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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
FEW SEE SECOND CENTURY
Not Many Claiming to Be over One
Hundred Years Of Age Can
Prove II.

Sea serpents being out of date and
wild men" somewhat exhausted of
interest there comesgthe recent story
Of Kentucky man WIN celebrated tie
I31st anniversary Of his birth by taking
his first motor car ride
When report Of this sort is in
vestigated it usually is found TO lack
proof.
Some years ago, at 4 meeiing OF the
Actuarial Society of America. its
president John X. Gore. said: The
well-known cases of individuals com-
monty believed TO have lived a century
and a quarter aud even much longer
have not IN any instance been yeri-
fed
There is usually temptation to exag-
Eerate the age OF extremely old per
sons; often they do II themselves Not
very long ago man IN England. inter-
ested in the study OF human longevity,
offered $1,000 to any man or woman
living at tie time who could prove
that he or she was 100 years old or
more. There were hundreds of claim
ants, but in no case was irrefragable
proof submitted.
In point of longevity, women are far
ahead of men. generally speaking.
They are more resistant TO diseases
and they live longer. And yet women
are called the weaker SEX, So they
are, muscularly. but it Is manifest that
they are the stronger sex constitution
ally. They possess what biologists
term greater "viability"-a superior
ohiitfy 10 c,,r, $50 VS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
ability to SIR.
arhe Woman VINO led London

One of the most interesting figures
brought into the limelight of publicity
during Englands great railway strike
was Miss E. NJ. Hopwood, now called
pthe woman who fed London" Miss
Hopwood was secretary to- large
commercial firm in the north of Eng
land. and her business ability was so
we'll recognized that when the ministry
of food was organized. she was called
to the service OF the government. She
scored such success In her emergency
warwork that she was appointed at
the beginning of the railway strike as
food distributing officer for the whole
metropolitan area.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
REFUSES TO BE coMFoRTED
Given Remedy for Potato Bug Pest,
pessimlst Digs Up Another
Tal,3 Of Woe.

Kansas City farmer has proposed
a s, heme for doing away with potato
bugs so simple that it seems rIdlcu-
Ious. Perhaps not much dependence is
to be placed In agricultural sugges-
lions offered by Kansas City farmer.
Kansas farmers should command in
slant respect. but we would not be in
clined to have faith in a Kansas City
farmer much more than in Manhat-
tan farmer However. this hint may
Be taken for what 1t is worth. The
Kansas City idea is that all that is
necessary to keep the potato bugs
away is to plant one bean In the hill
with the seed potato. 1t seems that
the bugs hate beans.
Perhaps they do. Anyway. In our
own experience we can testify that
we have never seen potato hugs feed
Ing on bean vines. 1t would be logi-
cal assumption that they will not ven
ture into the presence of beans. So
far as we have observed there has not
been potato bug in our garden this
season. Perhaps. that is because we
did not plant any potatoes. But gar
dens develop or encourage all kinds of
bugs besides potato bugs. That is one
OF the harassing experiences of about
every amateur gardener. And If It Is
not bugs 1t is something else. Just as
you get your garden growing well,
along come a couple Of calves or a
herd of cows and eat off the tops OF
everything. The bovine tribe seems to
have a peculiar fondness for young
corn. Only person with bitter expe.
rience can fully appreciate the sig
nificance of that old nursery appeal to
Little Boy Blue to blow his horn on
account OF the cows being in the corn.
Between the pests that bite the roots
or masticate the leaves and those that
eat or trnmple the plants II is mighty
hard to raise growing things.-F. Fl.
Young In Providence Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
NOTICE

To the Stockholders of Bennington
Park Lawn Cemetery--Notice Is here.
by given that the annual meeting Of
the Bennington Park Lawn Cemetery
will be held at the. Office OF &. L.
Bates in the village of Bennington.
State of Vermont, on Tuesday, January
18th, 1920, at o'clock p. m, for the
purpose of transmitting the following
business:
LIST To hear and consider the re-
ports of the officers of said corpora
ton.
End. To. see what if any dividend
shall be declared on the stock of said
corporation
srd. Election of officers for the en-.
suing year.
4th. To consider II any change shall
be made in the price of lots.
5th To transmit any other business
found proper when met.
H. P. WOODMAN,
Clerk.
Dated at Bennington on the 9Th day
of Jan. 1920.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
Relations Of Presidents.

The religions of the presidents Of
the United States: Washington, Epls-
copalian; ]. Adams, Unitarian; Jeffer.
son. Liberal; Madison, Episcopalian
Monroe, Episcopallan J. Q. Adams,
Unitarian; Jackson, Presbyterian
Van Buren,. Reformed Dutch; William
Henry Harrison, Episcopalian; Tyler,
Episcopalian; Polk, Presbyterian; Tay-
lor, Episcopalian; Fillmore. Unitarian ;
Pierce. Episcopalian; Buchanan. Pres
byterian; Lincoln, Presbyterian; John.
son, Methodist; Grant Methodist ;
Hayes. Methodist; Garfield, Disciples
Arthur, Episcopalian Cleveland. Pres
byterian Benjamin Harrison, presby-
terian; Mckinley Methodist; Roose-
welt, Reformed Dutch; Taft, Unitarian ;
Wilson, Presbyterian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
EXPERT WORKERS IN DEMAND
Great Need for Those Who Are
Capable and Willing to Do
Special Tasks.

"W'hat we need in this country Is
expert workers says woman who
makes smart hats for smart people
and who says business would be very
good II she could get people to work
for her. II hear ii all along the line, "
shc continued. "They say there is a
great needof employment but it can't
be so. for people don't want to work.
want expert finishers and can't get
them. An advertisement won't bring
them. 1t won't bring anyone. They
won't even come to see what you are
willing TO pay for them. Where are
they? don't know. Perhaps the girls
prefer 10 ride up and down in eleva-
tors.
There were some knew who went
during the war to work on gas masks.
but they can't be doing that now,
and don't know where they are. They
made good money and perhaps they
are still spending it. want some
models that am having made in New
York. but have been waiting weeks
and can't get them. l suppose the
others are having the same trouble
that | am. talked with jeweler
the other day and he told me he could
use twenty expert workmen if he codld
get them. He can't do it. He has
found one old man. and that Is the
best he can do. What are we going
to do? People don't want TO do any
careful, expert work. They want to
do something that is quick and easy
and make money doing it."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
no Rreed Rabblts for Thelr Ear.

An organization known as the Be
veren club has been formed In Lon
ton, England, to breed rabbits fol
their fur. The scheme is being run OF
cooperative lines.
The blue Beveren and the Havana
rabbits are the strain which the club
intends to rear. The fur of the blue
,Bcveren Is of lavender blue and is
Pong. .ustrous, fine and silky. That
of The Havana is of rich chocolate
color and is thick, fairly long and
fne.
It is hoped to produce from these
rabbits natural furs the color Of which
Will not fade. -
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
Norway,a Building in London.

The British dominions now have
great buildings in London, where their
activity is centralized and proclaimed
TO the world. SO far no foreign nation
has an establishment Of this kind, but
Norway has acquired Victory house,
CEaring Cross. where Norwegian ac-
tivity in London will be centralized.
The sum paid for the building and
site is $1,125000. the whole amount
being raised by public subscription in
Norway.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
c q g. - e : q
ANNUAL MEETING

Bennington Battle Monument and f4is-
toricaI Association.
The annual meeting of Tho Hem
nington Battle Monument and Histor-
ical Association will be held at the
Office OF Batchelder G. Bates in the
Village Of Bennington on the second
Wednesday in January (the Four
teenth day. 1920 at ten o'clock in, the
forenoon for the election of officers
for the year ensuing and the transact
ton of any other business proper to
be done when met,
Edward L. Bates,
Recording Secretary.
Bennington, VT, pqe.
December 22nd,. 1919.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
nenends on the Result.

Don't you admire determination in
q mans character"
"That depends, II il brings success
praise it as splendid perseverance, ii
failure, denounce it as COMPOUNDED
oSstinucy."-Boston Transcript
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
The man VINO can do Better

with his money than the Companies
can. need not deny life insurance. 1t
isn't the money he has earned, but
the money he will earn If he lives,
which we underwrite. National Life
ms Co. (Afutuaa) Earle Kinsley.
General Agent, Mead Building, Rut-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
NO KICK" IN CASCARETs
They Thoroughly Cleanse Liver and Bowels Without
Gripping or Shaking You Up--ldea Physic

cramping Pills. Tonight take Cas-.
carets and get rid of the bowel and
liveEs poison which vs. keeping yoisuEist
cradle and sick. Cascarets cost little
and work while you sleep
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
Caffeine From Holly Plant.

OuTT~FIIC T1OTIl NTUFTJ FTdNI.
One OF the many species Of Ameri-
'an holly, the one known scientifically
IS "1lex vonltoria." has been found by
chemists 10 contain large amounts of
The drug caffeine. one 10 one and half
per cent being available from the dried,
leayes.-i'opuIar Mechanics Magazines,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09

You want relief-quickly and safe
ly! Then insist on "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" stamped with the "Bayer
Cross"
The name 'Bayer" means you are
getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians fer over eighteen years and
proved safe by mi lions of people.
For few cents you can get handy
tin box of genuine "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin containing twelve tablets.
Druggists also sell larger "Bayer''
packages. Aspirin is the trade mark
of Bayer Manufacture CT Monoacetic-
acidester OF Salicylicacid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09

Modern science is Soup to date that
It insists on calling spring fever the
sleeping sickness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09

Cascarets end billousness, headache,
colds, and constipation so gently
you're never even ihconvenienced.
There is no gripping and none OF the
explosive after-effects of cathartlcs
like calomel, Salts. sickening Oil or
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09

Just at present German helmets ana
iron crosses are rather a drug on the
souvenir market. iar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09

There is shortage of cabbage but
still there is enough, perhaps, to cover
the c0Tned beef.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
4HUNGER STRIKE" NOT NEW
Was Successfully Employed as Far
Back as the Days Of the Early
Roman Empire.

The hunger strike, as q means to
gaining ones end, is not a modern in
stitutiOn. Like so many other things
that relate to personal and national
conduct, it becomes necessary TO bark
back to the old Romans TO find an in
stance of where 1t was successfully
employed.
1t was in 6 B. G. and Tiberius. the
famous general of Emperor Augustus,
was the man who put 1t over with a
dispatch that would have brought
praises from mOderns.
Tiberius was a man Of dignity and
spirit, who represented traditional
conservatism. He was married to
Julia, daughter Of Augustus. widow
of Agrlppa. by whom she had five chill
dren, among them Calus, who figures
In this tale. She was given TO that
luxurious life which was feared by
the philosophers and legislators Of the
time.
While Tiberius was engaged in the
campaign against the Germans, Julia
commenced to cut up with a young
aristocrat. Sempronius Gracious. Au-
gustus had, II years previously,
made law which just fitted her case
and under which she later was ex-
He'd.
Julia not only continued her lax
career but also started on outlining
a political career for Caius, then
fourteen years old. 1t was in direct
opposition to the aims of her husband
that she started a campaign to have
Caius appointed pro-cOnsul and she
worked her propaganda so well that
Augustus was finally compelled to
heed the popular clamor. Augustus
knew at the time that this would be
offensive to Tiberius. but thought he
might smooth it over by giving
Tiberius trlbunician powers and charg-
ing him with subduing a revolt in Ar
menia.
That is where Tiberius baked He
looked upon the whole business as an
insult and demanded permission to re-
tire TO private life. This caused a
clash with Augustus. It was then
Tiberius threatened to let himself die
of hunger. Augustus remained firm
for a while, but being unfamiliar with
the length of time a human being
might go without food, probably not
having heard of the 40-day fast by
Moses, he yielded at the end of the
fourth day of Tiberius' fast. After
the senate had granted the permission,
Tiberius took his departure for Italy
and remained in exile for several
years.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
Rivetlnq Quickly Done.

An electric heater for rivets, de-
signed to take two rivets at time,
mOmentarily breaks the circuit through
the second rivet when the hot one is
withdrawn. The heat is diffused while
a cold rivet is being inserted, and
thus the heating is made more uniform
when the circuit is again completed.
The shanks are heated very evenly
throughout their length, the heads
of larger understanding not quite
so high temperature. Current is
supplied from a shell-type transform
er only while riEets are being heated,
and a switch gives voltage control to
adjust the heat for different sizes.
Rivets up TO five inches in length are
taken without adjustment. The ca
pacity of the heater is IS pounds per
hour, and in continuous operation
from three TO FIVE pounds of rivets
can be heated for each kilOwatt-hOur
of energy consumed.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
Americas Battle Cries.

A writer in the New York Evening
Post. recalling the various battle cries
that have urged forward our armies
in the wars in which our nation has
been engaged. says that in the RevO-
luton the cry was, "NO taxation with
out representation :" in the War Of
1912. Free trade and sailors rights =
in the Mexican war. Remember the
Alamo :" in the Civil war. on the
Union side. ION TO Richmond" on the
Confederate side. "On to Washing
ton.:" in the Spanish war, Remember
the Maine;" in the recent World war.
snake the world safe for democracy. +"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
AIaaka Pleasant DWELLING Place.

Popular conception of Alaska as a
place of snow and ice and almost end
less winter is upset by Andrew J.
Stone. a writer in the Century. who in
describing a stroll through a woodland
path, says eve waded knee-deep
through lupin beds. over acres Of bry-
anthus, buttercups, forget-me-nOts, VIC
lets, bluebells, gentians, geums, asters
and golden rod"
The writer speaks Of ferns six feet
high and of immense forests whose
trees rear 100 feet high and three
feet in diameter, and the general APP
pearance of a trOplc jungle rather
than a wooded area surrounded by
glaciers. The popular conception was
gained. he explained. by a deliberate
propaganda given birth to by the fur
companies who 80 years and more ago
were not at all anxious to have outside
competition in a game that was bring
ing them immense fortunes. The mere
fact that the furs themselves came
from animals known to love cold
helped spread this propaganda, and it
was not until the gold rush that stories
of the real climate and agricultural
possibilities began to trickle into the
States.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
DRUGS DETRIMENTAL TO cow
Experiments at Iowa State College
Show That Alcohol, AIoes, Etc,
Are Harmful.

The use Of drugs with the idea Of
increasing the fat production of test
cows has been tried out by Iowa State
Agricultural college dairy section. In
most cases it was found that drugs
decreased rather than increased the
fat production.
Such drugs as alcohol, castor oil,
pituitrin, aloes, magnesium sulphate,
nux vOmica and sodium chloride were
tried and in all cases they were detri-
mental to the cows. All cows used
were in good normal condition at the
start Of the tests and various sizes of
doses were used.
In some cases it was found that the
flow of milk and butterfat was in
creased Slightly, but this soon fell off
and in the end a decrease was no
ticed.
Up to date no drug has been found
that will increase the butterfat.
Dairymen are strongly advised not to
resort to this method as it Injuries the
cows and is not a fair way to gain q
record.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
coon realized. II stands the highest for
its remarkable record Of success.
An examining physician for one Of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
90 many applicants for insurance are re-
iected is because kidney trouble is 20
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
lions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large. q
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., BinghAmton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
"Ware'S Baby Powder
Saved Our Baby Girl
from DySenteTy"
"A GOd-Send in the most anxious
hour Of our life'' writes Mrs.
W. Il. Platte Of Shreveport.

81 would be an migrate If I didn't write
9 word of praise for Wares Baby PoVi3eT.
It without doubt saved our Io-montls6I
baby girl from dysentery after two cOeeors
had given her up. Words can not EXPRESS
our gratitude for It seemed a Godsend IN
the most anxious hour of our life.'
Thus does Mrs. Plates testimony beaR
out the experiences of hundreds of moth
eTs who have found this simple, harmless
remedy valuable help in cases Of SUMMER
trouble n infants 60c and 81. 20 the tia.i.
age at all druggists Given to babies in Iio-
uid form, mixed with sugar and water, they
love to take It. Write for DR.. Wares book.
let on stomach and bowel troubles-free.
THE WARE CHEMICAL CO.. DaIlaa.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
BEST TEMPERATURE OF MILK
Only Way to Insure Accuracy in Feed
ing Calves Is Thorough Use
Of Thermometer.

MIX as it comes from the COW DOS
sesses a temperature near 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit. When feeding young
calves it is well to be very particular
in regard to this matter. The only
way to insure accuracy in determining
temperature is through the use of a
thermometer. AS calves grow older,
eight to ten weeks of age, the tenn
perature may be reduced to 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit. However, it is al
ways desirable to warm the liquid "a
ton slightly, even for calves six
months of age.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
DAIRY
POINTS
KEEPING MARKET MILK cool
Product Held for Several Hours With
cut Proper Refrigeration Shows
High Bacterial Count.

Generally, the larger numbers Of
bacteria found in market milk when 1t
reaches the consumer are due more to
the multiplication Of the bacteria than
to the original contamination. This
great multiplication occurs because
the milk is not properly cooled during
storage, transportation and delivery.
Just now this fact is Of particular inn
portance to the person having milk
to sell.
Commercial experience confirms the
results of experimental work. Milk
which has been held for several hours
without proper refrigeration nearly
always shows higher counts than fresh
milk from the same source. At a
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
THE BEST YET.

If you have never used Vacher-B Balm,
you don't know how quickly and pleas
antly a cold in the head or soreness
anywhere can be relieved by this harm
less remedy.
Ask your druggist, or send for a free
sample, to e. W. Vacher, inc, New Or
leans, La.
Avoid limitations. Nothing is "just
as good, ADV.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
Something Similar.

Are scientists still trying to learn
the monkey language?" asked MIR. Clip
ping.
81 don't know" said Mr. Dubwaite,
"but If they want to hear a pretty fair
substitute they ought to listen to my
youngest daughter talking to one of
her 'rah-rah' friends over the tele-
pheEe birmingham Age-Herald.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
CALVES DO WELL ON PASTURE
Most Economical Manner of Caring for
Them, but They Must Have Ad-
ditional Attention.

Calves DO very well on pasture and
can be cared for in this manner more
economically than in any other way.
Care must be taken. however. to see
that they receive what additional care
Is necessary. The calves Of today sre
+ tie herds Of tomorrow.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
AIT Run Down
NOWFeeIsFine
EafOnfG Ended
His Troubles

"EatOnic is the only thing have
found to stop my heartburn and I
think it has been a great help lM
nervous SPELLS" writes G.. @. johnson,
An upset stomach may cause lots
Of suffering all over the body. BatOufe
helps in such cases by removing the
cause Of the misery, because it takes
up and carries out the excess acid
and gases and keeps the digestive or
gans in natural working order. A
tablet after meals is all you need. Big
box costs only trifle with druggists
guarantee.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
So unnecessarY

"Why don't you teach that dog to do
some tricks?"
81 have tried" replied the man who
lacks energy. 1.-THE dog won't learn"
mot enough intelligence"
"Too much. can, see by the eS-
preston Of his face that the dog does
not see any more sense in the tricks
than / dO."-Houston Post.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18
FEED cow QUITE LITERALLY
slIage, MangIes, Rutabagas and Other
Root crops-Should Have Abund-
ance Of Feed.

The cow should be fed literally on
succulent feeds, as silage. mangIes, rut-
abagas or other root crops. They in
duce the cow to consume large amounts
of feed. which is desirable. Then, too,
feeds of this kind are very palata-
bic and easily digested.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-18

certain creamery, milk received in the
morning consisted of the previous
nights milk and fresh mornings milk
which were kept separate. During six
summer months, from April to Sep
TENDER, inclusive, 47S samples of the
mornings milk showed an average
bacterial count Of 8OO,O26, while 1856
samples Of milk which had been held
overnight on the farms had an aver
age bacterial content of 24O6,357 bac-
terra per cubic centimeter.