davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
General O'Connor.

General O'Connor, who seems to
be bent on carving out for France
a new colony in Morocco, made his
military debut in the corps Of
guides which distinguished itself in
the battles before Metz in the Fran
co-Prussian war. During the Sec
ond siege of Paris, brought about
by the commune, he was aid-de-
camp to General de Gallilfet, who
was the first minister of war under
the recent Waldeck- Rousseau ad-
ministration. He has also cam
paigned in Tunis and commanded
the cavalry in Tonquin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Plenty of Teachers for Fair Wages

Walter E. Ranger, state superin'
intendent OF education, recently SEM
out inquiries to ascertain as nearly
as possible how many qualified teach
ers in the slate had obtained posi-
tons for the coming term.
From the replies already received
and those coming in from teachers
not yet engaged, tine supply of teach
ers is evidently greater IN number
than the vacancies in schools, the
ratio being about 10 to 7.
Mr.. Ranger believes that the sec
tons of the state which report q
shortage of teachers are those paying
an extramely low price for teachers
and that the surplus of teachers
throughout the state as a whole will
will enable all to obtain teachers,
even the lowest-paying sections.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

Maine claims the oldest living
triplets in the United States. They
are Mrs. Sarah A. Fossett, wife Of
George M. Fossett of Union; Mrs.
Mary A. Fossett, widow of Samuel
Fossett of Union, and Mrs. Martha
Hayes, widow of Thomas Hayes,
formerly of Union, who now resides
in Massachusetts. The first two mar
ried brothers. These triplets were
born on June 20, 1923, and cele-
brated their eightieth birthday this
year. They are the children Of Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Townsend of Union,
in which town they were born.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
THE DESERTED FARMS OF
WINDSOR COUNTY.

In ID towns of Windsor county
there are 81 farms reported as de-
serted and untitled. Ten towns
send no report to the Board of Ag-
riculture, but, estimating on the basis
of about five deserted farms to a
town, there must be between 14o
and $50 unoccupied farms in the "a
towns of Windsor county. This
rate is very much increased by the
fact that Stockbridge alone reports
50 deserted farms.
We find 26 farms publicly adver-
vertised for sale in "Vermont, 1903"
These are we'll dist, ibuted through
the county, as shown here:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Good Speed Contests.
EVERYTHING CLEAN AND UP-TO- DATE
An Odd Combination.

An italian with an aching tooth
that had kept him awake for two
nights dropped into the office of a
Wateryille (Me.) dentist the other
day. He wanted the tooth extracted
for rs cents, but the dentist would
not cut prices. The Italian urged
his poverty pretty hard, and the
dentist offered to remove the tooth
for nothing, but would not cut
prices. The Italian became offend
ed and left the office with the tooth
still in his head, too proud to be
made the object of charity and too
economical to pay regular prices.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Fined 5000 for Selling Liquor.

The case of Brown and Douglass
of Hardwick, who were arrested last
week for illegal selling, was heard
Thursday in Ballard & Moore's Of
flee. They were adjudged guilty of
four offences three were illegal
selling and one for keeping with in
tent to sell. They were fined ST. 200
and costs, amounting to $3.50. They
appealed the case to the Supreme
court. Brown and Douglass went
to Hardwsck about two mont ago
and opened ii pool and billiard room.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Spain Brought Us Horses.

The Spaniards were the first tc
bring horses to this continent, though
the paIeontologists tell us that the
rocks abound with fossils which show
that esluida were numerous all oveI
America in the eocene period. 1t is
a singular fact. however, that there
were no horses in America when the
first Europeans came here. John
Gilmer Speed in the September
Century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

In this table tx" and the minus
sign show whether a county has lost
or gained in population in the last
dee ade. 1t will be seen that the farm
death-rate has no especial relation to
decrease OF population, it being
greatest in a county which has actu-
ally gained in inhabitants. AS re-
CARDS this point, the east and west
sides are about evenly balanced.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
II You Don't Like r1uSic

you can avoid it. If you hate company
you can manage to be alone. But what
are you to do if, after taking few mouth
fuls of food, you experience such keen
distress you wish you had gone empty
and hungry? Why, use DR.. David Ken
nedy's NEW medicine, Ctl-cnra Solvent,
aud cure the dyspepsia. Write to the
Cal-cura Company, Roundout, N. Y, for
details and free sample hottie.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

AND THAT WHICH Is MORE PRECIOUS
THAN RUBIES."
more than his title to commend
him to Miss Thaw:
1t was while he was parrying nu-
merous good natured thrusts about
the wealth of his bride on the Amer
lean line pier the day the couple
sailed for England.
"The st. Paul carries large con-
signment of gold" banteringly re-
marked an actor friend.
"And that which is more precious
than -ruhies." quickly replied the
earl, bowling CALAMITY to his BRIDE
New York Mail and Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Gallant Yarmouth,

The Earl of Yarmouth was pic
tured in Il new light at the Lambs
club the other evening as maker
Of pretty SPEECHES, and this incident
was related 10 show that he had
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

A town has been discovered in
Washington which is without doc.
tor, a saloon, n store or railroad.
1t is probably without voting list
as well.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
Why the Engagement Was Cancelled.

Henry Taylor Gray of Brad
streets told this story on his recent
teturn from trip around the
sorld: On the return voyage he fell
into conversation with purse
proud New Yorker who had made
the same trip.
81 suppose you visited the Pyr-
enees?" said Mr.. Gray in the course
Of the talk.
NO." bluffed the other. "They
wanted us to spend week with
them, but they got measles in the
family at the last moment and had
10 recall the invitation" - New
York Evening World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

one-third less deserted farms than
the east, with practically the same
population. If this showing is true
It behoovcs the east side to wake up
and bring in some settlers:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29
LITERARY VERMONTERS.

sides are about evenly balanced.
LITERARY VERMONTERS.
We published on Aug. IS the first
instalment of list of persons born
Vermont who have gained sufficient
distinction in literature to warrant
their inclusion in Adams's Diction-
airy of American authors. The Sec
ond instalment of the list appeared
on Aug. n, and carried it through
Sc names. This week we continue
it with a3 more. Next week we
shall finish it; and the following
week print few of the comments,
criticisms and corrections which its
appearance has called forth.
We urge our readers to send us
notes of any changes and additions
they wish to see made ir this Liter
airy Bead-roll of our state. The
book from which we have taken
our data is now about six years old.
Death has, of course, added many
dates in the list we print in the last
six years. And, surely, a few more
men and women of Vermont have
made themselves known in the VOL Id
OF letters since 1897.
So DIN, Stephen. I797-IS57. Cler-
gyman. President of Wesley
an. Books Of travel, etc.
Sd Page, Emily r.. 1S34-1S6s.
Verse writer.
S. Paine, Elijah, 1796-IS53. Ju-
rist and legal writer.
Sc Paine, Martvn, 1794-1S77. Ply
sician and writer OF many med
ical and scientific books.
81 Parker, Joel, I799-1S73. Cler-
gyman. Religious books.
SO PIERCE, B. X, 1S1o-1SSo. Cler-
gyman, editor of Zion's Her.
aid. Many religious books.
SO Pettingill, J. H.. 15-ISS7.
Clergyman. Advocate of the
doctrine of conditional immor-
tality.
go Phelps, J. w., ISl3-1SS5. In
Mexican and Civil wars. Brig
adler general. b" Skyline
Leaves" etc.
81 Pole, Mrs. H. M. (Hunt),
1S43 -. Writer for periodi-
calls on social and domestic
topics.
e2 Post, T. M. Editor in St.
Louis. Professor of history in
Washington University.
90 Rawson, A. L., 1890. Tray
eler. "Histories OF all Reli-
gions," "The Unseen World,'
and Oriental books.
81 Read, Hollis, 1So2-ISS7. Mis-
sionary. Wrote "Hand of
God in History" and many
books of travel.
o5 Red6eld, l. F., ISo4-IS7o.
Chief justice of Vermont, 1852
90. Legal books.
o6 Robinson, c. S., 1929 -. Cler-
gyman, hymnologist and wri-
ter of religious and biblical
works.
81 Robinson, Rowland E., 1888
1902. Author of "Danvis
Folks" and other novels and OF
books on Vermont life.
90 Robinson, S.W., 1888 -. Civil
engineer and author Of books
on engineering.
SO Rockwell, J. E., ISI6-ISSa.
Clergyman. Religious books.
100 Ruttenber, E. NJ, 1924 -.
Antiquary. Town histories
Io1 Stafford, T. H., 1896. AS
tronomer, professor at Will
los Sargent, Nathan, 1794-IS75.
Journalist and politician.
1903 Sawyer, T. J., 1904 -. Cler
gyman and educator. Profess
sor at Tufts. Theological
books.
1904 SAKE, John g., IS16-1SS7.
Lawyer and poet. "The Proud
Miss Mcbride" etc., etc.
los Segur, S. w., IS3I-IS75. Cler-
gyman. "The Nations Hope"
etc.
Io6 Shepard, E. II, l795-IS76.
Educator and historian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

Ten other towns advertise each one
farm for sale. These figures do not
mean deserted or unoccupied land
in all cases, but they indicate that
farms are to be had in all parts or
the county, and that there are four
or five deserted farms to each town.
The size of the farms offered for
sale ranges from 80 to 400 acres,
the average size being 100 to $50
acres The prices range from So to
$25. Thus six farms are offered at
ST. per acre,
IS at $40 to Sis,
S at $40 to $25,
2 at $45 TO $50.
This price includes in all cases a
house and barn, and the price is
naturally set somewhat high, SO that
it may be said that good accessible
farms are worth Sac per acre; less
accessible $40, and running from
that price down to So CT even So.
Woodstock has one farm of 254
acres offered at So per acre, and at
Plymouth one can buy house and
barn and $50 acres Of land tor 500
or less. This is right in the richest
mineral town of Vermont!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

The Age and Delineator for one
year, $I.55.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-08-29

. Isaac Webb of Russiaville, Ind,
proudly boasts that he has voted the
straight republican ticket tor "a
wears. 1t does not bother him in
the least that the republican party
has not been in existence much over
80 years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
A Girl OF plscernment.

Madge-You should see all the
new things Tillie has.
Marjorie-She told me she was
making some purchases.
Madge-That's hardly a name for
it. / never saw so many lovely
things in my life. Why, she has a
new watch, three stunning suits, a
fur cloak, some Turkish rugs, ono of
those big revolving bookstands and
GETS of all the popular authors. T
wonder what it all means?
Marjorie-Why, she's.going to be
married at once, you little fool.
Madge-I don't know why /
should have guessed that from Sec
ing 30 many things in herholsa.
Marjorie-You would have, my
dear, if you had known as much
about them as I do. She has bought
them all on the installment plan,
and it will be up to her husband to
make good nearly all the paymenta
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
Spider Pills

In New England cobwcb pills arc
supposed to euro the ague, and in
the south a certain. knucklo bono I'M
o pigs foot is a sure cure for rheu-
mntism'if it be ,carried.in the.pockct
OF worn suspended from q string
around:the neck Tracing the spided
web pill, it originated In China.
where ell species ofinsects have,oer~
tain positive or negative values in
medicine. In Peking'it is customary
to give two or thrcescorpions OF spi-
ders to a paticntdllo of. fever. Intro
land the peasantry swallow small
spiders alive to effect, cures. From
these the cobwcb pill of the, ,Meu
England native was easy. In Elan
dcrs the live spider is fastened into
the empty shell of O walnut and
worn around tho neck Of the pa
tent. AS the creature dies thotoyer
decreases until it is. gone entirely.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
EXCHANGE Of Compliments.

The village sexton, in addition to
being gravedigger, acted as q stone-
cutter, house repairer and furniture
remover.
The local doctor, having obtained
a moro lucrative appointmentin an
other county, employed the sexton
70 assist in bis removal.
When it came to settling up &C.
counts, the doctor deducted ON old
contra account due by tho sexton.
He wrote at the same tine obbiecing
to the charge made for removinghis
furniture.
eff this was steady, it would pay
much better than gravedigging:"
Thesexton replied:
Indade Oh wud be glad aye o
steady job. Gravedigging Is very
slack since you left"~Spare Mo
menta
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
Tanning a Bull

II hao heard that yc can tame q
wild beast jist by lookin' boldly in
its e'e and never takin' it AVA for
an instant, but I dinna believe it,"
said Bob Meekin.
cts quite true, I assure you. The
human e'e can frichten the maist
savage ANIMAL" answered John
Tamson.
odd ye ever try it?' asked Bob.
"Of coorsc OF I wadna DO sac GER
tain ABBOTT it. Ye remember ahont
two years ago the farmer at Carse-
riggan used tae keep a bull. It was
the widest beast ever was seen in
o part O. the country and had
nearly killed half q dizzcn folk. Ae
day as I was comm wer tho park
the bull charged me. Weel, after
runnin' q wee bittock I jist sat down
and glowered it out o. countenance.
It never offered tae touch me and
went away quite quiet"
"That was wonderful, but where
did ye sit?"
"Gn the hoose, of coorse, and
looked at it through the window
while it stood on the other side o.
the road::"-London Answers.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
A Slow Speaking People.

The Chinese appear to go upon
the assumption that there is always
time enough. A social call has no
limits. A missionary who speaks
feclingly says:
"The excellent pastor who had
for his motto, The man who wants
to see me is the man I want to see,'
would have modified his dictum had
he lived for any length of time in
China. Not improbably he would
have followed the example o. an
other busy clergyman, who hung
conspicuously in his study the Scr.o-
tural motto, THE Lord bless thy
goings out!
."The mere enunciation Of his
business often seems to cost q Chi
naman a violent wrench. He says
nothing long enough to wear out
the patience of ten Europeans. He
realizes the truth of the adage, IT is
easy to 60 on the mountains to fight
tigers, but to open your mouth and
out with q thing-this is hard!'"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
Travelling with a wheeIbarrow.

. "Pottcr, the wheelbarrow crank"
Travelled ocross tho continent in
1878. His first name was Lyman
and his place Of residence Albany.
lie was a shoemaker by trade and
much given to boasting of his feats
as q pedestrian. O'Leary was doing
his big walking about that time md
had Just finished q ten days walk
at New York city. One day in the
presence Of many witnesses Potter
said that he himself could Guido
OLeary in feats of endurance. Some
ono suggested that he walk to San
Francisco on trial. Potter did not
hesitate q moment, but offered to
wager that he could make the trip
in a given length Of time and, fur
thermore, that he could wheel a
paddy" barrow the entire distance.
The money was covered, and Pot
ter left his home on Dove street,
Albany, on the morning of April
10, 1873, and arrived at San Fran
cisco on the evening of Oct. 6, be-
ing exactly $50 days in making the
trip. The wheelbarrow and load
his clothing and cooking utensils
weighed seventy-fve pounds. The
distance Travelled was 4,085 miles.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
FIowers Can Hate.

According to q French scientist,
flowers are endowed with passions
like human beings, and there are
few among them which cannot love
and hate f%ervently.
"They have their sympathies and
antipathies," he explains, "and if we
study them closely we can easily find
them out. Roses are passionately
fond Of some flowers and flourish
when near them. On the other
hand, they speedily wither when
placed near other flowers, and we
must infer that it is because the lat
ter lie not congenial to them. He'll
otropes and violets have a lively
sympathy for each other, and in like
manner there seems to be q warm
friendship between pansies and car
nations"
eff it can be proved that flowers
can love and hate" says g. German
writer commenting on this state
ment, cit ought not to be difficult to
prove that they have souls"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
The Influence of odors.

Would you believe that both nat
ural perfumes AMI artificial odors
exert a real influence on our minds?
A physician has favored us with a
detailed statement as the result of
lifelong observation. He says that
the gcranium inspires a man with
audacity, self possession, reckless
daring. The violet inclines to de-
votion and tender affection; the
henzoin to c%everie, poetry, incon-
stancy. Mint is the mother of cum
ming and sharp practices. The ver-
bena begets artistic taste. Camphor
b~rutalizes q mar. Russian leather
renders effeminate and develops a
taste for pleasure and self indul-
genoe. Opopanax engenders mad
mesa Amber enkindles inspiration.
It Is the perfume Of hluestockings.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
CAST OR IA
For Infants and; ChilLrez.
The Kind Yen, Have Always Bought
Signature OF

R, @. Commander, 3 prominent
Farmer and tobacco man Of, Florence,
has been experimenting with q new kind
= sa.:ca, which will take the place
OF sea island cotton on the uplands,
and has been successful with it. He
imported his seed in the first instance
from tide water Virginia and he ahaSs
80 Improved his cotton nov after Ehree
years that it sells on the Norfolk and
Boston market alongside the cotton
from which the seed was drawn ut
LIZ TO ! 81 cents more per pound
than the original cotton sells for.
- Man is born with q character, but
he hasa make his own reputation.
IT'S an i'll rain that gives nobody
= chance to take an aE.ea
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
GIRLS DRESS LIKE MEN.
PIT Brow Workers In Lancashire Col.
tleries. Wear Trousers.

'sSS wear GVuS6TSs
Pit brow girls are among the
most remarkable women workers. in
England They work us hard aa
men and dress almost like men.
Very few pit brow girls are found
In Britain outside Lancashire, and
5000 OF them find employment, at
the coal mines Their work lies on
the pit brow-at the surface and
not below. Once women were eaa-
ployed in the coal seams, but in
!S42 in the face of great opposition
from colliery owners an act was
passed prohibiting women and chill
dren from being employed below
the surface in coal mines.
The duties of the pit brow lasses
consist in dealing with tho coal as
it comes up the shaft to the pit
head. When the cage reaches the
top, tho girls haul cut the wagons,
which contain several hundred
weight of coal each, and run them
| on rails to o tipping machine, which
shoots the coal down below to the
screen or Kidding machine. This is
an iron slide several yards long,
with holes through which the coal
drops at various stages into trucks
waiting beneath. It is jerked about
by steam power, and the coal moves
downward while the girls stationed
alongside pick out the rubbish. It
is dusty work.
The girls start work at 6 o'clock
in the morning and finish at 3 or 4
o'clock in the afternoon. AS may
be judged, their work is arduous,
and for its performance they re-
ceive SO cents or less q day. Men
who do the same work get 81. Tax
en- altogether, the pit brow lasses
are q strong, healthy lot, ranging
in age from eighteen to twenty-five,
Their dress is distinctive and pc
culiar. The working costume con.
sists of trousers, clogs and a coat
which has at one time been worn by
q brother or has. come from a rum.
mage stall. When going to and
from work, the girls wear petit,
coats, which they roll up round the
waist while engaged on the phi
brow. At most pits nowadays The
trousers are hidden in front by s
short apron, but this is q compare.
lively recent departure in the way
of dress. The headgear is also
worthy of note. The hair is closely
| covered with n handkerchief, on Il;
top of which is q soft bonnet.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
: To beg a girls pardon after steal.

= To beg a girls pardon after steal
ing q kiss is an objectionable insult.
= All the worlds stage and every
mothers son Of us want to be the prop
erty man.
= Any person who buys a bottle Of
hair restore from a bald-headed drug
gist has genuine faith.
- No, Cordelia. a fashionable ball
dress is not exactly a weather strip.
= The wise office seeker sticks to
his regular job until he gets the Office.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
NO SLEEP FOR A MORTGAGE.
VhO memorable Taskmaster Described
by q 0ufferer,

n lnexoFabte Taskmaster Described
by a euferer.
The mortgage is a self supporting
institution. 1t always holds its own.
It calls for just us many dollars
when grain isscheap as when grain
is dear. 1t is not affected by the
drought. 1t is not drowned out by
the heavy rains. 1t never winter
kills. Late springs and early frosts
never trouble it. Potato bugs do
not disturb it. Moth and rust do
not destroy it. It grows nights,
Sundays, rainy days and even hoh-
days 1t brings Il sure crop every
year and sometimes twice a year.
1t produces cash every time. 1t
docs not have to wait for the market
to advance. 1t is not subject to
speculations OF the bulls and bears
on the board of trade. 1t is u load
that gals and frcts and chnfcs.
1t is a burden that the farmer
cannot shake off. 1t is with him
morning, noon and might. It eats
with him at the table. It gets un-
der his pillow when he sleeps. 1t
rides upon his shoulders during tho
day: 1t consumes his grain crop.
1t dcvours his cattle. It selects the
finest horses and the latest steers.
1t lives upon the first fruit of the
season. It stalks into the dairy
whcrc the busy housewife tolls day
after day and month after month
and takes the incest cheese and the
choicest butter. 1t shares the chill
dren's bread and robs them of their
clothes. It stoops the toilcr's back
with it's remorselcss burden of care.
1t hardens his hands, bonumbs his
intellect, prcmaturely whitcns his
locks and oftentimcs sends him and
his aged wife over the hills to the
poorhouse- 1t is the inexorable and
exacting taskmastcr. It's whip is as
merciless and cruel as the lash of
the slave driver. It is O menace to
liberty, a hindrancc to progress, a
curse to the world = Ringwood
(Okla.) Leader.