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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Joke on the Poet.

John d. Wells, lin his Rhymes of
Onr Home Folks tells joke on HIM
self. 1T is difficult to remember all
the children of ones own pen" he ex-
plains. "rve written verse day
Tor fifteen years and oftentimes II for
gotten one comes home to chidc. Not
long ago my little daughter Annette
came home from school reciting bit
of verse. Did your teacher waste
Your time memorizing that verse;
asked. Yes, father We'll. it's dog
gerel ) it has neither rhyme nor rea-
son, and you may tell your teacher
your father said So The next eve
ming ut dinner my little daughter said,
I told my teacher what you said, ia
ther-that my rhyme was doggerel.'
Well | asked, what did she say?'
SHE said, ''Your father ought to know.
He wrote it."'"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
ARCTIC RELICS ARE FOUND
Records Left by Explorers More Than
Fifty Years Ago Brought Back by
Croker Land Expedition.

Records left by various explorers In
the frozen North. some of them more
than half century old, brought back
by Donald b. Macmillan, head of the
Croker land expedition, who recently
returned. are on exhibition in the
American Museum of Natura, History
in New York.
Among the records is a silk lining
Of cap worn by Or. Elisha Kent
Zane, the American explorer, left DIV
lum at Rensselaer, Hnrbor in 1888. 1t
Is marked with leaden bullet 80. X.
There Is also a paper containing a rec
ord of Doctor Kane's life in the North
cut with knife. owing to scarcity
of writing materials.
There are also records left by Rear
Admiral Peary. including a bit OF an
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Last Stand of Beavers.

Far up in the Businesses Of the
southern Rockies hidden in one of the
most inaccessible hooks that remain
in this country today, what is probably
the largest existing colony of beavers
has established itself for last stand.
The beaver was once one of the most
abundant of our American animals, bur
the ease with which he was trapped
and the value of his fur soon drove him
far on the road to extinction Soon
only the most stringent of protective
legislation was able to save him, but
now he seems to be coming back,
and wherever he finds favorable To-
cation he increases rapidly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Their First Thought.

They say that mans first thought
on entering room IS, "Where Is there
place TO sit DOWN." but a womans
first thought Is, where is there a
mirror" Whether that has always
been mans first thought Is difficult to
state, but it doubtless has been WON
ans from time immemorial for from
time immortal there have been mir
rors. 1t is only since the beginning
of the sixteenth century that mirrors
have been used rs articles of house
hold furniture and decoration, and
there are few women of the present
day who do not realize and make use
of their artistic value in adjoining their
homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of shs Town and Village rsIs
Briefly for Busy Rsadsns

w. D. Pelley is in New York on
business.
Miss Mary Casey left this morning
for a visit in New York.
Cosmopolitan, Womans Home Com
panion,. Saturday Evening Post. out
and on sale at Evans Adv.
Mr. and Mrs Charles F. Sears left
this morning for ST. Petersburg, Fla,
where they will pass the winter.
The funeral of Richard NJ Hough-
ton was held from his late home on
Maple street at o'clock this after
noon
Walter Woodland, who has been
with James Fox, the blacksmith, has
opened the shop on Washington
street as proprietor.
Mr.. and Mrs James H. Hunter left
Wednesday for Camp Bartlett, West
field, Mass, Mr.. Hunter having enlist
ed some time ago in the first Yer,
mont regiment and having received
orders to report for duty.
There was persistent rumor on
the street this morning that the
Watervliet arsenal had been wrecked
by an explosion. The United Press
at o'clock this afternoon said that
the rumor was without foundation.
Excavation is being made to con
meet the Bottum & Torrance factory
with the six-inch water pipe on West
Man street. The plant has been sup
piled from the four-inch main ON Mill
stree which has proved inadequate !.
A. c. Orvis of Manchester, a mem
Der OF the Bennington county exemp-
ton hclrd, arrived in the village
Wednesday evening to assist in the
work of classifying the county regis.
trants in accordance with the latest
instructions from Washington.
Warwick S. Carpenter. who has
been at his Wcodford camp for few
days. left this morning for Albany
where he was scheduled to deliver
an lS-minute address before the Wo-
mans Federation convention, He ex-
poets to return tonight and go into
camp for the remainder of the deer
season
The local authorities nave received
word from the chief of police in AL
hany that they had taken charge OF
Doris Harrington. the seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
Harrington who was secretly taken
from Bennington to Albany Monday
night by her father The couple Sc.
parated about year ago and the
child has since been living with her
mother. 1t was expected that Mrs.
Harrington would 80 to Albany today
with a letter of introduction to the
chief of police in an effort to adjust
the situation without legal proceed
ings. The child has been placed in
charge of a family in Albany
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
tIndeserved Derision.

No more undeserved derisive nick
name was ever visited upon ar organi-
cation than that of the Fourteenth
Hlssars, commanded by Colonel Ham.
siIton. Several companies of it We're
once compelled TO retreat before an
overwhelming force and the whole
Regiment was branded as ''Hamilton's
Runaways." Here was q regiment
which was one of the bravest ever in
the service of Great Britain; 1t had
left its dead on the battlefields in oil
parts of the world 1t had a brilliant
record for valor and yet was 1t known
even to its comrades in arms by an in
sulting epithet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
What the Craftsman Docs.

Generally speaking, a craftsman, or
draughtsman, is one who draws PIans
from instructions given him. A me-
chanical craftsman is an assistant to n
plans of the engineers proposed
works If he is mechanical engineer
1t will be plans of machines, bridges,
etc. An architect plans buildings, and
his craftsman, from instructions fur
nished him, draws the plans. Tho
craftsman Is largely c0pyist. He
creates nothing, but he gives express
sion to the ideas Of his superior.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
PERU BOYS PRIZE PIG


Earlt BatcheIder Tells How H.
l. Raised "Peter.r eg
The following Is report OF the prize
pig for Bennington County owned
cared for and raised by the twelve
year'old son of Mr. and Mrs. Il. NJ
Batchelder OF this town The report
as written by the lad himself fol
lows: atl
Report OF pig named Peter owned by
Earl Batchelder, Peru, VI:
Il bought my pig when he was -four
weeks and three days old May End
weighed twenty-three pounds. The
frst week ] fed him one quart of sour
milk three times day and one quart
OF whole corn a day.
Then began feeding him Schu
macher at the rate of twenty pounds
for two weeks. with the same quaint
ty of milk. Then fed him two quarts
OF milk to feed three times day
with two and one half pounds OF
Schumacher a day for three weeks
and have kept increasing until Sept
Both ! am feeding him twenty-six
quarts of milk day and thirty-five
pounds of Schumacher a week. fed
one hundred of Provender when
could not get the Schumacher,
June LIST, pig weighed SO pounds,
July LIST, 65 pounds Aug LIST. 145
pounds and Sept, S0th, 212 pounds
81 sent in report and story to AR
Simpson, Springfield, Mass. forgot
to say paid five dollars for my pig.
When it was dressed it weighed 212
and one half pounds and brought me
$40 Nov It."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Milk for Babies.

Jersey and Guernsey cows give rich
producing milk, and for that reason
their milk has been regarded as too
rich for infants. Ii is still true that
the milk of the Ayrshire and the Hol-
stein is better suited to infants than
the Jersey and Guernsey milk, but the
cause is not the fat, as has been
thought. The fact is that the casein
of the Ayrshire and Holstein milk is
decidedly more flocculated and not so
readily curdled in the stomach, so that
it is the most easily digested by chill
dren.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Indian Summer.

The term INDIAN summer" is APP
piled to a period of mild, open weather
that comes in the fall, embracing the
most of October and sometimes ex-
tending into November, and character
lied by sort of dry mis-. or haziness
that differentiates 1t from other sea-
sons of the year. What causes the dis
tinctive features of the season, espe-
clally the hazy atmosphere, is I'M
known, and the origin of the term
equally so. Different explanations
have been given of both, but they seem
to be largely fanciful.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15

Wzi,ipurri.

Wampum was used by the American
Indians as money, but II was probably
not regarded as money until after the
coming OF the white man. Indians
often exchanged belts or necklaces OF
wampum for more desired article.
but there was little or no idea of using
it as a medium of exchange until af.
ter the white settlers arrived. The
early colonists seized upon the wan,
pun as a handy medium and 1t was
used TO such extent in New England
that it was accepted by the colonial
treasurer in payment of taxes until
1649 and became legal tender in New
England and New York in amounts up
TO five shillings. In 1923, in Massa.
chusetts, six white wampum were val.
ued at one penny.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Wearing of Wool.

Some years ago n book was pub
llshed to prove that If you wore moth
ing but wool, even down to your boot
laces, almost all the ills to which flesh
Is heir would disappear and that peo-
would grow quite slim and become
active enough to jump a five-barred
gate The fad had good deal of sue
cess, and nobody denies it certain
amount of reason and truth but the
millennium will not be inaugurated by
the wearing of blankets. and the dog
days still call loudly for something
thin in the way of ralment,-Ex-
change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Typesetter Made a Guess.

In the getting out of the first num-
Der of new English magazine in To-
kyo a proofreader discovered tina, the
number 10000 had been printed 10000.
On inquiring through an interpreter
how such an odd mistake could have
occurred, the proofreader said: 81 can
imagine mistake of 10000 or 10000
being made, but how could he get 80
600 instead of 40,000?" The typeset-
ters reply was: II had no ~ at the
moment. so l calculated that 10000
would be nearer the right amount than
any other figure"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
What LIS Truth2

A local minister delivered dis
course to his congregation on the old
question, "What is TRUTH" notes the
Los Angeles Times. Many learned
discussions have been held on this
theme in the past and men will prob
ably continue TO debate the subject for
centuries TO come. The fact, however,
IS that most people know more Of the
truth than they dare live, and their
eternal coniectures and mouthings
about abstract truth are usually in
dulged in for the purpose of attempt
ing to avoid vital issues. "What is
TRUTH asked pilate-and did not
pause for answer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Prohibits Use of Images.

The Koran prohibits the use of i'm
ages and symbols in the religious
ceremonies of the strict Turks, or the
internal decoration of the temples and
mosques, the rule being so strict as
not to permit the martial or civic dec
Grafton of the greatest generals or
other distinguished persons. The adop-
ton of the crescent by the Turks as
a national emblem is an oddly which
has so far remained unexplained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Avoid Brilliant Lights.

II you have sense of faulty vision
1t is natural inclination to seek q
very strong light by which to read or
study. This simply adds to the eye
strain. The best light is an indirect,
dlffused light of sufficient strength to
make the letters on the page stand out
in uniform distinctncss. Avoid the
brilliant reflection from metallic OBJ
jects that may be on the desk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Easy Money!

Near Otis Hill. in bingham, Mass,
where once stood a target and rife
range. The highway road excavator has
scooped from The hilly ground several
hundred pounds Of lead from bullets
fired there, and one young man is cred
tied with having obtained enough lead
to fill an ash SITTER, his fir. hours
work netting him $3.50.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Found Answer in His Sleep.

Mathematical students will be inter-
ested in the experience of the Mar
guess de Cordorcet, who published a
volume or the integral calculus at the
age of twenty-five. A problem had
been submitted TO him which, try as
he might, he could not solve. To use
a colloquialism, he ''went to sleep on
It," and successfully obtained the an
swer, which he remembered on waking
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Ii Is Not Here.

There are only two seasons--the wet
and the dry--at the equator in Africa.
The former is the summer season and
lasts eight months. The thermometer
averages from ITO to 1876 degrees Fab
renheit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
The LARGEST Nests.

The mound-shaped nests Of the jun
gle fowls of Australia, in which the
eggs are Matched by the heat of the
dccomposing vegetation. are some
tines - feet high and $50 feet in cir
conference. They arc believed to be
the largest nests made by any crea-
ture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
MiIIion.DoIlar Grain,

"Old Bostely says he has a million
dollar brain" observed the man who
was always picking up information.
He's quite right" answered the other !;
at would cost him fully that much to
find out what's the matter with it,"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Adds to Phonoaraph,s Tone.

The intensity of the tone obtained
from phonograph can be varied by
recently patented needle mounting
provided with a counterweight to reg
ulate its pressure.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
Lest We Foruet.

We too often forget, wrote Herbert
Spencer, that not only is there soul
generally soul of truth in things err
roneous. u,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
OVERSEAS FLYING NOT EASY
Many Difficulties Confront Those Who
Would Gross the Atlantic In
an Airplane.

In paper read before the Institu-
ton of Engineers and Shlpbullders in
Scotland L. Desbleds explains some Of
the advantages and difficulties of trans,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
When One Is Rich.

You are rich indeed, if you have un-
bounded health and strength, with an
opportunity to do things under your
own direction.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15

American flag, left in 1906 at the 81
of Cape Thomas Hubbard. RI,
A packet of letters left In cachaA
Cape Isabella in 1876 by Capt. AN
Young for Sir George Mares expsd'
ton was also found by Macmillan. IN
Mare party left its mark only 20 ter
from the cache where the letters wAf
found, but departed without discoFef
Ing them, At
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15
DIR ] NII[(
II A hi 7 I

Thousands of wives, mothers and
sisters are enthusiastic in their
praise of Orrine. because it has re-
lieved their loved. ones of the Drink
Habit" and thereby brought happi.
ness to their homes. Can be given
secretly
Orrine is prepared in two forms:
NO. ], secret treatment; Orrine No. 2,
the voluntary treatment. Costs only
$1.OO a box. Ask for booklet. B. A..
Quinlan, North Sstreet, Bennington,
VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-15

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11

What a funny party, l hear you say! And who ever thought of hay ing such a thing?
 This is how 1t came about.
 Lydia had the whooping cough, SO of course she had to stay home from kindergarten and as every child who goes to Kindergarten knows, this is hardly to be borne. But when in ad- dftion to staying away from school, you can't even play with the little girl on the next block, nor go near any baby for fear of giving 'ft" to her, why then 1t is too much
 So you can imagine how pleased Lydia was when she heard that Ilse and Corinne and Kathryn had whoop- lng-cough, too.
 Not that she was glad that they had Whooping- cough, while, as you know, Is- not a comfortable thing to have, but if they had tc have it, she was glad they all had it at the same time, because here was some one to play with.
 So the lady who lived near Lydia Invited all the four children to tea and this is how they came to have 9 Ehooping cough party.
 Lydia, who only lived upstairs ir. the same house, came first, so she was ihere to receive the other three, and Is she had never seen them before ao1- they her, there was great excite nent. First. the three little girls had 10 take on their brown hats and coats and their white leggings and gloves, and all the warm wraps they had on to keep from catching cold and all mat time Lydia never said a word.
 But when they went into the parlor, [ assure you they all chattered away like maGpies ard I never saw four ft- Ets girls ret on so we'll They played si1 sorts of games; blind mans buff md oatE-peaz-s-beans and tag; and Ehen they picked up potatoes in a Ipoon and if you think this is an easy Hing to do. tust try t that's all. with
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE. -r9 AWAKES.

Uncle Jed feels sure that there are among the readers of the Wide-Awake Circle many boys and girls between the ages Of g and 16 who are capable of making pictures of merit with pen urpenciI good enough to print.
 -The money prizes are offered be- cause they are more inviting to com petftors than books, and each one may use. his money for anything he needs or any pleasure he may prefer.
 From all points of view the first drawing contest which covered the month of November was most satis- factory; but some of the best pictures came too late to compete. We prono- ised but four books to the contestants but we sent out seven to those whose pictures we selected for printing.
 We propose to print the pictures sent in by the prize winners: and we may print some of those given hon. pTable mention. Whenever a request is made to re- ttirn the drawings it should be accom- panied with a stamp to pay return postage.
 Now Uncle Jed hopes the boys and girls of Eastern Connecticut will get
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
A Leak in the Boat.

One moonlight evening a few years ago my mother, cousin and uncle were out in a rowboat on the Mystic river, enjoying, as were many others at that time, the beauty of the lovely moon light evening. The time wore on, and one by one the pleasure seekers de- parted homeward, until finally the only boat left on the river was the one in which my mother and her friends were enjoying themselves.
 At last they, too, decided to go home and were just going to row for the landing on the other shore when "Oh, dear, my feet are getting wet" cried my cousin, and looking down they beheld a large puddle of water in the bottom of the boat, which, to make matters worse, was steadily growing larger.
 My mother and cousin started to bail out the water while my uncle rowed for the nearest landing. but 1t seemed as if the water came in as fast as they could bail it out. Finally, after what seemed ages to them, but what was in reality only a few moments. they reached the landing and bumped into another boat which was fastened there.
 They scrambled into the other boat
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
Fishing Through the Ice-How to Get
 Bait

Before you go fishing through the ice, you must get some small fish call ed "shiners." If you don't buy them you must of course get them yourself
 To get them you must buy a large net and a pail to keep them in. Find a place somewhere on a river and make hole in the ice larger than your net and cut it round. Put some crumbs in the water after you have your net in. Wait about fifteen min utes before you pull it up. Be careful how you handle the sinners because they are very tender and you might kill them.
 After you have got enough sinners you must buy a fishing tackle to eaten the fish I don't know what the price is becanse I made mine. Fasten the sinner on the hook. The line is fast ened to a little hook which works like rat trap.
 On the end of a piece of wire is a red piece of cloth which, when the fish bites, pulls the little hook and the wire with the cloth on it springs up and you see it, and then, maybe, you have a fish.
 NELSON HUL1E, Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
A Trip on the Water.

One day five of us girls planned to go for a boat ride on the river. We started about g o'clock. On the way we got the breakers of several small launches. We went as far as Trading Cove bridge. We got off the boat and went up. on the shore and ate our lunch.
 After we ate our lunch we got in the boat again and started for the op- posite shore. When we got over there we saw another boat full of girls, and we planned to have a race up the river.
 Our side won, and we wanted to have another race. only the other girls said it was no use, as we were the best rowers.
 We were so busy talking we did not see the big boat coming until it was near upon us, and we just barely got out of it's way in time.
 We arrived home safely and found nice supper awaiting us EDNA GEER, Age 13
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
His First Fishing Trip.

Dear Uncle Jed :-I thought I would write you a story about fishing. A brook runs by our house and when l was eight years old I bought a fishing rod.
 One day there were a lot of big fish down near the bridge. I went down and when I was pulling a large fish out he broke my pole and got away.
 I went out in the woods and cut a stick for fishing pole.
 The next morning I got up earlJ and went down to the brook and saw suckers, trouts and all kinds of large fishes. I took my fishing pole and at first I could not catch one, but finally I caught a large sucker and ran eX- citedly up to the house for that was the first fish I had ever caught. By and by I caught another sucker. kept catching them, so when the fish man came around we had enough without him.
 One day when I was fishing ] caught two fine trout and while I was looking into the water I suddenly fell in. didn't know how to swim so l began rolling over and over until ] came to the bank. I thought sure ] was drowned and began crying, but when got home I found out that ] wasn't drowned.
 Ever since then I have been catch ing fish. will close now. You will soon hear from me again
 WILLIE GOPHER, Age 10.
 Scotland
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
Shadows.

Shadows.
 When my brother was ten years of age, father gave him a box of tools a birthday present. He was much pleased. and it was not long before he was saving and hammerIng away, trying to make something. He made box for the kitchen. to hold coal, and after that a little toy wagon for my sisters doll.
 The tool that he likes best is foot rule, and he seems never to tire using it. He measures the chairs, the win dows. the fences, and other things m and around the house.
 Once he tried to measure his own shadow, but he found it was not easy to do that, for while at one time of the day it would be quite long, at another it was very short.
 This set him to thinking. Then he found that the shadow was long in the morning, shorter at noon, and large again in the afternoon, until sunset, when it could not be seen at