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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
The STATE FAIR.
A Big Show of Stock, Poultry,
Pumpkins, Farm Machinery and
FakeTs-GOOd Racing.

FakerS-G0Od haclng.
The State fair of 1908 had four
days of fair skies, dust and heat ii
was the biggest show on earth and
no visitor saw more than half of it.
There were too many things doing al
once and too much to see in a day OF
two.
Thirty thousand people turned out
Wednesday, the second day, when
things were getting settled into
place, and Woodstock furnished six
or eight trainloads of patriotic visit
ors. They were late in getting home,
dust-laden but recognizable.
The stock departments were
crowded, with 500 to 600 head Of
cattle, say, for starter. The poultry
overlooked their quarters and Secre'
tary Davis thought once they'd have
to put the hens on strings.
The sheep pens we're likewise filled
with lot of splendid specimens
The Billings farm Southdowne took
the honors against strong competi-
ton; the Berkshires also bore away
blue ribbons and money.
A feature Of the cattle show were
80 yoke of cxen from st. Johnsbury
who made fine show in Thursdays
parade.
The show of Morgan horses was
doubtless the largest and finest ever
made; the best Vermont has of the
typical Morgan that takes back to OLD
Justin, and the new style" Longer
limbed Morgan.
The track events, the Norwich
cadets, the polo games between the
Myopia club of Boston and Squadron
A of New York, and the airship, were
the great attractions The airshiE
failed as a thriller, however, making
several feeble attempts to fly.
Charlie Taylor, who is lob years
old this year, drove his usual exhibi
ton half mile.
Horticultural hall had one of the
best exhibits on the grounds-a tire
mendous array of vegetables, fruits
tall corn and giant pumpkins. sigma
Hill farm of Brattleboro had prize
winning display of l40 specimens
G.. II. Mass, the Woodstock florist
had beautiful display of flowers anc
plants which took many blue rib
bons.
Floral hall, of which S. +. Leonard
of Pomfret was superintendent, hat
a large and attractive display of pic
lures, fancy work, rugs, and every
thing in the line of industrial art.
The midway was a surprising as
semblage of fakers-dime shows
snakes, shooting galleries, vaudevill
shows and plain hold-dps. Their
was nothing missing. One banne
advertised "The devil child an,
mother, captured alive in Mexico
The strangest thing born to live
five cents. Another banner an
nounced "The Wonder of India
strange, savage, man-eating ANNA
Alive! alive !"
Altogether the takers numbere
about one hundred.
THE Y. NJ. C. a. TENT.
The resting tent, emergency hosp
tai and day nursery established b
the Windsor County Y. NJ. G. Assc
Citation, in charge of Secretary A. {
Hurd, and kept open the four day
of the fair, was haven for hundred
of people, and was o benefcent wor
that can hardly be dispensed wit
another year. The first day eigl
hospital patients were cared for an
IA babies were in the day nurser.
The second day there were 81 hosp
tai patients, 90 in the nursery, an
1900 people stopped at the rest ten
Ion the third day, up to 8 o'Clocl
there were 20 hospital patients, an
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
A Chance for 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 1t
only dry. We will pay 6oc per
hundred pounds for thoroughly dry
bones-we can pay even more 1t
strictly clean, hard, fresh, dry, boiled
butchers bones--and pay freight
hom station it shipped in lots of 400
pounds or more. Ship in barrels or
cheap sacks.
c.s. PACE. Hyde Park, W.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
LOCAL NOTICES

WANTED = By a middle = aged
woman of experience, situation as
housekeeper in family living in or
near the village of Woodstock. Can
give good references. Address
Housekeeper, P.O. Box 346, Wood
stock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
TAFTSVILLE.

G. H. Hill of Sherburne visited
Capt. Emmons last week.
Miss Haskins, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs l.. E. Park
hurst, has returned to Providence,
r. l.
D. p. Knowlton, of Lowell, Mass,
a former resident, was at /. B. Gil
bert's last week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
A Market for Your Hides, TaIIoW
and Bones.

Almost everybody knows that the
place to send Beef Hides, Horse
Hides, Calfskins, Sheep Pelts, Tai
low and Bones is to c. s. Page,
Hyde Park, VT, who pays highest
prices; RENTS the day following the
arrival of goods at Hyde Park; pays
the freight on shipments of zoo
pounds or more, and keeps his GUS
toners at all times posted DIS to mar
ket values.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
LOCAL NOTES

home on the Pomfret road Wednes'
day morning. He had been suffering
from cancer for some months. dc
leaves a widow, who was formerly
Miss Barber, and a son, Harris a,
Pratt, of Bellows Falls. The funeral
will be held this Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock, under the direction Of
Canton Woodstock l. O. o. f.
Mrs. Otto Yuncker returned from
the Hanover, N. H., hospital We'd
nesday, where she has been for the
past five weeks.
DR.. George H. Spiller, optician,
will be at j. G. Nutting's Sept 29th.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Walton Of
Somerville, Mass, are guests of Mrs.
G. e. Watkins.
George Stiles Pelton died recently
in West Chicago, ILL.,, at the age Of
rs years. He leaves an aged widow,
one daughter (Nrs. w. K. Ward,
and several grandchildren in West
Chicago, and two half sisters (Mrs.
F. A. Holt and Mrs. B. E. Soule) in
Woodstock.
A. S. Sturtevant went to Boston
Monday and from there goes to his
home in Brooklyn, N. Y. His family
remains here at the Harding cottage
in Pleasant street about a week
longer.
DR.. and Mrs Rowe and two child
rem and Mr. and Mrs. Hal E. Payne,
of Lakeport, N. H., are guests at
A. E. Fullers for fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Frost, Gard
ner Pierce and Mr.. Reed of Clare
mont, N. H., were visitors at the
fair last week, coming by automo-
bile.
Mrs. j. E. Converse and Miss
Converse of Lswell, Mass, have
opened their house on Elm Street,
Mrs. Harriet G. Bates fell last
week Monday while ascending a
stairway, fracturing her hip and left
arm. Her injuries are quite severe,
but her condition is said to be i'm
proving.
H. P. Clark lost his big roam
horse Monday, the animal succumb-
ing to an attack of collie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana ]. King and
son of New London, Conn, who are
visiting relative" in Hartland, were
in town Monday.
B. H. Pinney and two men are
busily engaged in manufacturing
cement blocks with which Mr.. Pinney
will build house on Golf avenue
next spring They have already
turned out about seven hundred
blocks, which take the place of eight
or twelve bricks according to size,
The foundation blocks are larger,
they also make house blocks, corner
blocks and window caps and stools
Town Treasurer Southgate makes
his annual proclamation of the usual
three days of grace allowed on taxes.
The last regular day is Sept. %, next
Monday, and the last day of grace is
Thursday, Oct. l.
Senator-elect Frank E. Howe Of
Bennington and party stopped at the
Inn Tuesday night on the way to the
State fair, coming by way of automo-
bile.
Charles Davis of East Orange, N.
j., and Mrs. Herman Willard of Nor
wich were at Frederick Howes' dur
ing the week of the fair.
D. D. Davis Of Burlington was in
town over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Dana, accom-
panied by Grosvenor Dana, returned
to Newark, N. j., Monday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

Jamaica, West Indies, now has a
monthly steamship service with.
Galveston by the United States
shipping company. The sailings
will increase as business develops.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
POST OFFICE NOTICE
TIME TABLE.

Mail trains arrive 7.52 a, M, 1928 p. m.
sos p. IN.
Mail trains leave 1O.4O a, M, $50 p. m,
and 500 p. N.
$3.50 p. III.
Bridgewater, Rutland and Ludlow stages
leave 4. 90 u. III. and 800 p. N.
South W Woodstock, 1901 p. IN.
Barnard and Bethel 6 10 II. m.
Rural free delivery routes leave at 8.16
a. m.
MAILS CLOSE-Fo early stages $50
p. M. Later mails, 100 II, NJ, 800 p. m.
and 80 p. IN.
Office Hours-G8O a. m. to S,3Op. m.
Sunday-12 to p. m.
Sunday mail in 10 a. M; ont 1890 a. m.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN. p. M.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
FIRE NEAR "NoTowN"

A fire was reported Sunday near
"Notown," on the Barnard and
Stockbridge line, but as far as can
be learned it was gotten under con-
troll after it had burned over a few
acres.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
WEST WOODSTOCK.

Clayton Royce has returned to his
medical studies at Dartmouth
Mrs. Wilbur started for Illinois
Monday, having passed the summer
with Mrs. G. E. Miller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

In the Yukon mining regions
electric lines for conveying power
up to distance of 90 miles have
Deen installed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

The church Of England bishopric
of Mackenzie river, In British North
America, is FIVE times as large as
the United Kingdom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

Rev. Stanley F. Bloomfield of
Woodbury. has accepted the call of
Bethany church, Montpelier,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

The Vermont State Optical Asso.
citation held meeting at Montpelier
Tuesday, September "a.
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Boar, the 7The Kind You HaW AIEws aSHS
Signature ]. IrzHaZIzM

Peter Rand Of Island Pond has
raised two pumpkins that weighed
81 pounds each.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

A dog IN Somerset recently freed
cub bear but the animal was not
captured,
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We all went to the fair last week
Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.

Does your back ache? Do you get up lame in the morning? Do you feel dull and tired? Does it hlfSt you to bend over, to lift anything, to get up from a chair? Do you have sudden catches" or stitches of pain in the back? Does a dull. throbbing ache settle in the small of your back and bother you day and night? Do you sometimes feel that you simply cannot straighten up?
 If you do have backache, be careful not to make the very common mistake of treating it as a muscular trouble. Do not rub the sore place with liniment nor put on plasters, for the seat of the trouble is inside-in the kidneys. which lie just beneath the small of the back. on either side of the spine.
 A cold, chill g fever, overwork. over eating or overdrinking may start & slight congestion or inflammation in the kid neys that will at once interrupt the kid neys' work of Altering the blood. It is this condition that sets up the aching, and makes your back so bad. You cannot make any mistake by treat ing the kidneys at once for 1t Is these small troubles that lead to dropsy, dia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
SLIP MAY OCCUR
 IN CUPID'S PLANS
"UNcLE" HENRY GASSAWAY DAVIS IS ENGAGED TO WE'D A YOUNG WOMAN, BUTsHE IS NOW ON A SICK BED.

Washington, January 25.-(Special)- There's many slip twist the cup and the lip, may be too we'll understood by Miss Maude Ashford, fiance of the oeto- genarian millionaire, Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia, ex-senator and ex-democratic candidate for the vice pres idency, if he is seriously i'll at his hotel as is reported.
 Some little mystery appears to hover about the incident. His secretary claims that he has a slight cold Miss Ashford ayers that he is seriously i'll, and his son in-law, Stephen B. Elkns, senator from West Virginia, insists that Davis is i'm proving. Inquiry in the hotel tonight elicited the information that MT. Davis was rapidly improving, although a plysl- clan and d trained nurse is in constant t. tendance. His fiance, Miss Ashford, has been very attentive all day, sending con- stantly to inquire as to his condition, al though she has no. personally visited the hotel.
 It is said here in Washington that the settlement on Miss Ashford of $1,5O0, GOO has already been approved by the sen- ator's two daughters, Mrs. Sara Ellxins and Mrs. Arthur Lee, who agreed reluc- tantly. it is said, to withdraw all opposl- ton to Miss Ashford, who was at one time their social secretary and a well known newspaper woman, provided she relinquishes her dover rights
 Miss Ashford will not announce the date of the wedding, but it is believed 1t will occur in May or June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26

betes and Brights disease. If there is any doubt in your mind that the kidneys are affected, notice the urine for a few days. If passages are irregulars painful. or too scanty, discolored, or full of sedi- ment, the kidneys need help right away, and there Is no other medicine more helpful than Doan's Kidney Pills, sim pie remedy for the kidneys, yet so power full that it quickly cures the cause and so ends all the painful and annoying symptoms. Home testimony proves the unfailng merit of Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Birmingham Testimony.
 Mrs. Berry P. Finn, living at 5S43 Fourth avenue, Birmingham, Ala: Both my husband and myself have used Doan's Kidney Pills with highly satisfactory re- suits, and I am pleased to recommend them. When I commenced their use had severe pains through the small of my back, and many other symptoms of kidney trouble existed. Doan's Kidney Pills, however, helped me from the first, and 1t only required a short use to banish the complaint. We keep this remedy in the house at all times, and the results derived from it's use are always satis- factory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Some Curious Facts.

From the Washington Herald.
 The southern Appalachian region, in- cluding the Allegheny ranges and the pla- teaus which slope westward to the Mis- sissippi and Ohio rivers, is now the chief source of supply of white oak, as we'll as the region of it's greatest commercial importance.
 West Virginia, with an estimated stump age of nearly 5,OOO0O0.0OO board feet, has more than one-third of the standing white oak in this region. The state of Kentucky still has over 2,500, 900, 900 feet, and Tennessee a little over 100000, ,000 feet. Virginia and North Carolina follow next in order. with over 100000. 600 each.
 The Berlin branch of the Imperial h. surance company has set aside the yearly sum of S25000 for the purpose of providing a dental institute in the city for working men holding its policies. The institute will provide artificial teeth for all working men needing them It has been found by the company that men provided with good dental apparatus make a better risk than others. and the new institute is ex- pected to save much money to the com pany In the course of a few years.
 London is a wonderful city-just how wonderful it Is one gathers an idea from the seventieth volume of London Sta tistics, recently issued by the county council.
 In the first place, 1t is a much-governed city. Its affairs are administered by the city corporations, the London county . council, 28 borough councils, 31 boards of guardians, four boards of school dis trict managers, two boards of sick asylum district managers, the Metropolitan asyr lum board, the central unemployed body 29 distress committees, the water board the Thames conservancy board, the Lea conservancy board and the commissioners of police, who are under the authority of the home secretary.
 Thus 1t will be seen that there are 101 public bodies, consisting of members either directly or indirectly elected by the people of London. looking after some phase of public affairs. These bodies con sist of 37S3 members. but in many cases men belong to more than one public au- thority, and it Is estimated that the gov ernment of London is carried on by about 2800 separate individuals.
 The county of London is divided into 2S boroughs, the total population of which, in 1901, was more than 4,500,000 persons. In 1907 the county included 6S6,994 electors, the Tower hamlets coming first with 50, ,952 electors, and Camberwell second, with 46- 165 electors. The largest of the boroughs is Woolwich which has an area of $500 acres.
 There are no statistics as to the popu- lation of London since 1901, but 1t is es- timated by county council statisticians that on April the population of the ad- ministrative county of London was 4,75S,- PIT, and of Greater London 7,217,939, which is to say that. roughly, one-sixth of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
pulation of the United Kingdom is

population of the United Kingdom is found in London.
 The London birth rate in 1905 was 27.1 per 1000 of persons living, which Is a fraction less than the birth rate per 1000 for England and Wales. The London birth rate is less than the rate of Chris tiania, Copenhagen, Dublin and Glasgow, but greater than that of Berlin, Brussels, Paris and Rome.
 The death rate in 1905 in London was 15.5S per 1000 of the population.
 The county has pauper population of nearly 150000, and 1t is a matter calcu- lated to arouse misgiving that this popula- ton tends to increase.
 There are 56 theatres in London, of which Il are licensed by the county coun- cil, and two-Covent Garden and Drury Lane-have letters patent. London also possesses 4S music halls, 20 of which have no licenses for the sale of intoxicants. Altogether, there are 34S places licensed for public entertainment. This number includes art galleries, mission halls, ho- tels polytechnics. public baths and slSat- ing rinks.
 Londons thirst is looked after by 1888 public houses. In addition, there are 27s hotels and restaurants, of which 105 nat urally are found in the West End and 62 in the city. There are 1886 beer houses and 2708 off-licensed premises. Altogether there are over 10000 separate premises H. censed for the sale of intoxicants.
 The metropolitan police district covers 699. .42 square miles, And the safety of its population is looked after by a force of 17,21O constables in the metropolitan police andd144 constables in the city police. One hundred and seventy-two persons are killed in the streets every year and l1,000 injured.
 The London county council schools have accommodations for 721, ,67S children, the average attendance being SS2 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Queer Book Logic.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
 Here is a strange fact. There are today no bookstalls on the Belgian state rail- ways.
 Whether this Is in the interests of the eyesight of the passengers or in order to secure that theirs attention Is not dis tracted from the soap and other adver- tisement tablets which, in three lan- guages, are the pride of the Netherlands does not appear, but the government has closed the stalls which hitherto had ex- istence.
 Spa is to petition through it's authors and journalists for leave to bring back the banished bookstalls, but some of the Bel gian frontier towns are far less depend ent upon printers ink than any one would have imagined could nowadays be possi- ble in civilized land.
 The booksellerSat Bastogne, being asked to display his wares, brought out selec- tion of account books and replied to the remonstrance of a traveller storm stayed in this unexciting spot, There are many books that if I had one it is un- likely it would be the one you wish for; therefore it is as we'll to have none," an opinion presumably shared by the Bell gian government.
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the now sadly depleted book shelves, she breathed her last, a wooden crucinx in her hand and the injunction on her lips that all the remaining books be turned over to the poor, as, indeed, her last testa- ment provided.
 "Thus the poor and charitable institu- tions got the rest of my grandfather's im- mense fortune, and nothing remains to me put the slender pension of 100000 francs per year, which descended from my father, and the claim to o0000,000 francs which my grandmother lent to the Duke of Montpensier, the late father of the Bourbon Prince. who assumed my title of Duke of Galliera.
 "The loan was made early in 1870, and I claim principle and interest as the sole surviving heir of Ferrari the Italian f1nancier, created Duke of Galliera by Pope Plus K"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Outbreak Against Jews.

Trenton, Tenn, January 25-(Spe- cial. .)-An outbreak of anti-Semitic feeling has occurred in this city, and several of the Jewish residents of the city have suffered as result. Today Harry Melton, Russian Jew, who runs a small grocery store, received an anonymous letter warming him to leave town or have his place of busi- ness burned over his head. Melton has arranged to leave. Several other Jews have received the same warn ings, and the town is now practically depopulated of Hebrews.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Mock Duel Ends Fatally,

Little Rock, Ark, January 25-What was intended as a mock duel between James Miles and Odom Williams, 12-year- old boys, members of prominent families of this city, today resulted in the death of Miles. The boys were returning from a hunting trip in the woods near here and the duel was playfully proposed as g. result of friendly testing as to the qualities of Miles dog. Neither boy be- lieved their guns to be loaded, but when Williams pulled the trigger of his a full charge entered his playmates heart, kill ing him instantly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Women Must Come in, of Course.

Washington, January 25.-Mrs. Annie Roth and Mrs. Dora Davis, who recently were detained by the immigration au- thorities at New Orleans on their arrival at that city from Panama, have been ad- mitted to this country by direction of Secretary Straus of the department of labor and commerce. It was alleged that the women ought not to be admitted to the country, but they maintained sue pessfully that they were American citi- Eens, both of them having married men In New York and the immigration au- thorities decided that there was no alter native but to admit them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Florida Exposition Opens.

Jacksonville, Fla, January 25.-The Florida mid winter international exposi- ton was opened at noon today amid the booming of cannon by a message from President Roosevelt, which was read to the thousands of persons who had gath cred at the exposition grounds. Among the guests at the opening was Gov. N. B. Broward of Florida. Tonight magnih- cent fireworks display attracted hundreds to the exposition grounds. The exposi- ton remains open until April 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
Sentenced For Perjury.

St. Louis, January 25.-William R. Coyne, manufacturers agent, who was recently convicted of perjury In connection with his testimony before the October grand jury during the in vestigation into the charges of bood- ling in the municipal assembly, was today sentenced to two years impris- onment in the penitentiary. Coyne's counsel asked for time to perfect an appeal and Coyne was released on 5000 bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26

The railways of Greater London have a mileage of 656.4 and 5S6 passenger stations; tramways cover 400.59 miles, 2964 horse omnibuses are running and 7SS motor om- nibuses. The total passenger traffic on all these routes in 1905 was 1,04 505, ,420
 In the port of London 27,8 ,823 ships, with a tonnage of 17,602.315, entered last year, and 27,733, with tonnage of 16,534,316, cleared; 1891 steamers and 14S sailing ships were registered in the port