The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07

| odd clio. Old clio, Cast for old
clo'r
| Move on. you scoundrelr shouted
MIR. Bowser.
odd clio, Old clio! buy old clo'
for CASH.
by the beard of Pluto, but I'll have
your life if you don't move on.' ex.
claimed Mr.. Bowser, as he clattercd
down the steps with ii tragedy in eithec
eye.
| The old clothes man ran across he
street, but no farther. and from his
new position he shouted aud yelled un.
Ill he had collected Il crowd of half a
hundred. and Mr.. Bowser had been
forced into the house.
You see you can't do anything"
said Mrs. Bowser.
II will do something" he holly re.
| piled. Are all the ordinances of this
city made for the benefit of such howl
ing demons? Has taxpayer and
property owner no rights? If there
are no laws to protect me, then III pro
tect myself"
Lays Hands on an Offender.
Out he went again, and he was just
in time to encounter a man who had
turned in from Fourth street, yelling:
"Knives to grind-o! Knives to grindo!
Bring out your knives to grind-o.'
| Mr.. Bowser walked down to the gate.
| He looked like a dangerous man. but
the knife grinder was willing to take
chances if he could make a nickel. lie
halted his grinder on wheels and utter
ed his yell of "Grind-o, as If Mr..
Bowser was forty rods away. He was
still hanging on to the 90 when he
was seized and banged against the
fence, and voice rang in his ears:
| You internal nuisance, shut up, or
I'll break your neck!'
The grinder shut up. lie looked into
| Mr.. Bowser's eyes and became afraid
However, as he was released after n
| minute and told to move on his cour-
| age returned, and he hadn't got more
| than ten feet away before he turned
| and said:
You knocka and banga me- and l
| TAXA de law on you
Mrs Bowser opened the door and
tried to argue the matter with Mr.
Bowscr, but he declared he'd wet his
hands in tie life blood Of the next
| nuisance who came along. He didn't
have over ten minutes TO wait \ junk
dealer. an umbrella mender, 4 tinker
and popcorn man suddenly appeared
in company. and all were yelling to
| drown the notes OF the band on the
| corner Mr. Bowser rose up like
bull about 30 make his last charge and
was at the gate rs they halted.
odd junk. Umbrellas to mend. Fix
| yoGr pans, Fresh POPCORN shouted
the four, as they waved their arms.
Cheers For MIR. 5owser.
Mrs. Bowscr threw up the window TO
| call out. but She was too late. AIR.
| Bowser had sailed in. lie upset the
junk cart and junk dealer lie over
| turned popcorn cart and popcorn deal
or. lie flied the air with the old UNI
| brcllas and tinker tools. and IL was
Spion Kop over again. with Mr. Bow
ser In place OF the Beers. lie met the
enemy and they were his. and IN five
minutes he was in possession OF the
| field OF battle. He was chcered by
| the crowd which gathered. and dozen
overenthusiastlc taxpayers insisted on
speech. y man had arisen who had
| taken up the cudgel for reform. and
they wanted to know his policy to-
ward flrecrackers. baseball and kite
flying. Mr.. Bowser backed up against
the gate, hut before he could collect
his oratory fat policeman seized him
and said,
You old rufian. But You want to
! got up 4 riot and disturb half the
town. do Won: Come along with me.''
Mr.. Bowscr was walked TO the police
court and left In the pen" till the
Judge was ready to hear his case and
say:
You may he n citizen and taxpayer
and rcfo~mer. but YOU have 10 right
Co take TIE law into your own hands
I fine you 500 and " yiu arn .euuglt
I mere iNANtf lnf az tlll ''Al t.tN f'Ntf'
charge I shall feel it my Guty 60 pat
You where YOU can do NO more harm
for six months"
Didn't tell sou how il would
endf" asked Mrs. Bowscr. when he
| got home.
But Mr. Bowser said no word in re-
Div
IN one iowa county last year the
less from hog cholera was 20 per cent
less than in any connty in that part
Of the state. This condition is directly
due TO the campaign which was ear
ried on under the supervision Of n
county expert. SO satisfactory were
the results OF this campaign that this
same county has been selected rs the
test county for hog cholera work the
coming season. In which the county eX-
pert is to receive the assistance of a
representative OF the federal depart
ment of agriculture. specialist from
the state agricultural college and well
known veterinarian of the state. This
Is a mighty good Illustration OF thu
truth that people who dust around and
help themselves usually get help Of a
valuable type. II anybody gets IL ut all.