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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Judge e. l.. Bates is in New York
William C. Clark of Grove street
| is spending a few days in Adams.
George A. Weston, a Bellows Falls
lawyer, is in the village on bust
ness.
Bennington grange will give an in.
vitation social dance Wednesday eve
ming, Feb 10. n
AT meeting Thursday evening OF
Bennington Council, Royal and Select
Masons, degree work was conferred.
An anniversary requiem mass was
said at the convent this morning for
the repose of the soul of Daniel Muir
ply
Will the person who picked up the
fountain pen from the periodical table
in the library, kindly return same at
once.
Neveryou Papers and family have
moved from Grove street to the Ly-
man Papers place on Bennington
Flats.
The condition of Mrs. William e.
Frost, who has been i'll during the
past three weeks. shows considerable
improvement today.
There was apparently little change
today in the condition of John w.
Williams, veteran OF the civil war,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time at his home on School street.
The last story hour on "The People
of Other Countries" will be held at
the Library tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The story will be on Madeira and
will be illustrated with postal cards
and souvenirs. All boys and girls are
invited to enjoy this pleasant hour
with us.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
HOW FRENCH PEOPLE
CURE STOMACH TROUBLE

A household remedy of the French
peasantry, consisting of pure vegetable
oil. and said TO possess wonderful merit
in the treatment of stomach, liver and
intestinal troubles. has been introduced
in this country by George II. Mayr, who
for twenty years has been one of the
leading downtown druggists OF Chi
cago and who himself was cured by its
use So quick and effective is its action
that a single dose is usually enough to
bring pronounced relief in the most
stubborn cases. and MANY people who
have tried it declare they never heard
of anything to produce such remarkable
results in so short a time. 1t is known
as Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and can
now be had at all leading drug stores.
1t is sold with the positive understand
ing that your money will be refunded
without question or bubble If ONE
bottle fails to give you absolute salts
faction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
BRONCHIAL COUGHS

When the bronchial tubes are a.
fected with that weakening, tickling
cough, they need immediate and sen
sible treatment. The breath seem
shorter because of mucous obstruc
tons; usually fever is present ans
your head jars with every cough
Your chest aches and the inqamma
ton often spreads to the lungs.
The food-tonic that has proven Il
worth for forty ycars-is Scoi;' limul.
sion. 1t drives out the cold, whit
is the root Of the trouble, and cheek
the cough by aiding the healin.
process Of the enfeeblcd membrane
1t you are troubled with bronchil
or know an afflicted friend always I,
member that SCOTS Emulsion bull
strength willie relieving the trouble
1901 Scott &Dowlie. bloomfield. Nj.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29

destitute of sympathy. permitted him
to remain entirely alone and uncared
for, never entering his room for three
days. while he lay utterly helpless,
awaiting death which would have
inevitably come quickly had not a
good Samaritan appeared in the per-
son of Mrs. Bette Van Metre. south
ern woman scarcely twenty years of
age at the time, whose brother had
already fallen MORALLY wounded at
and husband had been captured BY
the Union forces and were then pris
oners at Fort Delaware. Notwith-
standing all she had suffered because
OF the war, when kind hearted
negro bought her word that a Union
officer, terribly wounded, was dying
in a nearby house, she went at once
to see him, called in her own family
physician and for several weeks de.
voted her entire time in an endeavor
to save the wounded officers life, al
though it resulted in her being
severely criticised by many of her
neighbors.
She had to make frequent trips
with broken-down team through a
region infested with gue-illas to Har-
per's Ferry, a distance of twenty
miles. in order to secure necessary
medicines and supplies for the patti
ent, yet she never faltered and was
finally rewarded by seeing the wound
ed officer so far recovered that he
was able to start for his home in
Westfield, accompanied by HIS nurse.
When Washington was reached 1t.
Bedell called upon Secretary Stanton
and told him how his life had been
saved through the tender care given
him by Mrs Van Metre. Mr. Stan
ton at once gave an order for the re
lease of Mr.. Van Metre from 10
Delaware and later he also gave an
order for the release OF Mrs Van Me-
tres b other. Mr. and MRS. Van Me
ire accompanied It. Bedell TO the lat
ters homo in Vermont where they re-
NAMED until Mr.. Van Metre had re
covered from the suffe ings occasion
ed by his Imprisonment
The two families became, MS Was
most natural most intimate f-iends
and visited at each others homes for
many years, and son OF It, Bedell
bears Mr.. Van Metres name Lt. Be
dell wass for long time in the Gus
toms houses at Newport He died a
few years since Mir. and Mrs. Van
Metre are still living on the old farm
at Berryville In the Shenandoah val
ley They were visited he last Oc-
tober by Thomas C. Cheney and Ma
jor Charles G Gould, Formerly of the
Eleventh Vermont but late OF the
Fifth Vermont, and were accompani-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Van Metre on a
tripsto the battlefields of Winchester
and Cedar Creek.
1t seems most fitting that some re-
cognition should be- taken by the
state of Vermont of the unselfsh de-
votion of this young Virginia girl of
fifty years ago to one OF the Green
Mountain boys. Mr. Cheney drew up
the joint resolution expressing the
thanks of Vermont to Mrs. Van Met
re, which was introduced by Col Eos
ter of Calais. 1t seems most fitting
that this resolution should have been
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
AN UNKNOWN HEROINE
Fitting Recognition of Her Works
To Come Before Legislature


Montpelier, Jan PA resolution
memorializing Mrs. Bette Van Metre,
a southern woman who was the Good
Samaritan to Vermont soldiers in the
Civil war wass introduced in the house
Thursday by Col Foster of Calais.
She has been known as the I'm
known Heroine"
In 1882 L. e. Chittenden, registrar
of the treasury under Lincoln. pub
lished his book entitled "An Unknown
Heroine" telling the story of how a
young southern woman, scarcely 20
years of age, saved the life OF one Of
Vermonfs officers after he had been
desperately wounded and left TO die.
Col Aldace F. Walker of the Eleventh
Vermont, in his The Vermont Bri-
gade in the Shenandoah Valley" de
votes a chapter in reciting the facts
from which Mr.. Chittenden wrote his
story, the officer whose life was thus
saved being 1t. Henry e. Bedell of
Company ID of Col Walkers req
ment
The story of the devotion of this
young woman to one of the Green
Mountain boys was most interesting
and one which should not be forgot
ten by vermonters Briefly told, it
is as follows
While on a reconnaissance near Ber
ryville, Va, September 10, 1864, 1t.
Bedell was terribly wounded, a solid
shot crushing his left leg. which had
to be amputated near the hip. His con
dition was so desperate that 1t was
not thought possible for him to live
through the night. When morning
came, much to surprise of the sur
geons, he seemed to gain strength
and little later some of the fingers
OF his right hand. which had been
fractured by the same shot which
crushed his limb, were amputated,
and he soon seemed TO be in fair way
to recover. But the army was pre-
pairing for the battle of the Opequan,
and it was necessary to remove the
wounded and sick to Harpers Ferry.
When an attempt was made to re
move 1t Bedell in an ambulance his
sufferings became so intense from
the jolting of the ambulance that he
tainted. Ii was at once seen that If
he continued the journey he would
surely die before reaching Harper's
Ferry He was therefore removed
by Captain Charles j. Lewis of his
company, to the upper story of a
dwelling and laid upon the floor Al
though il was not expected he could
live long on account of his critical
condition. yet supplies and medicines
were left with the people in charge
If the house, who promised his com
AIDES they would give him proper
arc and attention, but who, utterly
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs. Wells w. White entertained
the sewing club at her home last
evening.
Mrs. Jennie Mears and children of
Waybridge, ~ Y, have been visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Fleming.
Miss Alice Daniels and Miss Helen
Monta have returned from a visit Of
several weeks in Middlebury.
The regular meeting of the o. Il. s.
will be held in Masonic hall Friday
evening at o'clock The district
deputies will be present and a large
attendance is desired.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29


dependable remedy-Dr. Trues Elixir
Discovered by my father, this COM
pound has for over go years been
growing in reputation as a sure rem
edy for worms OF all kinds and for
keeping the stomach in the pink Of
condition.
Send for list of symptoms.
Do not endanger your childs health
but get bottle of DR.. True's Elixir,
the Family Laxative and Worm Ex-
peller, at once. Good for adults also.
At your dealers, 35c, soc and 81.
Advice free. Special treatment for
tapeworms. Send for book.
Auburn. Maine Na-~ SyhAA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29

introduced by Col Foster since his
father, 1t. S. H. Foster and his
uncles. 1t. +. l.. Foster and It, A. J.
Dudley. were both officers in Bedell's
regiment and Col. Foster, while IA
small boy, spent several months with
the regiment in the defenses OF Wash
ington and was well acquainted with
1t Bedell
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29

strength is possible I'M
til they are removed. If
you suspect that your
child is suffering from
worms, do not lose an
other minute, but get a
bottle OF this timetried,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
j. n. COLE, M. D

Has resumed his general practice,
also special work, eye, ear, nose and
throat Goitres cured without the use
OF knife. Office over Adams Hard
ware store, 4S5 Main street. Tele-
phones 235 and 27S-W.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
Worms A Dagger 10 Children

Childhood has many ills; but
worms, whether pinworms or stom-
ach worms, must be vigorously guard
ed against. No gain in health and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-29
Progressive Suit Club

Now the time get spring suit easy pay.
ment plan Our the the Christmas Cuos al
the banks only you don't have 10 wait until Christmas
You with anywhere from five to Sl7o ana IN
short have suit ready for spring Call and get one OF
cards. ffN ,td
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
How to Destroy Catarrh
Germs and End Catarrh
Forever

Catarrh is a germ disease and the
only way to cure it so it will stay
cured and never come back is to kill and
drive out of Nou1 system the catarrhal
germs which have found Judgement
there. When the germs go the catarrh
will stop. The trouble with most
treatments, like sprays, salves, creams,
greasy balms. lotions, etc, is that they
give only temporary relief by opening
up for a while the clogged head, throat
and nostrils. In a little time the Ca
tarrh comes back as bad as ever.
People who suffer continually from
catarrh should drop such temporary
really gets at the root of the disease and
stamps it out. There is nothing better
for such cases than breathing into your
nose and lungs the pleasant, soothing
healing, germ destroying air of Hyo-
mel pronounced High-o-me) made
from purest oil of Eucalyptus and COM
bined with other powerful healing, an
tiseptic and germ destroying ingre-
dients. Hyomei penetrates and heals
the infamed. swollen membranes OF
your nose and throat, stops discharges,
clears the passages and completely
overcomes the disease by destroying its
cause. For catarrh germs cannot live
them. II. G. Kennedy and many other
good druggists in Harrisburg and vicin-
ity have long sold Hyomei on o positive
guarantee OF successful results or
money back and find this generous pol
icy pays. Most druggists are now CIV
ing a pocket inhaler made from hard
rubber with every complete treatment
and convenient as well as a thoroughly
reliable means of treating by the best
known method this dangerous and Of
ten disgusting diseaSe,-Advertise t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23

undraped ladies, each modelled from a
different figure.
A Question Easily Answered Vs.
The question of drapery could be
answered at a glance-take that from
anybody in the courtroom; They are
undraped.
Mr.. Hershey wasn't at all sure about
the identity of the figures. Are they
the same?" asked Mr.. Evans.
Yes, think they look like single
group"
would you say each of the three
was made from the same model? Look
at the figure on the right. She's rails
ing her right leg isn't she? Now then
look at the figure on the left. What
leg is she raising
After a long and careful survey Her
sbey decided that the left lady was
tossing her left leg.
Red Flag TO Bull
Spectators sat back in their chairs
with an audible sigh of reliet.
Attorney Evans then switched to
the variance of the testimony the
chocolate manufacturer had given
Yesterday on the stand and the allega-
lions he swore to in his affidavit of
defense. Mr.. Hershey admitted that
the correspondence on the subject be-
tween Ogelby Paul, his representative,
Donate and himself didn't interest him
very much at the time. He never
more than glanced over the corre-
spondence and then referred the let
ters to his attorney. The sculptor's
letters to him on the subject had much
fbe same effect he declares, "as a
red rag to bull.
Just before the court rose for the
noon recess Mr. Evans got before the
Jury the one point over which he
worked with the witness for nearly an
hour. Hershey's defense has been
that the fountain in question isn't the
fountain he contracted for.
Knew Fountains Value
Let me understand Mr.. Hershey"
gently pursued Mr. Evans, you say
this fountain is not the one you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23

and John II. Walker, of the Depart-
ment OF Labor, are inspecting the
Bethlehem Steel works at the direction
Oh Commissioner Jackson.
spoke at Pottsville. - O. d. Schoch.
Oh the Public Service Commission. has
returned from Pottsville where he
spoke on agricultural education.
Dr. Dixon Wins Out.-Commission-
er OF Health Dixon yesterday was IN
held in the Delaware county court in
ms REFUSAL to produce books and rec
ords at the trial of an insurance case.
Inc commissioner sometime ago de-
cllned TO nave such matters made sub
lect to call on attorneys and Judge
Johnson yesterday upheld his stand
in court.
Cunningham Speaks Com
missioner Cunningham, Deputy G. TT
Biles and Chief Wynn, of the bureau
OF township highways, addressed the
Lebanon county supervisors at I,eb-
anon to-day. Deputy Commissioner
Hunter spoke at Bedford.
Getting Convictions. Dairy and
rood Commissioner Foust to-day
heard of over a score of convictions in
pure food cases in philadelphia.
Half Million TO-day.-The State
treasury to-day received over half a
million dollars, including S314.OOO
from the United Gas Improvem emf
Company and $106,000 from The Besse-
mer and Lake Erie.
Attaches Rcmembered.-Attac of
the Executive Department have re-
ceiVed from Mrs James S. Hiatt scarf
pins and other souvenirs which Mr..
Hiatt had purchased for them while at
San Francisco but which, owing to his
illness, he had been unable to present.
Meade Memorial Meeting.-Memb bers
of the Meade Memorial Commission
met at the Governors office to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
DOES FOUNTAIN LADY
TOSS LEFT LEG OR RIGHT?

[Continued from First Page1
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gravely agitated the court, jury. wit
ness, counsel and a crowded court
room at the trial of Giuseppe Donates
action against Milton s. Hershey. the
chocolate king" Donate is suing to
recover $4,000, the price of the foun-
tain carved for Hershey park.
The witness on the stand really had
to decide and a hushed courtroom
waited his decision with more than
ordinary interest.
Mr. Hershey was the witness.
Hershey GfiIIed
me question was propounded by
Ralph B. Evans, of counsel for
Donate who subjected the chocolate
manufacturer to a couple of hours of
rather irksome grilling in cross-ex-
animation. Mr.. Hershey's contention
all along has been that he ordered n
fountain for s3,100; that Donate had
modelled one worth s25, 900 and that
he, Hershey, declined to pay that
amount. On the contrary he said he
didn't want the more expensive foun-
tain and wanted the $2,O66.67 he had
already paid Donate on account
Donate said he had been instructed by
1ershey TO make such changes on the
original statue as he deemed best in
his artistic judgment"
The trend of the PLAINTIFFS cross
examination was to show that Her
shey had consulted Donate from time
to time and had approved of the
changes. Mr.. Evans asked the choco-
late manufacturer to study the cray
oned exhibits of the models on the
courtroom walls to determine the
question of whether the drawings rep
resented trio of draped ladies model
ed from the same single figure-or
whether the drawing depicted three
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23

the ironmaster.
The new company has been capi-
talized at 100000, having paid
Thomas J. Price and William Pursel,
former owners. $15O,000 for the plant
and the forty or more acres surround
ing it. Mr.. Price, Mr.. Pursel and Ed
ward f. Price are the other stock
holders.
The present big mill will be remod-
eled at once and additional ironwork-
ers put to work. Plans for a modern
mill are being perfected and the Off
GERS say work will be started in the
early Spring. This mill will cover five
or six acres and 1900 additional men
will be employed. 1t is understood
that other mills will be erected next
summer.
Structural tubing and sheet steel
will be the principal products.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23

ordered
mo, SIR"
"The fountain in question is one
that Donate claims is worth $25,000?"
II believe he does, yes"
And the one you say you contracted
for was to cost $31, ,000?"
Eyes, sir"
"Then why did you instruct your
counsel to issue a writ of replevin to
obtain possession of the $4,000 foun-
tain 2"
The chocolate king declared that he
was chiefly interested in getting some
return for the more than $4,000 he
had expended in payments to Donate.
But you knew that Donate claim
ed this fountain was worth $4,000;
that it was not the fountain you
ordered, and. yet to get back the $2,-
600 you had advanced you seized the
more expensive fountain? 2"
"Yes, sid,'' admitted the chocolate
manufacturer.
"The Quality Counts" when you
buy n piano. Consult this store.
Spangler, Pip Sixth St-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23


Education offices as a result of the in
quiries sent out as to the prepared
ness of buildings for fire and panic.
These letters were issued soon after
the Peabody fire in Massachusetts and
were accompanied by blank ask
ing for information as to conditions.
The reports have shown very plain
ly that there were some schools in the
State which needed better conditions
and the statements have since been
sent that steps are under way to cor
rect. In some districts there appears
to have been a lack of attention as to
exits and means of fighting fire, but
the reports show that the officials have
bestirred themselves.
The letters have also had the eff
feet of spurring up attention to fire
drills.
New York Copies Ours.-New York
State fishery authorities will pat
tern their new fish hatchery at Dun
kirk, n. Y, after the Pennsylvania
State hatchery at Erie, having asked
for details regarding plans some time
ago and just notified Commissioner n.
r. Butler that the Erie hatchery will
be the model. This hatchery was
built two years ago and has been in
spected by men from half a dozen
States and by federal officials. Com
missioner Butler is on a series of in
spectionS this week to outline the
winter work and also visited Alexan-
der's Spring in Mitfiin county. The
new hatchery at Bellefonte is nearly
finished, but the commissioner is
hurrying along that at Pleasant
Mount. Inspections will also be made
at Torresdale. The Wayne county
hatchery is to be used as the station
for experiments and training men.
State Bulletins Issued. The pro-
ceedings of the meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture last January
have been issued in bulletin form,
giving some of the interesting details
leading up to the change in the De-
partment of Agriculture. DIR. Sur
faces bulletins of last Spring have
also made their appearance.
Attending Conference. - Insurance
Commissioner Johnson and Deputy
McCulloch are in Philadelphia attend
ing the insurance conference to-day.
Inspecting Works. - John S. Spicer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
Schwab Will Enlarge
Danville Plant Which
He Recently Purchased
Special to The Telegraph

Danville, Pa, Nov. 23.-Reorgan-
ization of the Danville Structural Tub
ing Company, with Charles NJ. Schwab
as one of the principal stockholders,
means that Danyille will in the near
future be one of Pennsylvania most
active iron towns. and hundreds will
be given employment as soon as addi-
tional mills are erected.
Mr.. Schwab has been negotiating for
the plant for some time, and when he
learned that he could not purchase it
outright the reorganization plan was
agreed upon, and Carlson Wagner, a
nephew of Mr.. Schwab. was sent here
to be the resident representative OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
CARNEGIE WILL OBSERVE
SOVH RIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

Pittsburgh Pa, Nov. 23. - The
eightieth birthday anniversary of An
drew Carnegie and the fifteenth ami
versary of the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, will be observed at the
annual founders day celebration at
the institute to-day and tomorrow
Several hundred educators and pro-
fessional men from various parts of
The country are here for the exercises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
SCHOOLHOUSES
BEING FIXED UP
State Board of Education In
quiries Have Been Having
Excellent Effect

School directors
and men in charge
of school property
all over the State
are taking steps to
improve fire pro-
tection and to
brace up prepara-
tions to meet emer-
gencies according
to the reports
which are reaching
the State Board of
Western Kansas world., 1915-02-06
CORRESPONDENCE
Voda

The weather seems to be rather
changeable these days.
Frank Brown purchased some hos S
of &. Kristof, Tuesday.
Owen brothers are Smelling corn for
Bill Littlechild this week.
Mrs. Geo. Kristof spent Tuesc ay
with her daughter, Mrs. r. Owens.
A. G. Schwanbeck and r. Owens
are in Topeka representing the Noda
local.
John Bordoysky was quite sick
Monday, but at-present writing he Is
slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Schwanbeck
and family, and Mr.. and Mrs. r
Owens and family spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Gil Crocker.
An accident is never SO bad but
what there is some good derived from
it. In this last storm Walter wa
snow bound in Cellyer for three day
being unable to come home Waite
is in hopes these storms will occur a
least once every week.
Western Kansas world., 1915-02-06

Fred Eichman had bad luck with
his well Tuesday
The strong wind Monday bloned
down Harm Schneider's wind mill.
Carl Folkers is all smiles since
Saturday and Sunday. Ask him why ?
Mrs J. ]. Michalies is visiting her
mother, Mrs Fred Defines. sr-, on Big
Creek.
The ground hog saw his shadow
and he reports six weeks more winter
weather
The weather in January was very
ch2ngeable- Wonder what it will be
in February
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Eichman spent