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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-07
TTOW ~THE LADTES0 FARM
II A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

Not q thousand miles from this
city live two charming and attractive
women, whose story is full of inter-
est. Both are blessed with every
social quality, are most engaging in
presence and are possessed of that
suavity Of manner that bespeaks their
gentle blood and worldly polish. They
met with loss of fortune when barely
entered into the third decade of their
years. Seriously put to the task Of
deciding how best to use the slender
remnant of money in their possess
sion, they began a thorough exami-
nation OF the business ways and
means open to women, and sought
to learn the varied experiences of
those who had prospered as we'll as
those who had failed. At last they
came to the conclusion that with their
personal views, inclinations and ma
tive predisposition to- retaining the
protection Of a home, as we'll as love
of the country, they decided to pur-
chase a small farm and to work 1t.
Then came the search for the
farm, and looking up the details of
the sort of farm they would have to
learn all about This took some
months of hard study and much
cleaning of information, together
with cautious financial calculations.
1t goes without saying that family
and friends did their very best to
oppose the undertaking. They en-
Enthusiastically pointed out the wreck
their young friends would make of
themselves physically and flnanci-
ally, and held up their social ostra-
cism as the final terror. To all these
TRADES the young women gave a pa
tient ear, philosophically sure that
all women who step out of the rou-
tine Of feminine callings have to en-
counter that sort of opposition.
Finally there came a day when a
suitable twenty-acre property was
found and purchased. 1t was located
in an extremely desirable part of the
country, within few miles of we'll
known town, with every advantage to
be known, having friends who sum-
mered in that vicinity living in homes
of their own. The house on the prop
erty was well built on the Southern
colonial style, and by no means in
bad order. Stables and outhouses,
in like manner, were in fairly good
repair, so that the outlay for repaint-
ing and reftting the whole was far
below their anticipati0ns.
Their scheme of farming consisted
in raising food for a few COWS and
two horses, and the making and keep
ing of large vegetable garden, to
supply summer clientele. The rails |
ing of chickens and squads was, how
ever, to be their chief work, and the
most remunerative, while the selling
of milk, butter and eggs was to be
carried on the year round. In the
late autumn, all outside work being
completed, the house was furnished
with the beautiful furniture of three
generations of the choice belongings |
of departed ancestors. This lent a
graceful dignity and air of cultivated |
ease quite beyond the simple but |
homelike dwelling, A trusty Swiss |
and an intelligent Norwegian house |
worker were engaged to do their |
share Of putting system and order |
into practice along their personal |
lines. For the time being the Swiss
was farmer, dairyman, groom and |
coachman on occasion. The modern !
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ReeeIyershIp for ExposItIon.

Norfolk-In the U. s. district conrt
Judge Waddill has just decided to ap-
point receivers for the jamestown ex-
position company.
He announced that the court. while
taking charge of the affairs of the ex-
position company from today, will take
two days to consider the names sug-
gested by counsel for receiver and pos
sibly names not on that list. At least
two and possibly three receivers will
be named.
The court designated Pres. Harry
st. George Tucker and Director Gen.
Alvah H. Martin to take charge Of the
affairs Of the company, pending perma-
nent appointments.
The decision was reached after ar
guments and was based on a desire to
protect all creditors against any ad-
vantage that might accrue to a cer-
tain class under a continuance of pres
ent conditions.
The case was heard on the applica-
tion of .IOhn Monk mechanin'P nen
creditor and the Curran printing COM
panw OF St, Louis, judgment credi-
tor.
The exposition company's answer,
which showed the company's desire for
a receivership to protect the federal
government and other creditors, ad-
mitted the allegation Of insolvency,
but denied that no proper accounting
of its funds had been made, and de-
MED also the correctness Of the mech
anics lien claims of $225,0OO.
Chief Justice Blodgett of the Rhode
Island supreme court, chairman Of that
states jamestown commission, urged
the receivership appointments as i'm
portant to "a states which had erected
buildings, the title to which is con-
tested by private lien holders, and on
which insurance companies have re-
fused insurance after Nov. 80. The
court agreed that action would Oe TAX
en- looking to. establishing some rate
Of insurance for the buildings.
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Mules With "Empire Waists. g"

Three hundred mules with Empire
waists and chest measurements of
slxty-one inches are preparing for q
tour of India. A British officer, with
an eye to beauty in the mule line, Is
mere picking them up. The party will
sail In December, and this will be a
chance for those rovers who turn up
when the British want muleteers to
get ride in transport to Calcutta.
This Is as far as the mules will be
taken by the muleteers, but they
themselves are to go up the Hima-
laya Mountains.
India, being fearfully hot place.
Is Stunned by the aristocratic officers
of the contingent of the army there.
The poor subaltern spends his leave
of absence on the coast, where It is
cheap; the real swell goes to the Him
alayas. There is where the Mis-.
souri, mules are going. Their bag
gage will consist of machine guns and
ammunition. They will travel in par
ties, one carrying a small cannon, an.
other pair Of wheels for it, another
the carriage and the balance will
carry ammunition.
The Empire waist" means a short
coupled mule. The British army buy
er's rule is for head like a picture,
legs like bars of iron and feet like
masons' mells, short in his coupling
and intelligent" To this is added, in
the mule department, a chest meas
urement Of sixty-one inches.-Kansas
City Journal.
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pu+e Them On Their Honor.

Washington-Senator McCumber on
Wednesday introduced q bill provid-
ing that any corporation doing an in
terstate business may take out ma
tional incorporation, but does not
make such action mandatory
In this way he expects, he says, to
separate the sheep from the goats" ="
and gradually to have the most sub
stantial Of corporations acting under
national charter, the requirements
of which will be guaranty Of their
wholesome business methods"
There is also a provision that no
dividends exceeding z percent per
annum can be declared without the
consent of the interstate commerce
commission.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-07

appliance OF telephone served not
only to reduce much labor but re-
moved all sense of desolation and
helplessness from the lives Of these
ladies.
a name had to be given to the
farm. and out of the dozen slips
drawn from a small basket on the
evening Of their house-warmiug
when a few of the nearest kin were
asked out from town. THE Ladies"
came out victorious, having been the
choice in reality of the farm owners
from the very beginning. The kins-
folk OF necessity had to acknowledge
the miracle wrought by these wonder
fully earnest and clever women, and
as they passed from drawing room to
dining room, library and small con-
servatory to the upper chamber story.
fresh and sweet in white muslin and
chintz, but fitted with all needful
modern comforts, they gave in with
frank confession that modern farm
house such as this was supreme
revelation.
What the situation demanded OF
the ladies to do they cheerfully did
and said nothing about It. They
met discomforts as the price they had
to pay for blessings that were not
to be had unless at that cost, pledg-
Ing themselves never to grumble or
find fault with adverse circumstances
that were unavoidable. The conse-
quence was they were habitually
brimming over with good spirits,
always quick and alert, winning ad-
miration and respect from their
equals, as well as interiors. When
the summer farm work began in ear
nest these ladies were up at 4 O'Clock
in the morning, each wearing a sport
ing suit, coat and short skirt, and
high boots. For three hours they
worked in the fields and gardens.
Then home for bath and putting on
of fresh suit. At once began the
putting in order of the entire house
before breakfast. Very often a drive
to the postofIice followed, and the
settling Of outside affairs, while maid
and man were left with their share of
work to be executed. Every hour
of the forenoon was well and salts
factorily employed in their farm
business, and SO on for the most OF
the day. In the late afternoon dur
ing visiting hours the hospitable
piazza tea table was drawn out to
welcome pleasant and friendly visits
from neighbors, enlivening by their
chatter their hard-worked hostesses.
This was their daily. recreation.
and the wise method they adopted
to free Sleir lives from a sense of
drudgery by keeping in touch with
the outside world and being for the
time of the world worldly. An early
repast and an early retirement was
their daily rule at this season, re-
gardless OF all the friendly invita-
tions showered upon them. Bust
ness held them under a willing bond
age during the working months that
claimed them every year. In the
mid-winter holidays they ran off for
a dip into the old town life of din
ners, the opera and many other at
fractions, never once regretting the
step they had taken, but proud of the
success and independence they had
achieved. Very hopeful are they OF
what they may make in the future
to enable them to live with quiet dig
nifty and comfort in their old age
New York Evening Sum-.
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TO THE euILLoTINE.
Sentence Imposed on Convicted Nun
deress at Monte carlo.

Sentence Imposed on Convicted Nun
deress at Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo, France-Aftera a speedy
trial before the superior court OF
Monaco, We're st. Leger Goold and
his wife, Marie, were convicted of the
murder of Emma Levin here last sum.
mer The court found that Mrs.
Goold was the chief instigator Of the
crime, and sentenced her to death
by the guillotine, and that Goold was
less responsible, by reason of his be-
ing under the influence OF liquor at
the time the murder was committed.
He was sentenced to Imprisonment for
life.
Great crowds within and without
the building received the announce.
ment with excitement, applause fol.
lowing the rendering of the verdict,
The trial OF the Goods consumed
less than three days. 1t attracted at.
tention from all over the world, be.
cause of the enormity of the crime,
the manner in which the murder was
committed and the dramatic arrest OF
the principals, who were taken by
the police while seeking to escape
with a trunk containing portions of
the body in their possession.
Goold and his wife left Monte Car
10 early last August, going to Mar
seilles. A hotel porter in that city
noticed blood oozing from a trunk
which the two had brought with them,
and when they drove off with the trunk
the porter notified the police, and the
arrest followed.
Statements made as to the facts in
the case were at great variance, Goold
confessing that he had committed the
murder and that his wife had moth
ing to do with it. The police did not
put much fairth in his story, and
when the case was presented to the
court his wife was shown to be the
real instigator
The evidence went to show that
Emma Levin, who was possessed OF
considerable jewelry and some money
had been invited to visit the Gooldsi
who were in needy circumstances.
There she was killed, and later
quantity of her jewelry was found In
the possession of Goold and his wife.
Her body was dismembered and
packed away in a trunk and valise,
which the murderers were trying tc
dispose of when the crime was discOv
cred
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swarms Of Wild Pigeons.

A swarm Of 5000 wild pigeons seL
tied over this section yesterday and
before they were driven off hundreds
of them had been killed by farmers
and other citizens attracted by the un-
usual spectacle-one that has not
been Witnessed in West Virginia be-
fore for twenty-five years.
The pigeons were flying low and
were evidently foraglng. Settling on
the limbs of trees in large numbers,
in many instances their weight broke
the limbs. One tree. a big fellow, was
literally stripped of Its branches, all
that remained being the trunk and
here and there a broken branch.
Several attacks were made by the
citizens on the birds, pigeon pie be-
ing considered delectable dish in this
section, and hundreds Of the feath-
cred invaders were killed.--Webster
correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch.
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What is a Man?

"All the constituents Of a 150-
pound man are contained in 1900
eggs" said the chemist.
There is enough gas in a man."
he went on, ITO flll a gasometer of
S649 cubic feet. There is enough
iron to make four nails. There is
enough fat to make seventy-fve can
dies and a large cake of soap. There
is enough phosphorus to make 8O64
boxes of matches.
There is enough hydrogen in him
to fill balloon and carry him up to
the clouds. The remaining constitu-
ents OF man would yield, If utilized,
six cruets Of salt, bowl of sugar and
ten gallons Of water. Heath Gull
ture.
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PaIimpsest Rrasses.

The reformation in England dur
ing the sixteenth century, and the
wave OF puritanism which followed,
resulted in the destruction of much
church furniture and ornament--in
many cases amounting to complete
plundering or destruction of what
ever was valuable. Among other
things memorial brasses were often
stripped from old tombs, and It has
been thought that this was due to
general dislike to the form Of record,
But lately a number of palimpsest--
or used over - brasses have been
found in English churches, and their
occurrence suggests that the destruc-
tion of old brasses did not follow re-
ligious scrupleJ, but that the brass
was taken up and sold, often to be
turned over and the reverse side en-
graved in memory of some person re-
Gently buried. AS the brasses ard
usually engraved with an efiigy of tho
deceased person, and cut to the shape
of the engraving, it would not alwaya
be possible to alter an ancient mem
orial, but often 1t could be done. A
rarer form of adaptation was to usa
the brass without reversal, adapting
the ancient efflgy to the require
ments of the time, crests or incongru1
Gus attire being cut away, and new
details worked in to take their place
Scientific American.
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Mr.. Bryan Likes the Idea.

Pittsburg-William j. Bryan. en-
route to his home in Lincoln, Neb.,
arrived here Wednesday from Wash
ington.
Mr.. Bryan was reluctant to discuss
President Roosevelt's message to con-
gress, saying that he had not had
sufficient time to read it through. He,
however, gave President Roosevelt
credit for introducing an original prop.
osition in suggesting the approprla-
tion of campaign funds by the gov
ernment.
81 hope" he said, that it will be
enacted into a law"
On important questions Mr.. Bry.
ans ideas coincide with the texture
of the message. He is strictly in ac-
cord with the president concerning
postal savings banks and guaranteed
banks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-07
CONDENSED NEWS
OF THE ENTIRE WEEK

Three widows" of Joseph F. Green
ough begin court proceedings in Bos,
ton, each to claim his $1,2O0,0OO es-
tate.
A. G. Vanderbilt gives $4,000 to
church at Portsmouth, r. l.
Scots charitable society OF Boston
celebrates its 250th anniversary.
Police believe they have Black Hand
leader in custody in Boston.
James c. Fillmore shoots vile and
kills himself at Providence, r. l.
Ten percent wage cut at Bethlehem
-t~~I UOrhs.
Henry 0. Havemeyer, president of
the sugar trust, seriously i'll.
To avoid a run the banking com
missioner orders the closing OF the
Chelsea, Mich, savings bank, which
has on deposit S6S4,OOO of state money.
Samuel Byerley, famous as man who
ran postage stamp up to $4,000, has
bid for $20,000,000 Panama canal bonds.
Jury secured in the Ryan case at
Dover, N. H.
SiXtieth congress comes in with us.
ual day Of harmless excitement at the
capitol.
Steamer Mount Temple wrecked on
La Have Iron Bound island lodges,
Nova Scotia, and her 600 passengers
are transferred to the shore in safety.
North German Lloyd line to open It's
war on the White Star line by operat.
ing line from Boston to the Mediter-
ranean.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-07
THURSDAY,

IHOhSDArJ Decemper b, 19OT.
Mrs. We're st. Leger Goold sentenced
to death at Monte Carlo for murder.
ing Emma Levin.
Monomoy Point life-savers rescue
crew of seven from schooner Rebecca
Shepard, after struggle with terrible
sea.
Henry o. Havemeyer, president of
the sugar trust, dies at Merrivale, l.. |.
Meeting of board of review of the
National Trotting association in New
York.
Fire in Ocean View hotel at Win
throp, Mass, causes loss of $4,000.
Patrolman Anthony Connolly, for.
merly OF Boston, earns praise for cap
ture Of murderer in Los Angeles.
Elmer e. Ryan, on trial at Dover,
N. H., found not guilty Of completely
in death of Katherine Ryan.
Traffic managers of several rail-
roads say proposed Limitation of water
transfer at New York will work injury
to New England. 4..
Secretary Taft and party received
by the Emperor at the Little Pal
ace," outside St. Petersburg.
New England delegates in the river
and harbors congress active for this
section.
Meeting of board of review Of the
national trotting association held in
New York.
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Utica, N. Y.-Bishop Charles L.
Olmstead of the Episcopal diocese Of
central New York, is out with a state
ment in which he expresses in unmis
taxable terms his opposition to lotter
les, rafTles and card parties as a
means of support Of the Eplscopa
church.
He directs his statement particular
ly to Episcopal churchgoers in his di
ocese, and after remarking that fairs,
rafIles and suppers are descent from
the highest plane of Christian living
continues:
"As to card parties, dancing and
theatricals, there is at least one rea.
son why it might be best TO avoid
them all, and that Is that a good many
Christian people consider them wronR
in themselves. We may not agree
with such people and may lake use
of these practices in moderation for
our personal amusement, but it is a
question whether it Is wise'Sr chari
table to use them for the support of
the church. Being mere amusements
and administering as they do to the
rage for entertainment, which is so
excessive in these days, 1t seems un-
dignified for the church to resort to
such methods in carrying on her holy
work.
with regard to the card party
there is the additional danger of il
l. 4
get something for 1t, and if there are
no stakes they must have a prize,
which is only another name for he
same thing. This should not be per,
mitted.
"My conclusion is that unless the
circumstances be very exceptional, it
would be wiser not TO resort to the
dance, the card table or the stage for
the support of the church of Cod"
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FRIDAY, November 90, 1907.
New York business man murders
wife and kills himself; no motive ap-
parent
Salvation Army plays a bountiful
host to 1000 children in four sections
of Boston.
Bandmaster sousa seriously i'll in
Chicago.
William H. Ward of Lowell, Mass,
killed by fall of derrick of new Hol-
lingsworth bridge.
Extraordinary municipal campaign
being waged In New beuIVIu, T,I,..,,.
Romanic arrives at Boston from
Genoa with notable list of passengers.
Captain Of - i barge, brooding over
wife's death, jumps overheard
Weston enthusiastic over Chicago,
Its hospitality and its beautiful wom-
en-.
Mrs. Bradley much depressed during
the holiday break in her trial for MUIR
der.
, London minister declares feeding of
multitude beautiful symbol"
Former Boston woman dogwhips al
legged calumniator in Philadelphia.
Fire in house at Rockland, Mass,
just as dinner is served.
President Roosevelt's visit to home
and tomb of Madison passes without
particular incident.
Probable limit Of treasury certificate
allotments to be S35,OOO,O0O; measures
to prevent permanent imitation.
Mrs. Taft, mother of the Secretary
OF War, seriously i'll, at Millbury,
Mass, having suffered a relapse when
we'll on the road to recovery.
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Associated ideas.

The waiter in a light lunch cafe
looked expectantly at the first OF Ave
men who had just entered,
Bring me a coffee cake and a cup
of coffee" ordered the first man.
'I'll take some milk biscuit and a
glass of milk" said the second.
Tea buns and a cup Of tea, please, .
remarked the third.
"a piece Of cocoanut pie and a cup
OF Cocoa" said the fourth.
The waiter passed on to the fifth
man.
Don't say 1t, don't say It," he plead.
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es near Marlborough Head similar
treasure has been picked up (too rare
ly, 1t is admltted), part of a reputed
three millions in gold carried by the
good ship Czarina when she struck on
Filey Brig and foundered with all
hands, while many a silver bar has
enriched its lucky finder, according
to report, on Chesll Beach near Port.
land, the too mlserly tribute OF
Dutch treasure ship which is said to
have e1,50O.O00 worth OF similar
treasure still In her hold.-Westmins
tor Gazette.
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1t is reported that visitors and ma
lives Of Mundersley-ou.Sea are picking
lp on the foreshore coins OF gold and
silver said to be washed ashore from
long sunken wrecks. But Norfolk
has no monopoly OF these crumbs
from Davy Jones's locker. They say
that after westerly gales you may pick
up old gold coins on the Gunfleet, on
the Essex coast, samples of a half a
million others which went to the bot
,om of the sea in a Dutch vessel, the
Vrowye Polder, when the eighteenth
century was an infant. On the beach
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Gold Rlns on Bunch Of Grapes.

NV'V TIV'Y UT DVTTNT7 VT Ut 'l5Va'
With the stem encircled with a gola
ring, which must have been on all th,
while the fruit was growing from
bloom to maturity, bunch of grapes
was discovered in Long Beach yester.
day. Charles Schwitzer, peddler
was weighing some grapes for a Gus
toner when the glitter of an object in
cluster caught his attention. II
was gold bangle ring around thu
stem, midway in the bunch, and with
grapes both above it and below it.
Los Angeles Times.
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Cat Rearing Rabbits,

A Wareham man named Wellstead
found four blind baby rabbits on his
holding and took them home to his
cat for food. Pussy was nursing her
one kitten, and instead of eating the
rabbits she proceeded to nurse them,
and under her fostering care they are
'oing well.-London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-12-07
Chicago Has Plenty of Cash.

Chicago-Cash in the vaults Of Chi
cago banks approximates $500, 100000,
of which $10O,O0O,OOO is. in the say.
ings banks and the remainder in the
national institutions. Never in the
history of Chicago banks has the
amount of actual money in hand been
so large as 1t is at present. Reserves
are we'll above the 25 percent of de-
posits as required by the national
banking law.
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New Member Of Hobson Eanllv

Washington, D. C.-There is an un-
kissed Richard Pearson Hobson in
Washington. He arrived Tuesday
morning and weighs 10 pounds. An
up-to-date trained nurse has charge of
him and he will not be subjected to
the perils that lie in the path of germs
impaired by osculation, II she can help
it