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Show rr-lf.r to Run Than to Stop. .e a number of years ago there .i! In Bennington, Vt., several "thy gentlemen who weighed over noundi each. They were very I y, and would meet two or three rnlngs a week to tell stories and . .avo a ood time. Finally one of hem pioiosed that they organize a azy iron's club, and that no man elghlng less than 250 pounds could Join It. The vote- was unanimous In tavor of this, nnd rules and bylaws .vero adopted. Tv.o of tho heaviest members of the lub wero Enos Adani3, a prominent .mnufacturer, and Oliver Ayres, who ach tipped tho beam at 300 pounds, vlth James B. Meachcnm, a leading awyer, a closo third. One day Mr Ayres was seen going down n small llll adjacent to the village in n sort of shuffling trot. He wns complained of by another member, arrested, arraigned ar-raigned and promptly "tried." His defense was that It was harder work to hold back than to run, and he was at once acquitted. |