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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-02
keep A JAR OF
MUSTEROLE HANDY
1t Quickly Loosens Up Coughs and
Colds in Throat or Chest

Just little Musterole rubbed on your
sore, tight chest before YOU 90 to bed
will loosen up congestion and break mp
most severe colds and coughs.
Musterole is clean white ointment
made with oil of mustard. Simply rub
it on. No plaster necessary. Better than
mustard plaster and does not blister
Thousands who use Musterole will tell
what relief it gives from sore throat,
bronchitis, tonslits, Group, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion.
pleurisy, rheumatism, lun,hago, pains and
aches Of the back or joints. sprains. sore
muscles, bruises. chlblains, frosted feet
and colds Git often prevents pneumonia.
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parent.
Truman Amidon accompanied Hor.
ace Bump from the Samaritan hos
pital Wednesday.
Mrs. Clifford Mears and daughter,
Mabel spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs Hiland Dyer.
William Reed has returned from a
three weeks visit with his daughter
Mrs Harry Francis in Brooklyn. n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-02

FOR SALE-On main automobile
thoroughfare in village of South Pow.
nal, Vermont, the property known as
the "Brookside Inn" This property
consists of Colonial style house,
suitable for private dwelling or small
hotel with an excellent barn and other
outbuildings with large lot. A fine
chance here for man and wife to make
a good living conducting small inn.
For particulars address Charles N.
Powers, Bennington, vt. 1Gtf
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FOR SALE-Farm of 143 acres IL
miles from Bennington just off main
road. good 10 room house, never fail
ing springs and cistern. good barns.
wagon shed, ice house and work shop
water piped to barns, this is good pro
ductive farm. wood lot with abund-
ance Of wood for home use, variety OF
fruit. Price for quick sale $4,000.
Owner will accept $1,000 down bal.
ance on easy terms. Nash and Hut.
chins. 14tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-02

At a regular meeting OF Local Union
No 49S OF Painters. Paper Hangers
and Decorators and after fully dis
cussing the high cost of living it was
resolved to notify all painting contrac-
tors through the public press that on
and after April LIST, 1917 the minimum
wage for union painters shall be
$500 per day.
(Signed)
Local Union No. 400 of p. r. II. and D.
Bennington. VT. Feb. 2ist 1917
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FOR RENT-Four rooms formerly
occupied by DR.. B. C. Jenney, All
Main st. Address l.. S. Norton,
Opera House Block. 60tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-02

FOR SALE-Japan barberries IL
it. high s15 per 100 or 500 delivered
Extra nice Spiraea Van Houtti 12
1T. at 40c. or soc. delivered. Also
phlox, bleeding heart, peonies and
other hardy perennials. c. Z. Knapp,
North Bennington. 20t25~
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WANTED-A young or middle aged
Christian woman for general house
work, by American family of two. No
laundry work, good home and wages.
Address d. care of Hale Company, Ar
lingtcn, VT. 27t3
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TO RKNT-Storea. oSRO@s, tene
nentB, shops, stables, individual
garage, individual storage lockers, fur
aished apartments and rooms all cen
trally located Geo " Eswks. SgS
NaIu Ct ysn
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WANTED-Married man for gener-
al farm work by the year, must be
good teamster Apply c. A. Breese.
Hoosick Falls, R. f. ID. 26t12
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TO RENT--For club purposes or
Offices, the second floor space In
Hawks Block formerly occupied by
G. w. Petersen. All modern improve
ments and conveniences. George NJ.
Hawks, Hawks Block, 435 Main st.
ssti
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& FOR SALE-Few household goods,
on account of leaving town. l26
Dewey Street. 26t6"
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POSTING NOTICE

Whereas my wife Blanche, better
known as Dolly. Robertson has left
my bed and board without due cause
or provocatioE, hereby forbid all per-
sons to harbor CO trust her on my &C
count as | shall pas no bills of hSr
contracting after this date.
B. :. Robertson.
East Arlington, VT, Feb "a, 1917.
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FOR SALE-One Yawman G. Erbe
Rapid Roller COPPER. In good condi-
ton. Suitable for use in small office
or business. Cheap. Call 80 phone.
23t6
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TO RENT-ldeal Tour Garage,
North st. Apply to Geo. M. Hawks.
Hawks Block, ABS Main st. S6tf
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WANTED--False Teeth-We pay
as high as $3.50 per set for old False
Teeth, no matter IL broken, also old
Gold, old silver. old Platinum. Please
mail to Berners' False Teeth Speciality
22-3rd St., Troy, N. Y, and we will
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TO RENT

TO RENT-Suite of large front
rooms, very desirably furnished for
light house keeping. Inquire at 300
South street. 24t6S
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-02

WANTED-I3oarder at the DO
Drop-In. All home cooking. All
Main street. next door to Harte
Theatre, Mrs. Charles II. Lee. 17t25"
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WANTED

WANTED--At once a strictly tenn
perant married man for farm work
Good eight room tenement house. APP.
ply Geo Il. Davis, near Haynes Cor.
ners, Tel. 221--3. 25t6
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TO RENT-Small tenement. Apply
p. b. Gardner. 20tf
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FOR SALE--Asparagus and straw
berry plants at 1c each; Everbearing
strawberry and everbearing raspber-
ry at &c; Concord grape vines, Perfec-
ton currants, iris. hemerocalls at Sc;
Moores Early. Niagara and Delaware
vines at 10c; Oriental Poppy. Shasta
Daisy. Yucca, Phlox, Golden Glow,
bleeding heart, Baby's Breath. white
and purple Lilac, Russian Mulberry
at 15c; Boston Ivy. Clematis, red,
white, and pink Peonies, Weigelia,
Golden Elder. Hydranagea Spiraea,
Orange, Snowfall. Butterfly bush,
Hardy Femockns. striped and banded
Grasses, standard kinds. hardy Roses
at csc; Tree Roses at 81; Cut leaf
weeping birch at $3.50; Rivers pur-
pie Beech and Rosters blue Spruce at
so each Above prices include deliv-
cry within miles if order amounts to
soc and are good till Mar. Is for or
ders accompanied by cash. c. E.
Knapp, North Bennington. 25t12*
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FOR SALE-Second hand house.
hold furniture. Inquire at Town
Farm. Tel 224-Y. 2St6~
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Farm, or If not sold
by April LIST house and one barn with
rent Farm location at top of Har
wood HILL For particulars phone
3S3-M or call at Winslow's Hardware
Store A. II. Winslow, Adm, 27tf
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MISCELLANY oUs

FOUND-Ring on postoflice steps.
Owner may have same by calling at
Bannar nffica nrnuinp nranartx and
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WANTED--pupn Masses, male sno
ema.e, wanted al ths Taunton ststs
Hospital Training School for Nurses
FOR particulars. address DR.. Arthur Y
zoss 9upt., Tsusto3 stnte sospital,
TAUNTON. Masa Ests
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
SCENE OF NATURAL BEAUTY
Setting of Montmorency Falls Near
Quebec Resembles the Imaginative
Conception of an Artist.

The impressiveness of any bit Of
scenery depends not on how large
it looks. Thus there are few persons
who would estimate the width of the
Grand canyon at more than a tenth
of what it actually is. Niagara falls,
when seen at a distance. is not i'm
pressive, and when you are close to
it you cannot get complete view.
It is for this reason that many Of
the smaller bits of scenery really give
more pleasure to persons who have an
eye for natural beauty. Montmorency
falls, on the river of that name few
miles from Quebec, is an excellent ex-
ample Of this fact. 1t consists of a
stream about 40 feet wide dropping
somewhat more than 200 feet over
sheer cliff just above the juncture OF
the Montmorency and the st. Law
renee. This cliff forms part of high
amphitheater of rock, its jagged out
lines crowned by forest of juniper
and spruce, and opening upon the wide
blue expanse of the st. Lawrence.
Above the falls the stream is known
as the Fairy river because of the weird
beauty of its dark waters, which wind
between sheer granite walls festooned
with very old. gnarled trees. 1t seems
more like some artists imaginative
conception than a work of nature.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

Designed especially for the use of
retail dealers, a compact machine that
perforates music rolls for US in player
pianos is being introduced. The ap-
paratus is described in Popular Me-
chanics. 1t Is capable Of making from
one to sixteen records at a time from
sheet music, and will also turn out
copies of any standard roll. Its opera
ton Is said to be so simple that satis-
factory work can be done by persons
who are not musicians. The particular
advantage of the machine seems to be
that it enables a small dealer to fill
his customers orders promptly with
out having to carry large, expensive
stock It also obviates the inconveni-
ences that confront patrons when spe-
cial orders have to be mailed to fac
tory before their wants can be sup
Piled Since 16 sheets can be per-
forated simultaneously, a dealer in
making a roll to order has an oppor-
tunity to add Is records to his stock
with no expense other than the bare
cost of the paper and spools.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
HTake the Step"

A story is told of a rivival held in
town not a thousand miles from the
national capital. A man of mark in
the place for many years and for ever
so long a vestryman in one of the old
est of the churches, was interested in
the work of the evangelist and attend
ed the services. He was impressed
by the earnestness of the preacher and
his good faith. One night when the
mourners were called this godly men,
for years the pattern of high senti-
ment and correct conduct in his
church, was shocked into almost vio-
lent speech, when he was approached
by a converted bartender and urged:
"Colonel-take the stepW The very
idea was revolving to his sense Of
propriety, as for a quarter Of CEN
tury he had been living in the beauty
of holiness, and he could hardly have
been blamed for feeling just a bit
embarrassed by the plea of the con-
verted barkeeper.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up corn or caIIus so Il lifts
.. off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops Of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take of every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as 1t
is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get a small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
CHAPTER XII-continued.

81 believe you are right" said Rod-
ney, leaning back in his chair ana
staring at her through his glasses. III
we can only make him speak but
where is he?"
working for my father"
"What do you mean?"
81 mean that 1 suspected him from
the first, and as there was an opening
for private confidential man, who un-
derstood engineering-a vacancy made
by the promotion of my fathers Dri-
vnte secretary-I prevailed upon him
to give the position to Shurtliff. Fa-
ther hates the name of Meade, but ne
worships efficiency and he knows that
Shurtliff is the very incarnation OF the
particular kind of ability that he de-
sires, so he is with my father con-
stantly and 1 have him always under
my eye. When we go away in the car,
he goes along"
"What are you going to dO?"
"Win his confidence, his affection If
I can, appeal to MIN, and"
"By Jove," said Rodney, 81 believe
you can do it. You can't drive that old
man."
81 know it," said the woman.
"You haven't told him that you
thought it was his fault?"
"No."
81 couldn't do anything with a man
like Shurtliff. You can. You can win
his devotion, you can let him see how
much the reinstatement of Bert Meade
In honor again means to you. You can
do it."
Meanwhile you will help me, won't
you"
I'm any way, in every way. Do you
know where he has gone?'
81 haven't the slightest idea. He
might be in Africa, or South America,
or out West, or up North. Do you see
those howers?'- pointed to q great
bunch of American Beauty roses,
which had been forced for her appar-
emily, and which she had received on
that very day-'Dards, you know, the
Madison avenue florist, sends me a box
Of magnificent blossoms-roses, vio-
lets, orchids, always different-every
week. They speak to me Of him."
"Have you ever tried to trace them %
''No. know whence they come and
that is all. We will hear from him
some day, somewhere, somehow
Meanwhile we will work, work, work p
"And you will allow me to say Le-
fore go that since 1 have had this
conversation with you 1 do not see
how even love for his father or his
family name would have led Meade to
do it."
Don't say anything against him.
said Helen Hlingworth quickly. "He
was mad with anxiety, shame, regret
Whatever he did, love him just the
same"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

neer of half the ability of Bertram
Meade, so suddenly reduced to the
ranks, would have chafed against the
position Of subordination and would
have resented the humble duties with
which he was charged. But Meade
was happy TO be following, even in this
extremely modest way, the profession
that he loved. And he did his unim-
portant work with zeal and care. 1t
Is not much to say, but he was the
most efficient Of the junior engineering
force on the dam.
It was Eot because Meade was un-
social that he kept to himself-not at
nn. From his own galvanized-iron
quarters he used to stare longingly at
the mon grouped around the big camp
fires, for the nights were growing chill,
smoE:ug and laughing, exchanging ex-
rcrienccs and telling stories. Nothing
would have pleased him better than to
have joined in, and he could have told
EtVrics and related experiences that
would have been unique even In that
Jay crowd os young Adventures. Eut
kc did not dare. He feared to betray
| himself. Whut he wanted above ev
Gryth;ng was 20 preserve his incogr,ito
1t would be fatal to his chances of eveI
working up to anything worth while
" they found out who he was.
And he had tremendous pride t.
sustain him They respected him now
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
Hot Shot for Daddy.

Jane had been much interested in the
preparations her young aunt had been
making all week for the big charity
ball. She asked her father so many
questions about this affair that at last
he said they would play they were go
ing to the ball. Jane was all excite
ment while mother dressed her for the
ball. Then she was whirled off in the
make-believe auto, Of which daddy was
the chauffeur, to the make-believe ball
room. They had regular ball. James
car was called, she tripped out as big
as you please, climbed up In the big
arm chair, and nestled down among
the cushions for the ride home. "An
right, baby; it's sleepy time now; come
and kiss daddy good night" said her
father, and to his great surprise the
little lady threw her head up and said,
Huh, ladies don't kiss their chauf-
feurs good night" Daddy was
sQuelched.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

The heavens over, the range were
black with clouds and so far as any
one at the dam could see, it was rain
ing from the crest IF the mountains
down. There were some anxious dis
cussions in the dining room of the res
ident engineer and zis American as
Sistants.
At four o'clock IL was decided to
open the undersluice gate about half
way, but when this was done the vol
ume of water it was capable of dis
charging was too small to help very
much, and on opening it to its fullest
extent the velocity OF the water rush
ing through was SO great that the
river bed was rapidly secured out. For
fear OF undermining the toe of, the
dam it was necessary partially to
close the sluice once more.
The water was rising, first at the
rate Of three or fouS inches an hour
then half foot, and finally nearly a
foot. By six o'clock that night it
had risen two feet. It was still rain
ing hard at that hour, although not
quite so furiously as it had been. If
it did rain until moraing at the pres
ent rate, there would still be mar
gin of safety Of perhaps fourteen or
fifteen feet at dawn. Although the
situation required watchfulness and
was somewhat alarming, it was not
desperate. The men were advised to
put in all the time in their hunks so
as to be good and ready for the hard
battle which might come in the morn
ing, and as they were all tired out
with their days work the little group
soon broke up and each man went to
his quarters.
Vandeventer, however, could not
sleep. The rain kept up steadily all
night. The resident engineer finally
got up and dressed himself, and pro-
tected by high rubber boots and
cowboy slicker and u sou'wester, left
his quarters and went out to inspect
the dam. He carried a lantern, Of
course, for it was pitch dark and, if
possible the rain dropping from the
black sky made It more difficult to see.
He was surprised when he got to the
dam to see on the other side another
lantern. Closing the slide of his own
lantern to prevent observation, and be-
ing on familiar ground, he went
straight toward the other side. Tne
noise of the rain subdued any SOUND
that he made, and he was able to come
quite close to the other light without
being noticed. >a.r
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

every day. Naturally he had noted
that it rose gradually, but as the dam
rose proportionately more rapidly, he
was not uneasy. Yet, as a good en-
gineer, he was watchful and largely
because of the unfinished spillway he
urged the men to the very limit.
The weatherwise from the town,
who sometimes rode up to inspect the
work, assured Vandeventer that it
could not possibly rain before March.
and the mere fact that so much wafer
had fallen rendered it more improb-
able that any more would come down.
But at three on the afternoon of Jan
uary sixth it suddenly began to rain
hard without warning and with no
premonition on the part of anybody.
1t was not one of those terrible down.
pours known as cloudbursts, but it
was an excessively hard, steady rain.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

transit cannot be taken out or replaced !
except in one way. With a knowledge |
of the combination, so to speak, it is
comparatively simple to take a transit |
from the box; without that knowledge, |
which none but an expert transitman
or the packer himself can have, it is
rather difficult without running q risk
of running the instrument.
This command was another of Van
deventer's tests, therefore. Meade
knew this as well as his superior. In
spite of himself he would have to be-
tray his familiarity. Well, he had
brought himself to the conclusion that
he could not continue his work with
out very soon disclosing the fact that
he had been an engineer. And in case
of the inevitable, the sooner the bet
ter. So long as he had to betray him.
self, he would have all the advantages
as well as the disadvantages. He un-
locked the door of the box, slid the
instrument out quickly, accurately.
without moments hesitation, and
rapidly unscrewed the head from the
slide-board, and screwed it carefully
on the tripod. Vandeventer's eyes
sparkled.
Come outside he said, leading the
way to the side of the hill, "and set it
up there over the tack in that stake
and level it,
Beginners have been known to take
ten minutes to get a transit set up,
leveled and centered. 1t is good work
if it is done inside of a minute; thirty
seconds is very fast. In forty-ive sec
onds Meade reported, "all ready, sir"
He could have done it in less, but he
was little out of practice, he said
to himself.
Look here" said Vandeventer, ''you
can't pull any more bluff on me, Rob-
erts; you're an engineer, all right"
Il know something about the practi-
cal side of It, sir" answered Meade.
turning 9 little pale and wondering
| how far Vandeventer would press his
questions and what he would learn.
But the engineer was a man.
practical, yes, and theoretical too,
I'll be bound, but I don't seek to pry
into your anteeedents. It's enough for
me if you do good work for fne here
"Tll do my best, sir" .e', "
"Good; the instrument is yours"
That was the first step and the next
step came very shortly after, when,
having further demonstrated his ca
pacity in other ways, Meade was Civ
en- charge of the work on the east end
of the dam. H-
Il don't care who he is," said Van
deventer to his chief subordinate, ."he
knows what he's about, and if you
watch him you'll see. He's keen on
handling men. The other section fore
men will be hard put to keep up with
him. He keeps watch on himself. He's
got some secret he won't betray. He
doesn't mingle with the crowd, but
every once in a while something slips
out. What he doesn't know about en-
gineering nobody needs to know, III
wager" s....-.. ...
"How do you account for his beine
out here?'' w..
ooh. it's the old story, suppose
he's come cropper somewhere
down and out and wants to begir
again. and can't do anything but this
It's not our business, Stafford he doe.
good work for us and we're satisfied
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

had dreamed would be in the reser-
voir at that time, and was perhaps
more than should have been allowed.
Still there was a safety margin of
% feet, which Vandeventer was sure
would be ample. The financial promo
ters of the project were very anxious
to have the reservoir full when the
irrigating season opened, and the en-
gineer's judgment had been Influenced
by their eagerness to get it working.
The broad sheet of water ran back
into the valley for many miles. In
fact, the dam had transformed the
country into a beautiful lake. Some
times it rained in the mountains when
it did not rain down in the valley.
and there was constant, If very
small, rise in the level. Vandeventer
personally carefully gauged the water
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13
To PreUent Old Age
Coming Too Soon =!

''roxic poisons in the blood are thrown
out by the kidneys. The kidneys act as
filters for such products. II we wish to
prevent old age coming too soon and In
crease our chances for long life, we
should drink plenty Of pure water and
take a little Anuric," says the world
famed DR.. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y.
When suffering from backache, fre-
quent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains
here or there, or that constant tired,
wOrn-out feeling, the simple way to
overcome these disorders is merely to
obtain a little Anuric double strength)
from your nearest druggist and you will
quickly notice the grand results. You
win find 1t many times more potent
than lithla, and that 1t dlssolves uric
acid as hot water does sugar.