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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

The Vermont farmer may have
decided political views, but essen
TALLY he cannot separate himself
from a more vital interest in the con-
ditions that govern his financial
prosperity. Often times, no doubt,
he is not always fully informed
regarding these conditions, particu-
larly if he happens to be Demo
Graf. This last is said with no dis
tinguishing presumption of lack of
information on the Democratic
farmers part, but because the teach
ings of his party's leaders have been
and still are directed against some of
the conditions which, from a Repub-,
lican point of view, cannot be dis
connected from every Vermont
farmers monetery benefit.
During the past ten years or so the
Vermont farmer has profited by good
prices. which he has received for
most of his products. The sustain
ing of these good prices is due to
various reasons, and among the rea-
sons OF prime consequence should
be mentioned the protective duty
upon such products when offered for
entry from foreign sources, and as
applied to Vermont, from the Do
minion Of Canada. AS everybody
knows, the policy that provides tor
the protective element which has
sustained in great measure the good
prices, is strictly a Republican poll
cy, and also that it is one which from
the very beginnings of its applica-
ton has been attacked and opposed
by Democratic propaganda. Not
withstanding what this has meant to
the Vermont farmer, the Democratic
platform continues to assail this
element OF the Vermont farmers
congratulatory prosperity. The
Democratic platform on this subject
declares "material reduction should
be made in the tariff upon the nee
essaries of life, the very products
that the Vermont farmer must sell,
and again, graduated reductions
should be made in such other sched-
Jules as may be necessary to restore
the tariff to a revenue basis"
1t needs no extended argument to
convince the reader that tariff tor
revenue only must be based on the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
saERBURNE

Miss Mile Johnson is at West
Bridgewater for an indefinite stay.
Raymond Hale and Raymond
Simmons are camping on Mt. Kill
lington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Clifford were
in town the first of the week.
MIR. and,Mrs. Clayton Willis called
on friends at West Bridgewater last
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Augusta Taylor treated
few af her friends to ice cream and
cake at her home here Thursday
afternoon OF last week.
A team from South Pomfret was
at F. G. Spaulding's after clap
boards one day last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Wilder of Troy, N.
Y, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Alfred Rowe OF this place.
Those who attended the Pomona
grange. meeting at Bridgewater Cor
ners were Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Johnson and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Doubleday of North
Sherburne, H. o. Allard, H. B.
Miner, Alton Upper and daughter
and Mrs. F. 6. Spaulding of Sher-
burne. A very nice time is report
ed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
PLYMOUTH UNION

Mrs. Thomas Moore and three
children are visiting at John Wilder's
at the Notch.
Mrs. Ryland Taylor is visiting her
daughters in Wallingford.
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles Sawyer and
Miss Ellen Sawyer are having a
brief vacation at their home here.
Hugh White and son have engaged
board at George Folsom's for the fall
and winter.
Amos Coolidge visited relatives in
West Bridgewatel the first of the
week.
Miss Elsie Bradley and Fred
Ayers went to Rutland Monday.
Art Ward is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward.
Mrs. Sarah Cove went to Henry
Carhsle's Tuesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Getting Back at ENGLAND.

"Tbe English will ridicule us for say
ing 'vury' and 'turrible' and 'momma'
when we go abroad" said a school
ma'am, "but we will have our answer
ready.
"Well askA them why, when they
want to knowif we desire a cab, they
say:
"'Fo -wella, SAP
"We'll ask them why they say paw
tab and 'waitah' and Indiar' and
1dear.'
"And, not forgetting the H. Wen
quote at them the dialogue between
the mistress and the new maid:
els your name Anna or Hannah
Hannah, num-
"'Oh, HannahP
mo, mum; Hannah
"fHannah, you said.'
No, Hannah
"'Spell it,
SHAY, hen, hen, hayP New Orleans
Pimes-Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
TO nECcAWE.
For the Curtis Reunion

For the Curtis Reunion
We're coming, coming, Mecoawe,
We're coming by the score
To gather ON your lovely banks N
Where kindred meet once more
We're coming from the further west,
And from New England shores,
To gladly breathe the mountain air
Where we have met before,
Tho Curtis family IN force,
Come marching DER the hills,
Quenching their thirst from mountain
springs
From which flow sparkling rills.
And all along the line of march,
From Oregon to Maine,
We've dreamed of thee. o, Meccawe,
OF coming here ogain,
Where all the hills are clad in green
And thrilled by wild-bird songs,
Where flowers their censers swing all day,
We come In happy throngs.
We come to stand in serried ranks
For friendships grand review,
Marching Tor peace, hs Jney TOT war
Who proudly wore the blue,
While greeting those who're to us bound
By ties remote or near;
OF present hopes of long passed deeds,
We also hope to hear
Our orators take up the theme
OF what our sros have done
OF who has lived and who has died,
What we have lost and won.
Let it inspire to larger deeds, d
To nobler thoughts and aims
Placing within our mental grasp
The progress we would claim.
Then will these grand reunions prove
Steps taken toward Heaven,
Gases bright with memories
That friendship sweet has given.
And ere the dusk has hit the gloom
With all her FREELY lamps,
We take our march to distant homes
Before the evening damps.
OH Moccawel thy valleyed rest
Thy cascade murmuring so,
Sweetly benediction gives
To bless us as we go.
Mrs. b. c. Soule.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
BARNARD.

Miss Anna CoughIin has returned
to Randolph.
George F. Guernsey and wife and
Mr.. and Mrs, Decey of Windsor,
were at the Wayside, Sunday.
c. E. II. Moore of Winter Hill,
Mass, visited his father a couple Of
days last week.
Herr DeBerge of Stuttgart, Ger
many, was at A. c.. Moore's
Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Morse, son and
daughter, have returned to Lebanon,
N. H.
Lemuel Wheelock OF Tunbridge,
was in town afew days last week.
Miss Aline Bridge, while hunting
for eggs last Monday. fell from the
hay NOW, 'injuring herself quite
badly,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
DUTIES FAVORING THE YER
MONT FARMER

actual needs of the government for
money to pay for running the gov
eminent. The importations of the
smaller products which would com
pete with the Vermont farmers
products would be of too little con-
sequence in the vast aggregate OF
money needed for the purposes Of
government, to warrant any large
expectations OF revenue from that
source. Hence, among the things
to be sacrificed for the larger returns
that would come from the importa-
ton of manufactured goods, natur-
ally would be these products so essen
tial to the Vermont farmers pros
perity. In order to show the Yer
mont farmer just what benefit he is
now actually receiving from the pro
tective element of the tariff that gov
erns importations of articles that he
must sell, list of the articles to-
gether with the present duty upon
them is here appended;
DUTIES FAvoRING THE VERMONT
FARMER.
Cattle from So to $3.50 per head,
according to age. Sheep, 7Sc to
Sis per head, according to age.
Horses, value I5e, $50 per head
Swine, ST. so per head
All other live stock, 20 per cent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
The Safe Course.

"That was great speech Mpndy
made" said the associate editor Of the
old line partisan paper. 81 suppose
we ought to have an editorial showing
that he was mistaken throughout, but
really can't see how we shall be
able to do It, His logic is unassallable
He has simply knocked the platform
from under our candidate"
~ know It," replied the editor, "h4t
we can't let It go. Let's see-oh, Just
refer to 1t as fapdoodle. That al;
ways satisfies the man who votes the
straight ticket and gives our opno-
nents no chance to come back at u.s."
Chicago Record Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
AN EASTERN MAGICIAN.
The Feat a ceyIon Fakir Is Said to
Have Performed.


Have Performed.
This curious picture Of an eastern
magician IL from Caroline Corners
"Ceylon, the Paradise Of Adam" "The
fallir forthwith commenced to unpack
the burden on his back, the principal
item being n bamboo framework or
Ecaffoldlng This he held with his right
hand, while he mounted step by step
of bamboos. At the summit Il height
perhaps Of eleven feet, he paused, with
arms extended, to effect a balance.
For some reason or other the frame
work remained perfectly steady and
perpendicular, while the faklr stretch
ed himself out like spider on Its web,
At intervals on the bamboos were
heavy nails, rusty, but sharp at the
point, These nails distinctly penetrat-
ed the mans mahogany coored flesh
when he stretched himself out ON the
framework.
"Thus he remained, hideous wound
made by each nail, from which the
purple blood flowed, lying there for the
space of ten minutes or so, except for
the blood a lifeless figure Of clay.
Then, muttering some strange glbber-
ish, animation returned, and, making
movements so that the nails were ex-
treated from the wounds, the fakir
with his toes kicked away the scaffold-
ing and remained himself alone unsup-
ported in midair.
eyes, there this weird creature re-
manned, his lean, chocolate colored
limbs apparently stiff and cataleptic,
his eyes fixed upward and glazed. It's
fact said Cynthia in low tones of
wonder. AT home they would say we
were hypnotized."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Woodstock, VT, Augustus, 1908
AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Larger Railroad Facilities are in
Preparation.

Hon. John L. Bacon, one of the
Vermont State fair commissioners,
will have charge of the State fair
railroad this season as he did last
and the experience he derived in
railroadlng during the fair of 1907
will be made use of this year.
He has planned several changes
in the management OF the road this
season which runs from the village
Of White River Junction to the fair
grounds.
Additional side tracks are to be
installed at the grounds for the ac-
commodation> of exhibitors, and to
handle the large crowds more
expeditiouslya large number Of turn
stiles will be placed at the exit of
the train enclosure during the fair,
which comes Sept. ~, %, "a and
IS. This will reduce to a minimum
the handling of the crowds that
arrive on the grounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
THE PERSONAL EQUATION.
It Plays a Very Large Part In Success
In Business.

It Plays a Very Large Part In Success
In Business.
If you stop for q moment to analyze
success in business you win see 1t
comes through contact with people.
It is all hinged upon the manner Of
your contact On every side you are
surrounded by a multitude of persons,
in every one of whom there exists q
potential force that may be exerted,
at one time or another, to add TO your
success. The oftener you cause that
force to be exerted the faster your
business will grow. You can attract
these individual forces If you choose
and get the most from them, or you
can repel them and suffer actual dam
age from having come In contact with
them, or you may take a middle
course, as many business men do, and
drift along in a purely negative man
ner.
Looking at business in this light, 1t
is apparent that the underlying ele-
ment which contributes most to the
success of any undertaking and to
business in the aggregate is the art
Of finding the vital points OF human
contact that will set in motion these
forces. The personal element must be
stamped upon your business Edward
Payson Hatch ia System.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15

Aug. 25-a7-Lamoille Valley far,
MorrisvilIe.
Aug. a5-aS-Addison County fair,
Middlebury.
Sept. IA Franklin County fair,
Sheldon.
Sept. a-3-Springfeld fair.
Sept. 2 4 Joint Horse Show and
Rutland County fair, Rutland,
Sept. a-GI-Qrleans County fair,
Barton.
Sept. i5-r7-Caledonia County
fair, st. Johnsbury.
Sept. 1917 Windsor County
fair, Woodstock.
Sept. I5-I7-Dog River Valley
fair, Mortified.
Sept. 72-25-Vermont State Fair,
White River Junction.
Sept. as-oet, a-Valley fair, Brat
tleboro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
THE INNOCENT FOX.
Blamed For offenses Committed by
His Wicked Cousins.

Blamed For offenses Committed by
His Wicked Cousins.
We are often told Of the fox as a de-
Btroyer of grouse, but "NId like to
hear the story of So >.ewitnesses
as to his work in this direction. 1t is
very easy to find fox tracks about the
remains Of bird and then say fox
did 1t. l believe that many of the Of
lenses laid at his door are committed
by weasels, mink and wildcats, or
lynx.
During a part of, the year have
known foxes to spend q part of each
day digging among potato hills in
retired hollow for white grubs or mice
in the adjoining fields and to return to
the mountain at nightfall, passing
farm which was almost covered with
young poultry out for grasshoppers.
From an experience of about ten years
in a locality where foxes abound | am
convinced that this animal destroys
but few, If any, chickens. Our trouble
there was, first of all, hawks, then
skunks, owls and raccoons. The fox
never invaded the chicken coops .or
broke up the sitting turkeys out at the
base of the mountain. or course in
winter a fox may sometimes trap a
grouse In the snow at night, but who
has ever seen fox actually catch
grouse? Come, now, brothers of the
forest, be honest and own up. would
be glad to. learn how the fox does the
trick, If any one has seen it DONE
Forest and Stream.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
CHURCH SERVICES.

Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850,
Thursday evening prayer meeting at
1880. Vesper service at (.
Univei 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, 1890 a. m. {;
Sunday school, II.45a. NJ. preach
ing, 7.3o P. m. Thursday prayer
meeting, 7.3o 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-Rev. Charles S. Lewis,
rector. Holy Communion every
Sunday, 1870 a. m. First Sunday in
month 80 a. m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon 1890 "A. M, Evening
Prayer and Sermon 500 p. m.
Saints Day, Holy Communion 10
a. m.
Christian-R Rev. w. A. Leonard,
pastor. Services Sunday: Preach
ing at 1890 a. M; Sunday school at
IL; Junior Christian Endeavor at
S p. m. Y, P. S. {. E. at 1880 p.
M; mid-week prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 7.3osp. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Panama Mosquitoes.

visitor to the canal zone of Pan
anna can have the privilege of an in,
PRODUCTION to not less than eighty-three
species Of mosquitoes, thirty Of them
found nowhere else. Fortunately they
do not all bite, and the Gontaglon Of
yellow fever Is carried by only one of
them. Certain genera technically called
megarhinus psorophora and lutzia, are
found, which instead OF spreading any
disease hostile to men wage war on
their weaker cousins and at times even.
on their brothers and sisters. The yell
low fever mosquito, the only kind In
America spreading this infection, sci
entlfically called stegomyia, Is very
scarce II Is possible to live for weeks
on the line Of the canal without seeing
q single specimen. This mosquito ls al
strictly domestic insect, never found
away from man. II breeds only lnI
artificial Feceptacles, such as barrels,
water coolers, bottles and tin cans lp|
and around human habitatons.-Chi
cago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
A Change Tor Boys.
To Make a Dollar

We want all the bones we can get.
Can you use heads, hoofs, horns
anything in the line of bones If
only dry. We will pay 6oc per
hundred pounds for thoroughly dry
bones-we can pay even more If
strictly clean, hard, fresh, dry, boiled
butchers bones-and pay freight
tom station il shipped in lots of 200
pounds or more. Ship in barrels or
cheap sacks.
c. s. PAGE. Hyde Park. VI.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
KaHir GREETING.

"Saku bona" are the first words a
stranger learns of the Kaffir vocabula.
ry. The expression is the common
form of sautation used by the natives.
and its literal translation is, "a see
you" II is considered mark of re-
Epect not to give the greeting immedi-
ately, the delay showing the reverence
IN which the native holds his visitor
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
BIRTHS.

In Putney. Aug 6, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest x Wright of Woodstock.
In West Bridgewater. Aug. 10, son to
Mr.. and M Glen Madden
In West Bridgewater. Aug. T. a daughter,
Celia Melvina weight 8 lbs.) to Mr.. and
Mrs. f, s. Lombard.
In North Pomtret, Aug. Q, son, Harold
Hewitt, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Sherburne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
DEATHS.

In Claremont, N. H.. Hospital, June 81,
Mrs Martha Weston Reyes, formerly Of
In Windsor. Aug. 6. Mrs Olive Bourn
Harpin, Aged IS years.
In Woodstock, Aug. 10, George O. Lyman
of New York City. aged 81 years
In Bridgewater, Aug. 8, Chester W. Fitch
aged about 65 years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
SOUTH POMFRET.
ABBOTT LIBRARY NOTES.

The annual meeting Of the trus-
tees of the Abbott Memorial library
was held at the library on>Wednes-
day afternoon, August IL.
The trustees of the Pomfret Public
library were invited to meet with
them. AT this joint meeting several
matters connected with the library
work of the town were discussed,
and all subjects requiring a vote
received the unanimous support Of
those present.
During the FIRST II days in August
IS out of town visitors registered
The states represented were South
Dakota Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, New
York, Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont.
ABBA DoToN CHAMBERLIN,
Librarian.
Miss Annie Robitelle of Lowell,
Mass, arrived Wednesday at Mrs.
Samuel Paul's for few weeks
vacation.
Mrs. Della Hackett and children
of White River Junction a . spending
two weeks at her brothers, Moses
Shipman's.
Mrs. Jennie Billings was "a guest
of Miss Elizabeth Perry Thursday.
A party from here enjoyed an
automobile ride to Lebanon and
return Wednesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
FERTILIZERS for Summer and Fall
Topdressing and Seeding Down..


Topdressing and Seeding Down..
Up-to-date farmers are agreed that
in many cases better results are
obtainsd on meadows from fertilizers
which are applied in the summer or
early fall. This is true both as to
top-dressing and seeding down.
We wish to call the attention of
the farmers of Vermont to the fact
that we can furnish formulas for
mixing fertilizers especially adapted
to top.dressing and seeding down
grass land. These formulas have
not only been approved by the Yer
mont Experiment Station, but have
been used with excellent results by d
great many farmers in Vermont and
have proved thoroughly reliable. We
can also furnish the materials for
mixing fertilizers in accordance with
these formulas. We should be
pleased to send the formulas to-
gether with full directions for mix
ing, cost of materials, ETC., to any
one who will write US, mentioning
this paper. Address Carroll S.
Page, Hyde Park, VT.
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PETITION ron DIVORCE.

STATE OF VERMONT Whereas, Iona
Pomfret, VT, has dgly filed her petition to the
County Court, setting forth her legal marriage to
Miles Augurtus Stone of Rorestdale in the State of
Vermont, that she hath residedfor twentyfouryears
in the State Of Vermont that she hath kept the mar
rage covenant but that the said Miles A hath VIC.
lated the same for that he hath wlfuly deserted the
libellant, to wit since the 2Sth day of December A.
ID. 1906 and hath ever since grossly, wantonly and
cruelty neglected and refused to provide suitable
maintenance for the libellant, although being of
sufficient physical ability so to do; wherefore
the petitioner prays for bill of divorce from the
said Miles A. and that she may have the care and
custody of her minor child.
And whereas it appears that said Miles A. is
without this state, so that the summons of said
Court may not be served upon him.
1t is Thereupon Ordered that the said Miles A.
Stone be notified and required to appear in and
before said court and make answer II 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 yermonton the first Tuesday of pecem-
ber D. 1905 upon the first day Of said term by pub
this order, for three successive weeks in the Spirit
of the Age, a newspaper published at Woodstock
in said County, the last publication to be at least
six weeks prior to said term Of Court, WHICH shall
be deemed sufficient notice to said Miles A. Stone
Given under my hand, at Woodstock, in the
ZOOS.
Jay Read Rember,.
Harry w, Hoye
Attorney for Petitioner,
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GA SToR E Ia.
Rss,, tha ,Ths Kind You Have Always BOu0t
Signature q &l9NA1Gs<

Citizens of West Rutland consider
that the attempt being made in their
town to build permanent roads with
out a steam roller is costly economy,
that, in fact, it will be a failure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-08-15
Bethel Industries Booming

The Woodbury. Granite Co.,
Bethel, will at once employ fifty adj
ditional men on it's Wisconsin capi-
toll contract.
The daily output at the Fisher
tanneiy, Bethel, has lately been in
creased from $50 to 1000 sides. Oh
this the grain leather is finished in
Bethel and the splits are sent to Bos-
ton in the rough.