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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Eighteen lots containing 7A head OF cattle.
tuberculin tested. by state and Federal vet
erinarians: total Of "a head condemned. 81
which % we're killed and Il held in auaraI-
time for breeding purposes.
i26 head OF cattle reported tested at private
tests SO head condemned aud killed.
held IN quarantine
no head Of cattle esiSl for sh'~men. cut Of
state 10 head condemned IN quar-
antine.
81 head of cattle admitted ir ..a:c "a per
mits as follows:
"a head tubcrculin ties.
80 head for public sale. .-.a .1 20 out
OF Vermont.
2l head Vermont cattle returning from
pasture
5 head fir immediate shipment.
6 head for immediate slaughter.
young calves on physical examina.
ton.
head imported without permits tested
condemned and killed, no indemnity paid
2 head imported without permit, seized b,
u. 5. Customs and slaughtered.
1873 horses reported entering this state, les
on physical examination and a on mall
lein test. 10 Vermont horses malleir
tested
80 permits issued for cattle and horses to en-.
ter the state.
Beginning October 10. 1918. the Fedora
Government participates in claims for indem.
nifty for cattle destroyed because Of tubercu
lOsis
Numerous cases Of hemorhaRic septcemif
we're reported by veterinarians during thu
month from various sections Of the State. 4
State wide canvass was made by circular letter
TO all veterinarians for the purpose Of ascer
tanning the extent and severity Of the con
,agion and Il was found that in approximately
90 herds. cases were reported with loss total
ing more than 100 animals Sanitary meas
ure and vaccine treatment were recon
mended
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Census Bureau Says
Epidemic Caused 3d.
500 Deaths In One
Month.
Disease Quite Likely to
Return.

epidemic
re
newe OF he ease in .cii
more likely 20 develop into grip pneumonia Begin tax
Johns Medicine which
colds and in the building of strength to resist disease
still
gettngwel dangerous
why organs body kept their best
patient shall strength possible
resulting the
Father Johns Medicine builds
wholesome and
nm o poisonous
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Blister Rus. and Insect Suppression.

The several lots OF native pine were i,-
spceted for blister rust and severe infesla
ton was discovered on the east side OF the
state Scouting was done for gypsy and
brown-tail moth. with the resul. tina, no in
fctation was discovered.
Investigation was made Of the San jose
Scale situation in the southern part Of the
State. No living specimens appeared to be
present in orchards which had been previously
mast heavily infoted. Only few scattered
living scale Insects were discovered and the
general situation "a regards this insect Is vcp
uu-h improved
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION

During the month Of October here was a
smaller number OF book and p,.ae eollee-
ions sent out by the travalne library DEPART
mcnt because Of the epidemic he nuubcr be.
ing 5s. The libraries a, ,hs Stale Prison
and House of Cctr'e..on were visited ty mem
brrs Of the corilils.l1 and card catalog
for the library q ,nc Hospital for the In
sane wax prepared an. ,sn, TO Waterbury
lurlng .a, fon.h
'pnlisa for anu.-l aid to towns foi
g,ai.. ,vc approved ID so eases prov.
.'on., .to,al in 10 cs.c- and refusal IN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Defective camouflaue.

"reacher' had gone 10 the movies
with bachelor who chose young as
soclates as a sort of camouflage for
his own age. The next morning she
received the following greeting from
one of her pupils :,"Oh, teacher saw
you at the show last night. Was that
your papa with you?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
When Soft Answer Doesn't CO.,

A soft answer turns away wrath ex-
cept when little Willie's schoolteacher
asks Willie what he has in his desk
that is causing so much amusement
and little Willie's answer is so soft
the teacher doesn't understand the first
time. There is very little wrath turned
away in this case.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Forestry

Two of the working days Of the month
were spent on University work. Six timber
tracts were examined and the owners adj
yised what silvericultural treatment should be
followed. Several examinations Of the nature
Of city forestry were made as we'll as a num-
bcr OF inquiries answered within this field Of
forestry. Several field trips were taken IN
the intcrest OF better system OF fire look
cut points for forest protection.
No forest fires we're reported in the month
OF October. More than one thousand cord,
OF wood have been sold from the state for
cats near Rutland within a year which r.
levcd the coal shortage in that city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Brazil Now Coffee Center.

Arabia formerly supplied the world
with coffee; later the West Indies.
snd then Java took the lead, to be
Eupplanted in turn by Brazil, which
now produces about three-quarters OF
the worlds supply and controls the
market.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
INFLUENZA MORE
DEADLY THAN WAR

WASHfNGTON.-Th recent cpl
demic of influenza caused more
deaths IN the United States than
occurred among the American eN-
peditionary forces from all causes
irom the first time the first unit
landed i'm France until hostilities
ceased the census bureau announc-
ed The statement was based on
unofficial estimates of the total
casualties among oversee forces
and reports from 46 cities in Amer
lea. having combined population
OF 23.000. 600. The Halter showed
1895 deaths from influenza and
pneumonia from September 3 10
November ..
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Would Return Il.

It was very hot day and the kind
hearted iceman had given n little Girl
Il piece Of ice. A newsboy asked her
Cor it, but she refused to give it up.
Jaw shucks!" said the hoy. "rll give
it back to you'll only wal the juice
out of it."-BoSton Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Application has been made the U. 5. High
ways Council for permission for the prosecu
ton OF Federal Protest No. l. being the pro
ject known a. French HIM. project between
Montpelier and Burlington. and We have been
notified by the Council that approval has been
withheld because urgent necessity for imp owe
ment al this time Is not apparent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Fifty-seven creameries. cheese factories and
shipping stations AM two hundred and nifty
farms were inspected. Ten hundred ana
twenty FIVE samples OF milk and cream tested
aud results reported 10 patrons One hun
bred and forty-six samples OF butter tested.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
The Extent.

Il understand your friend has got
her husband tanned $50 she has, ana
to such an extent that she can now
take money from his hand without his
Swapping at her"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Seventeen creameries we're visited and CIV
en- assistance with creamery problems. such As
daily testing OF cream. moisture testing over
run. remodeling plants. building rcirigera-
tors. creamery records and installation OF
equipment and pas,eurirstion Of dairy prod
uetS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

( taJ Engineering services have been re-
qucsted on three bridges. all Of which are be-
( ing taken care Of by the district highway COM
misSioners.
/ lbl Applications for state aid have been
requested on six bridgesthe estimated cost Of
1 which is y42S2.2l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Telegraphic potato market reports continued
through the month and assistance was given
Ia marketing seed potatoes Market agent as
,is,ed two ereameries In finding new outlets
for butter. Investigated milk shortage at Rui-
land for the state Food Administration. Com
piled dairy statistics and worked ON maple su-
gar bulletins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS.

Convictions have resulted from the prose
eutions mal, by our wardens in Caledonia
Franklin. Or--Ya Rutland Washington.
Windham Fines have been imposed in these
cases amounting 10 $4,000 AMI costs Of
1924. Ia six cases license privileges have
been revoked.
Deer damage claims 10 the amount Of
$4,000 have been approved and sent 20 the
Auditor Of Accounts for payment These
Claims are Divided as folIowm
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
COMMISSIONER OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES

During the month Of October thore were IS
towns visited and 1926 ina pectons made in 2Os
stores,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

As small letters hurt the sight. so
do small matters him that is too much
intent upon them they veX and
stir up anger, which begcts an evil
habit in him in reference to greater
affairs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Misery and ignorance are always
the cause of great evils. Misery is
easily excited To anger, and ignOr-
ance soon yields to perhdous coun-
sels.--AddiSon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.
MAINTENANCE.

The expenditure on the 1886 and 97-l0O
miles Of road being cared for under patrol
was ssI,5S57i. and 5000 was paid fog ma
chinery
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
sAnd-Bar Bridge


There has been reported during shs month
an expenditure Of $500.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Work on "smugRlers Notch" rpad has been
completed for the year. bat claim has not bees
filed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Love one human being purely and
warmly. and YOU will love all. The
heart in this heaven. like the wander
ing sun, sees nothing, from the dew
drop to the ocean. but a mirror which
ii warns and fills.--Richter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

We judge ourselves by what we
feel capable of doing, while others
judge us by what we have already
done.-Longfellow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

state Institntions.
COMMISSIONER or AGRICULTURE.
Marketing.

Seed potato certificates issued to twenty-five
growers covering 50 acres,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

DO not be troubled because you
have not great virtues. Only have
enough of little virtues and common
facilities and you need not mourn be-
cause YOU are neither hero or "A
saint-Henry Ward Beecher.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
Summaries of October Reports of
State Departments to the
Board of Control
BOARD OF CHARITIES AND PROBATION

BOARD OF CHARITIES AND PROBATION.
Probation
Number OF cases 0ctober l 6il
Number Of cases terminated in
October %
Number Of new cases received in
October al
Number Of cases November lat sos
Returned 10 the House Of
Correction
Pstolers and probationers
visited is
Positions secured for parolers
Before Court for violation
Of probation
Child Care
Mothers aid cases Investigated
Children placed in temporary
or permanent homes
Poorhouses inspected
Children ordered TO hospitals
Cases investigated for surgical care
Children entered hospitals
Children discharged from hospitals
Children committed 10 this board
Paroied from Industrial School
al our recommendation
Committed 10 Brandon on our
petition
Committee 10 Industrial School
"a homes inspected involving
children numbering O.
Children taken 10 Little Wander
ers Home in Boston for obser-
walton and diagnosis
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

He that wreStleS with us strength
ems our nerves and Sharpens our skill.
Our antagonist is our helper.-Burke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03

Solid love. whose root is virtue. can
no more die than virtue ITSELF
Erasmus.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-03
WITH THE SAGES

Judge not thy neighbor until thou
contest into his place-l,ahbi Ilillel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17
TO A STRAW CAUBEEN.

o. 7. McEvoy. in Cartoons Maya
zine)
O straw chapeau, when you were new,
\ crown of pristine beauty you,
An agent cloud of shimmering sheen,
A kelly fit for any bean.
4 nimbus on my raven fuzz,
a luscious lid-~thats what you was.
Hut now your glory's one with Greece,
Your grandeur is OF Rome's apiece.
Your primal pulchritude has hlewed
To innocuo1s desuetude.
In other words. o straw Caubeen.
You're on the fritz-that's what
mean.
An evanescent charm you had:
Too brief time you made me glad.
Like to the poets peoples spread.
dead;
A gem OF snowy charm today.
Tomorrow lust a piece of hay
o. cdios, farewell to thee.
Good-by good luck. and r. I. p.
Out Wonder stalds sad eyed COW
Who'll make a nifty meal Of thou.
And thou. cne-time snappy dud.
VIII presto be a juicy cud
a common fate is that, alas
We die and fertilize the grass
on which in sweet contenment
browse
A multitude of grateful cows
Which give us milk which once waa
we,
And to ourselves. we drink us--sssf
Etraw hat, good-by and r. I. X
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17
THE GENTLE RADICAL.

IF the earth holds anything more
perVerse than the Socialists defense
of German barbarian. Of the Ger
mans JOY in physical and mental
torture AVID the utter inaccessib ility
of his mind to generous impulses, we
have yet to see It Your soft man
nered, soft voiced Socialist. mounts a
box on busy corner and prociaims
economic. political and social doc
trfnes that are beautiful. but that in
Democratic countries are slowly
very slowly. it is true. but very, very
urely-~making Roadway without all
this oratorical pother.
The thing intrigued us until one
day the essential femininencss of the
radical type of mind impinged upon
us. Then everything was clear.
Radical papers and magazines are
filled with beautiful poetry and beau
tiful prose-but beautiful only In an
exotic way 1t is beautiful as all
warm. cinging feminine things are
beautiful
Radical thinkers advance Utopian
theories touching upon the future re-
lations of man to man and, many OF
them. future relations of man to
woman, But they are theories that
can he classed in any sex grouping
as feminine. In their garh and ges-
ture and voice they as often as not
affect n softness that renders them
picturesque and all that. but not ex-
actly what one would call rugged.
Why. they even go so far. many of
them, as to wear their hair dropping
upon their shoulders.
Now. then. to the point: the same
something that draws women. IL we
are to take the word of the sex
psychologists for II. to men who are
strong in the ways OF the cave man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

d - elsrtion of Rev. James Cannon
N. A. y y. Ii u rs bishop
NJ Methods Episcopal church.
rpssh. by the general conference a.
4SrIcaenta YESTERDAY. = fair cause for
|Iffl1 nsratulation to net only Virginia
sthod,.r but TO all patriotic and
= S141t shrinking Eirginlans,
- election was more than tr.-
- TO the man though es many
SSSIar. Of faithful ana efficient service
re- the church In which he was reared
"a 10 which he has given unstlntediy
~ hts time. talent ard means. he had
ven earnsd the recognition which The
action OF the general conference he
ekcvv. As a pastor as an educator
~ % editor. a. an active participant
"a vital church movements. as n leader
4 - great moral reforms, hi had render
"a measure OF effective service which
- could approach
FAr-rseching effects VII come from
~. Cannon's eieta alton to.tna 5lshorr'9
far beyond the roundarles
- Virginia and the limits ~ southern
s,Es<hoAisrn.
II Il. of course an indication Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17
THE WANING SUBMARINES.

S-to.- Ad,,ira1 Gin. has hoap nuoted
,s s,,.,,g reoar,lv thu, we know .be
s,hrosri,o "a r,na,r, rascho3 tts high.
o., notnt IN Apr0 ~ last yoa- II has
s,cco hoer eoirr .toaail,. down g." Thl.
M. abatement which the American
.reo,,ie r,lgbt or n7ipnt not embrace
vim the utmost fam In view OF the
oub,iSbsd activities NJ the submarine.
hpt vh.p taken ,r conjunction with
the actual fact 81 insurance reduc-
tior nv the treasury dsnartment uron
The hoats which are constantly ex-
nosed there can no NO douh. hat the
submarine successes are materially
an the wane
The most skeptiral may be rut At
ease that the fearful thing AGAINST
which tho greatest minds Of the world
have heen pitted has been virtually
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

John Kerr Branch was one OF the
hundreds who gave the band of West
virginia young men who marched up
Main street yesterday a real. hearty
glad hand. When the line of four
hundred proudly marched to the
plahdtts Of the people. Mr.. Branch
stood IN front of his banking house,
and led the applause which greeted
the youngsters. and which spread all
along the street. even to the corner
occupied by the portly form of Cap
tain Joe thinner. whose mighty hand
clap could be heard a block away.
e That's a crowd Of likely young
sters, commented Mr.. Branch And
Richmond will show them some hos
pitality while they are here, believe
me"
The boys were on their way to the
fair grounds. where they will go into
intensive training in the wartime arts,
under specialists assigned here for
the purpose by Uncle Sam.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

This Citizen Indignantly PROTESTS
Against the Most Recent f0orl- ~
Price BnO@ting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

It is possible that the mass, there
fore, unless # has real awakening,
would. provided the Germans. In the
remote event Of victory. were adroit
enough tn leave them large amount
Of individual liberty, shrus their
shoulder and say Well. guess they
must be right or they couldn't win out
Nothing TO do but come round. Timee
change, anyhow"
This IS an abominsble prospect but
1T IS to be faced Our world. over
here. In the event Of German domino
ton. would be divided into two classes,
can converts and proud rr-reconci'-
ables. For. even In this new and
composite country, there are enough
men and women with high ideals and
inviolate souls to despise race with
ont CLEAN ~ spirrtualItv. OF sports
manahip, of dccency and gooa man
ners in whom cunning has taken the
place Of Intelligence. and that wins
only by driving it's millions Of cowed
suhordinateW to mathematical slaugh-
ter. one cannot event respect such n
race enough to hate II. II Is as II one
had been attacked by a herd OF wild
animals from tho jungle, Those that
escape being devoured may at least
withdraw az far as possible. not re-
mould themselves into a semoIance
OF wild beasts with lust for human
flesh
The Germans will not win, All the
probabilities are against II. Moreover,
If one projects his mind forward it Is
uncomfortable that history can read
that way, The general conditions OF
the world are not what they were In
the fifth century--that is to say. I'M
less the idea grew ihsidiously that it
was the destiny OF the Germanic race
TO win and rule the earth; in other
words that it was the destiny of earth
to revert to the NTH century and be-
gin over again. 1t IL incredible that
eueh a thought should take possession
of any educated mans mind. but the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

trouble is that our famous tand often
siVe) cock-sureness is only bluff As
race we are not really sure of our.
selves We prove that by blindly &C
oepting the European made reputa-
ton and hesitating to create and come
out boldly for our own
Those Of us that think and have the
power to visualize the future must he
on the alert every moment to counter
act this tendency Of an uncrystallized
race TO accept the success of might as
a matter Of course and unconscious1v
adapt itself TO the "inevitahle We
must he known as the IRRECONCIr.-
ARLtS, and If We take a definite un
compromising stand there viii he only
ono resu't-the men Of real courage
who might otherwise look upon a new
future "pbilosophcally" will not only
wake mp under the direct example but
will he ashamed to he reckonod as
mere numbers in the great mass of
sheep or con,jcts. There is no such
insidious lowering Of morale threaten
cd as this. because it is not of Ger
man, Pacthst or Socialist origin. 1t
is born Of common human weakness
and national snobbery The result
will he "A vast mass OF inertia, and only
n party Of slecpless irreconcila bles will
combat and diminish il.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

- Few dayr ago an American whose
1Nnity has been undertaking from the
11tnninF of the world war SAID II
- Germans win ! shall become an
1fsneAiaas convert 70 their kultur,
l1Iu3ng that since they had won
2Dna such fearful odds. and WITH
tocAiiy the whole world lined NJ
oDt them. their theory Of life and
rect must be right and ours
- -
S0uinS from his premises the Ger
fn1e rAos, called the vandsls, that
xna Caui. Spain and Rhome in the
esntury. destroying civilization
on6 works OF southern art pre-
~ vsrs those that happened TO be
~ in tho buried cities Of Her
om11 and Pompa,t--shouA- In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-17

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