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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
SENATE FOLLOWS SUIT
Passes the National Defense Bill
Without Dissenting Vote.
THE MEASURE NOT DEBATE AT ALL.

Those Present and Voting Numbered Sew
enty-Six and the Whole Proceeding Took
Less Than Fifteen Minutes--Resolution
Which Indicates That the Senate will
Thoroughly Investigate the Destr uction
of the BattIeship Maine.
Washington, March 10.-The $4,000. 900
bill was reported TO the senate by Sem
ator Hale and passed without discus
sion or objection by the unanimous vote
of the senate. Those present and vot-
ing numbered seventy-six The whole
proceeding took less than fifteen min
utes. At the conclusion Of morning
business Senator Hale of the appropria
tions committee quietly rose and said:
II report from the committee on appro-
priations, without amendment. an act
to supply urgent deficiencies for the
current year and for other purposes,
and l ask that 1t be placed on it's pas
sage"
The bill. which was the measure ap-
propriating $50, 1873, 900, of which $50,000.-
900 was placed at the disposal of the
president for the national defense, was
then, amid an intense silence, read In
full
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
Placed on Passage.

At the conclusion of the reading, there
being no amendment to the bill, it was
placed on it's passage. Senator Hale
asked that the yeas and nays be called.
Such unanimity as the roll call devel-
oped was as unusual as II was signifi-
cant. Pairs were broken on both sides
of the chamber in order that all those
present might evince their patriotism
and desire to uphold the hands of the
president in this time of emergency by
voting directly for the measure.
Within few minutes after the sem
ate had convened the roll call had been
completed and the vice president had
announced that the bill was passed, rs
senators voting in the affirmative and
not one in the negative. AS the vice
president made his announcement a
slight ripple of applause ran through
the galleries, but the members OF the
senate remained calm and dignified
Resolution by Chandler.
Chandler presented the following res
olution which indicates that the dis
aster to the battleship Maine is to have
a thorough investigation by the sem
ate:
4 THAT in conducting the inquiry into
the cause of the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine in Havana harbor on
Feb. 15, 1898. under resolution of the
senate of Feb. "a. the committee on
naval affairs is hereby authorized to
send for persons and papers. to employ
stenographer and to make the inves-
tigation by the full committee, or by
subcommittee thereof the expenses of
such investigation to be paid from the
contingent fund of the senate"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on contingent expenses. At
12:40 p. M, on motion Of Davis. chair
man of the committee on foreign rela-
tions, the senate went into executive
session. The senate adjourned at 1:35
n m
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10

American Elect. It IL Declared. surpassss
That Of Spain.
Washington. March 1o.--A great deal
has been said and written about the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Remarkable Chester Woman.

MIS-. Mary Burdick, of Chester,
VT, mother of Mrs. a. A. Stiles
and Mrs. Arisona Cummings of
keene with whom she has lived TN
til quite recently, is in many ways Il
remarkable woman. She is "a
years of age and is in excellent
health and sees to read small type
very we'll indeed, without the aid of
glasses. She is the mother, also, of
Mrs. Levi Johnson OF Chester and
Mrs. Nelson Clark of Claremont.
She has six grandchildren, and seven
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26

Austin Howard of West Hart ford
spent day or two here the first OF
the week, purchasing lumber from
NJ. Hathaway and MIR. Brownell.
Mrs. Fisher is no better.
Almon Russell and wife of North
Shrewsbury and w J Bidgood and
wife of South Reading have been
visiting at \ n Russell's.
Z Miner has moved from the
Wilson Reed tenement to South
Pomfret.
Abram Dunbar and son Richard
moved from the Harvey place We'd
ncsday. We haven't learned where
they will make their future resi-
dcnCc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
A Discovery

of just what you want is al
ways worth making, and is
easy to make when you look
where it is. It's as certain as
sunrise that we can meet every
furniture want fully. complete
ly and handsomely. We make
this claim without reserve or
hesitation. 1t is wholly i'm
material whether you are
thinking of a suite for parlor
or bedroom, or Il single piece,
say a chiffonier, easy chair,
rocker, hall rack, sideboard,
or anything else on the list,
you'd best select it here.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Rarnard's Old Fort.

But few people in Barnard can
go to the spot where Fort Defiance
stood on the farm now owned by
James Caldwell. 1t was built in
1880 as protection for the settler S
against the Tories and Indians, and
undoubtedly, 18th the one at Bethel,
saved the inhabitants from a second
invasion. The Tories carried away
as prisoners Prince Haskell, limo.
thy Newton and Thomas Wright.
Newton AMI Wright escaped the
same year. Haskell was guarde d
closer on accoun, OF his being a
surveyor, but was released the next
spring. The tort was commanded
by Captain Benz. Cox, who held
commission from the United States.
The garrison was recruited from
Barnard, Pomfret, Woodstock and
Stockbridge. a diary kept by
Jonathan Carpenter, soldier from
Pomfret, during the first campaign,
Is in eXistancc, and owned by r. A.
Perkins of the Rutland Herald, and
will be published IN the history of
the fort. Barnard should erect some
kind of a monument to mark the
spot where the WON en- anu
children often took refuge from
alarms which were frequent during
the fall of 1850.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26

was the hero of the Circle. Mr.,
Dunbar and three or four of his
scholars did equally well, as they
were not spelled down. Mrs. Ella
Hawkins and Miss Kennedy, pro-
nouncers. Receipts, $..25.
Henry Walker returned from Bos-
ton Wednesd ay after an absence of
ten days. He found the snow had
not lessened much OH his hill during
his stay, as they have been thorough
ly showed in.
Miss Marguerite Roulston has
gone to Canton, N. Y, to visit he,
sister, Mrs. Mix. She will be alb
sent through the winter.
Miss Elsie Walker is stopping
with her brother Clarence for few
days.
Miss Alice L. Fletcher is expect
ed home from New York next week.
DR.. kidder was called to Mr..
Dunbar's Monday by the illness of
Miss Cole, one of his scholars.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
BridgeWater Centre,

Maria Walker is at work at
Herman Davis.
Mrs. Ella Chase and Dora Chase
are spending few weeks in Wind
sOr.
We are having an old-fashioned
winter and it has taken people most
of the time the past wenk to break
roads.
Miss Alice Hadley has been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Mary Knowlton.
Ed Peoples and wife and May
Nadow have been visiting at George
II Woodward's on Bridgewater hill.
l. II Spaulding, l. E Weymouth
and Il a knowlton met at Frank
Bassetts in Biidgewater Hollow on
Wednesday to settle Mis-. Henry
Pratt's estate.
Rev. Frank Young of Canada has
been holding series of meetings in
the church the past week.
l. + Weymouth has closed his
mill until it stops showing. Our
highW avs III some localities ale up
among the tree tops.
II 6 Davis has purchased new
waterwhecl for his mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Cook of North
Shrewsbury were guests at George
Rice's on Sunday, Feb. 20. They
were on their wedding trip, bound
for Exeter. \. H., where the parents
of Mrs. Cook reside. Mrs. Cook IS
the eldest daughter of Rev. r 6
Lord, who recently lived in this
place. The elder was pastor of the
church here.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Discovered the Norway Dat. "

David w. Ramsdell. who gained
fame by the discovery of the ''Nor-
way oat," died at South Royalton
Feb. II. He was born in Washing
ton, VT, in 1874. In 1861 he dis
covered in package of seeds re-
ceived from the agricultural depart
ment the oat he named the "Nor-
way oat," and from the sale of its
product he made and spent or lost
in the ten succeeding years Il fortune
that ran into the millions. About
$3,ooo,ooo was spent in advertising
the oat,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
North erIdgeWater.

Snow in abundance and still an
addition almost daily. But through
the remarkable energy and perscver-
ance of our people we are able to
communicate with the outside world
part Of the time.
Ernest Bassett had the misfortune
to stick a nail in his knee recently,
which is making bad business for
him.
G Brown sawed E E Bassett's
wood last week.
G w Panton and wife of Brook
field made G r Markham a visit re-
Gently.
Mrs. S + Green was again called
to Pomfret on Saturday last by the
critical illness of her sister. We
have learned more recently Mrs.
Boynton is improving.
G w Badger is working for Ed
win Wood, numbering.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Stands at the Head,

Aug. J. Bogel, the leading drug
q st of Shreveport, La, says: CDR.
Kings New Discovery is the only
thing that cures my cough, and it is
the best seller have" !. F. Camp.
bell, merchant of Stafford, Ariz.
writes: CDR. Kings New Discov-
cry is all that is claimed for it; it
never fails, and is a sure cure for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
l cannot say enough for its me rits. u
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds is n OF
an experiment. 1t has been tried
Tor a quarter of a century, and today
stands at tie head. 1t never disap.
points. Free trial bottle at A. b.
Morgan's drug store.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
South Royalton.

The members of Bixby p, st cclc.
brated their goth anniversary We'd
nesday afternoon several well known
speakers being IN attendance.
A valuable hound owned by
Elmer Hapgood was killed bv the
train a few days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E H Sargant have
moved into G Ashley's tenement,
recently vacated by c Z Flint.
The drama "Among the Breakers,
will be gwen at Woodlands hall by
the graduating class OF South ROYAL
ton high school Thursday evening
of next week.
Miss Jessie Benson is visiting in
Springfield, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
South Woodstock.

y well attended sociable was held
at Grange hall the 18th notwith-
standing the deep snow and hurri-
cane all through Wednesday, but
none could come from far away.
After a scripture reading by the
hostess came the election of officers
for the coming year: President,
Mrs. Paul Kendall; vice-president,
Mrs. Clarence Walker; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. John Blake.
The spelling followed, which went
well rs all did we'll. John NJ. Blake
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Vermont Pensions.

The following Vcrmonters have
been granted pensions: Increase,
William ID. Sherman, $I2 to $r4;
original, widows, ETC., Adelaide E..
Parker, Andover, $1e.
Original, Andrew Aiken, Wells
River, So; increase, Albert X. ).
Ransom, Stannard, ST. to Sc; John
McNulty. Proctorsville, $50 to $7c;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
The Rutland Railroad

A Rutland dispatch OF Feb. Il
says:
A statement has been made in this
city today of much interest to the
citizens of Vermont. 1t is that the
Rutland railroad is contemplatingand
seriously considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of extending its line northward
from Burlington to connect with
the Canada Atlantic and possibly
with the Ogdensburg and Lake
Champlain railroad.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Barnard,

- al tottA'
Mrs. f M May is in very poo1
health.
Miss Lucy Hammond is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Charles E. Black
of South Royalton.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G Aikens have
returned from their sleighing trip.
While absent they visited friends at
Hanover and Lebanon, N. H.
The social entertainment which,
was announced for Saturday even
ing, Feb. 20, at South Barnard, is
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z S Putnam were
among those attending the Rebekah
ball at Woodstock Tuesday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Reed of Bethel will
hold services in the Universalist
church next Sunday, Feb. Fl, at
2.3o p. m.
y number of our village people
recently attended dance at Frank
Churchill's near East Barnard, and
to oar surprise they forgot to come
home. In fact, some were absent
three days-a long time to spend in
visiting "altcr tie ball"
We are now testing our road COM
missioncrs as we'll as the present
road system and the towns pocket
book.
Mrs. d \ Jennc is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Talbert of Plainfield,
n. H., who is in poor health.
S b Aikens has gone to Worces-
ter, Mass, for Il short rest.
The late snow is the cause of
many tip-ovcrs and accidents or va
rious kinds.
Mr.. Richardson of Gaysville and
| b Newman, a travelling salesman,
were snowbound at the Silver Lake
house during last weeks blizzard.
George Ilarpin. a former resident
Of this place, now a resident OF
Newport, y. H., called on old
friends recently.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
A Burlington Bow ESCAPED.

The only Vermonter connected
with the Name was Hannibal Hol-
den, son of Geo. II. Holden of Bur-
lington. The young man graduated
two years ago from the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis, and has been on
several cruises. He was assistant
navigator and captains clerk on the
Maine. A telegram has been re-
ceived announcing that he was not
injured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26

great-grandchildrcn and one great
grcat-grandchild, the latter Law.
renee Dyer, son of MIR. and Mrs.
Leonard Dyer, of Orange, Mass.
Mrs. Dyer is Il daughter o! c. F..
Cummings OF keenc, a son of Mrs.
Arisona Cummings. and himself,
therefore, grandson of Mrs. Bur
dick. The latter has been twice
married. Mrs. Burdick was pre-
scented recently by the Daughters Of
the American Revolution Il sterling
gold sou venir commemorative of
the fact that she is an so risina"
daughter keene Sentinel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
No. Pomtret.

M p. Burke took ammonia by
mistake for medicine and was made
quite i'll.
Forrest kempton from Cornish,
N. H., visited friends here last week.
Several families arc having some
experience with the prevailing dis
temper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
At the Churches Tomorrow.

Notwithstanding service n
1870. Junior meeting $50 o'clock
Epworth League 6.I5 o'clock, Even
ing service 7 o'clock.
st. )ames-Usual morning and
evening services.
universa!lst-Usual morning ant
evening services.
Catho'ic-Mass in South ROYAL.
ton at 0.I5, in Bethel at IL. go
Every Wednesday and Friday OF
Lent evening services at 7.5o.
Congregational-Usual services.
Christian Usual services.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
HartIand.

A pleasant occasion was the ''da'
guer, eotype" sociable held by the
Methodist society at Mrs. Dickin-
sons Friday evening of last week
Presiding Elder Beeman was in
attendance at the quarterly meeting
at the Methodist church Monday
afternoon.
w. II. Sturtevant has been in
Woodstock this week.
Mrs. George Temple passed away
Monday evening, the funeral being
held Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
TaftsvItIe.

Taft8vltle.
The LADIES' Information socict V
will meet with Mrs. Marcy We'd
nesday afternoon, March ;. Miss
l. NJ Gilbert, leader. All arc cor
daily invited.
A g Morse returned to Ascutney-
vile Tuesday, having received notice
that { Ii Seavcrs steam mill, where
he is employed as engineer, which
was recently seriously damaged by
fire, is again in operation.
Arthur Reed and wife of West
Hartford have been visiting his
father, Wilson Reed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
The Thermometer Kicks.

I'm pretty blamed sick" the thermome-
ter growled,
"Of the weather we're having Just now:
For though | am intrepid.
These changes so rapid
Are knocking me silly. | vow.
For it's warm. and then cold, and then
freezing. then hot,
In this really most wonderful cline:
So that marking the changes
Through all their swift ranges
Makes me work every day overtime"
New York World
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26

a Tunbridgc item says that the
oldest twins in the world ale be-
lieved to be Mrs. Minerva Cushman
Ordway of that town and her sister,
Mrs. Malvina Cushman Stockwcl
of Chelsea. They were born in
Tunbrldgc Dec. 10, 1905.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
Spirit Of the age,
Woodstock, Vt Feb. 26. 1893.
Woodstock is. IL. Time Table.


The following is the running lime Of the
trains over the Woodstock Railroad, com.
mencing Monday, Oct. SO 1897.
TRAINS GOING EAsT.-No2. Mail, A. NJ.
Leave Woodstock 10 80; TaftsvilIe 10 40;
Quechee 10 80; Dewey's Mills 10 81; tHart.
ford II 10; White River Junction II 90.
TRAINS GOING EAsT.-NO. 4, Accom-, p
N. Leave Woodstock 3 90; Taftsville 32I
Quechce 3 SO; Dcweys Mills 3 80: Hartford
$50; white River Junction 3 81.
TRAINS GOING EsT.-No. |. Accom-, A.
NJ. Leave White River Junction 80; Hart
ford ! So; Dcwcy's Hills 10; Qucchee 90:
Taftsville 8 80; Woodstock s 70.
TRAINS GOING WEsT.-NO3 3. Mail. Leave
White River junction 40; Hartford 49,:
Dewey's Mills 2 90; Qucchec 2 % Taftsvle
9 Is; Woodstock 90.
All TRAINS daily-Sundays excepted
I Flag Station.
j. q. PORTER. SUIT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
West Woodstock

Pupils neither absent or tardy,
for the term ending Feb. IS, are
Anna Mills, Eddie Potwin, Arthur
Gilbert and Berthe Potwin. Eddie
Potwin has had no marks during
the year. Emery, Clarence and
CLYDE Russell have been out one day
on account of the great storm.
Grace Sylvester, Anna Slack and
Bernice Vaughan, each missed one
word in their respective spelling
classes. Our superintendent came
into school Feb. 10, and asked if the
class which had nearly reached per-
centage understood wood problems,
whereupon they We're sent by twos
into the shed to measure and find
out how much wood there was.
The girls showed themselves equally
competent with the boys in measur-
ing wood and all brought in correct
results. Edward w. Abbott,
Teacher.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26

reissue and increase, William Nc,
1ntyre, Winooski. So to $I,.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
No Further Trouble.

81 had a humor which seemed
like water blisters and which broke
and discharged, and was very pain
full and disagreeable. 1 began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and IN a
short time this humor disappeared
and | have had no further trouble
with it." Benz F. Riley, East
Corinth, Maine.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate Cure indigestion, head
ache. -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-26
WAN TIED.

A carload of cows due to calve next sum-
mer or fall.
WALTER NJ ROBBINS,
Brattlcboro, VT
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

hammocks about half an hour later for
while the enlisted men take their breakfast
at seven bells, or T:30, the officers do not
eat theirs untl eight bella The first job
Of the mess cooks Is 10 boil Immense pots
OF coffee. The American sailor no sooner
gets mis- hammock dashed and slowed away
when he Is turned out In the gray of the
morning than he makes for the galley with
his porcelain cup and pours him ont big
drink OF steaming not coffee which he
takes without milk or sugar The early
morning coffee keeps the men going until
mess gear for breakfast Is piped. two hours
after they turn out OF their hammocks.
The bulk Of a man-of-war's hard cleaning
work IL done before breakfast and while
the coffee they take as soon as they turn
out supports the men during this hard two
hour period of washing down and general
sWabbing, they are always ravenous by
the time breakfast gear is piped.
The American blue jackets-this term not
Including the chief petty officers, who live
as we'll as the commissioned officers on
most ships-may and do feel certain when
they take their breakfast that the food
before them is the soundest and best of its
kind, even If It is not very attractively
served. II would, OF course, be impossible
for the tars to eat with dainty accompani-
ments to their food, considering the cramp-
ed space of a war ship. When the mess
gear for breakfast is piped by the bo'sun,
forward decks, caused by the mess strik-
ers pulling down the mess gear, which Is
the phrase employed for the swinging mess
tables suspended when In use from
chains and dashed by hooks between meals
TO the under sides of the decks There
are "gunls" to these mess tables-boards
raised about three inches from the surface
OF the tables around the four sides-to pre-
vent the dishes from sliding off when the
ship is steaming. Not that there would
be any danger of the dishes breaking even
If they did slide Off The blue Jackets
Individual mess equipment consists of a
porcelain plate, a porcelain cup, and an
IRON knife and fork. The food is set before
the tars by the mess strikers In the iron
pots or pans in which 1t Is cooked, and
when the folding benches have been pulled
up to, the mess tables 1t is each mans bus
mess to help himself. Each man has his
regular seat on the mess bench The men
Jab their forks into the pans and pots.
and heap their plates up, and develop their
muscle passing the huge coffee pots up
and down the tables
When the men of mess forward be-
come discontinued with their cook they
IRE him. This does not often happen, how
ever, for the mess cooks strive to keep
their messes from kicking. The mess cook
who is fired by his mess almost invaria-
bly, deserts his ship at the first oppor-
tunity. The cooks for the officers almost
always give satisfaction, for their ability
is put to the test before they are shipped
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market nominal: rates quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale. 81 Is;
New York. per bale, S1.00; Philadelphia.
per bale, $780, Baltimore, per bale. $1.00.
Via New York-Liverpool, S5c; Manches-
ter 45c; Havre. SIC; Antwerp, SIC; Ham,
burg, SIC; Reval, Csc; st. Petersburg sc:
Gothenberg. sc; Venice, Use; Trieste, 73e;
Lisbon, 66c; Oporto, Gee.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are firm. For
eign business is dun. The rates
from this and nearby Georgia ports are
quoted at $450d5.50 for a range-includine
Baltimore and Portland. Me. Railroad
ties, base A feet: to Baltimore, 1SIac; to
Philadelphia, 141Ac; to New York, 1870.
Timber rates. 50cq$1O0 higher than lum-
Der rates.
By Steam-Lumber-To Baltimore, $500;
Boston. 500; New York, SITS.
Naval Stores-The market is normal and
advancing; medium-sized vessels, Cork for
orders IS Cd for barrels of $40 pounds, and
sc primage, spirits. As Sd; larger, As Cd.
Steam, he per 100 pounds on rosin; $1.00 on
spirits to Boston and 1Oc on rosin, and
SOC on spirits to New York.