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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
Drawn BEAT STEAM.
Odd Contest In the Early Days Of
Steam Fire Engines.

Steam Fire Engines.
In what are sometimes called the
halcyon days of the volunteer fire
department of New York there was
D prejudice against the use of steam
power on fire engines. The New
York fremen still believed in the
work of ready hands and proved
their sincerity by challenging an
Ohio inventor Of a steam fire engine
named Latta to a public trial Of
strength and excellence in the city
hall park. The challenge was ac-
cepted, and the engine reached New
York on Feb. 8, 1855. On the next
day in the city hall park in the
presence of 10000 spectators the
trial of skill took place. At the re-
quest of the common council the
Exempt engine company entered the
lists with hand engine No. AZ, the
old ebay wagon" and proceeded to
compete with the Latta steam en-
CINE,
A match was applied to the kin
ding wood in the Ohio steam en-
CINE, which in eight and half min
utes began to pump and discharge
water through two large suctions.
The ebay wagon" led off by throw
ing a stream of water toward Beck
man street through a one and one
eighth inch nozzle, the steam en-
CINE following with a stream in the
same direction throughsa one and
fve-eighths inch triangular nozzle.
When measured, the stream of the
former was found to be 189 feet
long and that of the latter 1872 feet,
Again the competing engines play
ed, At distance of about 200 feet
a party Of small boys stood in the
street tauntingly demanding to be
drenched. The Cincinnati engine
unsuccessfully endeavored to graft
fly them, but when the New York
engine began to play they fled in the
midst of drenching shower bath.
Cincinnati was beaten by fifteen
feet.
Then a third trial was ordered.
Upon the roof of the city hall $50
feet OF hose was hoisted and the
pipes pointed upward toward the
figure Of Justice on the cupola. Pull
ing themselves together for a last
great effort, the New York exempts
manned the brakes, For q minute
the two streams remained at equal
height. Then, amid unbounded APP
plause, the New Workers sent their
stream clear above that of their con-
testants and kept it SO until the end.
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
WEST RRlDaEWATER

No mail from Rutland Saturday
night, as the Pitts6eld bag was sent
by mistake.
Fred Tarble and family from Frog
City were at A. j. Pinney's Sunday
w. R. Spaulding Of Plymouth was
at H. H. Spaulding's Friday.
@. L. Coates and B. @. Hill were
in Ludlow Friday.
Mrs. A. A. Pinney is better.
Mrs. D. A. Spaulding is quite
poorly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
Woodstock, VI, March 7, 1908

The Bennington Banner learns
that Vermont republicans are prac-
tically unanimous for Roosevelt, but
are divided between Taftand Hughes;
Taft is the second choice Of the
Hughes men, Hughes is the second
choice of the Taft shouters, "conse
quently there will be no hard feel
ings in this state whichever Of the
two men is the winner" 1t looks as
though Vermont was going to win
whoever loses. Great is the band
wagon! 1t is difficult to see JUS
how the state can miss fire on the
keynote business this year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
PETITION FOE DIVORCE.

STATE OF VERMONT, [ Whereas, Edgar
Windsor County, 49,, H. Blossom of
Woodstock. VT, has duly filed his petition
to the County Court, setting forth his legal
marriage to Lena M. Starkey of Troy, in
the State of New Hampshire, that he hath
resided for thirty years in the State of
Vermont. that he hath kept the marriage
covenant. but that the said Lena M.
hath violated the same, for that she hath
wilfully deserted the petitioner for three
consecutive years last past, and for that
she hath committed the crime of adul tery;
wherefore the petitioner prays for Dill OF
divorce from the said Lena M.
And whereas it appears that said Lena NJ.
is without this State, so that the sum-
mons of said Court may not be served
upon her;
II Is Thereupon Ordered that the said
Lena ". be notified and required to
appear in and before said Court and
make answer, if any she 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 June. A D.. 1908, upon
the first day of said term. by publishing the
substance of said petition, together with
this order, for three sHocessiye weeks, IN
the Spirit of the Age, newspaper pub
lished 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 Lena NJ.
Blossom.
Given under my hand, at Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor. this oath day or
February. A. ID. 1908.
JAY READ PEMBER, Clerk.
Harry w. Hoye.
Attorney for Petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

pulpit of the Congregational church
Sunday morning. Everyone is cor
daily invited to attend these SER
vices.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Southgate
have accepted position at Lakota
for the summer
The annual roll call of the Grange
this Saturday evening. Come pre-
pared to answer your name with a
quotation.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs,
F. P. Smith Wednesday afternoon.
About-25 ladies were in attendance
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Fremont Thompson.
The following officers were elect
ed at town meeting March 8:
Moderator, c. 1. Davis towr
clerk, F. p. Smith selectmen, l.. H
Sparkling, H. 6. Davis, Johr
Atwood; listers, A. H. Pinney, 6
r. Markham, F. P. Smith; consta-
bic, A. H. Pinney; treasurer, E. III
Shattuck road commissioner, e. L.
Booth; school directors, T. w
Bassett, Ebert Solgen E. A. Davis
overseer of the poor, Chas. Woods
auditors, G. 1. Davis, II. F. Greaves
A. J. Pinney. The town elected
the following committee to report oil
the expense and location of new
schoolhouse at a special meeting
E, H. Shattuck, E. A.. Davis, Johl
Atwood, L. II. Spaulding, Charlie
Adams. 1t voted to appropriat
$25 for Memorial day, and zoo cent
on dollar to include all taxes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
THE REAPER KINGS.
A Theory That LinooIn's Candidacy
Was Due to Their Wars,

Was Due to Their Wars.
Among the different types Of
reapers and the numerous variations
of each type the bitterest rivalries
prevailed. There was no pool, no
"gentlemen's agreement" no "com-
munity of interest" Indeed the
Harvester business" was not bust
ness. 1t was a riotous game Of
farmer, farmer, who gets the farm
err" The excited players cared less
for the profits than for the victo-
ries. AS fast as they made money
they threw it back into the game.
Mechanics became millionaires and
millionaires became mechanics. The
whole trade was tense with risk and
rivalry and excitement, as though
it were a search for gold along the
high plateaus of the Rand. And
this in spite of the fact that, with
the exception Of Mccormick, Os-
borne and Whitley, the men who
came to be known as reaper kings
were not naturally fighters. No
business men were ever gentler than
Deering, Glessner, Warder, Adri-
ance and Huntley, But the making
of reapers was new trade. 1t was
like vast, unfenced prairie, where
every settler owned as much ground
as he could defend.
Each step ahead meant a strug.
gle for patents. Whoever built
reaper had to defend himself in the
courts as well as approve himself in
the harvest fields. Cyrus H. McCor-
mick especially, as William Deering
soon learned, welded the big stick
against every man who dared, to
make reapers. He was the grizzled
old veteran of the trade, and he
gave battle to his competitors as
though they were "a horde of tres
passers. He was their common enc
my, and the reaper money that was
squandered on lawsuits brought a
golden era of prosperity to the law
yers,
Some of these patent wars shook
the country with the crash of hos
tile forces. The tide of battle roll
ed up to the supreme court and even
into the halls of congress. Once in
1855, when Mccormick charged full
tilt upon John H. Nanny, who was
making reapers at Rockford, Ill,
three year struggle began that was
the most noted legal duel of the
day.
Mccormick, to make sure Of his
victory, went into the fight with
battery of lawyers whom he thought
William H. Seward, E.
M. Dickerson and Senator Reverdy
johnson. Nanny made a giant eff
fort at self defense by hiring Abra-
ham Lincoln, Edwin NJ. Stanton,
Stephen A. Douglas, Peter H. Wat
son, George Harding and Congress-
man II, Winter Davis.
From first to last 1t was law
yers' battle, and Mccormick was
finally defeated by Stanton, who
made an unanswerably eloquent
speech For this speech Stanton re-
ceived $4,000, and Lincoln, who
had made no speech at all, was given
$1,000. Yet in the long run the
man who profted by this lawsuit
was Lincoln, for it was this money
that enabled him to carry on his ia
nous debate with Douglas and thus
made him the inevitable candidate
Of the Republican party. - II. N.
Casson in Everybody's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
Tail SHELLS OK.

A lady was one day teaching her
little girl how to spell. She used a
pictorial primer, and over each word
was the accompanying illustration.
Polly glibly spelled COX, Ok" and
"b-o-x, Boz" and the mother thought
she was making "very rapid prog
ress," perhaps even too rapid. So
she put her hand over the picture
and then asked;
tsPolly, what does OK spellp"
cox answered Rolly nimbly.
GLOW do you know that it spells
px?"
.'Seed his tall" she responded.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
VERMONT STATE FAIR

The present chances are that the
next Vermont state fair will be held
in the closing days of August in
stead of the last two of September
and first two of October, as previous
~ agreed upon. The change is
made that dates may not conflict
with those selected by other fairs in
the state, notably that at Brattleboro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
sHERBURNR.
LUDLOW CHEERS UP AS MILLS
REOPEN
Chance Given for 100 Employees
After a Long Shutdown

HIIeT LOHS oHuIuO"H
The industrial depression, which
has weighed heavily on Ludlow and
vicinity since the first of the year,
because of the closing of seven mills,
was somewhat lightened Monday by
the resumption of operations on half
time at the Black River wooden mill,
giving about a hundred hands an
opportunity to work again. The
town is almost wholly dependent up
on the wooden industry and the clos
ing of the Ludlow wooden mill last
fall, followed by shutdowns in Ag-
ans shoddy mill, the Jewel brook,
the Verd Mont, the Black River and
the Proctorsville mills, has kept the
business of this ordinarily thriving
village at complete standstill
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
srOthorIy Love.

Tomorrow would be baby's birth
day, and Tommy had decided that
he would buy him a nice present.
"What would you like to get him,
Tommy" asked his mother.
81 think" suggested Tommy-"I
think that / should like to buy him
one of those nice guns"
"But," objected mother, "baby
will not understand a toy like that.
Besides, he might hurt himself with
it."
''No, he won't, mamma" pleaded
Tommy. 'Tndeed-indeed, he won't.
l shan't let him even touch itP'
Things usually happen in Brook
Ign. 4 number of women there
have been taking advantage of the
year and are giving coming out par
ties for their sons.
~ rrHr A.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
ZOE ONE sky WEARS.

Mas. WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over sixty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. II soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie.
and Is the best remedy for Darrimmedlt will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by ell druggists in every part of the
world. Twenty-Five cents q bottle. Be sure
to ask for "Mrs. wlnslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind.
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act, June sOth, 1905. Serial number 1924
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
Green Cut Bone and Meat

We can now fill orders promptly
Tor Green Cut Bone and Meat
There is nothing better for poultry.
Ourprice is only $I.75 per 100 lbs
freight prepaid on orders for zoe
lbs. or more.
c. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
2WIO
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BARNARD.

$40 WORTH OF LIQUOR SPILLED
The town meeting Tuesday was
productive of some excitement though
the town s affairs were put in shape
for another year without any serious
delay. It appears that there was
about $40 worth of liquor left over
from ole agency days; this the town
officers Intended to sell, but in spite
of their protests the meeting, voted
to have it destroyed at once. A
spilhng committee of three was APP
pointed and the stuff was emptied
off the bridge in the presence Of an
interesteI crowd. One of the com
mittee cat his hand in smashing a
bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
PETITION FOR DIVORCE
Harry w. Hoye,
Attorney for Petitioner.

STATE OF VERMONT, | Whereas, Alice
Windsor County, IS. Elliott of Wind
sor, vt, has duly filed her petition to the
County Court, setting forth her legal mar
riage to Elgin Elliott of Windsor IN the
State of Vermont that she hath resided for
two years In the County of Windsor, that
she hath kept the marriage covenant, but
that the said Elgin Elliott hath violated the
same. for that he hath treated the libellant
with intolerable severity. and hath refused
to d Divide suitable maintenance. and hath
wilfully deserted the ibellant for three
consecutive, years wherefore the petitioner
prays fol bill of divorce from the said
Elgin and that she may have the care and
custody of her minor child, Harry ID. Eli
Oft.
And whereas it appears that said Elgin is
without this State, so that the summons OF
said Court may not be served upon him.
It. is Thereupon Ordered that the said
Elgin be notified and required to appear in
and before said Court and make answer, if
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 Wood
stock in and for the County of Windsor in
the State of Vermont, on the first Tuesday
of June A. d. 1908 upon the first day Of
said term, by publishing the substance of
said petition, toge Their with 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 no.
tice to said Elgin Elliott.
Given under my hand, at Woodstock, in
the County of Windsor, this 9th day OF
J,R. PEMBER. Clerk
E. r. Buck,
Attorney for Petitioner. 9w1O
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
His WAY Out.

GLOW did your husband get out.
of the building after he had located
the gas leak ?" asked the reporter.
GAS nearly as he could remember
it afterward," said the woman, she
went out through the roof."-Chi-
cage Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
BIRTHS.

In Cornish Flat. N HI, March /. a daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs, @. A. WardneT; weight
5 1-2 pounds.
In Barnard. Feb 20, daughter Naoma
Alice, to Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Harlow.
In Woodstock, Feb az, o son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank G.. Abbott.
In Barnard, Feb "a, daughter to Mr.
and Mrs Ernest Sykes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
STATE PRESS.

I he Canvass for the GOVernoTshIP.
Well, the Hon. z. S. Stanton has
most definitely entered the guberna-
torial race. 1t will be seen later
what happens to him.-Montpelier
Argus.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

One doesn't hear great deal about
the Sargent boom for attorney gen
eral. What's the matter; Ludlow?
Has it been buried under the recent
snow storm2-Montpelier Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07
DEATHS.

In Bethel, Feb 30, Mrs Maria F. sylves-
ter, aged "a years.
In Bethel, Feb. %. David fl. Dutton,
aged SO years.
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TOWN MEETINGS
BARNARD.

Moderator, Ed. Miller; clerk,
John A. Moore; selectmen, Ed.
H. A. Wood, N. w. Hath
orn; treasurer, A. A. Hadley; over
seer, F. B. Morgan; constable, c.
E. Cady road commissioner, w. F.
Davis; listers, ]. H. Ward, Fred
Spaulding, Frank White; school
director, c. A. Cleveland 3 years,
Town tax, 75c.i all taxes, 1866.
Vote on themselves So; no 65.
PoMFRET.
Moderator, C. H. Maxbam; clerk,
E. G. Perkins; selectmen, E. Y.
Dana, A. S. Harding, Carl G.
Johnsoni treasurer, w. A. Perkins (;
overseer, Clarence p. Thatcher con-
stable, Oliver G. Bugbee; road CONS
missioner, S. F. Leonard; listers,
Henry Brockway, G. F. Greene,
w, H. Harrington; school directors,
Persis Hewitt, G. P. Thacher,
Albert Sherburne. Town tax, 75c. ;
all taxes, 1886. License vote, yes O.
no 40.
HARTFORD.
Moderator, A. E. Watson; select
men, Scott Tinkham, w. &. Rene
han, George w. Coyle; treasurer,
George H. Watson; overseer, r A
Spafford; constable, r. A. Spaf.
ford; road commissioner, 7. L,
Hunt; listers, c. ]. Udall, Geo. H
Savage, George w. Fuller; schoo
directors, C H. Powers, Raymond
.Trainor, M. P. Stanley. Town tax
1900; all taxes, 1900.
LUDLOW.
Moderator, E. A. Howe clerl
and treasurer, W. M. Bixby; audi
tors, F. A. Walker, ]. A. WilcO'
and P. E. Whelden; road commits
sioner, James Mcdonald; schoo
director, E. M. Pinney; constable
and collector, F. A. Hayden; over'
seer of poor, Fred Mayo; selectmen
S. A. Cotton, Harlan Graham ant
Fred Thompson.
CHESTER.
Moderator, Henry A. Bond clerl
and treasurer, Z. T. Holt; select
men, Dewitt Davis, N. B. Thomp
son, Frank E. Church; overseer o
poor, J. r. Richards; constables
Henry A. Bond, w. S. Richardson
S. A. Richardson; road commits
sioner, Henry A. Bond; schoo
director, L. A. Carpenter.
BETHEL.
Moderator, r. J. Flint; clerk
Guy Wilson; selectmen, E. E
Spaulding, Robert Noble, Osmar
F. Godfrey; treasurer, r. J. Flint
overseer of the poor, Robert Noble
constable, E. E. Cushman; listers
w. 6. Whitaker, Guy Wilson, l.
M. Heath; road commissioners, G
II. Dustin, w. I. DAVIS schoo
directors, r. E. Burnett, E. L
bearing, H. V. Allen.
sHERBURNE.
Moderator, M. S. Neil; clerk
Ira M. Davis; treasurer, F. 6
Spauldlng; selectmen, Bert B. Hill
Harold Webb, D. F. Spaulding
road commissioner, George Prior
school commissioner, M. S. Neil
constable, John E. Davis; oversee
of poor, Charles Hill. License
YES II M ~
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MARRIAGES.

In North Springfield, Feb Ms, Frank @.
Blake aud Miss Daisy Sherwin, both of
North Springfield
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

TO RIA
oN,,. -eTh, Glnd You Have Always Buugi6
's,s;'' ItSxM6sii
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

Helping Him Out.
Lord s.. a noted athlete. once
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

We will send The Mirror andFarmer
and The Age to NEW SUBsC RIBERS one year for
&1.l5.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-07

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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La CASA LfOUbkk 103


al dia de casameno emplease estas tres
cortar inwentar todo 10 pudi6ramos
imaginar para hacerle canastilo De boda
Habendo aprobado mi tutor esta idea, parmes al ola
siguiente para Londres trajlmos triuuamente Ga
rona cajas odas las compras que habamoS po
ba encontrado probabemente los docks 10 iaba
dado
No se cuanto huberamos consegudo de m tutor. s. no
le huberamos conendo; pero cremos que debia maIse
nj traje de boda al sombrero M tutor resgno
haba estado Carolina mas aegre que cuando vine senar
entire nosotras para ponerse trabajar.
La pobre muchacha saba manejar La aguja pun
xaba los dedos tanto otro tempo los
manchaba de tnta Sc ponia enonces colorado va Ia
picadura va por torpeza pero tardo
trunfar de nexperencia muy pronto hzo una bue
n cOsturera
De modo pasabamos los dlas trabajando ahnco
pero con placer infinite Eva Carolina carota costu
de la cludad yo.
Quso, ademas, que lie ensenase drigir Gle
los La idea de querer nstruirse persona de
mero pareci6 tan chistosa que pude conte
La risa quede confundda cuando me 10 pdio sin
embargo lie respondl que ponia disposition para
ensenae 10 que podia saber le expquf nj sstema e d
receas mis- metodos odos los secretos de eocna
posea Los esudiaba formalmene que eualquiera hu
biese deho que eran invenciones maravosas la hui
beras vsto que ahneo corra seguirme cuando
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A q l.5O

Es de mueha utilidad, no solo para
los Abogados, Cortes Judiciales, Ayun-
tamientos. Corporaciones y empleados
de todos los ramos, sino tambi6n para
los comerciantes, industriales y pcrso-
mas lie negocios, Ell conocimiento de Las
Leyes de Puerto Rico aprobadss por
las Camaras y ell Consejo Executive en
Ell pasado afi0 de 1907.
Sc venden 81 SO en- la Liberia del
Boletin Mercanttl.
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POR CARLOS DICK I'm

kvernos das las noches que encontrara nuera casa
consuelo bienestar que Pepe vivra conmigo Vovl6
enonces orar dciendo que pobres hJos verda
deramene savajes dijo ademas a pobre Carolina
rrupo solozos que dcha mayor que poda suceder
les seria que sc muriesen todos de una vez.
M. Jellyby es cruel--respond6 Eva,-y estoy
gura de que pensaba 10 que decia.
Sc muy ben que papa desea la mnerte de sus hjos
pero ndca 10 desgracados que somos teniendo
una madre la nuestra
Preeuute Carolina madre saba que habia fila
do ell dia de La boda~
No podra decroslo- -respondio va conoces mama
iempre que lie habo eso 10 cual hago frecuenca
mira 81 uera campanario que divsara a 10
lesto contina escrbiendo cartas para Borrio Boua
Cha.
II Y vuestra canastla de bodaf
Hare 10 que pueda querida Ester Tengo confanza
Principe que bastante bueno para desecharne
pesento pobrement ataviada 81 ratara de equpar
coono para Boua Cha mama ocuparia ardor
pero tatandose de mi hace mry POGO III squera
Sc euida de saber tengo 10 mas Indispensable
Carolina amaba su madre al dirigrle acusaci6n
no hacfa mas que menconar hecho desgraeiadamente
probado notorfo La pobre muchacha oraba, admra-
bamos tan las cuadades que haban sobrev
ydo EN- ella pesar del abandono habia educado,
aue Eva yo e propusmos plan que aprobo con ale
gr1a Conssa este plan viyese con nosotras hasa