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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
To Improve the Figure.

A narrow. hard bed Is said to be the
best preventative of bad figures. If
one can also forego pillows, so much
the better.
Women with round shoulders and
double chins have mems provided
for their cure If thc@ are heroic
enough to give up the nowny couch
in which they revel. When one
thinks of it. the place and position in
which one spends third of every "a
hours must have an effect upon the
figure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
American Hospitality,

Our guests from over sea are liter
ally overwhelmed with attentions
Multies vie with one another in hos.
pitality of the broadest character. OFT.
en- 1t Is too ostentatious. perhaps, but
it caters to the vanity of the foreign.
er, and sends him home highly elevat-
ed with the conviction that he is a
much bigger man than he is supposed
to be by his own countrymen. Would
1t not be nice to be foreigner visit
ing the United States and have all tho
uabobs toaaying to you?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
When Gas Was Sold In BIadders.

The death occurred at Blackburn Of
Mr.. John Lund, the Oldest magistrate,
an eX-mayor of the borough and for
over so years leading member OF the
Conservative party. The deceased
gentleman, who was 80 years Of age,
claimed that his father was the first
cotton manufacturer in Lancashire to
illuminate his mills with coal gas,
which was brought in large bladders
from Manchester years before the To-
cal gas works was established, in
,S19.-London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Nov. 8, 1904.
RSDAY,


Police smash the heads OF Tech.
students who had started for the steps
of Rogers building: wild scenes OF
clubbing and charging at the close OF
the torchlight parade in Boston; sew
eral sent to hospitals.
Special car with Salem and Danvers
clubs returning from Republican par
'ade in Lawrence, Mass, jumps track
in North AndOver and score are badly
hurt.
Col. Cody and scores of armed men
searching for two outlaws in WyOm-
ing.
President Roosevelt thrown while
riding and receives bad cut
Coroner's verdict at Hull. Eng, that
Smith and Leggett were KILLED by
shots fred without warning or provo
cation from certain Russian war yes
sels;" conservative award at request
of British government.
All grades of coal advanced 35 cents
ton by the operators; jump Of 81
in st. Louis
Bond government wins the New
foundland election.
Ten Brooklyn, N. Y, firemen over
come while fighting hay fire.
Department of state confident that
Russia will soon agree to recognize
passports of American Jews travelling
in that country
St. Petersburg anxious over the war
ILL.,
feared Stoessel has about reached the
limit of human endurance.
Ton of dynamite exploded at Mt.
Vernon, N. Y, doing much damage
and killing one: 10 men killed in mine
horror at NantlcOke, Pa; nine killed
by food in Winston-Salem. N. c.
Baldwin's airship, in long g-distance
trial at st. Louis, breaks down. and
finally breaks away and disappears.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Winter Setting In.

Vladivostok.-G excitement has
been caused here by the arrival In pOr.
of a number OF commercial vessels
with much-needed supplies. There was
a heavy snowstorm Nov. . and winter
ia Setting in
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Over Xacationed.

"Blinken. you ought to take a vaca-
ton. never saw You look so COM
pletely used up before. Working too
hard, aren't you?"
mo just got back from my vaca-
ton this morning. g."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

which
in the lnes
talent 10
opportunities umount
small when the of living deducted besgary phe
is
stage END
most
consequent
jar of railroad travel
health
seriously
before trying herfo n
road stage 1t is embodied IN one word
then
| In a
In
lie a akeenju Home Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
An Extraordinary Feat.

Admiral Togo's report that In re-
cent engagement he arranged his ships
In q formation representing the first
letter OF the Japanese alphabet, leads
a London paper to say most unkindly
that we have all been doing the Jap
anese alphabet q great injustice If 1t
contains letters into the shape of
which fleet of ships can be arranged
without bending them.
The driving OF the launch Mercedes
VI. less than forty feet in length, over
a thirty-mile course at an average
rate of 22SG knots. or 26.l9I miles. an
hour was marvellous feat. 1t we'll
illustrates how rapid has been the ad-
vance i'm the design of what Is clumsily
callea the auto boat" says the New
York World. Torpedo boats have re-
peatedly made better speed than this,
but no launch OF the size lad until this
even equalled it. The great Deutsch-
lands record is only "a 10 knots an
hour; and the forty horsepower en-
eine of the Mercedes is, in proportion
10 her bulk, as would be 2oo.2oo
power engine in the Deutschland. The
actual power Of the Champion steam
ship Is 37,500. Such wonderful little
boat reyerses all the old notions Of
water transit as comparatively lei
surely affair. The finest clipper ship
ever built could sail little more than
half as fast. The best bicycle record
is only 81 per cent. faster. Deerfoots
running record for an hou. is less than
half as fast. Auto N. racing Is
healthier than aut t)mobile "scorcf6ng'
On land, because it raises no dust. And
until our waters become far more
crowded 1t endangers fewer lives
among the non-particic. pubic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Es& %eS
) The "Jtage Struck" Girl )
BY DoUid BeidScO.

NE of the and important qualifications for stage
might add the most essentials that the as
pran should have temperament BY temperament mean
that something within which causes us to feel that we
undergoing the emotions the author mas imposed
upon lines Unless this to marked
degree hope be held out for ultimate success III ts
profession developed certain extent by study
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

husband, and Is drowned before help
can reach them in the dark.
A, Roy Knabenshue sail Thomas
s. Baldwin's airship over the worlds
fair gr >'nds al an altitude of 20O0
feet, in every direction and lands at
the starting point.
Mrs. Ann Ballam and her son,
George, overcome by escaping gas in
the same house as the Boles murder
in Brookline, Mass.
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati
dead.
All indications point to readiness of
both Russia and Jap armies to resume
hostilities; Japs reinforced, and prob
ably outnumber the Russians, and are
becoming aggressive along the whole
line.
days in connection with Dogger Bank
inquiry.
Illinois coal mines tied up by
strike of the hoisting engineers.
Fred Shapleigh, treasurer of the
town of Lebanon, Me-, commits suicide.
Admiral Rae calls attention to the
need of trained engineers in the navy.
Cotton manufacturing plants en-
ploying 10000. operatives resume.
Many persons injured in the col
lision of two street cars in New York.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 1904.
British foreign Office gives out state
ment staying the war scare; panic in
London baseless, as there has not been
the slightest hitch in the negotiations;
date, place and personnel of interna-
tCnal commission to be selected today,
probably.
Two men drowned by the sinking of
a dredger in Boston harbor; five res
cued
Four outlaws hold up the First ma
tional bank of Cody, WyO., kill the
cashier and escape Buffalo Bill leaves
Omaha to head the pursuit.
Russian strategists say Kuropatkin
may draw off and let Japs have Muk-
den; skirmishes continue.
Eva Gray, actress, overcome by heart
disease as she leaves stage at Bidde-
ford, Me-, and dies in dressing room.
Baldwin's airship makes another
successful fight at st. Louis.
The pope suffering with an attack of
eout and rheumatism.
Death of L. NJ. Friend, a well known
New York criminal lawyer.
Mystery surrounds the death OF
Massachusetts man in Montgomery,
Ala; indications that he was a bank
burglar.
Archbishop Williams now dean of
the Catholic church in the United
States.
Burglar discovered in house in
Boston, feigns drunkenness and gets
away with $4OU worth VI Jeweiery.
France and the United States sign
an arbitration treaty.
Massachusetts state police to make
trial of bloodhounds in an effort to
locate the body CT Frank ]. Burns, be-
lieved to have been murdered in Athoi
in December, 1903.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

obtained
general
all
with telescopes contained within sphere not
all
too ofara 10 be seen?-Iarpers Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
SATURDAY,,


SATURDAY, October 2e, 1904.
England and Russia to submit North
sea trouble to International commits
sion, thus averting all danger of war.
From 80 to GO men killed in mine
explosion near Trinidad, Colo.
Italian from Rockland, Me-, vino was
on his way to Italy, buncoed out OF 5000
in Boston.
House at Pittsfeld Mass, of veal
thy Brooklyn woman robbed OF jewels
valued at $4,000.
II. Stanley Wilson of Bangor Me-,
shot and instantly killed by his BROTH
er. by whom he was mistaken for a
deer near Pushaw Pond.
Heavy verdicts against American
powder company by jury at Lowell.
Mass.
More activity south of Mukden; Rus.
slams the aggressOrs; two villages cap
tured.
Mrs. Jessie Scully Fall River.
Mass, heiress who eloped and mar.
ried coachman gets a divorce.
Death of Ex-Nash of Ohio.
Annual state conference of the
Massachusetts Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
Ex-Mayor William A. Hodges of
Quincy, Mass, dead.
President Roosevelt, replying to
James N. Tyner's letter, says that So
far as criminal charges are concerned
the verdict of the jury is final; but
that the ex-assistant attorney general
for the postoffice department is still
to be charged with moral obliquity or
grossest inefficiency.
Republic of Panama preparing to
celebrate its first birthday anniversary
Filipino student at Yale refused n
vote on the ground that he is not a
citizen of United States.
MONDAY, Oct. 81, 1904.
Everett Eaton of Lowell, Mass, kills
wife and then himself at North Chelms-
ford.
Japs begin third general attack on
Port Arthur and capture Russian
trenches on Rihlung mountain.
AuullIdl DIlu6e anu UdlIlSIeT ASplu-
wall to conduct North sea inquiry
at Hull.
Minister Takahra of Japan operated
on for appendicitis in New York, and
is very low.
Two young men spend night off
Brenton's reef in rudderless catboat;
reach shore exhausted.
Eugene V. Debs addresses a great
audience in Faneuil hall.
Three killed. IL injured in wreck OF
worlds fair special at Upton. Mo.
Three Italians killed in a cave-in at
Hudson, Mass.
North sea inquiry begun at Vigo:
four Russian vessels pass through
straits shadowed by British torpedo
boat.
Secretary Hay. at presidents orders.
issues note proposing second Hague
conference.
Election bet in mining properties at
Silver City, N. NJ, the biggest yet re
corded.
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad company buys the New York,
Ontario & Western road; cheaper coal
for New England manufacturers.
Unknown man hurled into coke
oven at Masontown, Penn, and ere
mated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Not a "Dead.game Sportess."

A notable sporting event came of
at York 100 years ago. The wife of
Colonel Thornton, a well-known cit
izen, had backed herself to race
against Mr.. Flint for 500 guineas
side. The crowd was estimated at
100000. ten times as many as had
been present even to see Eclipse first
and the rest nowhere. For three
miles Mrs. Thornton led. but her horse
had much the shorter stake OF the
two" and Mr.. Flint then forged
ahead. and Mrs. Thornton gave up In
mercy to her horse She was much
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
''~'E Extent of the Universe
e.
~.r&G3
BY Prof. Simon NeWcOmb.

determine single position of star involves good
of computation and il reflect that in order to at
tack the problem in question in satisfactory way we
should observations of million OF these bodies made
intervals of least considerable fraction OF century
we what task the astronomers dealing
with this problem before them and how Imperfect
any determination of the distance OF the stars
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
The Merit of Resistance
BY The Rev. Thomas Gregory.

heroic good" "depraved" When the
"cynic" talks goodness which is of
inheritance" he talks There such
thing as inherited goodness there will be such
thing.
Goodness-or, perhaps, had better characters
something person must acquire by his personal
endeavor The carpenter build house. but my
acter be built by myself alone. II It Is built all
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
Woodstock Business Cards.
ii. G. JACKSON
Physician % Surgeon

WOODSTOCK, VERMONT.
once In the Hatch Block, formerly oc.
cupied by DR., Chandler. Office hours
until AN, to 3 and to . pm.
Residence No. II Union Street. Night
calls received Mt office. Tel. conn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
I, 1904.
TUESDAY,,

Aug. Heinze, the Montana copper
king, said to have executed an option
on all his properties to a syndicate
representing the Amalgamated.
Judge Parker given tremendous
ovation at New York. packing Madison
square garden and the surrounding
streets with people eager to hear him.
Mrs. Frank Nilsson of East Boston
falls from boat while fishing with her
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05


OF the and
the o passion of the
with both tendencies the animal and the spiritual
the eonlyqu Which tendency shall triumph?
ing
practice
by the lower resist that temptation
conqueredthat
tendency
But the is a OF 8
cowardice
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
EPITOME OF THE
Weeks News

FRIDAY Oct. 20, 1904.
Great Brltaln's ships, with cleared
decks, gathering at Gibraltar: admiral
ty preparing for the possibility OF war;
public opinion intiamed; Rojestven-
sky's report increases perpleXity.
ROjestvenskys official report says
North sea incident was caused by two
torpedo boats advancing to attack
without lights"
X. c. Prince, chief steward of fruit
steamer Limon, disappears on second
night out from Boston,
New York's nne-mile, $35, 900 900
subway is opened amid general rejoie-
ing among the people.
Annual conclave at Boston OF the
grand eommandery OF Knights Temp
laf of hiassa"huSatts and Rhode Isl
and
Battleship New Jersey to be launched
at Quincy, Mass, Nov. 10.
Benbows airship makes a high, Of
Is minutes at St. Louis.
Farewell bonfire for earl of Dart.
mouth at Hanover, N. II.
Wealthy Cincinnati, Ohio, woman
fatally wounded by boy lover.
National association of professional
baseball leagues adds new division to
its classification system, increases
drafting fees and votes to permit ex-
hibitiOn games.
British newspapers confess country
stands in the shadow OF war; relief
expected from speech by Balfour.
Leo Tonetti of Boston, who shot
Marie Allard, his sweetheart. sentenced
to four or eight years; the girl pleaded
for his discharge.
Fair Haven, Mass, woman fatally
burned in sight OF neighbors.
Mrs. Rae M. Krauss, of Hartford.
City. Ind, charged with murder of her
stepdaughtsr, confesses the crime and
Is sentenced to prison for life.
John Whitefield alias John Bray.
commits suicide after attempting a
hold up in Montreal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

make their meaning lucid and at all events woa
give them
II and
As M power
preaching OF concert
essential that and not
something else better
There hardly composition OF ser
clergyman that he peaches
lh&Ss taEes to deliver it. hour Il" eDoraunS MS sermon
The preacher of pof
BILE Mr.
tranquil spirit
elsewhere ehect OF
will be ediyng
a
should
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05
? The 4rt of Preaching
NO JER.MON SHOULD EXCEED # HALF
HOUR .4DDICE TO HEARERS.
BY Bishop Ueiidon.

HE art OF preachSg difficult II is In ITSELF is MADE sun
more difficult by the unbroken silence In which congresa
tons listen All preachers and exemporaneous
preachers Of ALL would sometimes he thankful II ther
sermons could least sign Of sympathy or
even Of dissent They could indeed would not use
the interruption political for quick reJohaer
reparee but would suggest something that they ought
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-11-05

No true sermon is an end In itself.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-17
sTRAFFoRo

G. +. Kent was in Sharon Saturday.
II. II. Udall and II. +. Fox were in Chel-
sea Friday.
DR.. Augustus Marshall of Chelsea was
In town Tuesday.
G.. +. Chandler and wife went Saturday
to visit friends in Lebanon.
Mrs. Sarah Preston and Mrs, Thomas
Duncan were in Tunbridge Tuesday.
II. f. Fox and r. II. Morrill, PLAYED for
dance at Tunbridge Friday evening.
Howard McAllister and Mr.. Lee Of Han
over were at II. A. Stickney's Tuesday.
The Rev. Mr.. Coffin OF Berlin occupied
the pulpit OF the Cong'I church Sunday.
Rufus Chandler OF Tunbridge visited
his sister, Mrs. Clara Paine, the 9Th inst.
The Ladies Benevolent circle will meet
Friday, the 18th, with Mrs. II. A. Stick
ney.
james $. Morrill, and Miss Louise Swan
returned last Thursday to Washington,
ID. &.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Patterson Of
Pattersonville visited Mrs. Clara Paine
recently.
II. f. Fox, John Darling and G. NJ.
Moore attended the football game in Ham
over saturday.
Wilder are spending a week with her
mother, Mrs. Clara Paine.
II. q. silloway went TO Stamford, Conn.
Tuesday with the pair OF horses owned by
+. &. Avery, returning Saturday.
The body Of Miss Ann Houston, for
merry OF TINS place, was brought here
"Wednesday Of last week for burial.
DR.. Godfrey % Chelsea was called Tues
day 10 attend Miss Mamie Farley. who
had q severe attack Of acute indigestion.
Mrs. G. F. Kent and Mrs. sarah Pres
ton went % South Royalton the 9th TO
attend the funeral Of Miss Ann Houston.
a very entertaining program OF songs
and Rotations was given Friday after
noon at the closing Of the term Of the vii
lage school. The number OF pupils this
term has been unusually large. and much
credit is due the teacher, Mrs. Gertrude
Dearborn, for what she has aeeomuIisbe6.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-17
GRANVILLE.

P. II. Hayes Of Warren was in town
Friday.
Mrs. Jennie Whitney was in Randolph
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harl Bean visited in Lin
coin last week
Raymond Martin, who has been quite
sick, is gaining.
Mrs. Joe Gagnon OF Barre was in town
two days last week.
Miss NJ. Lou Whitney is spending a
short vacation at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs II. c. Hubbard visited at
George Taylor's in Hancock Sunday.
Miss Abbie Hubbard Is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter Barry, az Rochester.
Miss Florence Kendall began a course
OF dancing lessons in Warren Tuesday
Mrs. George Parish is quite sick and at.
tended by Or. Richardson OF Rochester,
Several from here attended the recep-
ton gwen Timothy Newton and wife Mon
day night.
A number from this town attended the
funeral Of Or. w. ID. Huntington at ROch-
ester last Thursday.
There will be a social at Mrs. II. G. Hub
bard's Thursday night, the 18th. Coffee
and cake viii be served. All are invited
Miss Bessie Hubbard, who had been
teaching in East Brsintree, returned home
saturday. She viii teach the winter term
in Granville South Hollow.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-17

Thursday, Nov. 10, at y NJ. there assem-
bled in Rochester large and Distinguished
gathering OF people to pay their tribute Of
respect and affection to the memory OF DR..
W. ID. Huntington. II was a touching
testimonial Of the great regard for his pro-
tesslonal skill and generous citizenship.
The ceremonies were in charge OF MI
Zion Commandery, No. 8, Of Montpelier,
OF which DR.. Huntington was a member,
Prayer was offered az the house bv Rev
Carlton Hazen OF Portland Conn, and the
body was then borne to the Congl church
by Sir Knights George Mosher. q n
Townsend and w. n. Campbell OF Rocb-
ester, George II. Upper of Bethel, George
wilson OF Malone, n. Y, and Louis Cohn
of Brandon.
The honorary pail bearers were I,ieut
Gov. stearns, Gen. w. II. Gilmore. Hon
+. ID. Proctor of Rutland, Col. e. s. Emery
OF chelsea, DR.. {. 5. Caverly Of Rutland.
Dr. j. \. JENNIE OF Burlington, DR., III D'
holton OF Brattieboro and DR.. Baker ~
Bran7on. The funeral service at the
church was conducted by Rev. Carlton
Hazen, assisted by Rev. II. +. Hildreth
pastor OF the church, and Rev. /. S. Yerkes
OF white River Junction. Music was fur
nlshed by male quartette, composed of
W. A. Chaffee, p. l.. Webber and GeorSe
walker OF Rochester and X. n. Tupper IN
bethel, who rendered the hymns, "Iead
Kindly Light, and Nearer, NV God. tn
l,hee, m very effective manner. AT Inc
close OF the service, the procession formed
and was led by 81 Sir Knights. escorted nv,
80 Master Masons. There were a. car.
riages ~ line. AT the grave the KNIGHTS
lemplar service was conducted bv Fmi-
heht Commander stephen Colby and pref
ale collins Blakely Of Montpelier.
All the places OF business we're closed
from II O'Clock in the morning until aftor
the service, and special train conveyed
% people from Bethel to attend the funeral,
Energy all gone? Headache? Stopscb
out OF order2 Simply a case Of tornid lie |
er' burdock Blood Bitters viii make a
new man or woman Of you.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-17
EAsT BETHEL.

Howard Fowler was in East Brookfield
Monday.
Miss Jessie Stanton of the r. n. s.
spent Sunday with Miss Margaret
Smith.
Mrs. Myron II. Fowler and daughter
have returned after two months stay in
Starksboro.
II. W. Fowler has bought the Grange
hall and will move 1t and convert 1t into a
double tenement.
Mrs. Barber and two children Of Barre
visited at Mr.. Smith Morrills from FRI
day until Monday.
Next Sunday the Male quartet of the
Epworth League OF Randolph Center will
furnish part OF the singing at the upper
church.
There will be a sociable Friday evening
at Il. W. PERKINS, under the auspices OF the
Ladies Aid society. All are invited.
Ladies are requested to bring cake.
A surprise party was given Mrs. Hubert
Smith by her neighbors and friends last
Thursday evening, the occasion being
Mrs. Smiths 18th birthday. A sum of
money was left as a token Of kind regards.
The East Bethel village school, taught by
Miss Lena Rhodes, closed Friday, Nov. 4.
Whole number of pupils, S average
%. Those having no marks
during the term we're Blanche Nj.
Turner, Ethel T.. Brooks, John H. Wash
burn, Leonard II. Paine, Raymond {.
Lyon, Nelson l.. Gage, X. Roy Spaulding
and Ralph q. Spaulding.