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The Ordway new era., 1909-02-26
our PIeaaant Yleee,

The gods are Just, and Of our pleasant
vices make instruments to plague -
Shakespeare.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-26

Professor Munyon has just issued
most beautiful. useful and complete Al
manac: 1t contains not only all the sclen-
tifc information concerning the moons
phases, in all the latitudcs, but has IL
lustratcd articles on how to read char
acter by phrenoIogy. palmisiry and
birth month. 1t also tells all about
card reading. birth stones and their
meaning, and gives the Interpretation
OF dreams. II teaches beauty culture.
maniCuring. gives weights and meas
urcs, and antIdotes for poison. In fact.
1t Is n Magazine Almanac. that not
only gives valuable information. but
will afford much amusement for every
member of the family. especially for
parties and evening entertainments.
Farmers and people in the rural dis
tricts will find this Almanac almost
invaluable.
Il will be sent to anyone absolutely
free on application to the MUNfON
REMEDY COMPANY. PliILhDEL
PHIA
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-26
haroare. Was Logical.

One afternoon | overheard my Two
children talking about the Sunday
school lesson.
Dick. who was much smaller than
Margaret. believed all she said about
IT. So he asked her what God looked
like. and she quickly answered: God
looks like a stalk Of corn, because
mamma said he had ears on all sides
and a stalk OF corn is the only thing
| know that has ears on all sides. -
Delineator.
The Ordway new era., 1909-02-26
SYNOPSIS.

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
PLYMOUTH UNION.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Moore have
moved to AIstead, n. II.
Mrs. Sasah Cove visited friends in
Bridgewater recently.
We were visited by a severe thun-
der shower Saturday, May 20. The
lightning struck a cedar tree near
Alden Johnson's and fixed it for
kindling wood. No one was III
jured.
Mrs. A. j. Brown visited her
daughter in Springfield recently.
j. W. Pierce and Amos Coolidge
attended the Memorial day exercises
in Ludlow.
Dan johnson and Mrs. Emma
Bidgood of Ludlow arrived at Car
los Johnson's in their automobile
last week Tuesday, staying until
Wednesday. Mrs. Carlos johnson
accompanied them to Ludlow,
The new piazza looks fine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
BRIDCEWATER CORNERS
(Deierred.)

Henry Shattuck closed his engage
ment at Vaughan's store last week.
Mrs. Maria Walker of the village
called upon friends Monday
E. II. Shattuck sold a horse tc
Fenton AlIard Of Plymouth recently
and bought a nice span in SPRING
field Wednesday.
Several from this place attended
Memorial exercises and ball games
at Woodstock Monday.
f. A Trudo bought two COWS OF
} p. Lewis recently,
Mrs. l.. S Bradley and son have
Joined her husband at White River
junction, where they will make their
home. Mr.. LeDoux carried their
household goods.
Fred Trudo and family were in
Riverside district Sunday.
The social at Grange hall Friday
evening was very successful. There
was a piano solo by Miss Myrtle
Prnney; recitatens by Leonard
'Irudo, Marion Smith, d Edward
Shattuck, Leroy Trudo, Henry Shat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
TEST BY PHOTOGRAPHER.
He Discovers That In Some Ways the
Whole World Is Kin.

"You note,' said the photogra-
pher, "that in pictures taken any
where, in any part Of the globe, the
humans face the camera as if they
wanted to be taken. 1t may be
vanity, but they all seem to like to
get into the picture.
"Take group picture made any
where, say among your own tribe.
Note the people in the rear with
necks craned to get out from behind
blanketing people in froIt, so that
their faces will show. Shyness or
modesty may keep some who are in
the background from doing this, but
unless the photographer has person
ally posed every member of the
group so that he will show you will
always find in such pictures some
figures of persons who would other
wise been more or less obscured, but
who have so disposed themselves as
to make sure that their faces show.
$50 of any set group, and the
same would be true of any sort of
picture in which many persons were
taken, as at a banquet or a wedding.
People like to get into the picture.
"Just how true this is appears in
many ways in all sorts of pictures
in pictures in which people are not
the main but only incidental or sub
ordinate features, as of accidents or
ruins or scenes Of great variety of
sorts. In such pictures where the
presence of the camera was known
you will always find some persons
facing or turning toward the pho
tographer, with an evident desire to
get into the picture, and it is easy
to imagine that the qualification of
seeing themselves there may give
them pleasure.
"Look at pictures taken of semi
savage or semicivilized people in re-
motest countries, where perhaps
they had never seen a mirror or
heard Of a camera, but you may be
sure that human vanity exists as it
does with us, and you may see some
body trying to get into the picture
or smiling to look we'll in it.
Seriously, this pleases me as no
other one minor thing that | know
of does. 1t brings the whole world
closer together, for it shows that
however far apart in land and
tongue and customs the races Of the
world may be, yet in some at !rlst
of mans underlying human traits
we are all kin. New York Sun
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

1t was at a concert held in the
village schoolhouse. In the chair
was a local merchant who, though
good business man, was not much
of a scholar. He intimated that
the next song would be Cora Pro
Nobis."
The singer made a terrible mess
Of it, and consequently it was
great relief to the audience when
she had finished the last verse. The
chairman did not know the mean
ing of Cora Pro Nobis," so he ap-
piled to the man sitting next to
him. He also did not know that it
meant pray for US" But, not wish
ing to admit such a thing, he said:
"Oh, it means we thank you
There was a great burst of laugh
ter from the audience when the
chairman, as the lady was leaving
the platform, rose to his feet and
said:
"Miss Smith, ora pro nobiS. -
London Answers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS.

Mrs. George W. Merrill gave a
bridge party for Miss Mary S.
Brooks Tuesday afternoon, There
were six tables.
The examinations for admission to
the Woodstock High school will be
held in the High school building at
Woodstock on Saturday, June 10Th,
commencing at nine o'clock in the
morning Pupils from out of town
will have to come to Woodstock to
take the examinations
Harold D Fish, Supt.
Mrs. p. A. Averill, formerly of
Woodstock, and Mr.. and Mrs E H.
Thomas, all of Maiden, Mass, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Clark
Mrs. II. 2, Clark is visiting in
Boston and Scituate, Mass.
Frederick Billings, Mr.. and Mrs.
John French and Master John
French, Jr are at The Hill. Mrs.
Frederick Billings and Miss Billings
have been at Mortified, Mass for
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs w. S Dana of Bos-
tom have opened their house ON
Pleasant street for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ NJ. Wilson of
Randolph were in town Monday Mr.
Wilson is chairman OF the state
library commission.
Mrs. Richard Frothingham and
daughter Gwendolyn of New York
are at the Inn, arriving Monday
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

During political campaign a
candidate for the legislature was
driving through the country seeking
votes among the farmers when he
met a young man in farmers garb
walking by the roadside.
Having in his mind a prospective
vote, he stopped his horse and, sa-
luting him in familiar manner, in
quired;
care you paying any attention to
politics nowadays?"
The young man stopped, looked
at him suspiciously and drawled out:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
SOUTH POMFRET.
ABBOTT LIBRARY NOTES.

In Vermont the Republican senti-
ment is so strong that any one who
is allied with the Democratic party
is sure to be Of the dyed-in-the wool
variety, and you may depend upon
it, he will stand by his rolors at Ill
times and in all places.
The late Isaac King was a man Of
this persuasion. His good wife, a
dear girl of So summers, has just
sent us this letter:
"'l'o Mrs. A. ID. Chamberlin,
Dear friend,
| have wanted very much to visit
the library in person, but as | cannot
at present, want to place this very
ancient copy of Bunyan's writings
where it will be preserved and hope
appreciated.
| also send the records of the Free
Will Baptist church of North Pom
fret, later reorganized as the Chris
tian church, and still later as
Christian Advent church, with
Isaac King, clerk, in whose hand the
book remained when the church
ceased to exist.
want to place it where it will be
most accessible to all or any of the
townspeople, as it is often sought
for reference and names wanted in
writing up events and genealogies
of families"
In this book of Bunyans writings
Mrs. King has placed a fly leaf dated
Feb %, 1909
Among other matters of informa-
ton it contains the following
This book is John Bunyan's SER
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
BRIDGEWATER.
Deferred

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM II. Stevens O
Portland, Me-, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. II. NJ. Stevens.
Edward Smith of Hanover, n II
spent Sunday last at his home here
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Southgate
were in Wallingford from Saturday
until Monday.
Mrs. q. H. Greaves gave linen
shower in honor of Miss Winifred
Weeden at her home Tuesday even,
ing of this week. The occasion was
enjoyed by all.
The Congregational church society
is laying new sidewalks leading tc
the church.
Mrs. c. NJ. Southgate has been i'll
for the past week, but is now better
Charles R. Boyden is at home.
f. E, Derby of ReadviIle, Mass is
at the hotel and calling on friends in
town.
L. A. Davis is making repairs on
his carriage shed. Mr., Stewart is
doing the work.
Mrs. c. b. Weeden and Miss
Weeden were in Lebanon from Sat
urday until Monday
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
ROOFING

WHEN buying any article, man naturally
wants to get the best possible value for his
money
If he's buying roofing he wants the best roof
ing value offered.
But how to get it is the question that natur-
ally arises.
Difficult? No, it's easy. Just as easy as the
proverbial rolling off log
FIRST-Beware of the so-called "cheap"
roofngs A low-priced roofing always means a
Iow-grade roofing which will prove many times
more costly to you in the end, than if you paid
a reasonable price for your roofing material.
SECOND-Don't buy roofing with reputa-
ton to be made. Buy one that has already
made reputation and proved by years of test
that it's a good material.
TF4IRD-Weigh we'll what the roofing man tells
you. Remember he's out to sell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS.
Tho Costly Raiment In Vogue In the
Eighteenth Century.

EI9nteontn century.
We hear much about modern eX-
travagance on the part of the rich,
in the matter of wearing apparel
especially. One might suppose that
the utmost expenditure of a wealthy
man or woman for a single suit in
the eighteenth century was no more
than 500 at the most and that
these suits served year after year.
Nothing of the kind.
In 1920 Mile. de Tournon was
married in Paris. The wedding was
an elegant but not a phenomenal
one as those days went. Her court
gown was Of white velvet, elaborate
ly embroidered, and cost $500
nearly $4,000 of our money. This
gown could be worn but few times,
and the chemicals now used for
cleaning and refreshing fine fabrics
had not yet been discovered. She
had several other gowns at prices
varying from G150 to &4OO, and her
aunt gave her 600 for "fans, bags
and garters."
Nine de Verrue, who is not by
any means a prominent person in
history, had 500 dozen cambric
handlerchiefs and other things to
correspond, and this cambric, hand
woven, had no cotton intermixture.
And the men were as extravagant
as the women. Such a suit as was
required by the guest at a fashion
able wedding cost 5000, and he
needed three of them. The most
inexpensive kind of black suit cost
f25 or $50, half dozen hats at fl
apiece were none too many, and a
gentleman ordinarily must possess
silk stockings, woolen stockings
and leather stockings and five or six
different kinds of boots, these be-
ing made necessary by the prevail
ing style of knee breeches. A man
of fashion could get along with six
summer and six winter suits at f100
apiece, which does not include the
gold and silver buttons and the lace.
And besides all this the barber and
wigmaker cost his lordship several
pounds a year He might or might
not wear jewels, but diamond rings,
pins, jeweled sword hilts, snufboxes,
knee buckles and shoe buckles were
not uncommon. And as for lace,
men as we'll as women wore any
amount of that.
The fact is that wealth is much
more evenly distributed today than
it ever was before. One would have
to 90 into semibarbarous countries,
to find anybody living nowadays un-
der the conditions which the peas
ants of England and France lived
under while all this fine dressing
and dining went on. Abundance of
heat, light and hot and cold water
are the luxuries of today; facile
transportation, increased health and
vigor, increased comfort of daily iv-
ing. We spend our money on these
things instead of silk, velvet and
lace, and it pays better.-Gas Logic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
NORTH POMFRET.

Next Sunday, June l3, will be
observed in the church as children S
day.
Last Sunday Rev. N. G. Maynard
gave his congregation an unpleasant
surprise in reading his resignation
from the pulpit here, to take effect
July |. Mr.. Maynard has accepted
a pastoral call to Royalton. There is
general regret that he is to leave us
Miss Della Keith spent last week
with Mrs. Lucinda King.
Scion Vail visited his parents in
Randolph recently.
Several from this place attended
the Despaw. auction last week.
In this town it rarely happens that
two auctions occur within one-half
mile of each other and in one week S
time, Lester Howard's coming Mon
day, June IA, and Miron Dunn's fol-
lowing June 49,
Leland Clifford rode out Thursday,
going to West Hartford for the first
time since his sickness. The pleas
ure of the trip was spoiled for him
by an automobile running over his
dog
Ed Godfrey and son Forrest went
to Rochester Tuesday, where they
expect permanent work.
Mark Mudgett had the misfortune
to lose his chestnut PAGER Monday,
who died from the effects of eating a
dose of Paris green which had been
prepared for exterminating rats
Prememorial exercises were given
by the schools in town in their re-
spective schoolhouses Friday, May
%. The soldiers graves i'll the
Burns and Hewittville cemeteries
were decorated by the children.
Our pastor exchanged pulpits with
the pastor at Royalton Sunday, May
SO.
Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Clifford at
tended the conference at Norwich.
Mr. Porter of Hartford was in
town recently selling gasoline en-
gines.
Clifton Leonard has bought a
pasture of S. F. Leonard and +. Y.
Dana has bought farm of Lester
Howard. Mr.. Howard will sell his
live stock, tools, etc, at auction.
1t is evident that some of our
young people improve their opportu-
mites while away attending school.
Rachel Thacher obtained possession
of both measles and mumps at the
seminary in Montpelier, and is at
home enjoying (?) them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

A sergeant who was very short
was drilling a squad of recruits,
among whom was an Irishman who
was very tall. The sergeant had
several times spoken to him about
not carrying his head erect. At last
in desperation the sergeant went up
to him and, reaching up, placed his
head in the desired position.
Says Pat, "Is this where l have to
keep my head all the time?"
"Certainly it isl" replied the ser
geant.
"Then, begorra, sergeant" says
Pat, '1'll have to say 'Goodby' to
you, for I'll never see you any
more w-London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

Mrs. SynneX-When Tom asked
me to have him lie promised me
that my lightest wish would always
be law with him.
Mrs. Sauer-And of course that
was all the promise amounted to-
merely empty words?
Mrs. SynneX-No, won't say
that. Tom always respects my
lightest wishes. 1t is in matters Of
Importance where he is bound to
have his own way.-Boston Tran
script.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
Absentminded.

An English paper says that the
champion absentminded man lives
at Belham. On one occasion he
called upon his old friend, the fam
lily physician. After a chat of a
couple of hours the doctor saw him
to the door and bade him good
night, saying: "Come again. Fam
lily all well, suppose ?" FcMy heav-
ems" exclaimed the absentminded
beggar. "That reminds me of my
errand. My wife is in a ft!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
HEAT OF THE SUN.
The Theory That It Is the Result O
Contra cticn.

The Theory That 1t Is the Result Of
Contraction.
Many theories regarding the
source Of the suns heat have been
formulated by scientists at different
times. enc WAS that a. the sun WAS
the largest heavenly body in the
solar system it attracted smaller
bodies to il in great numbers and
that the force of these ON impact
caused enough heat to make the sun
glow When it was figured out how
much would have to drop on it every
day the amount was so enormous
that the theory was laughed out Of
existence. There is no doubt,
though, that thousands of smaller
bodies are constantly falling into
the sun and producing heat.
Another was that the sun consist
ed of huge mass of burning gas.
Now, the character of a great many
of the substances found in the sun is
known, and it is also known that all
of them are in gaseous state on
account of the intense heat, but
when it came to figuring out all the
greatest possible quantities of sub
stances necessary to combine and
produce heat it was found that the
sun would be entirely consumed in
less time than we already know it
to have been in existence.
How, then, does the sun maintain
its heat? The theory now held by
scientists is what is called the con-
traction theory. That is that the
sun is slowly cooling and therefore
contracting and that the enormous
pressure produced on the inner mass
by this contraction causes it to be-
come white hot and give out heat
and light. There is no serious pal
pable objection to this theory. On
the other hand, it fits in with all the
observed phenomena Of the sun.
Therefore it must stand until fully
disproved or a more likely theory is
offered. Likewise this theory is
in accord with common sense. We
all know that pressure produces
heat, and we know that a hot body
in space radiates its heat and tends
to contract, and We know that con-
traction produces pressure, so there
you are.
Not many people have any idea
as to the enormous amount of heat
that the sun sends off into space.
Our earth gets only very small
part of it. The head of pin placed
twenty feet away from an electric
light gets in proportion to the light
on the surrounding walls of "A room
about what the earth gets of the
suns light and heat radiated into
space.
Why does not the earth lose its
heat as fast as it gets it, as the
moon does? Because the earth has
an atmosphere and the moon hasn't.
This atmosphere allows light waves
to 90 through it to the earth, but
when the earth changes them to
heat waves the atmosphere will not
let them out, except very slowly.
Thus our heat is kept through the
night.
All are familiar with this prop
erty from the common hothouse
The glass allows the light waves to
come in and be changed to heat
waves, but it will not let the heat
waves go out. Thus the inside of
such a place is much warmer than
the outside air.-Lawrence Hodges
in New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
a. 3. PINNEY

mo, stranger; that don't happen
to be my gals name, but eff it was
| wouldn't think it was any of your
darned business.
This ended the interview as well
as the prospect.-Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
Catholic ForeSterS Meet.

The ninth annual convention of
the state court, Catholic Order of
Foresters, was held at Burlington
Tuesday. The secretary reports a
membership of 3l0O and four new
courts, making total of forty-six,
the net increase in membership
being 500.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
Chauffeur Gets Seven Years.

A sentence of not less than seven
years nor more than 20 years in
Sing Sing prison was imposed upon
William Darragh, a chauffeur whose
automobile ran down and killed
Ingvaad rrimble in New York city
on March q.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12
The AIphabets.

The alphabets of different ma
tions vary in the number of their
letters. Arabic has 28 letters,
Armenian 38, Coptic 80, Dutch,
German and English 26, French
%, Georgian (Transcaucasian) 80,
Greek 81, Hebrew %. Italian 21,
Latin 80, Persian (Parsee or Zend)
IS, Russian 33, Sanskrit 40, Slavon-
ic 40, Spanish 81 and Syriac %.
The Chinese have no alphabet, but
they have 10000 syllable signs
their phonetic alphabet. =.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

A man who has been IA Vermont
lawyer for fifty years and is alive to
tell the tale deserves the splendid
reception that Gilbert a. Davis Of
Windsor got at Woodstock Tuesday
night.-Rutland News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

Emperor Nicholas has signed an
order abolishing the use of drums in
the Russian army in time of war.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

The best American potatoes are
said to be much inferior to certain
varieties raised in the Rhine country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-06-12

Wright Brothers have received
orders for more than so airships to
be used in the United States.