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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

$4,000 for suggestion, an idea for
sequel to "The Diamond From the
Sky" follow each chapter closely
send in your suggestion, the check
may be yours. Chapter >, opera
house, today. ADV.
DO not forget that the tickets for
the minstrel show, to be given under
the auspices of Mt. Anohtony Lodge,
No. IS, r & A. NJ. go on sale Tuesday
Nov. 9th at p. IN. at Gokay's drug
store. No one person will be permit
ted to purchase more than six tick
cts. Adv.tf.
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of directors was held last
night in the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms. The
meeting was one of interest and sew
eral important business, matters were
transacted. The senior membership
fee was cut from six dollars to five
dollars and the locker fee was cut
from one dollar to fifty cents.
At Ferndale Chapel next Sunday,
there will be a service at three o.
clock in the afternoon. After the ser
vice the matter of Thanksgiving
gathering will be discussed. If there
is such a meeting it should be made a
success by general interest. For this
reason it is particularly desired that
there be a good attendance on sun
day next
In newly arrived automobile, Ar
thur Stanley escapes from the police
only to escape death by a narrow
margin from an express train, and
then accidently falls down "a high
olif into the water below. Don't
miss The Silent Witness chapts'
three of the great romantic novel.
THE Diamond from the Sky, opera
house today Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
PERU

+. G. Wyman is still confined to the
house, but 8 gaining slowly.
Daniel Mlllington is having fur
mace installed in his house this week.
Harry West has returned from
Castleton and is at his fathers for
the present,
Walter West is making cider at his
mill here t.is week. Ernest Fisher
is helping him.
Mr. and Mrs. Hapgood have moved
from the store tenement into the
Bromley House for the present
1t is reported that Mrs. L. d. Bell
went to Burlington the first OF the
week for hospital treatment. Dr.
Kelly of Manchester accompanied
he,.
A clothing peddler with large two
horse rig traversed this region On
Sunday endeavoring to dispose Of his
wares. He met with a cold reception
and undoubtedly went on his way
with the impression that he had bet.
ter not repeat his visits
The body of the nine months old
son of Mr.. and Mrs Walter West was
brought here for burial in the North
cemetery on Thursday forenoon. The
funeral was held at their home III
Landgrove with the Rev S. S. Wood
of this place officiating. The child
died suddenly Monday might from
cholera infantum.
Congregational church. Rev. Step
hen S. Wood, pastor Morning ser
vice at II o'clock. Sermon, "The
Morning Watch Communion ser
vice and reception of members. Sun
day school at the close of the morn
ing service. A number who have re-
ceiyed their first star for perfect at
tendance are now trying to secure
the second. Christian Endeavor on
Sunday evening at 7.30. Subject,
How the Denominations may be
united in Service Leader, Mrs.
Mabel whitney Prayer meeting on
Thursday evening at $50. Prepara-
tory lecture. Subject 1.-THE Value of
man For Thanksgiving night a
stereopticon entertainment is being
prepared ON the subject Ben Hur'
with an abundance of slides and a
series Of folk songs on the yictrola.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
EAST ARLINGTON

Vernon Fields was in North Adams
Monday.
Miss Mertie Robertson is confined
to the house with illness.
Mrs David Bushee was a guest of
Mrs. Lucy Deane, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. +. a. Nichols returned
Friday from their automobile tour to
Boston and vicinity.
Mrs Erie Tyrrell, who has been
quite seriously i'll, is reported more
comfortable at this time.
Miss Sadie Smith left for New
York last Tuesday where she expects
to stay a few weeks.
Mrs. Peter Buck is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bert Park, where she will
make her home this winter.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet at Olivet church next Saturday
afternoon at three o'clock.
DR. Pike of Columbia University,
New York city, was visitor at the
NJ. E. parsonage last week Friday al
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
SO r.. +. Barton OF Rutland.

| so X. +. Barton Oh hutland,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hayden passed
the day in Bennington Sunday.
Mrs. w. c. stephens of Manchester
| is visiting her sister, Mrs c. II. Burt
this week.
Mrs. Palmer of Yonkers, n. Y.
and Mrs. DR.. Beattie of Shushan, N.
Y. passed Sunday in town with their
father, John Corey.
The chicken pie supper at F. P.
Webs "Wednesday night was sue
cess from every standpoint, over 140
people being served and, about $40
realized.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles II. Smith and
daughters, Misses Haskins and Daisy
Smith of South Horizon, n. Y. are
spending a week in town with their
son, Victor Smith
The topic for the morning service
at Oivet next Sunday Will be Have
We a Vision" The evening topic,
"Barabbas Theory of the Atonement'
by c. l. Sheffield
The Bible class organized last win
ter has again resumed its work. 1t is
a union affair and all are invited to
attend its meetings Next Monday
I the class will meet with Mrs. Frank
Grout.
Mr. and Mrs Edward f. Ward took
a trip over the mountain recently go
ing via of Peru and jamaica, his
birthplace, to Newfane where they
visited at his cousins, Mrs. John Tib-
bits. Returning home via Brattle-
boro, Wilmington and Bennington
calling on friends and relatives. The
weather was delightful for November
and the roads were very good nearly
all the way by Peru.
The usual services will be held at
the NJ f. church next Sunday.
The pastor expects to preach at both
morning and evening sessions. He
will be delighted to greet at all the
services those who can and will
come. Especial attention will be given
ITO any strangers who are in town.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
with Mrs. o. L. Hewes on Thursday
afternoon 1t is hoped there will be
a good attendance as Mrs. Hewes
has been kind enough to open her
home for the meeting. The class
meeting was omitted this week to
give place for the lecture given on
Tuesday evening by Rev. NJ. G.. Cole
of Poultney
Minstrelsy and its tangible enjoy
ment, the spectacular presentation OF
genial black faces, sweet singers,
sweet voices and melodious combina-
ton of harmony has ever been fay
orite means of pleasure among the
good people of Arlington. Excep-
tional merit enhances the attractive
ness of and will guarantee great
audience at the presentation of the
last entertainment that John S. Doul-
ing has procured for the premier
comedians the famous Jokes" Kear
ney and William Carroll. The olio
will abound with classical selections
both from an instrumental and vocal
standpoint Thompsons celebrated
orchestra will render for the first
time that catchy march entitled Life
among the green hills of Vermont"
A dance will follow Don't forget the
date, Nov. 18th, Foresters hall, East
Arlington, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
NORTH WHITE CREEK


William Geary entertained his lady
friend Sunday.
h. NJ. Harrington and Mr.. Toomey
spent Saturday and Sunday in Shafts
bury.
Clayton Reed of SALISBURY was
through here Monday buying tur-
keys.
Miss Anna Guber has accepted a
position with Rice Seed company in
Cambridge.
Forest Luke and Miss Anna hurry
of Cambridge took an auto trip to
Troy recently.
John and Thomas Guidon and sis
ter, Miss Nellie spent Sunday at Mr..
and Mrs. David Geary's.
!. NJ. Bentley and John Luke took
an auto ride Sunday to Sunderland,
North Bennington, North Hoosick,
Cambridge and home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
SUNDERLAND

Samuel Randall and A. Z. Bentley
were in Sandgate Tuesday on bust
ness.
Mrs. Henry Lawrence and son Ed
gar and daughter Charlotte left Thurs
day morning for visit at relatives
and friends in New York.
Nathan Mears has returned from
Sandgate after a visit of two weeks
at his sons Mr.. Mears is very ac-
tive for a man of his age He shot
and killed a coon while in Sandgate,
weighing 26 lbs. This is better than
some of the younger hunters can
boast
Much excitement was caused Tues
day by a burning chimney at A. E.
Bentleys The fire had gained
much Roadway before discovered. A
call over the phone was quickly re-
sponded to by the neighbars, and
their quick and efficient action kept
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10

Samuel Randall and A. f. Bentley
were in Sandgate Tuesday on bust
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10

the fire from doing any serious dam
ago
Mrs. Ernest Hard a former teach
er OF this place died at her home in
Manchester Monday. Mrs. Hard had
many friends here and the entire com
munity extend their sympathy to her
bereaved husband
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-10
NOTICE 2

All trespassers on Hagar clearing,
Little pond, He'll Hollow. Big Pond
or any other land owned OF controlled
by Mrs. S. L. Stone will be prosecute
ed to the fullest extent of the law.
S. Il. Stone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
Makes Rugs From Goats.

In Farm and Fireside a contributor
tells as follows how she makes rugs
from her Angora goats.
During late summer and early fall
we killed some of our half-breed An
CORA goats. Their hides made lovely
rugs. This is how I prepare them:
Immediately after the hide is taken
from the animal it is carefully
stretched and tackled to a board sur
face to dry When it is dry l soak it
in water until soft, then stretch. flesh
side up, on wide box and scrape all
the flesh from it. Next rub with
whites of eggs, then with powdered
alum and saltpeter. Stretch and then
tack up agais for q hours.
Il suppose any suitable hide could
be prepared for a rug in the same
way"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
FUTURE OF MIGHTY RUSSIA
Wonderful Possibilities fer Develop
ment Under Government That
:, Would Encourage Progress.

Probably that part of the earth's
surface which offers greatest oppor-
tunities for Industrial DEVELOPMENT
lies within the boundaries of Russia.
The cars country, it may be recalled,
is over two and half times as extern
siye as continental United States and
contains so per cent more people; but
its exports are only a third of ours,
and they consist almost wholly of raw
materials or of goods, such as butter
and boards, that require very little
manufacturing skill. The exports Of
iron ore much exceed those of manu-
featured steel. Our railroad system
is about ten times as extensive as Rus
sia's relatively to population and about
sixteen times as extensive relatively
to area Our commercial banks have
about ten times the deposits OF Rus
sia's Probably the returns on capital
engaged in business arej higher there
than here.
Instead OF looking to China or Bra
I'll, capital and ambition might well
look to Russia's vast and comparative
iy untouched natural resources. But
the Russian government is both bad
and powerful The Bureaucracy will
not maintain tolerabie conditions, but
is strong enough to prevent anybody
else from doing it. Barely a week
before the beginning tof this war Cos
sacks were shooting riotous strikers
in Petrograd. Social disorder was so
extensive and severe that neutral OBJ
servers on the spot believed an at
tempt at revolution more serious than
that which followed the war with ia
pan to be imminent AS to Russia, in
fact, a successful revolution is the
best thing a rational person can hope
for, and that is not a particularly in.
viting prospect for capital There
are cheerful souls who take at par
various liberal hints and promises that
have emanated from the ears gov.
eminent since the war began. They
argue that if the PetroSrad leopard is
victorious its spots viii turn milk
white.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
BRUIN ON ROLLER SKATES.
A Remarkable Bear Will Delight the
Crowds at the Vermont State
Fair

Much is appearing in the state press
of late regarding the bears that have
been captured within the borders and
to the average reader it would appear
that the commonwealth is being over
run by bruin. Not satisfied with the
number of bears reported to have been
captured and the number supposed to
be at large, the Vermont state fair
commission has entered into the import
ing Of bears and will bring one to the
state and exhibit him at the eighth an
nual state fair at White River June
tion, Sept. II, 10, 16 and II.
This is no ordinary bear and while he
may have had birth in Vermont, he
was captured outside the state. In in
fancy ne had playmate who almost
daily skated ON roller skates on the
pavements of the east side of New
York city. This little boy conceived
the idea of teaching him how to skate
and he was successful. Bruin took t
skates with almost the same alacrity
! that duck takes to water. A Snowman
one day saw the bear skating on tn,
walk and he purchased the animal. Thi
is how the state fair management wa
successful. in securing this attraction
1t is said that this bear is won
derful performer and on the elevated
stage in front of the grandstands h
will show his cleverness at the stat
fair exhibition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
HELPED OUT BY COMMANDER
French Soldier, Under Orders From
General Joffre, Vanquished Adver-
sary in Game of Chess.

They are telling this story In Paris.
Making round of the trenches re-
Gently, General Joffre came upon two
soldiers absorbed in a game of chess.
Now, chess is the generals favorite
game; he prides himself on the excel
lence of his chess strategy. The two
players lit their pipes and paid no at
tention to him. They We're not good
players, but the game was an even
and exciting one.
The general looked on in silence
mindful of the conventions of the
game, which denies the right of COM
ment to any spectator. But he had
not played for months, and finally
could contain himself no longer.
Move that pawn" he ordered. land
then push up that one The startled
player looked up. What could he do
but obey the order of his commander
in chief? OF course he won the
game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
HOW sHRAPNEL IS MADE.
252 Bullets in an American Fifteen
Pound Sheu!

round She'll
Aside from the poison gases and the
fire bombs which the German armies
have used in Flanders, the most deadk
engines of modern warfare are THE
shrapnel shells which are used bv an
the armies IN the present conflict. The
most effective parts of the shrapnel
are the lead bullets contained in the
shell, which are thrown out in a cont
cal shape when the timing fuse, which
eXplodes the powder at the base blows
the nose off the shell, freeing the bull
lets packed within it. In an 1S-pound
shell the range of these bullets is ap-
proXlmately 250 square yards.
The lead bullets, which are generally
half on inch in diameter, are made from
number of different compositions, the
most common being that of 81 10 parts
lead and II l-2 parts anthony The
actual number of lead bullets con
tanned IN single shell varies with the
different governments which manu-
facture them. In the American Is
pound shell there are 252, in the Brit
ish l5-pound shell there are 235. The
bullets in the American shell have six
tiattened sides. In foreignmade shells
the bullets have spherical sides, an ar
rangement which does not allow of SO
close packing as the American plan.
There are two methods of manufac-
turing shrapnel shells which are com
monty used at the present time By
one of these the bullets are east in iron
molds which are slit down the center
to facilitate removal after casting. By
the other, slugs are cut from lead wire
and struck between dies in a heading
machine. One hydraulic wire press and
| Ia heading machines, which have a
producing capacity of $50 bullets a
minute, are used for the manufacture
of fattened bullets. One hydraulic
press and eight heading machines, with
a capacity of $50 bullets a minute, are
used to produce the spherical bullets.
The lead bullets for years have been
east from lead wire by process which
is gradually going out of use, and a
newer and more rapid process has taken
its place. In the method used almost
Exclusively at present the molten lead
j is poured into a cylinder from which
it is pushed out through die by means
of plunger, the metal having time tc
settle before it is forced through the
Epress.
The bullets are shaken together ii
a tumbling machine or barrel for al
hour, the action of one against another
removing all unevenness on the sides
A careful watch is kept over the tum
bling operation, as it is necessary t.
see that the bullets conform to Ger
tain standard of weight variation o
one dram to pound of bullets is al
lowed, Il bullets a pound being the ac
cepted standard. Ten pounds OF lea'
rod produce six and a half pounds o
bullets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
Sporting Notes.

The Boston scribes, having looked
over Sisler, the young collcgian with
st. Louis Browns, who plays first most
Of the time, pitches occasionally and
the rest of the time plays the outfield
or some other position, are unanimous
that he is no false alarm.
Goodridgc of Bellows Falls is lead
ing the Twin state league with an av-
erage Of .3Sl for rs games. O'IIara is
hitting for 1868 and Dixie for .243 in
the same number Of games. Johnston
is hitting for only .22S and FishburnG
Of Kcenc has a batting average Of only
.2O7.
Hank Ramsey. manager Of the Western
Massachusetts league and of the Green
field team Of that league, has given up
entirely the fight to give Greenfield base
bali, He held his team together after the
others of the league had disbanded, but
inability to secure games with strong in
dependent teams forced him to make the
announcement yesterday that so far as he
is concerned Greenfield is out Of baseball
\ bunch of local fans who took advan
tage of the half holiday yesterday after
noon and motored to Bellows Falls to SEE
the bah game between the Bellows Fall
team and Newport, returned early in thu
evening after an enjoyable ride. 1t ralnet
"a little about game time and the game wa
called off, but before the machine ha'
gotten far from the ball park the SUI
came ont and remained out all the after
noon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
NEW FRENCH SERUM
SAVES MANY LIVES
Soldiers Who Are Fearfully Mutilated
Completely Restored by Use of the
Remedy.

PARIS, August IL. - What are de-
scribed MS remarkable cures Of wound
ed French soldiers have been effected
by the new polyvalent serum, the dis
covery of which was announced last
March. Complete recovery is announced
of men who were terribly multilated
and for whom all hbpeehadf been givpn
UP Before the serum was employed, 50
badly infected were their wounds.
DrS. Leclainche and Vallee, the dis
coverers of the serum, have been un-
able up to the present to make more
than 1900 TASKS of it daily, most of
which goes to the base hospitals, where
the worst cases are to be found. When
it can be made in sufficient quantities
to supply the firing line, where it could
be used preventatively, as anti-tetonus
serumis now, it is believed that thous-
ands of lives can be saved.
The new serum, which may be rough
! ly described as a combination of 3
number of serums against different va
rieties of bacteria, has been put tc
practical use only recently. Expert
ments with it were made previously in
Paris laboratory. 1t was then used
by DIR. Bergcron in the Buuffon hospital
and afterward more widely distributed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
Cats Remain Serene.

A visitor to Belgium since the coun-
try has been laid waste by the kaiser
horGes, saw many of the strange re-
suits of war, not the least curious be-
ing the different effects on cats and
dogs. 1--WE remarked this fact" he
says, chat in every isolated village
cats were thick enough; but invaria.
bly, the sharp-nosed, wolfish-looking
Belgian dogs had disappeared along
with their masters. E. On a roadside
barricade of stones, chinked with
sods of turf-a breastwork the French
probably had erected before the fight
and which the Germans had kicked
half down. counted three cats, seat
ed side by side. washing their faces
sedately and soberly."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
PERSONAL.

A. IL. Goodenough of Greenfield is
working at the Home bakery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dyke and son,
Milton went to Thetford Tuesday.
Miss Catherine Murphy of Millers
rails is visiting at the home of her un-
Gle, David O'Keefe.
Miss Mary and Miss Ellen Austin are
spending weeks vacation at the
Thompson cottage, Spofford lake.
Mrs Luther Miller and son, Leland,
went Monday to Spofford lake to stay
two weeks in M. M. Smith S cottage.
George Adams of North Troy, who
visited ten days with his aunt, Mrs.
Edward Mason, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Helen Leonard went Monday to
Spofford lake to be guest of Mrs. t..
l.. Durham a week.
Miss Mary Floyd and Miss Mary
Clark, nurses, returned yesterday to
Mrs. F. |. Swift S, after spending va
cation Of four weeks in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. ]. j. Austin and children, Eve
iyn and Maurice, returned last night
from month s stay at Indian Neck
beach, Bradford, Conn, visiting rela-
tives in Springfield and Holyoke, Mass,
EN- route.
Carl NJ. Voetsch of the Home bakery
lett yesterday on a vacation of 10 DAYS
IN New York city and vicinity, going
by way of Albany and down the Hud-
son river and returning by way of the
Fall River line
Mrs. f. f. Medbury of Wilmington
accompanied by her daughter, Mrs
julius Sibley, spent few hours in
town today calling at S. w. Eason :
and at the Misses Eddy on their way
to Mrs. Sibley's home in Springfield
Mass.
Mrs NJ. P. Capen, Miss Alma Capen
Miss Marie Pellerin and Miss Sadie
Pcllerin of Jacksonville, Florida, who
| are spending the summer with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Pellerin of Orchard street
went Monday to Boston by automobile
for several days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Shaw and
Miss Florence, and Earl Shaw of Or
ange, Mass, and Mrs. Walter F. Shaw
and Miss Marjorie of Middlebury
Conn, came by automobile Saturday t,
| spend Sunday with their aunts, the
| Misses Miller of Western avenue.
Little Thelma Russell, daughter o.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Washing
ton street, had birthday party Of lit
| tie folks accompanied by their mothers
| Monday. Refreshments were served
consisting of ice cream, waters and
| birthday cake, with two candles, notin.
Thelma 5 age. A group picture of th'
party was taken.
Mrs. II. P. Wellman and daughter
Miss Florence NJ. Weilman, returned
Saturday from Winchester, n. II. Mis-.
Wellman had been in Winchester Gvt
weeks and her mother spent the las
few days with her. During the la,
week of the outing Miss Wellman en-
tertained her cousins, Miss Margare
Sherman of Providence, f. j., ana Mis-
tDoris Swan of Winchester.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
g" title GermanyD

For the sake of their beloved
Deutschtum the promoters of German
migration in this country about the
middle of the last century dreamed
of creating in the West a German
state, where Germans should hold
sway and hand down their kultur.
Missouri, Illinois, Texas, and, later,
Wisconsin seemed to hold out such
a. hope. But the immigrants would
not remain massed; the Yankees
pushed in, and Little Germany" never
found a place on the map.-New York
Telegram.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-11
SHORT TROUT COST A LOT.
Ray Elliott Fined S42 for Illegal Fish
ing Stunt.

LUDLOW, August H. - Ray Elliott
was arrested yesterday by County
Game Warden f. o. Billings of Sharon
charged with fishing without a license
and with having short trout in his pos
session. He was arraigned before JUS
tice J. A. Wilcox, his fine and costs
amounting to $42. He paid and was
discharged.
H. L. Shaffner, who was also arrest
ed by Warden Billings, was arraigned
before Justice Wilcox on a charge OF
having short trout in his possession
He waived examination and was held il
5000 bail for municipal court, Hy1ar
Graham going surety.