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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06

J ed, the body. tender and wheels
beng green, and the bumpers red. It's
name is carried over the center driv-
ing-wheels in gilt letters. The tender
carries $500 gallons of water and six
tons of coal, according to Popular Me-
chanics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
United States Railroad History

Railroad transportation in the
United States was substantially rs
years old in 1907. There were only
32 miles of railroad in operation in
1882, and in the IS years to 1907 there
were constructed 22S.12S miles of
operated railroad.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-06
FANTASTIC SEA MARVELS FOR
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
Annual Shipments of Beautiful and
Odd Creatures of the Deep
Now Being Received for
American Public

The summer time at the New York
aquarium is busy and interesting
one because of the annual shipments
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
PETITION FOB DIVORCE.

STATE OF VERMONT, whereas,
Windsor County, So tGeorge NJ. Hun
tington of Pomtret, VT, has duly filed his
petition 70 the County Court setting forth
his legal legal marriage to Elvina q. Rice of
Dorchester, in the State OF Massachusetts
that he hath resided for FIVE wears
In the State of Vermont, that he hath
kept the marriage covenant, but that the
said Elvna O hath vioPted sthe same. for
that she hath wilfully deserted the petit
TONER Tor three consecutive years last past;
wherefore the petitioner prays for abill Of
divorce from the said Elvina c. Rice.
And whereas il appears that said Elvina
o. Rice il without this State, so that the
summons of said Court may not be served
upon her;
II is Thereupon Ordered that the said
Elyina @. Rice be notified and required
70 appear IN and before said
Court aud make answer, il any she
have, and abide the order and iudg-
ment of said Court in the premises, at
the term thereof next TO be held NJ Wood
stock in and for the County of Windsor in
the State of Vermont on the first Tuesday
OF December, AID. 1908, upon the first day of
said term, by publishing the substance of
said petition, together with this order, for
three successive weeks, in the Spirit of the
in said County, the last publication 10 be
at least six weeks prior to said term of
Court, which shall be deemed sufficient no.
tice to said Elviua @. Rice
Given under my hand, at Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor, this 30th day of
September A. d. 1908
JAY READ PEMBER, ClerkN
Harry w. Hoye,
Attorney for Petitioner 43-9w
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
Woodstock, VT, Oct. 3, 1908

President Roosevelt is not going
to take the stump for Taft, it is semi
officially announced, but the daily
emanations from the White House
and the furious controversy with
Candidate Bryan are hardly less Dig
nifed than would be campaign
tour in behalf Of Candidate Taft.
Mr., Bryan said few days ago that
it was "a violation of the obligation
that the president owes to the people
to use an Office that belongs to the
whole people as party asset for the
advancement of a personal friend and
political protege." This is true and
well stated, and possibly considera-
tions Of this kind are having a re-
straining and wholesome effect in
administration circles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

STATE OF VERMONT, | Whereas, Eu-
Windsor County, SIS, nice Ingram of
Plymouth, vt, has duly filed her petition to
the County Court, setting forth her legal
marriage TO James Ingram of Franklin in
the State of Vermont, that she hath resid-
ed for one year in the State of Vermont
that she hath kept the marriage covenant,
but thatethe said James hath violated the
same, for that he hath treated the the petit
toner with intolerable severity; wherefore
the petitioner prays for bill of divorce
from the said james and that she may have
the care and custody of her minor child
And whereas it appears that said James
Ingram is without this State, so that the
summons of said Court may not be served
upon him;
1t Is Thereupon Ordered that the said
James Ingram be notified and required
to appear in and before said Court and
make answer, if any he have, and abide the
order and Judgment of said Court in the
premises, at the term thereof next to be
held at Woodstock in and for the County
of Windsor in the State of Vermont, on the
first Tuesday of December, A ID. 1908, upon
the first day of said term, by publishing the
substance of said petition, together with
this order for three successive weeks. in
the Spirit of the Age, newspaper pub
lished at Woodstock in said County. the
last publication to DE at least six weeks
prior to said term Of Court, which shall be
deemed sufficient NOTICE to said James In
gram.
Given under my hand, at Woodstock,
in the County of Windsor, this 1st day of
October. A. d. 1908.
JAY READ PEMBER, Clerk
Stickney, Sargent n Skeels,
Attorneys for Petitioner 43-3w
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
SUN SILHOUETTES.
Tho Specter of the Broken Seen on
Mount Washington.

Mount Washington.
Seldom seen in this country, the
opccter of the Broken is of some
what common occurrence in the
Harz mountains, Germany, whence
h takes its name, There the sum-
NIT of Blocksberg, rising to u height
| of more than $500 feet, is almost
continually enveloped in mist, on
which the parallel rays of the sun,
low down on the western horizon,
throw strange and uncanny shadows
of men, animals and other objects.
AS the screen of mist on which
these shadows are projected changes
its position in the varying currents
of air the weird sun silhouettes
seem to be endowed with motion,
Increasing and diminishing in size
as the mist curtain recedes from
and approaches the object casting
the shadow, giving rise to many
strange fantasies and legends.
Some years ago the writer was
one of a party of five to cross Mount
Washington, New Hampshire, and
was 80 fortunate as to witness this
Bpecter in all its weird distinctness.
We had left Mount Washington be-
hind and were following the bride
path over Mount Monroe Just as
the sun was reaching the level of
the western hills. At our left
dense, shifting bank of mist swayed
backward and forward, at times al
most enveloping us in its moist en-
brace and again swirlihg away SO
far as to disclose faint outlines Of
crag and summit to the eastward.
Suddenly emerging from behind
a ridge, we came into the full glare
of the setting sun, and one after
another each member of the party
saw his figure silhouetted distinctly
on the semitransparent veil of mist.
Trudging as We were in single file,
each shadow was projected separate
ly and framed in brilliant circle
of prismatic colors. The head, feet
and finger tips of each person when
the arms were extended at full
length touched the inner edge of
the rainbow circle. Every peculiar
ity of outline was faithfully dupli-
Gated, even to knapsacks and long
stats carried by the party, and as
the light air moved the mist bank
farther away the silhouettes grew
in size from that Of nearly normal
to heroic stature. Always the halo
of prismatic light encircled us, but
became less brilliant as it's size in
creased.A
AS the party came together their
shadows merged into one, encircled
by a single rainbow frame. The
unusual phenomenon lasted many
minutes, disappearing suddenly as
the sun sank.-W. J. Scandlin in
Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
d his son, Arthar perry, WIN

and his son, Arthur Perry, will
occupy it.
H. Fl. Totman and son, Clyde, are
at his sons, f. H, Totman's, in North
Tunbridge, this week, They will be
in day attendance at the Worlds
fair during their stay.
j. G. Derosie &Son are having a
furnace and bath room put in their
new house.
Charles Gould and family of
Woodstock will reside on the So
called Bailey farm on Biidgewater
hill. The house has been vacant
several years.
Elmer Fraser of Illinois, one of our
former townsmen, has been visiting
former neighbors here,
Mrs, Wallace Brown goes tomor-
row to the "Chase" summer home to
take up her quarters for the winter
with her husband
Charles Newton and son, Lee, are
living on the Winslow place since he
sold out.
Fred Porter is driving the stage
while f. g. Perry is attending to the
Andrew Fraser estate he is admins
traitor of.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
An Ancient DRINKING Game

Drinking bouts have been accom-
panied among all peoples by curious
diversions. Cottabus is the most
classical, having been in vogue over
most parts Of the ancient world.
The player lay on Il couch and with,
out moving his position attempted
to throw from his goblet few
drops of wine at mark in a high
curve without spilling any of the
liquor. The mark consisted gener-
ally of little image of Hermes,
placed on a bronze saucer, which
sometimes foated on water, so that
until it was filled by sufficient
quantity of wine to sink it the
game continued. To play cottabus
well was mark of good breeding
In Athens.-Harper's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
Ants Build skysorapers.

The white ants, or termites, are
great builders, A naturalist explor-
ing in Somaliland came across a
cone shaped mud and clay hill which
they had constructed which was
eighteen feet in height, while
many others were from ten to ff-
teen feet high, When one COM
pares the size of these ants with
that of men it becomes apparent
that these hills are real skyserapers
from the teFrpite viewpoint, if there
is any. While the average man is
five and one-half feet high, the ants
are only half an inch high. There
fore a ten foot ant hill is $40 times
the size Of one of its builders, while
such structure as tho Eiffel tower,
though rising 984 feet, is only about
179 times the height Of the average
man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
ELDER DAVIS FORECASTS.
They've Mostly Ended in Smoke,
and He Resigns.

Rev. A. "a. Davis of Burlington,
whose weather forecasts have often
appear ed in these columns, in letter
TO the Free Press last week hands in
hi s resignation as forecaster and
leaves the job to the weather bureau,
He says:
The old saying is that all signs
fail in dry time. We are sure that
many crops have failed on account
of the drouth. 1t seems almost like
presumption to predict anything con-
corning the weather.
The prevailing currents Of atmos-
phi ere will be changed from south
east to west, much more west and
so nth, no upper current discernable.
1t will be very singular season.
The equinoctial storm has been
en- tirely smoked out. The atmos-
phere has been SO rare that the smoke
could not rise. Cooks have been
surprised to see the smoke rushing
out of their stoves. / was told the
other day that we were going to have
rain. | said "no." / was witness
that two drops came down. A
weather bureau man says we shall
have rain next week that will break
the drouth. We may get enough to
lay the dust. l feel quite sure that
precipitations will be generally light
until winter sets in. Brooks and
spring. will be low which means a
shortage of water the coming winter,
although the winter will be behind
time. Many will be pleased with
the many pleasant days, they hope to
enjoy, but many will suffer from the
drouth hope the grumblers will
be patient and pray the Lord to send
rain instead of casting their implica-
tions upon me as if were the author
and controller of the weather. So
they did to the prophets OF old, and
prosecuted them to death because
they did prophesy pleasant things.
A word to farmers. If YOU are
short of water tor your stock advise
you to put down an artesian well,
even if you have to borrow the
money, 1t will pay you good inter
est next winter.
This may be my last forecast and
advice. l may be considered a good
prophet. / may lose my commission. |
This forecast may prove a dire
reality or general failure. All the |
induces for this quarter are literally |
enveloped in smoke. have made |
these forecasts for many years tor
publication with good deal of study !
and careful observation, for which I |
have never received cent from
anybody. The weather bureaus have
been established at a great expense
and l think / had better withdraw,
and let them advise the public here
after. Thanking the many friends
from whom I have received kindly
appreciation. / bid you good bye.
Yours truly,
crew. A. A. DAVIS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
A MIGHTY DRAFT,
The Great Drink That Saved the Town
Of Rothenbure.

VIZ ATSah OTInk nat 0aNeo tno TOWN.
Of Rothenburs.
Whitsuntide of each year wit,
nesses il. the historic town of Roth
enburg, on the Tauber, the acting
of drama which recalls deliver
ance in the Thirty Years war,
when the victories of Gustavus
Adolphus had endangered the Cath
olic league.
lilly came to besiege Rothen-
burg, which was in league with the
swedes, The town was at that time
wealthy and well fortified, standing
upon steep cliffs above the Tauber
and having massive tower crowned
walls.
Against this town came lilly
with great guns that soon put for
tune on his side. The defenders of
the place, however, contested every
inch of ground. Not until the pow
der tower exploded, through gre
made Of the enemy, did the Swedish
garrison and citizens reluctantly
hang out the white flag after a
fight Of thirty hours.
lilly would hear nothing Of terms
of capitulation. The Swedes might
withdraw, but unconditional surren-
der was demanded of the town.
When he had taken possession of
the beautiful rathhaus he sent for
the senate, with Rurgomaster Be
zold at their head, and announced
their condemnation to death for
their obstinate resistance and their
disobedience to the imperial com
manders.
In vain did the women and chill
dren crowd into the market place,
throwing themselves at the feet of
the victors and begging for mercy.
lilly had already summoned the ex-
eeuti9ner when some of the wives
succeeded in penetrating into the
council hall.
The conqueror at last allowed
himself to be softened, but he cou-
Piled his clemency with clause that
apparently made it Of no avail. The
senators should be spared if one of
their number could empty at draft
the great loving cup of Tauber wine
presented to the victor.
Hopeless as the case seemed, the
condition was fulfilled by ex-Bur-
gomaster Nusch, who thus saved
his own life and the lives of his col
leagues.
The cup, which is Of glass and
holds about three quarts, is to this
day in the possession of one of the
liheal descendants of the mighty !
drinker.-Chicago Record Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
CHURCH SERVICES.

Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at II.So,
Thursday evening prayer meeting at
7.3o. Vesper service at Z.
Univel salst- Rev. Ralph Hol.
brooke .Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
4I.4S.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. r. ].
Chrystie, Phi. D., pastor. Parson-
age, 6 Mountain avenue. Services
Sunday Preaching, 1890 a. m.
Sunday school, II.4Sa. m. preach!
ing, 7.3o p. M. Thursday prayer
meeting, 7.3o 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 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
SECOND ounuaY or eacn month at 9
O'Clock
St. James.-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. mr. 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 80 a. m. Sunday school at
IL; Junior Christian Endeavor at
S p. M. Y. P. S. {. E. at 7.3e p.
M; mid-week prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 7.3o p. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03

siuered entitled TO that courtesy
and you think the friendship is
worth cultivating.
This is not the custom with us.
With lis the newcomer makes the
first call on the old residents. The
gentleman calls alone, and after the
acquaintanceship has been formed
the newly arrived lady viii send her
maid with the message that she pro-
poses to call on the neighboring
lady, and the latter names the day
and hour at which she will receive
her visitor. Leaving cards, with us,
is an act of courtesy which also oc-
cupies a very prominent part in the
daily routine Of a gentleman's life,
especially when he is moving in Off
cial circles.
When the visitor is ushered into
the presence Of the visited the Wis
itor bows to his host or on more
formal occasions makes courtesy to
him, Handshaking, not being the
custom, is dispensed with. The
making of a courtesy is called
"ching nsan" in China. If any one
does that to you, you must return
it, although you can return it in a.
more or less formal way. This hav-
ing been done, the host will assign
his visitor to the place of honor,
which may be on the right or left,
according to circumstances.
When both the visitor and his
host are seated the conversation is
generally opened, if meeting for the
first time, by asking each others
surname, then their other names,
age, district whence they CONG and
all sorts of such meaningless gener-
alities as you are accustomed to
hear in high society, But it is al
ways customary with us to prefix
the word "honorable"-e, g., instead
of saying, as you do, "Whom have
I the pleasure of addressing9" we
say, "What is your honorable
nameP" Other questions are asked
by us in the same complimentary
strain. With you your custom is
quite different, as for you to ask
the age of any of your visitors
would be considered very rude, es-
pecially if meeting for the first
time, But in China you may have
no misgivings as to shocking any
ones tender susceptibilities by so
doing,
Our official calls are principally
business ones, and as soon as the
business is terminated the host
raises his teacup to his lips, which
cup is always there, whether wanted
or not, for in China there is no such
custom as 8 o'clock tea. AS soon as
the visitor sees that his attendant
will cry out in a very loud voice,
"Ngan chiao"-that is, "Get the Sc
dan chair in readiness"-or "Fao
chuan"-that is, 'Put the horse to
the carriage"--as the case may be-
When either Of these conveyances is
ready, which is shown by the return
of the servant and by his collecting
his masters appurtenances, such as
his smoking pipe, ETC., he will rise
and give his host deep bow, at the
same time folding his two hands,
which bow his host returns in sim
liar way.-Shanghai Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
His Accused Luck.

The intoxicated individual who,
after bumping into the same tree
thirteen times, bemaaned the fact
that ne was lost in an impenetrable
forest is no greater disgrace to
modern civilization than the hero
of this story;
A citizen Of Seattle who had look
ed upon the wine when he was no
longer sure what color it was in
the course of his journey home en-
countered a tree protected by an
iron tree guard. Grasping the bars,
he cautiously felt his way around it
twice.
Course It'll" he moaned, sinking
to the ground in despair. Locked
inP-Eyerybody's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
The Widows Devotion.

There was man hanged for muir
der in Sydney, Australia. By his
widows consent, his figure was ex-
hlblted in local wax works show.
Every Sunday for six months the
woman, dressed in deepest mourn
ing, called and put a clean shirt on
the unresisting form of the wax
man. Then her visits stopped.
Some time after, happening to meet
the manager of the show, the lady
explained, with many bushes, that
she had married again and her new
husband energetically objected to
her wifely attention to the toilet of
No. rs craven image.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
Origin of tho MaypoIs.

"May day ceremonies were not in
origin a mere sign of rejoicing that
the leaves were on the trees again
and the flowers blooming once
more" says J. Ernest Pythian in
his "Trees in Nature, Myth and
Art" "Ihey were religious observ-
ances, believed to secure the bless
ings the spirit could bestow. The
spirit that inhabited the tree in
habited also the Maypole taken from
the tree, and the dance round the
Maypole was religious ceremony.
The May queen and Jack-in-the-
green were in origin human forms
of the tree spirit. The belief that
the MaypOle insures fertility is not
yet extinct in Europe, and in some
parts of Germany on May day the
peasants set up May trees at the
doors of stable and cowbyre, a tree
for each horse and COW, to insure
fertility and that the cows will give
plenty of milk"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-03
MoorE, CHAMPION CHOPPER

Cuts, Splits and Piles Over Five
Cords Of Wood, and Has Time to
Spare.
Edward Moote of Amsden, who is
so years old, at Windsor Saturday
cut, split and piled five and half
cords Of pine wood, and had time 70
spare.
The stunt was the result of wagers
made by Maxwell Evarts with sew
eral men in Washington as to Ed
Moote's wood-chopping ability. Luz
Their g. White, manager of Evarts'
Amsden property, in one of his re-
ports told the attorney of the tim
ber-cutting capacity Of Moote and
rated it at about q cords week,
cut, split and piled. That looked
like pretty good record to Evarts
and he made several wagers with
doubling friends, and the wood-cut-
ting stunt followed.
The bets ran that "BIoote must
fell, cut, split and pile five cords of
marketable four-foot wood between
the hours of sunrise and sunset on
September 26" Moote made a. few
bets on his own account, thereby
adding another hundred dollars to
the hundred which Mr.. Evarts
agreed to give him.
The much-heralded affair took
place on Mr.. Evarts' Windsor estate.
1t was first planned to have it in
Amsden, but the newspapers got
hold of the story and made so much
of it that it was feared that a crowd
thus attracted might give Ed stage
fright or cause some accident, SO the
location was changed.
At 5.25 o'clock Moote struck the
first blow, in a growth of tall pines,
and in 30 seconds the first tree was
down.
Another half minute was required
fsr the second tree, but the third
was larger and full minute was
necessary. Then he deity laid
down tree after tree, where he could
later dislnember each, without hav-
ing to haul any other out of the
way.
Then Moote cut the logs into four
foot lengths and with wedge split
each in two.
Occasionally Moote would shout,
"Hey, gimme another" wherepon
his son Frank would produce the
muscle lubricant demanded by the
champion.
At about 2 o'clock 25 trees had
been cut up and Ed allowed that it
was time to begin piling,
At 4.l5 o'clock @. NJ. Lawrence,
the official measurer, announced that
the pile contained just five cords,
but Moote declared he would give
good measure and added another
eighth of cord, leaving another
eighth on the ground, cut and split,
and an hour and half to spare be-
fore sunset.
Mr.. Evarts and his guests were
on hand to watch the task, among
them being Samuel G. Blythe of
New York, who made the principal
wager.
Moote uses choppfng axe which
weighs three and three quarters
while his splitting axe
weighs seven pounds.
The close Of the contest found the |
axes in good condition, but Moote's
flaming red shirt was all gone in
the back, and thirsty individuals in
Windsor are likely to find the drouth
more severe than ever, for cutting
IS dry business and 'Moote is evil
lently thorough i'll everything that