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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

vi the manufactures Of the state and
views depicting the beautiful scenery
for which Vermont is so famous, to-
gether with a floral display which Is
most instructive and complete and an
interest in an elaborate display Of the
maple sugar industry.
The Vermont State building, located
on the water front Of the Tercentep-
NAL, is a most attractive little struc-
ture, modelled after typical summer
Green Mountain State home, arranged
for ease and comfort, yet with an eye
to artistic beauty. The building was
designed by Miss Josephine Wright
Chapman, formerly Of Vermont, now
of New York. Two stories high and
finished In hard pine, the structure is
appropriately furnished with unique
colonial furnishings. The broad, COM
Portable veranda faces Hampton
Roads, affOrding q fine view of the
beautiful expanse of water and the
numerous battleships there anchored.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
BRIDGEWATER.

Mrs. E. c. Solger and Percy are
visiting relatives in Concord, N. H.
Mildred Hutchings, who has been
visiting Winifred Weeden, has re-
turned to her home in Lebanon.
Samuel Hastings, a life long resi-
dent of this place, passed away
Wednesday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. E. J. Woods, with
whom he had made his home recent
ly. The funeral was held at the
house at p, m. Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery, OF Pomfret,
were the guests recently Of their son,
w. II. Emery and wife.
N. J. Dame of Medford, Mass,
is the guest of his niece, Mrs. E. A.
Davis and family.
Mrs. Lucy B. Wilson is visiting
relatives in Barre.
F E. Derby returned last week
from a visit OF several weeks to w.
G. Brown and family in Readvilie,
Mass, and Wednesday went to The
Weirs, N. H., to attend a reunion
of the N. II. G. A. r. veterans.
F. P. Smith and family and Ed
ward Smith returned Monday from
a vacation spent at Long Point, on
Lake Champlain.
S. B. Brown and family returned
last week from a visit of several
weeks in Dover, N. H.
E. D. Raymond OF Fair Haven is
with his family at his parents, w.
C. Raymond and wife.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Rev, ]. Christopher Williams has
accepted the call Of the Orwell Con-
gregational church to become its
pastor and is expected there about
Sept. 1.
For the second time this summer
the quarantine has beeu removed
from all the houses in West Berlin
and Mortified Falls, which have
been quarantined for smallpox and
the epdemio is again declared at an
ead. In West Berlin alone during
the two stages of the epidemic there
were 43 cases, none Of Which proved
fatal.
In an automobile accident at DAY.
export, Iowa, August p, Miss Mar
iorie Wheeler Of White River juno
ton, a student in Mount Holyoke
college, suffered the fracture of one
arm IN two places and also sustained
other injuries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
SOUTH POMFRET.

Fred Atwood and wife of Green
field, Mass, arrived Saturday to
begin operations on his house. AT
present time he has two carpenters
and two more expected soon. Mr..
Atwood returned home Friday.
E. ]. Paul and Addie Paul were
guests of Miss Mabel Vaughan at
Silver Lake Park Sunday, where the
latter and lady friend from Massa-
chusetts have been spending two
weeks in a cottage.
Mrs. Fenno started this week for
her home in Massat husetts, stopping
in Enfield, N. H., en- route, after a
months stay with her sister here,
Mrs. Charles Ordway.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
Great News from jamestown.

"The joyful intelligence comes
from jamestown" says the Burling-
ton News, that the Vermont exhibit
is now fully installed, The old press
is there from Windsor, portraits o.
our 40 governors are duly hung, and
numerous books and newspapers Of
1880 are on exhibition, to say moth
ing about host of antiquarian items
connected with our early history"
1t is great news, but congratula-
tions are clouded with some misgiv-
ings as to what the sightseers from
other states will think of Vermonts
display-that is, if this is all the
state has in readiness for exhibition
NOW
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
TIMING TOLL CALLS

Local telephone service can be sold
wholesale, so to speak, but toll and
long distance service, which each in
dividual user employs only occa-
sionally, is necessarily charged tor
the single message. And the only
fair measure OF the service OF the
costly long distance plant-costly to
build, to maintain and to operate
is that OF the length of time the line
is used. Time being of all things
the most precious in this age of hus-
tie, it must be measured with abso-
lutte accuracy when it is made a
commodity. 1t is the absolute me-
chanical precision with which this
is done that makes the telephone one
of the great commercial economies
of the day.
Every toll operator in the New
England telephone system has at her
side a device called a calculagraph,
1t looks, at first glance, quite like an
ordinary clock, except for a slot
three or four inches wide that runs
in under the face and a couple OF
handles or levers projecting from the
case. The face Of the clock is not
used in making charges for service
it is merely convenient thing to
have around" Take off the HANDS
and face OF the clock, and you find
three little circlets Of figures that
look like skeleton watch dials, the
numerals being metal type, which is
linked by ribbon, just as ale the
letters of typewriter.
One dial has Roman numerals tor
the hours and dots for the minutes,
Just like the watch you carry in your
pocket every day. Another, which
looks like miniature clock with
Arabic figures that run uncommonly
high, divides an hour into twelve
five-minute periods. The third
shows a fve-minute period divided
into minutes, which are subdivided
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
Estate Of Caroline c. Burbank.

STATE OF VERMONT At a Probate
District of Hartford, S. I Court held at
Woodstock, within and said District, on
the 22dday of August, A. d. 1907.
Present, T. o. Seaver, Judge.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Caroline @. Burbank,
late of Hartland in said District, deceased,
is presented to said Court for Probate and
allowance by Gilbert +. Davis. the executor
therein named and it is ordered by sad
Court that all persons concerned therein be
notified to appear before said Court at
session to be held at the Probate Office, in
Woodstock, aforesaid, on the 9th day of
September, A, d. 1907, and show cause, if
any they may have, against the probate and
allowance of said instrument as the last will
and testament of said Caroline G. Burbank,
for which purpose it is further ordered that
a copy of the record of this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in The
Spirit of the Age, newspaper published at
Woodstock, in this State, as soon as may
be- the last of said publications to be one
day, at least, before said 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A. ID. 1907
A true record, attest
II. o. SEAVER, Judge.
A true copy of record, attest
I. o. SEAYER, Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
WeathersfieId,s Oldest Resident

Levi Nichols Barnard, for many
years one of the leading men of af-
fairs in the vicinity of Weathers-
field and who is now the oldest man
in that region, celebrated his 0Sth
birthday anniversary Sunday at the
Open Ridge place in Eureka" just
west of Weathersfeld, whore his
home has been since April, 1899,
when the old Barnard homestead,
built by Jennison Barnard, his IA
ther Immediately after the Revolu-
ton, was burned. Many of his old
time acquaintance of this and adj
joining towns called in and many
letters Of congratulation were re-
ceived from friends and acquaint-
ances unable to visit him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

George Weatherbee, a I3-year-old
boy Of Brattleboro, was instantly
killed Sunday by coming in contact
with live wire carrying 2o,ooo
volts of electricity on the Central
Vermont bridge crossing the West
river about mile from the village.
The lad in company with Jesse
Bailey, and Louis and Earl Stetson,
had been for walk and sat down
on the bridge to watch some fisher
men below. Neatherbee let his
legs hang over the bridge and
struck live we running from the
electric station in Dummerston and
enough electricity to kill 100 men
passed through his body.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
PLYMOUTH UNION.

Miss Ellen Sawyer has returned
to Ludlow.
Mrs. Wallace Blanchard visited
old neighbors here the first OF the
week.
Amos Coolidge returned from
Ma nchester, N. H., Thursday OF
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Brown are
entertaining their children and grand
children at the Earle house.
The telephone men were putting
two more wires on the line through
here the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wilder have
gone to Sunapee, N. H., for a va
cation.
Norris Wilder went to Rutland
Tuesday,
Amos Coolidge is in West Bridge
water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

ERMONT DAY, Sept. Is, at the
\ jamestown exposition promises
to be a noteworthy occasion.

u TERMONT DAY, Sept. IS, at the
" jamestown exposition promises
to be a noteworthy occasion.
The programme Of exercises
arranged by the Vermont commission
ia of an attractive and varied charac-
ter The orator of the day will be the
Hon. Joseph A. De Boer, which as
sures a historical address worthy or
the Green Mountain State.
Otner addresses VIII De maue Dy
Governor Proctor and members of the
Vermont delegation in congress and by
Governor Swanson of Virginia and
President Tucker of the exposition.
There will be also vocal and instru-
mental music by Vermont artists. The
exercises of Vermont day will be held
In the auditorium, followed by a re
ception at the Vermont building.
Arrangements have been nearly com
pleted by the state commission and
Adjutant General Gilmore, represent,
ing Governor Proctor for an excursion
of Vermonters to the jamestown eX-
position about the middle of Septem-
Der. 1t is proposed to leave Vermont
points In season to allow several days
for visiting the exposition before Yer
mont day, Sept. IS. Extremely rea-
sonable excursion and hotel rates have
been secured for the trip. The Yer
mont societies Of Boston, Brooklyn,
Washington and other cities have been
invited to be present and participate
In the exercises.
No special invitations will be extend
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

A wealthy widow was about to
marry a widower whose sole pos
session consisted of a family Of
small children. A friend of the
prospective groom met one of the
children, a little girl of six years,
and said:
"Where are you going, Jenny, all
dressed up so fne?"
"I'm going to a wedding" she
said proudly.
"Whose wedding?" was the next
query.
"Mrs. Noble's," replied she.
"And who is Mrs. Noble going
to marry?"
"Why," said she, in an astonished
tone, "don't you know? She's go
ing to marry u.s."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
Woodstock, w., August 81, 1907

The futile Co., Of Rutland have
recently issued new and enlarged
edition of Commits Vermont, revised
by Mason S. Stone, state superinten-
dent of schools. 1t is a well-printed
volume of $50 pages, containing
over 300 new illustrations, new
maps, portraits of all the governors
and many noteworthy features, For
school use and for reference it is a
valuable addition to the text books
on Vermnnt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
GHuREH SLRVIcEC.

Chrlstian-,-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 7 O'Clock.
Mid-weck service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. Welcome to all
Congregational-Mornlng service
at 1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Tuesday evening prayer meeting at
100.
UnjveI salist- Rev. Ralph Hol,
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
II.45.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor Morning SER
vice at 1890; lI.45 o'clock, Sunday
school; $50 p. 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 1870.
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 9
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 goa. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at s.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mas. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has Hoen
used for over sixty years by millions of Moth
ersfor their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, su1tens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie.
and Is the best remedy for Diarrimmedit will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by ell druggists in every part of the
world. twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure
to ask for "Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind.
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act, June 30th, 1906. Serial number 1898.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
WEST WOODSTOCK.

Raymond Simmons of Boston and
Miss Sleeper of South Royalton are
guests of w. E. Mack.
Miss Mills is entertaining Mrs
Edith G. Bristol and son of Burling-
ton.
S. S. Winslow attended the Grange
field day at Brattleboro last week.
Mrs. Orpha Daniels of Saxtons
River and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hutchinson of Chicago are at w. N.
Johnson's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
Vermont Day Programme.

The tentative programme for Yer
mont day is as follows
$3.50, a. m.-Governor OF Vermont and Of
heial party arrive at the exposition and
are met by a reception committee COM
posed of the officials of the jamestown
exposition company. The official party in
carriages and automobiles are then drlv-
en- around the grounds.
10 a. m.-Governor' Swanson of Virginia
makes a formal call on Governor Proctor
OF Vermont at the Vermont State build
ing
1890 a. m.-Governor Proctor of Vermont
returns call of Governor Swanson Of Vir-
Einla at the Virginia State building.
II a. m.--The following exercises will
take place In the auditorium, Lieutenant
Governor George Prouty OF Vermont pre-
siding:
Music by Mexican band.
Address of welcome, Hon. Harry st.
George Tucker president Of the James
town Tercentennial exposition.
Music.
Address, Governor Claude A. Swanson of
Virginia.
Music.
Address. Governor Fletcher d. Proctor
Of Vermont.
Music,
Address. Hon. Joseph A, De Boer OF VeT-
mont.
Music, "star spangled Banner"
!. i.sn-re== na.szI alrahean, e the ofae,aI part
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
A Doomed Cheese.

General Thomas IL. Ruger,'
said man who knew him well,
"was, like many army officers, an
authority on good cooking, but he
detested rank, high cheeses. At a
dinner he said that. a very rank
cheese was once left at his head
quarters to be called for, and after
it had remained unclaimed two days
he posted this notice:
"1f the cheese sent here address
ed to Private Jones is not called
for in two days it will be shot,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Tax Collector Pollard Of Mont
pelier has a few hard cases on his
hands. He made dozen calls at
one house and finally, finding the
doors locked, gained entrance
through the hatchway. He went
into every room but one, the door to
which was locked, He cody took
the casing off and located his man
within. The matter of taxes was
then quickly arranged.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Endless chain" letters which
have been circulated all over the
country, containing an appeal for
aid in erecting at Canton, Ohio, of a
Masonic monument to President
William Mckinley, and several of
which have been received in YER
mont and passed along" are wholly
unauthorized by the grand lodge of
Ohio and have been denounced as
an obnoxious pest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

John Calvin, a well known Brat
tleboro merchant and past state
chief ranger Of the Catholic Order
of Foresters, is making every effort
to find his son, John E. Calvin,
whom he has not heard from for
about 20 months. Mr. Calvin fears
that the boy is not living, as he was
fond of his home and wrote to some
member Of the family regularly until
his letters suddenly stopped coming
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Middlebury has been bother be-
yond endurance by gypsies and
when band OF IS settled down on
the outskirts of the village recently
they were ordered to vamoose and
orders were telephoned down the
line Of march to keep them st epping
until they crossed the bord Ell of the
ctate
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
That Kind

Hotel Manager-Have the Bark
ers found fault again today? Hotel
Clerk-Yes, sir. They complain as
much as if they were getting their
board free.-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

E. 6. Austin has resigned as man
ager of the Windsor Gas Light
Company, a position he has filled
a number of years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Glenn Booth, son of Alba Booth,
of Milton, was drowned while bath
ing in the river in that place Tues
day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
"a . DIR IA.
Bears the 7Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sf &rHHzIzax

Mrs. Sophia B. Hall Of Pownal,
aged 90 years, had her first trolley
ride last week on trip to Benning-
ton. Mrs. Hall has ytraveled to a
considerable extent on railroads.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Ex-Governor c. ]. Bell will be
one of the speakers at the union
grange meeting and picnic which
will be held at Bomoseen park, Lake
Bomoseen, Saturday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

Ira Smith of Passumpsic, who is
81 years old, has just taken con-
tract to saw 80 cords of woods in
two months.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
Vermont at the Exposition.

Vermont's participation in the
jamestown exposition, while not 80
elaborate or costly as some Of her sis,
ter states perhaps. is nevertheless very
creditable and attractive and is sure
to fill the hearts of all visitors from
the Green Mountain State with pride.
Yermont's entire display, which Is
under the supervision of Il. NJ God.
dard, member of the state commits
sion to the exposition, includes a most
attractive statehouse, of which Mrs.
Goddard is the hostess; a magnificent
exhibit of the various kinds of marble,
slate and granite in the production OF
which Vermont holds a high place;
historical exhibit Of great interest,
n display In the state exhibit palace
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

AT .Ine SWISS APPS vllIaSe.
p. m.-Review of all troops. both reg
ular and militia, stationed at the eXposi-
ton, by the governor of Vermont.
to II p. m.-Reception by the governor
OF Vermont at the Vermont State build
ing.
The Vermont delegation goes to
Newport News on a special train, and
It's headquarters during Its stay
will be at the Hotel Warwick. This
delegation will be composed of the
governor of the state and his staff,
Lieutenant Governor Prouty, the en-.
tire congressional delegation of Yer
mont, the adIutant general OF the state,
practically the entire state legislature
and many other distinguished citizens
Of the Green Mountain State.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31
TELEPHONE TALKS

Believing that knowledge promotes cooperation the New England
Telephone and Telegraph Company publishing series of brief
eNpostons Of some phases Of telephony for the benefit of
itself, and as ii hopes for the benefit OF all
telephone
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

GA ST GA ia.
Bear, thu >pThs Kind You Have Always Bought
'l;1 ss &(MAzI7M<
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-31

ed to the people Of the state, but a
cordial general invitation is hereby
given to all Vermonters to join the
excursion and help celebrate Vermont
day at the exposition.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
THE STATESMAN, DENVER. COLORADO.
Where Beessro Ride.

IF wishes were horses beggars
might ride" says the old saw, but In
Persia beggars actually do ride, al
though they patronize the humble
donkey instead of the more aristocrat-
ic brother How they manage to OBJ
tain these useful animals. or even to
exist themselves. passes European
comprehension, but the fact remains
that they do both. The Persian tramp.
astride his donkey, often makes very
long journeys-egen as far as Meshed
or Mecca, whence he returns with
the proud title OF "Hadjl." Useful as
the donkey Is TO his mendicant mas
ter, the latter usually treats him in
nlost brutal fashion, length of chain
being frequent substitute for whip
when the unfortunate animal needs
encouragement-.W Wide World Maga.
tiue
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
The Common Thiroa

ne sunshine ard the gentle rain.
The clear bird ponE that ha ils the moN
The meadow land which noxcrs stain
The swaying banners OF the corn.
The grass that whispers to the breeze
What common. common things are these
The broad. blue mirror OF the lake
That smiles hack at tho sleeping sky
The billows. too. that leap and break
And ning their fosn,v jewels high;
Tho silver clouds that one by one
Toss hack the lanccs OF IN. sun.
The stars that blaze a, jewels blaze.
And make the world o.d mystery.
while they. on their appointed ways,
Go speading through eternity
Across urfR.sc:nex saas OF space
Ou paths that VIC but dimly trace
AN these are common-brook ana btvl
And fos, Of red. and meadow greea:
10 common that .hey seem unheard.
So common that they seem unseen.
And yet there II no day or night
9ut borrows all OF their delight.
No common thing 10 held apart
From W. or psnt with lcck and ksy.
But In the goodness Of his heart
They are all made fas you and wA
q alV ays seems God loves the tAst
rhing- be makes the ctmmonvst
st. Louis Globe Democrat
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
Curative Effect Of Salt.

The curative effects OF salt have
never been shown as they should be
Sore and infiamed eyes are relieved
by bathing with salt water. Sore
throat yields TO a gargle of the same.
Consumption can be cured by the per
sistent use o! half teaspoonful OF
sat in glass of water taken just be
fore going to bed.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
korthSestern Editorial Courtesies.

We do not know what the Lord
lets some people get hold OF news
paper for. anyway" is the way the
Salem Capital.Poster puts it. And we
have often thought the same thing,
only in larger type. when reading and
trying TO understand tn" maundering
rot in double-column doses OF the
Capital. Poster.-lrrigon tOreJ Irri.
gator.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
When Tired Eat Rals.ns.

RaIsins, by the way. are now com
mended as "pick-me-up between
meals" One well-known London doc.
tor afilrms that a bunch of raisins
eaten when fatigued is OF more
value than a glass of wine under such
circumstances.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
Right Way to Treat Boy.

Expect the best OF boy. and you
will not be disappointed. Trust him,
and he will not fail you Be true, and
he will meet you half way BE firm
and enacing but kind, and he will re.
spect you. Give him an opportunity,
let him grow, and he will stand by
you.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-15
Sun Slowly Getting Hotter.

An official OF the naval observatory
at Washington ventures the somewha,
startling suggestion that the sun is
still getting hotter. The process, how
ever. is too slow TO have any but a
scientific interest for the present in.
habitants of the earth.