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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

Miss Mary Callahan Of Plttsheld is
visiting her aunt, Mrs, Thomas Green.
THE Call OF Home, Cashier pro.
ductlon, and Century comedy. at
Harte Theatre Monday.
James Kelly arrived Friday evening
from Albany and is spending the day
In town with acquaintance.
We have permanent positions for
IG inspectors and press hands. Phone
AZ, or call at Employment Dept, Allen
A. Co. 1910
Miss Marion Ilundie who has been
spending the week with Miss Dorothy
Evans, returned to New York this
morning
See "The Call OF Home This pic
ture has the greatest food scenes ever
seen on a picture screen. Harte
Theatre, Monday
We have four vacancies for men In
our shipping department. Permanent
inside job Phone A., or call at office.
The Allen A. Co 9TH
Mr., and Mrs. Amos Sawyer have
gone to Bradford, N. H., and Oxford
N. H., their former homes, to spend a
vacation OF two weeks.
Announcement have been received
OF the engagement OF Mss Hilda
Phoebe Tiffany formerly OF this place
to Herbert Stuart Baker, Jr. OF Quincy
Mass.
r. b. Meagher Of Springfield, Mass.
and GeorgeV. Sheppard OF Bridgeport
Conn, who have been spend ne several
days with Mr.. and Mrs John C. Hourar
returned to their homes today.
Vernon, he bennington county horse
breeders association Percheron stall
lion took first money and won the blue
ribbon Wednesday at the Cambridge
fair in the draft horse division for foul
year Odds and over. The horse win
ming second money was kumeaux
from Greenwich, n. Y, an imported
Percheron stallion and cousin to Yer
non, as Their sirCs were half brothers
Miss Mary Lee gave a farewell par
~ Friday evening at her home OF
North street IN honor Of Miss lren
Titus, who will leave Tuesday for A
bany. where she Will enter st Mai
guerite hospital to become children
nurse Miss Helen Rafferty, sang
'solo accompanied by Alice Kearn
at the piano. Miss Titus was presen
. ed a five dollar gold piece and wishe
success In her new endeavor
Among those from Bennington wh
= attended the aero meet at Brattlebor
Friday were: c. S. Perry. Fred
Perry Ralph f. Niles, Emery S. la
ris, Frank r. Howe, Merritt b. Mo
gan, Ralph H. White, Peter Panos an
: Chris Frutrich. The latter four M
tored from Brattleboro to Whitlnghal
to gain some first hand knowledge {
the construction project under way 1
that place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
BROTHERS, HOME

The fact that his supposedly adored
big brother was returning home from
college that day had been carefully
concealed from ten-year.old Tommy
until he came back from school.
Tommy" said his mother, after
her younger son had gone upstairs to
wash his face and the elder had heen
concealed in the pantry, II have big
surprise for you"
81 know what 1t is" replied Tommy
unconcernedy. Brothers back"
"Why, how did you guess that7"
"Cause my money-box won't rattle
any more"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

II | were asked what is one Of the
hest notices for young man to adopt,
| should say BE systematic" There
is nothing like system. 1t should be
evident in everything one does-ln
ones mode of living, in study. and in
buslness.-Sir II. Woodman BurbldRe,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
Had 10 Walk Back.

you are an hour late this morning,
Sam said an employer to his negro
servant,
Eyes, sab, l was kicked by a mule
on my way, sah.'
THAT ought not to have detained
you an hour Sam"
swell, you see, boss, It wouldn't II
he'd only kicked me in this direction;
but he kicked me de other way"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The old-fashloncd critic who used to
froth at the mouth over the daring
"ralny-dalsy" skirt an inch above the
ankle hone now has a daughter who
wears knlckerbockers because they're
more modest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
Early Msdiums Of Exchanne.

Paying for purchase with goods
was practiced by the Egyptians early
In history. Later rings of gold and
also of copper we're used as a medium
OF exchange, these being the forerun-
ners of the earliest coins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The significance attaching to the fact
that the former German crown prince
wants to come back depends upon
how far he wants to come.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
C. w. WRIGHT. M. d.
We, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,

EVE, EAR, NOSE AND 7 HHUN 7,
GLASSES PROPERLY FITTED
OCulist ana Aurist 10 North Adams
hospital. Formerly In charge Of eye
ear. nose and throat services at Post
Hospital. Eastern Department Head
Quarters.
Tel. 372.M. Dowlln Block. No. Adams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

Patience is the ballast Of the soul
that will keep It from rolling and
tumbllng in the greatest storms
Bishop Hopkins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
prompt


Wells Valentine and wife started
Yesterday morning for the Pacific
coast. and from there they will lei
surely journey around the world They
expect to be gone a year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The firm OF Cole and Burt are clos.
Ing their clothing and furnishing
business They are determined to
close their stock in thirty days, and
are making prices that Will move
them off with rush. Now Is your
opportunity to clothe up for the win.
ter. Read their advertisement on the
first page OF this weeks paper
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

Home life is at such q low ebb
because the fapper is always loving
somebody elses father.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The camping party Of the families
OF Col Bennett, II T. Cushman, f..
G. Mattison, H. d. Hal, and friends
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
Blu ton.Maklno Patents.

The Unlfed States patent Office has
Issued moe than 1900 patents for
making buttons
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

J. A. ~ Collins OF New York is
passings a few day with his brother,
Landlord Collins of the Putnam House
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The Bennington Historical Society
he'd It's annual meeting Wednesday
afternoon The Hon Geo. w. Har.
man presided. The officers elected
are; Geo w Hartman, president;
A. Robinson, LIST vice president; A..
b. Valentine 2 nd vice president; j. r.
Shurtleff. Bird vice president. u. l..
Bates recording secretary; II. G. Day
corresponding secretary; l.. H. Alb.
bolt, G. II Darling, II D. Hall. A. j.
Dewey, executive committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

broke camp at Ben -Cuahmatthal Wed
nesday after celebrating the l6 tn in
fine shape.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

william Me Donald of the North
Adams News was here attending the
+, NJ 7 a. b. picnic
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

II. c White secretary gives notice
Of races to be held here next sat
urday, tomorrow on the Mort Bon
nnrton track Tracks are in fine con
dition and the management will be
pleased to see Bennington horsemen
over on that occasion Among the en-
tries is Mr.. Leonards mare hrst
class races called at o'clock p. NJ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

The two year old stallion just sent
to Or Burgess to be trained is by
Pilot Victor He is the son Of Pilot. Jr.
the s're of the dam of Maud S. Jay
Eye See and many other good ones,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
or THIRTY YEARS AGO
Items Of Interest During the Third
Week OF August, 1892 Taken from
tha ReEntnafca pannan

The many friends OF Miss Harriet
d. Harwood, recent graduate Of
Wellesley College viii be; glad TO
learn that she Is recovering from an
attack OF nervous prostraton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-19

corresponding secretary; l.. H. Alb
bolt, G. II Darling, II d. Hall. A. j.
Dewey, executive committee.
Maj l.. 8. Frost has gone into the
fish business and delivers 20 Gus.
toners every Friday. Having been
brought up with this occupation he
knows It thoroughly, and already has
more orders then he can easily fill.
There seems to be an opening for a
fresh fish market here
+. b. Pattersons device for popp.
ing corn is quite unique and is well
patronized these evenings.
Miss Sophronia Collins Is absent
from town for her summer vacation.
Miss Matte Buss accompanies her.
j. c. Colgate Is making number
OF improvements about his grounds
laying out lawns. etc. He made no
mistake when he engaged Martin
Cone for landscape gardner
f. L. Nichols was Frustrated few
days ago with an attack OF cholera
morhus. He was enjoying a vacation
at Charlotte and S wife was sent
, for. He is rapidly improving
Geo. w. lIaff OF Adams, Mass. has
been stopping few days with his
brother A. w Half.
Blueberr,es are quite plenty on Bal
Mountain Augustus Brlflin has solo
I 1000 quarts already.
Mr.. Houghton Rice and family Of
Bennington made a short visite to hel
Il Tiers, George Lane, recently.
Mr.. j G.. Mccullough and daughter
Ella. have joined the yachting party
at Mount Desert, an island in Maine
The Island is one mile from the main
land and has three harbors, Mort
East South West and Bar Harbour
the last OF which is so much note'
as a summer resort
n. c. White. secretary. gives notice
o. races to be held here next Sat
urday, tomorrow on the Nor'' Bon
nnrton track Tracks are in fine con
dition and the management will b.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Famous PAINTING in Boston.

In the busiest part of Boylston
street, in a little room over some
stores, visitors to Boston are some
times taken to see a strange combina-
ton of a sacred shrine and artistic
studio. The room, says the New York
Mail is scarcely large enough for half
a dozen people to stand up in and a
large part of one wall is taken up by
a picture which is known as '"The Lost
Raphael" 1T is Madonna and
Child"-a very beautiful picture be-
yond question, and religiously believed
BY it's discoverer and owner, as well as
by a great many other people, to be
the authentic work of Raphael. The
owner is named Duffy.
Mr.. Duffy is a man of artistic cult
walton, who literally has devoted his
life to this picture since his discovery
of it. He sits by it all day long and is
willing to discourse about it at great
length. In his little studio he has re-
ceived many distinguished visitors, all
Of whom, he says, believe in the au-
thenticity of the picture. On the book
where his visitors register their names
are the signatures of the king Of the
Belgians and the king of Siam. There
are a great many people who have a
superstitious veneration for the pic
ture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
IIIIIIII


The pretender succumbed; he In
stantly dismounted, being out-shouted
and overawed. On foot he took his
place in the ranks, while Ramsey be-
came sternly vociferous. Intention,
company! Farwud march Column
right! Right-showdler harms Halt!
Far-wud march. Carry harms"
The army went trudging away I'M
der the continuous but unheeded fire
of orders, and presently disappeared
round a corner, leaving the veteran
chuckling feebly under his walnut tree
and alone with the empty street. All
trace of what he had said seemed to
have been wiped from the grandson's
mind; but memory has curious ways.
Ramsey had understood not fifth nor
tenth of his grandfather's talk, and
already he had forgotten" all Of it
yet not only were there many, many
times In the boys later life when,
without ascertainable cause, he would
remember words and sentences spoken
by the grandfather, though the lis
tener, half-drowsily, had heard but the
sound of an old, earnest voice-and
even the veterans meaning finally
took on a greater definiteness till It
became, in the grandson's thoughts,
something clear and bright and beauti-
full that he knew without being just
sure where or how he had learned 1t.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21

pronounced, for he had succeeded in
thinking. "Well, they didn't know they
couldn't, did they?" he argued. '"They
thought they were goin' to win, didn't
they?
"Yes; 1 guess they did. But you
see they were wrong"
"Well, but" Ramsey struggled.
Listen! Listen here, Grandpa Well,
anyway, If they never got scared we'd
win, and nobody got scared they'd win
well, don't see"
''You don't see what?"
But Ramsey found himself unable
to continue his concentration. "Oh,
nothin' much" he murmured.
II see." And his grandfather laughed
again. you mean: If the Johnnies
felt just as sure Of winning the war
as we did and kept winning battles,
why shouldn't we ever have had any
doubts we were going to VIM That's
1T, isn't it?"
Il guess so, Grandpa"
"Well, / think it was mostly because
we were certain that we were right. "
81 see," said Ramsey. "The Johnnies
knew they were on the side of the
devil" But at this, the grandfather's
laugh was louder than 1t had been be-
fore, and Ramsey looked hurt. "Well,
you can laugh If you want to!" he
objected in an aggrieved voice. "Any-
way, the Sunday school sup'intendent
told us when people knew they were
on the devils side they always"
IT dare say, dare say" the old man
interrupted, a little impatiently. "But
in this world mighty few people think
they're on the devils side, Ramsey.
The South thought the devil was Oh
our side, you see."
"Well, that kind o. mixes it all up
more'n ever"
Suppose you look at 1t this way :
The South was fighting for what it
believed to be its right to be coun-
try by itself; but we were fighting for
Liberty and Union, now and forever,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
CHAPTER II

Ramsey Milholland sat miserably In
school. his conscious being consisting
principally of a dull hate. TorpOr
was a little dispersed during fifteen
minute interval of Music" when he
and all the other pupils in the large
room Of the give B. Grade" sang re-
peatedly fractions Of what they enun-
ciated as 1.-THE Star Span-guh-hulled
Banner; but afterward he relapsed
into the low spirits and animosity nat
ural to anybody during enforced con-
fnement under instruction. No allevia-
ton was accomplished by an invaders
temporary usurpation of the teachers
platform, brisk and unsympathetical-
ly cheerful young woman mounting
thereon to "teach German"
For a long time mathematics and
German had been about equally re-
pulsive to Ramsey, who found himself
daily in the compulsory presence of
both; but he was gradually coming to
regard German with the greater hor-
ror, because, after months Of patient
mental resistance, he at last began to
comprehend that the German language
has sixteen special and particular ways
of using the German article CORE
spending to that flexible bit of a word
so easily managed in English-the.
What in the world was the use Of
having sixteen ways Of doing thing
that could just as well be done in one?
If the Germans had contented them
selves with insisting upon sixteen use
less variations for infrequent words,
such as hippopotamus, for instance,
Ramsey might have thought the affair
unreasonable but not necessarily vi
cious-it would be easy enough to
avoid talking about a hippopotamus
if he ever had to go to Germany. But
| the fact that the Germans picked out
a and the and many other little words
in use all the time, and gave every one
Of them sixteen forms, and expected
Ramsey Milholland to learn this dizzy
ing uselessness down to the last
crotchety detail, with "When to employ
| Which" as nausea to prepare for the
| final CONFUSION when one didn't use
Which, because it was an Exception"
there was a fashion of making easy
matters hard that was merely hellish.
The teacher was strict but enthu-
siastic; she told the children, over and
over that the German was beautiful
| language, and her face always had a
glow when she said this. At such
times the children looked patient; they
supposed it must be so, because she
was an adult and their teacher; and
they believed her with the same man
ner of believing which those of them
who went to Sunday school used there
when the Sunday school teachers were
pushed into explanation Of various
matters set forth in the Old Tesla
ment, or gave reckless descriptions of
heaven. That is to say, the children
did not challenge or deny; already
they had been driven into habits of
resignation and were passing out Of
the age when childhood is able to re-
ject adult nonsense.
Ramsey Milholland did not know
whether the English language was
| beautiful or not; he never thought
about it. Moreover, though his deeper
inwards hated German" he liked his
German teacher, and it was pleasant
to look at her when that glow came
upon her face.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21

one and inseparable.' There's the rea-
son we had the certain knowledge that
we were going to win the war. How
plain and simple it is !"
Ramsey didn't think SO. He had be-
gun to feel bored by the conversation,
and to undergo the! oppression he AS
ually suffered in school. The earnest
old voice of the veteran was only a
sound in the boys ears.
Boom" The veterans had begun
to fire their cannon on the crest of the
low hill, out at the cemetery; and from
little way down the street came the
rat-a-tat Of toy drum and sounds of
fife played execrably. A file of chill
dren in cooked hats made of newspa-
pers came marching Importantly up
the sidewalk under the maple shade
trees; and in advance, upon a veloci-
pede. rode a tin-sworded parsonage,
shrieking incessant commands but not
concerning himself with whether or
not any military obedience was there
by obtained. Here was a revivifying
effect upon young Ramsey; his slug
gard eyelids opened electrically; he
leaped to his feet and, abandoning his
grandfather without preface or apollo
gy, sped, across the lawn and out of
the gate, charging headIong upon the
commander of the company.
"You get off that 'locipede, Wesley
Benderp he beloved. "You gimme
that sword! What rights you got to go
bein' captain o. my army, I'd like to
know! Who got up this army, in the
first place, I'd like to know! I did,
myself, yesterd'y afternoon, and You
get back in line or I won't let you
blong to 1t at all y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
SHELLS USED FOR WINDOW PANES

up by the Filipinos, under American
direction, into lamp-chade frames in
most pleasing shapes.
1t seems that it might find limited
application in furniture as in cabinet
door inserts or medallions In panels
in wood or metal screens where the
vision but not the light is to be barred
But the greatest use of this curl
ously beautiful shell would seem to
lie in the domain Of the lighting fix,
ture and lamp industry, where effects
can be produced by transmitted light
in sure and most charming manner
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be Just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this Observation-Disclosures.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Attitude Of the President.

The same men say that the Presi-
dent, of course, desires that a Re
publican congress shall be reelected,
but that he also desires that the people
should know the real facts in the
legislative case, and should be led into
a willingness to vote for continued Re
publican control of congress, not
through misrepresentation, but through
a knowledge of what the administra-
ton considers to be existing facts.
Report has it that President Har-
ding will make no political speeches
during the congressional campaign
Friends of the administration say that
this determination has been made be-
cause the President does not wish to
carry before the country any differ
ences which he may have with his
party in congress. In case of disaster
at the polls he might be accused of
having Inadvertently helped the Demo
Gratis.
The Democratic leaders are pleased
over the present situation. They say
the President does not care to stump
the country because he believes he
would be heckled on the results of the
international conference, and or the
differences between him and the Re
publicans in congress on the subjects
of the bonus for former soldiers and
the great reductions proposed in the
personnel of the army and navy.
ApriI for D. A. r. and Children.
April in washington is the month
of the school children and of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution. Grammar and high school pu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
ORIGINAL RIVALS"

A rival was originally any person
who used the same stream. AS expe-
rience shows, there is no such fruitful
source of contention as a water-right.
Neighbors would be often at strife
with one another in regard of the
period during which they severally had
q right to the use of the stream turn
ing it off into their own fields before
the time: leaving open the sluices be-
yond the time; or in other ways inter-
fering with the rights of each other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Effectively Employed in the Philippines
and Might BE Made Useful in
This Country.

The placenta shell, found in abund-
ance in the southern Philippine
islands, offers unique, practical and
decorative resource in home adorn-
ment, says Good Furniture Magazine.
Being fairly fiat and roughly cir
cular, translucent and up to three
inches in diameter and about one
sixteenth inch thick, the placenta shell
serves the better class of Filipino
house In place Of glass. The strong
tropical light Is pleasingly modified
as it passes through the shell-panes
held together by wooden strips or
lead bands.
Decoratively, the shell should find
many uses 1t is already being worked
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Honex and Wax in church Ritual.

Honey and wax were early believed
to have medicinal and magical prop
critics, and were, of course, used for
sacrifcial purposes. Their ritual value
is apparent also in the Christian cult,
for honey was formerly given to babies
during baptism, and the tapers in
churches today are supposed to be OF
pure bees wax.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Different.

Chafrman-Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Discordant will sing "Only Once
More"
Green-Oh, thank goodness for that
she can't sing a bit!
Chairman Coming forward again)-
Ladies and gentlemen, instead Of
singing "Only Once More" Miss Dis
cordant will sing Forever and Ever"
Collapse Of Green.-London Tit
Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Attentive Listener.

81 hope you were a nice girl at the
party, Dorothy, and paid attention to
what was said.'
"Oh, yes, mamma. l listened all the
evening to one person talk"
who was talkingT
81 WaS.''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21
Limited Rule.

"Belleve yourself happy and you are
happy" says writer. Unfortunately.
that rule doesn't work when a man
thinks he is wise, for then ne is other
wise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-04-21

So it was that rivals" came to be ap-
piled to any who were in competition
with one another.