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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
TUNNEL ADVENTURES.
A Fox Hunt In Which a LSeomotiv
Took Part.

Took Part.
A very strange incident happened
In the Severn tunnel recently, just
rs an express train entered the tun-
mel Il soldier in third class carriage
Lung open the door and attempted
TO Jump out Fortunately one of
the passengers succeeded in Selling
the mans coat tails and with the aid
of other passengers held him there
head downward. They could not
pull him back, for the suction was
too great. The communication
cord was pulled, the train stopped
and the rescued man, who it APP
pears had suddenly become insane,
was placed under arrest.
This is not the first exciting Incl
dent which has happened in the
great boring which carries the Great
Western railway beneath the bed Of
the Severn, Some five years ago a
Cardiff commercial traveller went to
sleep in a train bound from Cardiff
to Bristol and, waking with a shock,
found himself lying in pitch dark
ness beside the permanent way in
the tunnel.
How he got there he had not the
faintest idea. Probably he had walk
ed in his sleep. At any rate, he was
not much hurt, though he had evil
IDENTIFY been unconscious for some
time. He had not the faintest idea
how far it was to the entrance nor
which way to go. Soon he became
violently thirsty. He heard water
trlckllns DOWN the wall close by, but
when he collected some in his hands
he found it was salt.
He made a brave effort to find
his way out, but dizziness came on
and he fell unconscious. As he lay
there another train passed, and the
poor man must have had desper-
ately narrow escape, for it was
found that his left boot heel had
been cut off and his ankle sprained.
Plate layers found him eventually
and carried him to safety. He had
been six hours in the tunnel.
Some winters ago a Welsh tunnel
was the scene of most exciting
episode. One day in January, 1902,
the Carmarthenshire hounds found
fox, which made at first straight
for the coast, but, being turned by
some villagers, took to the railway
line and ran into long tunnel, fol-
lowed by the whole pack. The mas
ter, Mr.. Harries, realized the dan
ger to the hounds and at once fol-
lowed them.
He was fully quarter of a mile
down the tunnel when roaring
sound behind warned him that a
train had entered the tunnel. AL
most instantly the glare of the
headlight lit the dripping walls, and
the horseman, clapping spurs to his
horse, began to gallop at full speed
through the darkness. Then fol-
lowed a most exciting race for life,
the man riding at the pitch of his
horses pace, the train laundering
in pursuit.
By sort of miracle the horse
kept his feet, but the train gained
rapidly. At last the white circle of
the tunnels mouth appeared, and
the driver Of the engine noticed the
black silhouette of the rider against
the light and slackened speed,
out of the perilous predicament in
which they had plunged themselves,
London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Woodstock, VT, August "a, 1907

A Weathersfeld correspondent
looked at his copy of the laws of 1906
and finds that the act relating to the
cutting of grass, weeds and shrubbery
along the highways, is to take effect
June |, 1917, not 1907" He thinks
the law cannot be enforced now
But the laws in book form make the
date read 1907. The correspond
emit will have trouble in making a
test case from the testimony of the
illegible and untrimmed law supple.
ments of 1906.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
STATE FAIR RACES
Sum of $4,000 Offered for Trotting
and Pacing.

At the first annual Vermont state
fair to be held at White River juno
ton, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, October l, 2, and 3, the
sum of $4,000 in purses for trottine
and pacing races is offered, as fol.
low:
Tuesday, Oct. 1-2.43 pace, 2.3C
trot, $3.50.
2.l9 pace, stake, $500.
Holses under 14.2-best two in
three-one half mile running, $3.50
Foals of l9O3-best two in three
one mile, 5000.
Wednesday, Oct. 2-2.17 pace
PA rot, $500.
2."O pace-stake, $500.
2,24 pace-2.2O trot, $3.50.
Horses over 14.2-best two in
three mile, running, $3.50.
Foals Of 1904, 5000.
Thursday, October 3, 2.l4 pace
oil trot, $500.
2.2l trot-stake, $500.
240 trot, stake, $500.
Free-for-all, 5000.
A sum of 500 is offered for the
horse making the fastest mile heat
in race during the three days
meet
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
EXCESSIVE ATHLETICS.
The Danger of Weakening the Body
and the Nerves.

The Danger of Weakening the Body
and the Nerves.
Exercise is as necessary for the
human body as food and drink. II
is impossible to maintain perfect
health without it. But it must be
taken in moderation, for excess in
this respect is as harmful in its way
and sometimes in the same way as
excess in eating.
The effect of exercise is to in
crease the tissue changes in the
body. The weaker cells are destroy
ed and replaced by new and stronger
cells, the nutrition is increased, and
the waste products are thrown off,
If the exercise is carried to extreme
lengths, it may happen that the
waste products are thrown into the
system in SO great quantity that
they cannot be disposed of in the
ordinary way, and they accumulate
to such an extent that the body is
poisoned by its own waste. The re-
suit is the same as when an excess
of food is taken, and so exercise,
which in moderation tends to coun-
teract the evil of overeating, in ex-
cess only increases the evil.
1t has always been known that ex-
cessive physical labor has a tenden-
cy to shorten life, and the attain
ment of old age is seldom the lot of
the laboring man. But the fact is
often curiously overlooked that
physical labor is physical labor,
whether it consists in welding a
pick and shovel or in throwing
weights, rowing boat, running or
jumping.
The dangers Of inordinate devo-
ton to athletics are that one part
of the body, one set of muscles or
certain organs, such as the heart,
will be developed out of proportion
to the other parts. This is espe-
cially the case in the young who
have not yet attained their growth.
Again, as has just been noted, the
body becomes poisoned by its own
waste thrown off more rapidly than
it can be eliminated by the natural
processes. The nervous system,
which presides over and regulates
all the functions of the body, is put
to a great strain, and the overtrain-
ed athlete is in great danger Of be-
coming neurasthenic. But it is es-
pecially the heart and arteries, the
carriers of nutriment to all the or
gans and tissues, which are apt to
suffer the most.
The heart is patient organ, and
when strain is put upon it it quietly
increases its bulk and its strength
to meet the task. So long as the
strain is continued it works along,
but when the call upon it is dimin-
ished suddenly, the young man Civ
ing up his athletics and taking to q
sedentary life, its muscular tissue
begins to degenerate.
The arteries under strain act in
the same way, and when the tension
is relaxed the condition known as
arteriosclerosis develops. The It's
sues are poorly nourished, and the
man ages before his time.
When devotion to athletics has
been excessive, it is only by the
greatest care tn training down that
the athlete can avoid the danger
of weakened body and nerves.
Youths Companion
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Estate of Caroline c. Burbank.

STATE OF VERMONT At a Probate
District of Hartford, IS. 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 G. Burbank.
late Of Hartland in said District, deceased,
is presented to said Court for Probate and
allowance by Gilbert T. Davis. the executor
therein named and it is ordered by said
Court that all persons concerned therein be
notified to appear before said Court at a
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
forwhich 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. d. 1907.
A true record, attest
Il. o. SEAVER, Judge.
true copy of record, attest
T. o. SEAVER, Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
OTrOIOT 0LuvIOLS.

Chr1stian--Rev. G. A, MacDaniel
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at IL
o'clock. Junior Z. E. at S o'clock,
and Y. ? S, C. E. at 7 O'Clock.
Mid-weck service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. Welcome to all
Observation-Disclosures service
at 1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Tuesday evening prayer meeting at
100.
Univei salist- Rev. Ralph Hol-
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
Has.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor Morning SER
vice at 1890; II.45 O'Clock, Sunday
school $50 p. M, Epworth League;
evening service, 7 ?. m. Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 p. m.
Catholic-Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at ira 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 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 T. 80 a. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at (.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
BIRTHS.

In Woodstock, August 14,a son to Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. T. Atwood.
In North Bridgewater, Aug. 6, son to
Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Hubbard.
In Woodstock. Aug. 10, daughter, Ruth
Dean, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Brownell.
In Hartland, August I, daughter, Dor,
othy Mae, to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. Cow.
drey.
At Pomfiet, August 70, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs Huntley.
In Woodstock, August /, son, Wallace
Burbank, to Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Coffin.
In South Woodstock, August 10, son tc
Mr.. and Mrs, G. P. Fullerton.
In South Woodstock, Aug. II, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Wallace.
In Bridgewater, August IS, son to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Thomson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mus. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over sixty years by millions of moth
ersfor their children while teething, with
perfect success 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, alays all pain, cures wind collie.
and is the best remedy for Diarrlmmedlt will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by all 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 S0th, 1906. Serial number 1898.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

The July number of The Yer
monter, published by G. R. Cum
mings at White River Junction
opens with finely illustrated article
on Randolph, written by Rev. Homer
White. The Norwich Hikes" and
Norwich" which is accompanied by
an excellent picture of the state mil
itary college buildings, are among
other features of this issue of a mag
azine which is doing good deal
toward showing Vermont's re-
sources and attractions to the outside
world,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

That meteor" which dropped into
Addison county Sunday morning
cooled off with remarkable rapidity.
Hundreds of people have looked for
the hole in the ground, but the sur
face of the fair land still appears un-
broken and unsecured. And the
number of people who saw the flash.
heard the explosion and felt the
shock grows fewer and fewer under
the cross-examination of the search
ers, although Montpelier, Middle
bury, Barre, and adjoining hamlets
were first reported to have been very
near to total demolition.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Well Known Nature Student,

Mrs, Frances Davis Horton, aged
81 years, wife of William @. Horton
a prominent real estate dealer Of
Brattleboro, died Saturday after a
long illness, which kept her confined
to the house the past year. Mrs.
Horton was one of the best known
nature students in the State and was
a frequent contributor to nature mag
azines as well as a lecturer on orni-
biological SUBJECTS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
An Actors Goodness.

An actor who was playing Claude
Melnotte lost his memory to such an
extent in the scene where he makes
love to Pauline and describes the
imaginary villa by the lake of Como
that the prompter was obliged to
come to his relief and recite the
whole passage in a loud voice.
Claude, however, was cool enough
to do his part by saying, "Tell me,
dearest, you like the picture
turning to the prompter-"which
this gentleman has been kind
enough to submit to your considers-
ton P-Liverpool Mercury.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

DR.. John Watson of Chicago has
just returned from the Dry Tortugas
and says that the thermometer regis
tiers 40 denrees in the shade there
and that it is hard to find any shade.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
POMFRET

The Pomlret Farmers club will
hold its 10Th annual meeting at the
town hall, Tuesday, Aug. 81. Din
ner will be served at noon, followed
by the election of officers and liter
airy program and music.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Killed at a Grade Crossing.

Mrs. Louis Borman, of Manchester,
wife of Louis Borman, engineer for
the Manchester Light & Power Co.,
was struck and instantly killed Mon
day night at the power house grade
crossing by the 7.l5 southbound ex-
press on the Rutland railroad.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

Thomas F. Ryan has offered to
pay a pension of S. month to the
200 Confederate veterans who now
live in Nelson county, Va where
Mr.. RYAN has his home.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

1t may seem bit strange, but the
New York woman who ate a dinner
of ham and cabbage, cucumbers, ice
cream, soda water and cherry pie is
now dead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

Miss Sue Brette-What sort of a
role did you have in that last piece2
Foote Lighte-Why, l had a roll
of stage money as big as good
sized roll of carpet! - Yonkers
Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Question of Fillinu.

Biggs l don't think much Of
Blowitz. There's nothing in him.
Diggs - There's where you go
lame. He is full of himsef.-Chi-
Cago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

United States Marshall Horace W.
Bailey, who has been i'll over three
months at the Rutland City hospital,
is steadily improving in health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
Accounted For.

"Why do you let that rich uncle
of yours give you such a wigging"
because, don't you see, Pm his
heir. baltimore American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

A man in Wisconsin died of Joy
the other day because he got a So a
week raise in wages.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

A trial of suit for damages was
called in a London court the other
day, and it was then found that the
defendant had been dead for II
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
MAR RACES.

In Windsor, August 10, at the home of
the bride by Rev. George POmfrey, Clarence
N. Hook of Felchville, and Caroline NJ.
Driver of Windsor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

There is one thing that always can
be counted on. Whenever there is
no big trial in progress about the
country they try Caleb Powers for
something down in Kentucky.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
CouIdn't See Her.

"Was it love at first sightT"
II think the first time they met
ne had mislaid his spectacles." -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is said that Joaquin Miller has
decided that he does not care much
about being senator from Oregon
after all, but thinks that he might
like to be president.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-23
DEATHS.
fold to Tourists.

In Woodstock, Aug. 10, Mrs. G, W. Far
lee of ew York aoed 73 years..----r-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
FINE PLUM FOR TYLER.
On a Newspaper, Which is Fighting
Senator Foraker.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio February 2.-Should
President Roosevelt appoint Ralph w. Ty-
Ter Of this city collector of customs at Gin
cinnati, as seems probable. Tyler's compen-
sation will be larger than is drawn by any
other negro appointee in the federal serv-
ice. He will get approximately 5000
year, which is more than is received by the
colored collector at either New York or
Charleston, 8. G. Register Lyons of the
United States treasury draws $4,000.
Tyler will be the only negro who ever
held a federal Office Of any consequence in
Ohio.
He is about forty-f1ve years old and has
been active in local politics.
The office Of collector at Cincinnati has
been filed by men prominent in public life.
Amor Smith, the retiring collector. was a
former mayor of Cincinnati and is a lead
ing citizen with high social standing. He
recently was appointed trustee of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway. which is owned
by the city.
For two years Tyler has been employed
as stepographer in the business department
of the Ohio State Journal. republican pa
Der, which has been conducting hot fight
against Foraker's reelection to the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
TORTURED A STUDENT.
Gorky Tells Of the Russian Police
Methods.

Special Cablegram to The Star
MOSCOW, February DIR. Hagbert
Wright has just translated a letter from
M Maxim Gorky in regard to the men and
women now on trial on suspicion Of having
taken part In the instruction at Moscow
in 1905. NJ Gorky says he wishes to show
the public how the cases have been pre-
pared, and as an example deals with the
case Of Nicholas Schmidt, the facts of
which he declares he has most carefully
verified.
Schmidt was university student, very
rich man and the owner of the best fur
niture factory in Moscow, and, young and
gentle by nature. had by kind treatment of
his employees established the most friendly
relations with them. This to the police
was a sign that Schmidt was politically I'M
reliable, and early one morning he was ar
rested, He was placed In a room at the
police station from which he saw his fac
tory bombarded by shells. plundered by
soldiers and burned. Next to the police
station was a home for widows. and this
building which was full Of crippled old
women was riddled with shot by the troops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

ana schmidt was witness of the exter-
mlnation of the old folks
On the third day of his Imprisonment
Schinldt was conveyed to a cemetery where
he found number of his workmen sur
rounded by lot of half-drunken Cossacks
AFTER few minutes he saw two workbench
LED away to one side. volley rang out
and then another. For two hours Schmidt
was kept busy gazing upon these pictures
OF horror and cruelty. Colonel Min told
Schmldt that he would be shot. but sug
gested he should name his accomplice Apj
tated by all he had gone through Schmidt
named several of his friends mentioning
the nrst names that came into his head.
ne was taken back to the police station
Wnere ne wrote statement but on being
taken before the governor of Moscow he
retracted the statement, which, he said
had been forced from him by threats of
torture and death He was again threat
ened, and during the eight days over which
his examination extended he was not even
allowed to sleep. Finally he was taken
before the secret police department and
once more terrified and worn out. Confirmed
all that had been said In the beginning. On
the following day he again retracted. M
Gorky says that the youth was in this way
reduced to an irresponsible condition. I'm
which state he was Induced to falsely ac-
cuse not only himself, but others There
are many other similar cases. it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
MR.. LANGLEY AS HOST.
Kentucky Representative Entertains
Number Of His Friends at Dinner.

Representative-electJ John w. Langley was
host at Harvey's last night to a number Of
his friends and associates at an informal
dinner, when representatives of every bu-
reau of the census, of which Mr.. Langley
was formerly appointment clerk, were pres
ent. After royal feast the evening was
spent in speechmaking and song.
Mr.. Langley heard his praises sung nv
every one present and responded at length
detailing the early history Of the census
Office and the Incidents which cemented the
friendship Of those present.
1t was pleasant to take with him in tho
new field Of his labors he said, the men,
cries of the loyalty Of each man, and he ex.
pressed the sorrow he felt In saving good.
bye.
Mr.. r.. H. Momson was toastmas ter and
ennvened the dinner by reading a number
or manufactured kilograms touching snrna
census Office. ~ '.ie
Those present included Messrs Hart
Momson, A. w. Patterson, John E ZONES
W.. =. HUNT, w. 8. Rossiter, r. H Merriam,
A; r. Gordon Cummins Charles Davis. The,
ooore Langley, George Crane F. G. NIXON
I. .. merrill, w. E. Bennett John 1T Car,
Der, e. w. Koch and Representative Lame.
A. Hughes "ahnes
During the evening the POSTMASTER caJled
upon every guest to make a speech and at
the conclusion of the dinner the party ioineS
IN singing Aud Lang Syne."