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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

5rieiiy tor euey headefe
Wanted-Brick layers at New
Black Cat Building. Turner Con-
struction company. soft
Miss Nellie lockwood is to take a
position Monday in the Victrola de
partment in Griswolds.
The usual Old Academy autumn
sale will take place the first week in
October Be sure to wait for it!
S9tt
The regular meeting of the Metho-
dist Brotherhood Tuesday evening,
Sept. %, Full attendance is desired
at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ Wagar are
visiting Mrs. Wagar's parents on
School street. Mrs. Wagar was for
merly Miss Alma Rousseau.
II the weather continues sharp to-
morrow Janitor Royce at the Second
CONGREGATIONAL church will have
steam on, Come to church and get
warm.
The pastors Bible class of the First
CONGREGATIONAL church. Old Benning-
ton, is studying THE Life of Christ
from the Gospel of Mark. Drop in af-
ter the morning service.
The Rev. c. f. Hill Crathern pastor
Of the First Congregational church,
Old Bennington will preach tomor-
row morning. Service at IL o'clock.
The public is cordially invited,
The stereopticon lecture tomorrow
evening at the Second Congregational
church will be the last in the present
series. 1t will be an interesting story
of THE Pilgrims in the Wilderness"
The evening classes OF the Nurses
Aid course will be given test at
their next meeting. All members of
each class are requested to make a
special effort to attend these meet
ings.
First Methodist Episcopal church,
Rev. p. c. Dow. pastor. Public wor-
ship. 1890 a. m. and 7S0 p. m, ser
mon by Rev j. l.. Atwell OF Albany
Bible school Has. Epworth League
devotional service $50. Regular SER
vices during the week.
An address delivered by John
Spargo OF Old Bennington, at Minnea-
polls recently has been translated in
to Russian and an edition OF 100000
copies is being printed in pamphlet
form to be sent to Russia for popu-
lar distribution. An English edition
Of the speech is being printed in pam
phlet form.
Between seyenty-hye and one hun
dred people attended the reception
given to the public school teachers
by the Womens Auxiliary at the Y
NJ. c. A. last evening. Among 1.-The
guests was d. NJ. Colburn, formerly
principal of the graded school, now
with Co. "a, Medical Corps, station
| ed at Fort Ethan Allen.
Holding Fast to Proved Ideals
will be Mr.. Mills theme Sunday morn
ing at the Second Congregational
church. THE Pilgrims in the VII
| derness" win be the subject of the
stereopticon story In the evening. The
hours of service are 1890 a. m. anC
7.30 p. m. Church school at noon
C. L. meeting at $50. a hearty inyi
tation is extended to strangers ant
visitors to all services
|
The public is cordially invited Il
the services tomorrow at the Firs
Baptist church, Rev w. G. Towart
pastor, church school at s45. Glasses
for all and a cordial welcome. Preach
ing services at IL a. III and 7.30 ?
IN. Theme OF morning sermon 9TH,
Eagles Nest" Bennington Stree
Preachers" will be the subject of tn
Junior sermon. The Romance of ;
Word" will be the subject OF the eve
ming sermon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-22
POWNAL CENTER

The supper which the ladies of the
church held Wednesday evening was
very successful.
Rev. and Mrs. Kingman College an.
nounce the engagement OF their
daughter Frances Jeanette to Lieut..
John d. Thomas OF the Medical Re
serve Corps, now stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen, Burlington. The we'd
ding Will take place in the near flu
turo
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-22
NOTICE TO FIREMEN
department Called in Special Meeting
Friday Evening.

All members OF the Bennington
Fire Department are requested to at
tend a special meeting to be held at
the rooms of the Stark hose company
at s o'clock Friday evening, Sept IA.
Business OF Importance is to be
transacted. Per order OF the depart.
ment president, w. p. Hogan.
Bennington. VT, Sept. II, II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-22
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs. C. II. Gleason OF Il Y street
North Bennington, has for sale on
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday a
quantity OF household furniture, bed
ding and shoe making outfit. Terms
strictly cash
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-22
BOOSTING PATRIOTISM
War Meeting to be Held at Rutland
Sept. 27 and %

The Vermont committee Of public
safety and the greater Vermont asso-
ciation are to hold Joint meeting on
Sept q aud 2S for the purpose of
starting statewide potriotic cam
paign
Abattery OF the strongest available
speakers the country produces has
been secured.
On Thursday afternoon. September
81, the convention will open with adj
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Well, Uncle Lucky's stovepipe hat
didn't scratch the cat after all, as
told you l feared it might in last
nights story, but it did something
else. It blew off the old gentleman
rabbits head and went rolling down
the street Uncle Lucky started after
it in his Luckymobile as fast as he
could, but, oh dear me, and oh dear
you, how that stoyepipe hat did go!
And by and by it disappeared in the
woods and Uncle Lucky had to make
the Luckymobile jump over a fence
and across brook and then he
couldn't find 1t.
well, / guess my dear old wedding
stovepipe hat is gone forever said
the old gentleman rabbit sorrowfully,
and he wiped tear from his left eye
and two more from his right, and
sighed again, "Oh, dear me! Ny dear
old wedding hiatt"
And just then Billy Bunny saw a
shadow creeping thru the trees. Look
Uncle Lucky" ne cried, isn't that
Daddy Fox with your stovepipe hat
on his headT
st is, Ii Isl, cried L,.ckgt and he
got so angry that he made this Lucky
mobile jump three and a half times Ia
own length after DADDY Fox.
Come back with my hat" screamed
/ the old gentleman rabbit, and he made
the automobile go SO fast that Bills
Bunny was nearly scared to death. Bu
still they couldn't catch Dad az Fox, {
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Topics of the Times

A week of warm sunshine right now
would be worth millions per day and
pay and a half for overtime.
This is time when every man
should be treated as an American un-
I'll ne fails in Americanism Is
$50
The food value of beer and booze is
being played up by the brewers and
distiIlers. There isn't as much food
value in a barrel Of their product as
in one single withered NAVY bean.
Another conservation matter worth
attention is that church supper
worth 80 cents shouldn't be served for
50 merely because the materials arc
contributed.
War taxation SHOULD include COM
mon sense on the part OF those in
power Taxation which must serious
ly disorganize the business of the
country will not only defeat its own
object. but is likely to cause unneces
sary hardship. Congress must keep
its poise.
If volunteer service is a failure 1t is
likely to display it's weakness among
volunteer registrars for the conscrip-
ton census as elsewhere.
1t is reported that farmers are con
tracing potatoes at 80 cents a bushel
to be delivered next fall. II anybody
offers your winter supply at 80 cents
you just simply cinch him where he
stands.
When Havner's heavy drive starts
Sunday some idea will be gained Of
the relative preparedness Of the OPP
posing forces. At present NOBODY
knows whether the artillery. the bomb
ers or an attack in force all along the
line is contemplated. About all we
know is that state Of war exists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled md Use ut Home.

Boston. Mass.-Victims of eye strain
and other eye weaknesses, and those
who wear glasses, Will be glad to know
that Doctors and Eye Specialists now
agree there is real hope and help for
them. Many whose eyes were failing
say they have had their eyes restored
and many who once wore glasses say
they have thrown them away. One
man says, after using it: Il was al
most blind. Could not see to read at
all. Now ! can read everything with
put my glasses, and my eyes do not not
pain dreadfuily. Now they feel fine all
the time. 1t was like miracle to me-"
A lady who used it says: The atmos-
glasses. but after using this prescrip.
tion for fifteen days everything seems
clear. / can read even fine print with
out glasses" Another who used It
caused by oyerworked. tired eyes which
induced herce headaches. ] have worn
glasses for several years, both for dis
lance and work, and without them ]
envelope or the typewriting on the
machine before me. ] can do both now,
and have discarded my long distance
glasses altogether. ! can count count ths
street. now, which for several years
have looked like dim green blur to
me. ! cannot express my Joy at what
1t has done for me-"
wear glasses can now discard them in
. reasonable time, and multitudes more
will be able to strengthen their eyes
penss Of ever pa getting ss gasses ana
DR.. Beck, an eye specialist of nearly
twenty years practice, says: "a patient
came to me who was suffering from
Blepharitis Marginalis with all the
concomitant symptoms. as morning
ass!ut.nation OF the lids, chronic con.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10

What are we going to do?' asked
the old gentleman rabbit anxiously. u
mustn't lose my stoyepipe hat" And
Just then the cowboy in Uncle Lucky's
circus rode by and when he saw what
was the matter he threw his lasso over
Daddy Fox's head and, whip! snap!
that wicked old fox was caught az
nicely as you please. And Uncle
Lucky's stovepipe hat wasn't hurt the
least bit. No, sir! 1t never even came
off the foxs head. Then the cowboy,
who was very fond OF Uncle Lucky,
got the hat and gave 1t to the old
gentleman rabbit. TN SO glad to do
you a favor Mr.. Lucky Lefthindfoot."
he said, for you have been 10 nice
to us circus folks" And then he rode
OF, after tying the lasso to the pommel
OF his saddle. And OF course, Daddy
Fox went with him. and, oh. nay!
didn't he scowl at Uncle Lucky and
Billy Bunny. 5
TIL get YOU some day, ! will,
And then I'll make you squeal
You think you're safe because you
have
a Lucky Automobile:
But IL ever get away
| from this nnkind lasso,
| I'll bet yoli anything ! will
| Eat lots of rabbit stew"
| And in the next story, II the door
mat doesn't climb into the hammock
and 20 10 sleep, I'll tell you how Daddy
! Fox got away from the circus cowboy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10

scopicai researeh Work Ren-Ss.s ..s::
prising Service. 1 found my eyes sr re-
markably strengthened, so much so
have put aside my glasses without dis
also used it and we are agreed as to
its results. In a few days, under my
observation, the, eyes Of an astigmatic
havs been dis is ps the .nas
Eye. troubles of many descriptions
may be wonderfully benefited BY the
use utx. Of Be Bon,opto and Il you want 70
tablets. Drop one Bon-opto tablet in
VIII shs aad Sash. ,et liz
eyes two to four times daily. You
Septibiy right from the start, and IN
disappear. II your eyes bother you
even 2 little It Is your duty to take
steps 70 save them now before i is
have saved their sight II they had cared
Tor their eyes in time.
Nots: city physician to whom the absvs
article was submitted. said: Eyes Bon Optic 10
remarkabis eye remedy. It's constituent In
gredients ars well known to eminent sye spa.s
cislists and widely prescribed b. then. / nave
~S..s &C.. ~ e
work or nisdt glassss. can highly FsesnmesA
y n ease Of weak, watery. aching, smastins.
itching. burning s5ss, red lids. blurred yissoa o.
dust Q. wind. II y one Of the vary few pespan-
t1ons feel sAsuld - kept - had ~ sa9sinSk
use ID slmost every family" Bsn.ODte = ~ e
ethical preparation, ths fefmaia being printel s
the package. The nanufsctuSsrs guarantee e -
strengthen eyesight 10 per cent in one week's6n>
In many instances. or refund TIE money. III dis.
peused BY all good druSgists IN this city isolltaa
3. A. Morgan. Mcbride & Will. and aii
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Doctors and Eye Specialists Agree
That Bon Optic Strengthens Eyesight sos
Ii Weeks Time In Many Instances

iunctivltis and ephiphora. Her eyes
when not congested had the dull, suf-
fused expression 10 sIcn cases.
friend suggested Bon-opto. She used
this treatment and not only overcame
her distressing condition, but strange
and amasiag as II may h. SEEM sba ws SO
able to dispense with her distance
glasses and her headache and neuralgia
left her. In this instance should say
her eyesight was improved 1000 /
have since verified the efficacy Of this
treatment In number OF cases and
have seen the eyesight improve from
time. 1 can say 1t works more quickly
than any other remedy / have pre-
scribed for the eyes
DR.. Smith, an ocuiist of wide experi-
ence, says: Il have treated in private
practice a number Of serious opthalmic
diseases with Bon-Opto and am able to
report ultimate recovery In both acute
Office suffering with an infected eye.
The condition was 80 serious that an
operation for enucleation seemed I'm
peratiye. Before resorting to the
Optic and in "a hours the secretion had
lcssened, inflammatory symptoms be.
gan to subside, and In seven days the
NAL vision. Another case Of extreme
convergent strabismus (cross syssl
escaped the surgeons knife BY the
timely use OF your coHy11um. Tne
frightened external muscles yielded TO
Bon Optic. I always lnstil Bon-Opto
after removal Of foreign bodies and
apply 1t locally to all burns, ulcers
for its therapeutic effect. BY cleans
ing the lids of secretions and acting
as a tonic for the eyebal1 itself the
vision is rendered more acute, hence
the number OF cases OF discarded
glasses"
Dr. Conner says: my eyes were in
bad condition owing TO tho severe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
SHOULD We TAKE THE BOOZE sRIBE7

| The brewers of the United States
have issued statement. 1t begins
by stating that the government re-
ceives a revenue of sS7,994, 900 from
the 5S,000,00o barrels Of beers manu-
| featured
The liquor manufacturers are tell
ing congress- that they are willing TO
have the present tax doubled. The
statement" and the assurance to
congress are made in fear that their
! destructive industry will be suspended
| that will practically suspend it,
The brewing industry then, is will
! ing to pay a doubled tax. It knows
! that it can add the doubled tax to
| the price of its product and continue
TO sell it. 1t prefer then. is simply
q bride of about $3.50 100000 to the
government Of the United States to
permit ii to destroy a considerable
part of the grain supply, every bushel
of which is needed to avert famine
and suffering. 1t means that the
country shall Legitimate and capitalize
human want and suffering. cultivate
lneffiCiency. provoke loss of time that
should be spent in labor, father diver
sion 10 the brewer and distiller and
their retailers of wages desperately
needed by families because the gov
eminent shall share in the profits of
a destructive traffic
Whence comes this extraordinary
influence and power OF the liquor in
terests? To what is attributable the
ability Of that utterly uneconomic and
radically immoral business TO control
governments and influence individual
action? Even IN starving England
The brewers still continue TO spoil and
destroy grain that hungry children
need.
The thing to do with the distilling
and brewing businesses is to estop
Jhcm from destruction OF grain and
of manhood when the nation desper-
ately needs both. Why permit a par
asite on business and national success
and family life to feed on the very
vitais Of the country because 1t is
willing to collect and pay over a part
OF the millions It collects from mis-
fortune and vice 10 the government?
In all honesty, can we. as a great
people engaged in war for human
welfare. accept the shameful payment
Of the booze interests?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10

wrenched cabbage from Its founda-
lions or snatched an ear OF sweet corn
from its stalk. Then he rose In wrath
and a night shirt and profanely. chased
the cows out Of his garden, suffering
much in his bare feet and getting well
saturated with the heavy dews. In
the morning he demanded restitution
and the owner of the invading forces
attempted to prove an alibi for "Old
Butte" or spot" or Grumpy" Some
times the owner paid up like man"
swearing reprisal with birdshot on the
next COW that looked over his fence.
But in time all settled down as all
things do with time.
Then there We're the pigs in the back
yards. And the long rows of currant
bushes, black and red and white in the
back lot with the old English goose
berries that turned black and winey
with ripeness and the three Early June
apple trees ana tle req rdSpoeiIies
along the east side and the big patch
of pie plant and the new potatoes that
lent themselves when joined with
cream TO the unrestrained joy Of child
hood and the mixture of green peas
and new potatoes and other truck that
mother used to make and-O, each is
a story of itself Of the older days when
everybody kept COW and raised u
couple of pigs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Masonic Meetings


MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1os A. F, q
A. M.-special communication. WORK
in Second degree Friday, May II, t
D m. sharp. John ". Wells, seer etary' )
w H. Steiner. W. NJ.
slGNET CHAPTER, No. SO, r. A. NJ.
Special convocation Monday evening
May IL at so O'Clock, Work IN the
past and most excellent degrees. tari
Shaffner. H P; John w. Wells, setre
tary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 90. r. & S. M Thurs
day. May q. p. m. Regular business.
/. T. Forbes, Recorder; George Greg
DRY. I, NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE, St Aldenar
Commandery No. 80, X T Tuesday
Nav Is. for work IN the illustrlous Or
der of the Red Cross, 80 p, m" / l.
Forbes, recorder: II. c, Mueller eo'n-
mander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 67. o. {.
S.-Resular meeting for business " eo-
nesday. May 16. at p. m MLs
George Downing. secretary; Mrs. j. T.
Frederick. ". NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
WHEN EVERYBODY kEPTAC COW.

In the old, old days when you and I
were young, Maggie, everybody kept a
COW. In the village-and most Of the
towns were villages then-the family
from the banker and the doctor down
20 the odd job man and the pumper
at the railroad water tank kept COW
or cows. Nobody sold milk then. for
nobody bought milk. Everyone had 1t
The churn was a necessary article of
household economy then. All kinds of
churns. Churns Of slaves. big at the
bottom and small at the top, where
the youth Of the period stood with an
apron about his body and worked a
dasher up and down Unfortunately un-
der the maternal eye and strict orders
not to "spatter.' Churns Of earthen-
ware. working under the same prin-
ciple Of a dasher and boy power.
Churns Of barrel shape with a handle
whereby they might be whirled rapidly
round and round, end over end came
later but in the earlier days the dash
er churn was the standby, and many
an older person will recall how eager
~ he watched the hole where the dash
lated butter fat denoting that 1T was
beginning to come" and how he begged
for the addition Of a little warm water
TO the cream that the process might be
FASTENED Those were the days when
crooks and pans Of milk set" in the
cellar and mother daily ran a fore
finger about the pan and with a skim
rner removed the rich ripe cream from
the top. II was day, also, when all
housewives made good butter The
cream stood and ripened to the right
acidity in the big cream crock and
when the butter had been worked with
wooden ladle and sailed just right
and came on the table yellow as prim-
roses and fragrant as flowers it was a
Joy forever.
Some OF the cows were pastured on
their owners holdings. Rich folks
usually had pastures adjoining the viii
lage. Some were "pastured OUT. at
gay a dollar a month. Others ran
the road and fed on the roadside
grasses. This was after the "woods''
had been fenced off. Previous to that
calamity the village herd had run in
the woods. Hunting the cows was a
boys job and in a wide grove several
miles in extent that was no small task,
despite the cowbells with which the
animals were furnished. OF course,
considerable assistance WAS given by
| "granddaddy longlegs," which were
seized and made to point out the direc-
ton OF the missing cows under penalty
| Q: death, but hunting the cows was a
| task as we'll as pastime. Later on
| when the cows ran the road 1t be-
came question Of Judgment and trail
| ing to know which cross road the cows
had followed.
| Warfare broke out over the cows
Some folks put their cows in Cow
yards at night and few lawless IN
| dividuals~ '1et 'em run" Sometimes
the cowyaras were incapable and sthe
cows got out In the, still watches OF
The night the householder aw0ke tc
hear a cowbell violently agftated a.
intervals as Jones, old bell COW
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
TAXES TO MAKE US GR0AN.

War taxes are 70 bring this war
home to people until every man, wom-
an and child in the land is paying s3S
each per annum That Is the phase
congress. Every person who reads a
newspaper must pay from seventy five
cents to s1.00 more postage per annum.
Every business house must pay 5
cents postage for letters and every
freight bill and passenger ticket must
pay toll to the war Every man who
drinks whiskey must pay twice the
revenue tax, every cigar. theater tick
ct, life insurance policy and club mem
bershIp must pay war tax.
Corporations must pay per cen. of
all their profits and 10 per cent of AL
profits ab0ve per cent upon their in
vestment, while individuals will start
paying per cent on incomes as low
as $1,000 per annum. increasing until
millionaires pay one-third of all their
income. Sons of wealthy parents must
part with from TO per cent of their
patrimony as an Inheritance tax and
every person who adyertises in news
paper must pay per cent to Uncle
Sam. Every person who buys an auto
mobile, musical instrument, motor boat
or jewel-y must pay per cen, for
war. And this is not all Of it.
In the main the purpose of the
revenue bill is to put the tax upon
things that poor people do not have
to have and so far as incomes, inher-
itances, profits. automobiles. liquors,
and theater tickets are concerned, the
schedules accomplish their purpose.
The taxes placed upon the business of
necessities. however, viii injure the
business more than it will help the
government, for they will destroy the
income and profits which might pay
war taxes had they not been destroyed
BY the business tax.
Doubling postage on newspapers, for
instance destroys the established cir.
culation OF every newspaper by COM
polling new contracts to be made with
each and every subscriber which have
required years TO establish. In the
case of public utilities like electric
light gas and telephones, the tax can
80
OF the monopoly of service enjoyed by
the producer. This does not apply to
biles. monographs and jewelry. they
are luxuries bought from surplus and
) per cent one way or another will not
injure sales. Had they been assessed
100 per cent the average man would
have felt the rate to be excessive, but
this Is what is proposed for the news
papers in doubling their postage rate.
Sugar, tea, clothingj and everything
that is imported comes in for 10 per
may or may not be paid by the CON
sumner in this country, according to
the degree of competition this side of
the customs office. The 10 per cent
applies to the present import duty and
not to the value Of the commodity.
Taxes go with war and must be paid
by somebody, but the American con-
gress has not yet learned the first prin-
ciple Of the English system Of going
after war profits. In this country every
industry is to be punished with tax
that tends to destroy its, established