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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-17

L j, amusing the way Kansas City
los, out on the Democratic convention.
When Chicago took the Republican
contention, Kansas City determined
to 60 the Democratic meeting and her
t,.,-atiuu or good part of 1t, stayed
fs.' here and began work early.
Eu' suddenly Senator Stone of Mis-.
so.@ better known, however, as
i.w ,nuo Hill" heard what was going
o. aI rgt his number Is squarcly
dos, ., '.n scheme NAY, nay" he
j. reported To have said 40 we'd
or. ....- for Kansas City and the
h'..-.'r convention That would
,.. ... gIoritication of Joe Folk
aid cent stand for that Take the
o......n as Tar from Folk a. you
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
beautiful Vermont" Again.

When the esteemed Woodstock
Spirit of the Age says of the state
board of agriculture's Beautiful
Vermont" publication that it covers
the state very thoroughly" it evil
IDENTIFY does not reckon Franklin
county as worth noticing. Not line
of reading matter, not a picture, re-
lating to Franklin county appear in
the book. But Franklin county tax
payers must pay their share of what
itcosts, just the same.-St. Adams
Messenger.
The Age allows that in some
what hasty examination of "Beauti-
full Vermont" the omission and elm
ination of Franklin county was not
noticed. And Franklin is consid-
cradle county, too; it contains $40
square miles, it had in 1900 popu-
lation of 3O,l98, it has St. Adams
and The Messenger. 1t Is worth
space in any book about Vermont.
Secretary Aitken says he asked for
advertising literature; he received
"profuse promises" and a picture of
a Franklin county horse which ar
rived too late for publication.
1t seems as though Secretary Ait
ken ought to have said a little some
thing about Franklin county, even if
he had to go to "Thompson's YER
mont" edition of 1912, for data;
also that the Franklin county people
ought to have had pictures and
things ready when the advertising
man came around.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
TELEPHONE TALKS
Believing that knowledge promotes coopeon the New England
Telephone and Telegraph Company publishing series Of brief
exposons Of some phases Of telephony for the benefit of
itself, and, as it hopes, for the benefit OF all
telephone users.
telephone users,

vice for the time being. Yet with
the restrictions many towns and cit.
les place on trimming trees this diff
Guilty is unavoidable.
Though cables are naturally less
susceptible to interference than open
wire, still they cannot be absolutely
protected whether they are overhead
or underground, If the lead sheath
of a cable is pierced by hole no
bigger than PIN would make, and
moisture gets in, the whole bunch OF
wires enclosed, which may number
from dozen to 1900, will be put out
of business sooner or later. The
curiosity of squirrels and rats, the
carelessness Of laborers working on
other underground construction -
indeed, a score of unpreventable
causes-may instantly ruin a tele
phone cable containing II large num-
Der of circuits. Besides, here and
there cables must be brought to
points, and the functions in cable
boxes on pole lines or in conduit
manholes afford other opportunities
for things going wrong.
This gives an idea Of a few-a
very few-ot the chances for trouble
in complicated plant of vast ex
tent. The wonder is, really, that
Interruptions are as few as they are,
NGt..l ii ~ .I.nT.I,TIfLo TO be met,
the telephone company has so org an
lied its work of maintenance and
repair that the records show that
even in large telephone centres,
where the plant is most complicated,
the individual subscribers service is
not interrupted, even momentarily,
oftener than once in four years OIL
the average.
Whenever there is "trouble" OF
any sort the New England company,
for its own sake as we'll as tor the
sake Of its subscribers, are anxious
to get right after it. The longer
"trouble" exists, the more difficult
and expensive it is to repair and the
greater the loss of business to the
company, So it is distinct favor
to the New England company to
have "trouble" reported promptly,
and for making such reports the
manager of any exchange may be
called without charge from any sub
scriber's "station" or from any pub
lie pay station.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
ESTATE OF HENRY S. DANA

STATE OF VERMONT At a Probate
Hartford District. IS. Court held at
Woodstock, in said District, on the Sd
day of July, A. d. 1907.
Present, T. o. Seaver Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Henry S.
Dana, late of Woodstock, in said District,
deceased, testate.
Whereas, William s. Dana. executor of
the last will and testament of said de-
ceased, proposes rendering an account of
his administration of said estate and pre-
senting his account against the same for
examination and allowance, at q session of
said Court to be held at the Probate Office
in Woodstock. on the 18th day of August,
A. d. 1907 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
And whereas said Court has assigned and
ordered said time and place for the settle
ment of said account and for issuing de-
cree of the residue of said estate to the per-
sons entitled to the same: and has ordered
that public notice thereof be given to all
persons interested in said estate by publish
ing a copy of the record of this order three
weeks successfully in the Spirit of the Age,
a newspaper published at Woodstock, in
said District, the last of said publications
to be previous TO said 18th day of August,
A. D. 1907.
Therefore. all persons concerned in said
estate are notified to appear at said Probate
Office on the day assigned as aforesaid. then
and there to contest the allowance of said
account, if they see cause, and to establish
their rights as lawful claimants of said
residue.
A true record, attest
TO. SEAVER. Judge.
A true copy of record. attest
I. o. SEAVER, Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
TAFTSVILLE.

F. V. Darling spent few days
last week with his brother in Hard
wick.
Miss Jessie Hawley of Brattleboro
was with her aunt, Miss M. R. Taft,
one night recently on her way to
York Beach, Me.
Miss Edith Solger is spending a
few days with friends in Claremont,
N. H.
B. &. Hill and c. H. Hill of West
Bridgewater are doing the haying
on the Captain Emmons' farm.
Ripe tomatoes, new potatoes and
cucumbers at D. G. Spaulding's
Sugar Hill farm, July IS.
]. H. Gibson and wife OF Barnes
county, South Dakota, and Mrs, B,
F. Clark of Healdville were al
Homer Darling's a few days last
week.
Quite a number tickets were sold
at this station for the excursion to
Ausable Chasm Thursday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian-.Rev. c. A. MacDaniel
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at II
o'clock. Junior Z. E. at S o'clock,
and Y. P S, c. E. at 7 o'clock.
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. Welcome to all
Congregational-Morning service
at 1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Tuesday evening prayer meeting at
100.
Universalist- Rev. Ralph HoI.
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
H.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 ?. M; Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 P. m.
Catholic-Rev. E. c.. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at II M evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at 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 !. 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, 1907-08-03
Great Men and Their Cats.

That the cat always falls on her
feet is a proverb, but not many per-
haps have heard that this enviable
faculty is o miraculous privilege be-
slowed by Mohammed. Richelieu,
it seems, kept twenty cats. TassO
had the "fancy," and merely to
mention Baudelaire, Chateaubriand,
Victor Hugo, Beranger and Maupas-
SAINT one always regrets to learn
that Petrarch, after so far departing
from the spiritual tone of his SON
nets to Laura as to half cherish
thoughts Of suicide on her death,
finally found consolation in the ca
resses Of cat, whose skeleton may
still be seen in the museum at Pa
dua.-London Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
TROUBLES" GREAT AND
SMALL.

Telephone "trouble" is sometimes
disconcerting and always annoying
Generally it is unavoidable, though
a telephone system is no more abso-
lutely perfect than any other human
undertaking, and faults are bound
to crop out once in a while. What
makes telephone "trouble" a pecu
liarly difficult thing for the company
to deal with, though, is that in very
many cases there is no way Of know
ing that it exists until it is reported
by the telephone user who runs
against it.
The mechanical equipment and
outside plant of the telephone system
is extremely intricate and sensitive.
The switchboard and its accompany
ing apparatus in the central office
contain hundreds, and, in large eX-
changes, thousands Of miles of wire I;
there are thousands, and, in the big
ger type Of modern equipment,
millions of soldered connections /;
each circuit has anywhere from a
dozen to 500 or 600 ramifications ;
and some of the auxiliary mechan-
isms are extremely delicate in adj
iustment. Most troubles arise some
s.,hara IN this maze &c ae1,-:r>.~-s.--+
which is fortunate, in one way be-
cause a great majority of them are
thus detected and remedied not only
without mountaineering the sub
scriber, but without his even know
ing that they ever occurred. But
some OF them, as has been said,
cannot very we'll be discovered by
any one but the telephone user, since
they may appear to the operator
simply as subscribers failure to
answer or, if they affect the signal
ing devices, for instance, may moi
appear to her at all.
The sturdy looking pole lines and
solidly built underground system
would not seem, perhaps, to Offer
many chances for "trouble." AS a
matter of fact, though, they neces'
sarily have many vulnerable points
Every time the limb of tree, or any
stray object that may have been
caught in the foliage, touches tele-
phone wire it interleres with trans
mission; and if the interference is
sufficient it absolutely cuts off SER
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
QuECHEE.

Mr.. and Mrs R. L. Callahan and
Miss Elizabeth went to Boston Tues
day, and will shortly sail for Europe,
where they expect to remain for sew
eral months.
Miss Ruby Emery is spending a
week with relatives in East Bethel.
Walter Adams is clerking for G.
H. Marcy.
Frank French of Athol, Mass, is
spending a two weeks vacation at
his home here.
Mr.. Kent and two sisters of Derry,
N. H., were in town Tuesday. They
lived on what is now known as "Kent
Hip 36 years ago.
Fred Harrington, Jr., is working
in the express office at White River
Junction.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
Being Good At Church.

A little east side girl went to
church the other Sunday, having
promised her mother that she would
be good and not talk. She listened
to the music and seemed very well
satisfied with the sermon for some
time. She then began to get rest
less, but she did not say anything.
The minister was preaching a ser
mon to his congregation in which
he was admonishing them to always
be on the alert to be good. All at
once he emphasized the words
"Sleep notp The little girl no.
ticed it and at the same time saw a
man asleep. She could restrain her
self no longer and said to her moth
er: "The preacher is Scolding that
fat man over there for sleeping.
Amt 1 better than he is"-Co-
lumbus Dispatch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
RRIDGEWATER.

Miss Hazel Davis visited friends
in Woodstock the first of the week
jeff Carter sold a yearling colt for
$ll5 recently.
G. l. Davis and Lee are at Silver
Lake camping out for two weeks.
Mr.. Kidder, who has been stopping
at Arthur Walkers, returned to
Woodstock Wednesday.
Carolyn Furber is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E.
Furber.
L. B. Browns brother is visiting
him.
Charles Hudson of Boston was in
town a few days last week calling on
friends.
G. B. Corey and wife, Fred Potwin
and wife and Winnie, Herb Greaves
and Rob Southgate are at Long Point
for two weeks stay.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

ecuted. II would be an easy and
perfectly delightful scheme to start
a society or club where the princi-
pies of art and design could be
taught simply and practically by
some one interested in the society;
where work could be planned accord
ing to the ability of each one desir-
GUS of doing any, and where trained
artist would give advice on all OBJ
jects to be made.
An exhibition held once year
would not only be attractive to the
community, but would result in the
advertisement and sale of handmade
articles both to visitors, residents
and the country round.
In the mountains of North Caro-
lima, women are working on looms
over $50 years old and making car
pets, rugs, coverlets and portieres
which sell in Ashevifle at the "Wo-
mans Exchange" for good prices and
are known all over the south and in
many places in the north on account
of the interest Mrs. Vanderbilt has
taken in pushing this industry,
At Deerfeld, Mass, the "Blue and
White Society" holds annual sales
and sells things all over the country,
Boston being perhaps headquarters
for much of it's works. Mrs. Helen
R. Albee superintends the making of
Abenakee rugs at her summer home,
Pequaket, New Hampshire, where
MANY woman. hnsidAs d,;..S 4l~;-
homework, make a dollar day
weaving rugs in odd minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Volk of New
York city superintend the making of
the Sebatos rugs "a New England
hooked rug) at Center Lowell, Maine.
On the Cranberry Isles opposite
the Northeast Harbor, Maine, the
wives of the fishermen wished to
build a wharf and help the church
fund. Having heard of the Abena-
kee rugs they started something sim
liar in order to raise this money.
They had the backing of Mrs. Seth
Low and other influential women, by
whose advice they started their in
dustry under the supervision of Miss
Mali Hicks, designer of New York
city. Afterwards, Miss Una A. Clarke
of Cambridge, Mass, who is also a
designer, took up the work. Their
rugs are sold as fast as they can be
made for summer cottages, and the
industry is on self-supporting ba-
sis.
Besides this kind Of work there are
arts and crafts societies all over the
country which are devoted to the
Matchmaking of jewelry, lace, leather
| goods, pottery, bookhinding, wood
carving and brass and metal objects.
The mass of the workers in these
societies are women, and the blessing
of the movement is that women are
being taught to open their eyes to see
beautiful lines and forms, to appre-
ciate color and textiles and to learn
the right use of ornament.
The skill that was once wasted on
useless and inartistic fancy work"
is now put into artistic objects which
are useful, ornamental and salable.
KATE LOUISE ROBERTS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

The villages of the country have
at last an organ of their own. The
Village Life Publishing Go. of So
Nassau street, New York, publish a
very beautiful magazine called 1.-THE
Village, a Journal of Village Life. "
1t is about the size of Harper's
Weekly. The illustrations are at
tractive. It has articlee on such sub
iects as Political Fair Play for Vii
lages;" "How Village Advertises
Itself" "The Village improvement
Society of Rhode Island" and brief
reports from village improvement
societies from all over the United
States. In No. 8, for July. there is
a beautiful illustrated description of
Barton, Vt, and another similar de
scription of historic Hatfield, in Mas
sachusetts. This is one of the most
useful and attractive publications in
its line that has ever appeared and
should be literally subscribed for
in Woodstock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
Rstort of the "Rox Wanted"

A certain prosperous business
man posted on his Office window a
notice which read, "Boy wanted
about fourteen years"
A lad Of that age, with little that
was prepossessing in his appearance,
came into the Office and stated in a
quiet matter of fact tone that he
had read the advertisement.
"Wel, do you think you would
like to have the position, my boy p
asked the business man.
"Yes," came the prompt answer
in a meaning tone. '1 want the
place, but 1 don't know that l can
promise to keep it for the full four
teen years. Dundee Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
Az Father Saw Il.

he gazed upon her in fond admi.
ration. He loved her to distraction
Lovers had loved before, lOverl
might love again, but no lover
might, could, would or should love
as he loved Dora. And then Ferdi.
nAnd exclaimed with startling sud,
denness:
"Whst in the world ever induced
you, Dora, to care for a fellow like
me?"
II really don't know, but pa
threatens to send me to q brain
specialist. STRAY Stories.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
ron OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mas. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over sixty years by millions Of moth.
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect suceesss II soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie.
and is the best remedy for Dlarrimmedlt will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by pll 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 SOth, 1905. Serial number 1898.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

$50 young Richley Kadd isn't to
marry Goldie Stiles after all"
'No; he got scared"
"Well, WE'LL And l heard they
had gone so far as to rehearse fol
the wedding"
eyes, that was the trouble. They
had rehearsed five times, and Rich
ley said the preparations for matri-
mony we're such hard work he was
afraid he couldn't stand the real
thing at all" Catholic Standard
and Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
A Eur Ilnlnn-

He found his hair was leaving the
top of his head and took his barber
to task for it.
"You sold me two bottles of stuff
to make the hair grow"
at is very strange it won't grow
again." interrupted the barber. az
can't understand it,"
''Well, look here" said the man,
ri don't mind drinking another bot
tie, but this must be the last"
Detroit News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03
The Hyde Park SAVINGS Bank.

The press of the state are saying
some very kind things about the
Lamoille County Savings Bank and
Trust Co.
The fact that it has never lost a
dollar by a poor note and that all OF
its money is kept in Vermont, seems
to be the key note to most OF these
editorial notices.
The Banks assets passed the mil
lion-dollar mark July nth.
1.-The motto of the bank, "Vermont
money for Vermonters to foster Yer
mont industries and to develop Yer
mont enterprises" is a slogan which
seems at this time to be especially
popular in the Green Mountain
State.
Well, why not2
Below are few of the press com
ments:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

IA @To II K a.
H.,,,tA. pIhS Kind You Have kW1yS Bought
'''1 # &rM2SeN9
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

The Lamoille County Savings Bank and Trust
Co., Hyde Park, VT, OF which Ex-Gov Carroll ).
Page is president is run upon wise principle, one
which the farmers who patTonize II would do well
to apply in their general business transactions.
This bank believes in keeping lite money at home.
That its policy is a profitable as well as pOpuler
per cent interest on deposits left with it year or
more
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-03

The Rutland school commission
ers are much gratified with their
showing for the fiscal year, reporting
balance of $s7,II5.77 on hand.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-06-29
Was a Democrat when
"hot air and chin music. "

Confederate soldier who will andtr your State
knowing ,andI
sScoHsv of
ndbvhs ohtc in mudro o al a
ours S
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-06-29

Vote for Charles Scott the farmers candidate for Governor
Every dollar he has on earth is invested in farming
First time candidate for office.

Vote for Chas Scott the business mans candidate for Governor
Was Democrat when Democracy something besides
1hot air and chin na11sct'
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-06-29

Continued on Fifth Page.
Evening journal., 1907-01-11
CHECK ON MARRYING TITLES.

THE Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have
4 formally signed articles Of separation.
Thus what was heralded as most brilliant in
ternational event when the couple welded has
come to an unhappy end. The Duke of MARI
borough is descended from long line of the
proudest Of the English aristocracy, including
the famous Duke of the Battle of Benhem fame
But like many of the so-called higher classes of
England and other European countries, the pres
ent Duke became financially involved and was.
unable to maintain the royal splendor that goes
with such positions An American heiress as
wife would solve the problem that confronted
the Duke, and so the match was made. On one
side was the title and exalted social position of
the English duke and on the other was the ready
and willing rich American girl, the daughter of
W. K. Vanderbilt with dowry of FIVE millions.
The wife was amply able to recoup the shattered
financial fortunes Of the English duke But the
married life of the young couple unhappy
almost from the beginning High titles, social
position and great wealth do not always bring
happiness and contentment. The fate of the
Marlboroughs is similar to that of many other
American women who have abandoned their own
country for the titles and glamour of the old
world But with the Marlborough separated
and the recent family trouble of the Casteanes,
the Countess being a daughter of the late Jay
Gould, there will be hull in the international
marriages made merely for convenience and for
ostentation and show, and not for affection.