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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
THE MAGAZINES.

AS might be expected, the Christ
mas spirit pervades the December St.
Nicholas. 1.-THE Children Danced
Around 1t" is the frontispiece, and
the title refers, of course, to a
Christmas tree. Short stories, ver-
ses, and pictures crowd each other
in the teeming pages of this maya
zine, which has been enlarged by
eight pages, and will not he dimin-
ished in size during the coming year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
POST OFFICE NOTICE
MAILS CLOSE.

Boston. New York, North and East. 100 A.
M, 3.00P. NJ.
Bridgewater and Rutland, $50 A. NJ, and
3.O0P. M.
South Woodstock and FelcLville. 500 p. N.
Barnard and Bethel. $50 a. NJ.
Once hours from SD 4. ". too +. M
sundays. IL to T.. NJ.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN. p. NJ.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
The Grand Jury Reports.
BARNARD.

Mrs. VIM. Newton is working at
W. E. Adams at Chateauguay.
Mrs. Mary Harrington Of Bethel
spent Wednesday at her cottage,
Silver Lake Park.
A social dance is advertised for
Friday evening with good music, the
managers being the same as at the
one given Thanksgiving evening
Messrs Wheelock and Browncll.
Miss Margaret Reagan arrived
from White River Junction Monday
for three weeks vaca ton.
Miss Cora Atwood of Pomf,e ct
was in town Tuesday to attend the
funeral OF Mrs. A. E. Cootey.
Rev. NJ. Fl. Smith is engaged to
teach the school at North Barnard
this winter. Mr.. Smith began his
duties Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. Dean was called to
Roxbury this week to attend the
funeral of her grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mayncs are
stopping with his parents for time.
Daniel Bridgman and wife of
Lebanon, N. H., visited at {. A.
Lewis the first OF the week.
Better skating is seldom known
on Silver lake. We wonder the
young people from >neighboring
towns do not pay US Il visit and en-
joy an afternoon of pleasure.
Remember what YOU miss if you
are absent from the South Barnard
social this Saturday evening.
Hermon and Mara Cootey arrived
from Purchase, N. Y, Monday, be-
ing called here BY the death of their
mother. They returned Thursday.
A. w Eastman and family have
moved to l.. a. Richmond's for the
winter.
Death came to Mrs. Angeline
Cootey on Sunday morning at little
past II O'Clock. For thirteen years
she had been AN invalid. Though at
times her suffering was intense she
was ever patient to the last. She
leaves tiye daughters and one son
who have tcnde,lv cared for their
mother tn, ough all these ears and
it is no wonder she chung to them
when deaths angel came. Hers
was noble life and an example we'll
worth patterning after. Funeral SER
vices were held at her home on
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. NJ. H.
Smith speaking words of comfort to
the bereaved family and large cir.
Gle of friends. Interment was made
at the central cemetery.
At the Churches Tomorrow.
Notwithstanding service at
1890. Junior meeting $50 o'clock,
Epworth League 6.I5 o'clock, Even
ing service 7 O'Clock.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by the
pastor, Rev. Frank G. Putnam.
Christian - Morning service at
1890, with sermon. Sunday school
at IL o'clock. Junior c. E. at 5
o'clock, and Y. r. S. c. E. at 7
o'clock. Welcome to all.
Un,versalist - Usual services in
the morning and evening.
Catholic-Beginning with the first
Sunday in December services will
be as follows: First Sunday, mass
in South Royalton and Barnard;
second. mass in Woodstock at II a.
m. third, mass in Bethel and Ran
dolph fourth, mass in Woodstock
and Quechee; fifth, mass in Wood
stock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16

Franklin S. Billings came uf
from New York Saturday, returning
Monday.
Col. F. {. Hatch of New York
has been in town this week
Mrs. H. H. Symonds, Charles
Symonds, brother of Dr.. Symonds
whose sudden death occurred last
Friday evening, and wife, arrived
here Saturday afternoon. Saturday
evening the relatives left by special
train for the Junction with Dr..
Symonds' remains on the way to
Beverly, Mass, the home If DR..
S! monds' parents. Funeral services
were held Monday.
Cards were received here this
week announcing the marriage Of
Miss Harriette Elisabeth, daughter
of Mrs. George Effingham Marshall,
to MIR. Frank Shreve Price of
Salem, Mass, Tuesday, December
-. The wedding took place at the
home of the brides mother in
Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Christian church society
cleared SIS at its sale and supper
held last week FRIDAY evening.
MAYOR Edward b. Wilson OF
Salem, Mass, father Of F. A. Will
son of this place, was again chosen
mayor at Tuesdays election over
the Citizens nomination candidate.
The contest was sharp one and
brought out the heaviest vote pollld
in years. =, D.,
District No. s, l. o. O. F., held
IL district. meeting here Tuesday
evening, II2 members of the order
attending, including about sixty
from out of town. S. A. Reed of
Windsor, district deputy, and the
following grand officers were pres
ent: Il. E. Parker of Bradford,
grand secretary; E. H. Jackson of
St. Adams, deputy grand master,
and l.. G. Fullam Of Ludlow, grand
conductor. A banquet was served
by the Rebekahs at the Methodist
church vestry at 6 o'clock, and after
wards at the hall Quechee River
lodge worked the initiatory and first
degrees. The secret work of the
order was exemplified by the deputy
grand master and remarks were
made by other grand officers. The
members left by special
train at midnight. ..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
POMFRET.

Mrs Albio Perkins.is improving.
E. Y. Dana and wife are visiting
in New Hampshire.
Ralph LA Mountain recently lost
one of his horses. vs.
Capt. Bruce is searching the hills
for a wild bull owned by him. g..
Edgar Briggs expects to leave
town this week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
= BRIDGEWATER VILLAGE.
HOUSE AND BARN BURNED.

HOUSE AND BARN BURNED.
The buildings consisting Of a
house and barn on what is some
times known as the Pratt place,
about two miles from this village,
were entirely consumed by fire early
Thursday morning, together with
most of their contents, inclnding
four cows and horse Isaac Hold
en-, who resided there alone, was
not aroused until the barn was near
ly consumed and the house on fire
and he had time to save only few
things. The origin Of the fire is I'm
known. The place is the property
of Mrs. Holden and it could not be
learned if there was any insurance
or not.
Percy Greaves visited in Lebanon
the f,st of the week.
MIR. and Mrs. II. w. pinney, who
have been visiting in this vicinity
since September, started for their
home in Ohio Friday.
Our merchants, E. A. Davis and
w. G. Brown, have each a fine dis
play of Christmas goods.
NORTH POMFRET.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. &. Campbell
have moved into part of Frank
Warrcs's house.
The Y. 2. S. &. E. held a social
at the church Tuesday evening.
There was u large crowd at the
dance at the town hall and all report
good time.
Miss Ida Sunbury expects to go to
Fitchburg next week.
F. l.. Davis is in Montpelier this
week on business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16

George Dorset. aged about "a,
committed suicide at Jacksonville
Monday evening in a most horrible
way. Though no one saw the deed
the method of operation was PLAIN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16

He came into the house just after
dark, went to the closet, touk down
shot gun and taking off one boot,
placed the muzzle against the alb
domen, pulled the trigger with his
toes, and discharged the contents
into his bowels, killing him instant
".
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
Vermont State
POULTRY
AND PET STOCK
Association.
Seventh Annual Exhibition ct
Woodstock, Vermont,
January 2, 3, a, $1,000
Great exhibit Of Live and Dressed
Poultry, Dogs, Pets, Plgeons,
Turkeys, Pheasants, aaAneas aad
Water Fowl.
larges: Special Premium i.;o
Ever offsred by the Society,
amounting to
49,. .,,,. ,.,.n>..A >Aass.A
OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
THE EGG EXHIBIT

Will be instructive and interesting,
instructive to dealers and shippers, -
showing what can be done by close
selection of size, shape and color, in
order to secure the highest prices.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-16
DEER.KILLlNG IN DECEMBER

TWO BUCKS ILLEGALLY SHOT IN
SHERBURNE.
Early this week Constable John
Davis and Curtis Turner of Sher-
burne discovered four men in that
vicinity with two large bucks, just
killed and cut up into quarters, in
their possession. The constable
gave chase, when the men dropped
the venison and ran. The venison
was pnt into cold storage at Rut-
land, the constable wiring Game
Commissioner Titcon,b at St. Johns
bury for instructions. The Ru tland
News says:
"rhe bucks, which are about six
and tour years old respectively, were
killed by party of four men whose
names are withheld in the interest
OF justice. Mr.. Davis has suspected
fer some time that this sort of thing
has been going on and after getting
clue to start ON he went into the
woods to do Il little hunting himself.
He eventually came across the car
cass Of a buck and shortly after
wards caught sight of Il party of
four men who, when they saw him,
took to the tall timbers like gray
squirrels.
A little later he found the body of
the second deer"
FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
Thursday morning Constable
Davis brought Rollo Rowe, Dana
Rowe, Frank Coburn, Heber Miner
and F. w. Rowe, all Of Sherburne,
to Rutland charged with pursuing
and killing deer illegally. They all
pleaded not guilty to the charge be.
fore Justice Wayne Bailey at tie
court house in the afternoon, and
two of them, II. Miner and Rollo
Rowe, were tried and discharged,
there being no evidence sufficient to
convict them. The cases against
the others were continued until the
ED to enable the respondents to pro.
ducr witnesses. The bail ia each
case was fixed at $Ioo.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21
(From Sundays Daily.3
No Radical Changes.

There will he 10 marked change in the
standard or schedule of studies at the
State University during the coming col
lege year, excepting in the new chool OF
Mechanical Engineering which will be
made broader in its field, owing to the
addition of a new professor, George f.
Blessing of Kentucky.
DR.. Stubhs. in referring to the Univer-
sity requirements for the present year,
said: THE entrance examinations will
be practically the same as they were last
year, no more difficult and no more sub
jects.
1.-THE requirements for graduation,
however, are to be advanced as much as
is practicable. 1t is the intention of the
faculty and regents to keep the gradual
ton standard high
A new department in physical culture
for young ladies will be instituted this
year. Miss Ada Edwards of Indiana is
coming from he east to lake charge of it.
1t will be remembered Miss Edwards
ave eminent satisfaction last year in the
capacity of basket ball cOach.-JOurnal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21
(From Sundays Daily
A |
M. N. Davidson Fatally Shot
by w. R. James ard Son

About 5 o'clock Friday night Nj. N.
Davidson was MORALLY wounded Ey w.
r. James end his son, Darwin. 1t appears
from the testimony submitted up to yes
terday that the cause Of the trouble dates
back some months. The shooting grew
out of the purchase of a house by David
son which was sold for delinquent taxes.
The James claimed the property and have
endeavored to eject Davidson for some
time. He has resisted all of their efforts
and has had the place FABRICATED for some
time. Friday afternoon Davidson opened
fire on the elder James who returned the
same. About the same time young James
turned loose a shot gun on Davidson,
bringing him down. Davidson continued
to fire until pretty well filled with lead,
and when assistance reached him it was
found that he suffered from five wounds
and a broken hip. The Report says:
His condition was considered so ser
ious that DR.. Packard advised that his
ante-mortem deposition be taken. Dis
trict Attorney Winnie was sent for and
Davidson made a statement. He said
that as he turned the orner of b street
he fired at the elder James and that at
the same moment young James jumped
out from behind the corner of A street
and fired at him, the bullet striking his
pistol hand and spelling his aim. He
thought that this bullet glanced and
passed into his breast. He then cooked
his pistol with his left hand and at
tempted to fire again, this time at young
James, when another shot struck him in
the leg and knocked him down. The
statement says that after he was down
the elder James fred three shots at him
and called him "A vile name.
The James say That Davidson fired
the first two shots, which is borne out by
al eye witness.
AT the preliminary examination held
yesterday, the two men were held with
out bail. They were afterwards released
OF habeas corpus proceedings. At lasr
accounts Davidson was very low and few
hopes were entertained for his recovery
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21
Name Selected

Carson City, New, Aug. Il. 1899.
MIR. L. II. Bell, Dear Sir: Your Com
mittee appointed 10 designate the most
nalne for the painting Indian
examining bow and arrow, on exhibition
in your store, have, after careful consid-
Grafton of the "a names submitted, de-
cided that No. 4, Found Wanting" is
the most suitable, yOur committee being
fully cOgniZant of the conditions under
which the painting originated.
J.. a. YERINGTON,
/" O. HENDERSON,
EUGENE HOWELL,
GENE JONES,
DIR. SOUTHwoRTH.
Miss Emma VANDERBILT made the Sc
lection that met the approval and it nts
the case.
W. H. Clark of Reno, New, has been
granted an original pension of IS per
month.
Miss Florence Harvey Of Woofords, ar
rived in Carson yesterday. She Will re-
main several days.
Ed Thompson, formerly of Virginia
City. but now of San Francisco, is reg
istered at the Arlington.
The steel roof for the Hambleton
building has arrived and will be put in
place INN ediately by Mr.. H~eidenrich.
Joe Johnson. wife and baby, departed
for San Francisco last evening. He and
his wife will meet Henry Kaiser on his
return from Manila with the First Cali
fornia regiment.
A symphony sweeter TO the average
Comstocker's ear than anything that Bee
thoven or Mendelsohn ever wrote is the
due that the Ophir and c c. whistles
play every day.-Report.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21
YOU TRY 1T.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure, which
is sold for the small price of IS cts. 81 cts. and
S1.O0. does not cure, take the bottle back and we
on this guarantee. Price IS cts. and SO cts.
For sale at Nevada Drug Store.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21
Death Of L. P. Drexler

News comes from San Francisco Of the
death of l.. p. Drexler, and he was
buried yesterday in Cypress Lawn. The
deceased was for years a leading mining
man in this State and member of the
Legislature that sent Fair TO the Senate.
He was noted for his enterprise and in
dependence of judgment. He first trip 10
the West was from St. Louis to Salt Lake
by OK team. He was in business at Salt
until forced to cave Icy the edict of
Brigham Young expelling all Gentiles
from Morrpsn territory. He went thence
to Washoes county and engaged in mining
and stockra4ising. In 1865 he was a bank
er in Virginia City and later served a
term in the Nevada Legislature, He re-
moved to San francisco in 1881. Prior 10
that time he had erganizeq the Fresno
Vineyard Company with its large acreage
and fine winery land had purchased sew.
eral thousand acres of land in Colusa
Tulare and Yolb counties. He was on.
of the protectors of the Pioneer WooleI
Mills and was a Director in the Clan
Powder Company and in the Pacif,
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-21

Mrs. @. P Willis and daughter, Mrs
E. NJ. Lynn, are at the Arlington.
The conCition of VIM. Merrill of Wood
fords, remains unchanged, which is very
critical.
The condition of Arthur Giles, who
shot hiInself at Dayton last week, is much
improv ed.
r. Men. Ross passed through to San
Francisco from Virginia last evening.
Eugene Howell departed for the bay
last evening.
w. f. F. Deal spent yesterday in Car
son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

poor Erctons that n man who could cure their
pains and aches by merely huryiug them up g.
the neck in a diiution Of their own peat which
i'm winter forms their only fuel must be- a sort
Of supernatural phlanthropist
Further W the coast. In the Morblhan and
Fnisttro. there arc. as everybody knows
number Of salt lagoons. prepared for itaining
frc and coarse table salt 1'hcsc lagoons are
slrtcd by what are called there "tticrs which
means strongly salted pools, shallow. and com
poscc mostly Of brackish staRnant oozc and mud,
covered mostly with bright emerald green slime
This may not seem inviting yet it is a custom
l0n- followed among the fisher folk and salt
workers to plunge themselves up to the chin in
this peculiar substance during the hot weather
when they feel feverish in any other way
sick or disabled. They await orders from
tho doctor to DO this, but go and wallow like
frogs or ecls in the "etiers," from which they
emerge, az they say Themselves renovated
from head to foot and good for another years
misery and privaton."
one OF the uuaintest and most picturesque of
those baths In existence Is situated In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

three children which had beer born 20 The
couple one was what Is called in Brittany "un
simple" poor, misbcgotten creature, delicate
and wrctchcd, with pale washed out appear
ancc and apparently few brains. So angercd
and ashamed was his mother Of what she called
tho disgraccful infant sent 10 her In punishment
OF her sins by "Teuss -Arpouick' the three
headed bad spirit provided with many CLEANING
eyes who is rendered responsible by the Brctons
for all the misfortuncs showercd upon thcm
that she often sent him out OF the hut bidding
him 20 and WalloW like the beast ne was. in
the peat mud behind her abode The unfortunate
little fellow consequently spent most " his
time half clothed and badly fed, rolling about
among the heather in the dark. damp ana
dank peaty earth. returning home at night in
such a plight that seedlings and cuffs were his
nightly rewards for oheying orders
Little by little. however it was noticed that
the childs health and appearance wore improv-
Ing that his skin was becoming fair and soft
Ike that OF a peach. his eyes more brilliant and
that even his spirits and general demeanor
were changing from the ldiotc behavior Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

Vale di Andorra on the Spanish slope OF the
Pyrenees The sulphuric mud baths to be found
there arc possessed ~ great medicinal powers
and visited yearly by some few well In
formed tourists and 10y many Basque families
who assert that nowhere else in the length and
breadth OF the universe can one find their equal
In the Scotch Highlands too there is a new
bathing place Of the same description at Strath
PETER. which threatens To- rival If not altogether
outshiuo Harrogatc This pretty little estab-
lishmcnt is carefully arranged WIKI many kinds
OF baths including above all. peat baths The
peat is procured from the ncighhoring moors
pounded heated and MIXED with hot water IN
porcelain lined tubs each provided with Ill.,
which has an open space for th, hathci's head
and is carefully lowered over IA, latter during
tho immersion. which lasts from thirty e. thirty
nV, minutes
or course. the healthy open air lif. and tho
in, igoratnE hrrrzcs which blow down from
Ben Wyvis and it's attending mouufains upon
tn, LITTLE town of Strathpc0or may have IL good
deal to DO with the decided benefit derived
by the baihcrs from their soJouru in TINS spl,n-
did part 81 The Highlands. hut SIN II rs impos-
sihlc to deny that peat baths leave far behind
them any other KIND Of hydrothcraric cures
known 10 this day and that their success is
becoming greater with every season. II IS stated
that the extraordinary virtue of tn, peat bath
VAS accidentally discovered many years ago In
the following fashion.
THE FIRST HATHER IN PEAT
on ihc far away coast Of Fnistere near the
dangerous foInte du RAJ there existed al
that time a family Of extremely poor layers"
which means that the chief " the family ekod
out precarious living by killing aged cattle.
divcstng them Of their skins and selling III,
ghastly remains 10 tanners and refners OF the |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29
soNAco poSriL CARDS SrrrRrN>fD

From Tn, London Chronicle
Tn" Monaco author tics haN. been much eNer-
cised oyer som" illustrated postcards that have
lately appeared IN the prinoipality and ar.
rather too pointed m their illustrations and
legends &C. bee pleasant -ucn Is Rouge pcrd 81
nolr pefd. la hanquc gasuc toulourS ana Ia
supreme loi cost la hourSc DE- roi Th.se of
Tending bits of cardboard have accordingly been
ccEiiscat'd. and those collectors fortuuat, TO
possess the f." winch have gone through the
post have in them valuable property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

half witted little animal to those Of strong and
healthy boy The old village physician who on
his weekly rounds about that part OF the coun-
try had occasion to see the child As he rode
past. was much struck 10y all these alterations
So much So IN fact that he mentioned the fact a
a medical conference in Paris. and thus became.
it may be- almost asserted the originator Of the
peat baths
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29
GRAND DJcAL SILILR WELDING oIrrS


FROM The London ilubt
The Grand Duk- and Grand Duchess Vladimir
hay" received magnificent pres, uts oi the o,ra-
sion Of tine celebration ~ their silver Welitfls
Among lh' most fe'Aarkabi" are superb dia-
Wund dlgrctic ana dAdcm from the Emperur
and Empress OF Russia Tn, thr.r diamonds
~ the aierctt' are az great value Tho Emperor
also gave t. m uncle gold cup hcautifullv
chased Ih' children OF the Grand Duke ana
Grand Duchess Vladimir presented tL.u parents
With a chased silver "SurtOut dc table" r,.ur,.-
s"nilne a Greek temple. with silver statu,ftrs
or Mars Neptune. Vulcan and ID, Goddess Flora
AT tn" four corners maguite,n service II
silver platc was presented by IA, Grand Dukes
and Grand Iuohcsses coll'ctiNcly. and the Princes
ana frnccssrs of MeCkcnborg- :, hW.riu CAV.
cas, OF silver goblcts Prime. I.icchtcnStein
sent superb tea set Among the many re-
markahle presents Is silver ornament repre-
senting peasants hut in flames offered by the
flre Brigade Society Of which the Grand Duke
Vladimir Is president