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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
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In Woodstock, Oct. s, Ernest Fred Park, !
infant child Of F. Z Parker, Jr,
Mortified Rector Removed.

Bishop Hall has in effect removed
Rev. l.. P. Scofeld, rector Of st,
Mary's church at Mortified, from
his charge. Mr.. Scofield went to
Mortified about the first Of January
in this year and was married some
time about the first of February, his
wife being New York state girl.
A child was born to them about the
middle of August, and it is the UNI
derstanding that upon the news Of
this reaching the bishop he either
removed Rev. Mr.. Scotiell outright
or brought about his resignation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

Johnson wonder if they will
teach advertising in their schoo! of
journalism:
Bronson-l'hey will not need to
teach he rule of self advertising at
any rate.
Swunson-What is that--not to
let your left hand know what your
right hand docth?
Bronson---No, but to let all hands
know and take all men by the throat
to make them praise you. - New
York Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
How to Make Big Soap Bubbles.

1t is great sport to make soap
bubbles, but it is twice as much fun
if the bubbles are big ones, strong
enough not to break when they are
foated to the floor. Bubbles twice
as big as your head or. as big as the
biggest kind of football can be
easily blown by any one who knows
how to mix up the soap bubble ma
terial. 10 make these big bubbles
take ii piece of white CASTLE soap
about as big as walnut. Cut it up
in cup OF warm water and then
add a teaspoonful OF glycerin. Stir
well and blow from small pipe.
This will make bubbles enough to
last all afternoon, and this is all
you really care to make in one day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

Names state librarian asks the
various librarians of the state to be
lit pains to collect all records and
documents bearing on local history,
past and present. This excellent
suggestion reminds us that we don't
hear very much from Vermont's
board of library commissioners,
which might do a great deal toward
squirting local librarians to more
persistent efforts in the collection OF
materials that form part of the
history of their town and state. We
are quite sure that much more could
be accomplished in this direction
than is done now; that in too many
Libraries little more is done than to
satisfy the everyday demands of
patrons and to keep the dust off the
hooks. The matter of interesting
the people in the library and the
contents of its shelves, and the pre-
servation of historical documents
and present-day records has little
consideration as general thing, but
it is very important part of a
library's service to the public. Pos
sibly these suggestions are not in the
line of the state library commission
ers' duties, but if they are there is
an opportunity for the board to
greatly enlarge its sphere of useful
ness. =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

"t'ur summervisitors will help
us out. They are here more plenty
than ever this year, for recreation
and investment in county homes,
and they are becoming more per-
manent source of income all the
time. The Age.
The Messenger is obliged to say
that it does not. want this kind of
a gain alone. We do not want to he
"helped out" by anybody. Ver-
mont should be no strolling merry
maker through the summer months
for what she can make out of the
''city folks" bv passing the hat, and
then squeak through the long, dreary
white, on hopes for prosperous
season to come when the sun shall
shine, the grass be green, and the
birds sing again.-St. Albans Mes
senger.
The Age had no thought of ask
ing We, mont's summer visitors to
paw all the states bills, but they are
large source of income and have
added more to the wealth of the
state than have our gold mines up
to this date. 1t is our interest to
tote as many tourists as possible up
this way, and to make Vermont a
highly desirable place to visit aside
from furnishing panoramic splen-
doris, blue birds and ozone. And
while we are doing this we are
pushing the development of the state
and adding to its material wealth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
The Pope's Nickel Watch,

Don Perosi will of course be the
music maker of Plus X. and is mean
time loud in praise of his friend,
telling how Plus X. has only nick
ell watch, having sold, for purposes
of charity, gold one given to him
on the Adriatic. We say sold, but
Don Perosi says "pawned. Pom
tiffs have been famous for nephews,
but here is one who enters the Vat
lean to the sound of human but dis
interested gossip about an uncle"
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
DEPOSITS ARE LARGER


The annual report of the inspec-
tor OF finance, F. {. Plat of Poult.
neY, has been made public. An in.
teresting feature of it is the pros
perity of the state evidenced by in
crease in deposits and dcpositors in
the savings institutions of Vermont.
The report says:
Twenty-Five savings banks and 20
trust companies are now doing bust
ness in the state. The Bellows
Falls Trust company has now COM
pleted its organization during the
past year and is now in full opera
ton.
The amount of deposits held by
the savings banks and trust compa-
MES at the close of business, June
80, 1903, was $44,6aS,r4 1857,
which is Schoolgirl more than
the same institutions held June 30,
1902.
OF these deposits the 22 savings
banks held $3I,II9,IS6.4 and the
trust companies $I3,5oS,9o2.92.
The number of depositors June
80, 1908, was I34,323, gain fol-
the year of 1874.
Resident depositors show an in.
crease for the year of 5444 in mum.
Der, and $:,4S5,773.47 in amount OF
deposits. Nonresident depositors
increased $50 in number and $I25,-
1868 in amount of deposits. The
average amount of deposits to each
deposition June 80, 1903, was
$33s.s4, as compared with $4,000
June 80, 1909, an increase OF aver
age of $5.54.
The average deposit to each resi-
dent depositor was $4,000, which
II $6.7S more than the average June
80, 1909.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
Eddie and Labby.

Henry Labouchere was once asked
what he called the Prince Of Wales,
now King Edward, when he dined at
Marlborough House. SWELL" said
Labby, "when the soup comes on |
address him as your royal highness.'
The fish often softens the reserve,
and | get a little chummier, and Of
ten as not | call him Wales, while
during the entrees and joints | get
quite familiar, and he becomes ed
die while he slaps me on the back
and dubs me 'i.abbv!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
Kidney and Liver Trouble

(they commonly go. together) attack the
rich in their palaces, the poor in their
tencments, the lawyer, the doctor, the
judge, the preacher, the woman at her
the sailor on the sea. DR..
David Kennedy prepared mis- new medi.
cine TO cure it, and it does. Write to the
Ca'-cura Company, ROMdout, N. Y, for
free booklet and uunpie bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
Notice OF Public Hearing on License
Application.

7a~.Hs'E> %sstusss-'e
day Of September. A. D.. 1908. James II.
Center of Reading, in the County of Wind.
sor. made application to the Board of
License Commissioners for the town of
Reading for second class license to sell
Intoxicating liquors Mt the Valley House.
on the cornerof Main and Pleasant streets,
in the village of Felchville in said town
Of Reading. said license to be exercised in
the first room at the right of the Office on
the first floo.' and In the northeast corner
of, snd building. said room being one for
merly used ~ a parlor in said Valley House.
In said town of Reading: and that a public
hearing on said applications will be held at
snid Valley House Hall. in Felclville. ON
the 9lst day of October. A. d.. 1908. at I
O'Clock in the afternoon. Mt which time nll
persons interested may attend and make
objection if any they have why said license
should not he granted
NORMAN +. f. PERKINS,. I;oo,oo
HENRY N. BRYANT, Co,nn, ;S
Don M. FAY. o''n''"''"e'''
FelchviIle. VT. Oct. 70, 1908.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
Dead Bodies Silver Plated.

A German professor has invented
a process of silver plating dead
bodies so as to convert them into
metallic images of the individuals
as they were when in life. Gold
plate can be used if the relatives can
afford it.
But as the expense of silver plat
ing body is $4,000 there are
probably few relatives who would
deem themselves justified in squan-
dering an estate on such a memorial.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The bashi-bazouks shave their
heads, with the exception of one
long lock on the crown. This is
left so that if they are killed in bat
tie the angels can have something to
pull the BASH into paradise by,
should he be wanted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The freshman class at Indiana
university is said to be the most bar
barous which has ever entered the
institution. Its members got to-
gether the other night and cut the
hair of a lot of sophomores.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The Brattleboro Street Railroad
Co. took 1850 five-cent fares dun:
ing the two days Of the Valley fair.
This is considerably in excess Of the
number takenat Valley fair time in
any previous year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The Brattleboro board of license
commissioners after carefully con-
sidering petitions to reconsider their
action in revoking the licenses
issued to l.. ]. Strong of the Mel
rose House and L. Frank Turner of
the American House have decided
that their action was right Accord
ing to their Interpretation of the
law, and they have decided not to
reinstate those licenses. Their de-
cision probably will be accepted by
the others whose licenses were re-
voked AS applying to their own cases,
SO it is not likely that any other Pc
titions will be presented. The COM
missioners state that there is nothing
in the new law giving them authority
to issue licenses to other persods
for the unexpired time that the old
licenses were to run, but they are
inclined to accept the opinion Of
able lawyers to the effect that mas
much as the town voted license, the
action of four or five hotel keepers
in violating the conditions OF their
licenses should not deprive the town
of what it voted for.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The smallest republic in the world
is that of Tavalora, an island off the
coast of Sardinia. Ii has a popula-
ton of 60, including the president
and congress, which number six
men
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
HARTLAND.

J. NJ. Wright of North Hartland,
son of James o. Wright, and II
graduate of Middlehury college, has
accepted through Hapgoods Of Chi
cago, an excellent position in the
offices of Sears, Roebuck & Co., OF
Chicago, the well known mail-order
house.
Henry II. Merritt picked enough
ripe strawberries from his garden to
enjoy a strawberry shortcake Friday,
Oct. 10.
Mrs. Urban Waterman of Thet-
ford is visiting relatives in town.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Murphy, Jr., Oct.II
Willie White has returned to E..
A. Spears after two months alb
sence.
Mrs. Ellen Whitaker of Spring
field is visiting her niece, Mrs. A.
A. Martin.
Mrs. Jay q. Underwood is organ
list at the Congregational church for
the coming months while Miss Ben
jamin is absent.
Harold f. Barbour of Windsor
spent Sunday with relatives in town.
Mrs. A. S. Bates went to Mont
real Monday to spend several weeks
with her daughters, Mrs. J. Z.
Wilder.
Hon. A. l.. Chamberlain of Leb-
anon spent Saturday and Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. III. A. Walker.
Little Paul Goodwin celebrated
his sixth birthday last Saturday by
entertaining several of his mates
during the afternoon.
J. w. Spencer and Mrs. Nellie
Levin of Quechee spent Sunday at
Mrs. F. P. Daniels.
J. Glenn Britton is enjoying a
short vacation.
Miss Ellen M. Graham is house
keeping for her brother-in.law, F.
E. Gilsop, while his wife is away.
Mrs. Rush and daughter, Mrs.
Losler, returned to their home in
Philadelphia, Oct. IS, having spent
the season at Rest Cottage.
Mrs L. E. Kimball of Plainheld
is with he, uncle, F. p. Daniels.
L. l. Walker is in Boston this
week.
Daniel G. Webster and niece, Miss
Marion Webster, are spending the
week with relatives near Boston.
Mrs. Parker returned to her home
IN Clarendon Springs, having spent
week with her sister, Mrs. l.. /
Walker.
Mrs. Wilbur Rand has returned
to Jericho, having spent two weeks
with Mrs. F. P. Daniels.
Miss Mary Adams is visiting
friends in Haverhill, N. II.
Miss Ellen A. Benjamin went tc
Boston Monday to spend the winter
studying pianoforte.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24
BIRTHS.

In Northampton, Mass, n daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. John Il. Sisco.
In Woodstock, Oct. l6, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Briggs.
In Lebanon, Oct. IA, a son to Mr.. and Mrs.
H. r. Banagan.
In Fslchvllls, Oct IA, q son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Pierce.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

The Ottawa medical association
hastens to rush into print with the
statement that the. knife is not need
ed in nine cases out Of 10 of appen-
dicitis.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

1t is safe to say that the Langley
air ship will fly before the North
pole is discovered. 1t is also safe to
bet that it won't.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

Panama now ranks fifth in popu-
1ation and seventh in area among
the states of the Colombian repub-
Tic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-10-24

he Age to Jan. l, 1905, for
$I.oo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
Cut in PAY.

Some speculation has been rife
since the curtailment of forces in the
iron districts regarding the probable
outcome of the movement. A New
York telegram of Oct. %, says
"Officials and managing directors of
the United States Steel corporation
returned yesterday from their annual
trip of inspection Of the companies
vast system of properties, thoroughly
imbued with the idea that the pre-
sent is the proper time for effecting
economies. This will mean not only
the closing-of plants where the cost
OF production is higher than in others
but also the establishment of lower
wages to the thousands of employees
of the big trust. TO the finance COM
mittee which held meeting last
evening; the various members who
took the trip made general report.
1.-THE most important question
which the steel trust officials have to
consider in the rear future Is the
wage question and the labor difficulty.
The executive officials and directors
who returned Yesterday gave it as
their opinion that the wage question
would settle itself in time, but that
reduction in wages would undoubted-
ly have to be made. On this point the
directors are practically agreed. How
the problem of making reductions in
wages will be worked out has not been
decided. \The subsidiary companies
and their officials Will deal directly
with their men, but the steel trust
officials will act in an advisory
capacity ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
Horse Thief Bounty.

Jas. Beatty, Marshal of Tower was
this week paid 5000 by County Trea-
surer Whipple for capturing Anton
Besune, the horse thief who stole a
horse and rig from Robert Bedford
at Winton early this season.
The application was made under
sections 1869 to 1871, inclusive, of the
general statutes of Minnesota for 1894,
as amended by chapter l5S of the gen.
eral laws of 1903, which provide that
the bounty in question shall be paid
to the person instrumental in the ar
rest and conviction of horse thief.
AT the hearing of the application
at a special term of the,district court,
County Attorney McClintock appear
ed for the state at the instigation of
the attorney general who was of the
opinion that to warrant the payment
of the bounty it was necessary to show
that the thief convicted had taken
the animal from a stable or other pro-
perty Of the owner.
John Jenswold, attorney for Beatty,
showed that the law was not so con-
structed and the court ordered the
clerk to draw up certificate for the
full amount asked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30

appropriation next year the road will
be one of the best pieces Of highway
in this country.
The BURNSIDE road is also a very
excellent piece of work and one long
needed. Considering the short time
it it has been built and in use, this Is
Il fine driveway and one very popular.
The county road west of the city has
been improved wonderfully this sum-
mer. The hill, short distance from
the town has been cut down some, and
many bad places made much better.
In the past three years Ely has
Jared very we'll in road matters and
another three years will see much i'm
proyement, provided the, appropria-
tions do not cease. The county road
between here and Tower is highway
which should be improved and Lake
County should see that the Section 80
road is also put in passable shape. It
is rotten at present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
Lillian Uren Dead.

After lingering illness of several
months duration, Lillian, the four
teen year old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raul Uren died at the home of
her parents yesterday shortly after
twelve o'clock.
Lillian had been ailing for some
time with a complication of heart
troubles coupled with inf1amatory
rheumatism. For the past two weeks
she has been confined to her bed grow
ing constantly worse. Wednesday
she rallied somewhat and hopes were
for herrecoverv. She was
an exceptionally bright girl and at
tended the Public schools.
The funeral will occur Sunday from
the M. E. church. The parents have
the sympathy of the community In
their affection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
The Road Work.

Commissioner Morcom has reason to
feel proud over the manner in which
the appropriation received by him
for road purposes in this vicinity was
spent. The people also have reasons
to feel proud over the manner in which
the work was accomplished and the
amount of work done for the money
invested. In particular we wish to
mention the White Iron Lake road
which is new piece of highway just
put through and is already being used
quite generally. Some very beautiful
farms are located at the White Iron
end of the road and school house
has just been erected by district No.
~ for the benefit of the thirty or more
families located there. With another
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
New Industry.

A crew of about thirty men are at
present employed in the woods on the
Missabe road short distance from
Duluth getting out "ship knees"
from tamarack timber, used in the
construction of wooden ocean vessels.
Three camps are tablshed in charge
of Superintendent Kinds.
In constructing wooden ocean ves-
sells 81" shaped timbers which must
be durable and elastic, are said to be
necessary and oak and tamarack are
the only grades of wood in which
these qualities can be found. The oak
has been largely exhausted and what
is left has grown very expensive and
tamarack. which Is nearly as good
for the purpose, has been substituted.
The knees" are prepared for mar
ket here and shipped in carload lots
to Bath. Me. 1t is estimated that
l 900 of these knees are used In one
vessel. One man can prepare but four
or five of them in day, and only 100
to $50 are put into car for shipment.
A tamarack tree having a diameter
of twelve or more inches is selected.
1t is cut off four or five feet above the
ground and the foot. running at ang-
les with the body for. the same distan-
ce, is left on the stump, forming an
angle or 81" shaped timber. The
pieces must be at least twelve inches
thick. Various kinds of metal have
been tried, but the experiment. was
futile because the desired elasticity
could not be obtained.
Superintendent Kinds pays as high
as S. each for knee and receives 50
for them at Bath. There were 374
of these on hand in one ofof the camps
Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
Shut Down Might Shift.

The Zenith, Sibley and Savoy mines
discontinuedsthe night shift Saturday
evening and no assurance is set forth
as to when they will again open
Quite force of men were affected,
but many haye been put on the day
shift and at present only about IS men
are idle out of the two hundred or
more affected. The shut down order
came from the U. S. Steel company
and no further comments were made.
1t is to be hoped it will mot be for
long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30
Corporations and their Land
(By Register W.. E. Culkin.)

A great deal of talk is frequently
heard regarding the necessity of
affording some legislation or other
action to prevent large corporations
from obtaining and retaining large
holdings of public domain. l believe
that conditions are now such that it
is impossible for any large corporation
to obtain possession of large tracts of
public lands and hold them for specu-
lation, thus defeating the intention
of the government of settling up the
agricultural portions of the country.
In the first place, corporation own
ing large tract of land cannot afford
to hold it for speculation. 1t is too
expensive a proposition for them. Our
system of taxation is such that the
support of the towns, county and
state administrations, public roads
and many other public enterprises
falls directly upon the land. The only
person who can afford to hold even
small tracts is the man who cultivates
itand through economy makes him
self home and living for his fami-
ly. The corporations, even should
they come into possession of large
tracts of land. cannot cultivate it
in such manner that it will meet
the tax placed on it, and the interest
which tlieir money would earn other
wise invested.
The natural result is that the own
ers of large land tracts after retaining
them for short time, are forced to
place them on the market. They job
them out to the dealer and eventually
the small owner appears on the scene
and cultivates the land. This is prov
ed bv the land history of the whole
country. In tile end the original in
tention. of the government is reached
and the land settled, although per-
haps it may cost the settler a little
more than it would as homestead.
Under the present workings of the
land department it is quite impossible
for person or body of persons to
secure large holdings of public lands,
and the idea that railroads. land
companies and large corporations
will obtain a large proportion of the
public domain is a mistake on the
part. of the person inclined to think
so. AS long as our present tax sys-
tenn exists the United States will be
a country of small land holdings.
In England and other countries
across the water large estates pre-
vail, but there is little or no tax up
on the land: the government is sup
ported by an income and other in
direct taxes. Were the land in Eng
land taxed as it is in this country
it would be but short time before
the large estates would necessarily
have to split up and be sold for the
reason that it would not produce
enough to pay the owner to keep his
money invested in it and depend on
the rents to pay the taxes and also
the interest his money would other
wise earn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-30

Directors of the Calumet and
Arizona Copper company. while they
have not formally declared dividends,
have Informally decided to begin the
payment of quarterly dividends on
December 10. They will pay 81 share
and hope later to raise it to $3.50 or
par on the stock annually. The COM
pany will have 81 100000 cash,on hand
in December and 81 share will take
$500, 900 quarterly. The mine is earn
ing about S2,5OO,0O0 yearly and will
double its present production next
year. Three years ago it was a mere
prospect. The stock is worth 800 a
share, but those who went in at the
beginning of development four years
ago paid less than $40. The stock is
largely held at Duluth. Houghton and
Calumet.