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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
- Estate of LYMAN LILLE

The undersigned. having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
OF Bennington, COMMISSIONERS, TO receive,
examine. and adjust the claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate OF Lyman
Lille. late OF Pownal, in said District,
oece,used. and all claims exhibited in Offset
thereto. hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purpose aforesei I'D. at the late residence
sald District. on the 18th day OF November
next. from O'Clock p. u. until 4 o'clock
p. VI. on said day aud that sir months
time limited by said Court for said cred
itors 10 present their claims 10 us for examin-
Dat DATED ID at Pownsi this sist day Of May.
n ~ w. JARED HOWARD
HENRY STAFFORD
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
TAKES DAY OFF TO WE'D.
Woman Mail Carrier Has First vaca
tion In Twenty Four Years.

ton In Twenty Four Years.
Stockbridge, Mass, June S.-Miss
Florence S. Markham, who has
travelled 10000 miles in the last
twenty-four years, carrying the mail
between Interlaken and Stockbridge,
three miles apart, was married in
Canaan, Conn, yesterday to Archi.
bald Boyd of Beckett. She telephon-
ed to Postmaster Steve C. Burghardt
last night that she would resume
carrying the mail tomorrow, after
one-day vacation, the first she had
taken since May l, 1889, when, at
the age of II, she went ON the Gov
eminent pay roll. She said her hus-
band would keep house
Mrs. Boyd has record of never
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
WoLeAsT MAY NOT BOX
Injury to Thumb May Stop Bou
With Johnny Dundee.

Los Angeles, June S.-The AID VOL
gast-Johnny Dundee bout scheduled
for Vernon Arena next Tuesday
night, may be called off. While box
ing yesterday with one OF his spar
ing partners Wolgast severely injur
ed his left thumb. a member which
has caused much previous trouble.
The pain was so intense that he
was hurried to physician, who
recommended that Wolgast's fight
with Dundee be called of and that
the former lightweight champion re
main out OF the ring for six months
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
nn,r,1rss1oNERs NOTICE.

Frs NOTICE. r,,,,,-~,
The undersigned. having been appointed by
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
M, BENNINGTON. COMMISSIONERS TO receive,
eremine and adjust the claims and demands OF
al r,oranns araiust the estate OF Hmm an ;.
lrown. late Of Bennington. In said District.
fecoased and all claims exhibiteu IN onset
ss.s-.sfo hereby give notice that we vii inset
- - ,.,1rr.oEe Aforesaid at the Office o. Coz
IL. M. f;rsves. IN the Town Of Benz Inefon. y
Ia nist ricf On the eth day Of July and q. {
day Of Nov. next. from oeleck :. m ". W.. =
.,c-fhs from the 2ist day OF Nay. A d
55is n the tine limited by said OOurt for . -
---fttors 10 present. their claims 70 " LOT
1,s ~ ssnninston. this s5th day May
a. u. i''o COLLINS n. GRAVES
EMORY s. HARRIS
C0mmiEioners-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-10
CHURCH GETS BAD COIN
Counterfeit pa'f Dollars in Berk
shire Contribution Box.

otlIi : -Ns+N''behiOH IVA
Lenox, Mass, June S.-Two coun
terfeit half dollars wei found in
the contribution box OF the Beckett
Congregational church today by Mat
thew ID. e. Tower, the treasurer.
Government officers are hunting
for a gang of conterfeiters believed
to be making spurious money in tina
section of the Berkshires from Bah
Bit metal several pieces of which
were recently thrown from Boston
& Albany train.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19
Must Work From Inside.

We may talk about the advan-
tages of other towns, and perhaps
we may feel like removing elswhere
to enjoy some things that we have
not here at home. But if all peo-
pie did the same no community
would have any attractions to Of
fer. The man who is attracted to
other communities is not the man
who makes the attraction; rather
he's the fellow who has not gump-
ton enough to help in securing
for his own community the things
that he is willing to sponge from
other communities that have fewer
citizens of his calibre,
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19

that doomed. On the other hand,
who can forget the mothers kiss
just before her tired eyes are clos
ed forever and her face is touched
by the pallor Of the great conquer
ing Death? How that recollec
ton becomes an oasis upon the
burning sands of life! How it
breathes the sweet incense of
peace over the turbulent soul. Its
memory becomes powerful lens,
which, focused upon the mind,
brings wildly back to memory the
youthfuE days when we knew the
ministering touch of mother.
Sometimes it makes US fall sob
bingly to our knees and pray Back
ward, turn backward, oh tine in
your fightp That, my friends, is
the history of the kiss of Savior
that blesses. Who can forget the
kiss of her to whom our happiness
and life has been intrusted! How
it lends new vigor to the heart and
even seems to aid that wonderful
machine in its weary life-giving
throb; how it clears away the dark
ness from the drear soul and light
ems up the mental horizon; how
it tingles the nerves and lends
elasticity to the step! What is
more wonderful than a kiss and
what is more damna ble than kiss?
Beware of its seducing charms!-
in S. s. Lexington Advertiser.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19

Going elsewhere for entertain
ment or for trade is a great deal
like burning down ones house to
get the insurance. One pays pret-
ty heavily for the privilege by de-
priving his own community of the
very means that it needs to pro-
vide facilities similar to those pos
sessed by its rival.
Developing communityf much
like cultivating the soil; Il d must
be sown and the harvest awaited.
He would be a foolish farmer in.
deed who would not risk his seed
iu the ground lest it fail to pro-
duce a harvest. The wise man is
he who prepares the soil selects
the seed and cultivates the land to
insure crop.
So the citizen must give to his
community in trade, labor and in-
terest what is needed to enable it
to give him in return the CONNER
cial, social, educational and relig.
ious advantages that he must have
to be happy, contented and pros
porous. To the extent that he
gets elsewhere what he can not get
at home. because he will not prop
erly support his own community,
he is not only ungrateful but he
is recipient of charity as WE'LL
Business Mems Club Holly Springs
South.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19

Every once in while some one
intimates that we ought to "trip
some one up the back" Say they
deserve it and they don't see why
we don't do it. Friends we are
not in the roasting business. APP
ply at crematory If you have
it in for some one, 60 to him and
fight it out like man. Don't try
to mix the printer up in your
grievances. He has troubles of
his own. None of we poor NOR
tails here below are perfect, not by
a long shot, and other people may
think that you, yourself, deserve
special attention Exchange.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19
The Devil and the Kiss.

IL u uudulIy was uo 6I SO OleSI az
the hands of a Divine Creator than
when the desire was implanted in
the human heart to show it's af-
fection by the meeting of the lips.
Just to the same extent humanity
was ne'er so accursed than when
it allowed the devil to appropriate
this God-given blessing to himself.
This he has done from the minute
the kiss of betrayal was implanted
upon the face of the Prince of
Peace to the present day. On one
hand souls have been saved by
kiss. On the other, souls have
been damned by the kiss. The
careless kiss often leads fair Virtue
to lowly grave. The betrayer of
womanhood turks in the land and
becomes more noticeable every
day. His kiss, though not exactly
like Judas, betrays to the vultures
of the under-world-a living hu.
man soul upon which they may
feast. From the coy maiden to
the ruined woman is the history
of his kiss and it is written in the
blood of a broken heart. No. Sew
eral broken hearts contribute to it's
dear pages. Idle curiosity and a
desire for suggestive thought often
impel people to scan eagerly the
account of anything pertaining to
poor fallen women, but oh, so often
[ read between the lines and in
my imagination l can see the
maiden tempted by. the blacklist
and lowest of humanity. l can see
her as she, admiringly, puts her
trust in, to his, the kingliest of
men, only to be betrayed! Should
idle curiosity lead us to pause and
read the brief annals of this life?
Oh, doesn't all the good in us de-
mand tear? Oh, fallen women!
Thrice accursed art thou. By thy
fellow-human art thou accurst,
and by thy betrayer art thou ma
ligned, but by thy God d-never?
That, gentle reader, is, in part.
the history of the kiss Of the Judas
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1913-06-19

Think right and you will pretty
apt to act right.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
PERU

Archie Russell of Colebrook, n. H.,
is visiting his father c. NJ. Russell.
Miss Evelyn Burroughs is at her
grandfathers w. B. Simonds.
The North school closed last week
and the village school will close this
week.
d. II. Hewes remains about the
same. He is with his son, o. l..
Hewes. Four generations were rep
resented at the dinner table there on
Christmas day.
T. C. Cosmus. d. C. Grant and sons
ar spending the holidays at the Cos
mus place.
Harry West spent Christmas at his
home here. He returned to his work
i'm Baldwinsville on Monday and his
father. w. w. West, returned to his
duties rs jury man the same day.
Perry Warren has returned to
town after an absence OF several
weeks.
Mrs. Mabel T. Whitney spent few
days in Rutland and Brandon the last
of the week.
News was received of the death of
Mrs. ]. c. Lakn in Waterville, Me,
on Saturday morning. She has been
in poor health for some time and the
end was not wholly unexpected. She
leaves four daughters one of whom
is Mrs. John Russell of this town,
also two sisters, Mrs. NJ. b. Lyon be-
ing one OF them. Her body will be
brought here for burial beside her
husband and son in the North GENE
terry on Wednesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
WEST SALISBURY

Clayton Reed was in Troy last
week Friday.
A. F Hulett was a Sunday guest
at Charles Perkins.
Vesta Clark spent Christmas with
Mrs Frank Mattison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Amidon were
in Arlington Sunday.
Miss Barbara LOOMS Of Pittsfeld-
is visiting at L. NJ LOOMS
Mrs. Truman Amldon was in Ben.
uington last week Tuesday.
Clarrisa Perkins is spending her
Christmas vacation at home
Mr. and Mrs. r. C. Tinkham were
in Bennington last week Wednesday.
Miss Clara Emerton spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs John Hunt
ington
The Miseses Bessie and Mildred
Niles are visiting relatives in Indian
Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Stanley enter
tanned Adelbert Woodland and family
Christmas day
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mattison and
Walter Coughly spent Christmas at
e. C. Tinkhams
Mr., and Mrs. William Dickinson
and children OF Silver Creek are Wis
iting at George Bronson's
Ruth Loomis returned to Dalton.
Mass, Sunday after spending her
holiday vacation at home
Mr. ana Mrs Jay Loomis and l.. NJ.
LOOMS and family spent Christmas
in Bennington with Asa LOOMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stanley went
to Arlington TO spend Christmas with
their daughter. Mrs. Willard Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs James Peters. Jr..
entertained Mr. and Mrs Merle Coul-
ter and daughter Gladys and Martha
Bronson Christmas day
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Coulter and
family spent Christmas at Fred Har-
ringtons where AZ relatives enjoy ed
Christmas dinner and tree.
George Elweu Of North Benning.
ton, Mr.. and Mrs Grant Bronson and
daughter Tula and George Wright OF
Malone, n. Y, were az George Bron-
sons Sunday
Louis Poulter of Pitsfeld. Mass.
was an over Christmas guest OF his
Uncle Martin Coulter. His grand
father John Coulter and his cousins
Blanche and Gladys Coulter returned
home with him for a visit.
A Christmas entertainment was
held at the school house Friday eve
ming, Dec. 30. The Rotations were
well rendered and Santa Claus help
ed 10 unload the well filled tree af-
ter which sandwiches cake and
coffee were served to about 60. All
enjoyed a happy evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
WHITE CREEK

Ward E. Niles was born in the
town of Pownal, VT, August 30, 1845
and died at White Creek Wednesday,
December 18, 1912. Mr.. Niles was
apparently in his usual health al
though he has been far from being
well man for the last twenty years.
He was busy overseeing the work of
his farm and was talking with one of
his farm hands when he complained
of not feeling well and started to go
to another part of the farm when he
dropped dead Mr. Niles bought the
old Niles property of James B. Jer-
mains estate and moved his family
here fourteen years ago last April.
Mr.. Niles married Miss Sarah Mac
Grey September q, 1866. Two chill
dren were born to them, Benedict
w, and Minnie B. Mr.. Niles was a
man of sterling qualities always
standing for all that was good, true,
brave and noble. In politics he was
a staunch Republican, his active life
in politics was spent in the town of
Pownal, vt. He held many offices in
the town and some for years. June
l, 1876 he was appointed postmaster
and held that Office until July 1887,
was selectman in 1882 the year fol-
lowing his party chose him as their
representative to Montpelier. By
trade Mr.. Niles was a carpenter and
joiner at which he worked until 1876
when he engaged in mercantile busi-
ness until the sp 'ng of 1898 when he
| came here and mas since spent the
last few years farming. His death re
moves from this vicinity one of the
most influential farmers. His funer-
al was held from his late home Sat
urday morning, December Fl, his pas
tor, Rev. j. c. Mitchell officiated as
sisted by Rev. G. r. Mayer of Troy,
a former pastor Mr.. Mayer very
feelingly read a letter that Mr.. Niles
! had written him less than a month
before he died declaring his belief in
| God and the interest he ever felt in
the welfare of the church. Inter
ment was in South Pownal amid the
friends and the surroundings of his
life The floral tributes were beauti-
| full especially the Masonic design civ
en- by the Bennington Lodge of which
| Mr. Niles was member He is sur.
vived by his wife, one daughter, one
I son, two grandchildren, Jean and
/ Robert, two sisters, Mrs. Bell of Al
bany, Mrs Smith of Springfield,
/ Mass, and one brother Alden Niles OF
| Pownal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
sHAFrssuRY VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Fuller were in
Troy last week.
Myra Sisson of White Creek is
guest of Ethel Bouplon.
Mrs. Truman Amidon visited at the
home of S. Center recently.
Percy. Foster of SALISBURY visit
ed his brother Alan recently.
Frank Pierce was called to A. Har-
rington's Sunday, he being i'll.
William Telford of Hoosiek was a
visitor in the Valley Saturday.
Miss Ethel Bouplon was the recip-
lent of a nice piano Christmas.
Mrs. Newell Bennett visited her
sister, Mrs. Charles Peacock recent
ly.
Alan Foster is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Lille Foster in North Benning-
ton.
VIM. Hullihan and daughter of
White Creek called on friends Sun
day
Newell Bennett of SALISBURY Wis
tied at the home of Phenor Bennett
recently.
Orville Fillmore attended the fun
eral of Charles Barber in Pownal
Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Bouplon and children
were week end guests of her parents
in White Creek
Miss Florence Center of Benning-
ton visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs
IS. Center recently.
Dr. Gleason of North Bennington
was called to attend Thomas Murphy
who is i'll, Monday.
James Bouplon and daughter Ra-
chel were guests of Mrs. Ed Cone Of
South SALISBURY recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rice of South
SALISBURY were guests at the home
of James Bouplon Sunday
Mrs. John Bennett has returned
to her home, having spent several
days in Troy and Waterford.
Leon and Hannah Peckham of
North Pownal were week end guests
of their sister, Mrs Orville Fillmore.
Mrs. f. Fuller and son Clyde were
Christmas guests of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Jared Howard of Bennlng.
ton.
Mrs II. Estes of Albany and Mrs.
C. K. Estes of Bennington were
guests at the home of F. w. Fuller
recently
The people of SALISBURY Valley
generously remembered Rev. ]. C..
Mitchell and wife with a purse Of
money Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bouplon enter
tanned Mr., and Mrs. John Davis of
Troy and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f. Stanley
and daughter Christmas
Misses Hattie and Grace Center,
who have been spending the holiday
vacation at their home, returned to
school at Bliss Business college
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Allard of Ben
nlngton, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hous-
ton Of Pitlsfeld. Mr. and Mrs. r. b.
Young and daughter Hazel we're
Christmas guests at the home Of
Frank Bouplon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
on..n Rss, Clint.

Queen Elizabeth had "a Flemish por'
ter who was over eight feet high and
OF great strength, aud be was an ex'
tremely good uatured man. Whenever
he met any one who was abnormally
tain he used TO patronize' him in a
friendly sort OF way. and on one occa-
sion when ne met at an inn two sol
diers who were over six feet IN height
he said. Come under my arms. my lit
lie fellows And. taking them M, he
walked down the room with them I'M
der his arms as n they had been chill
dren. much 10 their disgust.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Different Count.

Witter Bynner, the well known poet
condemned at literary dinner in New
York a young chorus girls marriage to
nm elderly sonneteer.
81 demonstrated with the old foo"
said Mr.. Bynner. 81 pointed out to
him that the disparity OK their ages
formed an insurmountable barrier to
their union.
"'But,' said he, I am only forty
three, while she is twenty-four diff
ference of nineteen years
otis true enough, / interrupted,
that there is only nineteen years diff
ference between you now, but think
what it will be twenty years hence,
when you're sixty-three and she's
twenty-fver "-Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Where chatterton Died.

Brooke street bears the name of that
Lord Brooke who was murdered by an
ungrateful dependent. 1t is connected
with still more pathetic tragedy. On
Aug. -. 100, the boy poet. Chatterton,
poisoned himself at the house Of Mrs.
Angel in this street after tearing up
all his manuscripts. The house in
which Chatterton died was the second
from Holborn on the west side. II was
pulled down about twenty years ago.
having previously been altered almost
beyond recognition. Spectator
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
smallest Book In the WorId.

The smallest book in the world is in
the library of congress. always under
lock and key. 1t is a copy of the
Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam. The
tiny volume was made by Nathan Dale
of Cleveland. O. 1t was photographed.
each page separately. Four books of
the same size would just cover post
age stamp Three hundred of them
would weigh II pound. New York Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

He Laid.

Don't waste your time in clipping
off the branches" said the woodman to
his son, "but lay your ak at the root OF
the tree" And the young man went
out and laid his AK at the foot OF the
tree, like a good and dutiful boy, and
then he went fishing. Truly there is
nothing so beautiful as fillal obedience.
Strand Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
BONNEVILLE

Mr. and Mrs. j NJ Kendall went
TO New York Tuesday. 'They were
called there by the illness of their
son Delbert,
A. A. Benson has gone to West
boro, Mass, to visit his daughter,
Mrs. B. $, Gallup.
Miss Abbie Houghton who has
been working in Rawsonville, has re-
turned home.
Lewis Roberts went to Manchester
last week and sold his horse and
wagon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Lord Give.

Lord Give, the English conqueror Of
India, bold, active warrior, exposed
to death in scores of desperate battles
and by several plots, fell victim after
his return to England to the opium
habit and committed suicide.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

Mrs. Excite-Oh. doctor. husband Is
IN an awful way. Just as he goes to
sieu my checks he faints away.
Doctor-What am I 90 DO?
Mrs. Excite-Get him so that be
won't faint TIL after he signs them
San Francisco Examiner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03

Yew trees live to an age Of 400 or 800
years. The red berries of the yew are
not poisonous, as is commonly suppos-
ed, but the seeds are very poisonous.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
Sea Anemones.

Sea anemones will exist on water
nourishment for four years.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-03
Our Roads.

A party of automobile tourists from
Pasadena, Calf, having motored from
California to New England. and now
IN their return trip, averred on reach
ing Charleston that the roads they
travelled in West Virginia were the
worst that they encountered on any
part of their long trip.
Such condition is deplorable, and
one that does much to give the state
an evil reputation with tourists from
other states. but there is plenty OF
Indication that it will not be allowed
to continue The good roads move
ment has been given much impetus
n recent years, and, If it is kept up
t will not be long until West Virginia
has system Of well kept highways
that will rank with those of any other
state in the unlon.-Huntington Ad-
vertlser.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-03
Progress.

Progress" is a modern word and
a modern idea. Originally it meant a
journey. English annals refer often
to royal progress" meaning a
kings journey. 1t was only in the
time of Shakespeare that it began to
be used, in its. present significance,
Bacon was pioneer in using the ad-
jective progressive
one of the great achievements OF
modern civilization has been the crea-
ton of the belief in progress; says the
Kansas City Star. A better compre-
hension of history has shown a pro-
gressive development People are be-
coming impressed with the belief that
by taking thought they can hasten the
coming of better day.
Under the spell of the Middle Ages
things were necessarily allowed to
drift. Such progress as was made
came largely from blind experiment.
ing. The experiments that failed to
fit in with the facts of human nature
went to the wall. Those that hap
pened to be along the line Of progress
persisted.
Now it is evident that reason can
be made to supplant this sore-of blind
chance With modern knowledge, and
with the inspiration born of the idea
embodied in the modern word pro
gress," there is no reason why here
should not be an advance all along
the line, incomparably faster than his
tory has ever shown before.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-09-03
Rewardlng Enemies.

Former State Senator A. C. McIn-
ire. of Martinsburg. another strong
anti-wilson Democrat prior to the
Baltimore convention, was last Mon
lay appointed special agent of the
department. of justice with headquar-
.ers in Chicago. The position pays
$1,000 a year. President Wilson
seems to follow scrupulousiy the
scriptural Injunction, DO good to
hem that despitefully use you and
prosecute you" It's about time for
Gray Silver now. and then tAasHon.
Stuart winsome Walker, with the
Hon. William A.=Mecorkle to joy
fully cap the climax Monroe Watch
nan.