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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-02-05

A Fourth of February is almost gone.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Probate Business OF The Week.

Sept. 20. Estate of Harriet &.
Ordway, Norwich: Comrs' report
returned.
Estate of Edward X. Baxter,
Sharon: Inventory returned.
Estate of John H. Cobb, Barnard Z:
Admx. applies for license to sell
real estate. Hearing Oct. s2.
Estate of Mansel Hessclton,
Bridgewater: Comrs' report re-
turned.
Sept. 30. Estate of Edward T.
French, of Barnard: License grant
for sale of real estate.
Oct. 1. Estate of William D.
Clough, Norwich, intestate: In
ventory returned.
Estate of Sumner D. Chilson.
Royalton: CeHrs' report returned
Estate of Frederick Billings: Exr,
and admir-. ordered to settle Oct. 26.
Sanford B. Signor, Woodstock,
insane: Order made that he be
supported at state asylum.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Petition for Divorce.

STATE OF VERMONT! Whereas, Dora
WINDSOR COUNTY, So. I B. Jordan of
Bethel, w.. has duly filed her petition to
the County Court, setting forth her legal
marriage to William H. Jordan of Charles
town, in the State of Maine. that she hath
resided for three years in the State of Ver-
mont, that she la, h kept the marriage cove
nant. but that the said william H. hath
violated the same. for that he hath wilfully
deserted the petitioner for three consecu-
tive years; wherefore the petitioner prays
for bill of divorce from the said William
H.:
And whereas it appears that said William
H. is without this State. so that the sum-
mons of said Court may not be served upon
him:
IT Is THEREUToN ORDERED that the said
William If. Jordan be notified and required
to appear in and before said Court and make
answer if any he have. and abide the order
and judgment of said Court in he premises,
ut the term thereof next to be held ut
Woodstock in and for the County of Wind
sor in the State of Vermont on the first
Tuesday of December, A, d. 1897. upon the
first day of said term, by publishing the
substance of said petition, together with
this order for hree successive weeks. in the
Spirit of the Age, u newspaper published
at Woodstock in said County, the last pub
LEGATION to he at least six weeks prior to
said term of Court. which shall be deemed
sufficient notice to said William H. Jordan.
Given under my hand, ut Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor, this oath day of
of September, A. ID. 1897.
JAY READ PEMBER.
HUNToN Il ST1CKNEY,
Attys. for Petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Petition for Divorce.

STATE OF yERMoNT,l Whereas; Fred
Springfield, VT, has duly filed his petition
to the County Court, setting forth his Legal
marriage to Ellen l. Rumrill, then of sait
Springfield, that he hath resided for tw,
years in the State of Vermont, that he hatl
kept the marriage covenant, but that the
said Ellen hath violated the same, for that
she hath committed the crime of adultery
wherefore the petitioner prays for II bill OF
divorce from the said Ellen, and for ali.
mony: and that he may be decreed certain
real estate in said petition described;
Trotter is without this State so that the
summons of said Court may not be served
upon her.
1T IT IHEREUPON ORDERED that the said
Ellen l. TrOtter be notified and required tic
appear in and before said Court and make
answer, if any she have and abide the order
and judgment of said Court in the premises
at the term thereof next to be held at
Woodstock in and for the County of Wind.
sOr in the State of Vermont, on the first
Tuesday of December, A. d. 1897, upon the
first day OF said term, by publishing the
substance of said petition, together with
the Spirit of the Age, u newspaper pub.
lished at Woodstock in said County, the
last publication to be at least six weeks
prior to said term of Court, which shall be
deemed sufficient notice To said Ellen.
Given under my hand, ut Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor, this 4th day of Oct.
ober. A. d. 1897.
JAY READ PEMBER.
Clerk.
STIcKNEY & SARGENT,
Attys. for petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles' If not, get a bottle
now and get relief. This medicine
has been found to be peculiarly adapt
ed to the relief and cure of Female
Complaints, exerting a wonderful
direct influence in giving strength
and tone to the organs. If you
have Loss of Appetite, Constipation,
Headache, Painting spells, or are
nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan-
choly or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and Strength are guar
antced by its use. Fifty cents and
ST. 90 at A. b. Morgan's Drug Store
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

Forest ala Stream says that some
persons Lehtve that, in addition to
ejecting venom through their fangs.
rattleshakcs have the power to
throw of poisonous dust Some per-
SONS tire allie even to smell snake
como disttnco away.
Eattlesn:, kes sometimes enter the
tents Of western hunters Ind camp
ers, crawl upon the sleeping men
under the blankets and stay until
the man is aroused by the scent,
when they commonly FUN. Men
have become puralyzed under such
"ircumstal.t -. Their comrades have
discovered eat was wrong by the
smell and the blush white of their
comrades faces. There has been
mally case in which, divining the
situation, mans friends have
gently lifted the blanket and shot
the snake ucross the mans breast.
After that there is always one man
who is sure 10 see that the horsehair
rope, over which snakes cannot
crawl Lecause Of the little points of
hair. is properly laid to keep snakes,
particularly rattlesnakes, out of the
tents,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
COMING AGAIN !
BOSTON'S WONDERFUL HEALER
DR.. J. FRASER BARBRICK.

Our reporter met the doctor o II
the tram, yesterday and he SAID he
should be in Woodstock at the Park
Cottage hotel, for one day only, We'd
nesday Oct. IS.
The doctor beng in a reminiscent
mood, told me that during his last
visit here, he had several patients
place themselves under his care and
that they are progressing finely.
"Why" said the doctor, 81 treated a
man in May, of this year, and dur
ing my second visit he came in to
see me, and was getting along so
finely, and mind you, his family
physician had given him up as in
durable, that he went right out that
terrible hot day in July and brought
me IN fourteen new patients. He
had a very complicated disease and
from my first treatment he COM
menced to improve rapidly. And
so l could go on indefinitely telling
yon of the thousands of cases | cure,
but don't like to talk about myself,
but had rather the patients them
selves would do that If they are salts
fled that | do as | claim"
| found the doctor so modest that |
can't help mentioning the fact that
he treats all diseases, and that his
diagnosis is so true, and his clear,
concise explanation of your disease !;
its cause and effect will truly sur :
prise you. 1t is claimed for him
that simply by touch of the hand
and the application of his treatment
the deaf are made to hear, the lame
to walk, and the sufferer is soon
cured.
Dr.. Barbrick is the only graduate
physician in the world combining
the elements of magnetic healing
with the science and art in medicine
and surgery, and he is endorsed by
both press and pulpit. Those who
call on him will receive consultation,
examination, advice and surgical
treatment, free of charge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

uay anu nad 10 get or anu S..::yj' a.:
the cart the first two days; then l
got little stronger and stuck it out
with the rest. Boys, it was treat
sleeping out in the open air 5000
feet above the ocean. eating bread
and game twice day. riding about
ten miles each day, outside of the
chase. l tell you, it put new life
into me, and it is there yet. Well,
the second day out we struck the
first antelope and springbok. That
meant fresh meat; no more canned
goods after that. In all we shot two
leopards, one ant bear, four porcu-
pines, three butfaloes, any number
of wild pigs and springbok and an
telOpe. We had more than we
needed. found that could shoot
better than expected.
just let me tell you something
about our guide. He was an Irish
Afrikander, reckless and without
fear and one Of the bravest men l
have ever seen. His name was
Beane. AS we were riding along one
day toward evening looking for
camp our three dogs started up
something which we thought was
wild pig. The grass was about 10
feet high, and we couldn't see, 80
we started after them, following the
bark, and when we came there was
a leopard up three yards on big
gum tree, and one of the dogs had
him by the neck. bit fast, and he
couldn't go any farther What do
you suppose the Irishman did, He
jumps off his horse, takes the leop-
ard by the tail, pulls him off the
tree, the other two dogs take hold
Of him, and he kicks the leopard in.
sensible. got rock afterward and
knocked his brains out.
One day rs we were out looking
for bucks We heard roar, nothing
like had ever heard before. It was
the roar of lion, the only one we
met in the two weeks we were out.
an uneartAy sound. Saunders and
myself lodged behind a tree very
suddenly and then waited. He came
within rs yards Of us, and then he
smelled a rat, turned tail and skip
ped. He had business elsewhere;
was more scared than we were. We
banged at him, but he only went 80
much faster. That is the liking of
beasts2" Nonsense! do not believe
in him any more. We shot lot of
other stuff, too, but all the big game,
as elephants, giraffes, etc, is nearly
wiped out. You must go up as far
as the Zambezi to find it, which I
hope to do some day.
The only thing that il dangerous
about here is snakes don't mean
the snakes that you arc thinking of,
but real live snakes. Oh, what a
lot you find here! At night we put
buffalo manure, all dried, on the
fire in order 10 keep it burning, and
then we would sneak away from il
about ~ OF 50 yards. The creepers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Bethel.

00IU0us
Miss May Spaulding attended the
Vermont Christian Endeavor con-
vention at Montpelier as delegate
from the local society.
This town has had its share of
venison, our local meat markets
having each had it on sale. NJ. n.
Kendall bought the animal shot Oct.
l by Charles Lille IN Barnard, and
the meat was in fairly good demand
the next morning at prices ranging
from IS to IS cents pound. Mon
day afternoon Ellis Davis, a Royal
ton youth, brought down a handsome
buck in his own town at thirty rods
with his Winchester at arms length.
This animal had teen seen in the
same locality many times during the
summer and that morning was seen
with three other bucks which had
come down from the higher hills of
Barnard. This one was bought by
G. H. Kimball Tuesday morning
and the meat brought IS and 20
cents at retail.
w. L. Waldo & Son have bought
out the milk route of Wilson Bros.
E. Savage received a deer's head
and chunk Of venison Tuesday from
his uncle, Charles Putnam of Hart
ford, who seems to have been the
first man to capture his full quota of
two deer. Edwin liked the meat SO
we'll that he set out Wednesday for
few days hunt. c. II. Allen is
also in the woods.
John Garland, a conductor on the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
r. r., reached his old home Mon
day and soon set out for Notown,
where there are several hunters
camps. ..--
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

Tho following paragraph from
Hon. l.. E. Chittenlen's paper read
at the meeting of the Vermont De-
velopment Society at Burlington,
reads like an indictment of Vermont,
but he speaks with thorough knowl-
edge of the matter and what he says
cannot be disputed:
But while the States on either side
of her are prospecting, while great
crowds of men of wealth and with
their families annually fill the great
hotels and boarding houses of the
White mountains and the Adiron-
dacks, making markets for all that is
raised and scattering money with a
liberal hand, Vermont, with greater
attractions than either has not one
first class summer hotel, is standing
still If not growing poorer every
year.
Men born among mountains are
powerfully drawn to the homes OF
early life when they grow old. If
they have prospered they bcautify
and adorn them. Every Vermonter
feels this and some Of them have
done great things for Vermont. l
know of some who are ready to do
greater things if you do not prevent
them by injudicious laws. Consider
what Austin Corbin was doing fol-
New Hampshire. He had enclosed
a great park and stocked it with fast
disappearing races of one great ga NE
animal, making it an attraction to
the naturalists of the world. An
other New Hampshire man is BOOM
ing several Interier towns. In one
of them opposite Windsor l hear
that 40 fine houses have been built
during the present year. They can
do this because the Legislature will
assist and not obstruct them. But at
the river boundary prosperity ceases.
as if Vermont was stricken with pa
ralysis.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

60 where it Is warm, ana we were
pretty nearly safe. Harry Saunders,
a Boston chap, shook snake out OF
his boot one morning. l have been
shaking my boots ever since, al,
though there are no snakes about.
One day got nasty fall on &C.
count of one of the big ones hanging
in a tree. l didn't see it, but the
horse did. He takes very sudden
jump, off | go, and away goes the
horse. When l picked myself up,
and had II look about, spied the
sucker. He was watching me, so l
concluded to look after the horse
instead of the snake. Beane, the
guide, says to me, "Why don't you
90 and wiring his neckf'-Provi-
dence journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Quechee.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Marcy and
Miss Wilson were in Tunbri.lgc part
of the week.
Fred F. Stevens died Of appendi-
citis after short illness at the resi-
dence of II. E. ellison Monday af-
ternoon. Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning, Rev. w. Fl.
Moutley officiating, and the remains
conveyed to Brldgewater for inter-
ment IN the family lot. Mr.. Stevens
was young man of excellent char
acter and had gained the esteem of
many friends during his residence
here.
G. H. Greenleaf and wife of Bos-
ton were guests of ]. ]. Dewey re-
Gently.
Mrs. M. A. Barton returned from
Boston Wednesday.
H. B. Gibson from Hanover was
at Henry Gilson's Tuesday.
Mrs. F. "A. Hall and daughter of
St Adams were at b. K. Wright's
the first of the week.
Rev. w. H. Mousley's vacation is
ended and the family is again at the
parsonage. Servises in the Congre-
gational church will be resumed to-
morrow at the usual hours.
V. NJ. Rogers, M. D., from Ash
land, N. H., is the new resident
physician and has an office over d.
G. Landers' store.
E. c. Maynard of Bethel joined
his wife Wednesday at H. E. Gil
sons
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
North 6rldgeWater.

Ruel Buchanan il trying to keep
SIN the SWIM" He marketed an ex.
ira fine calf last week.
Miss Winnie Atwood is at work
for Mrs. J. L. Atwood.
Fred George is working for FREQ
Green.
H Preston and wife visited in
Cambridgeport this week.
Wilson Hedges went to North.
field Monday.
Henry Gilbert has "a new separator
F S Hedges sold nice COW to
Charles Atwood last week.
MIR and Mrs L Atwood have an
addition to their family-a son.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Familiar.

romul0Rs
She was entering the train, and
as she passed through the car to her
seat she brushed by womai whose
face was strangely familiar. Where
had she seen her before9 She could
not tell, and yet the familiarity was
remarkable. The stranger also ap-
peared impressed. She hesitated,
looked puzzled, and then passed on.
where have seen that face3" said
the first woman as she took her seat
beside friend. The friend was in
commissions of laughter. I'm your
mirror, my dear" she answered.
THAT woman looks enough like you
to be your twin sister. New York
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
AN ODD KIND OF A TALE.
Told by q Former Telegraph Operator at
Red Dirt.

Told by q Former Telegraph Operator at
Red Dirt.
There is III Washington tele-
graph operator who for the past five
or six years has been able to live
without work, because, after 2;i
years of faithful service at the tick.
or, an old aunt of his died in New
Jersey, leaving him money enough
to pay off all his debts and net him
an income about twice as big as he
ever made per year at his desk.
II had an odd bit of experience
once" he said the other day to a
Star man, (which have told a good
many times, but never to a newspa-
per man, and very rarely to any
body in the last ten or dozen
years. You haven't forgotten, Of
course, the most lost person of our
modern history, one Charlie Ross.
Well, when he was stolen, l was an
operator at mining town of 1000
or 1900 people, called Red Dirt,
something over 100 miles from Den
yer. may say that there isn't any
town there at all now and hasn't
been for Is years.
"There wasn't great deal of
business done over the Red Dirt
wire, and my duties after dark were
mostly at the leading gambling
place in town, which was the only
respectable resort we had. ! slept
In the Office to be handy in case Of
sudden calls, and one night about a
year or 16 months after the Charlie
Ross disappearance had just re-
turned from the Seven Up saloon
usually known al the Seven Uppers'
House-and was getting into bed
when l was startled by the ticker
beginning to have spasms.
II rushed to it to find out what
was the matter, and, as l did SO,
whoever was making the disturb
ance had got himself in shape, and
as fast as he could get the words to
me he was telling me that he was
one of the men who had stolen the
Ross boy, and was then in the hands
of the others, who refused to restore
the child to his father and had
threatened to kill him (the sender)
if he made any attempt to betray
the party. They had the boy with
them then, and they were at-and
here there was "a worse spasm than
ever, and not another tick came.
To say l was shaken up but i'll ex-
presses it, but it was astormy night,
and to 60 searching was impossible
until daylight, and, notifying our
town marshal of what had heard, !
tried to call my only neighbor, the
operator on the main wire, where
the Red Dirt branch tapped Kim, 60
miles away.
II could not get him, and after
repeated failures went to bed, to
oCdAl VII Will LILO AAuIEAuA az OdJ-
break to find out what the matter
was We did not strike it till next
day in the afternoon, when, in one
of the widest parts of the noun.
tains, about ten miles from the main
line, we found the wire cut and evil
dences Of a struggle at the foot of a
telegraph pole, with spots of blood
on the stones about the place. What
it meant, who had done it, why the
parties were there, whether they
were as the one had represented, or
anything in the way of explanation,
we did not know. All we knew was
what had come to me over the wire
at midnight. We went on to the
main wire, but the operator there
was on a drunk and had been for 80
hours, and he did not know as much
as we did" Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

CATARRH CURED-Consump-
ton in the incipient stage, bronchi-
tbs, asthma, rheumatism, disease of
the nose, throat, lungs, stomach, liv-
er, kidneys, scrofula, sores, ulcers,
anu all -i''"..:- blood troubles. ecZe-
ma, psoriasis, pimplcs, blotches, and
all skin troubles treated and cured. 3D.
NERVOUS DISEASES.-Ner
vous Debility from any cause, hys-
terra, neurasthenia, chorea, St. vi
tas dance, epilepsy, etc. disease OF
the spine, paralysis, locomotor at
aka, palsy and all such diseses posi-
lively cured by his "Tissue Cell
Building" treatment.
DISEASES OF WOMEN-All
diseases peculiar to their sex cured
by new and pleasant methods with
out rings or supporters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Spirit Of tbe A9c,
Woodstock. w., Oct. 8, 1897.
BY EDWARD c. DANA.
Glceful tariff organs are attribut-

Gleeful tariff organs are attribut-
ing the increase of the treasury re-
ceipts tor September to the opera
ton of the Dingley act and the "wise
policy of the Republican party" in
general. 1t is noted, however, by
the Philadelphia Record that sit is
the unexpected increase of revenues
from whiskey, beer and tobacco
that has prevented the deficit of the
treasury for the month from falling
below $3,435,7I7. For the increase
of revenue from internal taxes the
Dingley act is, OF course, entitled to
no credit for this increase while
studiously ignoring the great decline
in the receipts from imports, and the
consequent failure of the D,ngley
act as measure of revenue"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
For Over Fifty wears.

AIRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP has beef
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, will
perfect success. 1t sOothes the child, soften
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie
and Is the best remedy for DiarrhGa. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by all druggists In every part of til,
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. Be sur,
and ask for "Mrs. WinsOw's Soothing Sy
rup." and take no other kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

A comely Scotch maiden had
among her numerous admirers in
the village Il bashfsl carpenter and
undertaken At last he spoke; but,
alas, he Was too late. She had given
her promise to another, and that
other she welded. 1t SO happened
that within the first year the young
husband died, and the widow be-
thought herself of her old sweet
heart and gave him the coffin to
make.
He did 30, and, allowing what he
considered a decent time to elapse,
he again proposed. Alas, he was
again too hate!
Strange to say, the second hus-
band was short lived, and again the
constant carpenter had the coffin to
make.
Then he resolved to cast delicacy
aside, and just as he dreve the last
screw firmly home he touched the
arm Of the twice widowed fair and
asked:
HAS onybody spoken to ye yeti"
He was in time. London An
swers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
Electricity for Randolph.

AT largely attended village meet
ing at Randolph Monday, it was
voted to give the White River
Electric company of Bethel the right
to set poles, wire the village and
furnish electric lights for a period of
10 yeas. Five arc and eo3 mean
descent lights will be required tor
the streets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09
DISEASES OF MEN and W,

DISEASES OF MEN and weak
ness arising from overwork, etcy
causing weak or failing memor.
lost vitality, pimples, impure blood,
falling of the hair, should call at
once Ry h;e :-.r.~'~d t'ctiious
and remedies such sufferers are
guaranteed an immediate relief and
a perfect cure.
CANCERS, malignant tumors
and goowths, all engagements and
glandular swellings removed and
cured without the use of the knife.
No pain. No matter what disease
you are suffering from or how long
standing; no matter how many ply.
sicians have failed to cure YOU, call
on him. 1t will cost you nothing
and you may profit by it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

Fr,nk G. Clark, of Brattlcboro, aged
60, committed suicide Saturday morning
by hanging in the belfry of the Congrega.
tionaI church, Of which he was janitor.
He was car Inspector for the Boston and
Maine Railroad company. He leaves a
wife, son and two daughters. lie had been
nOticeably Respondent Tor some time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-09

To heal the broken and diseased tissues,
to soOthe the Initiative surfaces. to in
stantly relieve and to permanently cure is
the mission Of DeWitt's Witch Haze
Salvc.
Scott Tinkham, Quechce: A. b. Nor
gan, Woodstock; L. j. NJ. Marcy, Tufts-
Vile.