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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
HER OPINION OF HIM.

A Lawyer WHO VIA, Caught Up with For
Once.
If there is anything eXasperating
IN this life, it is the lawyer who de-
lights to bullyrag and otherwise de.
spitctully use a witness, more par
ticulurly when that witness ii a
woman. 1t is on this account that
there is ii general rejoicing when
that kind of IN attorney is smitten
hip and thigh by one of his suNpos.
cdly helpless victims. or such Is
the following tale:
The woman was on the stand, and
she was Il very nee hammered, re-
spectacle woman who kept II cheap
lOurtjing house. ard it was the de-
sire Of one ct her guests to he dis
honest that had brought her to the
court 10 make him pay lis board.
How old did You say you were.
mudGm.' inquired the lawyer, with
10 reason ON earth, for an elderly
landl"dy j. no mulc anxious to lose
Il hoard l,il than Il young one.
Il did lot say, sir, - she respond
ed, flushing 10 the !. OTIS of her hair.
"Wiil YOU lie kind enough to say,
MADAME
Its none of your business"
"Obje.tion sustained, smiled the
court.
"Umr' said the lawyer, rubbing
his chin. How much did you say
the amount was the defendant owed
you.'
"Twenty-fve dollars
"And for how long was thati"
Give weeks
"That's So a week, isn't iti'
eyes, sir.
Give weeks at So a week is Sa5,
believe you saidi"
Eyes, sir.
The witness was patient, but hel
temper was not improved under the
strain.
Isn't that an eXtravaSant price
to pay for board i'll that locality,
madam;" inquired the attorney Sc.
verely.
He didn't pay it, sir, y answered
the worm. beginning to turn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
NEWS OF The STATE.

OLD MONTPELIER RESIDENCE BURNED
The historic Landgon house In Mont
pclicr, known in recent years as mich
ola, Manor" was burned Monday after
noon. Central Vermont section men we've
burning old ties beside the ra iiroad track
few rods away and the grass caught
fire and SOC II reached the de soric,i house.
The loss is nominal, as the work of tear
ing down the old structure W as in pro-
grcss. The burned building WAS once
considered II palatial residence. |, was
bnlt somewhere about the year 1872 by
James II. Lanedon, father of James Il.
Langdon.
The engagement is annOHIccd of Miss
Kate Washburn of " atcrbury to Baron
Won Roscnbury of Dresden, Germrnv.
Rudyard Kplino is expected ut Bratte-
boro after short rest at Lakewood, \.
j., where he has Just gone.
While cutting turnps for his lambs
with Il straw cutter last Thursday. writes
the Chcstcr correspondent Of the Inflow
Tribune, Farmer Edward Dodge untor-
tunatcly shipped oTabou' one ,nrh OF tn,
end of the middle finer on hi, lett hand.
Fearful of Il fatal result for his PEE Lamb
| if that unfortunate animal should absorb
the severed member, our farmer fiicnd
quickly seized Inc point and replaced it in
lis proper position, when, hy the aid Of g,
skilt'ul stitchcr. seven loops OF thread
made ii fast, and now the curtiilCd mean
! yore, and Mr.. Dodge is satisfied that all
| is well that ends we'll.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
BR!DGEWATER'S NUGGET.
History of q Canadian Town That w


History of Canadian Town That Was
Built of Marble.
Zone salmon multiples its species
a millionfold, the giants f the west
ern forest spring from II seed no
larger than a pea, but for gold, the
magic metal, humanity has leveled
mountains and bridgcd seas and
ocruns,h said a well known civil en-
gincer to Portland OregOnian re-
porter.
Il was assistant engineer on the
Ontario and Quebec railroad, a
branch Of the Canadian Pacific rail
way, and in running our prelimi
nary lines one of them touched
BlidSewater, Ont, Il deserted town
that was the personiiiGatiou of Oil
yer Goldsmith Deserted Village.
Bird ,.cwatpr was brought into eX.
iste'lce 10y one of the strangcat gold
finds and cruZca in the history of
this continent, and it goes to show
what great results sometimes follow
small and Unrmportunt occurrences.
Iwiil tell you the story of how a
stray COW caused millions of money
to be spent in search of gold.
"Ncariy ~ years ago Il farmer S
wife was searching the woods sur,
rounding their farm for Il COW that
had struyrd and, becoming thirsty,
stCpl ed to get drink from IL spring.
Slipping, shc fell against IL sma ',
loose rock, which rolled to her fe
and which proved to be Il 20 pound
nugget Ct almost pure gold. Bridge
water ut that time was nearly lO
miles from the nearest railroad, and
the present site of the town was
nothing bat Il wilderness, but the
effect of that accidental find of tie
farmers wife was such that insiue
of six months what had been /;
burned over, barren wilderness was
converted into IL substantial city Of
nearly 5000 persons.
In digging II shaft about mi
south of the town site on the claim
of the Hon. Billia Flint, Il life sena
tor Of Canada, an immense quarry
of the purcst white marble even
found on tins continent was discov
cred, and at the sug gc> ton of tn,
senator the town of Bridgewatel
was practically built of marble, foi
it has today the only hotel, church,
school, courthouse ANA dwellings
constructed entirely Of white mar
bic in the verdi, and Il mile nurtl
of the town are an abandoned AK
factory and the grist mill, who's,
foundations are built of the SAINT
beautiful material.
during the building of the town
thousands of men prospected the en-
trio country, and shafts and tunnels
were driven, some of them nearly
The Age and World, S1.G5.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
VERMONT METHODISTS.

MONTPELIER DISTRICT APPOINT
Presiding Elder. Rev. w II Dav-
export, Ludlow.
Ascutncvville and Windsor, + g
Rainey.
Athens and Brookline, w L Lang.
Barnard and East Barnard, Nj III
Smith.
Bellows Falls, f W Lewis.
Bethel, to be supplied.
Bondvillc. f II Curricr.
Bradford, a II Webb.
Brattlcboro, Il + Lowe.
Brownsville, W III White.
Chelsea. W L Allen.
CuttingSvillc, to be supplied.
Gaysvillc and Bethel, Lympus,
supplied 10y w + Till.
Granville and Hancock, supplied
hy L " Sharp.
Ilarlland and North IiartIani, y
c bennett.
Heath, supplied by 6 II Bolster.
Jacksonville, to be supplied
L"h"9r"Nc' s"PP''c" ny " -
ENana.
Lndi' W, } /; badger
AtC"''''e"N'I'e, 10 NC S"l'l''''"'
Mo'l'pcllS'' \ " |"uk''n' @,
\"',N''e'd an" uo"l"SN'''e' y "
I NhatrSom' r. -,
NORM hc''"'o ana o"'o" ~
lagc' p"N l;aW'oh' -. :,
ttLN'h''i''e an" -N'''''''"' ! vi
Nnafl'"n' r -, =, :,
lI''H'cIn ana 'o'"e"''''2'' VI -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
Gen. Grout a New Convert"

One of the interesting and sug-
gcstive incidents of the day is the
welcome of the members of thcNer-
mont Methodist conference to New
port by Gen. w. w. Grout of klr-
by, VT, and Washington, D. c.
Further interest attaches to this in
cidcnt from the circumstances that
Gen. Grout classes himself ''liberaP
in the photographed sketches that
the state of Vermont publishes of its
servants. Indeed, the circumstances
that give interest to Gen. CIRCUITS
welcome OF the Methodists to New
port are quite interesting, when you
come to think of it.-Montpelicl
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

200 feet deep; but, strange as may
seem, there WIS never enough gold
found to pay the cost of Il single
shaft OF tunnel sunk or run in the
entire district. So excited did the
farmers around Bridgewater become
that some of them actually hired
guards to keep men from going on
their land to pick up gold.
Pat Kohoe, an old Irishman who
owned 100 acres of rock strewn, bar.
rem land, was offered Sl25,0G0 fol
his holding, but held out for $780,.
coo. Today you could buy the prop.
erty for probably $50.
"One rancher, whose farm adj
Joined 'Aladdin's Cave, the place
where the original nugget was
found, sold 45 acres to an English
syndicate for 100000, and it is an
established fact that the syndicate
spent as much more developing
their claim, as everything was very
costly, all material having to be
hauled nearly SO miles over rough
roads, and they did not get single
ounce of free gold out of their pur-
! chase, but they mined some quartz
about 100 tons-shipped it to the
States, and in return got IL bill fron
the smelling company for $3.50
smelling charges over and above the
gold in the quartz. This was the
first and, believe, the last ship
ment Of quartz ever made, as the
cost of hauling, shipping and smelt-
ing was $3.50 ton more than the
rock produced.
For some reason tho marble
quarries of Bridgewater were never
worked other than for local build.
ing purposes. just why | do not
know, for, though have seen many
SO called marble palaces III different
parts Of Europe have never seen
anything like those to be found i'll
Bridgewater, probably the only en-
tire town built of white marble III
the world
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
W OODSTOC X, \

The lawyer gave little start OF
surprise, then became indignant at
the very thought Of Il witness talk.
ing like that
"Don' be facetious on the witness
stand. madam" he said, assuming
Il tone of warning. "This is Il serious
matter, madam. I have asked il
your prices were not eXorbitunt,
and you have seen fit to answer
lightly, madam. Now, madam, J
ask you in all eaTnestnesS il you
mean to tell this court that your
prices are moderate and that if ]
shor Id como to your house to board
you would charge me 81 wees
Answer directly, madam, and the
attorney sat hack in his chair and
assumed an imperial manner.
Tho witness was not at all abash.
ed.
"No, SIR she said simply. Il
would
II thought not, thought not, =
interrupted the attorney, bending
over and rubbing his hands.
mo, sir, continued the witness
Il would not charge you at all.
would make you pay i'll advance.
Then the court forgot it's dignity,
and everybody laughed except the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
BARRELS SAMPLES
Over Two Hundred Thousand Trial
Bottles Sent Free by Mall.

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10y sl'ec''i arrangement WV" Wv
1ac'urer' Oh 'h"' iuS.F I"'n,"' N''''E
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pied 10 upla'h 'rIa' p'.''o ""' t""''
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~ The mluiuct urcrS, Int they have re-
,,',,.l ..,l,,,,,. n,,trful letter., from those
t'''',, -s.s, ,,,.l .r.,I - ,,,o
wa" nave pc'u hP"'"ten """ ,"''" W. '"'
varuu, Diseases III the Kidney, Liver BlAd-
der and Hln,l Rheumatism. pyspcp,,n
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aHt N"' ''"' '"''P'-''"' " W "'' "'','
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

First Btirglar-lf | had some more
money, l t'ink I'd 90 inter politics.
Second Burglar - Dere'S more
money in politics dan dere is in our
line.
First Burglar-Not only dat, but
notice when a man is in politics
it's easier fer him to keep out OF
jail.-Brooklyu Life.
George +. Rich of Manchester.
Conn. has decided to send Red of
Waranoke 20 White River Junction
for the summer. having engaged
quarters for him at the home of f..
L. Sykes. a we'll known former
driver. Along with the fast son of
llorncll Wilkes will he Uncle
Hosea. Il promising son of Red. just
to show the Nermonters the sort of
stock Connecticut breeders can raise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
CF.'5,.i ~: = 81. :
PETITION FOR FORECLOSURE.

In CHANCERY. Whereas Willis X
STATE OF VERMONT the County of Wind
snr, has filed in the office of the clerk of
the Court of Chancery his petition setting
forth that on the 18th day of March. A. ID.
1897. George II. Carver, then of sad IVES
ton. duly executed to the petitioner Il mort
Weston. and in said petition fully describ-
ed. conditioned for the payment of the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, spec
fled in II pronissory note payable March
II. 1898. with interest annually, By said
George II. Carver executed and delivered to
said Smith, Il part of which is owing and
not paid that one N. Maria Carver OF linr-
rsvillc III the County of Richie and State
of West Virginia claims to have some in
terest in said mortgaged premises 4: and that
said premises are scant security for t he in
debtedncSs aforesaid
Wherefore the petitioner prays that the
equity of redemption of said George III. and
n. Maria Carver be foreclosed pursuant to
| law, and that the time for redemption may
e shortened.
| And whereas it appears that said George
H. Carver and n. Maria Carver are without
this state. SO that the summons OF said
Court OF Chanccry may not be served upon
| them personally
IT Is THEREUPCN ORDERED that the said
George II. Carver and N. Maria Carver he
notified of the tendency of said petition
and required tn appear in and before said
Court OF Chancery at the term thereof next
to be held at Woodstock in the County of
| Windsor in the State of Vermont. on the
first Tuesday of June, A. ID. 1899. to wit,
on the first day of said term. and make an
swer to said petition and abide the order
and decree of said Court. by publishing the
substance of said petition, together with
| this order. for three weeks successfully, i'll
the Spirit of the Age. newspaper pub
| lished at said Woodstock. the last pubica-
| ton to he at east twenty days prior to the
commencement OF said tenn OF Court,
which shall he deemed sufficient notice to
SAID George II. and \. Maria Carver.
Given under my hand ut We ,dstock III
the County OF Windsor this 18th day of
! April, A. d., 1899
JAY READ PEMBER.
Clerk.
| ST.CETEY n SARGENT,
Solicitors for Petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
CO.UlNISSINNERS' y OIICE
Estate of Susan Ii, Freeman.
ST.CHSEY n SARGENT.
Solicitors for Petitioner.

The undersigned, having been appointed
bv the Honorable Probate Court, Tor the
District of Hart ford, Commissioners to re-
ceiye. examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands OF all persons against Susan II,
Freeman. late of Woodstock. in sRd Dis
trict. deceased, hereby give notice that We
will meet for the purpose of examining and
allowing said claims ut the Woodstock Ma
tional Bank in said Woodstock on Tuesday
the 9th day of May. and on Monday, the
25,h day of September. 1890, from o'cl"c /
y. III. until 4 o'clock =. ~. on cat h of
said days. and that six month from The 81
DAY of April. A. ID. 1899. is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to IL for examination and
allowance.
Dated nj Woodstock this 10th day of
April. 4. ID. 1899.
GEO. w. PAUL,
II. G. JOHNSON.
CONS.
Expires Oct. Sd. 1889.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

American soldiers in the Philip,
pines. Inc next letter from this
same regiment brought word that
he was dead. What he was fight
ing for, it proved, was Il bloody
gravc.-Frce Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
The Georgia Lynchlng.

In many of its features the lynch
ing of the negro Sam Hose at New
nan, Ga, is the worst example OF
the madness of mob law which the
country has even seen. 1t is almost
Incredible that in any part of this
land, which we call civilized, there
could occur such an exhibition Of
those savage traits which we rccog-
nizc us belonging to other ages and
to races tar below us in the scale of
humanity. The killing was bad
enough; the torture was worse; but
the horror and sha ne of it all is
that men whom we must call fellow
citizens IN an enlightened, Christian
republic could take delight in the
torture and the killing, and could
seize as priced mcmcntocs the frag-
ments in evidence OF the CHASTITY
deed.-Boston Post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
MAR RACES.

In Woodstock, April -, by Rev. NJ. +.
Morrill,. Mr.. Arthur &. Wyatt of Hartford
and Miss Alice l.. ellison OF Iartlnnd.
In Woodstock. April %. by Rev. J. +.
Simmons, Fred Charles Rich and Lena
Mabel B ood both Of WoSt Windsor.
In Pitt steld April %. by Rev. Chest a
Dingman, Ernest Howard of Gays, lille and
Miss Minnie Wallace OF Bethel.
In Ludlow. April 10, A. ID. Beckwith OF
Bellows Falls and Mrs. Mary Gould OF
Ludlow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
Dir lis.

IN Pomiret. April u, daughter. edith
Lilian) to Mr. and Mrs. Il. ID. Ransom.
Weight q pounds
In Bridgcwatcr April y. II son to Mr.
and Mrs Warren r. Lewis.
In Plymouth Union, April 10. II daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Derby
In Bethel. April % IL daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. f. p. Fisher
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
Cruelty to Animals.

n farmer IN Randolph recently
ovcrworked and beat pair of un-
dcrfcd hor scs until one fell dead.
With considerable depth of feeling
he remarked to neighbor that he
was "sorry the horse died, but per-
haps after all 1t was for the best, for
it might have fallen into bad hands.
The owner received Il warning from
the authorities and barely escaped
prosecution.
\ Nebraska voluntcc, wrote to
his home from Manila few weeks
ago: Il am not afraid, and am
ALWAYS ready to do my duty, but |
would like some one to tell me
what we are fighting for" This
mnst be the feeling OF many OF the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

W. b. c. Stickney of Bethe |
who has been mentioned as proba-
bic candidate for representative in
congress from this distinct, was
asked by a representative of the
White River Junction Landmark
what truth there was III the report
alluded to. Mr.. Stlckncy replied
that he had not definitely settled the
matter III his own mind; that he
naturally preferred the practice of
his profession to political career,
and would wait for developments
in the future before deciding upon q
course of action so far as being 4
candidate for the position is con-
cerncd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

Hc-Was Your brother engaged
in the late war:
She-No; not until after he came
home. onkers Statesman.
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Spirit Of the Agc,
Woodstock. w., Apr 20. 1899.
BY EDWARD c. DANA.

Talk of treason is absurd. No
''cxposure" has yet appeared, which
is not strange considering the fact
that most Of the reasonable docu-
mcnts are in the form of letters from
the parents OF volunteers in the
Philippines.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
DEATHS.

In Bethel, April 2G, Mrs. Orrin ID. Wood,
aged 80 years
In Aurora. H., April lG, of conSump'i m
f. Is. Heath, formerly oi Enst Barnard
aged 30 wears.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

An industrial note in the Argus
indicates that the managers OF the
Montpelier town agency are very
much alive to the wants of the pub
lie. They strive to please. As a
natural result of their disintcrcstcd
labors the agency is doing 4 rushing
business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

At present the congressional con-
test in the first district seems to be
"narrowcG down" to five candidates,
with a possibility of several more
coming in. All of them have had Il
hand in politics before, but aside
from the present representative from
that district and cX-Gov. Page the
candidates are not likely to make Il
large showing next wear. Indeed,
if 1t were not for the ex-governor
the game would hardly be interest
ing for Congressman Powers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

The Springfield Republican in an
editorial on the Georgia lynchlng
says:
THE annals of the savage will be
searched in vain for anything worse
than. the exhibition given to the
world by the white civilization of
the state of Georgia. The best that
the dcvllish ingenuity of man has
ever been able to do, in any age or
among any people, to make the
ordeal of death as cNcruCiatlng and
awful rs it could possibly be made,
was cqualcd IN the torture and mutt
lation and burning of the negro
Hose and if any large company OF
human beings at any stage IN the
development of the race ever gave
greater evidence of joy in such Il
spectacle or rushed with greater
eagcrness to secure memcntoes OF
the fearful tragedy in the form OF
pieces of the burned flesh and bits
of the charred bones, history makes
no record OF the fact"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

Gen. Otis claims that he has men
enough to bag the Filipinos, while
Gen. Lawton says that 1000 men
will be needed to subdue Luzon and
the other islands. The movement
now in progress by which it is
hoped to flank and disorganize the
man of the lnsurgent troops may
decide which is right. If this at
tempt fails Gen. Lawton's statement
will seem the more trustworthy
though varying vastly from his COM
mander's estimate of the number of
guns and men needed for the sue
cess of President Mckinley's enter
prise in the orient.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

The story told by Captain Cogh-
Ian of the Raleigh in regard to the
friction between the American and
German commanders at Manila will
not involve the United States in a
war, but it has set two continents to
talking in a rather high pitch. 1t
was an entertaining story but it
varies in some essential points from
former accounts of the incident.
Perhaps it was the "truth,' as Cap
tain Coghlan says, but 1t was espec-
tally indiscrcet just at this time tor Il
representative of the navy to reopen
old wounds that were fast healing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29

MONTPELIER DISTRICT APPOINT
MENTS.