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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
SOUTH SALISBURY

The G. w. C. held dance in !. o.
o. F. hall last Friday evening.
Harry Farnham and sons Kenneth
and Carl spent Sunday in Arlington.
Mrs. Susie Mcdonald and son Har-
old spent Sunday in North Shafts
bury.
There will be regular meeting of
Crescent Rebekah Lodge Friday even
ing, May 9.
Floyd Montgomery has moved to
the Merle Bottum tenement at North
SALISBURY.
NJ. NJ. Dean of North Bennington
was in town last week in his new
automobile.
Miss Edythe Buss of Bennington
was the guest of Miss Isabel Cole
over Sunday.
Elmer Bushee has moved into the
house recently vacated by Floyd
Montgomery
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Gordon and
daughter Jennie spent Sunday in
| Hoosick, n Y.
There will be a business meeting
| Immediately after the Epworth
League Tuesday evening
Miss Stella Hawkins has returned
to North Adams Normal school after
being home for a weeks vacation.
Mrs c. s. Everest, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Hawkins has returned to her
home in New Haven, VT.
Mr. and Mrs David Hill spent Sun
| day in Arlington as the guest of
their granddaughter, Mrs. Gilbert
Vaughn. ...a
Lemuel Bottum. who has been Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. A. b. Hawkins,
has returned to his home in New
Haven. Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wilmington
spent Sunday with Mrs. Millington's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Wood
ard of Arlington.
Miss Agnes Calhoun has returned
to her home in Middlebury after hav-
ing spent several days as the guest
of Miss lula Bronson.
The Village Improvement society
will hold meeting in Cole hall We'd
nesday evening. All members and
all who are interested are asked to
be present
The many friends of Miss Bertha
Bottum will be sorry to hear of her
serious illness in California where
she has been spending some time in
the hope of regaining her health.
The topic for the Prayer Service
Thursday evening is How the
Preacher can help the people" Last
Thursday evening. Rev. Mr.. Heller
spoke on How the people can help
the preacher"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
EAST ARLINGTON

Mrs. Frank Grout passed the day In
Bennington Monday.
Mrs. G. A. Warner passed the day
in Bennington Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Buck passed the
day Tuesday in Troy and Albany.
Harry Shepard of Troy passed
Sunday in town visiting relatives.
Burton Hard and wife of Fay.
vile passed Sunday with s. F. Hard.
Burton Powers of Bennington pass.
ed Sunday with his friend. Carlton
Bells.
Clinton Fields left Thursday for
Rutland where he will spend a few
days with relatives.
Mrs. n. L. Schutt, who has been
visiting relatives in Bennington, re-
turned home Monday.
Misses Anna and Sarah Mann OF
Bennington passed Sunday with their
mother, Mrs. Margaret Mann.
Grant Harbor and Emery Harris
of Bennington were guests of Roger
OBrian and f. d. Stone Sunday.
Miss Eva Grout. who has been
home on a weeks vacation. returned
Monday to the North Adams Normal
school. .lSAS A
Arden Andrew left Monday for
the Troy City hospital where he is
to undergo an operation to be per
formed by Or. Kivelin.
The Bennington County Christian
Endeavor society viii hold their an
nual convention at the Methodist
church here Saturday, May 10, the
morning session begins at 10 o'clock.
DR. S. X. Gray went TO Troy Mon.
day with a patient. His intentions
are to pass a few days vacation
there then leave for Syracuse to
visit a brother who resides in that
city.
There will be a baseball meeting
at the engine rooms here Wednesday
evening for the purpose OF electing
manager and other officers for the
ensuing year. All interested are re
quested to be present
Rev. L. c. Leonard. ID. D.. principal
Of the Troy Conference Academy at
Poultney. Vt, supplied at the NJ r.
church here Sunday as the pastor,
Rev. y. l. Ball was unable 10 be
present Mr. Leonard is one OF the
the big" men Of this conference and
those that were absent missed a
treat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
GOES
SNUFFLES AND
HAWKING CEASE

The best nose and throat specia-
lists in the world advise their pat
tents to breathe Eucalyptus to de-
stroy Catarrh germs and heal the
sore, raw spots.
Booths HYOMEI is Australian
Eucalyptus combined with Thymol,
and some Historian antiseptics.
Breathe it through the little pocket
inhaler, and in vapor form as direct.
ed, and this antiseptic balsam will
surely destroy all germ life and all
Catarrh misery.
It's guaranteed for Catarrh, Coughs
Cold and Group; Il relieves stuffed
up head in minutes and refreshes
the entire nasal tract. Complete
outfit with directions for use sI.00.
II you own a HYOMEI inhaler get a
bottle Of Booths HYOMEI for so
cents at w. L. Cokay's and druggists
everywhere. Just breathe it-no
stomach dosing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
ARLINGTON

Mrs. Mary Adams of Bennington
spent Sunday in town.
Thomas Cullinan had poor spell
again Monday morning.
Miss Martena Watson of Farming
ton, Maine, is stopping at c. Whit
tiers.
Miss Margaret Gounely of East Dor
set is visiting her sister Mrs. Pat
rick Cullinan.
Edward Higgins of Bennington was
in Town Monday evening to see
Thomas Cullinan.
Mrs. w. /. Jones is visiting friends
in Burlington while Mr. Jones is in
Boston and New York.
Miss Sadie Hard has recovered sui
ficiently from a severe attack OF ton
solitis TO be out of doors.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Miltimon OF
St. Augustine, Florida, have arrived
in town for the summer.
Carl Bair finished work for the
Refg., company and has accepted a
position with John Conroy.
Mrs. William Hitchcock and son oil
Manchester spent Sunday with Mrs
John Risdon on School street
George Coolidge has finished work
at lion, N Y, and has opened the
cream parlors here for the summer
Charles Prero and daughter Della
of North Adams spent Sunday with
their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank La
Bait
Messrs Frank LaBatt and Henry
LaBatt were in Saratoga Thursday tC
attend the funeral of the formers
sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Way and
daughter, Eleanor of Manchester
spent Sunday with the latters aunt
Mrs. s. Vault.
Rev. and Mrs. Roosevelt of New
York are in town for the summer
Rev. Roosevelt preached at st
James church Sunday.
Miss Margaret Nelson oldest daugf
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Nelson
is slowly improving from her serious
illness of pneumonia. She has beer
under the care Of trained nurse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY

Lizzie Renner is i'll with tonsi-
litis.
Farmers are busy getting theil
oats in.
Abel Harrington was in Benning-
ton Saturday.
d. P. Mattison has fine large
yearling colt.
William Snow of Bennington was
in the place Sunday.
Alfred Green purchased a horse of
Morris Levine Monday.
Peter Elwell was in Bennington
Saturday ON business.
Miss Rena Somers, is teaching
school in Glastonbury.
Alonzo Harrington and sons were
driving in the place Sunday.
Mrs. C. l.. Hulett is improving.
DR.. ID. H. Gleason attends her.
Kenneth Snow of Bennington spent
Sunday with hrs cousins Russell and
Arthur Pierce.
George Jepson of Bennington was
a guest of his sister, Mrs. Abel Har-
rington Sunday.
Fred Harrington and son Wallace
are doing carpenter work for Mrs.
Martha Elwell.
Mrs. Orvill Tiff and Miss May Will
liams were week end guests of rela-
tives in Bennington.
David Howard is daily carrying
10 pupils from the farming locality
to school at South SALISBURY.
Miss Birdella Buck says she had
2S sheep and lambs bit by dogs the
past week, some dead and partly
eaten.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Montgomery has
moved from her farm to South
SALISBURY to reside with her son
Frank.
Mrs. Harriet NJ Elwell drove to
Bennington Monday morning with
her son Harold who is attending
school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Draper live in j, j,
Shakshobers new boarding house
Fayville. They are doing the work
for the help employed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
FOR ANY SKIN SORENESS
COMFORT POWDER IS USED
IN HARTFORD HOSPITALS

Supt. B. S. Gilbert of Hartford City
Hospital says: 1--WE have used Com
fort Powder in our Hospital for many
years and consider it by far the best
powder made, wherever perfect
skinhealing powder is needed. We
have found it to be most carefully
prepared and of certain and effective
therapeutic value"
Comfort Powder is used and en-.
dorsed by more hospitals, physicians
and trained nurses than any other
powder because it is skin healing
wonder. Be sure you get the genu'
inc with signature of +. S. Sykes on
box.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-07
SPENT $500 ON FEET
Peopls with Sore. Pcrspirine Feet, Read This

vouched for by Levengood & Strick-
Ter, Druggists, OF Latrobe. Pa.
George Umoltis bought two pack
came In and said he wanted II adver-
tised. and pay all charges, 80 the peo-
Pile would know how good II 10. he
feet. He spent 800 for doctor bills He
only used one package OF EGO. and can
run and jump like boy. He was all
smiles about EGO"
weary feet. for 25 cents jar. At drug
EistB everywhere.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
NOTED B0ATRET|RED
Passing Of Mary Powell Ends Old
Steamboat Days.
Famous Hudson River Craft Still
Stanch and SeaWorthy, but Her
Limited Size Is Responsible
for Her Removal.

New York-Old steamboat days on
the Hudson We're the best Of all, and
the lapse of the Mary Powell marks
the close Of them. No blame can be
attached TO the old vessel for her dis
appearance from the route that she
has Travelled for half a century, for
only her limited size is responsible for
her removal. Her sides are still as
stanch as ever. and the Palisades will
still return the echo of her paddle
wheels When the rush season is oyer.
But tie fact remains that the most
popular and widely known steamboat
OF American waters has beer driven
into the background, and that the day
of oldfashioned steamboating had
gone there with her.
Much has been written about the
earlier rivalry on the river and how
the monopoly between Robert Fulton
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
ESCAPED With SIiuht Injury,

Samuel Wright. a brakeman on the
West Shore railroad. Is in the North
ern Hudson IN. ~ hospital. with four
toes gone from his right foot.
Wright was standing in a gondola
coal car, the first III a l5-car train.
that was passing through Bogota,
when the car bottom became loose.
He tried to climb out, but did not
have time. The bottom fell and hf
was thrown to the ties. He lay
stretched between the rails, while the
long succession of wheels passed on
either side Of him. 1T surely was q
queer feeling | had watching them 20
by" said Wright. Some Of the air
pipes and rods grazed my head and
shoulders"
After the train had passed Wright
was picked up by several railroad
men. put aboard a special engine and
rushed to WeehaWken. The house
surgeon found 1t necessary to am
putate four toes, the only part of hin
that the wheels had touched.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
MEANS A VAST EXPENDITURE
Average Mar Has Little Idea Of How
Much 1t Really Costs to Buiid
a Railroad

With the right of way established,
another great army of men enter into
the field. The railroad does not build
its w road. 1t is turned over to con
tracts, and is usually let in sections of
from 200 to 800 miles. The ccntrac-
tor must live up to certain specifica-
lions. just as though he were building
a house. And he furnishes everything,
men, teams, machinery, food and ma
terial. Few people realize what this
means. A contractor must be very
near to a king. For instance, there
Is the liazelton section. in the noun
tains. 1t is less than 200 miles in
length. Before a single shovel or pick
was engaged in the building of this
section. the contractors had 70 equip
themselves With a fleet of steamboats,,
AT a cost Of 100000. They had to
build scores OF camps. at from s.. 900
to $4,000 a camp, Each Of these CEN
tiers had to be stocked with provisions.
supplies and materials almost before a
builder WAS brought IN. Before these
contractors moved a shovelfui Of earth
or fred a single blast they had spent
over Sc. 0 100000,
Each contractors camp IS like a
small city. with its stores, hospital,
scores OF sleeping shacks, kitchens,
dining rooms, warehouses and barns.
James Oliver Curvood in Leslie's.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
WOULD NOT STAY PUT
EGYPTIAN RAILROAD LINE THAT
WAS CONSTANTLY SHRINKING.
Astonishing Story. but an lnvestigat-
ing Committee Found That There
Really Mas Nothing Very Mys-
FERROUS About It.

About every camper has had expe-
flences on p~ortages, but the big ban
ner portage, | think. was the one we
had on the Nile when We were taking
the troops up in 500 whaleboats to
the relief of Gordon at khartum,
writes Z. ]. w. Norris i'll the New
York Sun.
There were many short portages.
but the big one was from Wady Halfa
to Sarras, 80 miles beyond the Second
Cataract. The boats We're going over
light and the provisions were carried
around on cameis. This was q long,
slow job, 50 the government decided
10 build a railroad and sent out 50
miles of rails, the necessary ties, etc,
and instructed the engineer corps to
build the road.
These met had not had practical ex-
p%erience and there were no steam
shoVels in those days. The result
was that when they came to a sand
hill or rocks they went around. The
only time they ever leveled a hill was
when they buried a bottle of Scotch
IN one and let the ~Forty-second High
landers now it was there.
OF course the road had a lot Of
curves and when it was all done it
failed to reach Sarras by about two
miles. But orders are to be obeyed,
and 20 fill the order, at he sugges-
moved Sarras down to the end Of the
track, and there they were.
The end of the track went about a
hundred yards beyond the tent depot.
but after the trains had been running
a week it vas down opposite the de
pot. A week later it had shrunk an
other 200 yards toward Wady Halfa
and the depot had to be moved again.
As time Wen On and frequent moves
were made it began to appea that il
b shrinkage kept up there would be
10 need Of a railroad, for the Sarras
depot would be at Wady Halfa.
A committee OF officers set out to
find the cause. 1t started from Mady
ialfa and two miles out the engine
forgot to turn a curve and landed a
hundred yards from the track. This
disguised the officers, but the CON
ductor assured them that it was a ON
Q occurrence and that they would
soon be on their way. The train crew
got u ]ack-screws. lacked the train
up a couple Of feet from the desert.
then went over and dragged the track
TO the train and showed it under, let
the train down and steamed away
1t did not take the committee long
to decide that Ii this vas done often
it must increase the number of curves,
and as the track was spiked down at
the Wady Halfa end it would have to
shrinkage.
have told this story 50 often that
| am beginning to believe ii Is all true.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
VO POSSIBILITY OF DOUBT
Why Western Bishop Was Convinced
Of the Ancient Lineage of His
Eastern Entertainers.

A western bishop once attended a
general convention ins the east and
was entertained by a New England
family Of long and honorable. II not
lovable, lineage. They made no Sc
cret OF a time-won superiority owe
any u from the new and crude west,
and cited their Pilgrim ancestors con-
stantly. The bishop was minded to
bear this In Christian humility and
forbearance, and did. But on his re-
turn home, he recounted his expert
ences to the wife; and she, good soul,
spoke her mind as it is the privilege
Of her kind to do, eve where mere
mar must be silent.
Il don't believe that their family
is such an old one she remarked.
Are you sure that their ancestors
were Pilgrims?'
Il am certain, my dear" answered
the bishop. This nay seem to be
exaggeration, but at times YOU could
positively detect the fragrance Of the
A.ayfower."-New York Evening Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
Wonderful Railroads..

For really exciting railroad travel
one must go to South America. There
engineers have had to break all sorts
OF worlds records to connect up the
line at all. In Peru there is a railroad
which runs between Callao and Lima
and on to Oroya. 1t threads in and
out Of intricate Andean gorges. and
p~asses>along the edges of precipices,
and, with its 63 tunnels, it pierces the
mountain chain at q height Of over
10000 feet, at one part reaching 49,
645 feet. There Is another railroad in
Peru, that from Arequipa to Puno on
Lake Titicaca, which crosses the noun
tains by a cutting 1860 feet above
the sea. Neither Of these lines is
long, yet they both cost considerably
over $50, 100000 to construct.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
PUTS BLAME ON THE HOBBl-E
Skirts Are Cause Of Many Ac-
cidents to Women.

To the thousand and one evils that
hay e been laid at the door of the high
heel and ho6ble skirt, an eastern rail
ing that these adiuncts to woman's
dress are chiefly responsible for the
injuries caused in women falling from
trolley cars and tumbling down the
steps at the railroad station.
This is O a wild statement either.
but is made after an investigation of
various accidents to women covering
a period OF three months and seventy
three individual cases. The injuries
ranged from slight Commissions to pain
ful sprains and cuts. and in almost ev-
cry case the contributing cause is put
down as Heel caught on step of a
and was torn Off" or High heel
caught while descending stairs; wore
hobbie skirt
Observations of this character are
made in the book OF instructions Just
issued by the company to its employees
and intended to be a guide TO them
In preventing accidents as much as
EHJSoipiE. ANi" ilISitdl VI NdIttiI1lS
the step, they will watch the hobb'e,
to try to forecast whether its wearer
is getting ready to tumble down a
long flight of steps. If She is. then
the employe must try his best to get
ready TO catch her. The book is en-
titled Safety Hints and Suggestions
for the Prevention of Personal Injury
Accidents" and was written after ex-
perts had made an exhaustive study
of the various accidents reported.
From the figures obtained by the
railroad company, nine out of ten OF
the persons who have been injured in
the railroad stations have been wom-
en-. Their injuries range from slight
contusions to broken legs. In almost
80 per cent OF the accidents the cause
has been either that the women wore
high heels or that they had such tight
skirts that they could not help them
selves.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
browns IN A WATER BARREL
Miss Harriet Chase, Stating That She
Had Lived Long Enough,
Commits Suicide.

Cornish, Me.-Having lived as long
as she wished. according to her state
ment to a neighbor the other day,
Miss Harriet Chase, aged eighty-six,
committed suicide by drowning her
self in a water barrel in her kitchen.
Two nieces from Fryeburg who had
been visiting her returned to find her
missing, and when they began a
search, aided by a woman living close
by, they saw the top Of her head in
the barrel.
Miss Chase had undressed herself,
put on a night dress, and then sat
down in the barrel until the water COW
cred her head. She leaves a brother,
Richard S. Chase of this town, and
a sister, Mrs. Olive Young Of Port
land.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
Causes Of Rail Expansion.

railroading. to hear Of accidents
caused by an Expansion Of rails due
to the heat" What is meant apparent
~ is not that the rail has been G
banded lengthWise by the heat-for q
gap is always put between rails TO al
low for that-but that the rail bulges
and so makes the track wider than the
standard guage, thus causing tie
wheels to drop upon the roadbed IN
a recent accident Of this kind in Eng
land, no passengers We're injured, but
a workman who was sitting in d SUP
posedly safe place beside the track.
eating his dinner, was struck by q Dc
rallied car and killed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
Breaknio the Ice.

Nov. Miss Imogene," argues the
young man who has been receiving
the frigid stares and the monosyllabio
replies Of the fair young thing who
chose to become offended at him at
the dinner and continued to accumu
late indignation at the opera, Its per-
fectly useless for you to attempt to
act like an iceberg. Science tells US
that only one-eighth OF IN iceberg is
visible. and you
Considering the fact that she was
wearing an evening gown, he really
might have exercised a bit more tact
Judge.
Many a fellow lays his heart at the
feet Of a girl who deliberately kicks .
goal with it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
The Chancellor Livingston.

and Chancellor Livingston was finally
broken up. The Chancellor Livings-
ton. a steamer named after Fulton's
famous partner Of that name. was one
Of the most interesting of all the
early boats.
It was designed by Robert Fulton
himself, says buchanan, but the great
inventor died before this steamer was
completed, which was a marked i'm,
~provement over his previous models.
The Livingston was considered re-
markedly speedy in her day, as she
could make II miles IN hour with the
tide and six against it, The Chancel-
lor Livingston was the fourth steamer
IN the river, as the Clermont had been
succeeded by the Car of Neptune and
the Paragon. The Paragon, it is re-
corded, was 173 feet long and alter
mated with the Car Of Neptune.
One of the hoodoo boats Of the river
was the good ship Victory, which vas
built in 1927. Ter passengers were so
afraid that her boilers would burst
that sometimes they turned out of
their berths and spent the night on
one or another Of the harges that the
Victory was in the habit Of towing
on her regular passenger trips.
The South America was a famous
old river boat that was built in 1910
for Isaac Newton, Of Rensselaer, coun-
ty, who had designed several we'll
known river boats and who was a
power OH the river at one time. The
South America was the first boat to
make the run between New York and
Albany in less than eight hours. She
was popular and l~uXuriously fitted for
her time, and did good service for
"A years, when, toward the close Of
the Civil var, she was rebuilt into a
hay barge. In addition to her fame
as a record breaker, she and her con
sort, the North America. We're we'll
known among rivermen because they
were the first steamers to burn an
thracite. When the old boat had g
her day and was being transformed
into a humble hay carrier, small boys
used to so in swimming from her side
at Rondout and made use Of her state.
rooms as bath houses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
impossible.

Startled he looked about him. My
legs are comfortable he muttered.
My knees aren't cramped. | can get
the kinks out Of my calves and even
lean back a little. Ny line or sight is
unobstructed Why. not only a !
see everything, can also hear every
thingt | can retire to the foyer with
out disturbing IS people, or even one,
but-l'm so comfortable sitting here
that I'd rather stay just where am.
These lights-the music-the scenery
all look real. yes, they strongly sug-
gest reality-but it's impossible. Who
ever heard of a comfortable theater?
| must he dreaming"
And doggone it, that's just what he
was doing.-Masses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
RaiIroad-Spike Fuller That Can 3.
Operated in Various Positions.

the necessary amount OF pressure is
brought to bear upon the lever extend
ing across the track. as shown. The
hooks also enable the device to be
moved along the top of the rail, from
spike to spike, without lifting the
puller, which may be operated outside
of rail, beneath ears, up0n trestles,
and between guard rails.-Popular
Mechanics.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-08-22
Directs EXPENDITURES.

who's that impressivelookin8
woman owe yonder?'
That's Mrs. Packum. She's a re-
markably strong-minded woman, and
they do say that she commands .
very large salary"
How does she earn it,"
"She doesn't earn it. Her husband
earns it, and she commands it,
Puck.