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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
WINTER CONSULTATIONS
They're Really Very Well Worth
Looking At.

Quite a number of Rutland peo
pie are interested at present in study
ing the winter consultations, says
the Herald, Now is the time when
the advocate Of the ultra practical as
we'll as the lover of the poetic should
spend at least a short hour out OF
doors to learn that the universe amid
which he exists is not bounded by
his profession, his race, or even his
"''e'"',..''' o'-.---,r CO .,o,I-.-...
Apparently just at hand there are
grouped together six of the most glo-
rious and spectacular of our 40 con-
stellations, and the business man or
the dreamer need not travel further
than his own doorstep to view some
thing he will not soon forget.
Sparkling and scintillating like a
diamond, perhaps a quarter distance
above the horizon, the observer will
see in the south the vast sun Sirius
at the crest of the constellation CAMS
Major, and above to the right of
Sirius (whose distance is supposed
to be some 500, 900 times that of our
own sun) will be seen an irregular
rectangle of four bright stars, enclos-
ing three scarcely less prominent
ones.
The seven brilliants mark out
pretty accurately the celebrated con-
stellation of Orion, with the con-
spicuous white Rigel at the lower
right hand corner. Above Orion,
somewhat to the right, is seen the
reddish star Aldebaran, and above
Aldebaran (the "Eye Of the Bull")
to the right, is delicate haze of
seven minute suns, which are speed
ily recognized as the Pleiades, men,
toned in the Book Of Job and innu-
merably elsewhere. The ruddy AL,
debaran and the sparkling Pleiades
constitutes the most interesting part
Of what is known to astronomers as
the constellation OF Taurus.
Almost directly overhead in a line
with Orion, the star viewer will see
the bright Capella, chief pride of the
constellation Auriga identified by
the five star form.) Below Capella
and Auriga, trifle to the left, there
appears long irregular rectangle
Of six stars, the constellation Ger
mini.
AT the far end of Germini are two
bright stars, the twins, Castor and
Pollux. And almost exactly under
Germini is seen the small constella-
ton OF CAMS Minor, with its promi-
nent yellow sun Procyon, and Proc
yon's inconspicuous neighbor, Co
meisa, or B.
The observer has now hastily
scanned the celestial space occupied
by six of the 40 of our northern con-
stellations. He has not, however,
come within even an octillion of
miles of the astronomical threshold.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
tumble of Languages.

There are towns in Hungary, and
small towns, too, where from seven to
ten idioms are constantly being used.
On the Gallcian frontier there is in
lovely valley the old town of EperJes.
The number of its inhabitants do not
exceed 10000 To this day the good
people of Eperjes are in the habit Of
talking or being talked to in six diff
ferent languages and several dialects.
An ordinary household will include a
Slovac manservant, a Hungarian coach
man, a German cook and Polish cham
bermaid. What is still more remarkable,
each grade of society will tenaciously
cling to It's own language for centuries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Feeding Cut Bone PAYS.

Mr.. A. F. Hunter, who is one OF
the regular contributors to the New
England Farmer, not long ago said
in the columns of that paper "Feed-
ing fresh cut bone to fowls, to in
duce abundant laying, has proved a
decidedly profitable thing. The
bones are rich in animal matter, and
contain lime of which the egg shells
are made, and hens fed on fresh cut
bone will lay larger number of ege
that if fed no bone. Not only will
they lay larger number of eggs,
but the eggs will be stronger-bodied,
will be better eggs, and if incubated
will have better and stronger chicks"
{. S. Page Of Hyde Park, VT, on
receipt of So. go will forward to any
one 200 pound barrel of Green Cut
Bone, paepaying railroad freights
to any state in New England or New
York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Old Inns.

The Ostrich inn at Colnbrook,
Middlesex, England, has had an un-
interrupted existence since the far
away days of King John. 1t was do
ing thriving business before Mag
ma Charta was signed and had quail
flied as a veteran before Crecy was
fought. The Seven Stars in Man
chester was a licensed house in the
year Of Poitiers 1855, two-thirds
of a century before the cathedral
was founded, and it boasts today
staircase clock which began to tick
ever so long before DR.. johnson was
born-nearly two centuries ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Abolished Death.

me pfUDIeIus VI IIrc GIu uUaUII,
which, to say the least of it, puzzle
most people, are lightly disposed of
by the child. A little girl, coming
in contact with death for the first
time in the shape of a ifeless bird
that she found in the wood, ran
with it to her nurse, according to
the London Chronicle. "What can
be the matter with itp" she cried in
amazement, The nurse, of course,
improved the occasion. "The bird
is dead" she said portentously. owe
must all die some day." The little
girl looked at the small corpse in
her hand contemplatively, then
dropped it with some disgust. "You
may die if you want to-" she re-
marked. 81 shan't."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
MARYLAND.

The organization of the first G. E.
society will be fittingly celebrated at
the Brick church tomorrow evening
at 7 o'clock. An Offering will be
taken for the Quarter Century fund,
which is to be devoted to a memorial
for DR.. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Underwood are now
occupying their new house.
Mrs. Inez Watkins of Woodstock
recently visited her sister, Mrs. L. l.
Walker.
Mrs. A. j. Lawrence entertained
Mrs. F. M. Blanchard of Chicago the
past week.
Mrs James Archibald and son OF
Medfeld, Mass, have been visiting
Ms. and Mrs. Jason Darling and
other relatives.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03

The singing teacher was visiting
the school, and, as this was an inn
portant event in the district, the
pupils had been instructed to mem
orize a verse or two TO rocite for
the entertainment of the visitor.
During the delivery Of his lines
one small boy was especially notice
able for The action with which he
accompanied his words, so much so
that the teacher, surprised at hi.
efforts, commended him highly on
the ease with which he spoke and
yhe apparent practice which he must
have put on the piece.
at was fine" she exclaimed in
closing, "and shows a large amount
Of rehearsal, But, Johnny, where
did you get the gestwes?"
"'Tain't the gestures" replied
the young genius, with a twist;
faint the gestures; it's the hives"
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Luther and the Devil.

Martin Luther was a believer in
not only a personal devil, but in
whole herds of them. In his writ
ings he informs the readers that
man is continually surrounded with
demons and that "the devil is near
er to the Christian than is his coat
or shirt" Devils" he says, are
in houses and in dense black clouds.
There are many Of them in the
woods, waters and deserts. They
send storms, hail, thunder and light
ming and poison the air with an in
fernal stencil" In one place in his
writings he tells us that the devil
sends all diseases and plaques
among men and that we may be
sure that when one dies of a plague,
is drowned or drops suddenly dead
the devil was the cause of it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
How Willie Got Cake.

The other day Willie was at a
house where he waited what he
thought too long a time for the
usual hospitable piece of cake to be
forthcoming.
81 amt goin' to ask for any
cake" he remarked at last blandly.
The lady of the house pretended
not to notice the implied request.
'"That's very nice Of you, Willie"
she said.
Because" he went on, loftily ig-
noring her remark, Gin houses where
ladies is polite to little boys I don't
have t."
Willie got his cake.-Baltimore
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
BURNSIDE'S ROMANCE.
Tilted at the Altar When a Young Man
by a Kentucky Girl.

by a Kentucky Girl.
The story of the life of General
Burnside is the sweetest morsel Of
patriotic Renaissance possessed by
Liberty, says the Liberty CORE
spondent of the indianapolis News.
He is the idol of local history. Lib
eTty has only one other love-Joa-
quin Miller, 'the poet of the Ser
ras." Burnside and Miller were
born at the gates of this old town,
and the boyhood days of both were
spent within its borders.
In December, 1851, Lieutenant
Burnside returned from the Mexi-
can war to Liberty for a visit, and
while there he met a young woman
from Kentucky. He fell in love al
most at first glance, and the affec-
ton appeared to be reciprocated.
They became engaged, and prepara-
tons for the wedding were made in
the Kentucky home of the promised
bride. The ceremony was to take
place in a church, and numerous
guests had assembled to witness it.
Burnside and his sweetheart
marched down the aisle to the music
of a wedding march and took their
places before the altar. The clergy
man received the VOW from the
bridegroom and turned to the bride
to ask if she was ready to take him
as husband. The assemblage was
astounded when the woman before
the altar stammered, "Now and
broke the hand clasp. She then hur-
ried from the church, followed by
Burnside and the astonished we'd
ding guests.
For years that sensational wreck
of a youthful dream had an effect
on him, and he had little to do with
the gentler sex. He had the salts
faction of hearing a few months
after he was Tilted that the young
woman had married another man
under threat. She had boosted that
she would serve him as she had
Burnside. On the way to the church,
however, the bridegroom drew a re-
volver from his pocket and said;
"Gou are to be one of two things
my wife or a corpse"
The hint was sufficient, and the
trifer with masculine affections
gave an affirmative answer to the
questions Of the minister.
Prior to the civil war Burnside
married Miss Mary Bishop.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian--Rev. G. A. MacDauel
pastor. Morning service at 1899,
with sermon. Sunday school at -
o'clock. Junior Z. E. at S o,cIock'
and Y. T ), <. f. at 7 O'Clock.
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. Welcome to all.
Universalist-Kev.H H. L. Garfield.
pastor. Morning service at 1890
Sunday School at 1850. Y. P. C..
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 5. Tuesday evening,
prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at 1890; II.45 o'clock, Sunday
school 6.3op. M, Epworth League
evening service, 7 p. M; Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 P. m.
Catholic Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at II m. evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and at
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 and
address at 500. All other Sundays
Holy communion at 7 80 a. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at {. c.. H. Wells, rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
A Dry Land Fish.

The periopathalmus, one of the
most remarkable of the several spe-
cies of dry land fish catalogued by
the naturalists, is a native Of Mauri-
thus. He is only four or five inches
long, but has big head, very prom
inent eyes and side fins which bear a
strong resemblance to legs. They
have the curious habit of leaving the
water in the evening and spending
the entire night hunting the noctur-
nal insects which inhabit the muddy
flats near tidewater. A similar spe-
cies Of New Zealand are called "run-
ming fishes" by the natives.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
A SCIENTIFIC PUZZLE.
The UnsoIved Mystery of That Won
derfuI Entity, Ether.

uSTIuI GntltyJ EIheF'
Certainly, though no sane person
doubts the existence of the ether
we are sorely troubled when we are
asked to describe it, for we are al
most forced to give it properties in
compatible with one another. This
you will see when l enumerate all
the functions which this utterly
mysterious entity discharges. 1t
conveys the force Of gravitation. 1t
has the power of vibrating from
side to side, and these vibrations,
according as they are fast or slow,
have the most varied results upon
us. They all travel along at the
same speed, which is that Of light
10000 miles a second-but the
waves may oscillate from side to
side as they 60, either two or three
times a minute Tor less) or even a
million times a minute (or more).
When the waves are very slow we
call them electric waves. When they
are a little faster we call them
Hertzian waves and telegraph across
oceans with them. When a little
faster we call them Blondlot rays.
A little faster they are called heat
rays, or radiant heat. A little faster
they are called red light, then vel
low, and SO on to violet. Then they
become invisible again, as they were
before, and we call them ultraviolet
light. Then a little faster we call
them Becquerel rays, and the fastest
we know yet we call Roentgen rays.
| have missed out more than I
have named, and there are many
gaps yet to fill, but you will agree
with me that the entity whose vibra-
lions cause electricity, heat, light
and Roentgen rays, besides convey
ing the force of gravitation, must be
a very remarkable substance. And,
more I1Srn ttrot, it ia supposed that
all ponderable matter ia really made
out of the ether By ponderabio
matter we mean matter which is
subject to gravitation and therefore
has weight. The ether itself, which
"SsnveYs the gravitation, is conceived
Oh as being without weight.
1t comes to this, then-that in the
ether modern science recognizes CIlo
most profound of all its problems,
except that of consciousness. By.
gravitation it makes the universe
on. ly- .L--------.--------'~ lIEIIN0o LII0
universe alive, and it is the stuff of
which the material universe is made.
60. W. Saleeby in Harper's Maya
zine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
All the News

A country exchange has this to
say about printing all the news:
GA man stopped Us on the street
the other day and said we did not
publish all the news. We should
say not. In the first place, there's
somebody else depending on us for a
living. If we published all that hap
pened we would be with the angels.
In order to please the people we
must~print only the nice things said
Of them and leave the rest to gossip.
Yes, it's a fact, we don't print all
the news. If we did, wouldn't it be
spicy reading? But it would. be for
one week only. The next week you
would read our obituary, and there
would be new face in heaven. ALI
the news is all right when it is about
the other fellow"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
STATE PRESS.

The St. Johnsbury Republican,
whose editor is the state secretary OF
civil and military affairs, is very nat
urally opposed to free speech and a
free press and chuckles with glee
over Act OF the laws of 1902 which
he claims establishes a state censor
ship over the press. Does not the
very title of the act tell what it was
intended to cover? 1t reads "An
Act to Prevent Corrupt Practices in
Matters Relating-to Elections" Is
there anything corrupt in an honest
man telling the people he wants
their support through the advertising
columns OF an honest newspaper
Burlington Clipper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
He Didn't Haft,

He was one of those unruly
youngsters who make the life Of a
public schoolteacher hard one. He
was in the primary grade. He came
in one morning with dirty hands and
face. The teacher looked at him
severely.
"Johnny~
"Yes'm."
"Have you washed your face and
hands this morning?"
"No'm."
"Why not?"
"None of the folks is home, an l
don't haft to-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Upset Clerical Dionitv.

The minister who had the repu-
tation of never relaxing from his
dignity was trying to prove to a few
congenial friends that the reputa-
ton was not deserved. "Why, one
day l laughed right out in the pull
pit" he said, "and 1 did not get
over the disgrace Of it for several
weeks. But it was one of those
times when my sense of humor got
the better of my ministerial calm.
cit was one hot summer day, and
my church was very close to
house. The windows of the church
were open, and we could hear dis
tinctly the murmur of voices next
door. 1 had just offered prayer, and
there was the intense silence which
always follows an invocation. In
the solemn silence a woman's harsh
voice screaIuvd .----
"John, where are the nails p
And q gruff voice apswered:
In the coffeepot, you fool. You
put them there YOURSELF"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
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Tn

Gree rec
ognized p ne best
foods for h, 1t con-
tains just thee at are likely
to be lacking in, erage poultry
ration but which are essential to the
production of eggs. Read what c.
A. Champion of Green's Corners,
VT, says about it: "Green Cut
Bone and Meat I consider very valu-
able as an egg producer in cold
weather. 1t is more rapidly eaten
than any other food | have tried"
A 200 pound barrel of Green Cut
Bone and Meat will be sent, rail
road freights prepaid, to anyone in
New England or New York, tor
1876 by Carroll S. Page, Hyde
Park, VT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
What Produces Eggs ?

Green Cut Bone and Meat is said
Ito contain the elements which stimu-
late egg production during the ex-
IRENE cold Weather Of February and
March. 1t is sometimes difficult to
obtain, but any one in New York
or New England sending $3.50 to c.
S. Page, Hyde Park, VT, can there
fore secure a two hundred pound
barrel, freights prepaid to his sta
ton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
The Hard Part.

at is a trying profession" said
the first entomologist.
'Isn't it ?" replied the second.
''The world never realizes how
hard we fellows work"
Indeed, it doesn't"
"The world never gives a thought
to the days and nights of study we
put in"
81 should say not"
'"Think of it. Sometimes we
work and worry for years to decide
upon the habits and manners of life
of some obscure bug"
''Huh. Think that's the hard
part? How about the nerve rack
ing and mind wrecking task of in
venting scientific names for the
things ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03

"Boss" is merely another spelling
for the Dutch ".baas," and Bartlett's
Dictionary of Americanisms" re-
cords that the proper pronunciation
of the 80" in "boss" is like that of
the ga" in call" Originally in
Dutch 'baas" seems to have meant
uncle, cousin or kinsman in general.
Then, because the master of house
ulShI We reguro0'a ,s..s-Ll---,>,.i,,, ,i,,o1
kinsman of its inmates, the word
came to be used Of him. ode vrouw
is de baas" is a Dutch domestic
proverb-"the wife is the boss
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
Poultry Food Agents Wanted.

Agents Wanpu every ruvrO-. -,
Pages Perfected Poultry Food. If 1t
Is not for sale in your village, write the
manufacturer, O. s. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, for terms to agents. Agents take
no risk, as the food is guaranteed to
give entire satisfaction in every case,
and any not sold may be returned. 1t
Is an article Of genuine merit en1 =.
u eonocIenuouS1y commended to poul-
trYman
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
How to Cleanse the Blood.

A preserving use of DR.. David Kenne-
dy's Fav0rite Remedy, of RondOut, N.
Y, will soon relieve and ultimately cure
cases of Fever and Ague, Billiousness,
Rheumatism, Debility of the Stomach
Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder, and all
disorders arising from an impure state of
the Block. Price &l.00, all druggists; 6
hotties for $500.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
The RInhop md the Senator.

A visiting bishop in Washington was
arguing with senator on the deslra-
bility OF attending church. At last he
put the question squarely, "What ls
your personal reason for not attend
ingT
The senator smiled In a no-offense-ln-
tended way as he replied, 1.-THE fact is,
one finds so many hypocrites there"
Returning the smile, the bishop said:
Don't let that keep you away, sena-
tor. There's always room for one
more. "-Philadelphia Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-03
THE MARINE ENGINEER.
Startling Example Showing the Dan
gers of His Calling

Startling Example Showing the DAM
gers of His Calling.
OF all causes of boiler deterioration,
says II. =. Watson in the Engineering
Magazine, by far the most numerous
are those arising from the presence of
but broken rs bffGcGs slater iinperustation;
neer a very bad quarter of an hour. A
steamer plying on the great lakes
many years ago carried very high
steam for those days-ffty pounds per
square inch on very large and light
shell. The engineer on watch was down
In the fire room looking around when a
loud bang came from one OIL unv uvlI-
ers. Instantly divining the cause, he
looked questloningly at the head watch
tender, who replied, "Be jabers, hope
that amt next door nelghbor to the
one that let go on the other watch"
That startled the engineer, for he had
not been told of the other broken brace.
He at once stopped the blowers, OPEN
cd the doors, shut the stop valve be-
tween boilers anu put Un me leu
pumps as rapidly as they could go 80
as to reduce pressure. The deck de-
partment was notified that 1t would be
necessary to stop, and they hauled to
one side of the channel and waited for
the coming up Of another boat In the
same line passed few miles back.
The passengers there were 1000 on
boarO and mails were transferred, and
the boat returned with the injured
boiler out Of business.
Upon examination the next day 1t
was found that three braces had given
way at or near one another, two let
ting go simultaneously apparently, and
that the precautions taken against a
disaster (Which would have been terri
bic If it had occurred) were none too
soon. This was merely an episode with
in the everyday duty of an engineer
and carries its own warning.