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Principal of the Normal School at
Castleton, Charles A. Adams. 1t will
extend from July 9TH, TO July 25th.
ers in regular attendance and the
total registration reached almost one
hundred.
In previous years. the wrok has
been more or less along the line OF
lectures. each teacher attending as
many classes as was possible. This
year it is hoped to make the work
more professional and more like
regular Normal school work. 1t is
planned to have double recitation
periods daily, that is, there will be
two recitations in each subject
Those who do satisfactory work will
receive credit for the same should
they plan TO take a regular Normal
course. The faculty, as in previous
years. will be composed OF men and
women who have had much expert
ence in school work and are able to
deal with school problems from a
thoroughly practical standpoint. The
whole aim of the school will be TO
teach those things which can really
be used in the schools, whether this
work is in School Management,
drawing, arithmetic. nature study,
music. primary work, sewing, agri-
culture. rural school management
Elementary school science. English
or writing. A circular. giving infor-
nation regarding the courses OF
study and expense Of attending the
school is now ready for mailing.
The instructors will be composed
Of members of the Normal school
faculty at Castleton with several
teachers of experience from outside
the state Of Vermont. Among them
are the following:
Miss Hannah p. Waterman OF the
North Adams Normal school viii
have entire charge of the rural
school work. Miss Waterman Is es-
pecially well prepared to take up
this work. as she had charge OF this
subject I'm her work in Illinois. and
al North Adams confines herself en-
tirely to rural school problems.
Miss Florence NJ. Pettee Of the
Castleton Normal school who has
charge Of drawing. basketry, etc. Is
A graduate Of Pratt Institute, has
studied abroad and taught for FIVE
wears in the schools Of BrOckton.
Mass.
Mrs. p. Wellington Bragg, Of Rut-
land viii give at least four talks on
Storis and Story Telling.
The primary work viii be under
the supervision Of Miss Matilda B.
Doland Of the Fitchburg Normal
school
Miss r. Louise Weller Of the Cast
Teton Normal school. a graduate Of
Syracuse University and a teacher
Of experience viii direct the work in
music and domestic ar
Miss May Carney Of the Csstleton
Normal school. vill give q complete
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
NEW YORK'S BATTERY.
Memories of the Early Days Of Man
hattan's Historic Point.

hattan's Historic Point.
Superb was the view from the Bat
terry in the old days. and glorious are
the wraiths who still haunt its paved
and shaded places.
Talleyrand, self exiled from France,
n hundred odd years ago often paced
slowly along where thousands now
move who perhaps never heard Of him.
After Talleyrand came Louis Phi
Iippe and Jerome Bonaparte. both of
whom knew and admired the Battery
Lafayette walked its SEA wall and
gazed out on the bay. and here saun-
tered that audacious traitor. Benedict
Arnold. ruined by an ungovernable
:emper and a Tory wife.
Here in the same strenuous days
rame Clinton and CORVALLIS. and here.
through the vista of half a century. we
witness the new worlds loud voiced
welcome to Kossuth.
Nor is the fact TO be forgotten that
In ancient Castle Garden. transformed
from n fort into an opera house. Jenny
Lind one autumn night in 1850 began
the triumphal progress which made the
name Of that richly lowered queen Of
song a household word in every nook
and corner Of America.-Rufus II. VIII
sons "Rambes In Colonial Byways."
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course in penmanship.

course IN penmanship.
The Grammar grade work in Arith-
metic. English and History will be
under the supervision of Miss Abbie
]. Meadowcroft of Haverhill. Miss
Meadowcroft is the Supervising
principal of two large Grammar
schools in that city and has given
particular attention to training teach
ers for their work.
Harry A. Farrar of the Castleton
Normal school, a graduate OF Middle
hurry college. will have charge OF the
work I'm Nature Study. Elementary
school Science and Agriculture.
Miss Edna p. Carrot, director Oh
Physical Training in the puohc
schools of Milton. Mass, will be pres,
ont during the entire session ana
teach gymnastics, childrens games
outdoor sports and folk dancing. ,
There will be class in Schooi
Management given by Charles A. -Au
ans. the principal of the school.
In addition, one or more addresses
win he given by the following; Hon.
Mason S. Some. State Superintendent
of Education: DIR. Charles 5. CaVer.
liz. President OF the State Board Oh
Health: Supt. of Schools. Z. H.
Drown of Wallingford; Prin. J. n.
parss of the State Industrial School
of Vergennes; DR.. Charles +. Dalton,
Secretary of the State Board Oi
Health; DIR. Charles l.. Leonard
Principal OF Troy conferences
Academy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

That the injection OF hog cholera
serum. when applied under proper CON
ditions. is an effective cure of this dew
Sstating disease is shown In an ex-
pertinent which was tried out the other
day on corn belt farm which is de-
voted chiefly TO the raising of pure
bred Berkshire hogs. The animals.
valued at 5000 each. We're given 10 the
directors of county farm improve
meut league for the purpose OF making
the experiment. Each hog was given
the simultaneous treatment. which con
sistS of injecting Into the animal both
the virtue OF the disease and the serum
which holds It in check As soon "a
the three hogs were treated they were
placed in three separate cholera infect
ed herds. where the conditions were
MS favorable as could bee for contract
ing the disease None Of tile three pigs
died. nor did the injection OF the chol.
era virus or exposure in cholera atllict.
I'd herds nave any effect on them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

MADAM, do you think you can use
your influence with your husband to
induce him to support me in the COM
ing campaign
Il don't know, sir. I've never yet
succeeded I'm inducing him to support
me."-BaltimOre American.
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Although man was made but little
lower than the angels and crowned
with glory and honor and has i'm the
age long years Of his upward climb
achieved marvels in the conquest of
natural forces-in spanning mighty
water courses. the erection of lofty
towers and business blocks. the reclaim
ing Of sun and water cursed wastes
and in the control Of earth and air and
sea-he still remains. as IL were. a
helpless pygmy I'm the face OF storm
and food. The fearful calamities OF
the past few weeks serve TO demon
strate this truth most forcefully. yet
pathetically. In the inundation of
Ohio rivers no human power could
stem the floods. and people were
drowned Ike so many rats. In the
fearful tornado at Omaha human habi
tations were crushed and carried OF
as II they had been eggshells and oak
and walnut trees snapped as IL they
had been matches. Man has been. IL
and doubtless always will be a victim
Of these two elemental forces. His
only resource lies In providing means
Of escape, not in withstanding their
fury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
cAsrLe1oN SUMNER SCHOOL
Plans Under Way to Make Session a
Valuable one.

The State summer school for
teachers which has been conducted
several wears in Rutland County.
will this year be extended Tor one
week. the session lasting three
weeks instead Of two. as in former
years. The school is authorized By
the state Board Of Education and is
conducted under the direction Of the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
Intelligent travelling.

what town are we In nowT7
ell tell you in a minute. What day
Is Il. Tuesday OF Wednesday,
"Wednesday"
Then Il must be Florence."-Flei-
rende Batter.
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woman-l gave you 10 cents last
week. and you look as disreputable a.
ever.
Beggar-well. lady. it's deuced hard
breaking into the smart set with 10
cents.-washingtOn Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

Mr.. Mery-Jack Jones. I am told.
laughed while be was being married.
Mr.. GrOuch-We1. haven't men been
known 10 joke on the scaffOldf-Bslti-
mora Anerfcan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
NORTH BENNINGTON

Remember the rehearsal Tuesday
evening at the Baptist church.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

Hints and Suggestions for Home Furnishers
UTILITY BOXES and CEDAR CHESTS, forty odd new
arrived this week, ornamented and convenient.
ST. 95 to $l8 So
Willow Hampers, Scrap. and other Baskets Bamboo
Stools, Tabourettes, Seats ETC.
NEWEST WALL PAPERS. Another biggish lot arrived
today. Special values IL H. l5 ano Csc double roll
BEST LINOLEUMS nlaid. plain. printed wide choice
Inaids 89c 10 ST. so. Printed soc to Csc 50 yd.
SPECIALLY PRICED GOOD RUGS Broad assortment
of all carpets. Sizes 3xl0 g. ox12 and IL 3xl2 feet
Axmn,tr Sx12 l9 so, Brussels 9xl2 1880 Wtons
oxl2 at $500.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
Girls Ginghan, and Per.
Gale Dresses

Three specially desirable
offerings.
At 100 for Girls 4 to 6 years
made with bloomers to match.
At Soc truly good sorts.
plain. striped or checked
Ginghams.
AtL.I9 for Girls 6 to IA years
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
PHI. MCCARTHY
Specialist 4 Concrete Construction
Of any form, any sire. anywhere.
Estimates free Of cost

Mason Contractor Including stone
work, Brick and Plssterlns BY day or
lob.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

~ you are going to build have Con
crete Block foundstion u will add 60
tire appearance Of THE place at q ut
tie cost
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

2 yds. square at Sis
q yds. square at $50
3 yds. square at LIS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19
Rosemary

Damask Table Cloths. sat
inv snow-white m ercerized
beauties.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-19

every spot gee pair
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GUESTS OF HIGHEST DEGREE.

residents. Cabinet chiefs. Senators.
NOngressmen and state officials without
number have been entertained in the AS
WI house. Lords, mobiles, counts and all
s0'u OF titled, II not crowned, heads have
'eposed under It's roof.
AND SO have Henry Clay, General Win
.e'o Scott Rufus Choate, Horace Mann,
'sehary Taylor. Martin Van Buren,,
sa'nes Buchanan, Franklin Pierce. Abra-
Jam Lincoln, General Grant, Admiral
'arragut and hundreds of others famous
"a tne nations councils Of peace and war.
>, theodore Winthrop and Fitz-Greene
a'aieek, who lied the parade Of literary
IONS and struck the keynote OF the town s
'"Olus' were familiar figures In its COM
'nooious corridors.
'e parlors have echoed to the beautiful
nss and ballads Of Dempster. Sol Rus
ss'. The harp OF Bochsa, the piano OF
'"'tschalk. the notes OF Parodi. of Pa
,ps' OF Kellogg and hundreds of others.
'hefe have been countless professions
all kinds-patriotic. funereal and So
"'-reyiewed from It's porticos. and its
@'ie unoer the Stetsons and subsequent
~s'"iords has long been international.
/" beautiful. old. gray granite land
'A The sorrow at seeing 1t depart Is
Very real.
we have seen the Folies Bergere sold
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states. with the exception of independence
and Faneuil halls
The most brilliant assemblies and pup
lie dinners of the time were all held there
our beloved aldermen gave dinner w
the Russian fleet. at which the hote'
liouors won for themselves an lnterha-
tional warm spot In night
General Fremont and his family i've"
al the Aston House during the memorapie
campaign Of 1856. 49,
General Grant. when he stopped at tne
hotel. received thousands of visitors WHO
poured like torrent through the spa
cious parors of the hotel.
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ook,Ae DCUN on ne
Aron hoosr %ons m"
WooLwoprH BLOC.

:. For six days we list to the band
The sermon may dwell on the future,
The organ your pulses may calm
When-pest'- remembered cachucha
Upsets both the sermon and psalm
Again he writes of Lady with Black
Buttons" whom he met in an omnibus
i'm front of the Aston House. lie shows
that i'm those old days there was compe-
tition in the transportation of the public
again. how strange II all seems! He
signs: We may pass. and know not each
others nearness now-thou in the Knick-
erbocker Line and |. lone. in the Waver-
ley,
lie also refers TO "Murphy's Line
proving that the town has always been
afflicted and to the Line of Kipp and
Browr."
Anothe- day ne was carried off his feet
by the sight of another belle, whom he
addressed. in part. as follows:
Tranquil and efortless thou oldest on,
As doth the swan upon the Yielding water
And with a cheek like alabaster cold!
But thou didst divide the amorous air
Just opposite the Aston. and ddst liit
That veil OF languid ashes to look In
At Leary's tempting window LADY, then
My heart sprang In beneath that fringed veil
Like an adventurous bird that would escape
To some warm chamber from 'he outer cold
Bowling Green was surrounded by fash
ionable residences then. and the moon
hung over Broadway in an amorous way
Room No. l." Aston House. is his
torical number, made more so In this In
stance from the fact that In the old days
II was the headquarters OF Thurlow
Weed, Daniel Webster. Henry Clay. and
statesmen not so we'll known 10 posterity.
In consequence of the affectionate tradi-
tions that fingered around the place II
long ago became the rendezvous of promi-
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And Henry Clay. when nominated Tor
the Presidency by his loving friends of the
Wing party. stood in the Astor House for
four mortal hours and was shaken by the
hands until mis- arm was nearly palsed
The brilliant reception that was accord
cd Louis Kossuth has come down in his
tory, also the farewell speech to the
American public that he delivered from
the hotel steps. Then there was the no.
table reception TO Dickens. in 1872, after
which the great novelist stayed at the
Astor for a while.
Ten years later the reading public be-
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I,MCOlN FUNERAL PnOotsslOh
~ DnAptD Aston HOUSE

came excited by the news that Thack-
GRAY WAS coming 10 America TO deliver a
course of lectures on the English humor-
lists New Workers had but lately read
.Esmond." and were discussing In live
10 fashion the merits and dement's OF
adv Castlewood, Beatrix and the young
Harry
IL was in the Astor House 'hat lhack-
cray met Nathaniel hawthorne and
washington Irving. and that the Grand
nnko Alexis was entertained. also the
pr,uc,. 81 wales afterward King Edward
VII and Jenny Lind. Louisa Pyne' Lydia
,asria Child. Black Hawk, the Indian
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J There in the "nowery. balmy days OF
the iOs and COS. was the place TO see
how men mixed tobacco and roast beei'
whiskey and oyster soup. cigarette smoke
and lemon pie. nicotine and little neck
clans.
If one wanted TO find anybody or every
body one went to the Aston House at
noon
There was the man who looked like
Booth" lie was Senator John w Daniel
of Virginia. of whom his enemies asserted
that much of his public stock in trade
consisted in his startling resemblance tc
the tragedian
People in the rotunda would stop. look
at Daniel moment and say to them
selves:
Where have | seen that face?'
They were thinking OF the Booth ltho
graphs in the shop windows. There was
the same dark. wavy hair brushed back
from high well moulded forehead, the
slightly aquilne nose. the compressed
lips. the sad weary look in the dark
eyes.
Senator Daniel was one OF the surviv.
ors of the oldtime school of orators o.
the sink or swim. live or die. survive OF
perish style
The Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage wouo
take his cut of mutton joint and pota.
toes only few stools away from Genera
Ben Butler, whose modest appetite crayec
blood red beef and a glass of claret II,
was the author of the remark. Il do MOI
conduct war with rose water
Henry l.. Clinton devoured his luncheon
with energy. chatted briefly with polti'
cal acquaintances and returned To his
law books Judge Fullerton was accom-.
panied by a youthful companion. whose
luncheon was judiciously combined with
drippings OF legal lore from the elderly
counsellor.
The rotunda has always been much fire.
quented by officials whose salaries were
fat enough to warrant a rather expensive
rejection. Mayor Grace used TO be seen
there as regularly as he was at his office.
OF any one part of the hotel perhaps
the most mellow memories cluster around
the Room No. l. already mentioned.
Suppose we speak of only few of the
notable men who met at this best free
lunch to be found I'm town.
Formerly the room was in the centre
of the building front. Afterwari IL
was moved TO the Office floor, one flight
up The Raines law put It out of busi-
ness finally.
jay Gould dropped in when he had
missed his free lunch at the Western
Union. Coils p. Huntington and Austin
corbin discussed railroads and railroad
ING John b. Hasxin, who once raised
Gontiuued m seventh
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The Names Of Many We'll Known Men and
"reminiscences of Noteworthy Occur
rences of This City's History Are
Associated with the Old Hos
tlery Now About to Fall.

out under the hammer. and our regret
had the strength OF cambria tea.
The Cafe Madrid decorated in greenish
gray carved woodwork al "A cost of $4,000.
met a similar fate a short time ago and
our pangs did not paralyze US.
Bustanoby Brothers had a falling out.
We read about their differences. one OF
the brothers moved into another street
and we, perhaps. cannot recall the precise
location of their former eating emporium.
There was a good deal Of sorrow ex-
pressed in an undertone by the under
world when the Hotel Metropole went
into the hands of a receiver lately. II was
the scene Of the Rosenthal murder, ana
its reputation was worldwide on that
account. Actors. politicians. writer's.
horsemen. fighters and gamblers used TO
congregate there But only rakish cut
up sons of pickle kings and their Ike
viewed its passing with a sigh.
OF all these places and the numerous
other Fifth avenue and Long Acre Square
restaurants none can compare with the
Aston House in the number and variety of
the persons who have enjoyed its hos
pitality. Nowhere else could there be
seen in the old days such an assemblage
Of men prominent in almost every walk
Of civic or national life.
Celebrities lounged into the rotunda
for their lunch a quiet drink at the bar
and a cigar. and then spent half an hour
chatting with acquaintance.
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\ II

chieftain. Sam Houston. Edwin Forrest
Walt Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe.
In later years a memorable reception
was held for Speaker Reed, at which
John K. Hegeman presided.
Books will be written about the glorles
of the Astor House. IL is very difficult
to know where to begin. and harder sun
TO decide which incident to leave out III
an article Of clrcumscribed length.
In the COS y. p. willis. the favorite poet
Of our grandmothcrs. wrote:
ON. ON, bv ST. Paurs and the Astor'
Religion seems very ilt-planned.
For one day We list TO the pastor
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Continued on seventh page.
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FOUND IT A FRAUD.

The general was disappointed. lie did
not eat it, His knife refused to penetrate
the substance of which the Elusive egg
was composed.
"Why. it's fraudr he exclaimed.
The egg was china. but it had taken
forty-hve men 10 find it out The victims
included some of the best known men In
town
There was that other time when the
rotunda daily teemed with swayinS
crowd of Tammanyites. County Democ-
racy. Irvngites, straight Republicans,
mugwumps. not many Prohibitionists,
Doodle aldermen and the members Of the
state Senate and Assembly.
Present day readers may De appalled, at
the contemplation OF the ancient days Of
the Aston House when floods OF Med
ford rum and molasses. Otard brandy, old
Burgundy, the seductive Noyeau and the
bewitching Webster punch dixie Bryan
cocktail. except that its ingredients, taste
and color were different. were consumed.
They were paid for in the old fashioned
Mexican nine-pence d2i2 cents) and the
equally old-fashioned fo'pence ,6i4 cents)
these coins marking the expensive and
inexpensive guzzling of those days.
The later foundations of good old port
wine puncheons. the brandy punch bowls.
laden with strawberries and sliced oranges
the Tom Collins punch the effervescent
Gin fizz. which has such an aesthetic ef-
feet. and the sound old Bourbon whiskey,
which such old fellows as genial Presi-
dent Norvin Greene of the Western Union.
and hundreds OF others daily imbibed at
the bar as they dropped in en- route up
town are startling 10 recall. even IN these
DAYS OF a Dayton disaster.
The rotunda was. in fact ike Broad
WAY In one respect. a wit OF an earlier
DAY pronounced It the best Illustration oil
the possibilities of human circus TO be
found Nthis side of the pearly gates.
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BEFORE QUICK LUNCH DAYS.

II was before the days Of the quick
lunch No one then dreamed that the time
would come when one would place coin
in slot of an automatic machine for a
dish of soup and take out piece Of apple
pie.
No phase of the higher and more sue
cessful city life was unrepresented in that
ever changing throng at the Aston. and
few men of distinction got out of town
without an introduction to the charms oil
its rotunda.
There is probably more history and
more tradition intimately associated with
the weather beaten walls Of the Astor
House than with any other building In
New York. and possibly in the United
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: nent men about town. newspaper men,
raconteurs. authors. lawyers and men
who lived by politics.
The story is told Of the Introduction oil
fried egg. served deliciously in china
dish. its mere appearance stimulating
the appetite of the gourmet before whom
II was set.
The genial and popular General James
J. Sullivan was introduced to il on
Thursday.
Take ii away" he exclaimed Il
never eat eggs in the middle of the day.
But this is one of the special dozen
from Mr. Aliens stock farm" replied
Louis. the presiding genius of the place.
! IAN right" said the general.
Then he sprnkled it carefully with
pepper and salt and dropped a lump OF
butter I'm the dish
1t is cold" said the general, but out
Of compliment to the house will eat H.
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TEA TRors AND SUPPER sKIPs

In our busting. driving, busy era there
is no time In hotels for anything much
except tea trots No one now takes Sc
rously the suggestion Of indulging in a
little tea table chat.
We have luncheon lopes now. and sup
per skips and dinner danc& and until
recently. cabarets for the benefit Of the
milk men. The breakfast dance. and a
skating rink upon the hotel roof are the
only things that our eating places have
ieit undeveloped. But the year is young
Perhaps one reason for the widespread
genuine regret that is being felt at the
passing OF the Aston House lies in the
TACT that. since IT opened its hospitaole
doors In 1892, people have gone to the
Astor House partly because they were
hungry and wanted something TO eat.
Its lobster was accepted on its merits,
absorbed because it was an item in one
o'el that was worthy of respect, and not
a. 10 the case uptown, because lobster Is
considered TO be gay piece of food.
s,etson and Webster and their con-
'emporaries. all have gone. The clothes
uey wore would brighten us like ghosts
We were to look into the old clothes
Vhests Of those for whom the hotel was
ue transitory home