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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Monday, June %, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Velma Elwel of East Main street
is visiting this week with friends in
Manchester.
The work was begun again this
morning On Harte's new theatre build
ing upon the arrival OF the steel grid
ere.
Circle No. 5 of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will serve a supper Wed
nesday at 500 p. M, consisting of
beans, salad, Dutch cheese, rolls,
cake and coffee. Tickets zoe. 15t2
Miss Catherine Burt of Grandview
street and her guest Miss Ruby Budd
are spending the day in North Adams
attending the commencement exercis-
es at the normal school there.
Mrs. Lester Brown of LenOx, Mass,
motored to Bennington Sunday and
will spend portion of the summer
here caring for Mrs Edward j.
O'Hara, of Division street, who is
soon to undergo serious operatin,
An important meeting OF the guar
tors of the Chatauqua to be held in
Bennington August $40 is called at
the office of Holden & Healy at s
o'clock tomorrow evening. 1t is i'm
portant that every guarantor be pres
emit Mrs. X. NJ. Grigg of the Chau-
tauqua in town and will be at the
meeting.
II. G. Banks, secretary of the local
Y. NJ. c. A., Raymond Thompson and
Phil Harris started this morning on
a hike to Mortified, Mass, where
they will attend Y. NJ. c. a. confer
ence to be held in that city this
week.
The annual school meeting will be
held on Wednesday afternoon June
Goth at 100 in the High School hall
viii not every interested woman pro
erty owner attend this meeting pre-
pared to vote on the school quest-
ons? In order to vote it. is neces-
rary for every woman to take the
Freeman Oath which can be done
in five minutes at the Office of Town
Clerk T. A. Booth and must be done
not later than noon tomorrow, Tues
'day in order to be legal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
SOWING CLOVER.

In many portions of the country
which are not suited to the growing
of alfalfa or where farmers have not
got onto the way of growing it, clover
must be relied upon as the best means
of keeping up the fertility Of the soil.
The present spring ought TO be good
one to SOW clover generously as the
seed costs but little over one-half
what it has for several years past, the
price on local retail markets being
about 81 per bushel. In securing
good stand of clover there are several
things that should be kept in mind
One of these is being sure that the clio
yer seed to he used is good seed-that
is. that it does not contain the seeds
of foul or noxious weeds. and the
clover seed itself of good vitality that
will grow. The point can be covered
by buying only that seed that is ac-
companied by trustworthy guaran-
tee. The matter of terminating pow
er can easily be determined by placing
Il given number of the seed in the folds
of moistened cloth laid on plate
and keeping in a room where the tenn
perature is about 60 degrees f. In
the course of n few days the good seed
will have sprouted. If there is a
termination of so per cent the seed
may be called good seed Another i'm
portant factor in clover success is
sweet soil. If there is any tendency
to sourness (and this can be deter
mined by the use of blue litmus paper
1t should be corrected by the applica-
ton of lime, either in the form of
ground limestone or Stacked lime. An
other respect in which many fall down
is the proper preparation of the seed
bed This should be fine and mellow
and rolled if there is likely to be
scarcity of moisture. To still further
insure stand of clover it is well TO
SOW an early maturing nurse CROP
early oats or barley-and the clover
plants will have the better chance If
the nurse crop is seeded light.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
wnAr Is IT WORTH

Wallaces Farmer, an agricultural
paper that has large circulation in
the north central states, has within
the past few weeks been making some
inquiries to ascertain, if possible, the
value in dollars and cents of a COM
mon school, high school and college
education. The replies received from
inquiries sent out were from fifty-one
tenant farmers in Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana who happened TO receive a
high school education, while replies
were received from 1856, farmers who
had had only a common or country
school education On the basis of the
income reported, it was found that
every day n hoy spends IN the common
school is worth S1.16. The value of
every day spent in high school was
found to be $1709 per day, while re
plies received from number of farm
ers who had had college education
showed that each day spent in college
was worth $l2.45-that is, the college
man had this much advantage on the
basis of revenue over the man who at
tended high school only The figures
presented are interesting, to say the
least, and ought to set a good many
boys who are looking forwesta TO max
ing their way u t1e world to thinking.
Criminal Negligence.
did you leave your card when you
called?" NO; my umbrella. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

IN NicolIet county, Mimi, is a rural
school that is conducting night classes
In agriculture. The school was recent
ly visited by the farmers club organ
izer of the State Agricultural college,
Mr.. Bush, who reports that the school
house was nearly filled by the mem
bers OF the class. The classes are held
at night so tina: the farmers need not
be kept from their work.
yagrant- judge! I'm hobo,
but this town was named after my
great grandfather. Judge-Impossibe.
yagrant-But true. He was named IN
1776, and this town wasn't on tho map
thnn --Chion 90 Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
American League
Detroit II, Cleveland 2.
Chicago 4, st. Louis 3.

An apple tree belonging to a ranch
man living in Los Angeles county,
Cal, has aroused considerable interest
owing to the fact that successive crops
which it has borne have been of differ.
ent type and color. The apples OF the
first crop were light in color and of
medium size, while the following crop
was dark red in color and in no way
resembled the preceding one.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

Feeding experiments seem to show
that from the standpoint of nutritive
value pumpkins are worth about two
thirds as much as silage, their feeding
value being worth about 81 per ton as
a ration for cattle, sheep or hogs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
National League

Chicago A, Cincinnati 1, (lrst
ganeD
Cincinnati 3, Chicago 0, (second
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

Kansas City, Mo-, has recently pass
cd an ordnance forbidding the work
ing of horses more than twelve hours
out of twenty-four. The same ordi-
nance prohibits the working of Grip
pied horses,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

The guinea fowl is said to have as
toothsome flesh as any fowl on the
list. This may be true, but the aver
age farmer would want to have a guar
antee that it was something pretty
fine to put up with the everlasting
racket of the fowls as they ranged
about the place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

In a very definite way the problem
of the rural school would seem to he
very closely connected with that If
good country roads.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28

Human beings don't relish spoiled OF
uoldy food. Neither do domestic arl
mails. If the LATER are compelled to
eat such food it does them more harm
than good, so there is nothing gained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28


The state experiment station OF
South Dakota has 1000 pounds of
hardy alfalfa seed which is to be dis
tributcd among the farmers of the
state free of cost. Twenty-Five pounds
will be allowed each county, while but
an ounce of seed will be allowed each
farmer The seed was obtained at
cost of 81 Il pound from the wind
swept plains of Siberia with the idea
in mind that it would be especially
adapted to the conditions found in the
state.
At the national corn and grain show
held recently ut Dallas, Tex, the
sweepstakes prize from the northern
zone was awarded TO G. D. Van Sickle
Of Warren Mimi, who is one of the
field crop breeders of the state expert
ment farm. The judges in charge of
the show decided that the samples of
wheat shown were the finest ever ex-
hibited in the history of the associa-
ton. At the same show J. z. Nash of
Clyde Park, Mont, was awarded first
honors in the worlds championship
class on spring wheat sample.
A modern farm home which is be
ing completed in the neighborhood in
which the writer lives is to be lighted
by an electric plant installed on the
place A two and IL half horsepower
gasoline engine furnishes the motor
power for the operation of the dynamo.
AS a reserve feature batteries are en-
pIoyed which are charged while the en-
CINE is doing other work. Lights are
also placed in the barn and other build
ings at convenient points. while the
wires running to the house will also
furnish motor power for the operation
Of the sewing machine, the vacuum
cleaner, heating the electric irons, etc.
The Press., 1915-05-05
WELLINGTON.

The spring is late, cold and dry, very little ploughing has been done as yet.
 Samuel Gardner of New Haven state humane agent, passed Sunday with his mother and sister at Three Gables, going on Monday to Spencer, Mass, for short visit to his daugh ter's.
 W. E. Ayers will sell his farm, stock, farming tools and household furniture at Wilmington Hill al auction next Wednesday at 10 a. m. MT. and Mrs. Ayers are soon to assume the duties of taking care oi the Stafford town almshouse.
 The housekeepers will sympathize with Mrs. Vanesek who had her newly renovated house all cleaned, floors newly painted, and Mir. Vanesek, the last rainy day, had finished the pretty new veranda when the flame made little of all their pains tax ing work. They are to build at once. The family are at MT. Myrtle's, near by, on adjoining farm. Frank, Jr. l, boards at MT. Parasek's, where he works in the button shop. He has his license to run his new Overland automobile and is planning some pleasant trips.
 South Wilmington.
 Homer N. Neil, Jr., is home for a vacation of week.
 Edwin Mckinney spent few days of last week with his son, Charles, in East Hampton.
 Special communication of Uriel Lodge, F. 6 A. M, Saturday even- ing. Work on the M. M degree.
 Mrs. Edwin Mckinney. who is at the home of her son, Horace, in is quite ill; not expected to live long.
The Press., 1915-05-05
SOMERS.

| Ernest S. ull6r mas roGurn0u lEOU Boston.
 Miss Elizabeth Tarry has gone t. Collinsville to visit her parents.
 MT. and Mrs. Earl Daniels o Chicopee spent Sunday with thei parents.
 Glen Smith has been called to hi home in Vermont by the serious i'll ness of his father. | Miss Fannie Holcomb is spending week visiting her parents, MT. ant Mrs. Harry Holcomb in Torrington. The schools of the town closed Fri day for a week $ vacation and most O. the teachers have gone to their homes Miss Hazel Manchester of Chioopee Falls, Mass, is visiting Mrs. Charles S. Fuller for several days.
 Miss Marjorie Moore was pleasantly surprised by abo 30 friends Monday evening in honor of her 18th birth day.
 Marian and Gladys Rau of West field are spending two weeks witt their grandmother, Mrs. Adolphus Chapin.
 Miss Mabelle P. Gager of Willi mantle is spending few days witf her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles M. Gager.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Reid an6 daughter, Bernice, also MT. Reid's father, spent Sunday at O. A. Bil lings's.
 | Miss Augusta Lombard has returned home after a trip to Washington and the public library is now open oI the usual days. Miss Harriet R Pease, a teacher il the Greenfield high school, has beer spending part of her vacation at he1 home in this place. Mrs. Anna L. Pomeroy has bought the place owned by the Joseph E. Dimock estate and is having the interior remodeled.
 Mrs. Clarence L. E. Moore and little daughter, Hazel, of Brookline, Mass were guests last week of her sister, Mrs. R. S Bugbee.
 E. J. Lockwood and family have moved to Somers from Palmer and are occupying the hotel property owned by George F. Kibbe.
 At the communion service held in the Congregational church Sunday morning, three united with the church on profession of faith and one by letter.
 The four-act comedy, Cranberry Corners, which has been presented by the Piedmont dramatic club, will be repeated Friday evening in Pied mont hall.
 Charlotte E. Cooke, wife of John H. Cooke, died at her home in Somers- vile Sunday afternoon after finger ing illness. She was born in Utica, N. Y, 39 years ago, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Weeder, but most of her life had been spent in Somers- vile. She is survived by her hus- band, one daughter, Miss Olive Cooke, three brothers and one sister. The funeral was held in the Somersville Congregational church yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. H. O. Newell officiating. and burial was in the West cemetery.
The Press., 1915-05-05
MANSFIELD. Mount Hope.

Miss Mary Barnes of Norwich is visiting Mrs J. H. Bacon. Hiss Mabel F. Trow bridge of Willi- mantic spent the week -end with Miss Ruth M. Russ.
 Miss Irene Russ, who has been spending two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Cora Trowbridge of Willimantio, has returned home
 MT. and Mrs. Gilbert Mathewson of Springfield and Charles Southworth of Willimantic have opened their house for the summer
 MT. and Mrs L. M Knight and son, Milton, of Hartford, and Miss Cora D. Grant of Storrs spent the week end at Maple Lawn.
 MT. and Mrs. David Russ, George and Ruth Russ and Mrs Fielder Russ were guests of relatives in Putnam Saturday. They made the trip in MT. Russ new eight-cylinder De- troiter. U [, -1 ea.5 aszzs @s
 Gurleyville.
 Miss Ethel Simonds is visiting her brother in Hartford Ss
 Frank Smith is building one of the best garages in this vicinity.
 Miss Ida Smith is spending several weeks with her brother in Montclair, N. J.
 MT. Levalley, after spending the winter in Worcester, has returned here.
 Ms. Arvilla Durham, after spend- ing the winter with relatives, has returned home.
 The funeral of Mrs. Annie Wood was held at her late home last Friday 1; many of her relatives and friends attending. Rev. J B. Ackley officiated
 The thunder storm last Friday did considerable damage at the home of Arthur Wood, among other things it required telephone man several hours to repair the telephone.
The Press., 1915-05-05

Fred Robbins of the firm of J. w.. Robbins, lumber dealers, of Spring field, Mass, spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Norman B. Griggs.
 Up to Saturday night 12O dogs were registered in town for the year. There are probably several owners that will have to pay the extra dollar.
 Taxpayers in the north part of the town should be interested in the notice of Collector J. Service that he will be at the town hall Monday afternoon, May 10, for the purpose of receiving taxes.
 The Together club play, "A half-b backs interference, is to be given in social hall, Memorial church, this week Friday evening. The cast includes ten people. In addition to the farce of two acts, there will be vocal and instrumental music.
 West Wilmington.
 Mrs. Elinor Hanson is little better.
 Mrs. F. B. Converse is able to be around the house a little.
 Moose Meadow.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilfred Gaulin of Stafford were recent guests of friends in this vicinity.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Houchens of South Wilmington spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. A. Dimock.
 J. D. Footit from Cromwell, with party of four have been the guests at F. H. Fermier's this week.
 MT. Woodbridge and MT. Jefferson of Glastonbury have been spending a few days on fishing trip with Arthur Richards.
The Press., 1915-05-05


 B. F. Case recently.
 Miss Dorothy Overman of Spring field has been spending a week witl Miss Elizabeth B. Agard
 Clarence Hungerford of Hadlyme spent a short time recently with Wm. A. Agard and Miss Lucille Agard.
 A business meeting of the Ladies society of the Congregational church will be held Friday afternoon at the parsonage.
 O. Hubbard West, who has been ill for good many months, is much inn proved in health and was able to be out to church Sunday.
 Miss Edith Baker, teacher in the primary room of the Hicks memorial school, has recovered from her illness and resumed her duties.
 The many friends of Charles W. Bradley of Rockville were shocked to hear of his death Sunday morning. Many feel personal loss, for he was much liked and had hosts of friends.
 Miss Priscilla A. Billings, teacher in the grammar grade of the Hicks memorial school, has been called to her home in Stonington on account of the illness of her parents. Mrs. I. Tilden Jewett is substituting in her absence.
 The last meeting of the Union Mission Study class will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs Samuel Simpson. A box of old linen and other articles will be packed to send to the Leper Colony in South America. ;.
 MT. and Mrs Wm. B. Ludlow celebrated their tin wedding Tues day evening of last week. They had about twenty -four invited guests. A social time was enjoyed, musical selections rendered and bountiful refreshments were served Mir and Mrs. Ludlow were the recipients of many useful presents.
 The Study class will give banquet Monday evening in the parlors of the Congregational church. The follow ing committee have been appointed to make the arrangements for same :: Supper committee, Mrs. John H. Steele, Mrs. Edwin s. Agard, Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett, Mrs. William B. Ludlow. J. Tilden Jewett; program committee, Miss Helen Baker, Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow, Mrs. l.. Ernest Hall, Harry R. Bartlett, Edwin S. Agard.
 The Library association held their regular business meeting Monday afternoon in the library rooms. After the regular routine business, the resolutions on the death of Mrs. Abbie Morris Hurlbut were accepted and copy of the resolutions were sent to Mir. Hurlbut. The literary program, of appropriate selections on Spring, May and noted men, was furnished by the literary committee, Mrs. Harry R. Bartlett. At the close of the program social time was en- joyed, and tea was served by Mrs Edwin s. Agard and Mrs. Mary Jewell Baldwin.
 Mrs. Mary Ann Grover, widow of Amer Grover, died at her home Wednesday morning of grip. She was born 93 years ago last January in Hadlyme, the daughter of Zacariah and Anna Lord )Hungerford. Seventy three years ago she married Amer Grover, who lived in the north part of Holland, and brought his bride to the old homestead to live. She is survived by one son, William Grover, and several grandchildren. The funer- al was held Saturday at 1.3O at the house, Rev. B. F. Case, pastor of the Congregational church, conducting the services. The interment was in the Skungamaug cemetery.
The Press., 1915-05-05

A T a Court of Probate holden at Tol. A land, within and for the District of Holland on the Sd day of May, A. D. 191b
 Present, EDWIN 5. AGARD, Judge.
 On motion of the administrato ors on the fntes. tate estate of Gardiner Hail. JT., late of Willing ton, within said district, deceased
 This court doth decree that six mont hs from above date be allowed and limited for the cred. ltOrs of said estate to their claims against the same to the administrators. and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising In newspaper having circulation in said dis. tTfct, and by posting copy thereof on the pub lie sign-post in said town of Wilmington, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt
 Certified from Record
 EDWIN s. AGARD, Judge
The Press., 1915-05-05
COLLECTORS NOTICE.

All persons liable to pay taxes in the Borough of Stafford springs on list of 19l4 and the street sprinkling assessments, are hereby notified that am ready to receive the same. All taxes are due May ist, and on all taxes not paid by June 1st interest at per cent. per annum will surely be charged, together with legal fees for colleci- will be at the store of W. Hanley every hurs- day from May 1st to June 1st, 1915, from a. m. to p. m. PATRICK J. MURRAY, Collector.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, April 2S, 1915.
The Press., 1915-05-05
Easy Way Out,

He (at churcm-l wonder why those two pretty girls across the aisle look so sad? She-Oh, it's because each has see why that should be productive of such melancholy. She-Why. each thinks the other hts the prettier. He, Then why don't they exchange and be happy London Scraps.
The Press., 1915-05-05
FOR SALE AT CRYSTAL LAKE

, Four Cottages and Fifty Desir-
 able Building Lots on shore of
 Crystal Lake; also Two Good
 Farms. Cottages to rent for
 season; also Land to camp on. Plans of Cottages and Building Lots on display at the following places: T. F. Garvan, Real Ics tate, Room ', Prescott Block, Rockville, Conn. Louis koelsch, at Hotel, Crystal Lake, Conn. Hanley's Shoe Store, Stafford Springs, Conn.
The Press., 1915-05-05
The Paper They Were Written On.

, The Paper They Were Written On.
 The average author would probably laugh at the statement that at one time in the worlds history manu- scripts, simply as such, irrespective of the nature of the text, were immense ly valuable. In ancient times manu- scripts were important articles from a commercial point of view. They were excessively scarce and were preserved with the utmost care. Even the us;l- rers were glad to lend money on ttem when the owners were obliged to offer them in pawn. It is related in an ancient tome that student of Pavia. who was reduced by his debaucheries. rased a new fortune by leaving in pawn manuscript of body of law, and grammarian who was ruined by q fire rebuilt his house with two small volumes of Cicero through the ready aid of the pawnbroker.
The Press., 1915-05-05
Housekeepers Home Owners I

lfyou could have every wall and ceiling fin your house bright, clean and cheerful and tbe WlnuoW shades Ike new, without the expense and inconvenienc repa peripe cnicim pt y Duylng new window shades. you'd be deIiphfed
 wouldn't you? CLIMAX CLEANER removes t ati Hust ana grlme, brightens the oolorings and at the same time 1t acts as a disInfen and germ destroyer without damaging the surface to which It IS applied; leaves the walls clean nute ana , healthtui. It makes no dirt, but takes nli dirt That's just what you can have by iettInv CHARLES l.. JOHNSON clean them for won,
The Press., 1915-05-05
So Pleasant.

It was club dinner and Mrs. Ander- to Mrs. Murgridge, d society woman of prominence. Wishing to engage in conversation with the social leader. Mrs. Anderson remarked:
 Il understand that you have a son who is studying music, Mrs. Mur- gridge."
 Yes. my son is a great musician,'' ; replied the social leader, rather coldly. He is now studying in the Paris Con servatory."
 ""Really! How nice!" replied the so cia1 aspirant Ut must be so pleasant to be able to sit among flowers all day and not disturb any one with the practicing." York Times.
The Press., 1915-05-05

DON'T VISIT THE CALIFORNIA EXPOSE. TIONS without supply of Aliens Foot Ease. It gives instant relief to tired, aching feet and "I enjoyed every minute of my stay at the Ex- position 1hanLs to Allen's Foot Ease in my shoes" Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept any substitute.
The Press., 1915-05-05
WALES.

Mrs. Agnes Graham of Middletown and Miss Mary Cunningham of Staf- ford Springs were visiting here over Sunday renewing old acquaintances.
The Press., 1915-05-05
Chestnut, Oak and Pine Lumber For Sale

Our portable mill is now cutting our Paine lot near the Colburn place, which IS situated northeast of Statfordville.
 Inquiries for lumber may be sent Co The Child Lumber Corporation, Putnam, Conn. or to J. w. Whipple, care Willis Hitchcock, Union, Conn.
The Press., 1915-05-05

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise, ap
 ply Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the house.
 hold remedy. Two sizes 25c and 50c at all drug stores. .A