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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
CHURCH SERVICES.

Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Thursday evening prayer meeting at
7.3o. Vesper service at s.
Univei salst-z Rev. Ralph Hol.
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 1890, Sunday school at
II.4S.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. II. ].
Chrvstie, Phi. D., pastor, Parson-
age, 6 Mountain avenue. Services
Sunday: Preaching, 1890 a. M.
Sunday school, rI.45 a. m. preach
ing, 100 p. M; Thursday prayer
meeting, 7.3o p. m.
Catholic Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at II Il M. F.; 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--kev. Charles S. Lewis,
rector. Holy Communion every
Sunday, 1880 a. m. First Sunday in
month 1870 a. m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon 1890 Il. M, Evening
Prayer and Sermon 500 p. m.
Saints Day, Holy Communion 10
a. m.
Christian i Rev. w, A. Leonard,
pastor. Services Sunday: Preach
ing at 1890 a. M. ; Sunday school at
I2i Junior Christian Endeavor at
s p. M. Y. P. S. G. E. at 7.3o p.
M. mid7week prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 7.3o p. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
SEEING LONG DISTANCES.
Mont Blanc Visible From Mountain
1873 Miles Away.

Mont Blanc Visible From mountain
1888 Miles Away.
One of the fast trains between
Paris and Marseilles was just leav-
ing the station at Dijon in October
last when a passenger iP great ex-
element called out:
"There is Mont BlancW
The other passengers looked out
Of the windows, and sure enough
they saw away to the southeast the
snowy upper part Of Mont Blanc
rising above the SUBMITS of the in
tervening Jura mountains. 1t look
ed like cloud floating in the air,
1t was a sunless day, but the air
was extraordinarily limpid, for all
the dust in it had been washed out
by the rain that had fallen every
day in the month.
1t is most unusual for Mont
Blanc to be seen from the railroad
track at Dion, 1876 miles distant, in
q plain less than 800 feet above the
sea. 1t is visible at times from the
heights around the city.
1t is of interest to travellers in
France to know that Mont Blanc is
normally always visible from Lyons,
SO miles distant; Macon, 102 miles,
and Chalon-sur-Saone, ia miles.
Whether or not the mountain can
be seen from many points in south
eastern France from day to day is
popularity regarded as a weather in
dication.
Of course if you are standing on
a considerable elevation and there
are no obstacles in the way you may
see Mont Blanc from greater dis
tances. The mountain is in view,
for example, from the heights that
dominate Marseilles.
Puy de Dome, in France, 4,79O
feet high, is 1873 miles west of Mont
Blanc, but the great snow mountain
is visible from the top OF the lower
summit. The mountains Of Forez
bar the way between them, but it
happens, curiously enough, that
there is a deep depression in these
mountains just along the line Of
sight between the tops Of Puy do
Dome and Mont Blanc, and through
this abrupt lowering Of the range
the snow mountain may be seen.
This is believed to be the great
est distance that can be seen with
the naked eye In the climate Of
southern Europe. Here are num-
Der of mountains and the distances
at which they may be seen out at
sea:
Vesuvius, before the last erup-
ton, 81 miles; Ventoux, 1o6; Cant
gou, 1873; Etna, 1873; Tenerife, 1877;
F'ujiyama, 100; Kamerun, 1855;
Chimborazo, 1911; Aconcagua, 201.
Most of the giants of the Andean
cordillera, even those that are a
considerable distance inland, can
be seen from out at sea, The first
view shows them only as little ele-
vations above the horizon, and the
lower mountains around them are
not in sight, But as the land is
approached the great SUBMITS are
gradually revealed in all their splen-
did proportions.-New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
Deer Killed Exceed Previous Sea-
sons,

State Fish and Game Commits
sioner H. Z. Thomas of Stowe says
thatit will be impossible to give for
several weeks an official statement
Of the number of deer killed during
the open season just past. 1t is
certain that the number will be
greatly in excess of any previous
season. Stowe sportsmen shot II
and a doe was found dead in r. M.
Sears pasture. Warden H. ]. Par
ker reports IS killed in Waterbury
and vicinity.
Reports OF deer illegally killed
follow: Doe in Barre, doe in Lei
cester, buck fawn killed in Hard
wick, doe in Georgia, doe in Starks-
boro, four does in Marshfield, doein
East Highgate, doe in Rochester,
wounded doe ordered killed in
Jonesville, two does in Johnson
found with headquarters missing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
Polite Children.

1t is said that when Macaulay, a
boy of six, was asked to have some
more pudding he politely replied,
"Thank you, | have enjoyed an am
pie suficiency."
This sage reply is matched by a
little Cleveland girl who, when of
fered second frosted cake, showed
her excellent training by answering,
Mamma has directed me to always
refrain from taking a second piece
of anything"
1t is gratifying to know, however,
that the childish nature promptly
reasserted itself when the little
maid added:
"But you can lay it on my plate,
if you please" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
THEY PRAISE THE POULTRY FooD

A proper appreciation on the part Of
hls customers of the true merits of any
article Of merchandise sold by a mer-
chant is always source OF qualification
10 him, not only because OF the pleasure
there is in knowing that he is able to
furnish what the people want, but be-
cause 1t ensures large and increasing
trade In that line. The Seaver store at
North Troy, VT, are evidently fortunate
enough to have anticipated the wants
Of the poultry keepers in their vicinity.
Read the following letter from them:
"We have sold your Pages Perfected
Poultry Food ever since 1t was first
put on the market, and we have found
on ever increasing sale for It. DO not
think we ever lost customer, after
getting him to give it trial We con-
slider a dealer very fortunate that se-g
cures its sale In his territory. Poultry
men In this vicinity cannot say enough
ia Its praise. You may ship me one
barrel Oct. 1, and one barrel Jan. /,
and we will order more later on.
II 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, 1908-11-21
An Awakener.

An Irishman, more patriotic than
clever, enlisted in dragoon regi-
ment with the intention Of becom-
ing a gallant soldier. The fencing
Instructor had experienced rather a
difficult job in the matter Of ex-
planning to him the various ways of
using the sword.
'Now," he said, chow would you
use the sword if your opponent
tented"
'Bedad," said Pat, with cleaning
eyes, "I'd tickle him with the point
to see If he was shamming."- Tit
Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
what a Water neetI. can Do.

An entomologist of authority
writes thus: 81 selected a common
black water beetle weighing Az
grains and found that he was able
to carry load Of shot in small
bag, the whole weighing exactly
81 ounces, or exactly S58 times the
weight of the beetle. If a man
weighing $50 pounds could carry as
much in proportion, lie could shout
der a forty-fve ton locomotive and
then chain a train of railway car
riages together and take TIE whole
lot across the country at a FIVE mile
an hour gait"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
ousonSIand's upas Tree.

Queensland, Australia, has curl
GUS tree which ensnares and kills
insect life and sometimes birds also.
A traveller says of it: "The seed
vessels Of the Queensland upas tree,
'ahmoo' of the blacks (Pisonia bru-
noniana), which are produced on
spreading leadess panicles, exude a
remarkably viscid substance APP
preaching birdlime in consistency
and evil effect. Sad is the fate Of
any bird which, laundering in its
fight, happens to strike against any
Of the many traps which the tree in
unconscious malignity hangs out on
every side. In such event the seed
clings to the feathers, the wings be-
come fixed to the sides, the hapless
bird falls to the ground and as it
struggles heedlessly gathers more of
the seeds, to which leaves and twigs
adhere, until by aggregation it is
inclosed in mass of vegetable
debris as firmly as a mummy in its
Clothes"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
NoRIA POMEREI

y harvest supper will be served
nv the c. E. society at the church
this Saturday. evening.
The schools closed Friday for a
weeks vacation.
F.L. Davis is moving some of his
goods u the house he lately pur-
chased II Hartford.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
Woodstock, VT, Nov. q. 1908
THE LEGISLATURE.

There is little hope of final adj
journment before the middle OF
Decem Der, say the observers at
Montpelier. The educational, agri-
cultural, highway, taxation, election,
district court and liquor measures
will all have to be settled in Decem.
Der.
The bill introduced by Representa-.
tive Barber of Brattleboro creating
a public service commission is in
tended to be self supporting, the ex'
penses to be paid by the corpora
tons or companies coming within
its jurisdiction, such as railroads,
partnerships, gas and electric com.
panies telegraph companies, and, in
tact, all corporations doing business
in the state. The bill provides that
the commission shall have jurisdic.
ton to hear, determine, render
judgment and make orders and de.
CT ees in all matters provided tor in
the charter of any corporation own
ing or operating any plant, line OF
property subject to supervision and
shall fave like jurisdiction in all
matters respecting the purity, quality
and quantity of any product fur
nished or sold; the price, rate OF
rental charged by any company; the
location, sufficiency and maintenance
Of proper systems, plants, appli.
ances, wires and exchanges, when
the public safety and welfare require.
Senatos Finn made one of his
orarorical outbursts Friday after
noon, and it was a good thing that
the roof was nailed on tight. His
subject was the trustee process bill.
Twenty new bills appeared at the
first Saturday session, the 18th.
An important measure was intro
duced in the latter body by Senator
Orvis Of Bennington, which makes
the salaries of the supreme court
judges $4,000, superior court judges,
$1,000 year.
The bill providing tor the union
label on public documents has been
killed.
The bill regarding Sabbath break
ing, repeating the old blue Sunday
law that nothing but works of neces-
sity or charity should be done on
Sunday, was taken up as a special
order in the House Tuesday and
after discussion of an hour or more
its passage was refused by yea and
nay vote of $50 to &c Mr.. Barber,
who introduced the bill, ably de-
Tended it and in his position he was
supported by Mr.. Goodell of Whit
ingham. Half a dozen members
argued long tor continuance of the
old New England Sabbath.
A man accosted Senator Kidder at
the State house the other day and
said, "You are Senator Orvis, are
you not1" mo-" said he, ''Senator
Orvis is fat man."
ANOTHER LICENSE COMMISSION
BILL.
Mr.. Howe of Bennington has in
troduced bill establishing a state
board cf liquor license commission.
ers, following the Kinsley bill in a
general way, but it is designed to
meet some objections to that meas
ure. The cardinal difference be-
tween this bill and the Kinsley meas
ure is that the state board under the
Howe bill shall appoint local boards
Of license commissioners in towns
and cities voting license, who shall
issue the licenses. The fourth and
fifth class licenses in no-license
towns shall be granted direct by the
state board.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
0A@wo III K "A.
R..,.tA. pIk Ond You Have klMays BOQga
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EIrox Kent Goes Back to waterburY.

Elroy Kent, accused Of the muir
der Of Miss Della B. Congdon Of
East Wallingfortl, who was captm ed
at Pittsfeld, Mass, few weeks ago
after four months search, on Tues
day was ordered by Judge Haselton
sent back for observation to the
Waterbury insane hospital from
which he escaped in July.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
MARYLAND FOUR CORNERS

Hartland deer hunters were fairly
successful. James Rich shot a $50
pound buck, Guy Graham captured
a buck with ten points, and others
who made killing were Dallas
Pollard, Charles Gardner, Harry
Bagley, Roy Hadley, George Hough,
F. Emery, Walter Mower, Shirley
Gardner and Zenas Wood.
Dennis Flower has returned from
Plainheld, N. II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

Lhassa, the mysterious capital of
Thibet, is beginning to show long
ings for the amenities of western
civilization. 1t has just placed
contract with Calcutta firm to
supply large number of European
band instruments.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

The Japanese governing authori-
ties are no W devoting careful atten-
ton to the improvement of their
poultry. Experiments in Japan
have shown that Minorcas and An.
dalusians are the best breeds suited
to their purpose.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
Smith Made Bank Examiner.

Fuller C. Smith, former mayor of
St. Adams, has been appointed as
national bank examiner for Yer
mont. Frank L. Fish of Vergennes
resigned this Office last spring, and
since that time the office has re-
manned vacant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

Walter Wellman, as usual, was
right on his election forecast. He
predicted that both sides would win,
so felt comparatively safe on his
average.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

North Carolina has just acquired
its first woman dentist, Mrs. d. Z.
MCGUIRE OF Asheville, having OBJ
tanned a license to practice for the
North Carolina Dental Association,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
How Times Change.

Two members of congress board
ed at the house of comely matron
whose daughters were well on in
years and remarkable for their talk
ativeness. After time the two men
parted and did not meet again for
several years. Naturally, then, they
fell to chatting over old times, and
one asked the other if he knew what
had become of that skinny, cackhng
old maid Jenny.
'Uml She is my wife, sir" was
the unexpected reply.--Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

A man at Trenton, N. J., says
that be has an automobile which will
make Iso miles an hour, Trenton
people will have to step lively until
the man gets HE first telegraph pole.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
DEATHS.

In Woodstock, November II, James Park,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Park God
dard
- In Lebanon, Nov. 8, Nathan CIahin, aged
80 years.
In West Woodstock. Nov. Is, at the resi-
dence OF her sister, Mrs. M w. Ladd. Mrs.
Sarah E. Clark of East Randolph, aged rs
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

A small boy was run over by
street car in New York the other
day, and then insisted on driving
the ambulance which came to get
him back to the hospital.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
RRIAoEs.

In Bridgewater, Nov. 10. by Rev. Benja
min Swift. Myron Messer of West Wood
stock and Miss Marion Pinney of Bridge
water.
In Bridgewater. Nov IA. by Rev Benja-
min Swift of Woodstock, Harley V, Woods
of Oklahoma and Miss Amelia S. Dodge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

a Minnesota man has just secured
q dlvoire from his wife because she
left home 10 join a female baseball
club.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Maine and Missouri, in the order
named, are the g. eatest producers OF
lime.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

Lava found near extinct volcanoes
in California is so soft that it is cut
into slabs with common handsaws
for mantels and other purposes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

In the recent French army man
euvers wireless telegraph station
in balloon successfully intercepted
messages sent from Berlin to vessels
at sea.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

More than 100000 persons,
living in 100 cities, obtain water for.
domestic and industrial purposes
from the great lakes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21
BIRTHS.

In Woodstock, Nov, 10, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Markham
In Quechee, November 10, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ellis.
In Barnard, November Ii, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ellis.
In Hartland, November Is, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. John White.
In Hartland, Novem Der g. daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Garten.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

THE AGE offers to
new subscribers The
Age and New York
Tribune Farmer for
one year for One DOL
lar and twenty-five
Cents.
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A Real Daughter Of the Revolution.
Mrs. Oliver Gilbert of Dorset, a
real daughter of the Revolution, was
81 years old Nov. 2.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-11-21

Charles Dow is working for Archie
Campbell at Grand View farm.
Bessie Adams went Tuesday to
Weir fr;anJs or RandoI,,b
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

can smell petrol vapor more readily
than any other known creature, and It
has an added value in the fact that II
squeals just as soon as Il smells the
vapor. When petrol vapor begins TO
escape in a submarine II is time for
the craft to make a dash for the sur
face. for petrol fumes are deadly
poison Inc their escape leads to speedy
asphyxiation. The white mice smell
the fumes long before the human mem
bers OF the crew detect 1t and they
promptly give the alarm by their
squeals. On this account, white mice
have been carefully maintained as a
part of the ships crew, as skillful little
watchmen, certain to give notice at the
first hint of danger.
An enterprising American chemist
has discovered the way of putting the
white mice off guard. He has per-
fected a mechanical device which de-
tects the slightest trace of petrol fumes
and rings a gong that sounds loud and
clear above any squesl that might be
manufactured by the white mice crew.
The British navy has tested the inven-
ton and approved it, so the white mice
will be mustered out of service and
thrown upon the mercies of a world
that will not pay much attention to
their squeals.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

The best fitting for divine work is faith
fulness in daily work.
The open mind is the only one that can
stay in the open way.
The liz hts Of the world do not invite the
world to watch their smoke.
No ma ever died Of poison by burying
the gall : { malice in his own breast.
spiritua wealth may often depend on
willingness to experience material poverty.
The pota o cannot understand why roses
are poHula: since they cannot be eaten.
Painting people with deprsvity seems to
be a poor way to produce desires for
purity.
People who relish mud are apt to talk
about the need OF realistic studies in NOR
ais.
The gloomiest hearts on earth are those
that have never earned any glow OF graft
,tude.
Goodness cannot become habitual unless
we will to be better than we absolutely
need to be.
EIe becomes a drag rather than a leader
who makes his appeal to the prejudices of
the people.
When a man sets up to be a guide to
heaven Just watch to see II he goes before
in the hard places.
It's a popular delusion when you take
sand for your foundation to imagine that
you are putting 1t in your backbone
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

RED NOSES-THEIR CAUSE AND CURE.
All unwlttingly, perhaps, Mrs. James
Brown Potter, known to fame through
the stage and the divorce courts, has
placed many men under lasting obliga.
lions to her by a little book she has
just published, captiOned, The Secrets
of Beauty and the Mysteries of
Health" AS every man knows that he
possesses beauty of the rarest and
finest type, the first section of the
books title will indicate that 1t was
intended for feminine perusal only, and
this was doubtless Mrs. Potter's idea,
originally, but 1t has been discovered
that the book contains an explanation
of the red lose that will make every
red-nosed man in the world a grateful
friend of the author.
Men may pass over as not intended
for them the large mass of information
contained in the book about the art Of
preserving and enhancing beauty and
the simple process, of preserving eternal
youth to the most ancient, %crunlbling
and decrepit individual, but they will
devour with esgerness Mrs, Potter's
bald and emphatic assertion that 1T
is wrong TO attribute red noses to over
indulgence in alcoholic stimulants."
That's a man-winning proposition for
fair. Too long has the suspicious and
scornful populace looked upon the red
nose as the badge of a devotee of John
Barleycorn. The substituted pTobos-
els has too long been associated in the
public mind as the natural and logical
product of nights of riotous devotion
in the ranks of the Independent Order
of Booze Fighters. 1t is true that
ministers of the gospel, eloquent work
ers in the cause of temperance and
champions of reform in all fields have
had red noses and have conducted
themselves in a n above re-
proach, but there has always been left
the suspicion that their early lives were
not what they might have Eeen and
that their wild oats crop, even If har-
vested early, was over the bumper
variety. In such cases, a sympathetic
public has accepted the red nose more
in sorrow than in anger and reJoiced'
either openly or in secret, that its
owner had seen the error of his ways
and repented and reformed before 1t
was everlastingly too late.
Mrs. Potter's discovery clears the
atmosphere, removes suspicion and af-
fords relief. She explains that the red
nose may be caused by the use Ci
cigarettes, is usually the product OF in
diseretions of appetite in men or of
tight lacing in women, and is rarely or
never attributable to Incorporate con-
sumption of ardent spirits. While no
man will be accused OF deliberately
seeking to acquire a red nose or to