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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
Woodstock, VT, May 27, 1905
"PersOnaI Pull, Political Power and
Prejudice.

Through the voluntary ana UNI
biased testimony of several state
papers-the Vergennes Enterprise,
Burlington News and others-relat-
ing to the side Judge" amendment
to the local option law, the Age was
recently led into making a general
charge of graft in the operation OF
this feature of that statute. 1t
thought the occasion called for the
immediate display of danger sig
nal.
The testimony as collected and
summarized by the Ludlow Tribune
was fairly conclusive, if not of cor
ruption at least of partisan appro-
priation of the license business for
general political profit, a purpose
which the sincere promoters OF the
law hardly had in mind. To an out
slider, to any one not living in Yer
mont, it would be quite convincing
But the Age was in error, replies
the Tribune, which is breezily alive
to the indubitable hazard and UNI
certainty of the situation. There's
no grating, but the possibilities
of the amendment for exactly what
the Age says are certainly danger
GUS"
Personal pull, political power
and prejudice sway the appoint
ting power" continues the
Tribune in picturesque ALTERATION.
What is all this but graft? In
many other states-to leave Vermont
again-some one besides the dear
people profits when personal pull,
political power and prejudice" be-
gins to sway appointments. It's no
child's play in Tammany Hall or in
Philadelphia politics and the peni-
tent and apologize Age urges that
public interests are not ideally
served here in old Vermont under
similar conditions.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
Each to His Trade.

Kullack, the famous pianist, was
once invited to dinner by wealthy
Berliner, who was the owner Of a
large boot mandatory and had
been shoemaker in his time. After
the repast Kullack was requested to
play something, and he consented.
Not long afterward the virtuoso in,
vited the boot manufacturer and
after dinner handed him a pair Of
old boots.
"What am / to do with these ?"
inquired the rich man.
With a genial smile Kullack re-
piled:
"Why, the other day you asked
me after dinner to make little mu-
sic for you, and now l ask you to
mend these boots for me- Each to
his trade"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
His Only Maaio.

The old story Of the Irishman
who, when he was asked how he
played upon the fiddle, answered,
''Be main strength, be jabersl" is
outdone by the answer of celebrat-
ed violinist to a lady who asked him
the same question.
ooh, signorr" exclaimed the fash
ionably dressed lady, with gushing
air. "By what magic do you evoke
such divine strains from your vio-
lin?"
81 have no magic, madam" an
swered the musician bluntly. 81
have nothing but the bow and my
hand"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27

STATE OF VERMONT At Probate
DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, ss ! Court held at
Woodstock. within and for SAID District,
on the 10th day of May, A. d. 1905,
Present. Hon. THOMAS o. SEAvER, Judge.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Henry s. Dana, late
of Woodstock in said district. deceased. il
presented to said Court for probate and
allowance by Eliza NJ. Dana, the ex-
ecutrix therein named; and it is order
ed by said Court that all persons con
cerned therein be notified to appear before
said Court, at session thereof to be held
at the Probate Office. in Woodstock. afore.
said, on the 9Th day of June, A. D.. 1905.
and show cause, if any they may have,
against the probate and allowance of said
instrument as the last will and testament
of said Henry $. Dana, for which purpose
it is further ordered that copy of the rec
ord of this order be published three weeks
successfully in The Spirit of the Age, a
newspaper published Mt Woodstock. in this
State, as soon as may be, the last of said
publications to be one day, Mt least, be-
fore said 9th day of June, A. ID 1906.
true record, Attest,
4. o. SEAvER, Judge.
true copy of record, Attest,
T o. SEAyEB, Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
Artificial Snow.

A curious instance of the forma-
ton of snow was witnessed at Agen,
France. A fire broke out in a saw
mill when the temperature was 10
degrees below the freezing point.
The water thrown upon it was in
stantly vaporized and, rising into
the cold, dry air, was Immediately
condensed and fell as snow. What
with bright starlight and strong
northwest wind blowing, the whirl-
ing snow above and the raging fire
below, a brilliant spectacle was pre-
scented.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
Tho sartorial Artist.

The painter or the sculptor feels
satisfaction and his bosom swells
with the same pride when he sees an
example from his brush or chisel in
an art gallery OF in a distinguished
collection, but his satisfaction and
pride are not equal in duration to
those the cutter knows, for the work
of the cutter meets him, passes him,
poses before him wherever he goes,
while that of the artist in pigments
or in stone remains in one place and
must be visited to be seen.-Tailor
and Cutter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
The Spider.

The spider has a tremendous APP
petite, and his gormandizing defies
all human competition. A scientist
who carefully noted spiders con-
sumption of food in twenty-four
hours concluded that if the spider
were built proportionately to the
human scale he would eat at day
break, approximately, small alli-
gator, by Z a. m. lamb, by 8 a. m.
a young camelopard, by l o'clock a
sheep and would finish up with a
lark pie in which there were 100
birds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
Fertilizer FreefOr
the Asking

Farmers, Gardeners, Florists, Seeds.
men, Greenhouse Proprietors, Nur.
serymen, indeed any one who will
send his name on postal card to c.
S. Page, Hyde Park, VT, and sim
ply say 81 saw your advertisement
in The Age. Send us a sample of
your Pages Plant Food" will re-
ceive sample promptly, free, post
paid. From what we know Of the
reputation of Mr.. Page we are in.
clined to believe that his Plant Food
is an article of genuine merit and
when you note the ingredients-and
he will send them to you with the
mail sample-you will see that the
ordinary impositions that are too
often practiced upon the farmers I'M
der the head of "Fertilizers" do not
exist in Pages Plant Food.
Address c. S. Page, Hyde Park, Vt,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
The Ships Water.

An old lady on board vessel OBJ
served two sailors pumping up water
to wash the deck, and, the captain
being near, she accosted him as fol-
lows:
"Well, captain, so you've got a
we'll aboard, eh ?"
eyes, ma'am. Always carry one,"
said the polite captain.
"Well, that's clever. It's so much
better than the nasty sea water,
which always dislike So"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian--Rev. c. A. MacDaniel,
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at IL
o'clock. Junior Z. E. at s o'clock,
and Y. p S, c. E. at ? o'clock.
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. w elcome to all.
Universalist--Rev. II. L. Canheld,
pastor. Morning service at 1890.
Sunday School at 1850. y. p. G..
U. Tuesday evening at 7.3o o'clock.
Congregational-Rev. F. Z. Put
nam, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850, YES
per service at S. Tuesday evening,
prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at $50; II.45 o'clock, Sunday
school 6.3op p. M, Epworth League
evening service, 7 p. M; Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 p. m.
Catholic-Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at IIa M. evening
service at 1880.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and al
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at
o'clock
st. James-First Sunday OF each
month Holy Communion and ser
mon at 1890. Evening Prayer ant
address at 500. All other Sundays
Holy communion at goa. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon a
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at &. c. II. Wells, rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express to Woodstock
Lodge, No. 81, to the Universalist
church, to neighbors and friends
and to the preparatory class our
thanks for flowers given
and sympathy expressed to us in this
time of our sorrow.
Mrs. E. w. PRIOR AND FAMILY.
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. G.. PRIOR.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
LEGALLY POSTED BROOKS
H. G. Thomas, Fish and Game
Commissioner, Tells How Legal
Stocking is Done.

Provided the owner or occupant
Of land, where a stream flows
through the same, stocks the waters
at his own expense, and keeps
stocked at his own individual ex-
pense, arti6cially Matched or reared,
by placing annually 1000 fry or 800
fngerlings for each half mile or less
Of stream, then he can post such
waters. Provided, however, that
such waters or tributaries, or streams
connecting with the said waters,
have never been stocked by the COM
missioner at the expense of the state,
then he would have to give the COM
missioner five years notice of his in
tention to make the same a private
preserve. Otherwise, he could not
post the waters if he did stock them
at his own expense. The penalty for
fishing such waters, if legally posted
and all provisions of law complied
with, would not be less than $50 or
more than $Ioo, or more than six
months imprisonment, and the fish
erman would be liable to the owner
for damages beside. Notices would
have to be I2x24 inches, and posted
in conspicuous places on the prem
Uses, and the name OF the owner
appended, date, etc. If person
breaks down, defaces, or Injuries the
sign boards there would be an addi-
tional fine of $40. Probably there
are parties that have stocked streams
in Vermont this year and posted the
same, which is no doubt illegal for
the reason that the same streams
have been stocked heretofore by the
state Of Vermont, and the commits
sioner has not received any notice,
which would have to be FIVE years,
since new laws were enacted in
1904.
In regard to posting streams by the
state, this can be done under two sec
tons. Under No. SO, Acts of 1898,
the fish and game commissioners
may, by agreement with the owners
or land through which streams, not
boatable, flow, close such streams or
any part thereof for the cultivation
of fish for the benefit OF the state.
This must be done in waters that do
not connect with posted waters or
private preserves. When a stream
is closed under this number, the
commissioner gives notice to that
effect by posting the waters and pub
fishing the same in some local paper
stating that fishing in such waters
thereafter shall at all times be for
hidden, and If person fishes or at
tempts to fish in such waters he shall
be fined $50, and all waters closed
as herein provided and streams into
which such waters empty and all
waters of streams closed in part UNI
der this act, whether above or below
the parts closed, shall not thereafter
be made posted waters. Therefore,
you see, in cases Of this kind private
parties might think they could make
private preserve of the same.
However, they are in error.
Under Section 1868 the commits
sioners can stock any stream without
the consent of the owners for pc
Rod of three years by posting notices
conspicuouslY, and also publishing
the same for three weeks in some
newspaper in county where said
waters are located. Anyone who
fishes such waters shall be fined
$50. This law, am informed by
my predecessor, Mr.. Titcomb, did
not prove successful. The expert.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
A Pert ReloIndsr.

A boy was holding a candle for
his master, a plumber, in a Scottish
town, who was doing some repairs
to a pipe inside dwelling house.
The boy carelessly held the candle
too near his masters head, and up
went his hair in a blaze. The mas
ter turned around in a rage and
said: 'You stupid IDIOT Can you
mo- watch what ye're doingP The
folk of the house IL think we've been
singeing a sleeps head with the
smell ye're setting upp
"Aweel," said the boy, they'll
mebbe no. be far wrang."-Scottish
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27

meut was tried and at the end of
three years when the streams were
opened up, they were lined with
fishermen and the last trout Of legal
size would be taken out within a
few days, therefore it has been rec
commended that streams lie kept
open and that the continual restock-
ing from year to year was the only
satisfactory rule to govern the com
missloners.
Yours very truly,
II. 6. THOMAS,
Commissioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
State Events.

June 7-8-Annual convention
Vermont State Woman Suffrage AS
ISOLATION, Springfield.
June S-9-Annual convention
Green Mountain Association of Uni
versalists, Chester.
June I3-I5-Annual meeting
General Convention of Congrega-
tional churches, Brattleboro.
June 2I-Diocesan convention
Episcopal church, Woodstock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
DEATHS.

In Prosper, May 90, Miss Josie Belle How
land, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
E. Rowland, aged 81 years.
In Woodstock, May %, Mrs. Hannah B
of Bridgewater. in her S7th year.
In Cincinnati, o.. May II, DIR. Sylvester
M. Hewitt, native of Pomfret, in his seth
year.
In South Woodstock. May 81, Mrs. Caro-
line Il. Benjamin, aged 50 years.
In South Reading, May 10. Mrs. Ellen
Allard, wife of Alba Davis, aged 81 years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
IF YOU HAVE
A FARM
OR COTTAGE
IN the VICINITY
OF WOODSTOCK

Which you would like to rent to
desirable tenant for the COM
ing summer it would be we'll
for you to send description of
it, together with your name and
address, to the undersigned at
once. Hundreds of families all
over the country search the col
umns of the Boston Transcript
each season for information as
to where the most desirable
summer residences are located.
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT CO.,
324 Washington ST., Boston, Mass,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
A "Soverelgn'' That Costs Only One
Dollar.

DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
of Rondout, N. Y is "SovereIgn" med
iclne for nervousness. Rheumatism, Kid
ney and Liver complaints, and all the ills
peculiar to women. IL drives the poison
from the blood, and restores the patient
to the bloom ofhealth. You will never re-
greet the exchange of one dollar for bot
tie
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS:
The Age and
Delineator One
Year $3.50.
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS

Everett V. Perkins, U. V. NJ,
'o5, was one of the three speakers in
the Bates Vermont debate at Bur
lington Friday evening of this week
The question for debate was, Gre
solved, That the United States should
maintain a policy of colonial expan1
sion." The Vermonters spoke on
the negative side.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
BIRTHS.

In Bridgewater, May 20, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. L. N. West.
In Woodstock, May 10. daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert w. Seaver.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
MARRIAGES.

In Springfield, May 10. by Rev. Melville
of Chester FLOYD M. Warner
and Jessie A. Long, both of Springfield,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27
A parsI.tent Dun.

An aged lady complained to
London magistrate that because she
was q little behind in her rent her
landlady followed her to church and
asked for 1t there. The landlady
came into a pew alongside of her
and when she was joining in the re-
sponses was constantly whispering
to her about the rent. When it came
to the response, 'Tncline our
hearts" the landlady would add,
"To pay our rent" The magistrate
said that 1t was very annoying, but
there was nothing illegal in it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-27

During the past winter mice grid
led and killed over SO young apple
trees in the orchard of Ernest Hitch
cock of Pittsford.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
Roast Turkey.

Select a young bird weighing about
ten pounds; a very large, fat turkey is
apt to be disappointment as the
flesh is usually coarse and oily. Draw
SINCE and wash, being careful to re-
move every suspicion of O. feather.
Wipe out the inside of the bird with q
clean damp cloth and prepare for stuff
fling: One quart of bread crumbs, one
small white orion one cupful of cream
or sweet milk; two tablespoonfuls of
butter, one dozen large oysters, two
eggs, salt and pepper
Cut the oysters and butter in small
pieces, chol the onion very fine, moist
en- the crumbs (the bread should be two
or three days Old with the cream and
well-beaten eggs. then mix all the in
gradients together and season with a
dash of white ppcr and one-half of
level teaspoonful of salt Fin the
body Of the bird and sew UP the open
ing with fine white cord. Put in the
roasting pan with one pint of boiling
water and roast for about two hours,
or until the bird is perfectly tender
Basic frequently.
When ready to serve, remove the
cord used in sewing the opening, dish
on hot platter and garnish with per-
feet celery leaves.
Strain the gravy in the pay (there
should be about one pint) and skim
off the fat, and it is ready TO add to
the giblets.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
The Poor Mans Wealth.

II money is 2 god it is. certainly a
blind one deaf and dump. It is but
few Of the good things Of this world
j; can give US, and none Of those Of
the world to come. Money may buy
a picture, or. even the landscape from
which the picture is painted. But it
has not bought the beauty Of plain and
river and mountain. That is still the
JOY of the poor man IN his cabin at the
foot Of the hill as il is Of the rich
man in his palace on the mountain
top. God holds his magnificent cTea-
ton before all VINO wish to see. He
pays no heed to commercial barterlng.
Money cannot buy the stars Which God
has numbered and set q shining. It can
not blot the least cloud that rises cut
Of the horizon nor divert it's shadows
from the patch which the heavenly
hand mapped out for it. 1t cannot buy
one ray OF sunlight nor cause the sun
TO rise one moment earlier or later than
Gods appointed time, nor TO hold its
beams in the heavens a moment lon
ger than the ordained sunset. The best
things of the world God has created
for the many and not for the few. be
has said to wealth as TO the sea: Thus
far shalt thou came and no farther
God still holds the title deeds TO the
earth. the atmosphere and the heavens.
remember these days-how wonderful
II our Father" has planned for his
happiness, in giving him those things
which money cannot buy and which
all the gold in the treasures Of enl-
pires cannot take from him. The rich
cannot purchase them and the mighty
cannot deprive him Of them. He can
sit in his cabin door and thank God
FOR. the legacy Of a beautiful vision;
for an atmosphere that is untainted by
nlutocratic titles, where the storms
are. and the fierce lightning play and
the clouds pour down their crystal
treasure upon his lawn and garden
where the sunbeams shine for him,
and the moon and stars make dark
ness as beautiful for him as for the
man of millions. He has the wealth
of heaven at his door, and he has Just
as much of it as the king in his castle.
-Pittsburg Observer
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
New Years Cake leermanl

Sift ten ounces of flour into a bowl;
weigh one-half pound of powdered
sugar, two ounces Of candied citron.
one fourth pound of Sultana raisins
and one-half pound OF butter. You
need. besides these, four eggs and one
lemon. Beat the butter twashed and
squeezed dryN TO i cream with the
hand; add to it tablespoonful of
flour, one of sugar and one egg. Mix
thoroughly. and then 20 on in the same
way. using the materials gradually UNI
til they are all III. Crate the lemon
ard add the fruit. warmed and Toured;
line pan with buttered paper, using
two thicknesses at the bottom. Bake
in a moderate oven two hours, covered
the first hour.
These three cakes will keep in tin
box a twelvemonth. To those unac-
customed to making rich cake I would
say: The whole seer les in the bak
ing. The oven must be very slow GEO
degrees by the thermometer. They
must not be shaien, but turned very
gently, and when taken from the oven
allowed to remain til cool before they
are removed from the pan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
THE CHRISTIANS DINNER.
Real Christmas Plum Puddinu.

This is an excellent and reliable reel
Pc Take one and one-half pounds of
suet. the same quantity each of stoned
raisins and Of the best currants. one
pound of chopped apple. half a pound
OF mixed orange and lemon peel, the
grated rind and juice of two lemons
and one orange, three-fourths of q
pound each of flour and Of fine bread
crumbs, twelve ounces of sugar. one
teaspoonful of salt, one of grated nut
meg, twelve eggs, one glass OF brandy
aud one pint of milk. Chop the suet in
as cold place as possible-stand the
bowl on block of ice in q large pan
until it is as fine as flour. First. mix
the dry ingredients thoroughly, then
add the eggs well beaten), the brandy.
then the milk, and finally the juice Of
the oranges and lemons. Have a large
mould; butter the inside well. and pour
IN the mixture. Fit on the cover of
the mould and make 1t water-tight with
little paste. Tie the mould in a cloth
and put it on to boil. This pudding, to
be perfect, requires about twelve or
1a1arteen hours boiling. It should be
cooked seven hours or more the day
before Christmas and finished on
Christmas day.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
EVENING MARRIAGES.
The Bishop of Richmond Forbids
Them in His piooess

Rt. Rev A. Van de Vyver, Bishop of
Richmond, Va, has issued a pastoral
letter containing peremptory instruc-
lions forbidding the performance of
marriage ceremonies after 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon.
1t is learned that the bishop has been
much annoyed at the disturbance and
bad behavior OF persons attending night
weddings. The trouble has been on
account of visitors attracted by curl
osity. At the recent marriage OF q
prominent Catholic couple when the
cathedral was packed, people stood on
the backs of the pews and in the win
dows and carried on such loud CONVEX
sation as to greatly mar the beautiful
ceremony. This. added to many other
infringements OF decorum, caused the
bishop to take this course.