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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
MARYLAND.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hadley have
moved to Lisbon, N. II. -
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Jenne
have moved from Wilder to the d.
{. Webster house in this village.
Mrs. Leslie l. Walker spent
Thursday in White River Junction.
p. p. Waters returned Monday
from visit in Norwich.
Mrs. ]. E. Johnston spent part
OF last week with Mrs. A. E. Gil
son.
Owing to so much illness in town
there was not the usual observance
of Christmas.
Schools in Hartland village are
enjoying a weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Houghton
and son Leo spent Sunday at White
River Junction.
Miss Julia Chase returned to her
school duties Monday.
A. E. ellison is busy these days
purchasing raw furs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
A Safe and Sensible Say
ingS Bank

The Woodstock Standard seems
to think that the policy of Vermont
investments by Savings Banks has
been indicated by the excellent
record made by the Lamoille County
Savings Bank and Trust Company.
1t says in a recent issue:
We understand that ever since its
establishment the policy of home
investment has been adhered to so
rigidly that no dollar has ever vet
been loaned by it outside of its own
state.
Certainly the remarkable prosper
ity of the Bank has demonstrated
the sanity and sense of his pet
scheme.
This Bank pays 4 per cent. COM
pounded semi-annually on deposits
Of 800 or more, remaining in the
bank one full year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
BR1pGEWATER CORNERS.

Miss Euna Furman Of Ludlow
has been visiting friends in town.
Mrs. r. J. Lewis and daughter
Dorothea OF Prosper were at o. P.
Chamberlain's day last week.
Everett Perkins of Lyndonville
was with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. P Perkins, over Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Hutton of Corinth has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Stevens.
Heman Fogg of Concord, N. H.,
has been spending the Christmas va
cation with his aunt, Mrs. Erwin
Putnam.
Alice Perkins and Ada Stafford
of w. H. S. were at their respective
homes during the Christmas holi-
days.
There was Christmas tree at the
hall ednesday evening with APP
propriate services.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
THE VILLAGE MEETING

The legal voters of the village Of
Woodstock have received the ira
ditional notification and warning to
meet January 6 for the purpose Of
settling up the years business and
putting things in order for the com
ing twelve months.
Clerk j. S. Eaton's proclamation
contains a good many interesting
items for the consideration of the
citizens, aside from the customary
paragraph, ito do any other proper
business" and this often develops
something worthy Of thought, speech
and action.
Among the articles of the warning
is one regarding the purchase of a
steam roller, which proposition it is
hoped will receive favorable consid-
Grafton; and the paragraph concern
ing the claim of the Woodstock
Country Club, which arises through
the running of the village sewer
through portion of the clubs prop
erty.
The present board of trustees
DR.. F. T. Kidder, G.. W. Marble, G.
j. Paul, w. E. View and O. A. Whit
comb-has done excellent work, and
the village cannot do better than re-
elect these capable officials.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Couldn't Discharge Him.

When the jury had fled in for at
least the fourth time, with no sign
of coming to an agreement in the
bribery case, the disgusted judge
rose up and said, 81 discharge this
juryw
At this one sensitive talesman,
stung to the quick by this abrupt
and i'll sounding decision, obstinate
ly faced the judge.
"You can't discharge me, judged"
he retorted.
"Why not?" asked the astonished
judge.
Because" announced the tales
man, pointing to the defendants
lawyer, '1'm being paid by that man
there P-Lippincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
PosTOFFIcE AND STORE BURN
Center Rutland Fire Does $4,000
Damage

A two-story wooden building at
Rutland Center, in which the Ver-
mont Marble company conducted a
general store, was completely de-
stroyed early Saturday morning by
fire of unknown origin. A large
school-house near by was saved after
a hard fight. The store carried a
$4,000 stock, and the building YVES
valued at $4,000 The only thing
saved was 5000 worth of -four in
the cellar. The insurance is $l5,-
600. The post-office was located in
the store, but the safe containing the
government valuables was not
harmed.
The building was an old landmark.
having been the first Methodist
church edihce in the town of Rut-
land. 1t was transformed into a
store in 1880.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Competent.

Examinations for admission to
the bar" once observed a prominent
attorney of New Orleans, care Of
course easy or severe, according to
the humor of the examiner. / heard
once of judge in certain district
famous for its bad roads and nu-
merous creeks and rivers who, when
a young man presented himself for
examination, looked the applicant
over and then inquired, with great
gravity:
"Can you ride"
eyes, sir"
"Do you own a horse?"
eyes, sir"
"Can he swim?"
eyes, sir"
"Then, my dear sir, I am happy
to welcome you to the practice Of
law in my district" = Harper's
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
The Fisher and Hia Flies.

Donald McTavish, an adept at
angling after the "saumon" on Dee
side, dissatisfied with the lures for
the royal fish he could beg or buy,
began to dress his own fly hooks.
An old crony, Sandy Wallace, met
McTavish one morning and said:
81 hear ye're STARTED to dress yer
ain hooks moo, Donald. Is that
true?"
dts a. that" answered Donald.
can can We put them up gey
naPral2" inquired Sandy.
81 dinna ken for that" replied
Donald, "but there wis a spider ran
AVA WI two O them yesterday. -
Dundee Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
COSTLY CLOTHES.
Costumes Worn by One Set of London
Bow Choristers

Costumes Worn by One Set of London
Boy chorsters.
AS a rule, boys are not disposed to
be overproud of their clothes, but a
lad whose Sunday suit costs some
940 and is of so striking a character
that it is considered unsafe for him
to walk abroad in it alone might be
excused for being a trife "stuck up"
in this connection.
Yet in London every Sunday there
are ten boys who are thus expensive
ly and brilliantly habited. They are
the ten choristers belonging to his
majesty's chapel in st. James pal
ace, and truly gorgeous are they
when arrayed in their Estate suits"
Scarlet cloth is the foundation of
the costume, and bands of royal
purple between rows of heavy old
lace are the adjoining of it. Grand
est of all, old lace ruffles are worn
at the neck and wrists, but these are
so valuable and difficult to replace
that it must be special occasion to
warrant their being donned, white
lawn bands being substituted as a
general thing.
A boy has to exercise great care
over his state suit, for it must last
him three years, while his undress
suit is replaced every eight months.
The choir of this royal chapel is
one Of the historical institutions of
Britain, and many of its old time
customs, including the dress of the
boys, are retained to this day.
Some curious customs peculiar to
st. James choristers may be men,
toned, The most interesting Of
these is the right of the head boy to
demand guinea as "spur money"
from any officer entering the chapel
wearing spurs.
1t is related that when Sir Arthur
Sullivan was head boy the Duke of
Wellington would always come to
the chapel in his spurs in order to
have the pleasure Of paying the for
felt to his favorite chorister.- Pear
sons Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
The Best Food to Max. Hen. Law.


The extremely high prices that have
prevailed for eggs during the past few
years have emphasized more than ever
the need of some food to make hens
lay in cold weather. The best is none
too good, especially when it can be OBJ
tanned at moderate price. G. II. Why
land of Valcour, N. Y, expresses his
ideas on the subject in the following
letter. He says: II think Pages Per-
fected Poultry Food is the best food to
make hens lay that is on the market"
Any one sending mis- address on a
postal card to @. S. Page, Hyde Park,
vt, and mentioning this paper, will re-
celve by mail, free, postpaid, a sample
package of Pages Perfected Poultry
Food"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
3urIinstOn'o Now Merry -gO-Tound a
Puzzle

The new merry-go-round entrance
to the federal building in Burling-
ton is keeping some of the unso-
phisticated Queen Cityites guessing
and all sorts of things are happening
according to the Free Press.
Dad Dillpickle from the Essex
road hurries up the plank walk and
butts into the wrong side. Door
don't bulge. Braces his feet against
the section behind him and with a
good old New England cuss word
pushes like an OK. Nothing doing,
and he gives it up.
Timid Susie approaches to post a
souvenir Christmas card. Pushes
the squirrel cage half way round,
and then remembers that she has
forgotten something Meanwhile
200 pounds has entered the next cell
in hurry and Susie's nose is
bumped against the massive quar-
tered oak and she is hurled to the
terazzo.
Young man thinks it would be a
good stunt to go through in the
same section with the young lady
ahead of him. Little later and the
door closes against his right foot
like a bear trap. Yells like an In
dian. Lady faints. Young man
has to lay on his stomach an hour
and forty minutes while a black
smith and wheelright takes the con-
trivance apart.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Woodstock. VT, December 20, 1907

The 81. Johnsbury Republican
semi-ofIicially announces that ex-
Governor Bell will not again be a
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for Congress to succeed Col.
Haskins. The Republican says:
at is safe to say that at this stage
Of the game, Governor Bell has no
more idea of being in the contest
than Frank Plumley has of being
out of it,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28

The neighbors had to tell Mrs. F.
A. Pearsons, of Rutland, that man
had entered her front hall and stolen
an overc oat before she she knew an
unlocked door had let in sneak
thief. The coat was valued at Sis
and in one pocket was new pair Of
gloves.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
CHURCH SERVICES.

ChrIstian--Rev. &. 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,
1870. Welcome to all
Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850. Tues
day evening prayer meeting at 1880.
Vesper service at S.
Univel salist- Rev. Ralph Hol
brooke Cheever, pastorj morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
II.45.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor Morning SER
vice at Io.3oi 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 ia M; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at o o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at @
o'clock
ST. Iames,-kev. Charles S. Lewis,
rector. Holy Communion every
Sunday, 1870 a. m. First Sunday in
month 1880 a. m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon 1890 a. M, Evening
Prayer and Sermon 500 p. m.
Saints Day, Holy Communion 10
a. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
to-. anGUF PAPER.
Changes That Come With the
Parchmentizing Process.

Parchmentizing Process.
e United States consul, writ
from Chemnitz, gives some in
cating, valuable information re-
ring the waterproofng and
.yhmentizing of paper by the Ger
ans, who have given the subject
lch study.
One method of interpreting pa.
Der and cardboard consists in treat
ing the sheets with a hot mixture
Of asphalt. turpentine and linseed
oil solution of glue. Another con-
3ists of saturating cellulose articles
with a solution of rosin in a mix
ture of petroleum, linseed oil and
parallin. Solutions of varnish in
linseed oil are also used.
Still another is by thoroughly
soaking articles of paper or cellu-
lose in a solution of rosin soap and
then immersing them in a hot bath
of zinc chloride, passed L-t,een
rollers, after which they arc well
washed, dried in a hot room. J0at-
ed with parafin oil and the run
through a calender. The resultant
products are strong, tough and pli-
able.
A waterproof pasteboard is Sc
cured by immersing sheets of ord
nary paper in a bath of nitric acid
or the solution of a nitrate, placing
the sheets one on top of another
and submitting them to heavy pres,
sure.
Waterproof cardboard has been
successfully manufactured by press
ing tightly together freshly pre-
pared sheets of the vegetable parch-
ment before being dried.
The operations in parchmentiz-
ing paper, like those in tanning, are
essentially chemical and effect a re-
markable change in physical prop
critics. When carried out with part
ly diluted sulphuric acid 1.-TWO parts
acid of 60 degrees to one part we
ter) sheets of pure cellulose paper
are immersed for a few seconds in
the liquid, then thoroughly washed
in water, dipped in an alkaline solu-
ton ammonia or sodium carbonate)
and washed again,
This brief treatment suffices to
bring about the following changes
The thickness Of the paper de-
creases from "a to 81 per cent. Its
specific weight increases in the same
ratio. The strength is tripled and
even quadrupled. There is a nota-
BILE increase in homogeneity and
transparency. The product is III.
affected by boiling water-i. e., is
not softened and disintegrated, as
is the case with ordinary paper
while it has an increased affinity for
tinctorial substances. - Pittsburg
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
A CHANCE FOR BOYS TO MAX :
A DOLLAR.

We want all the bones we can ge5.
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-any
thing in the line of bones-if only
dry. We will pay 60c per hundred
pounds for thoroughly dry bones :
we can pay even more if strictly
clean, hard, fresh, dry, boiled butch-
er's bones and pay freight ifshippel
in lots of 200 pounds or more. May
be shipped in barrels or cheap sacks.
60. s. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
On Art and Monkeys.
HinviIlo Office Rules.

We never return rejected articles.
We get dollar ton for them at the
paper mill.
Write on one side Of the paper only.
When the other side is blank we can
figure up our losses on 1t.
Subscribers who have not received
the paper In three weeks or more
should inquire at the sheriff's office,
where reason will probably be given
them.-Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta
Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
A Starter.


Man in a restaurant, happening
in just as a new shift Of walters
came on. And, having eaten very
modest luncheon, this man laid
down a modest tip-to be exact, 5
cents.
And did the waiter shy or sniff
at this nickel? He did neither, but,
on the contrary, he seemed to re-
gard it as an augury of good for
tune that his first customer should
have given him something, and
'"Thank YOU" he said politely to
the customer, and as he turned
away he added to himself, "That's
a starter. New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28

John Billiard OF Swanton has a
interesting relic in an old flag, aborI
4 by IS teet,. with 70 stars on on
end, I3 stripes on the other and tn
American eagle between. The fla
is either a relic OF Revolutionary
days or was in use during the tim
when Vermont was an Independent
colony.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
EARLY STEAMBoATING ON THE
CONNECTICUT

Wentworth Stuart of Windsor
says the Vermont Journal, has a
souvenir of the steamboating days
on the Connecticut in the form of a
ijckrt, emitting the bearer to twenty
miles travel on board the boats Of
the Connecticut River Valley Steam
boat company. The ticket, in an
excellent state of preservation, bears
date Of January 20, 1881, and is
signed by ]. w. Hubbard, clerk.
Before the days of the railroad, boat
ing on the Connecticut was an i'm
portant factor in transportation, al
though strenuous efforts to promote
steamship lines proved a failure. In
1926, steamer, called the Barnet,
was built in New York for service on
the river, but never got above Bel
lows Falls, and reached that point
but once. In that year convention
was held in Windsor to determine
plans for the improvement of the
river navigation as far as Barnet, or
as IT was expressed "to legislate
Connecticut river into the list of
navigable streams, and to order the
removal of obs acles."
In 1880, a small steamboat, called
lhe John Ledyard, made the passage
up the river from Hartford, Conn,
20 Wells Riyer, but barred from fur
ther progress north went back to
Hartford, never to repeat the trip.
In the fall of that year the Connecti-
cut River Valley Steamboat COM
pany, having absorbed the Connec-
ticut RIVER Navigation company,
issued stock for the building of sew
eral boats. The headquarters of the
corporation were at Windsor. iona.
Fl. Hubbard was president of the
company, and ]. w. Hubbard, clerk.
Five boats we're built, and put on
the river to ply between different
points between Hartford and Wells
River.
One of these boats, the Adam Dun
can, is thus described: "It was sixty
feet in length, on the keel, with a
breadth of beam of twelve feet. The
guards projected over the sides to an
entire width of ninteen and one-half
feet, and it drew twenty-five inches
of water. The cabin was ten by
twenty-four feet, and was divided
into two parts by movable partition.
Four boilers, each fifteen feet long
by one foot in diameter, propelled
this leviathan of the deep"
On Its second trip, a Fourth of
July excursion to Hanover, the con-
Meeting pipes between the boilers
burst. Several of the passengers
were in "the fire room," but no one
was injured. DIR. Dean, of Bath
jumped overheard, however, and
was drowned. The accident ended
the career Of the Duncan, which was
taken to Olcott Falls and stripped
of its machinery,
Another of these boats was beach
ed" on the Evarts' meadow north of
Windsor village and there rotted to
pieces The company did not long
survive the Duncan The enterprise
did not pay expenses, assessments
were called for atd payments were
refused Thu ,ampany consequent
ly failed in 49, and the days of
steamboating - the Connecticut
above the Mass usetts line were at
an end.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Their Brand of Language.

"When George AIDE wintered in
Egypt" said a Baltimorean, at
amused him ii goou zeal to see tie
serious way in which his fellow
tourists took their smattering of
the Arabic tongue. They had pick
ed up all this fimsy knowledge in a
week or two's reading, but they act
ed as though it was the precious
fruit of a lifetime's study. At AS
souan a young woman from st. Jo-
seph complained that she could not
understand the Arabic of her guide.
To the crowd that encircled her she
pointed out the guide-a bent old
fellow with a white beard-and she
said bitterly that after her thor
ough study of Arabic it seemed
strange that she and this guide
could not converse. From the rear
of the crowd Mr.. AIDE called grave
ly: TITS your own fault, Miss Hold
son. You should have hired a
younger guide. These toothless old
ones all speak gum Arabic"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Nothing Better Than pages Perfected
Poultry Food"

Nothing Better Than pages Perfected
Poultry Food"
d. ]. Lambert Of Apponaug, r. l.,
the maker of the famous death to
lice" remedies and who is all over the
country known as a poultry expert
says there is nothing better than
pages Perfected Poultry Food" Here
are his exact words: "Rations should
vary with the different seasons. Some
kind Of animal food is necessary at all
times, and l have found nothing better
or handler than Pages Perfected Poul-
try Food"
Any one sending his address on a
postal card to G. S. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, and mentioning this paper, will re.
ceive by mail, free, postpaid, sample
package Of Pages Perfected Poultry
Foods
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Hack Writers,

The journeymen writers write al
most all that almost all Americans
read. This is a fact that we love to
fool ourselves about. We talk about
literature" and we talk about
"hack WRITER'S" implying that the
ro"dils that ,un do is of literatnre.
The truth all the while is we read
little else than the writing of the
hacks, living hackS-that is, men
and women that write for pay. We
may hug the notion that our life
and thought are not really affected
by current literature, that we read
the living writer's only for utili-
tartan reasons and that our real in
tellectual life is fed by the great
dead writer's. But our hugging this
delusion does not change the fact
that the intellectual life even Of
most educated persons, and certain
ly Of the mass of the population, is
fed chiefly by the writers of our own
time. Let us hope that the great
writer's of the past do set the stand
ards whereby few judge the writ
ing of the present. But even if this
be true it is still true also that the
intellectual life of the American
people is chiefly shaped by current
writing.-Walter II. Page in Allan
tic
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
Accounting For Il.

''No." said the stubborn man, mo
body can alter my regard for Jigglns.
He's a man you don't meet every day"
II admit that" replied Markley, "but
attribute it to the fact that l loaned
him $40 several months ago"-CathO-
lie Standard and Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28

"Ah, my boy" said the purse proud
Individual as he handed round the
Flor de Toofas, chats something like
a cigarp
Eyes" responded one Of the victims;
'what is ltT-London Opinion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28

OF Boston's new aldermen one is
a reporter, one banker, one car
penter and another a blacksmith.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
DAILY (Morniug), So
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28

The vicar of Combe, near Wood
stock, Eng, has found in his church
a green silk velvet pulpit cloth bear
ing the date of 1884,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-28
MAR RACES
DEATHS.

In Woodstock, Dec. 20, Mary Wentworth
Campbell, widow of VIM. NJ. Campbell,
and last survivor of the children of Norman
and Mary A. W. Williams, in her seth year.
In South Pomfret. Dec. %, Mrs. Adelaide
Markham. aged "a years.
In South Woodstock. Dec. IL, Andrew L.
Richmond, aged n years.