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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
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and cordial than they have lcrn III the
past year. They inspire its conductors
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rr VII il It generous publi' pl.rla - Ia Va
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lures steadily increase, and its readers are
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the community, .eXc"pt ~ q lone tn" low
and vicious II Is kcenlv alive to
tie new problems which attend the
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per to be tie advocacy OF the rights OF
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Barnard.

Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Ashley of South
RoynltOn were in town Sunday TO attend
the funeral Of Mrs. &. Il. Wilson.
Mrs. c. W llltnorn and glard-tlaugh-
tc, are under the care of Dr. W. +. Lillcy
Mr.. ami Mrs. L. s. Pat nam visited
friends in East Bethel the first of the
week.
There will be snciablc at the South
Barnard school house Saturday eve, Feb.
~.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ID. Myrick Of West
Clarcmon,, y. H.. are viSi ting friends in
town this week.
There will be a spelling match at the
town hall Thursday evening, Feb. 10th in
which everyone is invited to take part
There will be two separate contcsts-the
first being open to all scho OILS in town.
words being taken from the ''Completc
Spcler" new In use. The second is open
to all persons both old and young, and
the books used will he those found il,
schools twenty-five OF thirty years ago
After IL long and painful illness Mrs.
George +. Wilson passed away Jan 2Sth.
Her funeral service, which was held Sun
day afternoon, was attended by Il large
number of friends who came TO pay THEN
| final tribute to an acquaintance OF twcnty
years. Words of comfort were spoken
| by R,,. &. A. Emery. She was kind
nciglbor and devoted mother, doing good
wherever there was opportunity. The
cnti.c community offers sympathy to the
bcrcnvcI husband and daughter.
Mrs. Mary Ann vii son. widow of the
late jeremiah Wilson, died at her home
Jan. 81, in her ODD year. She is thought
TO have been the oldest person in town.
| The coolest night of the season was
Sunday -mc rcury 291.2 degrees below
zero at 10 p. m.
All business has been suspended for the
| greater part of the week cXccp. the ,hov
cling of snow. However, we consider
that we are keeping up with orr neighbour
| luz townsmnn SO far as roads are con-
! cernod, as Mr.. Howe is able 10 gain part
| of lost time after striking Barnard line.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Plymouth.

As DR.. G.. II. Bates was coming from
Ludlow to Plymouth early last Monday
morning he overlook Il team and in turn
iny out for it his sleigh was tipped over,
breaking of the shafts. The horse ran
with the shafts attached and no trace of
the horse was found until Thursday. A
man out huntin" rabbits found hin in Il
clump of spruces back of Orlando Coo
lidgc's hous. apparently none the worse
for the run. The shafts were still at
tachcd 10 the horse when found.
About two feet of snow fell here Mon
day AMI TUESDAY. No team passed on
Tuesday except those breaking ont the
road late in the afternoon. The snow is
about four and half feet deep where it
has not been disturbed. Some of those
living back on the hills have just got the
roads opened.
Deer, saidto he thick rs flies hcrc, are
are a. rarely Sceh a~ flies are just now.
J. c. Coolidge went to Bra.tlcaOro last
Monday to place Mrs. Morris Carpenter in
the asylum, Where it is hoped the may
receive brlrljt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
A Remarkable Cat.

A remarkable cat owned by Mrs.
Henry Hastings, who lives IN the
town of Poultney near Lake St.
Catherine, has caught during the six
years OF its life rs rabbits. They
have been brought home and eaten
by the family. The smaller animals
the cat can easily carry, but the
larger ones it hides until it can return
home for help. The cat has also
captured a mink, woodcock, part
ridges and squirrels, and Mrs.
Hastings now has a red squirrel that
the cat brought in alive. The cat
is coal black, and has never been
seen to eat any OF ITS game.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Petition for Divorce

s WlsDs oF coESrq ss Ma Mnsre Esnn a
of Ludlow. VT. has duly filed her petition
to the County Court. setting forth her legal
marriage to John Egan of Gardner in the
State of Massachusetts. that she hath re-
mont. that she hath kept the marriage COW
enant, but that the snid John hnth violated
the same. for that being of sufficient pecu-
mary and physical ability to provide suit
able maintenance for the petitioner. he
doth without cause, grossly. wantonly re-
hath wilfully deserted the petitioner for
three consecutive years last past: wherefore
the petitioner prays for bill of divorce
from the said John and that she may have
the care and custody of her minor child,
and THAT said John may be prohibited from
imposing restraint upon the personal liberty
of the petitioner during pendency of this
petition, and from interfering with spil
minor child and that suitable alimony may
be dccreed to her.
And whereas an order signed by James
NJ. Tyler. u Judge of the Supreme Court
dated on the sth day of December A. ID.
1897, prohibiting the said John Egan from
imposing amy. restraint upon the, personal
liberty of said Lila Margaret Egan. and
from interfering with the minor child. Mary
Elizabeth Egan. during the pcndency of
this libel and granting the care and custody
of said minor child to the petitioner, free
from the interference or control of said
John Egan during the pendency of this
petition and until the further order of this
court
And whereas it appears that said John
Egan is without this State, so that the sum.
mons of said Court may not be served upon
him.
1t is Thereupon Ordered that the said
John Egan he notified and required to ap.
pear in and before said Court and make
answer. if any he have. and abide the order
and judgment OF said Court in the premises,
at the term thereof next to be held at Wood.
stock in and for the County of Windsor in
the State of Vermont. ON the fourth Tues
day.of May A. ID. 1893. upon the first day of
said term. by publishing the substance of
said petition, together with this order. for
three successive weeks. in the Spirit of the
Age. u newspaper published at Woodstock
in said County. the last publication to be at
least six weeks prior to said term of Court,
which shall lie deemed sufficient notice to
said John Egan.
Given under my hand. at Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor, this 10th ,lay of
January. A. d. 1898.
JAY READ PEMBER.
Clerk.
STICKNEY 4 SARGENT.
AttYs. fW petltionef.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Chance for a Sklrmlsh.

The two leading aspirants for
Congressman Grout's shoes, Hon.
Frank Plumlcy of Mortified and
Hon. Levant Read of Bellows Falls,
will have an opportunity for pre-
liminary skirnlish at the session of
Windsor county court which opens
at Woodstock today. The WASH
ngton county man is to defend
William Lawrence for attempting to
kill Judge Seaver. while Mr.. Read
will will assist in the prosecution
1t would be the strangest thing in
the world if the legal meeting should
result in an under standing whereby
one candidate should withdraw in
favor of the othcr.- Montpelier
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Normal School Board at Chester.

A meeting of the board of normal
school examiners. supervisors and
commissioners was held in Chester
last week. The board are required to
make a report to the next legislature
on the condition and standing of the
three normal schools and make re-
commentator for the future.
To Bellows Falls Times reporter,
Hon. NJ. S. Stone, state supcrin-
tendcnt of education said ''We
must have more efficient school
supervision in Vermont under the
present arrangement there is a tre-
mendous loss of time, money and
cncgy. am IN favor of having the
state divided into sections under
superintendent paid by the state
Mr.. Stone also said that he finds
those who want three normal schools,
those who want two and those who
want but one; he himself is in favor
of continuing the three.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
His Eve on Windsor County.

The Mortified News quotes what
the Record said Il few days ago an
nouncing Hon. Frank Plumlev's
candidacy for congress and adds:
"Alr. Plumlcy was shown the
above and asked if it was correct.
He stated that he had practically de-
cidcd to enter the canvass for con-
gressional honors in the second
district this year, and while he had
rs yet given but little attention to
the matter he had assurances of
strong support not only the section
mentioned bv the Record, but also
in Windsor county, which gave han
such handsome endorsement two
wears ago. Montpelier Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
THE MOCKiNG BIRD.
He Is Not Sucl, Great Mimic and Is q
Natural Thief.

He Is Not Such Great Mimic and Is q
Natural Thief.
Very few persons ever visit the
southern portion of the United States
and become at all familiar with its
woodland life without being capti-
waited by that prince of singers, the
knocking bird. Not only as must
clan, but in general smartness, he
is far and away ahead of anything
else that flies. He is the Yankee >
among birds. In vivacity, in clever
ness, in quick and dexterous use
of his small but brilliant brain, II
would be hard to point out his equal,
and when i'll the springtime the
woods resound with his clear, flute
like and eXtultant notes even the
man, if such there be, who hath
no music in his soul" would find it
hard to resist the contagious good
humor of his glad and gleeful song
And yet the knocking bird (Mimus
polyglottus) is incorrectly named
He is by no means a natural mimic.
Half a dozen birds could lie mel
toned that in this particular far stu
pass him. This may seem vrl>
strange thing to say, in view OF The
stories current SO abundantly i!i:
trating and emphasizing this sCi.
posed gift.
Asto the morals of this little pa:
master Of song, the nutl. n'rst j.
told, he has no respect for the c:a l...-
commandment. He is Il thief. GIL
ming, inveterate, INSCRIPTIONS ''nl.
veyer" OF other peol les proltnty
Peaches, grapes, Strawberries :.
Japan licrsimmois, surilaEi tt,r
RIGS, galley Guavas, are to llM le
climate plumber. With ,lc'Xcar
ton Of oranges. hunan".. lLtHl lies
ard ordinary pluNas. ilt!. i.rlev
on touches, nCtli!.I - size iion la
dcl T., dutiohs. SvulCtrOws den 'tevtL
alnutc him wnei! lie has n!;.Lcni LIS
III ind to sample flIlt l.r H. a G.
tai Judge. too. and nj" Gys =, lttt~
the Ian gcst. riloSt ard most juicy
specimens fer his reraet No eco
nornic consideration trouble him
either he takes Il lite here and Il
nlhblr here and ruins 70 times as
much as he consumes. Begging fruit
is 10 protection, tor he only tears
the Lays to pieces and helps IT..
Even vines and liz trees incas eL in
mc.t Ito netting are rot secure; the
little maruu,;or will get in somehow
and cC,.placentiy take what he
wants.
Yet in spite of all this tie bene-
fits received hy the south land from
this cunning little sivcr of sweet
sounds and lover of sweet fruits
vastly outweigh all the damage that
he does, Aowever veXatious it may
be. Bugs and worms and creeping
things swarm here the year round.
The knocking bird is essentially in
sectivorous. His STEADY diet" con-
sists of the enemies that the hOrti-
culturist and the fruit grower have
most occasion to dread. He takes
his fruit by way of dessert and has
fairly earned it like n good boy by
eating first substantial dinner
Norman Robinson in Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Breeze IN a Chester Soho oil District

a little unpleasantness occurred
last week at schoolhousc No. 6 in
Chester. 1t appears that as the
house has not been occupied for two
years for school purposes Walter
Lockwood bought quit claim deed
from MIR. Wells, owner of the farm
from which the school property was
set off. and broke III and took poses
sion of the house and put in machin-
cry for cream separating purposes.
Information of " hat was ia king place
coming to the school commissioners.
they. with sufficient help, repaired
to No. s, and finding things not en-
actlv after the order of school time,
broke INTO the house and transferred
the butter making machinery from
the house, depositlng it in snow
bank,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Ludlow.

The Tribune SAYS: c. l.. Pierce.
Edwin Estcy. Henry Brown. Levi
Pcttigrew, Duane Wilder and Henry
Dickcrman, all in the eye of the law
good men and true, were called last
Monday to Tyson and changed with
the solemn duty of forming and cx-
pressing judgment as to whether
certain horse collar did or did not
belong to DR." Charlton. "Doc"
claimed it did, while Tvson's GENIAL
citizen. Andrew Blair. claimed it
didn't. Bla,r's claims were looked
after 10y j. 6. Sargent and John
Heating. and Charton's by ). f.
Emery, Arden Humphrey and Burt
Dimmick. W. d.. Ball presided.
In the opinion of the jury the collar
belonged to Blair.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
THE ERIE CANAL.

The Part 1t Played In New Works Ad.
vancemcnt In Wealth and Population.
Mr.. Ernest Ingersull writes an ar
ticle for st. Nicholas on the Greater
New York, his paper being eh,itl, d
Reasoning Out Il Metropolis. MIR
Ingersoll says: The gruu,v:t Of all
the influences that assisted New
York to reach first place Was the
Erie canal.
The first quarter of this century
was the era of canal building Nc
matter how fine the turnpikes may
be, horses can haul in wagons only
high priced merchandise IN com.
paratively small quantities and fui
short distances, unless the cargo l.
to cost for transportation more than
it Is worth. Men found out i'll Eu
rope and Asia long ago that for
moving grain, coal. timber, ore and
sin liar bulky or heavy goods, where
speed was not especially important,
a ship or boat was the only practi.
cable method If river were not
convenient, then an artificial water.
way, called Il canal-thnt is, chan
nol-must he made. When in any
country something OF this kind can
not be done, that country must re-
main undcvcloped and thinly popu
lated, like the Sahara
Why is Il canal so much better
than good road for commercial
purposesa Because, while two horses
and one man can haul on hard,
level road perhaps two tons, the
same driver with two horses har.
messed to a canalboat can move 20
tons nearly as quickly that is. the
same force and expense for Pay and
food of men and horses accomplish
ten times as much in result, which
really makes the goods ten times
cheaper at the end of the route.
Hence before the invention of rail
roads ii was necessary in any grow
ing country to dig canals to serve as
the highways Of commerce, and this
the young United States FASTENED to
do. New York. as usual, moved
along the foremost She planned and
constructed. besides some lesser
ones, that great waterway, AGO miles
long, from Albany to Buffalo, which
was called the Erie canal and con.
nected the Hudson with the great
lakes.
This canal was finished in 1925,
and immensely stimulated the
growth not only of the western part
of New York state, but of the whole
region of the great lakes; for now
farmers in the northwest could send
their grain and fruit and cattle, and
the miners their ore, and the lum
bermen their ship timber, and boards
and slaves, to the seaboald at profit
able rates, and in return they could
obtain the imports, merchandise, and
manufactures of seacoust cities at Il
fair cost. A fleet of vessels on the
lakes came ana went, bringing from
farm, mine and forest cargoes which
were loaded into the canalbUuts and
sent east, often to he transferred to
vessels for foreign ports without
ever touching land at all. And back
went supplies for the interior Of
New York state and for settlers in
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois
and beyond, who could never have
lived and worked III those distant
parts except for this means of cheap
communication. TO them also every
summer went thousands of new set,
tiers from New England and old
England and all Europe, who needed
no longer to spend weeks and weeks
in travelling in wagons before reach
ing their new homes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Bethel.


Last weeks issue of lions Her
aid contains an obituary notice Of
the late Mrs. Paul Mckinstry. a
native of this town, who died in
Minnesota last October. aged 81
years. Her husband. who died in
1890, was a member of one of the
original Bethel families, prominent
in our early history. 1t is Il notable
instance of tie tenacity of names,
that although this family has had no
representative in town for half Il
century. the house and farm three
miles north OF the village owned by
the Wilson estate is still universally
known in these parts as "thc Nc
! kinstry place" Early in the century
one of the Mckinstrys bcqucathcd
to the town the valuable village sites
now occupied by the Bascom House
and Brooks & Washburn's store.
but they reverted to the heirs through
the towns failure to observe the
conditions.
Aaron Bowen and Emerov Dustin
! were married Feb. /, 1873, at the
residence Of Squire Bowen, Rev.
Mr.. Carpenter, pastor of the
Bethel Gilead church, performing
the ceremony. Tuesday being the
18TH anniversary of the happy event,
Il large number of their nei ghbors
met that evening at their bone to
offer congratulations. Owing to
the great storm many friends from a
distance could not be present. Al
though silver wedding is an evil
dence OF the arrival of middle life
the expression "voung couple" play
fully applied to Mr.. and Mrs. Bowen
seemed nowise inappropriate. Time
has dealt gently with them, and
many friends wish them long life
and continued happiness.
1t is several years since we have
had SO great storm as that of Mon
day and Tuesday. MONDAYS snow
fall of nearly foot, following two
similar ones the previous week was
bad enough, but the great wind of
Tuesday morning caused drifts
which nearly shut us in from the
rest of the world. The stages from
Woodstock and Rochester due Tues
day morning were both cancelled;
| The accommodation train from
White River Junction due at 9 Il. M
arrived just before l p. M. The
south bound trains were less delaved
but were several hours late. The
committee of the Whitcomb hi gh
school closed all departments for
the day at p. m. About 80 inches
of snow came within 10 DAYS.
The Young Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Congregational church met Mon
day evening at f. S. Blossoms.
The town roller was only used
twice last winter. 1t has bceu used
three times within ten days.
Several arrests for drunkenness
have been made lately.
The poultry show will be opened
Tuesday evening and will continue
open Wednesday and Thursday. 1t
deserves the generous patronage of
the public.
The Whitcomb High School will
graduate its twelfth class this year.
In former years the classes have
been required to pay the expenses
of their graduation exercises but Il
majority OF the present school board
believes that this is an unwise re-
quiremcnt, resulting in the devotion
of too much thought on the part OF
the senior class to money-raisin9
projects to the detriment of their
school work. The class Of '0S has
raised part OF the money for gradu-
alton, but will not be required to
make up the full amount.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05

road accident at West kecne last
July, has just brought suit, through
her attorneys, Waterman, Martin &
Hit, against the Fitchburg Railroad
company for $4,000 damages.
The accident was one where Il hog
train from keene to Boston was
drawn by two engines ane the front
one left the track on Il down grade
and after running Il quarter OF Il
mile was ditched, killing MIR. Curtis
and inj'nlng his fireman and engi-
necr on the next engine. The
claim is OF course that it was The
fault OF the company.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Dir TVS.

In Bethel. jan. 80, daughter to Mr.. and
Ms. +. w. BIZ.
In Woodstock. Jan %, II daughter to MIR.
and Mrs. A. II. Hubbard.
In Woodstock. Jan. 20. n daughter. Mar
jore Irene. to Mr.. AMI Mrs. T.. &. Freeman.
In Woodstock, Jan. 30, IL duught to Mr..
and Mrs.. Frank Harvey
In North Pomfrat. Jan. %, II son to MIR.
and Mrs. Royal Aldrich.
In WOODSTOCK Jan. %. daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Dondanncau.
In Pc lin, N. H. Jan. q, II soa to Mr..
and Mrs. Neil Floyd Mason.
In Bridgewater, Feb. 3. twin sons to Mr..
AMI Mrs. Frank Markham.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
tOEH1HS.

In South Pomfrct. Feb. 9, Samuel Lamb,
aged about 80 wears.
In Barnard. Jan 81. Mrs. Mary Ann Will
son AGED " wears . months.
In Barnard, Jan. -. Mrs. Gcora" T.. Will
son.
In Milford, Conn Jan. q. George II.
Woods, formerly of Rrilgew,ler, aged 81
years. II months.
In Brdgewa,tr, Feb. }. twin SONS of Mr..
aud Mrs. Frank Mnxhuin.
Al Elizabethtown, n. Y, Jan. y. Mary
Eddy Churchill daughter of the late DO
scph Churchill. formerly oI Woodstock
aged 81 wears.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
NEWS Of The STATE.

James Rowe of Brandon has received
notice from Colchester, England, that he
is enc of the seven heirs to fortune of
f3j, 900 left by an uncle
II is generally considered unusual to
have four generations of Il family Ii, ing
ut the same time, but IL the family of L..
l.. Whitney Of BrattlcbOro there are five
generations living, Mrs. Betsey Carpcn-
ter, aged 3d. living in Dover, her daugh-
Whitney and Il. l.. Whitney, and Mrs
Newell and their children Of Brattlcboro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05

"Thc first serious test of the use
fulncss and staying qualities of Il
submarine boat will be 4 periIous
attempt to reach the North Pole by
travelling under the ice," says a
Baltimore dispatch. "The boat, for
nearly thousand miles, will have to
go under the surface where the ice,
which hitherto has proved an i'm.
passablc barrier to explorers, is
several feet thick" The survivors
of this extraordinary expedition will
be very well equipped for profit
able lecture season, whether the trip
is successful or not.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
Chester.

The worst snow storm tor many
wears in this section came Monday
night, when about Is inches fell.
Only one mail arrived all day and
that from Rutland. The mountain
stages failed to reach here owing to
the blockade. 1t will take several
days to get the roads in 4 far con-
tl1tion for travel.
The Randolph high school debat-
ing club and similar club from the
Chester high school are to discuss
the following question here Feb. II:
Refolvcd, that we'll regulated IL
cense law would be preferable to
prohibition in Vermont.