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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14

In some towns the listers are not
the most popular members Of the
community after turning in their
quadrennial appraisal. In one town
member Of the board started on a
western trip, reporting $500 miles In
ten days. indicating the measure OF
his desire to put long distance be.
tween himself and the town where he
had served.-St Johnsbury Caelon.
ian.
Certain colleges in this country and
iR. Europe have long followed a cusr
tom Of exchanging professors IN order
that both students and instructors
might have the benefit OF a compari
son OF ideas and wider discussion.
Perhaps this method might be adopt.
ed to advantage in the making Of
quadrennial appraisals Bennington
listers might exchange with newport
brattleboro with St Adams, Bellows
Falls with Richford and Springfield
with Eighgate To be sure, the i'm
proyements in Vermont highways
and the general use of automobiles
have placed every town in the state
within strik ne distance Of every 9th
or town and the separation might not
hA sufficient to accomplish the dc
sired immunity. Likewise the pro.
gram as outlined might provide an
unfair advantage for listers exchane.
ing with officials in communities
north OF st, Adams. for no aggrieved
taxpayer would risk driving through
the streets of that city to make a
complaint Il Swanton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1922.

A fourth supplementary motion
was made at pedham, Massachusetts
Monday in an effort by counsel for
Nico'a Sacco and Bartolomeo Van.
zetti to obtain new trial for the two
men who We're convicted twenty.nine
months ago of numbering a paymast.
err in an attempted holdup. The
crime was one OF the most delber
ate, cold-blooded murders on record,
a Staying with no other motive than
the acquisition of the funds in the
possession Of the victim at the time
he was killed. The men charged with
the paymaster's death were tried and
convicted by jury but sentence has
heon deferred while time moves on
into the tn I'd year In an apparent
effort to create widespread intimida.
ton in this country. attempts have
been made upon the lives of Ameri
can consular officials in Europe to
whom threatening letters have been
gEitten presumably by radicals who
evidently believe that such tactics
will influence the course of justice in
the United States 1t is highly prob.
able that these makers of bombs and
internal mach mes are congratulatng
themselves upon the success OF their
efforts. A lapse of twenty.nne
months after conviction would Ger.
tainly have a tendency to create such
an impression in the added minds Of
those responsible for the outrages IN
Lisbon and Paris. Some pos tive
move in the Sacco and Vanzetti cases
a new trial or sentence, would
materially help to remove some OF
the reflection that is ever being cast
by the minimizing upon the integrity
OF our criminal courts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
Odd and Interesting

The highest clouds reach ten miles
above our heads.
Sixty five cents a year Is the aver
age wage paid house servants in
Tibet
During a thunderstorm the safest
place to be is in train, with bed
as a good second.
The company operating the omnibus
lines in London pays a million dollars
year in licenses for It's vehicles.
In early times the diamond was
credited with the power OF guarding
its wearer from poison, in anity and
tim.d ty.
The weight of the Great Pyramid
Of Egypt has been eatimatcd at 5000,
900 tons.
Dutch girls and boys dress much
alike until the age Of seven; at ten
years old the lads wear clothes Just
like father
A cripple begging on prominent
New York street corner was noted
to receive money from sixteen people
within five minutes. lin.
In many parts Of China when a son
loses his father or wife her hus-
band thoy go into mourning by wear
ing old ard dilapitated clothes
If all the people in New York city
decided to stop overnight at a hotel
II would be necessary to put four or
more guests in every room In every
hotel in the United States
Bees are very jealous of their
queens; she is to them the very soul
OF the hive. She can stop any squad
bling among the bees by means Of a
peculiar humming noise that she
makes.
Up to the tygar 1929, all criminals
In England wore brandeds as wen as
gypsies and vagabonds, but after that
year deserters from the army and sold.
iers who were VIGOROUSLY bad char
acters were so marked
The death rate III children in China
owing to their having no cows milk,
is so great that they are not buried
separately, A tower is built over a
large vault, with a hole on one S de
Tor boys and one on the other for
girls, and the children after being
rolled in clo'i and mating, are pitch
ed in.
Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhod.
esia, Is buriedo the top Of a hill in
SouthAfrica called.Matoppo. 1t is sa i'd
that there, is h s earlier daysyhe used
to climb and dream of the future of
the vast country spread at his feet,
and that even then he determined that
that should be his burial place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
Digestive Ciroc.

Ny scnco Ct taste impels my jaws
TO chew without a question
All sorts of things 1t knows viii
cause
My innagds Indigestion
1t erins and gigg,cs when below,
Ny patient stomach labors
And CHS and muttcrs in !ts woe
They are not kindly ueighbors
My stomach DER It's bitter fate
Cries plaintiye.y 10 pain
About the sort OF tn ug | ate
hear and eat again.
] hear, and swear a solemn vow
TO ease it of its sorrow;
won't begin to Diet now.
But wll start tomorrow
swear that henceforth ] VIII he f.
gant OF recutude.
Iu there's a plot alurins me
Away from wholesome fOo..
My palate tonsils, tongue and teeth
Have formed a league of nations
And with my stomach far beneath
Hold badly strained relations.
AIthough.my tummy weep and pray
For mix and Cruel of oats,
They feed it pastry Oh, the way
My epiglot,is gloats'
Ny phsr INK ,iucssrs in Ms See
}And hurrics one and all al aF s
Rich toothsome yands into me.
1t does not Caie at al
It does not care the least of bits
About my gastric juice
Or u my sad pylous sits
And mutters What's the usc?"
"Ah, woe alas alackaday!'
My ipnhelium means;
THAT tongue, those teeth how cruel
are they
They eat ard pick the homes.
They have no thought o. how the
stuff
They load upon me serves
The nner man They're awful rCngh
On rneuniogastric nerves,
Triumphanty my jaws take hold;
rehduuy they chew,
They do net hear my rcpsin scold.
My mucous membrane new
Within myself my stomach meek
Bears patiently the odium,
And yealns for rhubarb pills and ckc
Btcarhonate of sodium.
=, .t i.l-.. ........,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14


In the death of Dean Pearl Randall
Wasscn the University Of Vermont
has suffered an rreparahle loss She
was qualif ed for the posito of dean
OF women by natve,ability az well as
education and temperament and deli,
cate tact which enabled her t. deal
with difficult situation happily She
not only poescsscd all of these and
other quaht.cat ous but she also knew
Vermont and loved il. THIS affection
for her native state embraced the
youth of the Green Mountain State
and she wa able to enter fully into
the young lives with whom she came
into contact She also loved nature
and .njnved tho tang of the forest as
well as the beauties of our eyer.yary.
ine Vermont landscapes.
Mrs Wa-son was cho ce shirt. and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
vermonts Aviation Accidents

Jealous efforts to promote aviation
"a vermont have n5d aard bow iu
the succession of accidents which II
three weeks have destroyed seven
lives yet when lairly cons dered this
melancholy record need not cause
discouragemqnt The acc dents we're.
not seven but ouly three. and OF tie
three one was due % the failure OF
q parachute 10 open ia drop from
a la loon, and In no way concerned
dying The accident which few
hours earlier xii ed l. cut Maynard
and his two associates Is attributed
to an attempt at tail .spin With
too little altitude for recovery at
all events t was a direct result of
trick flying This leaves but one az.
cident, that of August rs. to the ac
count of normal aviation. and even
n this case it is thought that moth.
ing serious woud have happened IT
the pane piloteds1@ Hgshes had not
struck AZ liye HIfea
Paiachutes IA connection with bal.
looms have been used nee the 18TH
century. aud Ions before nling be-
gan they We're a POPULAR feature at
fairs The risk is nos very great.
but occasional iy the big umbrella
fails to open IN time. and a fatal
accident results; 1t is unfortunate
that the death OF daredevil" cmlth
at the Rutland Fair should have
NAanaFr.l
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
'TrOniIcd Yenst Has Cleared Ny skin
Quickly and GlOriouslyw

IL rich with instrumentation
This recipe of Nature, "lronized
Yeast" rs now being used by thou
sands OF men and women with start
ling, yet perfectly natural, results.
IL gives you st-yitamincs-irou-
lied, containing iron I'm the form In
which II exists in tho human body.
IL Is not mere mixture of yeast
and iron. but ig yeast iroUized, which
Is Substance an hy itself Muddl-
ness. that great beauty rohbor. gives
way TO lily-purity which nothing
else on earth can produce. Pimpleg.
hlackhcads, spots. eruptions2 They
become practically an imposaibility!
Rosy checks, irmer and younger
looking skin, rose-pctal purity. yei-
Ncty softness, ALL natural. Imagine
such a skin further brautihed by
your favorite cream and powder.
To think of il Is lovely TO have
IT, modern miracle Begin taking
Honized Yeast today There IS only
one Ironized Yeast in the world sold
by all druggists at 81 100 a package.
Each package contains GO tablets.
each tablet is scaled. They never
lose their power. Mfd only by
IroniZed Yeast Co. Atlanta, Ga. Get
ready 10 be suprcmcly happy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers of the NIilnge o.
Bennington
Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection As follows 81 ~
on the dollar for the Village Tax. 20
cents on the dollar for the Highway
Tax, on the Grand List of 1929.
| hereby demand payment Of said
taxes, and notify you that will attend
at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from o'clock a. m. until 2
o'clock y. m
There will he discount OF per
cent on Village Tax II paid within 30
days.
G. II DEWEY. TREASURER.
Remington. VT, August !. 1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
NOTICE
10 the Taxpayers ot the Town of BEN
nIngfOn

TO the Taxpayers ot the Town of BEN
RingtOn
Rate Bill vi .pS 4vNn Taxes of lg2g
has been placed III my hands Tor col
lection as follows $3.50 on the dollar
for The Town Tax, 20 cents on the dol :
lar for the Town Highway Tax, $500
Ppi the dollar Tor The Town District
School Tax
hereby demand payment Of said
taxes and notify you that will attend
at the Bennington County Savings
Bank from o'clock a. IN until 3
o'clock ,. m.
There viii be a discount OF per
cent on Town Tax II paid within 90
days,
C. II DEWEY. Treasure,
Bennington. VT. August /. 1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14

in aviation. let it find It's Wass ar.
kuppe oG er some pres, and neXt
year beat the German records The
Wa serkuppe committee had $500
Of which $500 went FOR prizes and
5000 TOR expenses This shows that the
new sport which has caused sa much
excitement is matter ct Sc enee
and Skill rather than Of money Whi.h
OF Nermont's splendid green slopes is
10 make the Mecca OF AVIATION?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14
IEOnized Yeast \
Brings Marvellous
Beauty TO Skin
Science Now Proves How Com
plexion 10 Quickly Bea1tiGed
Through the Blood

There 10 nothing In the world to-
day which is producing such som
Hatlon as this simple discovery
Pick out anyone who has healthy
rosy checks and a rayishingly beau
tlful complexion, and you hayo
picked out an individual whose blood
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-14

DR.. NARDINES Remedy promptly
dispels Catarrah, Hay Fever, Bron.
ch tbs, cold in head and lungs, at
busy druggists or send -S25 for trial
box. Nardine Medical Co. Inc, John
son City, n. Y.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

and some Nof them are so innocent
looking that they would fool q crow.
They talk about this being . free.
law-abiding country! Why. II We
happen to build nest in the nap OF
an awning. away up out OF every
body's way. they are liable any min
ute to let 1t down. spilling nest. babies
and all right down on the pavement.
They think no more Of killing US than
they would a mosquito. and a whole
family OF US may be murdered In cold
blood. whatever that il. and the next
morning there won't be a line In the
papers about 1t. And then. We can
work a whole week bringing rags.
grass and feathers, and mako a love-
ly nest in a gutter. or In the fancy
work over a window. and I'LL 1t chuck
full Of eggs or little squashy babies.
and along will come q man with .
pole or q broom handle and push II
out. breaking the eggs or killing the
babies. even after we tell them over
and over again that We made 1t. and
lit belongs to US. Some seasons w
have so many nests destroyed that
we don't succeed in raising more than
a dozen or so children. when BY
rights, we should be able to show
thirty-five or forty. My wife gets %
DISCOURAGED sometimes that she say.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

she feels like flying down in the street
and letting one of those car wheels
with chains on 1t run over her. and
end It all. And that's enough to keep
me worried all the time. knowing how
she feels about II. They actually try
to prevent Us from getting anything
to eat. and II We venture in a yard
where chickens are being fed they
shoe Us away. and throw stones. clods
and old shoes ut us.
In the schools the children are
taught that they must be kind to the
birds, and must never harm any OF
the dear little feathered folks'-ex-
cept English sparrows! You kno"
what boys are anyhow. and you can
imaxins how. they treat US. when
their teachers tell them it Is all
right to kill and MAIN the English
sparrows. Even the other birds have
a spite against our folks. and many
l. the time an old bluejay has given
mo a peck that hurt for days. Bu'
moat Of them don't fight VI: they d
vhat IL worse. They turn up theil
hills. as they have to separate thei'
nose to elevate. when we try to 81
sociable, and ny away. as mucn as 4
.sv. I'VE don't care to cultivate YOU
acquaintance, Mr.. Sparrow" TIL
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

do on her ninth birthday. She wanted
to ret out on the grass and play! But
would . cousin to . princess b. al
lowed to dothat7
"Oh. I know what I should Ike
above all things!" she cried in the
formal sounding words little girls used
then. II should love to walk on the
grass outside the castle and to play
and pick the flowers In the meadow"
"But Geraldine!" exclaimed her
mother In surprise. you daily Walk
on the garden paths and the flowers
In the meadow bloom wiid-would q
princess cousin care to bother with
those?"
"Oh. Mother" answered the little
girl. II see them from my window and
they are 80 blue and so yellow. /
love them. And the grass outside the
castle is 80 green and fresh."
..Then you shall have your wish, !"
said her mother. ION your birthday
you shall nut away your embroidery
and all day long you shall play whore
you like outside the castle. Only some
one must be near you to see that no
harm >bssalls YOU"
Every day of that whole week I'll,
her birthday. Geraldine thought Of
what she would do when the day
came. And she could hardly wait till
the next Thursday rolled around.
Bright and early she was up feed.
ing her birds at the window. Ne,
once was she to see her smbroidery-.
that had all been carefully put out Of
sight the evening before.
After breakfast her mother sent "a,
her and together they walked ont n
the meadow that sloped down from
the great castle. While her mothe,
and the maids who came With her Ga
under a tree. Geraldine ran out int,
the warm June sunshine.
"Oh!" she exclaimed happiIv 4.
she spread cut her arms in the sun
shine, Il love you all! l love you all
Flowers, birds. clouds!' Then she u
to work picking the daisies and but
tercups and bluebelis she had see
from her tower room.
And though as Geraldine grew u
she had many happy birthdays. eel,
brated with gorgeous parties IN
great balls. she always said that nor
were half as much fun as the or
spent exploring the meadow IN
walking, for the first time in her lif
in the open.
: Doesn't it seem funny when We r
member how easy It IL for Us to go (
picnics. that years ago. walking o.
K Of doors was such an unusual thiI
for a little princess cousin?>
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

a medicine closet or q shaving
case this cabinet should DO
welcome addition to any
household not already pro-
svided.
Select clear, straight grained ma
tteriai OF which to make the caoihse'
Work both ends together to be sure
they are exactly alike. ana SQUARE
upon the top and bottom edges. VI
the case will not be square wnic"
, will cause trouble in fitting the ooor:
Make rabbet at d to receive oach.
shelf C il to be grooved In. the srooss
should be made now. also inc
holes k for the screw eyes which ae
to support the shelves as they cannon
be done so easily after the case u
+ fastened together. The Partition OF
shelf maybe srooved in II the best
Is desired but 1t will do quite ~ Wen
II it is cut square and nailed in place.
Fit is grooved a shoulder should be
cut at the joint As indicated IN tne
section A by dotted lines. BE caretu'
In setting the case up that It Is ex-
actly equal distance between the sides
at top and bottom 30 that the braves
and door may be fitted easily. Natl
the top and bottom In place. push tne
partition In from the back II u
grooved in and nall the back In place
10 hold the cabinet square.
Make the dra wer. fitting the IRON
corners as Indicated in section O
drawer and cutting back between IN
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16e LITTLE PRINCESS

"Your father has had report Of you
each week and he has seen how dill
gent and industrious you have been. I"
Geraldine blushed a rosy red. Praise
was very unusual and never had. she
had such words said to her before.
Down in a corner Of her heart she felt
4 bit uncomfortable. Did her mother
know that many times when her. nm
gers had been working hard and we'll.
her thought had been out OF doors?
Did her mother suspect that many
times when she was feeding the birds.
like \ cousin to the princess should.
She had been wishing that she va.
free to fly about a they we've? Should
she ten? Her mother had been .
little girl once. maybe she knew nov
it felt; maybe
But Geraldine's mother vas talk
ing.
"Your birthday comes next week
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
to word
spelled CAPITAL that colorJ

plump little wrists. She had BLUE
socks with a little bow of PINK at
the top.
"Maty's hair IL just like mine." said
Teddy. nodding his BROWN locks.
But Dolly's is like yours. SUSIE.
And Cherry's is BLACK as every
one can see." said Mary. Hasn't she
pretty BLUE dress on. Her sash
and the bands about her dress are
PINK. so are the flowers In her hair
and on her Dress"
"Dolly's dress Is pretty, too." said
Susie May. That's PURPLE feath.
er in her YELLOW hat. 1t matche.
her PURPLE and GREEN striped
dress. Her sash is YELLOW and hel
socks are PURPLE with YELLOW
ribbons and shoes."
shes lovely!" cried Teddy. admir-
ingly. How do you like Fidoi
dress2.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! He's all dressed
up in a GREEN ribbon!" cried Mary
gleefully But look at Teddy's suit
IT'S GREEN. TOD. but he has REL
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

~ NOE upon 4 time, many. many I
years ago. . little girl named
Geraldine lived In . beautiful
~ castle. Maybs Xolks now-a-dsys |
would think u wonderful fun to live
10 q castle and to b . cousin to . |
princess but Geraldine sometimes
grew very tired Of II. TO Be sure she
didn't mind there being 70 nice white
bath rooms with hot and cold water
and pretty. shining faucets (castlss
never had bath rooms you know. b.
cause Geraldine had never seen or
, heard Of such thints In all the eight
Years of her life. She didn't MIND
that there were no elevators and that
she had 10 laboriously climb up the
long. long flights Of steep stairs that
led to her own little room up In the
tower. Geraldine had never heard OF
elevators because there were none IN
those days SO why should she tnink OF
4 them? And she didn't MIND aiways
staying n home and never having the
fun of a trip because princesses AL
ways had stayed at homo and anyway.
little girls didn't look well. or iolks
thought they didn't. riding big hoSses
and horse back was the only way iolks
travelled in those far on days.
But the thing that made Geraldine
tired Of being a princess was having
to stay in the castle all the time ana
having to be so very. very particular
about her manners. Manners. espe-
cially a girls manners were very I'M
portant when Geraldine was little
girl. she couldn't run. little giris
didn't run, and anyway. their dresses
we're 40 long It's doubtful whether
thew could run even II they had been
allowed to. They couldn't speak un'
less spokep to and then. only Yes
madam" and mo, madam" or the
like which you can see would soon se'
very stupid.
But don't think Geraldine never hat
a good time. Oh. but she did. oni!
she tired of staying VI 20 mucf
ana. Of being so proper just a. an!
little girl would.
one Of her very favorite amusement
was feeding the birds. The one win
dow in her room had wide syn
vindow sill and on that sill ever
single morning. Geraldine sprea'
crumbs for the birds. The birds kne,
! the breakfast was for them and the
J came In great numbers. They ate an
chartered and chartered and ate An
Geraldine became well acquainte
with each one.
Here, you great black one? sh
would say. sternly. don't you see 70
have had three bites while this littl
fellow has had but one? Wait you
turn now and let others have
chance!" And she would put out he
| hand and hold the blackbird gent
till the hitler birds got bite or tw'
He didn't seem to mind for he ha
u been coming to that window sill fe
= his breakfast for so many weeks t..
u he knew perfectly we'll there woul
4 be enough for all even though he d.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

have to wait whom the little lady held
him back.
After the birds were fed. Geraldine
hsd 1essons. Not interesting &C.
ography and nature study and all the
things folks study In school today.
Dear me no! She studied reading
out Of the Bible which vas interesting
enough. but not the least like reading
today. For she didn't have y book,
the verses were read to her and she
had to commit them and then say
them back. verse after verse and sv-
cry word just right.
But her principle lesson was en-
broidsry. For It was thought very
very necessary that q cousin to 4
princess should know how to do beau.
tiful embroidery. The sewing was fas.
tened in . small wooden frame and
was held on a rack In front OF the
little girl And for long hours At
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

sides which must be grooved near
the bottom edge to receive the bot
tom a. at q In fitting the drawer
be sure 1t is not made too small Tor
that Is the greatest danger.
In making the door cut the stilcs i"
longer and ~ wider than needed.
The rails should be cut the exact
length but V" wider. and placed so
the glass opening Of the door will
be the required size. BY doing this
the outside Of the door will be
enough larger than the space It Is to
MI to allow It to be fitted. for like
the drawer. the danger In making a
door of this sort 10 that It will be too
small II made by working each piece
10 given size separately: instead the