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The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25
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The weight of responsibility devel-
ops the muscles of eudeavor.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Said Cholly-1 have just been look
ing over volume of revised statutes.
Quoth Algy-Well?
Cholly-I had no idea there were SO
many interesting ways Of breaking the
law.-Louisville Courier. journal.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

My husband has the clearest head
of any man l ever met"
so my husband tells me. He says
there's nothing In it, Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Mr.. l.. S. Bloomfield was In town
Wednesday arranging for the forth
coming Pioneers dance, which. a.
announced, will be held on Thursday
evening, December It'll. All old
timers are invited.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Mr.. J. N. Pierce underwent a dan
gerous surgical operation at Salida,
last week. Latest reports show that
he is getting along nicely.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

H. L. Grinstead is home again after
another summer spent in the survey
ing field.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

1t is reported from Denver that the
Pierce Cattle company received ~. %
on that market. this week. Not bad.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Messrs. H. w. Clifford and George
Lord were among the Piceance coun-
try people in the city, during the
week.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

The lessons Of life are lost II they do
not impress us with the necessity Of
making ample allowances for the In
mature conclusions Of others.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Tom Scott, after being in retreat
for few days, is again seen on the
local Rialto.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

John Reimers of Rio Blanco attend
ed to business before Commissioner
Hay, Thursday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Mr.. w. S. Montgomery is home
again after attending to another cat
tie shipment.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Some people mistake pity for con-
sideration; it is not manly to degrade
y fool
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Cheer up boys! We know how 1t
feels. We had many years of it; but
1t Is not so bad when you get used to
II
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

J. g. Danglas. of Idiewild lodge,
was guest at the Meeker, Tuesday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Things look bright, despite the ab
sence OF the bowl that used t.
cheer.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Don't forget it! Next Thursday Is
Thanksgiving Day.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

C. B. Parker OF lower White,
exchanged salutations with town
friends, Monday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

II you want the very latest and
best in the range market, get a Cole 8
Hot Blast Range.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Note the Christmas ad Of the
Meeker Pharmacy on this page.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

The Hulett sreceived 81 30 for steers
and So 25 for cows at Denver.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Don't forget the Christmas bazaar
held by the ladies of st. James Guild
Saturday, December 9th. Christ
mas gifts for everyone.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Adopting a bit of Bowery slang:
We amt mad at nobody"
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Lovely days and cold nights pre-
vailed all week.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Lark Craig was looking after bus
siness matters in town Thursday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

lobe House is wearing q gladstone
smile these days. Why.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25
Promising.

Promising.
I know that Tom ne'er pays his bills,
But stu ! rather guess
Cause he's so full of promise
That he will reach success
Cornell Widow
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

The miikman is Intelligent,
He takes the well known bun.
For always when he brings his milk
He leaves 1t in the sun.
Chicago Tribune.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Postmaster Simpson of Marvine
autographed at the Meeker, Monday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Important Distinction.
oh. troubles sure to disappear
II you will smile and give cheer.
This cure for trouble swift and fine
Applies to all excepting mine.
-Washington Star.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Hoff of Rosedale, were
town visitors, Saturday.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

When you see it in The Herald,
it's SO.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

The performance Of right is merely
a recognition Of common sense.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

DIR. French was the first to recover.
The Meeker herald., 1916-11-25

The weight of responsibility devel-
ops the muscles Of endeavor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14
SUP[RINT T[NO[NT
THOMAS HANkON
HAS RtSIGNtD
Has Been Head Of Vermont old
ierS Home Here fifteen Years
Ill He lTH THE cAust
Meeting of Trustees in Rutland
December 19 to Name His
Successor.

Col. Thomas Harmon, who has been
superintendent of the Vermont sol
diers' home here during the past IL
years, has resigned because of i'll
health.
A meeting Of the trustees OF the
home will be held at the Bardwell
house in Rutland December 19 70
elect a successor.
Colonel Harmon is native OF
Brattleboro and veteran of the civil
war. He succeeded Maj. r. j. Coffey
as superintendent and his manage
memt of the institution has been ex-
ceptionallys acceptable to the trustees.
In his work Col Harmon has been alb
" assisted by Mrs. Harmon as ma
tron.
During their residence in Benning-
ton, Col. and Mrs Harmon have made
large number OF close friends. In
case the superintendent resignation
results in their removal from the vii.
lage the announcement OF that fact
will be received with regret. 1t is
possible that they may return to their
former home. Brattleboro, to reside.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14

has a large collection. Included in
this are several pieces loaned by S
B. Sibley at the time Of the Philadel
phia Centennial in 1876 There is a
collection at the Metropolitan Muse
um and many fine collections in pri
vate homes, the largest of which is
that OF Mrs. W. B. Walkers which
numbers 175 pieces and OF which Ben
nington is justly proud.
Between 1850 and 1860 the pottery
industries were said to be the largest
in town employing 300 men, but this
undoubtedly included the men work.
ing in wood yards and barns as well
as the turner's, moulders and all in,
side workers.
The U. S. pottery went out of exist
ance in 1860 The potters going to
Trenton, N. j., Ohio. Illinois and a
few to Kaoline, South Carolina. In
1870 the old building was torn down
to make way for the present graded
school building. Many of the old
molds and patterns were stored in
the Norton pottery and the men were
allowed to use them from time to
time, which accounts for many
pieces in the familiar form of U. S
pottery, but lacking the fine lustre
and coloring.
On wild winter night in 1873 the
Norton pottery took fire from an over
heated kiln and was burned to the
ground. The moulds and patterns
were a loss which could never be re-
placed and prevented the possibility
of ever returning to the manufacture
OF the old line of ware. The office
furniture was also destroyed includ
ing an old desk and high backed rock.
ing chair brought from the old
pottery on the farm, and al
ways associated with Judge Nor
ton and his father. A loss
often spoken of and much mourned
by the heads of the firm who
realized to the full the force of the
saying: ut is a heart warming and
heart softening thing to associate day
by day, with the belongings of a past
generation"
The characteristic feature of the
Norton pottery was the time the men
remained with the company, 250 years
is the combined number of years that
six men made stone ware. Four are
living, c. C. Kimball, John Norton
Frederick Godfrey and Frank Green
slet The two who have died are
James Williams and Jerome Johnson
Frank Norton. brother of Edward and
Frederick Hancock were also practi
cal potters with the firm, going in
about 1858 to Worcester, Mass.
where they started pottery which
had good output for many years.
After Mr. Hancock's retirement from
the firm Mr., Norton began the manu-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14
COMPANY
is MOVING INTO
NLW ADDITION
Added Facilities Will Make Factory
model Gf Its Kind
WILL NEED 100 MORE employees
Plant Not in Full Operation as Com
pany Has Been Delayed in Sc
curing Material.

Like everyone else who is attempt
ing to buy material and machinery
these days, the +. u. Waist company
is experiencing some difficulty in es-
tablishing itself in the new addition
to its plant on Gage street The ad-
dition is partly ready for occupancy
and some Of the apparatus has been
installed but the company will not be
in position to fully avail itself of the
additional facilities for some time.
New machinery, some of which is
in operation, has already begun to re-
lieve the force of a large amount of
hand labor and when the installation
is compile ted the company will be in
a position to put through much lar
ger amount on work in shorter time.
In the past the company has been
hampered by the lack OF space and
facilities in the washroom but this
department, which has been moved
into the addition and is partly in op-
GRAFTON, Is already affording relief.
The addition was built with a view
to the comfort and convenience of the
employees. The rooms are high, II
anu 10 ittl UtLMttu AOOlH anu iiAN
windows are as numerous and as large
as it was possible to put them in. All
interior finish is white, adding materi-
ally to the lighting and it is the in
tention of the superintendent. Hiram
Hall that they shall be kept as clean
as it is possible to keep factory.
At the present time the company
is employing $50 people with so more
in the branch 1octory at Cambridge
Even with this force it has been un-
able to fill its orders. During the
coming year it is expected that the
output will be doubled. To carry out
its program the company will re-
quire an additional force OF at least
a hundred. About half this number
will be placed on machines which will
be added and the remainder will be
needed in other departments of the
work During the present week an
increase of wages amounting to 10
percent in all departments went into
effect.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14

glass and china. The pottery busi-
ness was in the Norton family from
1898 to 1894 and during that time six
Norton men were members OF the
firm, John, Luman, julius, Edward,
Luman p, and Edward l., Norton.
The business card issued on their one
hundredth anniversary read ~-
"We start now on our second cen
tury and would ask for continuance
of your favors for the next one, hun
dred years rr. n4f
Edward Norton G. Co."
The history of the two Bennington
potterles is confused by most Of those
who have talked or written on the
subject. The Norton pottery stands
for length of years and an output Of
a substantial and largely utilitarian
character
The United States pottery was In
existence but a few years but in that
time produced much Of artistic merit
and many pieces of great beauty.
Very curiously. however, they have
been little appreciated by many Ben
nington people proving anew the
truth of the old saying "A prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK CHRIS MAS
CLUB, $4,000
Nearly Fur Hundred Persons Par
tlCipate in the distribution
CLUB WILL BE CONT ufO
Officials Convinced Plan Has In
creased Disposition to Save
in Bennington.

The sum of $4,000 will be distribut
ed to members of the First National
bank Christmas club this year. The
checks will be distributed to between
800 and 400 people. Such a sum of
money turned over to so many differ
ent persons will help to make the
Christmas season a merry one in
numerous homes in the village and
add materially to the general comfort
Of the community.
Inc Christmas club originally was
created for the purpose OF enabling
persons to save money through fifty
weeks of the year to be expended in
the purchase of gifts during the last
few days. While this significance has
by no means been lost the idea has
expanded into an easy and attractive
plan of saving money. With the First
National bank all classes of people
have used the plan. Husbands and
wives to surprise members of the
family with Christmas Club checks,
boys and girls too, like to save money
in this way and at the same time they
are getting the bank habit" an ae-
NuiGu lldl bldHu luClli III
good stead later on in life. mill girls
and working people too, use the plan
to accumulate money Many of them
come in at the noon hour and in such
numbers that it is the busiest time
of all the day in this department.
The bank is glad indeed to number
them among its patrons. Some use
the plan to accumulate fund for
some special purpose and they find
this method of putting aside a small
sum regularly for fifty weeks good
way to do it. Many others, some of
whom have had bank accounts for
years, use the plan for some reason
or other, it appeals to them.
And with all, thrift and regularity.
two admiral traits, are cultivated.
The trend is to stability. In true
thrift one not only learns how to save
money but how to use it wisely, how
to spend it to the best advantage.
The club helps in this respect-for
after putting aside for the period Of
fifty weeks. one is pretty sure to use
care in his or her expenditures of that
money We believe that some of the
boys and girls in Bennington will be
wearing warmer caps and coats.
shoes and rubbers this winter be-
cause of the Christmas Clubs.
The bank people believe in the idea
and want to encourage 1t and so will
this month open a 1917 Christmas
Club and allow per cent interest to
all club members who keep up their
weekly payments. Under the uni
form weekly payment plan offered by
A. ho,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14
SOUTH sHAFTsBURY

There will be a meeting of Cresant
Rebekah lodge Friday evening, Dec.
Is.
Edward and David Howard are
spending the week in New York on
business.
Miss Mary Hasting is home from
her school in Castine, Me-, for the
holidays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-14
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont partly cloudy tonight prob
ably local SHOWS. Friday fair, con-
tinued cold.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26
Good Old Ion Made
Family Cough Remedy
Much Better than the Ready
Made kind-Easiiy and
Cheaply Prepared.
RRRRESEEES1TSlSlE

If YOU combined the curative proper
ties Of every known ''readv-made" couGh
remedy. YOU would hardly have in them
ali the curative power that lies in this
simple Homemade" cough syrup which
takes only q few minutes 70 prepare
Get from any druggist 2l2 ounces or
Pinex $50 cents worth J. pour II into a
Pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
graduated sugar syrup. The total cost
il about "a cents n gives you q fuii
uint OF really better cough syrup than
you could buy resdv-made for SOU
Tastes pleasant and never spolls.
This Pinex and sugar syrup prepare
ton gets right at the cause OF q cough
and riyes almost immediate relief. 1t
loosens the phleCm. stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, rrTl-
tated membranes that line the throat,
chest and bronchial tubes, so gently
and easily that it Is really astonishing.
A DAYS use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and Tor bronchitis,
Group. whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better
Pinex is q most valuable concentrated
compound OF genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, combined with guaiacol and has
been used for generations to break up
severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be sure TO
ask your druggist for 2la ounces OF
Pinex with full directions. and don't
accept anything else. a guarantee OF
absolute satisfaction or money prompt
" refunded. goes with this preparation.
The Pine1 Co., Fit. Wayne, Ind
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26

and other inferior courts has had a far
reaching effect upon the thought OF
this country. This protest IA been
been manifested in several ways The
recall of the judiciary has been de-
manded. indeed, not only demanded,
but incorporated in the laws of at least
six of j states OF the union. OHIO,
however. and | think some other states.
incorporated into their constitutions a
much more practical remedy. Article
4 of the constitution of Ohio requires
the concurrence of all but one of the
seven judges of the supreme court of
that state in order to hold a law of
the state unconstitutional except in af-
firming a judgment of the court of APP
peals holding a law invalid.
The National Association of Attor-
neys Genera started an agitation which
resulted in TIE act of congress which
prohibited II United States judge
from granting a temporary injunction
upon the ground of unconstitutional
ity of a state statute, and required that
before such injunction should issue
there must be three judges sitting, two
of whom must concur and one of such
Judges must be an associate justice OF
the supreme court of the United States
or a United States circuit judge"
Attorney General Cosson in his po-
liticai career, has been especially act
i've in promoting legislation looking
toward social reforms. notably the Cos
son red light law. the state agent law
and other laws for the effective con-
troll OF vice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26

Col. William r. Cody tBuffalo BID
was reported critically i'll at the home
Of his sister. Mrs. May Cody Decker,
in Denver. He is suffering from q
general breakdown, according to the
physician. who says tfs iiiness =
grave because of the age OF the
famous plainsman. who is almost
II. He was born in Scott county,
Iowa. Feb. 26, 1876. and became a gov
eminent scout and guide and member
of the Seventh Kansas cavalry in
1861. According to who's Who in
America he CONTRACTED TO furnish the
Kansas Pacific railway with all the
buffalo meat required to feed the
laborers engaged in construction and
in eighteen months (1867-S) killed 1880
~bufaloes, earning the name OF Buff
falo Bill, by which he is best known.
Since then government scout and
guide. 1852, serving in operations
against Sioux and Cheyenne; member
Nebraska legislature, 1872; Joined
Fifth cavalry as scout, 1876. In battle
OF Indian Greek killed Yei!c. Hand.
cheyenne chief. In hand TO hand fight;
1901, general in the Nebraska ma
tional guard; Sioux outbreak: head
quarters Pine Ridge Agency; battle OF
Wounded Knee; Ia participated IN
more Indian battles than any other
living man. Since 1883 6: aeed of WILD
; West Show. Judge advocate general,
wyoming national guard" His home
is at Cody, Bighorn county, wyoming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26

and he could not look the cheerful out.
law In the eyes.
IL reckon 1t Is. Wal, I've had some
bad wounds / lived over. Guess mebbe
I can stand this one. Now. Buck, get
me some place In the brakes, leave me
some grub an' water Mt my hand, an
then you clear out"
leave you here aloncs" asked Du-
ane sharply.
ashore. You see I can't keep up
with YOU. Brown an his friends will
foller us acrost the river a ways.
You've got to think Of number one In
this game"
"what would you do In my cas<?"
asked Duane %curiously.
"yNal, I reckon I'd clear out an save
my hide" replied Stevens.
Duane felt inclined to doubt the out
laws assertion. For his own part. he
decided his conduct without further
speech. First he watered the horses,
filled canteens and water bag, and then
tied the pack upon his own horse.
That done, he lifted Stevens upon his
horse, aud, holding him In the saddle,
turned into the brakes. being careful
to pick out hard or grassy ground that
left little signs Of tracks Just about
dark he ran across a uraii tnat Ste
vens said was a good n to take into
the wild country.
Reckon we'd better keep right on
in the dark-tu / drop" continued
Stevens, with alaugh.
All that night Duane. gloomy and
thoughtful, %attentire TO the. wounded
outlaw. walked the trail and
halted. Dawn caught the fugitives Mt
n green camping site on the bank Of
a rocky little stream. Stevens fell a
dead weight into Duane's arms, and
one look at the haggard face showed
Duane that the outlaw had taken his
last ride. he knew 1t, too. Yet that
cheerfulness prevailed.
Buck, will you take of my boots?"
he asked. with a faint smile or his
pallid face.
Duane removed them. wondering ifi
Inp OutidW uuu LIE uIUuSAl thut hUt
did not want to die with his boots on.
Stevens seemed to read his mind.
'Buck. my old daddy used to say
ihet / was born to be hanged. But I
wasn't-an, dyin' with your boots on.
is the next wust way to croak."
you've a chance toto get over
this" said Duane
"Shore. But I want to be correct
about the boots-an' say. pard, II do
90 over. Jest you remember tibet / was
a%ppreciatin' yonr kindness"
This matter Of the outlaws boots
strange. Duane thought. He made
Stevens as comfortable as possible,
then attended to HIS own needs And
the outlaw took up the thread Of his
conversation where he had left of the
night before.
This trail splits up a ways from
here. an every branch of it leads to0aI
hole where you'll find en- Few.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26
REFORM LAWS O
Frequency With Which Such Statutes
Are Found Unconstitutional.

peer " iiutSS ISrPuoilC
Des Moines. Dec. 26.-One OF the last
cases which Attorney Genera Cossoa
will fight for the state before going out
of office will be the defense Of the
sterilization law. which makes II pos
sible for the state authorities to sterii-
ize defective criminals II it is deemed
necessary. The law was held to be un-
CONSTITUTIONS IN the federal court in
the southern Iowa district.
The attorney general declares. in his
argument. just fled with the supreme
court u this that the inferior
courts have a habit Of holding uncon-
stitutionai many OF the S--s looking
toward social reform. 1t is this which
has created SO much issatskactic
with the courts. he declares
We desire to state. not by way OF
criticism, but as a conservative state
ment OF fact. that almost every law
looking toward social or mora reform
which has bee passed by the several
states in the, union In the last decade
has been held unconstitutional by
some inferior federal or state court
declares the attorney general.
@This abuse by the federal court,