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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22

feel in contemplating the foregoing
must be tempered with admiration
for workmanlike job. II one must
lie, let him lie stoutly and convincing
by. At the best, however, one can
hardly hope to compete with the sea-
soned and competent liars of the
past.
Here are few classic lies collect
ed by Melville d. Landon (Eli Per-
kins) away back in 1858:
Uncle Nat y illey Of the White
Mountains had to lire salted bullets
from his trusty yihe because it killed
at such distance that, in warm
weather game would spoil with age
before he reached it.-SylSanus Cobb,
j..
The Missouri river is composed of
six parts of sand and mud and four
parts of water When the wind blows
very hard it dries the surface OF the
river and blows away in clouds of
dust.-Robert j. Burdette.
Uncle Hank Allen of Eaton, n. Y,
derided as unenterprising potato
bugs which sat on the fence and wait
ed for the farmer to plant the second
crop. 81 was up in Townsend's
store" he said, "and ! see potater
bugs looking over his books to see
who bought seed potaters for next
year Eli Perkins
Abner Byng said Tom Potter could
shoot at half a bushel of cherries
and take the stone out of each cherry.
He could stand under n flock of wild
pigeons q boy handing him % breech
loading rifles in succession, and never
a pigeon passed a given point He
used to shoot al an injy rubber target
and when the ball was bouncing back
would put in a charge of powder, so
that the ball re-entered the rifle and
was fired repeatedly. Once he kept
us both dry by hitting every rain
drop as it come down, so that the
ground for eight feet around was dry
as punk.-Felix Adler.
We refrain from telling the yarns
that Mark Twain, Petroleum V. Mas
by and Perkins told when they got TO
gether at a dinner hut we merely sug-
gest to the Vermont Liars club that
mere amateurs can never hope to
compete with such lies rs the forego-
ms.
Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but
a type of thee. thou liar of the first
Magnitude. William Congrere.
Rutland, Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
MARRIED SO YEARS
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Bentley OF Rutland
Receive Guests at Their Home.

The seth milestone in the married
life of Mr.. and Mrs. Royal L. Bentley
of Rutland was celebrated at their
residence, 125 Pearl street Monday
evening by friends who made sur
prise visit bringing gifts in keeping
with the occasion.
Seven of Mr.. Bentley's Civil war
comrades were among The guests and
the male portion of the party devoted
the evening largely to "reminiscences
During the evening refreshments
were served and there We're vocal
and instrumental selections.
During the afternoon a number Of
Mrs. Bentley's women friends called
to congratulate her on her 50th we'd
ding day. Mr., and Mrs. Bentley were
married on July 10, 1865, at the Con.
gregational church parsonage in Mid.
dlebury by Rev. Mr.. Hyde.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
Man Size LYING.

When such irreverent rags as the
Brattleboro Reformer and the Ben
nington Banner lapse from the ways
of truth, the situation is sad but not
unexpected but when the pious and
virtuous Barton Monitor shows signs
of deprayity the situation becomes
serious.
Inspired, undoubtedly, by the desul-
tory efforts of its contemporaries, the
Monitor makes the following astound
ing bid for the presidency of the Yer
mont Liars club:
Speaking Of electric storms: Dur
ing n recent storm lightning struck
wire fence surrounding big pasture
in which among other live stock was
an Old Hereford bull. The bull in
frenzy of fear and anger dashed for
the fence and became entangled in
the highly electrified wire. Some
hours later the owner taking account
of the havoc wrought by the storm
came upon the dead bovine and was
much peeved over the loss Of so valu-
ton, however, he found that not on
able an animal, upon closer eXamina-
ly had the bull been summarily cleo
trocuted, but that the charged wires
had actually acted like an immense
electrical toaster, and tho meat had
been done to the incest Delmonico
turn. while the hide had been artifici
ally tanned to the most pliable leath-
er. Instead OF a loss, the farmer has
been able to dispose of all the choice
cuts of meat from the animal, which
only need to be properly heated to
give them an exquisite flavor, some
thing between baked terrapin and an
Oyster Bay mussel. The other parts,
properly salted have Eeen placed in
crooks in the farmers cellar, and are
said to be much superior to the ordi
nary variety of corned beef After
saving enough of the leather for boot
taps for several seasons, the balance
of the hide was disposed of to the
harness makers at a very fair profit.
N, L. The farmer has now placed
wire hoops over the heads of his en-
tire herd of stock and repaired the
fence. He is earnestly hoping for an
other electrical storm.
The grief which the jGdicious must
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Village OF Bennington
Office OF Chief OF Police

To all Regular and Special Police
Officers:
You are hereby notified that con-
siderable complaint has been made
regarding boys swimming in Ben
tons Pond, back Of Cooper's Mil,
without bathing suits, and you are
directed to make frequent inspect
ions at that place and to arrest any
boy sO~offeRding.
This notice is also for The benefit
Of all boys who go in swimming in
public places without wearing bath
ing suits. and they viii take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
BY order of
Patrick Brazil.
Chief of Police.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
REFLECT CAPT. GIBSON
He will Once More Command Com
pany |, V. N. G.

EX-Capt. Ernest w. Gibson, who
commanded company |, V. N. G., from
November 90, 1903. to February s.,
1907. and then resigned, was Monday
night again elected TO the command
OF the company at a meeting at Brat
tleboro presided over by Maj. Gen.
w. o. Colley. The election was made
necessary by the resignation of Capt.
Dana II. Gilman, who has resigned to
accept a position as division engineer
of the w. X. and T. railroad with his
headquarters in Salina. Kan.
Capt. Gibson was importuned to
accept again the command in order to
bring the company up to high stand
ard of efficiency.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
80 cents on the dollar on the
Grand List of 1915.
| hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that l will at
tend at the Bennington County Say
ings Bank from 3 O'Clock a. m. until
4 o'clock p. IN.
There will be discount of 4 per
cent on above tax il paid within 30
days.
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
STEERING WHEEL QUIT
Two Springfield Men Hurt in Auto
mobile Accident.

Frank Whalen and Charles Han
nah, both of Springfield this State
will recover from the effects OF an
automobile accident Sunday in South
Charlestown. They were riding in a
small car when the steering gear re-
fused to work. The machine crashed
through a fence and went over 10
foot bank being completely smashed.
Whalen, who owns the automobile
suffered a fractured rib, a severe cut
over one eye, bad scratches and a
shock To his nervous system. Han
nah escaped with slight bruises.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22
PHYSICIANS SUED
Plaintiff Claims They lid Not Proper
iy Set Her Broken Leg.

Drs. NJ. r. Grain and Edmund NJ
Pond, both of Rutland, are defend
ants in a suit for $4,000 brought by
Inez ]. Benson OF Newfane The
papers allege that on September 10,
1914, the two physicians were en-
ployed to set broken leg for her
and that it was improperly set and
that because they had negligently and
improperly done their work, the ends
of the bones being left to overlap, the
leg is now one inch shorter than the
othe,.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22

To the Tax Payers of the Village o
Bennington:

To the Tax Payers of the Village of
bennington:
A Rate Bill has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows:
so cents on the dollar for the Vii
lage Tax. 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
OF 1915.
| hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that | will at
tend at the bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 8 o'clock a. m. until
4 o'clock p. m.
There viii be discount of 4 per
cent. on Village tax if paid within 80
days.
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer
Bennington, VT, July Is, 1915.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-22

To the Tax Payers of the Town o
Bennington:

iOl.
A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes of
1915 has been placed in my hands for
collection as follows: so cents on
the dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents
on the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, 40 cents on the dollar for the
Town District School Tax.
l hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that | will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from O'Clock a. m. until
o'clock p. m.
There will be discount of 4 per
cent. on Town tax if paid within 80
days
C. Fl. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July Is, 1915.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09

4 nave H6dEu OI reasons IQdnlIO1u
Why love must needs be blind;
But this is the best of all, hold
His eyes are in his mind.
IF the wife works at any occupa-
ton which brings in money and the
husband is out of employment,
shouldn't he fill in the idle moments
by doing the Homework and looking
after the children?" This is the blunt
question which a wife who works asks
me to decide. She dwells on her griev-
ances still further by adding that she
is obliged to to rise very early, get
breakfast for the family; she is
obliged to stack up the dishes for want
of time to wash them. Her neighbor
next door looks after the children for
small amount until her return at
night. After her supper dishes are
cleared away at night, she has the
children to put to bed, the washing,
ironing, housekeeping and mending
to do. MY husband sits around the
house all day." she adds, varying the
monotony by going out to search for
work, but secretly hoping he won't
find it. Now, while he is at home these
long days, couldn't he take care of the
children, prepare an easily cooked
meal for them, wash the dishes and
sweep the floor at least? He says it
isn't a mans work, and he refuses to
do it. l say if he cannot find work
outside he should be glad to do it in
side. Please decide for
OVERWHELMED WIFE"
This case does not stand alone.
There are many hundreds just like it
the world over. Few men are brought
up to perform household duties. The
excellent bookkeeper, accurate at fig
ures, who seldom makes a mistake,
would find himself at his wits end as
to how to escape breaking some of the
dishes he would be required to wash.
Cooking would be an equal hardship.
| He wouldn't know whether the making
of coffee called for spoonful of bak-
ing powder, sugar or an egg; how long
it took to cook porridge to make it
thin as cruel or thick as dough;
whether to give the children bread and
| butter thickly coated with sugar every
! time they asked for it or not to give
them half enough to satisfy their
young appetites.
There are husbands who fit nicely
into the emergency. There are others
whom it would knock all askew as
being distasteful. Rather than to be
pressed into the household service,
which goes against the grain, man
should be up and doing, out looking
| for work early and late, refusing to
accept defeat. When he must spend a
| few hours in the home, love for his
wife should prompt him to dc many
| little acts to tighten the load which
is upon her overwhelmed shoulders.
Assisting her does not detract from
| his manliness. He earns her graft
| tude, which is far more satisfying than
outside pay even. A happy, contented
family means that each does all in
his or her power to help, regardless
of what the work to be done may be.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
The Freaks Must Go.

The secretary of the Minnesota
state fair is authority for the state
ment that the freak show and the
sensational side show will not have
place in the state fairs of 1915. This
form of entertainment is to be re-
placed by educational exhibitions, the
step having been decided on by the
American Association of Fairs and
EXpositions in convention at Chicago
1t will be great relief if the
minds of children are not to be alb
normally stimulated by these morbid,
not to say revolving. sights The idea
that the poor monstrosities of nature
should be exploited by means of their
deformities is repulsive and produc-
tive of no good The practice of al
lowing takers to grow fat off pro-
ceeds from Showing these unfor-
Inmates is a species of barbarism.
The atmosphere that pervades state
fairs is as wholesome as that which
surrounds any of our national institu-
tons, and it has always been a wrong
I'd vitiate it by the clinical features of
freak show.-Minneapolis Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
Backloqs Made of Stone.

1t will surprise many peIsors of the
present day to be told that the ''back-
log" of which we read so much in old
time stories was a large stone, a por
Gus stone being preferred if possible.
This stone was buried in the ashes,
and on top was placed the back
stick" The back stone in those primi-
tive times played a very important
part in the economy of early house
keeping. Matches were not then in
vented Flint, steel and tow were the
only means of lighting fire or a
lamp. Imagine for a moment the
Bridget of today thus engaged, with
the thermometer ten degrees below
zero in the kitchen. The stone, to-
gether with the ashes with which it
was covered, served to retain fire and
heat through the night, and all that was
necessary in the morning was little
kindling and gentle use Of the indis-
pensable bellows and fire was as
readily made as at the present day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09

who has a happy life of it turns a
smiling face to the world. If 1T is
dull aid lonely. 1t cast, shadow over
her. Parents or guardians of young
girls who deny them the pleasure of
inviting company to their homes take
from them their chief happiness and
drive them elsewhere for enjoyment.
The girl who fears to invite a young
man to call upon her will be sure 10
blame those who are responsible for
it later on If she is doomed to single
blessedness.
Young men and young women should
have their opportunities of being
brought together in wholesome social
affairs If it is expected that happy
marriages will come from it. There is
but one youth time in the life of a
young man or young girl. 1t should be
remembered by them as a rainbow of
brightness which time can never eff
face. The good people of neighbor-
hoods who give little inexpensive af-
fairs to bring young folks together
are but living their own youth over
again in watching the budding court
ship of youthful lads and lassies Pull
the pretty bashful girls out of their
shells; see that they join in the
neighborhood frolics. Let no nice, sin
gle young man escape from responding
to the invitation. Young fo,hhs must be
brought together to look. love and
wed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09

root of this bitter feeling in the hearts
are not satisfied in their insistence
that the name of wife should not be
applied to the woman who has deliber-
ately given herself to mans lust with
out troubling herself as to the holy
bond of matrimony not being entered
into? The term love wife, when ap-
piled to an unmarried female, is a
gross insult; an iDdignity heaped upon
the respectable women who bear with
honor and dignity the name wife"
Webster's definition of wife reads:
'The lawful consort of a man; wom-
an who is united to a man in we'd
lock" 1t is Infamous to give to a
woman who is willfully unchaste that
sacred name. Call them passion
companions, love thieves" anything;
but never give damaged affection the
name of that which is pure and spot
less.
Three women, whom the world
knows of, have come under this mans
spell. Some writer's have put forth
the query: Why did not the first wife
give him up when she found his heart
had gonc from her to another? 1t is
very heroic to think of what other
women can do under such circum-
stances. But if it were their own case
they would know it would be quite as
easy to tear out the living, beating
heart from their bosom as to resign
the idol they worshiped to another
woman's arms. Because some other
woman comes along and takes fancy
to what we have is it just and right TO
relinquish ones claim to another? If
the wife whom he welded was not a
love wife by Gods approval what
was she? The man wooed and won
her innocent heart in all its girlish
purity, reverence and faith. She gives
up her best years to him. When he
casts her off for a passion companion,
can he restore to his wife those years
with their lost possibilities, which
have ended in loss of love, ruined
faith, and outlook of a desolate fu-
ture? With all this staring her in the
face, weighing down LeI tortured
heart, what is there left for her of
happiness, peace and love? She is
the first and only love wife until the
day she dies. The woman who takes
her chances on marrying a man who
is light O love" must take her
chances on how long her hold upon
his affections will last. When a man
marries ne can have no knowledge as
to whether the good Lord will decree
that union to be fruitless or other
wise. If children come, he should be
thankful. If they are denied he should
not rail against the wisdom of the all
wise. This fact does not give him the
right to cast off the faithful mate. He
should love and comfort her. She is
the more dependent upon him as the
years slip by. She. who by the subtle
art of family raising endeavors to
usurp the wife's place. will find her
road a long and thorny one. Passion
companions of this kind will find
themselves ousted in their turn by a
younger and prettier fascinater.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
A Quaint Idea.

A new idea was introduced in the
display of the wedding gifts at a re-
cent New York wedding-the repro
duction, namely, in exquisite minia-
ture, of the gifts that were too huge
to he displayed on the black oak tables
in the hall.
Thus one of the gifts was an old
English manor house. Reproduced to
the last detail in a two-foot model,
the gray manor house of the sixteenth
century struck, amongst the pearls
and chiseled silver. an exceedingly
picturesque note.
Another gift was a very low gray
torpedo touring car of sixty horse
power. The model, perfect one, set
on a gold-mounted dressing case, made
all the guests's mouths water.
The brides brothers gift was a rid
ing horse, an Irish hunter. The model
was done in clay by a girl sculptor.
There were several other gifts also
reproduced in miniature, among them
a motor boat and a biplane.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
Resented the Insult.

The thrifty peasant, Nazr-ed-din, one
day received a visit from his needy
cousin, Hafiz the Ill-Favored, who be-
sought of him the loan for day Of
his donkey. Il should be most happy,
good cousin" said Nazr-ed-din, but
unfortunately he has gone astray, and
have no manner of knowledge where
he may be-" The words were no SOON
err spoken than the donkey SCI up a
loud braying from a shed in the yard,
"Hee-honki hee-honk!" But, good
Nazr!" exclaimed Hafiz, there is sure
IL thy donkey at home and seeming
ly quite we'll" Whereupon Nazr- ed
din rose in great wrath and showed
Hafiz the door. 'Begone. scoundreli
he shouted; "wouldst thou insult me
in my own house BY taking the word
of a donkey before my own?"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
If HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old! Try GrSndmother's
Recipe to Darken and Beatty
Gray, Faded, Lifeless Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this sim. mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. By asking at
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get a
large bottle of this old-tine recipe,
ready 20 use, for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depend5R upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dan
druff, dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur,
because it darkers so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell it has been
applied-it's so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair, taking
one strand at time. By morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and abundant. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-09
TO FORETELL FUTURE
USE OF WHITE OF EGG IS RECON-.
MENDED.
Those Who Are Tired of the Familiar
Methods of Cards and Tea Grounds
Might Find Some Amusement
In the Practice.

This is one of the least known Of
all methods of foretelling the future,
according to the ancient, secret wis
dom of prophetic insight. Yet it is
one of the most interesting, and easy
Tn perform-though, of course, like all
methods Of the kind, some skill and
practice are necessary in order to in
terpret quickly and speedily the SYM
bolic interpretations of the signs pre-
scented, writes Prof Sothnos Lalillier
in the New York American.
In order to practice this part of ca
balistic Interpretation. you must pro-
cure a fresh egg-as new-laid as pos
sible-and carefully separate the white
of the egg from the yolk Nearly fill
tumbler with cold water and drop
the white of the egg into it, drop at
time. Now place this glass carefully
aside for "a hours, being sure to cover
the glass carefully, and that the water
does not become warmed by proximity
to radiator, etc.
When you again look at the glass,
you will find that your white of egg
has CONCEALED into various odd-shaped
figures-circles, squares, animals,
trees, crosses, etc.-whieh are to be
interpreted according to the formula
that follows.
Long, wayy lines denote losses and
troubles; straight lines, on the con-
trary. denoting peace, long life, pros
perity and happiness.
Squares denote peace and happi-
ness; ring, marriage. If letter can
be discovered near the ring this will
be the first letter Of the name of the
person you are to marry. If clouds
are about the ring, think long and care
fully before accepting this person,
even if he offers marriage.
If leaf is seen, speedy good fortune
will come your way from some unex-
pected source. If an anchor is seen,
fidelity in love is indicated. If dog
is seen, this is good sign, if near the
top of The glass, denoting faithful
friends; if near the middle, doubtful
ones; and if near the bottom, enemies
to be avoided.
A lily or similar flower foretells hap
piness, if near the top of the glass;
disappointment if near the bottom. If
a number of small dots or spots are
present, money is coming your way,
unless clouds surround them, in which
case you will receive bad tidings and
notice of losses. A heart denotes a
love letter which you will shortly re-
| ceive. The sun. moon or stars denote
| happiness and success.