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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
NORWICH.

Mrs. Carl Boyd has been recent
guest at Lester Rays.
Mrs. Dora Simmons returned last
week to Clarenont after a few days
spent with her mother, Mrs. Bugbee.
FIFTY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY.
The funeral of Rev. Samuel Lord
was held at the home of E. G.. Lord
Jan. Ia, Rev. VIM. Moe conducting
the services. The body was sent to
Boston for cremation. Mr.. Lord had
his home with a niece in South
Windsor, Conn until her removal
to Nebraska, and last summer was
spent mostly at the home of his
nephew, 9. G Lord. He died at the
home of Mrs. Bert Simmons in Post
Mills.
Rev. Mr.. Lord graduated at Dart
mouth in 1848, and was ordained at
South Truel, Mass, in 1851. He
founded the Congregational church
at Wilmington, Vt, of which he was
member at his death. Mr.. Lord
was born in Union Village SO years
ago. He leaves two sisters, Mrs
Harriet Dutton of this place and
Mrs: Chandler of Brattleboro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
Feraot His Close Friend.

On ore occasion Senator Stewart
was chairman of an important po-
itical meeting in Virginia City. As
chairman of the meeting it was his
duty to introduce the speakers, of
whom several were the leading po-
itical Lights of Nevada, each, of
course, intimately known to Stew
art.
Two or three of the speakers had
been Introduced, and the senator
rose to present the next to the audi
ence. This man was an older ac-
9uaintsnce of the chairman than
the others. Gentlemen" began
the senator, "1 have great henor
and take great pleasure in introduc-
ing ia you my boyhood's friend. 1
present to you the honorable-the
honorable Here he stuck. The
name Of his friend would not come
to him. Leaning over to the chair
man of the campaign committee, he
blurted out, "For the Lords sake,
Bill, tell me Jim's last namew-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
QUECHEE.

7. S. Carter, who was injured by
fall on slippery step, is getting
along well.
A large number of relatives and
friends called on Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Hudson Tuesday evening, Jan. IL,
the 25th anniversary of their mar
riage. They received handsome
solid silver water set from the Wood
men, Rev. e. w. Eldridge making
the presentation.
Col. W. S. Dewey was chosen presi-
dent, Miss Kane secretary and B. K.
Wright treasurer at the Library
meeting.
The ladies of the M. w. A. will
give their annual ball Jan. 20.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
Farley and an Unknown
Tonight.

Eli E. Bourbon, the Claremont
grappler who has some following in
Woodstock, recently challenged Pat
Farley to meet an unknown, at catch
weights, the match to take place at
Claremont or White River Junction
Farley, whose real name is Sam
Anderson, and who is said to have
won the middleweight championship
in London last year, has promptly
taken up the def, and will wrestle
Bourdon's mysterious unknown to-
night at White River junction.
In accepting the challenge Farley
said he'd wrestle the unknown if he
didn't weigh more than thousand
pounds; would also throw Bourbon
five times in an hour, or would wres-
tie any ten men Bourbon might bring
from Claremont.
The program, therefore, may be
quite full one. A special train will
probably be run from the Junction
for the benefit of the local sports
mon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
chlna's Oldest Society,

The Oldest society In China is the
Triad society, known also as the
"Sam Hop Hui" 1t has its lodges,
and there are flags, banners and UNI
brellas connected with it. 1t holds
regular meetings, and it forces in
fluential individuals to join ito or
ganization if they are not amenable
to persuasion, 1t has the power of
life and death over its members,
who have their own signs and pass
word. You can tell, it is said,
whether man belongs to the order
by the way he enters a house, Their
motto is, 'Drive out the Tartars," ,"
and one branch of the society datea
back to 1864 A, d., or twenty years
after the conquest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

called branch Libraries for young
people.
have been much interested in
looking into this subject l find that
superintendents of schools, princi-
pals, teachers, children, parents and
Librarians, are all of one mind in re-
gard to this matter, that work of the
kind | have indicated is work that
gives pleasure to all concerned, stim-
ulates wise reading on the part of
children and is, all things consid-
cred, the most helpful part of the
work of Tree public Libraries.
The more / looked into this sub
ject the more | was pleased with the
work that is being done i'll the
Abbott library of Pomfret by Mrs.
Chamberlin. Either because the
work by public Libraries for children
is something that is so in the air "
in this country that all library people
know it, or because Mrs. Chamber
lin is inspired " in such matters,
certainly she has gained exactly the
right point of view, has fallen into
line, and is doing better work in this
direction than almost any other
librarian in the state.
"HARTFoRD."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

A popular young married man of
Brooklyn heights who has a horror
of what he is pleased to call "fuss-
ing" returned home one evening
with a very perceptible limp in his
gait, but refused any information
beyond the fact that he had Slip
ped and wrenched the blamed
thing" After hearing stifed groans
and exclamations during dinner and
after, however. his wife announced
her intention Of taking a hand to
relieve the situation. She knelt be-
fore him, took off his shoe and
stocking, brought in all the reme-
dies she had ever heard of for a
spraip and after an hours massag-
ing and bandaging arouse trium-
phantly, with the remark:
"There, doesn't the foot feel bet
ter?"
From behind the paper which her
husband had been reading during
the operation there came back, 'T
presume it would if it had happened
to be the right one" New York
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
NORTH POMFRET.

II. v. polburn is having an un-
pleasant time with inflammatory
rheumatism.
Mrs. @. P. Thacher has returned
from New York.
Mrs. Grace Cook went to Hart
ford, Conn.,, last week, S. F. Leonard
assisting with the care of Mr.. Col
burn in her absence.
The c. E. netted about seven dol
lars at the oyster supper Jan. 9.
While working in his shop recent
Iva small particle of some foreign
substance like cinder few into one
of. Mr.. Howard's eyes, causing him
intense pain until it was treated by
q Doctor The eye is now doing well
and MIR. Howard expects no further
trouble from it,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
PULLMAN CARS.
They Are About the Heaviest Vehicles
on Earth.

on EarIns
Does it ever occur to the passen-
ger when he is sweeping through
the country in the luxurious COM
fort of his heavily upholstered seat
in a Pullman car that in order to
give him that accommodation the
railroad company must haul over
the tracks not merely his individual
$50 pounds of weight, but an ad-
ditional two tons of weight of the
carp The largest modern Pullmans
will weigh over sixty tons, and
since they provide only sixteen Sec
tions it follows that for every pas
senger carried, even when the car
is full, two tons of dead weight
must also be moved. In respect of
the weight hauled per passenger,
therefore, a Pullman train is the
most extravagant and costly meth
cd of transportation in the world,
as the following comparative facts
will show: A touring car capable,
when running on good road and
if, like the railroad train, unhinder-
ed by speed restrictions, will carry
seven people at the same speed as
Pullman train. The machine will
weigh about $500 pounds, or 500
pounds to the passenger,
A seven horse power motorcycle,
weighing $50 pounds and running
on good road without speed restric-
tions, will transport two persons on
the level at a speed of forty miles
per hour, while a bicycle weighing
only twenty-five pounds can be driv-
en- by an ordinary rider on a good
road at from twelve to fifteen miles
per hour and by a racing man at
from twenty to twenty-five miles an
hour. Even that good old standby,
the two seated buggy, weighing, let
us say, 320 pounds, will convey its
two passengers in comfort and
safety at speed of from fifteen to
twenty miles an hour, Summing up
our comparative results, then, we
find that the dead weight necessary
to carry passenger in a touring
car is 500 pounds, on a motorcycle
rs pounds, on bicycle rs pounds,
and in a horse drawn buggy 100
pounds as against the enormous
load of two tons of dead weight
necessary for the transportation Of
Pullman passenger, 1t may be
objected that the Pullman car rep
resents an extreme case and that
much of the weight is due to the
provision of sleeping accommoda-
tions, but we find that, even in the
first class day coach, the dead
weight per passenger is very high,
being, in the case of coaches ac-
commodating, according to size,
from seventy to eighty-four people,
about one and one-third tons of
dead weight per passenger,-Scien4
tific American,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
POMFRET.

G. s. Metendy and wife went to
Randolph last week Monday to visit
NJ. H. Miller, Emery Russell and
wife attending to their affairs in their
absence.
Lester Howard had the misfortune
to lose horse recently.
The Ladies' Circle held their an
nual supper at the home of e. Y.
Dana Jan. 8. The Circle met with
Mrs. Charles Martin Wednesday,
Jan. 20.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
Wall Pronnrad.

"I learn," she said reproachfully,
"that you were devoted to no fewer
than five girls before you finally pro-
posed to me. How do / know that
you didn't make desperate love to
all of them ?"
II die" " he replied promptly.
"You did" she exclaimed,
Certainly" he returned. 'FYou
don't suppose for moment that I
would be foolhardy enough to try
for such a prize as you are without
practicing a little first, do you%-
Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
Twenty-One Killed in Wreck.

Twenty-one persons were killed
and thirty injured, many of them
seriously, in a head-on collision be-
tween west-bound passenger train
No. ard an east-bound freight train
on the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road between Dotsere and Spruce
Greek, % miles from Glenwood
Springs, Col, Friday, January Is.
Clarence S. Nassau of Middlebury
was hurt in the wreck, but his injury
is not considered serious.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
WINTERS FIRM GRIP.
Heavy Snow Storm Followed
by Low Temperature.

Winter has taken hold with a
pretty good grip the past week. The
weather sharps can always very con-
fidently predict plenty of snow and
zero temperature before the season is
over, and here they are as forecasted
by Mr.. Hicks almanac and other
authorities.
Snow began falling about l o'clock
Sunday morning and continued well
into the afternoon. From ID to l6
inches fell, light, feathery stuff that
only needed little wind to make a
first class blizzard. The cold was
unusual, snow falling in the morning
al a temperature of four degrees
above zero.
The Monday morning trains we're
about on time, an engine and coach
breaking out the road Sunday after
noon.
Mail Carrier Dupuis covered only
half of Route No. 2 Monday, Barron
hill being too stiff a proposition. Mr..
English, of R. F. D. No. l, managed
to get through.
The mercury began falling Mon
day and this section received the
coolest nip Of the season Tuesday
morning. Thermometers varied from
22 to 81 degrees below in different
parts of the villIge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

Edgar II. Harrington of North
Pomfret has been granted an increase
of pension, from $l3 to $50 per
month, dating from Dec. g last,
through his attorney, John Gilman
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Woodstock National
bank was held Jan. IL. The former
board of directors was reelected ::
VIM. f. Johnson, VIM. S. Dewey,
Frank S. Mackenzie, Samuel E Kill
ner. The directors elected officers
as follows President, VIM. E. John
son cashier, F. W. Wilder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
400 Automobiles Burned.

Three hundred and fifty automo-
biles, valued at $75O,O00, were de-
stroyed Sunday when the largest
automobile storage plant in Boston,
near Park square, was burned.
The cd train shed of the Park
square railroad station and the bicy-
Gle track were also destroyed.
]. j. Wood the millionaire mine
owner, and probably the largest
sheep owner in the West, was struck
and killed by a railway engine at
Salt Lake City Sunday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
SHERBURNE.

DIR. Pierce of Ludlow was called
recently to to see Mrs. G.. E. John
son who has been in poor health for
some time.
Mrs. Andrew TQwne was at her
daughters here day or two last
week.
Pearl Biathrow of Bridgewater is
at work in the blacksmith shop here
for F. G.. Spaulding
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
F. L. Davis Declines.

+, J.. Davis Of Hartford has writ
ton to Gov, Prouty rendering his
resignation as commissioner of agri-
culture on the ground that he has
too many matters requiring his at
tention to take up the work of the
Office.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
Not Too Blind.

Angelina-Oh, dear, the diamond
in my engagement ring has got
flaw in it.
Edwin-Take no notice, darling,
Love should be blind, you know,
Angelina--Yes, but 1t hasn't got
to be stone blind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

Vital statistics for the year 1908
show that there were As births, "a
deaths and 30 marriages in Ran
dolph dnring the time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

John d. Hanrahan of Rutland has
been elected vice president for Ver-
mont of the American-Irish His
torical Society.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs Crosby G.. Martin of
Rochester celebrated their 50th we'd
ding anniversary Jan. IL.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-23
CA9To7EA. q a
Bss,s tbs >7ThS Kind You Have Always BOugR
'l''1'''' sf ZtNAz1Nx

Protective Grange of Brattleboro
is the largest in the state. 1t has
SOB members,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

for Busy Readers
Miss Ethel Derby of Manchester
Center is visiting friends in this
town.
Thomas S. Radigan of Troy is
spending few weeks at the Walloom-
sac Inn.
Mr.. Darling of North Bennington is
the guest of ais son, Earl Darling, of
South street.
Automobiles to rent by the hour,
day or week at the Blue Book" gar
age, Tel 231-M.
Ernest d. Barber has moved from
Bradford street to Mrs. l.. c. Sher-
mans on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John V. D. S. Merrill
of Bennington are guests at the Rich
mond.-North Adams Transcript.
Mrs. Charles Morgan and children
and Miss Efiie Jackson of this town
are visiting at the home of joan Jack
son in Florida, VT.
Lightning struck on grass plot at
York, Pa, the other day and burned
the grass so as to form a large L.
it's own initial, as it were.
Miss Helen Gould Kane of Troy
who has been the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy G. Brant of South street
for several days returned nome Tues
day.
Among the social events at the Mt.
Anthony Country club during the
week of the annual state golf tourna-
ment will be a brilliant dance on the
evening of August 9th At The club
house.
People may be surprised to learn
that on July %, 1876, dog day
frost" occurred in the early morning
hours in Glastonbury, according to the
Banner of that date. Old fashioned
hot summers must have been as much
out of date then as now, notwithstand-
ing all that is heard to the contrary
Sundays baseball game will be with
Pittsfeld. The attendance will un-
doubtedly be large as many will come
from Pittsfield an North Adams to
witness the contest. North Adams
plays in Schenectady. Many tunnel
city people will come to this town as
but few will accompany the finds" to
Schenectady.
The special meeting of the Benning
ton Fire Department called for Fri
day evening is for the purpose of TAX
ing action upon the invitation of the
Old Home Week committee to partic-
mate in the exercises of Firemen s
day at North Adams during ,ne cele-
bration to take place in that city dur
ing the week of September oil. 1t is
hoped there will be a full attendance
of members and that the department
may be properly represented on the
occasion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-28
SOUTH DORSET

Miss Amy Lake of Wells is visiting
her aunt, Mrs William Tobin.
The Misses Abbey and Agnes Stan
nard are visiting relatives in Walling-
ford
Thomas Malone and Richard Gale
CHER have returned from a trip to
Montreal
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Lake of Wells
visited the formers sister, Mrs. VIM.
Tobin last week.
Mrs. Fred Stannard have gone on a
visit with friends in Dandy, Walling-
ford and Putney.
Mr.. and Mrs. James O'ROuke of
West Rutland were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Burns last week.
Miss Agnes Burns is spending a
week at her home. She and a friend
and Miss Clara Quincy took a drive
to Lake st, Catherine Sunday.
A. l.. Bourn took some fine pnoto-
graphs for Thomas Burns of New
York last week. Burns was a Dorset
boy and wanted the picture of his old
home and the brooks where he waded
and fished in former days. While here
he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Burns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-28
WEST SALISBURY

Freda Bronson visited Ruth Loomis
one day last week.
VI. and Mrs. Carl Mattison were at
+. {. T.nkham's Sunday.
Alice Reed is visiting her cousins
in Hoosick Falls for a week.
Rev. l.. A. Cooney spent one day
last week at the home of l.. NJ. Loom
is.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Illumination
spent Saturday and Sunday In Cam
bridge.
r. T. Tinkham and family visitcd At
Orson Tinkham's last Saturday aud
Sunday.
Albert Bump fell off a load of hay
one day last week and wrenched his
side quite badly.
Mrs. Charles Barton, Mrs. Cobb and
Mrs Marvin Cornell were at George
Rronson's Monday.
The Sunday school of the North
Bennington Baptist church viii hold
thei. annual picnic in Nj Hun,ing-
tons grove Tuesday, August 3.
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WEST ARLINGTON

r. C. Austin has been very i'll the
past week or two.
Mrs. E. C. Woodwork and friend
were at II. r. Eaton's Tuesday.
Ernest Hartwell of Adams, Mass, is
with his aunt, Mrs. l.. J. Farnham.
Harold and Duane Hawley spent
Friday and Saturday in Granville, n.
Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reed of Walden,
N. Y, were at Fred Hawley's last
week Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. b. c. Dahms were in
town Thursday and Friday, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hawley.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Edgerton and
children with Miss Elsie and Jesse
Harrington were recent guests OF
friends in South Arlington.
Mrs. NJ. E. Wilcox who for several
weeks has been visiting friends in
Brattleboro returned on Saturday ac-
companied by her grandson, Aubrey
Motif.
MISS Annie darkness and nieces
who have been for two weeks guests
at the home of II. T. Eaton returned
to their homes in Washington, d. c.,
Monday.
Mrs. A. e. Moffit who has been for
a week with her sister, Mrs. Tefft re-
turned to her home in Manchester on
Saturday. Mrs. Teffts little boys
have had the measles and Carl, the
younger one, having had commissions.
Eddy Written recently exhibited a
speckled beauty which measured IA
inches and weighed one pound. Har-
old Hawley a brown trout 81 inches
in length and weighed 2% pounds,
frankie Hoyt caught a trout which
weighed nine ounces. Who can beat
the boys?
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MANCHESTER

Clifford Coping of East Dorset has
been visiting Leo j. Abbott.
e. W. Melendy of South Londonder-
ny was a visitor in town Monday.
Roy Grout and Frank Walsh of
East Arlington visited in town Sun
day.
Miss Fanny Damon of New Britain,
Conn, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. L.
FL. Hemenway
A large number from this town
went on the Rutland railroads excur-
sion to Lake George.
The Manchester Union band gave
concert on the green near the court
house Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Salveter of st.
Louis are visiting Mr.. Salveter's
daughter, Mrs. Maria Armellini.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Frost of
Smiths Falls, Ont, are visiting Mrs.
Ella Swift and Mrs. Theodore Swift.
Emery l.. Perry of West Brooktield,
Mass, who with Mrs. Perry is spend
ing his vacation in Londonderry has
been visiting his son, Walter Perry.
Carl Seeley of New York former
student at Burr and Burton seminary
has been visiting in town. Mr.. See
ley is now engaged in the shoe bust
ness.
George Coolidge of Arlington was
in town Saturday Mr.. Coolidge who
was graduated from Burr and Burton
seminary In June will return to the
school in the fall to take post gradu-
ate work.
A large buck deer was found dead
on the golf grounds near the Manches-
ter Light & Power Companys plant
early this week Three holes which
had evidently been made by buck
shot were found. The carcass had
not been disturbed. Game Warden
Herbert King gave orders to have it
buried.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Burr and Burton seminary Monday 1t
was voted to make several improve
ments to tae school building before
the opening of the school in Septem-
Der. One of the changes will be the
fitting up of a room for library in
the rear of the present library and the
using of the latter as a reception
room
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SALISBURY

j. w. Bowen was in Bennington
one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Harrington
were in Bennington Tuesday
Mrs. Lester Woodland visited re'a
tives and friends in Cambridge recent
ly.
Mrs. H. A. Hulett and Grace Sarlp-
son were in Bennington one day last
week.
Farmers are busy haying and the
crop is lighter one than usual in this
section.
Mrs. H. NJ Bottum left Friday for
Lake George where she will spend
several days.
There were no services held in the
NJ. f. Church Sunday as our pastor
is away on a vacation.
Ed Ward and Mrs. Fanny Taylor of
Arlington spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Bowen.
Mrs. Van Horne and Mrs Kate Mat
tison of North Bennington visited re-
Gently at the home of Mr.. and Mis-. A
S. Webb
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Galusha &C
companied by Mrs. Mary Galusha of
South SALISBURY called on relatives
in town Sunday
Mrs. Emeline Damon and Mrs. WI
liam Squire have returned from Wii-
Jamestown. Mass, where they nave
been visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Bronson and
two daughters of South Salisbury
spent Sunday afternoon at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. C. l.. Hulett.