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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
A PAYING INVESTMENT

The trustees of The New England
Kurn Hattin Homes dedicated new
building at Westminster September
10th. This building, the gift of a
Vermont woman. Mrs. Laura L. Aims
worth of Williamstown, will accom-.
modate at least forty boys. Nearly
enough applications for the admission
Of boys to fill the building are in the
hands of the executive secretary.
But, because of lack OF money, il
has not been possible to open the
building.
Learning of the conditions one man
in Vermont feeling that it is a great
pity that the building should remain
closed, has made an offer which the
trustees would like to get before the
people Of Vermont He agrees TO
give $3.50 on condition that thirty
nine others will each agree to give a
like sum. $3.50. in order that The
building may be quickly opened.
II is hoped that there may be for.
ty individuals in Vermont who will
be interested to make a special gift
of $4,000. Is there not some reader
OF this paper who is ready TO invest
$4,000 in The New England Kurn
Hattin Homes?
e. l.. Walker. Treasurer, Bellows
Falls. Vermont. will be glad to hear
from any such, or to furnish informa-
tion about the Homes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

ners. In The summer season the fort
was generally garrisoned by a force
of Il men. A guard was kept while
the men were at work. and they usu-
ally carried arms into the field. No
open attack was made upon the fort.
but the Indians occasionally came
shouting around it. rendering the
night hideous.
The only inhabitants OF the Great
Meadows in 1883 we're Philip Alexan-
der. John Perry. John Averill Mich
ael ellison and their families After
the building OF the fort they were
joined By others from Wesimorcland.
bui none OF these remained after the
close Of the war except Deacon sam
ucl Minotr. % is said that Josiah
Willard. who owned the meadow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
ARLINGTON

DR.. LaHiff of Lemonister, Mass,
has boen in town for a few days.
Mrs. William Hitchcock and two
children OF Manchester are visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs J. b. Lakin.
w. |. Jones is recovering slowly
from his recent operation, although
not expected to return home until af-
ter Thanksgiving.
Miss Lena Shuyelin, who has been
at home i'll in Bennington. returned
to the Arlington about week ago
and is now under quarantine for the
humps.
Miss Dorothy NJ. Cullinan entertain
ed ten of her little friends Sunday
evening at her home on Main street
in honor of her seventh birthday. Al
ter refreshments were served games
were played and all reported a very
enjoyable time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

about 100 feet long, so feet wide and
II feet high. Fifteen or Is houses
we're built within this fort. the back
walls Of the houses being formed by
The wall OF the fort each with a single
roof slanting up to the top Of the wall
The houses fronied a hollow square
in the center A great gate opened
10 the east and a small one to the
south. and watch towers we're placed
on the northeast and southwest cor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
MARKER AT GREAT MEADOWS
Site Of Fcrt Erected at East Putney
in 1855

Oibc VI rCFt GTeCteO dt East futney
in 1855
Through the efforts of the Fort
nightly club of Putney marker has
been placed n the site of fort
erected on the southeast part OF the
Great Meadow in East Putney in 1855
Former residents and others interest
ed have generously added TO the fund
for the purpose, which the club
raised by giving entertainments I'M
der the direction OF Mrs Henry Coe.
whose interest Ia the project has
been unfailing
The marker. for which the town
laid the foundation, is rough gran
tie block. bearing on its smooth face
this inscriptions The Putney fort
stood on this spot, built by the set
tiers of the town in 1855. This was
the second fort ON the Great Meadows
the first one built in l7l4 having
been demolished"
The fort site is on that part of the
meadows known as the Col Thomas
W llAAt AdIllf uOM ~ dl NQA
Brothers, land the placing of the mark
er recalls some of the early town his.
tory
Il Is recorded that previous to the
FIRST Frehch and Indian war. or the
Cape Breton war. l744. a settlement
OF whites was begun on the Great
Meadows and fort was builj near
the center. called Fort Hin, but by
whom It was built or occupied is not
known. The first attack made on the
fort by the Indians was on July 5.
l745.
The fate of one of the settlers. VIII
liam Phipps is on record He was
captured by TWO Indians while hoeing
corn. near the southwest corner OF
the meadows. known in recent years
as the J. V Shaw place lie was car
ried into the woods and left in the
care OF one OF the Indians, while the
other was absent. Phipps watched
his opportunity. and with Characters
tic intrepidity. with his hoe struck
down the Indian in whose keeping he
was. Selling the gun Of his fallen
enemy. he gave the other. who was
returning a fatal shot He then at
tempted TO seek refuge in the fort.
but before he could reach il he was
met b, three Indians. who took his
life
In the October following the enemy
again appeared at the Great Meadows
and made an attack upon the garri-
son. An effectual resistance was
made. one indian was killed and the
fort remained unframed. During this
war. which began i'm 17li and ended
with the treaty OF AK lie Charelle in
October. l747. the settlement was
broken up and the people fed to
places of greater safety.
Early ia 1888 hostiliNes again be-
gan. and for their safety the few in
habitants built another fort. in the
southeast part OF the meadow. on the
site Of which afterwards stood
house occunied by Col Thomas
White. The place some years ago
was known as the Rodney Marcy
place. Il IS on this site that the
granite marker has been erected.
The fort was built OF yellow pine
timber heNn six inches thick. Il was
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
Samples Free by Mail

For pimpes and blackheads the following
is most effective and economical treat
ment: Gently smear the affected parts with
Cuticura Ointment, on the end of the finger,
but do not rub. Wash Off the Cuticlra ONT
ment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap
and hot water and continue bathing for
some minutes. This treatment is best on
rising and retiring. At other times use
Cuticura soap freely for the toilet and BATH
to assist in preventing Inflammation, irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the COM
mon cause Of these distressing eruptions.
Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
sold everywhere, a sample of each with 32-p.
Skin Book win be sent free upon request.
Address "Cuticura, Dept. T. Boston.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
TROUSERS FOR FRENCH ARMY
10000 Red Pairs Sought, and May Be
Bought in Chicago

Chicago. Nov. 13.-Buyers for the
French Government opened negotia.
tons here today for the purchase of
10000 pairs of red trousers OF four
different shades for the army In ad-
dtion contracts are to be made for
wire markers to designate the regi
ment and company for 100000 French
soldiers
Representatives of the British
Army also are here to purchase GOO
motor trucks of from three TO six-ton
capacity for immediate delivery.
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heavy and dull, twitching eyel.ds.
itching of the nose itching of the re
tum, short dry cough, grinding of the
teeth, little red points sticking out
on tongue, starting during sleep, slow
fevec
DR. Trues Elixir the so years time
tried Family Laxative and Worm Elk
peller. will eXpel the worms and re-
store the vim and yigor to your child.
Good for adults also. Discovered by
my father over 60 years ago. 35c, soc
and Sl00 at all dealers. Advice free
Special treatment for tapeworms.
Send for book.
auburn. ..'.. 0~. L.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

spots on his face which / was
told was eczema. 1t broke
out like poison. started on his
face and went down his whole
body and back of his ears.
He suffered dreadfully with it.
/ did not get any rest for
several weeks. He scratched
his face so it was a running
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

eruption. He was fretful and restless.
al applied lots of remedies but all failed.
Then l got some Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment at the druggists and tried them My
baby improved so / kept on. Now he is
healed and l can see no sign of the trouble"
(Signed) Mrs. Agnes l.. Hay, Apr. 3, 1914.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
NOTICE I!

We have received our new line OF
fall and winter samples from which
we are ready TO make Ladies and
Gents garments at very reasonable
prices.
Alterations. cleaning and pressing
a specially
Nathan Levin.
100 North 81. Tel 291-w.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

Signs of worms are: In
digestion, variable appe-
tite. craving for sweets,
nausea, vomiting, swol-
len uppec lip, sour stom-
ach, offensive breath.
hard and full belly. les
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
Worms Sap
Children Health

Mothers often wonder why their
children are not rugged and hardy
In vast number OF cases the trouble
js--Worms
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16

gave the use of the land as a consid-
Grafton for building the fort and de-
Tending it during the war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
ECZEMA LIKE POISON .
ON CH|LD'S FACE
Also on Whole Body and Back Of
Ears. Suffered DreadfulIy. Fret
ful and Restless. Used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Now Healed.

SIS Wilson St., New Haven. Conn.,
when my baby was about three months
old he started to cry and fret. He had red
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
LOCKWOOD & BUSC
w Contractors and Builders ~

Estimates On new buildings. Repairs, elc.,
promptly made. Shop in rear DR.. A. z.
Cutler BLOCK, Main ST. Telephone II. r.
lockwood or NJ. Z. BuSs -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
$50 and $500 Shirts at
$1.0O Lion Brand

The seasons cleverest nov
eities-the smart mushroom
plaits so much the vogue of
the Swell Dresser when
strolllng New York's Main
streets.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
REMEDY: BREED SOUND HORSES.

and at many farms throughout the en-
tire summer of each year beside small
southern-grown horses and mules and
without greater discomfort Aside
from being in harness every day, the
two mares at the Tennessee station
reared heavy pair of colts that the
station refused $500 for when six
months old.
The mule is one of the most vital
cogs in the industrial, commercial and
agricultural progress of the south. 1t
Is In consequence of his faithful serv-
ice that the larger part of corn, rice
and cotton, as well as numerous 9TH
er crops, are produced and transport
ed to market. The mule Is without
a rival for work In the logging camps,
while he excels as a beast of burden
in the railroad camps and for trucking
and for livery purposes in the cities.
He possesses the ability to resist dis
ease and Withstand the strain of Sc
we're labor on less and poorer feed
than the horse. In many lines OF
work. and particularly those just men
toned, the mule is decidedly superio
to the horse, and have no quarrA
with those who claim a mule is more
economically fed and more efficient
work animal than a horse of equal
weight. At the same time. it must be
admitted that the mule is without
pride of ancestry or hope Of posterity
and valueless for any purpose other
than labor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
INVESTIGATION ON
SOUTHERN FARMS
Crops Must Be Diversified to
Keep Our Money at Home.
BREEDING HORSES AND MULES
Big Key to Agricultural Reform in the
South Is More laborSavins Ma.
chinery on the Farm-Chief
Cause of Poverty.
By G.. II. ALFORD)

We must diversity our crops and
keep our money at home to build mag
nificent homes, churches, school
houses, and good roads, and to edu-
cate our children and fill our banks
to overlooking; keep out of debt and
insist on getting all that We buy at the
lowest price for cash; increase the
fertility of our soils by reducing wash
ing to the minimum. by deep blowing
and turning under vegetable matter, a
rotation of crops. including legumin-
GUS crops, and the addition of barn
yard manure and ground phosphate
rock; plant the most prolific seed in
stead of seed that have run out; use
economic plants, such as legumes,
and small grains and sorghum for
feed instead Of so much expensive
corn; use commercial fertilizers ju'
diciously, drain our lands better; give
our soil better preparation and fire.
quent and shallow cultivation, but the
use of more horse power is probably
the most effective remedy for poverty
in the south.
The big key to agricultural reform
in the south is more horse power and
labor-saving implements on the farm
The average farm worker tolls with
a small mule or horse, and his total
annual income is only about $14S. In
Iowa, the average farm worker uses
nearly four large horses and produces
$611.11 annually, exclusive of stock
An analysis of the different states
show a much smaller use of power on
the southern farms than in any Other
section Of the country, and conse
quently less use of labor-saving farm
implements and CORRESPONDENCE lower
capacity of the farmers.
Probably the chief cause of poverty
in the south is the one-horse breaking
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

ployed for farm work. if INTEL ntly
handled, can do all the work that is
required and will produce in addition
a considerable number of colts, which
rapidly develop into marketable AMI
mails, thereby adding to the farm in
come.
1t is generally considered that three
brood mares must be kept to do the
same work that can be done by pair
of mules or geldings of equal strength,
but the difference in feed cost is
slight, and the value of the colts pro-
duced offsets such difference in feed
costs, with a considerable balance to
spare 1t is perfectly clear that when
work done On farm by two geldings
or mules is equally as well done by
three mares at a very slight expense
in feed cost, and when such extra
feed cost is offset with a balance of
500 to $3.50 to spare, that 1t is an
economic waste not to use mares. The
man who uses mares and produces
colts adds to his own wealth and to
that of the community where he re-
sides.
We must get pure bred draft sires
if we are to build up our present I'M
dersized stock of mares into good
sized, well-built draft mares for farm
work and colt production. OF course
there is a splendid opportunity at the
present time for many southern farm
ers to purchase such draft mares as
are suited to southern conditions. but
we cannot go north and west and buy
such grade draft mares as cheaply as
we can grow them. Furthermore, we
cannot purchase a sufficient NUMBER
of draft mares to make much progress
within two or three generations.
The colt from a first-class draft
| sire and one of our small mares will
usually weigh from LOO to 1,4OO
pounds. Two or three successive
crosses with pure bred draft sires will
build this understood stock up into a
good grade of draft mares weighing
from 1900 to 1900 pounds of fairly
good type.
Draft horse sires must not only have
weight, but they must possess quality
1t has been found that the heavy quail
ty will perform more work with great
er ease than will the horse of phleg
matte disposition and temperament
The draft horse that is suited for the
south must possess quality. There
must be no tendency to coarseness
heavy coats of hair. or sluggish dispO
sition.
The prejudice that exists against
the size of the draft horse is not vel
founded. The Tennessee experiment
station uses heavy draft Percheror
mares with pronounced success. They
perform heavy work at this station
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

plow. The small lie and a small
turning plow Is gu |antee Of shallow
soil devoid Of veg table matter or
humus. A shallow bill devoid Of veg
etable matter mean small crops and
poor farmers. Tn soil should be
deep and full of hun ds in order to in
crease the storage capacity for water
and thereby enable it to hold enough
water to carry the crop through the
longest drought In the summer
though heavily fertilized. We cannot
pillow deep or turn under the corn and
cotton stalks, oat and pea stubble.
grass and weeds with a one-horse
pillow.
Cultivating crops with one-horse
plows and one-horse cultivators Is a
slow process and should not be prac-
ticed unless the land Is full of roots
and stumps. This Is an age of labor
saving farm implements, and no farm
er can afford to walk down each mid
die three or four times at each cult
walton. The one-row cultivator should
be used by every farmer.
The farmers Of the south should
raise the necessary horse power. Mil
lions of dollars are leaving the south
each year for the purchase of mules
and horses. Few small farmers can
afford to keep mules and geldings. At
least half the work stock on southern
farms should be draft mares, actively
engaged in heavy work and mule pro-
duction. 1t is a great economic waste
not to use one or more draft mares on
every farm.
The man who employs mules or
geldings in farm operations receives
in return only their labor Mares EN-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Uncle Ike TO Dear Bertha.

Do you know Dear Bertha" %
Uncle Ike" II 30 you are In ~
sition to do one or both a favor ~
incidentally aid the employees o. ~
winsted postoffce IN the performsn
Of their duties. There IL . card g
ONCE for Bertha. and the message ~
1t contains Ii such that Postn Il
Glynn and his clerks are anx1o1
have 1t reach its destination
message IL an follows:
Dear Bertha: II you 50 u
church I left some cheese on y -.
near the organ. VIII you take 2 s~ -.
II there IL any left. and put
furnace? UNCL:
The writer neglected to ade . -
address. and consequently w
card reached the once II ~
in the lobby with the dozens g e
that are held for one rsaeea =
sr.-Hartford CouraAk
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Gull the Poultry.

Have the runts and defective fowls
been culled? They are only a bill of
expense and the loss occasioned by
their keep is usually charged to the
flock as q whole, which is unfair. This
should be charged to your own neg
lect. To keep up the vigor and utility
Of your flock the undesirables must be
disposed of SO there will be no dan.
ger of their eggs being set in the
spring.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
MUCH VIRTUE IN GOOD YAWN
Beneficial Exercise, Though II Might
Be Well for One to Select the
Time and Place.

Yawning may be rude-especially In
compary-but it Is a good thing for
you to do.
For one thing. 1t 'ventilates the
lungs. When you take an ordinary
breath the lungs are not completely
filed. nor are they thoroughly emptied
by an ordinary respiration. There is
q certain quantity Of air left in the
lungs always. which psychologists call
residual air"
This air In time becomes foul and
affects the blood. and through the
blood the nervous centers. Certain
nerves get tickled. as 1t were. and
the result ID . yawn. stretching the
lungs to their fullest extent. filling
them with clean. fresh air and driving
the foul air out
That's one reason why Il Is good Ia
yawn. For another. yawning opens
and stretches and vertilates all the
various passages leading to the lungs
You win pThaps be surprised t.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Pawnshop Sentiment.

A watch had just passed from the
hands of q seedy young man into
those Of q pawnbroker. Before the
young man got out of the shop the
broker called him back.
Here's q picture-a woman's pic
ture-in the back of this watch" he
said. You'd better take II out"
The young man flushed
1T isn't worth WHILE" he said. I'll
redeem the thing IN a week or two"
Maybe you will and maybe you
won't" the broker retorted. You
never can tell about these things.
may not be strong on sentiment. but
one thing I insist on II that no man
shall leave q woman's picture In .
watch that he pawns here"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
FIvE.YEAR CROP ROTATION
Diversified Farming and Live Stock,
Together With Use Of Manure,
Maintains High Productivity.

The work of the Minnesota station
during the last twenty years has
shown that reasonable rotation with
diversified farming and live stock and
the use of manure maintains high
average of productivity, returning q
good profit without depicting soil fer
tility.
The best results were obtained when
q five-year rotation was used includ-
ing wheat, timothy and clover hay.
pasture, oats followed by an applica-
ton Of eight tons OF manure on the
stubble, and corn. When this rotation
was followed, 26.6 bushels of wheat
Der acre were obtained as compared
with 20.6 bushels In the case Of q
three-year rotation without manure.
and 1876 bushels In the case Of con-
tinuous cropping Of wheat without
manure. The three-year rotation in
cluded wheat. clover and corn.
The yield was - tons per acre in
the case Of . nveyear rotation -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

Fran arrives at Hamilton Gregory's
home in Littleburg. but finds him absent
conducting the choir at camp meeting
She repairs thither in search or nun.
laughs during the service and Is asked TO
leave. Abbott Ashton. superintendent OF
schools. escorts Fran from the tent lie
deeply Interested in charity work. and
pillar of the church Ashton becomes
greatly Interested in Fran and while TAX
ing leave of her. holds her hand ana Is
seen by Sapphira Clinton, sister or KIDD
ert Clinton. chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants nome
with him. Grace Noir. Gregorys private
secretary. takes a violent dislike TO Fran
and advises her to go away at once
Fran hints at a twenty-year-oid secret,
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace 70
leave the room. Fran relates the sior s,
of how Gregory married young giri a,
Springfield while attending college anu
then deserted her. Fran Is the chiid OF
that marriage; Gregory had married ms
present wife three years before the deatn
OF Fran's mother. Fran takes liking 10
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that
Fran is the daughter of a very dear friend
who Is dead Fran agrees to the story
Mrs. Gregory insists on her making her
home with them and takes her 10 her
arms. Fran declares the secretary must
go. Grace begins nagging tactics In an
effort to drive Fran from the Gregory
home. Abbott while taking walk alone
at midnight. finds Fran on a bridge teh-
ing her fortune by cards. She tells Abb
bolt that she is the famous lion tanner
Fran Nonpareil. She tired OF circus Ire
and sought a home. Grace Tells OF see
ing Fran come home after midnight with
q man. She guesses part of the story
and surprises the rest from Abbott. she
decides to ask Bob Clinton to go to
Springfield to investigate Fran's story
Fran enlists Abbott in her battle against
Grace. Fran offers her services to Greg
, DRY as secretary during the temporary
absence Of Grace. The latter, hearing OF
Fran's purpose. returns and interrupts a
touching scene between father ana
daughter Grace tells Gregory she in
tends to marry Clinton and quit his serv-
ice. He declares that he cannot continue
his work without her. Carried away by
passion he takes her In his arms. Fran
walks in on them. and declares that
Grace must leave the house at once. To
Gregory's CONSERVATION he learns OF
Clinton's mission to Springfield. Clinton
returns from Springfield and. at Fran's re-
| quest. Ashton urgest him not to disclose
what he has learned