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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

In "reminiscences Of President Grant
by Robert NJ. Douglass. his private sec
rotary. In the Youths Companion he
says:
Zone afternoon a tall, handsome man
OF splendid presence and with grave,
courteous face entered my office and
modestly announced himself as Robert
Il. Lee. When told the president he
directed me to bring the distinguished
visitor I'm at once. Their meeting was
cordial, but apparently their recollec-
lions brought feelings of sadness TO
both men. The president. with his
usual consideration. presented me to
General Lee, who knew my family and
who greeted me kindly. | expressed
my pleasure ut meeting him and then
retired from the room. | felt that at
such time no one should intrude. The
visit was merely Que Of courtesy and
did not last long. believe that it was
the only time after the war that the
two great generals met"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
q BENNINGTON BRIEFS
se~s of the Town and Village fold Briefly
tOe Busy Readen&

Miss Irene Graves is visiting in
Troy.
Branch No. / will meet with Mrs
]. C. Clark at the parish house on
Tuesday afternoon from 3 until 5.
The Life Problem Glass" will
meet for supper, which will be fol-
lowed by the subject of the evening
on Tuesday of this week in the 7. NJ
c. A.
Dubarry and Leigh arrived yester-
day from Albany where they have
just closed an engagement at Proc
tors theatre. They are to fill two
days engagement at the Library
theatre.
If first class refined entertain
ment appeals to you, do not miss the
opportunity of hearing Ben Franklin
Lena Eggers Saunders and Rather
inc Sylvester at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening.
The evening study classes in the
Y. M. C. A. will meet hereafter on
Tuesday and Thursday of each week
to suit the convenience of the Will
liams college men who teach the var
ious classes. There is room for
more to enter the classes in English
Arithmetic and Mechanical Drawing
if they will be present tomorrow
night.
The cleanup sale at the Joe
Levin store started last week is prov
ing unusually successful. Mr.. Levin
has a large number of suits in stock
that must be disposed of as he does
not wish to carry over any heavy
goods. The prices quoted are lower
than ever before and the sale offers
many money-saving opportunities.
The sale will continue for two weeks,
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Care With Which EnsIand's Standards
Are Preserved

Are Preserved.
Every twenty years government Off
cials compare the current weights and
measures with the standards, which
are sealed up in the staircase of the
house of commons. There are only
two standards, the pound weight and
the yard measure The standard pound
Is of platinum, which despite its weight
is no larger than cubic inch, and,
small as it is, the metal of which it is
composed is worth f4o. The standard
yard is bar of bronze thirty weight
inches long, on which yard has been
marked off in thirts-six divisions OF an
inch. The greatest possible care is
taken of these two important articles
When a comparison is being made
| they are handled with tongs. The
pound weight is weighed in the most
delicate of chemical balances, and the
yard is measured with micrometer
When they are done with the pound 1t
Is wrapped in a special soft paper and
laid In silver gilt case, which Is plac-
ed In bronze case, this being put in
wooden box. afterward screwed down
and sealed The yard measure is plac-
ed on eight rollers in mahogany case.
which Is carefully sealed. Both cases
are then put into leaden casket, which
Is sealed by soldering. The packing Is
not yet finished, however. for the lead
case is placed in a strong oak box.
When this is screwed down it is placed
In the hole in the wall, The wall is
built up by Il mason, and the standards
can only be obtained by demolishing 1t
once more. ondon Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
An Easy Tongue For PoesY.

Burns, Of course. is untranslatable.
for when he attempted common Eng
fish he was commonplace. But he took
his opportunity with the Scotch poets
who have the delightful language that
has no consonants. You can rhine
anything with anything. Scotch Is the
easiest language for rime. Among the
most beautiful Of Burns poems is
MARY Morrison" with
Yestreen when TO the trembling string
The dance went through the lighted ha'
To thee my fancy took its wing;
sat. but neither heard nor saw.
But saw doesn't rime with hall IN
less you speak Scotch and omit the
consonants. You will perceive that a
Scotchman cannot help writing poetry
when he can make anything rime with
nything.-London Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
A LEGAL CURIOSITY.
Poetic Title Deed That Stood the Test
of the Courts.

Poetic Title Deed That Stood the Test
OF the Courts.
A deed for the conveyance OF q
piece of land that is one of the great
est legal curiosities in the world was
drawn up In 1881 by j. Henry Shaw, a
lawyer at Beardstown. II. The curio
complies with every requirement of
law and has more than once been de
entirely valid. 1t reads as follows:
|. J. Henry Shaw. the grantor herein.
Who live at Beardstown. the county with
in,
For seven hundred dollars to me paid to-
day
BY Charles +. Wyman do sell and convey
~ and town,
Where Illinois river flows placidly down.
And warrant the title forever and aye.
Waving a homestead and mansion to both
a goodby.
And. pledging this deed is valid in law.
1 add here my signature, j. Henry Shaw.
tSeaLl Dated July .. 1881.
1. Sylvester Emmons. who live at Boards
town,
A justice OF peace of fame and renown,
or the County OF Cass. In Illinois state.
Do certify here that on the same date
One J. Henry Shaw to me did make known
That the above deed and name were his
own,
And he stated he sealed and delivered the
same
Voluntarily. freely and never would claim
His homestead therein: but. left all alone
Turned his face to the street and his back
TO his home. tSeall
s. EMMONs. J. p.
Dated August 1. 1881.
st. Louis Republic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
NORTH BENNINGTON

Miss Dorothy Houghton spent the
week end at her home here
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harris and
son of Hoosick Falls were in town
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Percy of
Bennington spent a portion of Sun
day in town.
Ray M. Minott, who has been i'll
since Christmas time left last week
for his school in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Laura Elwell of Bennington
was the guest Sunday of her sister,
Mrs. Eugene Green of Depot street.
Miss Henrietta Walbridge of the
North Adams Normal school passed
the week end at her home on Pros
pect street.
Mrs. Burdick is to give a cotillion
to the members of the Wednesday
evening dancing class in Bank hal,
Wednesday evening, Jan. 90 Dane
ing will begin at $50 promptly.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Payne of Pros
pect street are spending a few days
in Ticondaroga, n Y. On their
way they visited their son Nelson
at Troy Conference Academy at
Poultney.
The subscription dance in Bank
hall Friday evening was a success
both financially and socially Twenty
dollars were cleared which will go to-
ward the expenses of the senior
class trip to Washington, d. C.
There will be a band concert and
confette dance Friday, Jan. 31st in
Bank hall for the benefit of the
North Bennington band There will
be vocal and instrumental solos with
the band accompaniment. Watch
for the program
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
We Have Observed That

The man who courts a girl without
spending any money on her courts
rejection.
There are a lot of dead ones" who
are of no benefit to the undertaken.
When a plot Is cooked up against
us we call it a raw deal.
A lot more people wish they were
worth millions than wish they were
worth while.
Often man whose heart is in the
right place has something wrong
with his head.
If time is money, how is it that the
more time we have the more money
we require?
Trying to leave footprints in the
sands of time" has been the cause OF
lot of people getting stuck in the
mud-Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
SCIENTIFIC PUZZLES.
Some Queer Things One Learns In the
Study Of Chemistry.

Some queer Things One Learns In the
Study of Chemistry.
Every one knows that the diamond is
only charcoal crystallized. but there
are great many other things in ia
ture that, though possessing widely
different properties, are composed OF
exactly equal quantities of the same
elements.
The white Of an egg and rattlesnuke
poison are formed of identically the
same amounts Of the same elements.
The oil of roses and common coal gas
are each formed alike. both being com
posed OF four atoms of hydrogen and
four atoms of carbon.
Sugar and gum arabic are likewise
brothers Of the same weight and tex
ture.
All the hydrocarbons, known TO sci
ence as a combination of sixteen atoms
of hydrogen and ten atoms of carbon.
are alike In their composition. To
enumerate some-oil Of orange, lemon.
cloves. ginger and black pepper.
The suggested explanation of these
peculiarities is that the atoms are plac-
ed differently toward one another in
the molecules OF the different sub.
stances.
Other things Just as peculiar are evil
dent when certain substances are unit
ed chemically. Thus hydrogen gas,
which > odorless, and nitrogen gas.
which is also odorless, when united go
to make ammonia, which has very
strong odor. Copper, which has no
odor. and zinc. which also has none.
when melted and mixed TO give us
brass, produce a substance with a very
characteristic one - Chicago Record
Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
MUST CHANGE PosToFFIcEs
More Space Needed In New Buildings
for Parcel Post Business.

Washington, Jan. 26.-To provide
adequate space for handling parcel
post business it will be necessary to
revise plans of many public buildings
in which postoffices are located, and
negotiations to this end already have
been instituted by Postmaster-Gen-
eral Hitchcock.
AT present ia public buildings are
under contract and 233 additional
have been appropriated for by Con-
gress. They approximate in cost
100000. The plans for these
buildings have been prepared with
out regard for the neds of the parcel
post system and it now is essential
that charges be made in their con-
struction in order that the increased
volume of mail may be handled ad-
vantageously.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

The detective had just congratulated
the housewife for bringing about the
arrest OF a noted sneak thief. "Oh,
knew he was a crook the minute he
opened his mouth" she replied smil-
ingly.
~How did you spot him 50 quicklyT'
why. be told me the gas company
had sent him TO examine our meter
and see II We were not entitled to q
rebate --Arzonsut
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

Il hev come to tell yez. Mrs Malone
that yer husband met with an acct
ient."
AN what is 1t now?" walled Mrs.
Malone.
He was overcome by the heat
mum"
Overcome by the heat. was heg An
how did il happen;"
"He fell into the furnace at the foun.
dry. mum. London Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
Cooking Him Out.

II understand your wife is doing her
own cooking"
"You are mistaken"
but Jinx told me she was"
ooh. that was just for a little while.
JinK was making us n visit. and she
thought he had stayed long enough" ~
Houston Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
NO colo WAVE FoRecAsrep
Lower Temperature viii Follow
Rains In Middle West.


Rains In Middle West.
Washington, Jan. 26.-Pressure dis
tribution over the northern hemis-
phere today, according to the weekly
weather bureau bulletin, indicates
that after some rains and SHOWS to
night and Monday from the upper
lake region eastward, the weather
will be generally fair over the middle
and northern districts east of the
Mississippi river during the first hall
Of the week.
Following the eastward move
rnent of a depression now over. the
upper lake region and Ontario" says
the bulletin, there will be consider
able fall in temperature north of the
Ohio river and In the lower Missouri
and upper Mississippi valleys. but
no unusually low temperatures are
expected"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
Really Considerate.

us Mrs. Blnks considerable OF her
husbands feelingsT'
"Yes. She always airs his overcoat
DO early in the season that his friends
cannot detect the odor of moth balls
when the first cold snap comes. Buff
falo Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
BE CAREFUL WHAT
YOU TAKE FOR COLDS

The danger
in using pat
ent medicines
is from the
stimulants and
d a n & e no u s
drugs which
many of them
depend on for
their temporary
effect. Because
1t is free from
alcohol, marco
tics and dan
gerous drugs,
Father Johns
Medicine has
had so years
of success as
a tonic and
Indy buildpr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
BIT ofa Wac.

I've bought a bulldog" said ParsnIn
to his friend Lessup. and I want a
motto 10 put over his kennel Can you
think Of somethingT"
why not use a dentists sign. Teeth
inserted hereT suggested Lessup.-St
Louis Gl0be-DemOcrat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
Fortunate.

Kitty-Isn't Il most fortunate thingi
Ethel-what? Kitty-That people can't
read the kisses that have been printed
upon a girls hps.-St Louis Post Dis
patch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR GALE

age 5 cents. Cranberries cents quart
Eggs "a cents o dozen. Turnips / cent 10
Securing soap 10 cent size, for q quarter
Prunes 10 cents ID. Matches cents, 3 boxes
10 cents. These prices are TO last for one week
only. F. NJ. Paddock & Bro, 20i River st. 9Ot8"
COR SALE-Good work horse, IL years old
weighs 400. G. II. Robinson, So. Shafrs
bury, Vt. e9t6e
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

Talent is that which Is IN a mans
power; genius is that IN whose power
= nan f.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

EOR SALE Farm of 1T8 acres, and the best
L farm On the.market to day, located miles
west OF Benningto 1, large Brick House that has
been painted aud papered throughout. Barn
that will tie up 25 head, 2 good hay barns,
grainery, horse barn and hog house, land all
level as house floor and in high state of cult.
walton, farm cut this year IS tors of hay, wood
enough for home use, farm will ket p 30 head
stock and four horses, only 90 minutes from
milk cars, If You are looking for farm that
will produce don't give this the go by. Owner
wants just what the farm cost him as he has
another farm in New York state and can't
look after both Price 5000 $ $500 down.
Nash az Hutchins. S6lf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
three Generations Have Passed

since the discovery OF Downs
siixir for coughs, colds and lung
-oubles. but thousands remain to
I'll the story OF lite wonderful cures
old everywhere
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

Have you sen the new G. G. drive oalk never
slip horse sheer II not call al the Farmers
she'd blacksmith shop and look them over
horse will travel better with them than the
old screw calE snd won't sllp.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

for healing throat and lungs and in
the treatment of coughs and colds.
Father Johns Medicine is a doctors
prescription.-pure and wholesome.
Guaranteed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS

NOTICE Ring 81 n. T. Rabbit Trade
~ Marhs 20 Willoughbys' and 10 cent store
Bennington. VI, and get n handsome innorie ed
sleepiug dOll. sits
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

FOR sALE-1 gray horse, weight $40 lbs; l
brown horse, wet. 1850 lbs, ana the follow
ing sec Midland articles: pbaeton. | 2 seated
canopy top surreyNl 2seaud natural wood
canOpy.top buck board, 3 seated ext. top ar.
rage 5-seated iop wagon md several acts of
single and light double harm esses. Henry NJ.
Tuttle Co., lib Depot st. s5tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

L'oR sALE-One 1919 Ford Touring Car in
L guaranteed condition; Price $4,000 Hen
nington Garage. 7otf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

COR sALE-stewart parlor stove. nearly
new; also andirons aud fender; at The Al
len S5t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
TO RENT.

'Io RENT-To h es 10 rent. One on South
and one ON Silver street. GoUd repaiI
and all mOdern Improvements. Inquire Melissa
Il. Mason. lW south Street. bltl2-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

4. OR sALE-A very desirable home with 10
acres good land brick house of 9 rooms IN
good repair, barn, coru house, hog house aud
hen house, good variety fruit, located l-3 OF
mile from North bennington X X. station:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
LOST

4 OsT-A black and white male dog wearing
u 90 lar hearing name OF owner. Finder
please notify " return TO Michael Flynn at Of
he henry ". Tuttle -, us Depot ST, and re-
teNe tewai j. Sfo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

TO RENT 1--we room tenement for adults
Il a. 35 school st. Inquire on premises.
eptf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

L'OR sALE-First quality horse hay and rye
straw. Apply to Fred lockwood, Shadow
crook farm stiff
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

10 RENT Desirable small tenement IN the
Columbian. curter Depot anu hiver sts.,
ana Ia the Godfrey Homestead. Beech street.
54tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

TO RENr-Ofuce or small stone, apply 90
Z. Is 6 Ardner, 3i3 Main st, 51tf
q RENT-Deeirable tenom nts, Officer
stores, mill property with water power
CIV dual forage lockers. Estate of n. r.
iAwks Az North 81.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27
WANTED

WANTED A portion doiup general no Sc
w work or caring for invalid. ielepho
i7S-5 yltb
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-27

"a ANTED- sA .ESMEN in each county.
w Experience UNI eSessarl, $40 weekly 10
the right MAJ. southern co.. Mt. oliver
station, Pit sburgh, IA. stl2
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
WILL PLAY POSITION ELEVEN
High School Team Preparing For
Hard Game.

High school football team will
journey to Fosston where they will
meet the High school team Of that
city. This will be the first game
for the Bemidji gridiron warriors
Several changes have been made in
the lineup of the team and the
eleven is considered exceptionally
strong.
Last Saturday afternoon the Eos.
ston eleven clashed with, the Thief
River Falls team sat Thief River
Falls and defeatss them by .
score Of % to O.. The Bemidji boys
believe that their opening game
will be the hardest fought of any tc
be played and are preparing for a
stubborn battle.
Crokston's High school team was
considered the strongest of the op-
ponents in former years but from re.
ports the team from that city is
much weaker this year. Last Sat
urday the team of that city was de.
feated by the Fargo team by score
Of So to 0. If the locals clash with
Crookston this year it will probably
be the last game of the season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
MANY ATTENDED MEETING
Farmers Pack School House Where
Bemidji Instructors Speak

Farmers packed the school house
in district 81 last evening where a
program was given and speeches
made by members Of the Bemidji
High school faculty. 3. A. Barker
accompanied by Mrs. Barker, Miss
Hoover, Mr.. and Mrs. b. NJ Gile
drove out in the Barker car and
Clyde M. Bacon accompanied by his
wife and Miss Newton, Superinten-
dent Dyer and A. D. Bailey drove out
in the Bacon car. Interesting talks
were given by the Bemidji people
and short musical grogram was
given. Miss Newton, instructor OF
music in the local schools sang sew
eral selections and many pieces
were played on victorola taken out
by the Bemidji party.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
FAMOUS SINGERS COMING
Golored Artists To Appear In Be
midi Next Wednesday Under
Auspices Of Presbyterlane
WERE HERE SIX YEARS AGO

For the first time in six years
the Williams world famous colored
signers will appear in Bemidji at the
City Hall next Wednesday evening
The Williams singers comprise eight
artists of rare ability and are consid-
cred entertainers of the first class.
They will appear in Bemidji under
the auspices of the Presbyterian
church.
They are endorsed by such as
William j.. Bryan S. Parless Cad
man, Of Brooklyn and DR.. Gordon o.
Winnipeg, as the greatest jubilee
singers in America
The company consists of four
women and four men. Four are chill.
dren of ministers, every one has a
college education, and each one is
considered an artist, clever and cul-
tured.
Williams and his company has just
returned from two years tour Vi
Europe, where they sang 100 en-.
gagements in London.
| The appearance of the Williams
singers will give music enthusi
asts of the city an opportunity to be
present at an entertainment class.
ed among the best.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
ACCEPT DEEDS FOR
NORMAL SCHOOL SITE
Attorney General And Commission
Approve Of Documents And They
Are Filed With State Auditor
RITcH1E AND ARNOLD RETURN
Final Report Filed Designating Be-
midi As Site For Minnesota's
Sixth Normal School

Only the appropriation of the
state Legislature for the building of
M1nnesota's sixth normal school at
Bemldjl, now stands in the way Of
that institution being Sbuilt here,
the deeds giving over the land sell
ected by the commission for the site
OF the school having been approved
and turned over to the state auditor
yesterday.
Frank Arnold, A. P. Richie and
George Stein returned from st. Paul
this morning where they completed
the final business relative to the
filing OF the documents yesterday.
Attorney General Smith and the
normal school commission, which
was selected by the governor, follow
ing the act Of the legislature CALI
ing for the selection Of site for a
sixth normal school, approved Of the
deeds yesterday, and they were filed
with the auditor. The final report
of the commission designating Be-
midi as the proper location OF the
school was filed in the office Of the
secretary Of state.
Nothing further will be done in
the normal school matter until the
Legislature meets in 1915, when the
appropriation for the school will be
made, following which action the
first dirt will be moved as soon as
the necessary preliminary arrange
ments are complete.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-01
BEM1DJI SKINS NORTH DAKOTA
W. P. Barwise Says It Takes Toe
Much Capital To Farm There

w. P. Barwise has just returned
from Warwick, North Dakota, where
he has ben farming for the past
few years. Mr.. Barwise is not en-
thusiastic over North Dakota farm
ing and has not had good crops there
on account of the dry seasons. He
also said it takes more capital to
farm there on account of the ma
chinery and horses that have to be
used in the grain fields while in Bel
trami county there are more vege-
table farms.
Mr.. Barwise will spend the winter
here and will make arrangements to
sell out his North Dakota property
in the near future and return to this
part of the state.