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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
Making Of N.ns.r.

The best veneer is sawed, but a
great deal is sliced and still more
is 'Frotary cut" By the last named
process logs of the desired wood are
steamed until they are soft and then
fixed in a lathelike machine, in
which they are turned against a
wood knife, As the log rotates
against the knife veneer Of the de-
sired thickness is peeled off in a
continuous slice, as if you should
pare an apple, going deeper and
deeper at each complete turn, until
nothing is left but the core. The
center Of the log left after the We
neer is cut is also called Score"
A good deal Of waste occurs in the
manufacture Of veneer. II is al
ways a problem, for instance, what
use to make Of the cores left by the
rotary process, In many cases these
are used for pulp wood, pillars or
panel headings, and they are largely
used also for fuel, excelsior, crates,
boxes and baskets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

Riding across the country one day,
DR.. Blank noticed an old negro who
had been for quite while perched
motionless upon little bridge, fish
ing silently from the stream be-
meath, For some time he watched
him from a distance, but finally,
overcome by the old fellows unmov-
ed patience, he rode up and accost-
ed him.
"Hello, Washl What are you do
ing up there ?"
"Fishin', sah," came the reply,
"Not getting many, are your"
"No, sah."
swell, it seems to me you'd get
tired fishing so long without bite. /"
81 doesn't want no bite, cap'n."
"Well, that's funny. Why don't
you want a bite, Wash?"
''Hit's this away, cap'n: When 1
gifts lots O bites, hit takes all meh
time to git the fish off'n meh line,
an | doesn't have no time fob fish
in. Success Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
Hadn,t Scan ons anfnra.

Many, many, many years ago Lot
Lee was a telegraph operator in the
old Union station office, says the
Indianapolis News. Lee was hot
operator and had the reputation of
getting messages off in quick time.
One nighta woman came in with
a rush message for Connersville,
Ind. She wrote it out and handed
it to Lee. The latter checked it up,
received the money, called Corners
vile, sent the message and placed
it in drawer with the "sent" bust
ness.
The woman hung around, eyed
Lee as if she thought he was shirk-
ing his duty, not suspecting that her
message had gone, and finally said:
Would you mind looking in the
drawer there to see if the message
has gone? It's very important"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
The Shooting of Does.

If the Rutland County Fish and
Game League, which is opposed to
the killing of does, inquiries whether
the state fish and game commissioner
favors such killing, it will probably
find that he does. The present ques-
ton, however, is whether the gov
ernor does likewise. - Burlington
Free Press.
On the contrary, the Rutland Her
aid finds that Commissioner Thomas
in his last report doesn't say word
in favor of the shooting CT does: "In
fact, his reference to the need of care
in shooting and the precaution i'm
posed by the necessity of seeing the
antlers of the deer beforehand is the
strongest of reasons why the present
law should remain unchanged"
Governor Prouty, it appears, is to
be besieged with protests and petit
tons begging him to veto the bill
allowing the shooting of does. 1t
was passed by a very close vote and
it is not believed that it would be
passed again over his veto.
The Rutland County Fish and
Game League has made strong
protest against the doe bill; a largely
signed petition circulated by Game
Warden j. A. Chaplin of Middlebury
is on the way, and there seems to be
hardly section of the state which
favors the killing of does.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

A Portland man tells of shift
less inhabitant Of a Maine town, re-
joicing in the appellationI of lobe
Carter, who would not work min
ute more than was necessary to Sc
cure money enough to support him
in idleness for few days.
lobe had gone into the village
store to purchase some groceries,
one item of which was 81 worth Of
-four. He put the smaller articles
in a basket, which he took on one
arm, while he carried the flour on
che other.
Suddenly Tobe pumped the bun
die down on the floor. "Say, Bill"
he demanded, els flour lower?"
eyes, Tobe," replied Bill. owe
give thirty-fye pounds for 81 now
instead Of thirty"
"Well," responded lobe, 'I'll be
glad when it goes up again, so /
shan't have to Jug SO much home for
$1."-Philade1phia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
CHURCH SERVICES.

Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Thursday evening prayer meeting at
1880. Vesper service at s.
Univel salist- Rev. Ralph Hol.
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
II.45.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. r. J.
Chrystie, Phi. D., pastor. Parson-
age, 6 Mountain avenue. Services
Sunday: Preaching, 80 a. m.
Sunday school, Has a. m. preach
ing, 100 p. M; Thursday prayer
meeting, 7.3o p. m.
Catholic Rev. E. G. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at II m. -; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services WILDE 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-kev. Charles S. Lewis,
rector. Holy Communion every
Sunday,~7,3o a. M. First Sunday in
month 80 a. IN. Morning Prayer
and Sermon 1890 a. M, Evening
Prayer and Sermon 500 p. m.
Saints Day, Holy Communion 10
a. m.
Christian Rev. w. A. Leonard,
pastor. Services Sunday: Preach
ing at o.3o a. m. !; Sunday school at
II; Junior Christian Endeavor at
S p. M. 4; Y. P. S. {. E. at 7.3o p.
m. +; mid-week prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 7.3o p. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
TINE AGE OF MONEY.
A Pull on the Rslns In the Wild Race
For Riches.

In the earlier ages of the world
there was time when fishes domi-
mated all else. Biologists called this
age of fishes the devonian period.
Later vegetation supplanted the
fishes, and there came the carbonif-
erouA after the devonian, and coal
was stored up which we use for our
needs today, Subsequently there
followed an age of reptiles, an age
of mammals and finally an age of
man, and the age of man has been
variously ,subdivided until we now
have the age Of money.
In spite Of the fact that it has
been pointed out upon the very
highest authority that the love Of
money is the root of all evil with
which the world is charged, its value
and power have now grown SO very
great that in our day and genera
ton it is worshiped by high and
low, the rich and the poor. The
good, old fashioned morals of for
mer days are relaxed in order to OBJ
tain it, and defalcations constantly
grow because of the modern creed
that reads, "Get money--honestly if
possible, but get it in any event"
Luxury increases and extrava-
gance grows, The idea of slow ac-
emulation Of money saved during
the productive againt the declin-
ing years, when the earning power
decreases, no longer obtains. We
would all be rich, and we would be
rich quick. Speculation arises, and
a long train of evils marches con-
stantly before us, because our age
has become an age of money ire
spective of all other considerations,
1t is exceedingly pleasant to have
wealth. When we see the beautiful
palaces at Newport and their gar
dens and the countless'lux that
money spells anywhere and every
where only the anchorite turns
aside and will have- none of it.
Horses, steam yachts, European
travel, entertaining, various art
products and a thousand and one
things beckon to the rich man and
lure him and tend toward making
him forget that the conquest of the
world is not worth the loss Of a soul.
We Of this age Of money need to
remember that there are certain
cardinal virtues that will linger
when stock and other exchanges arr
no more, and In ages yet to come
money will be replaced by some
thing higher and better than a COM
modify that can upon occasion take
on taint.-W. G. Bowdoin in
BROOKLYN Citizen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

And now they say that the leaders
of the Legislature have lost control
of that undeliberate body entirely
The lawmakers meet talk, pass, re-
consider and kill bills regardless Of
the sage advice of the more expert
enced among them. In fact, a bill
bearing the slightest earmarks of the
elect is swatted on sight, and some
of the veteran Legislators have stated
emphatically that they wouldn't per-
sonally introduce another bill under
present conditions.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
"Too Sure


"Don't let a man be too sure Of you
Never tell him the whole truth about
how much you care for him. You'll be
lots happier So"
That is the advice given the Wom-
ems Auxiliary Of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernlans by wise man, a man with
fine, stern profile and twinkle In
his eye-Father O'Toole of Wellsboro,
a priest who is blessed with a great
love for human nature and a vast COM
prehenslon of II.
He talked to his feminine audience
of the one subject in which perhaps
women are most interested husbands.
He gave them some excellent advice as
to how to get good husbands and how
to keep them. And this IL what he
said:
Don't do the counting yourself.
Don't let your courtship end with
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

Mrs. Emma Adams was in South
Royalton Wednesday to meet her
granddaughter, who is attending a
seminary in Montpelier, to spend the
Thanks giving recess with her.
The steel ceiling for the Grange
hall goi waylaid on its journey, so i
delays getting the hall in readiness
for the fair to be held December IL.
ElbTiIge Brown and wife of Wood
stock were at John Q. Raymonds
Thurday.
Fred Atwood of Greenfield, Mass,
arrives at e B. Howland's today.
His mother and sister, who have
been spending the summer here,
will accompany him to their home
In Greenfield.
Henry Howe, wife and Helen are
in Mass chusetts.
Miss Laura Perkins, whose home
is at the Centre, finished Miss
Adams unexpired term of school
last Friday.
Moses Shipman attended to Clara
Che ders stock on the farm during
the latter's absence in Franklin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
DOG Must Not Work.

Some misguided person returning
from a continental holiday has won
dered why dogs are not used in Eng.
land as beasts Of burden. The rea-
son why is nothing less simple than
statute. As long ago as 1889 an
act was passed making it a punish
able offense for any person within
the metropolitan area to "use any
dog for the purpose of drawing or
helping TO draw any cart, carriage,
truck or barrow" Fifteen years
later, in 1854, an act, passed in
"the more effectual prevention Of
cruelty to animals" extended the
prohibition to all parts of the king
dom,--London Globe,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
Room For Improvemont.

One day during the rehearsals of
"The Tempest" which opens with a
storm at sea, all the actors except
Beerbohm Tree knew that a real
storm was raging outside the thea
ter. Mr. Tree never knows anything
at rehearsal time except that he
wants to get the best possible out of
his company. He was especially anx-
ious that the opening scene should
be rendered as true to nature as pos
sible, and time after time he made
the men whose duty it was to sug-
gest to the audience the ungoverna-
BILE fury of the elements repeat their
efforts. Presently a binding flash
of lightning, followed by a deafen-
ing peal Of thunder, swept through
a narrow window above the scene
dock and Illuminated the stage.
"That's BETTER" announced Mr.,
Tree, 'but / think it could be i'm
proved upon"
eff you please, sir" observed the
master carpenter, "that was a real
one"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
1T WORKED A CURE.
Anecdots of an English Doctor of the
Last Century.

Last Century.
Of the eminent physicians of
england during the early part of
The last century not one was more
Justly celebrated than DR.. Syden-
nam. Of the anecdotes of his med
Ha experience, related by himself,
Ele following is worth telling:
For a long time the doctor had
;ecn consulted by a gentleman Of
ealth and leisure who was per-
Iistent in his demands for medical
Lelp, who took all the medicines
prescribed, but who did not appear
10 improve. At length DR.. Syden-
ham said to him:
"Sir, | have done all | can. If
you would be thoroughly cured you
must consult DR.. Robinson at In
verness, in Scotland. He is exceed
ingly clever in such diseases as
yours, and if | give you a letter to
him l can assure you he will give
you relief"
1t was a long journey from Lon
don away to the extreme north of
Scotland, but the patient had plen-
ty of leisure. He had money
enough, he had good horses and car
Fiages, and, above all, he was anx-
lous TO te cured. So away he went.
But, arrived at Inverness after a
laborious jaunt of fully three weeks,
he searched for DIR. Robinson in
vain. He could find no such doctor.
And, what was more, he was credi-
bly, informed that such doctor had
never lived there. The patient bot
kled up his wrath, had his horses
harnessed and their heads turned
homeward, and the distance, which
had occupied him three weeks in
going, he covered in ten days on
his return. Upon reaching London
he made at once for the house Of
DR.. Sydenham, upon whom he burst
IKE a whirlwind.
"Ha, Sir Georgel l am glad to
zee you, and to see you looking so
we'll"
"But no thanks to you, you grace
less rascal Why did you SO deceive
me2
deceive you, Sir GeorgeP"
eyes. You told me / should find
Or. Robinson, and you knew there
was no such man there. Now, what
Is your excuseT What is your ex-
planation?"
"Sir George, answer me. Are
you not better now than you have
been before for years? In short,
are you not entirely recovered from
hat old malady ?"
The baronet thought little and
was forced to confess that such was
the case.
'That, sir, is my excuse; that my
explanation," returned the physi-
lian frankly. 81 knew that Jour
ney into the highlands of Scotland
would cure you, and ! took the only
means in my power to send you off.
Had ! told you the truth you would
not have gone. But to see DR.. Rob
lnson you were willing to venture.
So, Sir George, let us bless DR., Rob
lnson."
And Sir George surrendered
London Tit Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
A POULTRY FOOD THAT HAS
MADE GOOD"

The best selling article in not always
the most desirable, but repeated orders
from the same parties are always in.
dlcative OF real merit, because you "ea
not fool the people all the time" I
following letter from ]. e, Nash, Starks
boro, VT, proves conclusively that
Pages Perfected Poultry Food has
made good" with the poultrymen of
his vicinity. He says; ~ have used and
sold your Pages Perfected Poultry
Food ever since the first order was
sent out, Customers who at first bought
a dollars worth at a time, now order
barrel, have sold, In the past, several
other kinds of poultry food, but have
decided to handle only yours, which is
by far the best seller, l want the
agency for another year, and you may
ship me barrel Oct. l."
If you want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using 1t,
write to G, s. Page, Hyde Park, VT, for
his booklet, profitable Poultry" 1t
will be sent free, postpaid, to anyone
mentioning this paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
FATE OF A STAGE PRODIGY
Master Betty, Who, II Appears, Over
STAYED His Welcome.

Ii may interest readers to know
that rather over. 100 years ago-in
1907, to be precise-the country
was worshiping at tho shrine of a
twelye-year-old prodigy, boy actor
1.-The juvenile Henry Irving Of his
time, says the Glasgow Mail. While
at the height of his fame and pop
ularity this infantile marvel visited,
among other places, Glasgow and
Edinburgh, and in both of these
towns he is said to have created a
hitherto undreamt of sensation.
The wonderful youngsters name
was William Henry West Betty, and
he was Irish to the backbone. His
histrionic capabilities were evident
ly born with him, for it is recorded
that when at the age of eight his
father treated him to his first visit
to the theater young Betty at the
conclusion of the play solemnly in
formed his parent that he had de-
cided to be an actor himself.
How the youngster subsequently
came to get footing on the stage
is not known, but in the month Of
August, 1903, we find him making
his first appearance, performing the
leading part in a popular drama at a
Belfast theater. He leaped at one
bound into the very forefront Of
popularity, and it is said that on
one occasion when he turned i'll the
whole nation awaited with feverish
anxiety the different bulletins
which were regularly issued to tell
of young Betty's condition.
The boys first appearance in
Glasgow, which happened in May,
1904, created unparalleled enthusi
asm in the city during the several
nights he performed in the now
long defunct Dunlop Street theater,
The enormous crowds that flocked
to see the wonderful boy were un-
precedented in the theatrical histo-
ry of ST. Mungo, and hundreds, it
is said, were nightly injured in the
great crush and desperate struggle
for admission to the theater, In
Edinburgh, where the boy actor
afterward appeared, the same enor-
nous crowds rushed to see him. To
quote from one of the local papers
criticisms, he "set the town in a
flame" His subsequent appearance
at the world famous Drury Lane
completed the prodigy's triumph,
for it was not long before the me-
tropolis also succumbed to young
Betty's magnetic acting.
But Master Betty's stage success
was comparatively short lived, In
the course of few years he--or
his parents-compiled an immense
fortune, and with the wealth thus
speedily accumulated the young ac-
tor was given the chance of a first
class education: When out Of his
teens the glamour of the footlights
again appeared to have appealed to
him, and he again made a bid to
regain his position as popular
idol. By this time, however, the
people had quite forgotten their
former hero, and young Betty had
to rest content with only very or
binary degree of success. He had,
so to speak, overstayed his welcome.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
HARTLAND.

Mrs. Clara Shedd Backus will
sing and DR.. H. B. Ketchum will
play the cello at the Sunday morn
ing service at the Congregational
church.
Thanksgiving poultry to the
amount of 400 pounds has been
shipped from the Hartland station.
JIG. Underwood was in Boston
this week on business.
\ ltcurr on "The Land of the
Shamrock aud Harp" will be given
by Rev George L. Thompson atthe,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
SOUTH POMFRET.
ABBOTT LIBRARY NOTES.

Our spruce hedge is now well
protected, Mr.. Howe having kindly
put up a neat board fence on the
west side of the lawn.
Hon. Elton A. Smith generously
gave us a revolutionary gun that
once belonged to Joel Perkins, one
of our early settlers, and Moses
Shipmon has supplemented this gift
with a printing brush and flint. We
trust that other guns that have seen
service, either in the revolutionary
or civil war, will be loaned or given
to keep it company.
ABBA DoToN CHAMBERLIN,
Librarian.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

Rev. Francis Crociata, Sicilian
priest, who was found guilty several
days ago OF assault in connection
with the murder last July of Acco-
rito Sanford, Monday was sentenced
in the superior court at Rutland to
not less than three nor more than
five yeas in the house of correction
in Rutland. His brother, Gaspar
Crociata, pleaded guilty to a charge
of assault and was sentenced to six
months in the house Of correction.
Anna Black, an Italian girl, II years
old, pleaded guilty to a similar
charge, and was sentenced to from
three to five years in the house of
correction, hut sentence was slls-
pended during her good behavior.
Two Italians are now serving lite
sentences in the state prison for the
murder of Sanford.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
We will send The Mirror and Farmer
and The Age to NEW SUBSCRIBERS one year for
S1.15.

Charles Philbrick, the Nestor of
trampdom, died last week in Rut-
land county Jail aged SO years. He
had tramped for years throughout
northern New England and New
York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
Woo dstOok, W.. Nov. 20, 1908 .

That good old blue law which for
bids tho Sunday sale of soda water,
cigars and similar harmless mer-
chandise remains on the statute
books, the Legislature defeating
sensible attempt to remove it by an
overwhelming vote.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28
hotel hall Wednesday evening, Dec.
\. 1t is given under the auspices of
the Universalist church.
HARTLANp FOUR CORNERS

The village school closed Friday,
Nov. I3. Flora Williams won the
prize, book entitled 'Jewels from
John 6. Whittier" for the best work
in drawing. 1t was given by Miss
Thrasher, the teacher. Henry B..
Ketchum was second in drawing.
Henry Harding was the Judge.
An exhibition was given by the
children of the Fieldsville school on
the closing day, last week Friday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

The State fair number of the Yer
monter appears little tardily, but il
has a remarkably complete account
of the last huge show at White River
Junction. 1t is lavishly illustrated,
and the descriptions of the various
features of the fair are well done.
An article on 1.-THE Vermont Nor
gan," by Spencer Borden, is espec-
tally readable and instructive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

The Windsor Machine company
celebrated the completion of an
addition to It's works with a grand
''prosperity ball" Thanksgiving day
evening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

James Meacham of Orwell has a
matched pair of Holstein bulls, two
years old, which he drives and works
In harness. They are driven with
reins and handle a large load with
ease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

Quarters are being fitted up in the
town hall at Putney for use as a
postoffice. The office force and the
rural carriers fill the old office 10
overlooking.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-28

At recent encampment meeting
of Odd Fellows, held in Newport,
the meeting was held Friday the
18th, I3 men were present, Is cigars
were smoked, and the lodge number
Is IA.
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Dec. the White River Valley
railway company will begin running
two trains each way daily.