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ISAAC ". ounnAm
Fiat Principal Of the Bennington
Graded Schools. =

\. ixae ". funham. who was the
hrsi principal 70 take charge Of the
Bs lninston schools after the building
on SfliSol street was constructed.
Did Thursday at his home in, Hart.
ford. Conn He mas at one time. prin,
ciasi, os iiit Troy erammer school and
Ia er superintendent OF schools, in
Il a, ciy-. lie graduated from Union
college In is46 and IS believed to
hlre been the Oldest living graduate
o. tins Institution and the last OF his
class OF to6 members.
He was successfully head OF the
franklin institute OF Schenectady
principal OF schools In Chatham,
Frankfort aud Troy and North Ad.
ans. He retired in 1856 because of
failing eyeslght and had since made
his home with a daughter in Hart.
lord
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
How to Cure Colds.

Avoid exposure and drafts. Eat
right Take Dr.. Kings New Discov-
cry. 1t is prepared from Pine Tar.
healing balsams and mild laxatives.
DR.. Kings New Discovery kills and
ritated throat and allays intammat-
ion. Search as you will, you cannot
find better cough and cold remedy.
Its use over As years is guarantee OF
satisfaction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
SURGEONS WITH GREEK KING
Wound Of Operation Performed il
juno Gives Him Trouble.

London. Jan. "A Reuter- dispatch
from Athens, filed on Friday. says
that Professor Frietderich Kraus OF
Berlin and Professor Eiselberg of
Vienna. who attended King Constan-
tine during his illness last spring
have returned to Athens to examine
the wound left by the operation per
formed in June, which has not healed
The wound is giving the King soma
trouble, although his general condi
ton Is good
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
ANNUAL MEETING
Bennington Battle Monument and
"a Historical Association

The annual meeting OF The Benning
ton Battle Monument and Historical
Association will be held at the offices
OF Batchelder 4 Bates in the Village
of Bennington on the second Wednes-
day in January (the Twelfth day.
1916 at ter o'clock in the forenoon.
for the election Of officers of the as
sociation for the year ensuing and
the transacttsn of any ether business
proper to be Fdone when met,
Edward l.. Bates,
Recording Secretary.
bennington. Vt, December 30th, 1915.
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KING PETER AT SALoNlki
Serbian Monarch Reaches There from
Italy on French Battleship.

London, Jan. 3.-King Peter of
Serbia, who reached Italy last week
from Albania, is said by Reuters
Athens correspondent to have arrived
al Salonid on French battleship.
He was accompanied by several Sci
bian Ministers and officers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
ELks WELCOME NEW YEAR
Hold Dinner and Entertainnnent OF
II, h First Evening Of 1916.

About so local Elks ! and their
friends held open house in the Main
street club rooms Saturday evening
and spent the first evening of the
New Year with a dinner and enter
tainment-
The dinner was given from $50 TO
II o'clock, music being furnished dur
ing the meal by Donnelly's orchestrs.
A smoker followed during which .
Team o., vaudeville artists entertained
With songs, stories and impersonal
tionsS go saa,,. ,g,,e y.r.,,. n. n
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MRS. EDWARD J.. VAL -eNcoURr
Died Saturday Evening After 6ref
Illness of P,,eunrc MIA.

Mrs Edward J. Nallencourt. AGED
20 years, died early Sa urday even
ing at her home on School street. 81.
lowing a brief Illness OF pneumof la.
She was a native OF Benningi on.
daughter OF William Thayer, and had
passed her entire lie In the village.
She is survived by her husbe nd.
father, two l;ttle children and three
sisters. Mae, Irene and Margr eta
Thayer. The funeral vii he held
from 81. Francis, de Sslss church to-
morrow morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
RiLEY.sroNE
Marriage at Church Of the saeree
Heart on New Years Eve.

marrtage AZ Shu'cn OF inc Sserou
Heart on New Years Eve.
Miss Della Stone, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Stone, of Park street.
and Frank Riley of Chicago, were
quietly married at the church of the
Sacred Heart by Rev. c. E. Provost
on Friday evening. December 31st
The groom has been member Of
Troop B. Second Cavalry, stationed at
Fort Ethan Allen, from which he re-
ceived his discharge the day before
Christmas. They were attended by
immediate relatives OF the brides
family.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley left on a wedding
trip to Burlington and Montreal. after
which they will make their home in
Chicago.
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RHEUMATISM
CAN BE GU RED

Sufferers with lRbeams,isn. Neuralgia.
Ee ,ritis. Lu nibsE,. Sr;atisA. Rbr,tnAtoid.
Arthriiis or Cont. no matter how lsevsrs
vour cs-e l., writo Tor alE IRE hook.
Frederick DuRdRis. VI. D.. 81: Bcyision
street, Boaton. Mass Dept soi.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03

no eresttcss ~ vncre important As
,osr liver Ia 20 are you. Take Hoods
pitia--bess for q ssct. torpid. miser-
able Nser. hiliousResa. constipation.
bad taste IN the mouth. etc gsr-
rested. exsi.y ,ueiigwcd- DO ne >e.
prtrs fsc.. of sii druggists or ps s..
By ns u pf c. l. HOOD Gs.SaHeh Ne '<f
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CHINESE REVOLT GROWING
Seven Provinces Are Now Aligned
Against Monarchy.

San Francisco, Dec. 27.-A cable
gram received today by Tong King
Chong, president OF the Chinese Re-
public association, from revolutionary
leaders in Shanghai stated that a to-
tai Of seven provinces had declared
themselves against the new Chinese
monarchy In response to kilograms
sent to military leaders in the provin-
ces by the Shanghai headquarters. it
was said, active support of the revo-
luton was promised.
Five provinces were reported in re.
volt in previous cablegrams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-03
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont clearing and colder tonight
and Tuesday.
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Pekin, Dec. 27-The revolutionists
in Yunnan declare they are maintain
ing n republic and that they have the
only legal government in China. Pres
ident Yuan Shi-Kai has asked the
French minister to isolate the revolu-
tionists by severing railway, tele-
graph and mail service from Yunnan-
Flu to the sea. He also sought per-
mission to send troops to Yunnan by
the French railway. His requests
| were referred to the Paris govern
| ment.
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Gard of ThankA

We desire to thank the neigh bors
and friends for the beautiful floral
tributes and for their kind assis lance
in our recent bereavement. the death
of onr infant son. Frsnklyn Newman
Buck
Mr.. and Mira. Fred s Buck
md family.
Mrs Sara Black
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Mrs Sara Black.
The mirror., 1916-12-28

above small hole in the ground serve as
borrowing from one another or by the labor
ious process of lighting dry straw from a
spark made by an old flintlock musket.
Some earthen jars and few pans almost
complete the household outfit
One does not need to go to the Far
East to find the old fashioned and primi-
tive wellsweep in use. 1t may be seen
occasionally in New England, and you
may have seen it there. 1t is still more
ancient in it's origin than the bucket and
windlass, which are still common in the
United States, for it is one of the appli-
cations of the lever principle. But it is
The mirror., 1916-12-28
By N. O. Winters in The DAWN.


His only roof is cloth made of camel S
hair, and his country is the wide world.
1t is fact also that almost all the instru-
ments of husbandry, and nearly all the
utensils in the tents of these nomads, are
about as primitive as can be found any
where. In rude loom fastened to the
tent the woman works and makes the
cloth for clothes and tents Her hand is
the only shuttle she uses, and she threads
the wool through her fingers space at
time, afterwards knocking it down tightly
into place. The mill to grind flour from
grain is couple of stones, about eighteen
inches across, the upper one being convex
with handle at the side. Three stones
The mirror., 1916-12-28

few years ago, in travelling through the
tropical forests in Central America, l
came upon platform elevated few feet
above the ground upon which one end of
a great mahogany log rested. Two men
were at work saving that log into planks
to be used in building rough house.
Think of the beautiful red mahogany, fit
to be made into tables and chairs and
dressers for the finest home, being en-
pIoyed in such way, when the cheapest
of timber would answer. The trouble was
that no railways were near, there was no
way of getting these great logs to the Gulf
of Mexico from whence they could nave
been shipped to an American or European
The mirror., 1916-12-28

thing. What will become Of Paddy and
his shovel in the future if halt is not
called to this latest innovation.
In the life of an Arab we may see just
how our ancestors at one time lived. There
were no factories, no great department
stores at which to buy, and each family
made practically everything needed for
it's own use. The spinning wheel and
carding machine had place in every
home So it is to-day on the Sahara and
Arabian deserts, as we'll as in many other
places. But there it seems so picturesque.
There is fascination likewise that attaches
itself to the simple nomad life of the Arab
in whatever country he may be found.
The mirror., 1916-12-28

for it is the same machine that one
may see depicted on the tombs of
Thebes, and the man is probably
little different from the Egyptian of
that same period, so that one wond-
ers if a mumy had not come to life.
A pole with a weight or counter
poise at one end and bucket hang
ing from the other, is suspended at
point not far from the weight,
which then, by it's simple gravity,
draws up the bucket when filled
from the waters below.
Have you ever visited a great log
ging camp in this country? If so,
then you have been impressed with
the marvellous rapidity with which
a great monster of the forest is
transformed into boards and planks
and beams for use in building. 1t
is one of the marvels of the age, in
a few hours noble tree, which has
spread out it's branches to the sun
light and breezes for centuries, will
be reduced to mere lifeless slabs
ready to construct habitation for
man, the destroyer. But such con-
ditions do not exist everywhere. A
The mirror., 1916-12-28

mpttlt
FOR THE YEAR
KINDNESS GRACE GOOD CHEER
TENDER MEMORIES
CHARITY SERVED WITH
DISCRETION
PEACE LOVE TRUTH
LONG LIFE STUFFED WITH
USEFULNESS
HEART FOND AND TRUE
"a LARGE PoRTIoN)
AFFECTION HAPPINESS
SWEET THOUGHTS
BEST WISHES FOR ABSENT FRIENDS
MIZPAH
The mirror., 1916-12-28
The Primitive Way
The Primitive Things That Can be
Found all Over The Earth

this character in the villages of
Russia and Austria. AS every
where else, there are meeting places for
sentimental youths and even gossipers-
for all news of the village will be discussed
here when neighbors meet on their journey
for the water that is ever indispensable.
In travelling along the Nile, one may see
a solitary brown man now and then with
only a felt skull cap on his head and a
slip of scanty tunic around him, working
a shaduf-stooping and rising STOPPING,
and rising with the regularity of machine.
The Egy ptian shaduf is the oldest of we'll
sweepers. 1t is used in lifting the Nile
waters to the thirsty fields on either bank
of that marvellous river. For many thous-
ands of years this device has been used
The mirror., 1916-12-28

IF it required forty thousand
men six years, with the
aid of every modern ap- tt
pliance and the labor-saving
machinery in the world, to dig
the Panama Canal, how many
men would it require using
only large shovel pulled by men to make
this cut in the same time? This is prob
lem in mathematics that is submitted to
the reader And yet such scenes are not
uncommon even in this twentieth century
in many parts of the world. Two ropes
are fastened to an iron shovel, to which a
dozen men are holding, and everybody
pulls in true tug-of- war fashion. 1t is
not an expensive progress however, for
eight or ten men in the Orient could be
hired for the same wages as one in an
American city. 1t would take those dozen
men day, should Judge, to remove as
much dirt as one of the giant dredges that
have been employed in cutting in twain
The mirror., 1916-12-28
Neao Years, 1917 1tA

far more common in Eastern
Europe. The wellsweep gives
well decidedly picturesque
and old world appearance. l
have seen many public wells of
this character in the villages of
Russia and Austria. As eyery-
The mirror., 1916-12-28

the continent would lift at single
scoop.
In India, the British Government
has had great difficulty in introduce
ing innovations in the way of modern
labor-saving devices, because of the
teeming millions who are seeking
employment on almost any terms,
Railroads and all kinds of factories
were opposed. Nothing is so cheap
in that country as human life, which
we think so dear. Little attention
is paid either to it's coming or going
among the lower caStes. In Hol-
land, so up-to-date in many ways. |
have ridden on canal boats drawn by
men, for men are cheaper than
horses. In rural England | have
seen fifteen or twenty men have hold
of ropes to operate man-power
pile-driver. Think of preparing a
foundation for one of the great sky
scrapers of our cities in such primi-
tive way as this. Americans are
perhaps going to the other extreme.
Recently l noticed that our farmers
are generally adopting gasoline
power to dig the trenches for their
tiling. What will become of Padd
his shovel in the future if halt
called to this latest innovation.
In tho life of on Aroh xua ,oox, CO.
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than most men and bases bis opn
ION sound economic prtneipies But mntter wien
Europe interests OF
United States win be confronted with new conditions
and adequate preparations are with
these new conditions the United States face most
serious problem in the period Of readtustment.
After the war the business interests Of the United
States will be against the stittest commercial antag
ontsm this country has experienced unless such
condition is prevented by the enactment Of laws which
are reasonable and sufficient.
Mr. Garys direct statement of this phase of the bust
ness outlook Is as follows: III. tsS4 4. !; i..5
"our producers, including our wage earners will find
themselves in commercial antagonsm with the most per
sstent difficult competition experienced unless
sufficient This Is not question OF politics. nor for
political parties such II is Of economics and Of
good business. and It affects all the people It ques
OF the greatest good to the greatest number There
justice and fairness between the producer and the
sumer
This is an epoch Times are serious perhaps critical
Financial commercial and Industrial interests of this
country be firmly established an independent and
inyunerabe foundation but there must be cooperation
I'VE be prepared for radical changes in volume
in prices and resources. There Is danger Of overpro
duction, overextension OF credit and liabilities, over
confidence. We have observed this before and we shall
see it again. I is possible the banks will over-extend
their credits particularly in favor Of foreign interests
who offer attractive rates. but they will take care Of
that matter for themselves. We business men should
realize there is possible danger ahead in the business
outlook, and II proceed with caution, however ag
gressively will have done no harm and may here
after have for congatulaon We have the great
est country with the greatest opportunities, and may
properly be hopeful and confident"
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THE RRITISH CRISIs.

N THE somewhat doubtful event OF the conscriptton
bill introduced by British Premier AsQuith being ap
proved by Parliament the troubles of the government
will have Just begun There will remain the enforcement
Of the measure. The powerful trades unions, repre-
sented In the Labor Congress- have thrown down the
gauntlet The members Of the Labor party in the House
have given their defiance and those members who in
the Cabinet likely to be called to resign their
posts forthwith True neither the Congress
the members OF the Labor party in Parliament
mous in opposition to the government measure but the
opposition is decided enough to give tile Premier and his
colleagues serious and indicate that attempts
to carry out the provisions of the BILL If it passes may
lead to grave consequences.
Minister of Munitions Lloyd George after appeals
probably unique, gained labor's support toward
turning out supplies but the Of labor to conscrp
ton is horse Of another color The is
fronted at the outset with dissenson among its
bers and supporters sufficient to alarm and
rant one Of the Cabinet saying the Premier might step
down and 1t faces the opposition of most of the
Irish membership despite the fact that Ireland is
empted from the compulsory But the great
comes in the stand OF people who toll.
While further appeals and arguments may lead to
eleventh hour compromise the attitude Of the majority
of the labor representatives give much hope
The leader of the party Arthur Henderson, who holds
the office Of President of the Board Education in the
Cabinet has announced his allegiance to the government
and promises to resign his and go before his con
suents for their decision There indications that
tue other LABOR members OF the government, William
Brace, Under Secretary for Home Affairs and George
H. Roberts, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, may
answer the party call to quit their posts
Perhaps the best explanation Of abors attitude is the
point made by the leaders that with CONSUMPTION labor
would lose its strongest weapon right to stop work.
when the workers would be modified sent back to
work under military direction How grave is the situa.
ton Judged from the statement of President Bel
lamy Of the Railway Mems Union that the CONSUMPTION
bill would rouse such passion that the Kings Gov
lenment might not be able stand against it." and the
words of Secretary Robt Williams of the National Trans
port Workers Federation, day or two ago: I'VE
ed the fruits of marsm when found soldiers doing
the lockers work at Dundee We prepared to risk
the bullet or the bayone leveled rather than sub
mt"-Pttsburgh Dispatch.
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AIsIlARGER BUSINESS.

IS ANNOUNCED in The West virginian of yester
IA day. the firm of s. J. Courtney & Son have made
"a arrangements increase the floor of their
establshment by securing the store adjacent
theirpFesent building which until recently was used
byatheI Feaster jewelry store.
This another sign that prosperity is returning to
Fairmont and that this city is getting share Of the
general business boom all the country. The Court
neysore has always been held in high esteem by the
district and the is to be congrat
plated and expansion of their business
With additional floor space of 1900 square feet,
Gourtneys VIII be able to branch out and give even
gteater of high class merchandise for he
buying public than at present
During the nine years that the firm has been in Fair
their business has been Increasing because of the
ppttodate business methods employed by the concern
Gourtney's have among their patrons representative
people Fatrmont and the surrounding territory.
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beatific buzz buzless, there is clear
field for the nomination Of Prof.
Shawkey to succeed himself. There
him, and the indications are over.
whelming that there will not be.
Maurice P. Shawkey is known by his
good works as servant OF the pub
lie. He is an expert in his line a
conscientious, tirelessf official whose
ability in his, speciality is universally
conceded throughout the state. The
department of education under his GU
perintendency has climbed near to
tho apex of perfection. The highest
tribute that can be. paid him is to
tpoint to the generally acknowledged
fact that the people of the state con-
slider him the right man in the right
place, and are going to keep him
there unless everybody reads all the
signs wrong.
A visitor to the Capital from the
southern part OF West Virginia.
man who is signled out In his section
as leader of his party brought the
news here today that there Is more
than a probability that William Nc
Kell will be candidate for .Repubii-
can National Committeeman. Mr.. Nc
Kell is citizen of Fayette county,
and has had a rather exciting time
of 1t in recent years >overthrowing
what was heralded, justly or other
wise, as the ,'Fayette county whiskey
ring" Nickel is young and rich, an
owner OF mines, and, while never
seeking a political fight, never runs
from one which he considers his
cause Just.
Washington hears that upon next
Tuesday and Wednesday there is to
be conference in Charleston of the
friends and supporters of Attorney
General Lilly. The plans are to make
Il a pow WOW of representative adher.
ents OF the candidacy Of cousin Abe"
and to boom him with flowery SEN
fences and rounded periods. In short.
to paint the Lilly, as it were. All this
will be held out in the open, where
all who want to come may como, see
and hear. Behind the. closed doors,
which is another story, the managers
will get down to brass tacks while
the big forensic centimeters are car
rying on the bomhardment without.
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5GARY'S STATEMENT.

HE ssatement issued recently the business stuat-
ton by Gilbert H. Gary is worthy consideration by
every business Safety first is the burden OF
his remarks While business conditions excellent
this time and the outlook for several months to
lives PROMISE great things, Mr. Gary warns against
foreign credits and possible imitation the
6npiness world.
gef ahead the engineer of locomotive proceeds with
analogy he states that the United
Satesisgotn ahead at rapid pace just now, and that
et hepresent time there is great expansion of bust
ness IA ali lines Legitimate enterprise and business
sbenented II the people of the United States stop
read the signs consider the past reflect the
tnura and the best interest of greatest num-
bet. gS w
Mr;GarySts of the opinion that the war in Europe will