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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
SuGRAyE MANOR THE HOME OF The WASNGTONS IN ENGLAND

toricaI Society of Newburg Bay, which
marks the site Of building within
whose walls occurred one Of the most
dramatic events Of American history.
In 17S2.S3 IL large part of the Revolu.
tiOnary army was encamped In tile
fields around this hill. under the com.
mand or General Washington. who had
his headquarters for u time in the lei.
lison' House,.St:Stw> fNlS&assssfy, aa,Apd lat
er in the Hasbrouck House, at New.
burg. The building whose site is now
marked by the monument was sort
Of meeting hall. or public building.
for the use of the officers and soldiers.
called the Temple
In 1882, owing to lack Of pay. ETC..
discomfort with their lot, dlstrust Of
republican form of government had
the rank afu'me' or tlef afthP'd SrIpNns
had reached such d pass. indeed. that
a secret meeting was called. urging
the army to appeal from the justice
10 the fears Of the government, make
demonstrations of power and deter.
mination. arouse the fears Of the PEG.
pie, and so obtain justice for them.
selves.
The outcom, was letter addressed
to Go"croi washington ny CelOnel nj.
cola, an officer "a the army, which, at.
ter a recital of fulsome praise OF the
comma nder-in-chief. said. in part: SOW
ing to the prejudice Of the people. 1t
might not Mt first be prudent to as
sumo the title of royalty. but II all
things were once adjusted we believe
strong arguments might be produced
for admitting the title Of king"
OF what avail would have been Bun.
ker Hill,' Concord, Yorktown, Valley
Forge and the long, weary years Of
strife had there been less determined
man than Washington in command?
Thus forewarned, Washington is.
sued an order for meeting OF the Of
iicers at the Temple. General Gates
presided, and amid great solemnity the
cOmmander-in-chief arose and read his
address, which was mastery and el.
oquent plea for faith y the justice OF
their country. ternning those who would
overturn the government traitors, and
finally alphabetically declining to be
made n king.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
The Birthplace of the
Washington Family
Nv Arthur BranscOmbe.

Is evident the building has undergone.
no doubt these pews have been cut
down so rs to cfford increased seating
accommodation
Somewhere about the middle OF the
centre aisle, and slightly to the left
us you proceed toward the chahcel,
is to be seen, securely embedded In
long stone slab. an old ~ rass," bearing
an inscription to the memory OF Eliza
beth and Robert Washington, This
Robert Washington was Il younger
brother of the grandfather OF the two
Virginia emigrants. He died without
issue just nine days before his wife,
Elizabeth. his nephew. the Rev. l.au.
renee Washington. officiating as curate
at the burial Of both his uncle ana
aunt.
In the centre of the stone slab, and
about foot below the inscription. is
another "brass" in fair state OF pres
ervation. 1t Is the armorial shield OF
the Washingtons. with the Stars and
Stripes plainly visible.
On the left-hand side Of the chancel.
facing the altar, stands the nagnfl.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

The small tree often bears the best
fruit.
No job is impossible to a willing
workman. ya.ssaSaX
If you want to get at the kernel first
crack the shell.
1t is too late to spare when the
granary is bare.
If all work was as easy as lying
everybody would keep busy.
It's prudent farmer who is not
prodigal after rich harvest.
To stand upright man, like sack,
must have something in him.
The narrow minded and most igno.
rant is generally the most positive.
The man who thinks every other
man is liar is most generally liar
himself.
It's crackin' good hand that sticks
to his work like a pig to rough fence
in flea time.
In searching for knowledge man
frequently finds out something he
didn't care to know.
It's the findin' out of something's we
don't want to know that makes the
gettin of knowledge disagreeable.-
Farm Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Acute. Blind Man.

Thomas G. Smith. who was known
as Blind Tom" died at the city hos
pital recently from the effects Of
morphine poisoning. Smith, or Blind
Tom" as he was called, had worked
for j. j. Maloney at 18th and Vine
sreets for the last six OF seven years.
Smith was a remarkable man."
said Mr.. Maloney. Although totally
blind, he was mighty useful man
around the office. His sense of touch
was wonderful. He could make
change in both paper and silver money
by the sense of touch. It was impos-
sible, to fool him. All OF his senses
were acute and his memory was re-
markable. He knew every bad road
way in town; he could tell all OF the
Vine street cars by the sound of their
wheels. He walked all over town
with nothing but cane to guide him.
He could find his way anywhere. -
Kansas City Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
"NIalignant Germ" In Boston.

The latest, most up.to.date affection
of the season is the malignant germ"
an invisible and intensely virile or.
ganism which turks about in the air
seeking unwary noses in which to
effect it's diabolical designs. If your
face swells and your eyes are nearly
obliterated. your head aches excrutiat.
ingly, you sneeze. copiously and feel
feverish and dizzy, you may know that
your nasal organ has harbored an en-.
envy and malignant germ" is let
loose within your person to work its
wanton worst. And the melancholy
part of it Is that there is no known
protection against its insidious attack
unless one is willing to swathe the
mouth and nostrils In germ proof
cloths, after the manner Of Turkish and
Arabian women.-Boston Transcript
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Alfalfa Cl0vpr.

For years the editor has been urging
farmers to sow Alfalfa Clover, and glad lie
is that thousands of wide-awake. farmers
scattered all over America, are doing this
Low, to their great benefit and satisfaction
A. Wa,ford Westiorc Farms, Pa, writes;
II have Gu acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover
1t is immense. | cut three crops this sea
son and have lots OF pasture besides"
Hon. II, i. Hunter S. D., says, Sal
zer's Northern Grown Alfalfa clover can.
not be beat. / have solved the question OIL
stock raising here. Salzcrs Alfalfa is good
70: 3 rousing crops of hay, SAFER $ SpeluI
for 60 bu. OF grain and , tons hay, SAL
zer's Macaroni Wheat for 6j bu. best hoiI
fattening wheat, and salzcr's Hanna Bar
ley, for arid, dry land. is good for 70 ba|
per acre. These are all great hog. sheerI
and cattle fatteners, and last but net least
Salzer's Victoria Rape for sheep, and Sal
zer's Teosinte, good for 80 tons al green
food for cattle, and Sazer's Billion Dolai
Grass and Bromls -lnermis for lots and
lots OF good hay. These things make
possible for me TO grow live stock by th'
thousands.
Have You heard of Earliest cane? Give
Lix mowings year, and Teosinte, the
ton per acre fodder wonder?
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND loo.
STAMPS
to the john A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosi
Wis, and receive their big catalOg and 10
farm seed samples free A.C.L.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Herbert SPENCER. Ear s,oUpers.

Among the many anecdotes told of
the late Herbert Spencer, perhaps none
shows the sheer wisdom Of the man
like that which refers TO his ear, stop
pers, 1t seems he had particular
dislike to being bored; he therefore
had pair Of ear shoppers made for
him, and whenever the conversation
took an uninteresting turn he popped
them into his ears, and waited patient
ly while the clouds Of inanity rolled
by. We do not know II ear shoppers
are kept In stock by instrument max
ers, but we are convinced there must
be many openings for them. Respect
able county members Of parliament,
and quiet county councillors, might be
depended upon as regular customers.
Theatre goers who like the scenery Of
modern poetic plays and dislike the
modern poets blank verse, would also
be anxious to secure pairs. And there
are others. Free Lance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

cent mortuary chapel of the noble
Spencers, to whom the Washinglons
were related through Catherine tkit'
SOM, Lady Spencer, wife of Sir John
Spencer, Kt., who died in 1856 She
was first cousin of Laurence WASH
ingtOn, the original grantee of Sui
grave Manor 80
In the chahee,. and aijon,"sJn....sm.e.
spence, ~. . pei, is the north entrah
~ 'ne Washington vault, indicated by
."r inscription chrOnicling the ell
.ombment of Laurence Washington.
the great, great grandfather of George
Washington, and here again may be
seen the prototype of the Stars and
Stripes that hoated over Washington
at Yorktown -WOman's Home Com
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
The Blind Mans Whistle.

In Japan the blind carry a peculiar
kind of whistle, which they blow rs
they pass through the streets. and peo-
pie who hear 1t separate and leave the
pathway clear for them. There are
great many blind persons in Japan,
and II they were to employ sons in
Japan, or If they were to employ
the makeshift of child or dog to
lead them there would be numerous
complications in the narrow streets.
When heard IN the dead of night the
blind whistle" has an especially
pathetic and mournful sound. Golden
Penny.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

$50 it was the Potomac Washington
crossed that memorable winter?" sar-
castically Queried the Vassar professor.
The pretty student. having just
placed n fresh caramel in her mouth.
said nothing.
well" continued the professor snap.
pishly. "I'll venture to say that what
you don't know about history would fill
a months output of historical novels"
Puck
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Beware OF Olaf nsn.S For Cs'arrh Tia
Contain Mercury,

smell and completely deran 20 the whole sys-
TEN when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
siclans, as the damage they will do is ten fold
TO the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu- faclurei
by +. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous su riace3
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. II Is taken in.
ternally, aud made In Toledo, Ohio, by +.
J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
A Doubt.

George Washington had a very
peaceful and happy married life" re-
marked the man who likes biographies
Had he?' responded The coarse and
ilI-informed person. I'm glad to hem
that always suspected that 1t might
be different, owing to WashingtOn's ut.
ter incapacity for telling anything but
the h."-WashingtOn Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
n The quiet shades of Sui
grave. II nesting North
nmptonshire village, you
Mill IL Il tia nnininnl snn.


gestlon of the American flag. There
are the Stars and Stripes, that now
1oat over q hundred millions of peo-
pie, and there they were ut the men,
orable time when the Genoese dis
coverer was sailing with his adven-
.urous crew across the wide seas to
the west in search OF n new world.
A distinguished family, the Washing
tons, bore the Stars nd Stripes on
their shield, and distinguished son Of
that family gave the design to the ma
ton he fathered.
In a dozen places around the ancient
homes of the WashingtOns the armor-
lal bearings are still to b, found In n
greater or less state Of preservation
OH the family tomb; Oh the walls Of
Sulgrave Manor, which had been
granted by the Crown, in $780, to
Laurence Washington for his many
services to the country and the State:
on the face of the quaint old sun-dial,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20


m HE season of catching cod is upon us.
L The cough and the sneeze and nasal
twang are to be heard on every hand. The
origin OF chronic catarrh, the most com
mon and dreadful OF diseases, is Il cold.
This is the way the chronic catarrh gem
orally begins. 4 person catches cold. which
hangs on longer than usual. The cold
generally starts in the head and throat.
-IjSihen follows sensitiveness of the air pas.
sages whl,Sh- ineline one to catch cod very
easily. At last the person has cold All
the while seemingly, more or less discharge
from the nose, hawking, splitting, frequent
clearing OF the throat, nostrils stopped up,
full feeling in the head and sore, int'amed
throat.
The best time to treat catarrh is at the
very beginning. A bottle OF Peruna prop
erly used never fails to cure common
-, - - ,"ovrnting chronic catarrh.
Winnie many people nave u.~" ~..-.-, 9
chronic catarrh by Il single bottle of Pc
runa, yet, as a rule, when the catarrl be-
comes thoroughly fixed, more than one bot
tie is necessary to complete cure. Pc.
runa has cured cases innumerabe of ca
tarrh OF twenty years standing. IL is the
best, ii not the only internal remedy Tor
chronic catarrh in existence.
But prevention is far better than cure.
Every person subject to catching cod
should take peruna AT once at the slight
est symptom OF cold OF sore throat at this
season OF the year aud thus prevent what
is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
A FRUIT GROWERS HOME.

There has been want of improve.
ment in the exterior of homes in the
country, says John Craig, IN Rural
New Yorker. The house is the unit
of Improvement in the country. There
fore the first consideration is the site.
Let us choose one that is elevated
slightly and with good views. The
house should be plain and dignified.
with no rooster on the roof nor ginger
bread under the veranda. In design
ing the interior one should think OF
the woman who lives there seven
eighths of her time, and make the ar
rangement convenient. Make the
house durable, put in a. furnace or
steam, and lighting plant il pos.
sible These with the rural telephone
and rural delivery give the comforts
of the city home without its dscom.
forts. Frame the home by planting
trees and shrubs around it. Place per-
ennials on the outside borders aud
have ereensward within. Plan for
vegetable and a fruit garden. Set
fruit tree for each child and let him
have the fruit as his own. Locate the
house back from the highway.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

Is hounds d N fo Re. down from 40 10 atoaI
Sncdeker.
Send for free book on catarrh. entitled
Winter Catarrh," by DR.. llartmaal
Health and Beauty" sent free to wome,|
only.
Ii you DO not derive prompt and satisfac
tory results from the use OF Peruna writt
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
ment OF your case and he will be PLEASED te
give You his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of Ihs
lla' nan Sanitariiim. Columbus. u.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20


Montague, Mass.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y:
Gentlemen-I heartily wish those who
are suffering from hackache and dis.
turbed action of the kidneys would try
DOan's Kidney Pills. AS was the case
with me, they will be more than sur
prised with the results. I had been
troubled for years with my spine.
could not lie on either side. Spinal
cramps would follow. and words could
not explain the agony which would
endure. While in these cramps could
not speak or move, but by making a
great effort after the cramp had left
me l could begin to speak and move
little, but my whole back was SO sore
and lame that could not even have the
back bathed for some time. My nerves
were in terrible state. would rath.
er sit up at night than go to bed, dread.
ing the cramps and the terrible back.
aches. l consulted physicians, but got
only little relief for the time being.
Seeing your advertisement, my mother
urged me to try D0an's Kidney Pills.
After using one box l was better, and
have ever since been on the gain.
have no backache and no cramps now,
and feel like new person. My nerves
are better and know my bloodis purer.
Words cannot express my thanks TO
you for what Doan's Kidney Pills have
done for me. In my work as profes.
sional nurse have chance to recon-
mend them, and they did me SO much
good that will do SO OH every possible
occasion.
HATTIE BRIGHAM, Nurse.
Doan's Kidney pills are sold at 80
cents per box. Address Foster Milhurn
Co., Buffalo, n. T., for free trial box.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Always the Way.

Mr. Dabb--"What are you worrying
about now?"
Mrs. Dabb.--"I've mislaid my report
for the meeting today of the Don't
Worry Ciub."-St. Louis Post-Dis.
patch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Hard on the Smiter.

when an enemy smites me-" said,
the pious looking hypocrite, 81 alway
turn the other cheek"
why" asked the man who knew
him; do you want your enemy to &C
around with both hands disabled o.
Chicago Record-Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

! Thought 1 would
try it and see what
it would do for me.
My case is an old
one, and | have
none of the acute
symptoms now, be.
>."s. lia,, nau'
the disease so long
that | had none of
the aches and pains,
but u general run
down condition OF
the whole body
sore nose and throat
and stomach. ! had
" good appetite.
but my food did
not nou'ish my sys.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
A THOROUGH Understanding.

Would you want me?' the heiress
asked, "if / wero pannilass Pr
Would you want me to want your
the fiabby.looliing earl replied, IF
had no title?"
Then they agreed to lay the matter
before her pa without further consid-
eration.--ChicagO Record-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

Hon in
lie
Mekson Napoleon, Ohio He elected the Huyth
a a il
his sect o he
of this
dictated the following
manas the
greatly
to
hed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Could lmprove on Il.

Florence--"I have something to tell
you, dear; bu, ii isn't wortn repeat
ing
Pauline tell me. 1t will lie
when | get through with Smart
Set.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
Asked and Answered.

Lutte Willie Say, pa, how does an
army scour the country?'
Pa--"With brushes, my son."
Little Willie-"With brushes!"
Pa-"Yes. brushes with the enemy
Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

Japan's area corresponds 10 that OF
California. and Korea's to that of Kan
sas. MES
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20
TIMBER ROT, CUCUMBER.

being associated with black pustnles
about one sixteenth or one.eighth inch
in diameter. 1t does not cause OK
cessive damage to cucumbers, as a
rule, and the fungus can be entirely
eliminated by sterllizing the soil
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRe storer. S2trialbottle and treatisefree
DR.. X. II. KLINE, Ltd. C81 Arch St.. Phila., Pa
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

Salzer's New National Oats yielded in
1903 in Mich 24O bu.; in Mo-, 255 bu. in
N. D., $40 bu., and in 80 other States from
$50 to 300 bu per acre. Now this Dat ii
generally grown in 1904 will add millions
Of bushels to the yield and millions of do!-
Largest Seed Potato and Alfalfa Clover
growers in America, [A.CL.l
Salzer's Speltz, Beardless Barley. Home
Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat, Pea Dat,
Billion. Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes
are money makers for you, Mr.. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND l0C.
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse, Wis, and receive in return their
big catalog and lots OF farm seed samples.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

In 1870 the German people barely
exceeded 100000; in 1885 they had
risen to nearly 47,00O,00O, and in 1900
the census returns gave 56,345,014.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

IamsurePiso Cure forConsumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. Thomas ROE
BINS, Maple st.. Norwich, N.Y., Feb. ~, 1900.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

There are 10000 Indian children in
school, G2,GlG Indians who can speak
English and 1894 Indians who wear
civilized dress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

A marked increase is noted in TIL, mum.
her of triplets and twins born in Berlin OF
late wears .-sE' &HF"t
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

The erection Of galvanized iron
houses in Bloemfontein, the capital of
the Orange River colony, has been
prohibited.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

''-s winslow's Soothing Syrlp ior children
"ttse gums, reduces inflamma-
pain cures wind collie. 25c. d bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-02-20

China silk dresses may be quite success,
fully washed. Remove all spots with benz
zine, then wash In warm soapsuds, rubbing
between the hands, rinse through several
waters. Use Ivory Soap and do not rub tho
soap on the dress. Wiring as dry as possible,
when partially dry, IRON.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
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IDEAL RATION FOR SWINE.

IDEAL RATION tOR SWINE.
All who raise swine recognize the
fact that they must be fed at the low
est cost possible consistent with oh.
tanning the desired results. There is
no denying the charge that swine are
fed too much corn nor Is this econo
my. for it does not provide the proper
ration and the animal takes on flesh
without the proper amount Of bone
and muscle to sustain it. In an ex
perience of twenty years in raising Sc
lected hogs for market the writer has
found the most economical ration to
consist Of one part each of corn. bran
and oats, with an occasional feed OF
oil meal, and with root crops of some
kind every other day. We grow ruta.
bages in large quantities for this pur.
pose and find it pays well.
Pigs that are three months old or
younger have less oats in their ration
and more 7s2gn as. n,af hrgn, bnt trey also
have the oil meal and the roots. We
consider exercise and pure water as
essential to success in hog raising rs
food, and our hogs are given both
freely during cold weather. The eX
ercise they do not like to take as they
get heavy, but we force them out into
n yard--a clean, dry yard-daily, and
eaed rs" ,f3t 10 thfgaHttfEr fHilty TING
tempted TO run Off any Of their V 2ht
indianapolis News.
SHADE TREES FOR PASTlRE
Every one who has live stock realizes
fully the value of shade when the ami.
mails are at pasture, and those who
have been sensible and left portion
OF tho wood lot for shade cnn readily
see the advantages to the cows. 1t
would be unfair to attempt any state
ment as to the gain in milk when cows
have shade in the pasture, but It. Is
undoubtedly considerable.
1t is good time now to look into
this question. II one is located near
woods of considerable size, enough
seedlings may be found to form
small grove, and the cost will be the
labor of digging them and trans.
planting them. There are number of
nurserymen In the country who supply
seedlings of various native trees at
price so low that few dollars viii
set large area; true, these seedlings
must be cared for properly for time,
but in a few years they will make
good trees and furnish an abundance
Of shade.
On the other hand, suppose one is
able to invest $50 in shade trees Of
forty or more trees which, in three or
four years, would furnish and abund-
ance of shade for herd of cows, and
increase in value as they grow, thus
making profit for the planter in two
ways. Think this over and do some
planting in the spring.