Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-23
EDW ARD G. DANA
FOR RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Postal Agents Investigating Claims
Of SiNicS.

Washington, July lS.-The extension
of the rural free delivery postal service
| authorized by the Ia 81 congress Is being
! pushed forward AS rapidly as cirvum
stances Will permit. soon after the IN
! tentiuns of congress We're made ap-
parent additional rural service was
started from bradford. Guilturd ANA
Milford, Conn; Moorcstown and River.
ton. y. D.: Antwerp, Highland. Phila-
dephia and WatcrtoMn y. y: Marivttr
and Poland, O., Munrir, Ind: Roger
willie, MorisloWu, Grrrneville and
Atoka, Tenn; Rrat,leburo. VT; ANA
Athol. Mass. one hundred and fitN-
seven petitions from 81 states and ter
| ritories are ON file asking extensions of
the service Ia as many towns, and spr-
cial agents % the department are now IN
the field in New York New JERSEY
| Pennsylvania. Massachusetts, Rhode
Island Vermont, North Dakota, Illinois,
| Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado.
| laying out additional routes for this
| service.
First Assistant Postmaster General
! Heath is cndraNoliuE as far as possible
| to distribute the additional apprupiiu-
| tion authorized by congress among
| those states and territories where the
existing facilities for the distribution oI
the nai'a ~ free ii, livery are the poor
| est.
| With this end in View. he has tabular
| "tat,mrht prepared, showing the pop
! ulatiou of the different states served
| W.lh free delivery under existing laws
| (Which restrict the regular free delivery
service To citi,H of 10000 inhubitautS 81
| ,$lO.0O0 gross ro,ciitS). and lhc number
ot people in each state who receive No
free delivery At all These tables shuN
| that the following number of persons
are now absolutely without free delivery
of mails ,eNcept where furnished in
| spots by the experimental rural free
delivery service): Alabama. l.iOS @Gi
Arkansas. l,O6!,42S; California. G3s. .9U4
Colorado, 2Gl. l55 Conn-clicut 36-. l49;
Delaware. 10, od2; Florida, 35G g3.,
Georgia, l.G249ls; idaho. SOD; Illinois
2,34S,l4S: Indiana, l,'ll.5,2; Iowa, Lost
.oI: Nans;ls, l.2lS,0l,; Kentucky l,56l.
l2S; Louisiana. S5L0gl. Maine. 5NS. .Gas;
Maryland ,3O,; Massachusetts. ,JO..
SO; Michigan. i,43l 10: Minnesota Hu2-
49,; Mississippi. l,2I2."2+; Missouri.
| l.9i2. .139; Montanu. 3N.9l3. Ncbrusk.
,'3H,l New Hampshire. ,SS3 New
Jersey. Gi..5Oi New Iurk 22.9.lll.
| .>'llIl iIollIld ''N, iUi. 4>tfln IbukbIu,
lI2o,6 ohio. 2.aa, ,io+; oregon. 3Gl .las.
Pennsylvania 3.O92 $50: Rhode Island.
l66,a7O; South Carolina. .o,2,23i; South
Dakota. 201.l2l; Tennessee. l.IGa. 2aG.
Texas, 1,99S,ol1; rlah. liS,l73; Vermont.
2i34M; Virginia. .4iG 449: Washington
"A, G.5 West Virginia, .l3l.l: Wiscun-
sin. l.3"6,543: Wyoming. A. 90.
Reports obtained from foreign coin-
,,ia l,lI in
try forming part of the Universal =, stul
union. except the United States. the
mails are deliver, d at the residences of
| every addresser. either with som. slight
charge for additional postage or at the
| ordinary postage rates. The United
States ana the South and Central Amer
lean states stand alone in requiring lNs~,
patrons of the postal service to send for
| their mails.
Interesting Bits Df the Mountains
The hills and MOUNTAINS of New, En-.
gland are known far and wide at the
great recreatio ion and vacation ground Of
the United States. Within the coniinei
Of Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont
where the White and Green Mouhtaini
arr located, are the noted resorts Of Fab.
yans Mr.. Pleasant, Crawfords, Twin
Bethlehem Marlrwood, Profile House,
I.ittleton. Sugar Hin, Francunia, Jeifer'
son, Whitciield, ,Colebrook. Lancaster and
Il score Of fully as reputed resorts each
Offering attractions of AN interesting
character. CrawfoluS lays stress upon
the wonderful Notch, within which 1t Ia
situated. Bethlehem and MapleWood
are in u region the air of which Is pare
ticularly beneficial to hay fever suffer.
crs At the Profile House everything Is
interesting. for it is here that the "Old
Man of the Mountain" stays. Canon
mountain, Eagle mountain and hair
dozen other cliffs and peaks surroune
the valley wherein is this delightful re-
sort. Echo lake and Profile lake are
close at hand. while IL delightful drive
brings the tourist to that favorite and
marvellous bit of natures handiWoik
the Flume. The walks and drives in the
vicinity of the Flume House are admira.
bic, and every influence which tends te
please the travt Ter is included in It's en-
virons The MI. Pleasant House and
Fabyan's only Il short distance from the
| Presidential range. offer unsulp passed
| attractions for the Vacationist. Iha
walks. drives and cycle paths are
| through the prettieSt parts of the reglor
| therea bouts, while the arrangements fol
conducting amusements like golf base
ball. tennis and cricket are perfect III eV'
cry detail. Every visitor to the White
Mountains should ascend Mt. Washing
on The ride to the summit is thflllihl
| and every moment reveals some new ailu
important feature. On a good clear DAY
there is no limit to the sights to be seen
The great hotels below are like toy
houses The forest city of Poland u
seen to the eastward. while Winniptsau'
kee. Sebago and Moosehead lakes spar
kle i'm the sunlight like sheets Of brigh
silver In the Immediate vicinity ot thA
Summit House are numerous interesting
noints worth visiting. There Is the III
Top house, erected many years ago th'
observatory formerly used by the ohltea
States weather bureau. ana the lAZZi'
Bourne monum ent. while the natural at
fractions worthy of attention includ'
the Lake of the Clouds Tuckermah'
pavine the Gulf and the Alpine Garden
And so on every locality has it's own spe'
cific and import ant features,ea worthy
of all the attention you can give IT, LaS'
but not least i'm point of attractlNenes'
moss a,ra the hotels of the region mann
moth and fully appointed hostelries
where every care and convenience 1ol
tho traveller is considered, while th
cuisine is equal to that of the Metropoll
tan houses. If you are Interested in ths
moupta ins send q two-cent stamp TO tht
General Passenger department OF thi
Ros,on and Maine railroad, Boston, 1ol
the finely illustrated brochure entitled
"Amonr the Mountains" and with Il
Won will get a tour book giving list o'
all the hotels and boarding houses in tint
mountains. with maps, stage connec'
,ions train service etc. Write for IL; Il
will be Of service to You.
immigration Dropping on.