the public meeting held
at the county court house on the even
ing of September 10, has forwarded
to the public service commissions
petition for the correction of certain
alleged abuses in the management OF
the local railroad station and other
matters.
The petition calls attention to the
absence of gates at the Dewey and
the soldiers home crossings, to the
fact that the local railroad station is
closed after the departure of the S:15
train and that there is no operator
at the station after the departure of
the 6:15 train in the evening.
The petition requests that some
method of protection be adopted at
the two crossings mentioned, that
some proper official be installed at
the local station until after the arri-
val and departure of all night
trains that the station be kept open
for the accommodation of the public
for the same period and that hereaf-
ter no train on the Bennington
branch be run with the coach at
tached directly to the locomotive.
The petition further requests that
the freeholders who signed the petit
ton, 32 in number, be given hear
ing at such time as public service
commission may determine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
TRAIN THIEVES GET
AWAY WITH
$4,000
Substituted Paper for Bills in
Express Package
MESSENGER WAS FOOLED
Money Was Taken From Package
Without Tampering With the
Seals.

Mobile Ala, Sept. 20.-lt was re-
ported here today that $4,000 was
missing from a package sent from
Pensacola, and supposed to have con-
tanned $4,000 in small bills, when it
was received on Wednesday morning
at the Office of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad at Flomation.
Magazine paper had been substituted
for the bills.
The money, which had been con-
signed, according TO the report by the
First National Bank of Pensacola to
the railroad company for its weekly
payroll, was transported in the care
of the Southern Express Company on
daylight train, which left Pensaco-
la at o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing.
The express messenger says that
he received the package with the
seals unbroken and the man who
handled 1t. on the train also declared
that the package was in good shape
when he received il.
Detectives of the express company,
Pinkerton men and officials of the two
companies involved are in Pensacola
trying to clear up the mystery of the
robbery and in the meantime will not
give not any information about the
progress OF the inquiry.
One theory advanced is that the
package containing the money re-
NAMED in the Office of the express
company during Tuesday night and
that it might have been rified there
rather than on the train.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
"EXTENDING" CREDIT.
A Kind Of Banking That Didn't Ap.
peal to the Grocer.

A grocer. who contemplated starting
a branch store, spent day in the
store OF the man whom he expected TO
buy out. investigating neighborhood
conditions. In came little girl for
two pounds of sugar, package OF
starch. some -four. salt and coffee. Her
purchases came to 81 cents
Mother will have dollar tomor-
row." she said. land she will pay you
then"
The grocer nodded 'all right"
"And she wants the change now"
the child added. "She needs money to
buy thread"
Unhesitatingly he counted 10 cents.
The visiting grocer was amazed.
rs that the way You do business
down here?" he asked
Have TO-" said the ueighborhood
tradesman. Cant get along any 9th
er way. You have 10 know the people
you can safely extend credit 70, but
the judgment and the will TO carry on
a limited banking business without In
terest is the basis Of every grocer's
success in this part OF town"
The grocer abandoned the new enter.
prise. -Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
MADE ALL FRANCE LAUGH.
The Political Fight Between Dumas
and Paul de Kock.

and Paul de kock.
When Dumas pere opposed Paul
lie Kock for the representation OF a
Paris reimbursement the historic cam
paign convulsed the whole OF France.
Dumas address was very brief. Sub.
stantially It ran:
Il have written 400 volumes and
thirty-flve plays. The books have
brought in 1l.453O00 francs and the
dramas e.38o.0o0 francs. My work
and my success have kept $500 people
alive for thirty years"
Paul de Kock was more than equal
to the occasion in his reply:
II have kept many more people
alive. My slxU-three novels have
brought in 100000 francs. l live in
the Boulevard St Martin From 8 to
9 O'Clock In the afternoon / sit at my
window watching the cocoanut vend'
ers pass. All France knows II So
not a visitor comes to Paris without
writing In his notebook that he must
not forget to go and see Paul de Kock
at his window watching the cocoanut
sellers. Each OF them naturally takes
the omnibus TO get to the Boulevard
St Martin - threepence; afterward
the omnibus again-anotLer three
pence. Twenty thousand sixpences q
year for twenty yearsi To the omni
bus company alone have brought
10000 / pass over the Russian prin
cesses who have been 30 eager to see
me that they have not shrunk from
the expense OF cab."-Londor
Cranhic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
THE WHITING WIZARD
Remarkable Product Of a Jscknife in
Skilled Hands.

Crowds continue to gather in front
of Griswold's window to watch the
"Whittling Wizard" at work. There
are many interesting specimens OF his
handiwork on exhibition in the win
dow which have been made at differ
! ent times by Mr.. Childs.
! Among them are novelties carved
! from wood procured from the Frigate
Constitution, the old U. S. ship
"Merrimac," the Olympia, the stock
AIDE of Andersonville Prisons, the old
Washington Elm, lroquois theatre,
/ the British ship Royal Savage" sunk
in Lake Champlain in 1777 and re-
Gently raised by our general govern
ment and the oldest mill in the coun-
try built by Gov. Winthrop at New
London in 1920.
Perhaps the most complicated spec
! linen of his work. is quadruple
| twisted link chain which includes a
universal hinge, swivel, nestled hour
glass with three cylinders and a ball
/ inside of the whole.
He has articles whitfield from
twenty-four kinds of wood including
! COCO olo the hardest wood known.
! Among the pieces he is working on
this week is a special design made
from Mexican Malngomy. One day
he made four pairs of perfectly
working plyers in sixteen minutes.
Mr. Childs, who is exceedingly mod
est, believes that he has no special
talent, but that any person can be-
come proficient in the art by little
practice with jack knife, that will
hold its edge.
While his father was something OF
an artist with the jack knife Mr..
Childs was very awkard with it until
considerations OF health made it ad-
visable for him to take up this work
in which he has been so successful
that he has been called to most of the
larger cities and towns in the United
States
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21

"The worst boat on the Mississippi
the only bad boat on the Mississippi in
my time"-said Mark Twain when he
told the story. was the stephen ].
Hill. This boats untidlness was only
equaled by her slowness. Only stran-
gers, only the tenderfoot. used her.
"a cousin OF mine took.the stephen
]. Hill to come TO see me at Hannibal.
In the afternoon thick fog drifted
down, and the stephen ]. Hill had to
heave to for the night. As she lay
there. swathed in gray. my cousin said
to the captain. at is too bad were
going TO be late, captain
1--WE amt goin' TO be late the cap
tain answered.
"'But l thought said my cousin.
that we had to lie up to this bank
here all nightT
$50 we do said the captain, but
that amt goin' to make us late. We
don't run so close to time as all that "
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
HER tooth ANNIVERSARY
Observed Friday Miss Margaret
Shoultz Of Dorset.

Manchester. Sept 2O.-In the
neighboring town of Dorset Miss
Margaret Shoultz, aunt Margaret as
she is lovingly called, received today
the congratulations of her numerous
friends upon the occasion of her
Tooth birthday
Miss ShOultz was born in Nova
Scotia loo years ago today. When a
young woman she entered the family
oil the late Rev. DIR. George L. Prem
tiss, whose wife. elizabeth Payson
Prentiss was a well known writer in
her day. being the author of step
ping Heavenward." and remained
with the family until il was. broken
up by death. She has lived in Dorset
for more than forty years. and today
resides In a modest little cottage.
with companion Miss Kate Gnligan.
who tenderly cares for the aged
lady's few wants. Aunt Margaret.
when asked today to give her ideas
as TO what was conducive TO longevi
" said, If people minded their own
business they weuld have no trouble
in living to be 100 years old Miss
ShOultz is quite spry and gets about
the house without the aid Of a cane
and there seems no reason why sh,
should not live on for several years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
AMERICAN TROOPS
ARE FIGHTING IN
NICARAGUA
Admiral Switzerland Opening
Railroad to Aid Grenada.
MANY FOREIGNERS IN CITY
Revolutionary Leaders Have Joined
Forces and viii Oppose Advance
of Uncle Sans Soldiers.

Washington, Sept 21.-Severe fight
ing between American naval forces
and Nicaraguan revolutionists is be-
lieved to have occurred in the past
few days near Barranca, although re-
ports from the scene are so meager
that officials of the state department
have no definite idea of what has hap
pened Rear-Admiral Switzerland is
in the field, probably with upward of
2000 men, and if plans have not mis-
carried by this time he has cleared
the route of the National railway of
opposing rebels and relieved the fam
ine-threatened city of Granada.
European attention TO affairs in Nj
caragua at this time is believed TO
be one of the possibilities of the stu
alton. The Washington government
in sending relief to the beleagnered
city, Granada, populated by many
foreigners, had hoped to avert any
pretext for landing European military
or naval forces on Central American
soil. The British consul-general at
Managua and the British vice-consult
at Matagalpa have reported two Brit
ish subjects murdered by the rebels
at Achuapa. 1t is expected, however,
the British government before TAX
ing action upon its own account will
await the result of the American
campaign.
4 delayed cablegram from Admiral
Switzerland. dated Managua, IL p. m,
the i7th, and reporting that American
bluejackets and marines were fired
upon as they attempted to open the
railway, reached the navy department
yesterday. Delayed reports Thurs
day said the Granada relief party had
been fired upon last Sunday; that the
officer in command had halted and
sent to Managua for reinforcements,
and that Admiral Switzerland had
gone TO the rescue with two compan-
les OF marines and a detachment of
sailors.
Whether or not there was more fir
ing from the rebels before the add
tional American force arrived is not
known, but 1t is possible that the
DTuSn TeIeTTeu 10 III lHe ulSpdtCu Ie-
ceived yesterday was the one that
took place Sunday. Upon his arrival
at Barrancas, Admiral Switzerland
sent word to Gen Zeledon, one of the
rebel leaders, that he proposed to
open the railroad to Granada and
keep it open and that he would give
the rebels just "a hours to clear the
front
While Zeledon hesitated, Gen.
Mena, the former secretary OF war of
Nicaragua and the principal leader in
the revolution, came northward from
G. NADIA with another large force of
re Jels and Joined him. After a con-
sultation they sent a formal defiance
to Admiral Switzerland. announcing
their purpose to oppose his advance
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
A PLEASANT DRIVE
Letter From Massachusetts, Admlrer
of Vermont Beauties.

Editor of The Banner:-A pleasant
drive from Old Bennington is to
SALISBURY or Jerusalem" as it is
sometimes called by its friends.
The Jerusalem Meeting house, one
of the oldest in Vermont, is surround
ed by a burial ground crowded with
monuments and head-stones of those
long since passed on. From its high
hill it looks down upon some of the
finest scenery in Vermont. AS far as
the eye can reach the mountains,
some larger, some smaller, form an
immense circle like a frame for the
wonderful panorama of nature spread
out before u.s.
by the turn of an eyeball" Ben
nington monument salutes US, big,
tall and homely, but in this setting it
is grand. Its near neighbor, Mount
Anthony, stands solitary and alone,
as if sentinel to guard and protect
the forest in which the deer still
roam.
Close by and in the distance are
scattered forms with their substan-
tial buildings, cultivated fields and
orchards, pastures gorgeous with the
blossoms of the wild flowers of many
colors. Again groves of maple and
sometimes a solitary tree, a magnifi-
cent specimen, a monarch of the hills
On the side hills great groups of
laurel bushes with their deep green
mingle with ferns and MOSES from
which a brook goes rushing down the
cleft of the rocks as if in haste to
reach the plain below, again great
powders of glistening white rock
stand out among the sheep that fill
the pasture with life, and animation
and sometimes pretty colt, great
grandson, possibly. TO Morgan,
peeps over a fence of rails.
On the hill road the air is fragrant
with the perfume OF the new mown
grass. By the roads side wild roses
with their crimson and pink blossoms
climb at will over fences and walls.
Now we come 10 mo mans" land, the
woods, given over TO the rabbits, the
squirrels and the birds and nearer
Old Bennington We come TO a typical
Vermont village with ITS pretty
church. neat homes and well shaded
streets. Ii has a prosperous air with
its unique old stone mill, the first
home of the Eagle Square" long
since outgrown and surrounded by
modern up to date buildings. Close
by is a remarkable group of springs
Several mountain streams must have
met under ground just here and break
ing through their bonds OF earth come
bubbling and sparkling up, a beauti-
full sight. There must be a charm in
their waters for they brought TO us
friend. This friend We had known
in Chicago, as an erecting engineer
of large ability. We extended to him
our heartiest congratulations that he
had left the everlasting din and noise
of the city for these pleasant fields
that rise into hills that in the dis
lance rise to mountain columns with
which the earth props up the
heavens"
Friend of the Maintains
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-21
FIRST GAME OCTOBER 7.
National Commission Makes Tenta-
tive Arrangements.

The worlds series baseball games
are to begin on Monday, October z.
This date is said to have been tenta-
lively agreed upon by the national
commission, which meets at New
York Wednesday to draft the plans
for the games. The date for the open
ing of the series was based upon the
assumption that the New York Ma
tionals and the boston Americans
would win the pennants in their re-
spective leagues. The Boston club
has already won the pennant and the
/ Giants expect to win within the next
| 10 days.
The playing season of the Boston
Red Sox and the New York Giants
closes on October 5 and one days
rest before the big games is deemed
sufficient. An early start of the ser
les is desired as the commission de
sires TO take advantage of good wealth
err. IL is learned that the commission
has practically decided to play two
consecutive days in one city. The
club owners will toss a coin to deter
mine which city shall have the open.
ing games.
Ban Johnson. president of the
American league, after a conference
at Cleveland, o.. yesterday with
James r. McAleer. president Of the
Boston club. regarding the sale OF
tickets for the worlds series, said he
had not receded from the stand he
took last fall He then maintained
that the American league should be
responsible for all tickets sold in tbs
city represented by the leagues win
ming team. and that the Nationa
league should be responsible in Tbs
city of its winning team. The Amer
lean league will stand responsible foi
every ticket that is sold in Boston
and the National league will have q
do tie same in ITS city" said John
1 son