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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
THE WRECK MASTER.
He Does Some Tall Hustlins When
the Line ls Blocked.


the Line is Blocked.
When a wreck blocks the line the
wreck master is the biggest man on
the railroad. Even the president. II
by unhappy chance he happens to be
there, steps aside and keeps silent aft
er the wreck train Aalts with a jerk
of grinding brakes and kissing air be-
fore the indescribable confusion Of
shattered wood and twisted steel
which clutter the tracks. The wreck
masters feet are on the ground before
the shrieking wheels have ceased turn
ing. There follow at his heels half
score of men, all experts. but of less
degree than their leader.
He shouts an order that seems as
unintelligible as n drillmaster's COM
mand, then another and another.
There is instant action. AT one end
Of the train locomotive begins to
creep cautiously away with the coach
es that have stayed on the rails An
express car up toward the forward end
of the passenger train is tilted trem-
blingly on its trucks. 1t Is loaded with
bales Of silk perhaps or with other
costly merchandise. The wreckers do
not stop to inquire. To them 1t is
simply an obstruction that has to be
removed Immediately. There Is
heaving chorus, and It plunges down
the embankment. A hundred yards
away a loaded freight car in the OPP
posite train is hanging over the edge
Fifty crowbars give 1t tip that sends
1t down to the foot of the hill. AS 1t
lands there is a crash of discordant
tortured strings. an inharmonious out
burst as though half hundred cats
had landed simultaneously on half
a hundred keyboards. pianos" re-
marks one Of the painting workmen to
another standing at his shoulder. They
do not pause even to grin. An instant
later they are heaving away at some
thing else.-Thaddeus 8. Dayton In
Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
DAILY (MOruing), So
SUNDAY, So
WEEKLY. 81

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
SOUTH WOODSTOCK.

The Ladies' Social circle is post
poned for two weeks, on account OF
the big snow storm.
William Burns, who has had a
severe attack of grip, is much better.
DR.. Eastman is in attendance.
There was pleasant gathering at
Mrs. R. Fl. Kingsley's February 2,
to celebrate the birthdays of Mrs. @.
L. Walker snd Geo. Peoples, which
occur the same day, being COM
plete surprise to the honored guests.
Mrs. II. N. Walker is convalescing,
F. P. Fletcher is much better.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
We Want Your Beef Hides

Calfskins, Horse Hides, Sleeps Pelts,
'Tallow, Bones, etc, and will pay you
outside prices therefor. We pay spot
cash we pay the freight; we pay
full market value. We want to ar
range with someone in every village
where we have no agent, to collect
tile above named goods for US and
to sell Pages Perfected Poultry Food
and other poultry supplies. We fur
nish money with which to buy and
we keep our buyers thoroughly post
ed at all times as to market values.
Write for full particulars.
CARROLL s. PA6E. Hyde Park, Vt
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
EAST BARNARD.

Wells Webb has been visiting his
cousin, Mrs. Myrtle Curtiss,
Mrs. Adm Allen visited her
daughter at Norwich last week.
E. L. Miller and family went to
Barre last week to remain a while
for TIE treatment of his daughter,
who has been in poor health for
some weeks.
Mrs. Clarence Bradley, Mrs. Ethel
Baker, Edith Spaulding and Addie
Spaulding were recent guests at F.
Y. Shows.
John Adams visited his brother,
Cyrus Adams, at Franklin, N. H.,
last week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
May Lose Sight of Eye

AS result of a SNOWFALL game
Rachel E. Kingsley, one of the
teachers in the Springfield schools,
is suffering from an injured eye,
Miss Kingsley was hit by hard
one, and rendered unconscious for
short time. She may lose the
sight of the eye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
Crossing at Bethel to be Eli
mated :."@

The public service commissi
issued an order Tuesday in rega
to the eliminating of the Find
bridge crossing at Bethel, one of |
most dangerous crossings in
state The commission has ordeI
an underpass with connecting s.
tions of highway.
The cost of the changes to
made is estimated at from $150,q
to 100000. The expense will
divided RS follows: Central Vermd
Railroad 65 per cent, state 20 4
cent, town ef Bethsi 10 PER cent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
SEEING Europe.

"And did you go through Berlin
while touring abroadY asked the
caller.
Ibid we. dearr' said the wife to
her husband.
Yes" replied the busy man from
behind his paper. don't you remem.
Der we bought some gasoline therer
And Paris--did you stop In Parish
continued the caller.
did we. dear?' asked the wife of
her better half.
why. of course. Don't you know
we busted tire there and had to
have new one put on!'- Yonkers
Statesman
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
Babson's Bravery,

NATURAL, when Bnbson awakened
and heard burglars downstairs he woke
his wife and told her to go down and
put the cat out?''
ION the contrary, he pursued very
heroic methods. He bravely seized his
pistol. raised the street window and
discharged the weapon. then locked
his bedroom door and waited for the
police"- Boston Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

COMET. that monster of
space that has been wandering about
for the past seventy-five years, has re-
turned, and It behooves us to get
ready to swelcome 1t. While 1t is
rushing toward earth with the speed
OF bullet, 1t is still countless miles
away and will not be visible to the
naked eye for some time, although one
may get a peep at 1t through the tele-
scopes shortly. After 1t appears It
will continue to grow In brilliancy and
length until 1t is the size of about
ninety full moons and will remain
until the latter part of May, 1910.
Then our celestial guest will disap-
pear from sight of man again, going
no one knows where. The astrono-
mers say it will not return for another
seventy-five years.
Particular interest among scientific
men is attached to Halley's comet
because 1t is the FIRST one to reappear
as predicted. Prior to the time of
HALEY, comets were supposed to be
only occasional visitors. But HALEY
found that by calculating that the
comet Travelled in closed curve 1t
would return to the solar system at
intervals of about seventy-flve years.
After his observations of the comet
in 1852 he calculated that 1t would
return in 1853 or 1859. He was right
The comet was again seen In 1885 and
has been absent since that date.
When first sighted the comet was very
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
PROBATE COURT.

Jan. so. Josephine M. Child.
Executrix files petition for license
to sell real estate. Heating Feb. IS.
Martha Ann Miller. Will proved.
r. III. Miller appointed executor.
Irving Whitcomb's estate. In
ventory returned.
Leonard D. Spa ulding, Cornish.
L. H. Spaulding, Windsor, admr.
6. F. Davis and Samuel Reed
comrs.
Jan. 81. Josephine Ryan's es-
tate. Comrs report returned.
Ira Blood's estate, Norwich. Ii
cense granted to sell real estate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
, How He Did Il.

"How." asked the young lady as she
looked with admiration at the rugged
nonagenarian. have you managed to
live so long and preserve your health
SO wellT'
by vigorously declining to practice
what my friends have preached" he
candidly replied. Record Her
old
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
sliaht Difference.

Tommy-My ma wants ter know II
after few years I'll be taken into the
Arm
Employer-Tell your ma that you
will not be taken into the frm. but
taken In by the firm.-Spokane Spokes-
man-Review.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
MARYLAND HILL.

Mrs. G. B. Colby is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. d. W. Davis, in
Chester.
Lewis Green has returned from
six weeks visit in Washington.
Bert Green of Washington visited
friends recently
The Perry children, who have the
measles, are under the care of DR..
Eastman.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Putney, who
have been on the sick list, are con-
valescent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

large and brilliant. Since then 1t has
been smaller and less bright. In 1885
it was only about half as large and
brilliant as in 1859.
Halley's comet is so called not be-
cause HALEY discovered 1t, for it had
long been known, but because he was
the first to calculate its orbit and to
predict Its return. HALEY was born In
1856 and was educated at st. Pauls
school and Queens college. Oxford. He
was a notable astronomer, Travelled
much on the continent and was a
friend of Sir Isaac Newton. In 1920
he was made astronomer royal, and.
besides predicting the return of the
comet in 1882, he recommended the use
of the transit of Venus for obtaining
the parallax of the sun. He died In
1742 with European reputation as an
astronomer.
No one need hide under the bed or
seek cyclone cellar because we are
to have a visit from this comet, how
ever. There is not the slightest dan
ger Of its colliding with the earth or
in any way disturbing us, as all comets
are looked upon with scientific curios-
ity rather than fear. Not so with the
comets Of the past, however.
The appearance of the comet in 1856
spread terror all over Europe. and In
all the churches people prayed to be
delivered from the Turks and the
comet. Three years earlier Constan-
tine, the last emperor of Byzantium,
had died the death Of hero on the
Sandjakdar Yokushar, the Sultan Mo-
manned had entered the city, and the
Church of ST. Sophia had become a
mosque. The crusades were over, and
Christianity seemed fated to succumb
to Islam, for nothing was able to stop
the conquering Moslems. Then. In
1456, the comet appeared in the heav-
ems, and Europe saw in 1t the scimitar
of Gilman, foretelling the subjugation
of Christendom.
AS to the appearance of Halley's
comet on its return, 1t depends en-
tirely upon its position with regard to
the earth and sun. If the earth hap
pens to be near the comet about the
time of its passage round the sun.
when the comets light is necessarily
greatest and the train most extended.
then we shall have a splendid view of
the glorious spectacle. At its return In
1850 the comet had a train Of 80 de-
grees In length and was best seen
In the southern hemisphere-that is.
the train of the comet extended to
distance equivalent to little more
than halfway from the zenith to the
horizon.
At its next return. in 1895, It was
somewhat short of its splendor, for Its
train was but 10 degrees in length.
How the comet will look now It is i'm
possible to conjecture; but 1t is to be
hoped that It. Will .tresit tis No a: dis
play worthy Of fts former reputation.
Major H. l. Higginson, treasurer
of the Massachusetts French food
relief funds, announced Monday that
$lS, 400 had been received by popu-
lar subscription to aid the sufferers.
Without work, and Respondent,
Daniel Ryan of New York, aged 80
years, killed one child Monday. fat
ally wounded another, and wounded
himself.
Ex-Governor F. D. Proctor is in
Wash, on business connect
ed with an enterprise in Alaska mar
BILE, in which he il interested with
Tacoma msn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
Log Cabin Philosophy.

DE charity what's fraid er col
weather is de kind dat you'll never
miss on windy mawnin'.
All roads leads ter happy Ian. an on
de. way de heart heats sich merry
tune you DIES can't keep from dancin'.
Eff dis ole worl' was ter roll any
closer ter heaven. how many people.
does. you reckon. would feel like hop
pin III without II Introduction ?-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
cHINA's GREAT WALL.
II Would 30 Mighty Task to Dupli-
cate IL Today.

IL Would 30 a Mighty Task to Dupli-
cate IL Today.
What man has done. we are told.
man can do. But to erect today a
great fortification comparable to the
Great wall Of China would be heavy
tax on both the resources and the res
olution of Europe. A score or two Of
warships are oil very well. but the
cost of labor and the will involved In
building fleets can hardly be compared
to those devoted to the building of
that great barrier about two centuries
before the coming of Christ. when
Rome was struggling with Hannibal.
Two thousand Eve hundred and fifty
miles, including spurs, arms and loops,
is the length ascribed to 1t by DR.. w
70. Cell, the only white man, we be-
lieve, who has Travelled the whole
length of 1t. 1t has been said that the
Great wall Is the only object of man's
handiwork which could be discerned
from the moon. and one calculation has
II that If the material of the wall were
disposed about the globe at the equa-
tor there would be wall girdle eight
feet high and three feet thick around
the earth.
One can believe that to this day the
name of the Emperor Chin is cursed
all along the wall by the posterity of
the wretches who were forced to the
gigantic task of building 1t. In the
days Of its greatest Importance. when
It was still holding back the Tartar
hordes. 1t Is believed to have had on
ito limo OK 000 tovvarq ooch capa hla of
holding 100 men. and $4,000 watch
towers. Even today there remains 90
600 towers and 10000 watchtowers,
with some 1000 miles Of wall that
could. with moderate repairing. be
made into a formidable military work.
London News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
OBITUARY
Mrs. Levi w. Carlton

Mrs. Levi w. Carlton, whose death
and also that of her daughter, Mrs.
Annie E. Abbott, we're reported last
week, had been living at the Abbott
home for about year. She was an
invalid for several years from tuber-
culosis, and an attack Of grip few
weeks ago fastened the end. She
was 70 years of age.
Mrs. Carlton was born in West
moreland, N. B., her father, Alexan-
der TAFT, being native of Scotland.
Her sister. Mrs W. E. j. White, died
in Philadelphia year ago. Mrs.
Carlton is survived by three
brothers John F. TAFT of Rutland,
Geo. TAFT of Philadelphia, and Blair
TAFT of Midgic, N. B. She married
Levi w. Carlton in 1868, and they
lived till year ago on the farm
where they began their married life.
Mrs. Carlton was for many years a
member of the Christian church.
rlrs. Annie e. Abbott
Mrs. Annie E. Abbott, daughter
of Mrs. Carlton, died Thursday, Jan.
20, in her SO year. She was mar
ried in August, 1897, to Edward
w. Abbott, and is survived by one
daughter, Marjorie, in her 18th
year, and a son, Edward Carlton.
aged five years. She was member
of the Congregational church.
Jewett A. Prescott
Jewett A. Prescott, for the past
three years a resident of Woodstock.
and very popular young man, died
at the home of Geo. FL. Day Sunday
morning after few days illness of
pneumonia. He was 30 years old.
His mother, Mrs. Charles A.Sargent,
of South Royalton, was with him.
His sister, Miss Lucy L. Prescott,
of Medford, Mass, reached here a
few moments after his death.
Mr.. Prescott was born in Thetford,
learned the plumbing trade after
coming of age, and for the three
years has been valued employe in
E. F. Wardwells establishment.
He was member of the Methodist
church here, very active in it's work |;
was member of the Y. M. @. A.,
and was ranking coporal of Co. G.,
V. N G..
Mr.. Prescott's father died eight
years ago, and since then he had
born much of the care of the family,
to whom he was especially endeared.
His brother, Myron A. Prescott of
STAFFORD, and sister, Mrs. Luther
Higgins, were here to attend the
funeral, which was held at the
Methodist Episcopal church Tues
day morning, Rev. r j. Chrystie
officiating. Company G attended the
service and escorted the procession
to the station, the body being taken
to STAFFORD for interment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
TAFTSVILLE

A Peoples line telephone has been
placed in F. " Darling's store.
Rey. E. w. Eldridge will preach
in Village hall tomorrow at 3 p. m.
Sunday school at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. j S. Rowland has been i'll
for few days. '' @
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
chlldren,s TeetbinQ

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over Fifty Years by millions of
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child.
softens the gums, allays all pain; cures
wind collie, ard is the best remedy for diar-
rhoea. Sold by Druggists in every part of
the world, Be sure and ark for Mrs.
Win.lo lows Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind Twenty five cents II bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

A singular light on the financial
situation is shed' by the condition
of the school children's saving fund
in Burlington. At the beginning
of last year the deposits amounted
to $6.2l2.81, which has since then
increased to only $6,S99.I6. The
number Of accounts has fallen from
657 10 SAT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
The Return
OF a Famous
Comet.

TROM now on
II we must take
care of our
eyesight and get
the family tele-
scope In good
working orde r.
for there is to be
be a free show in
the heavens that
we do not want
to miss. Halley's
famous com e t,
49, -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

Two large barns and n silo at
tached, belonging. to Major H Ed
ward Dyer of Rutland Were destroyed
by fire Tuesday morning, and several
tons of hay we're burned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

"Oh. name the day. the lover cried
In accents all unsteady.
"AlnN. I oan't!" the maid replied.
They all havs nanen already
New York Times
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Davis of Clare
mont, N. H., celebrated their golden
wedding AN niversary there Sunday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05
provinn rruth of tha Quotation.

T'VV''H INV" " VIZ
Mrs Henpeck The minister who
married us IN dead
Henpeck Hut the evil that he has
done lives after him.-Cleveland Lead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-05

sst*sribs for This Age Sxso
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-06
HAD NO LICENSES.
Five Men Must Serve Time for Selling
LIQUOR in Fort Scott.

Under sentence of the federal court five
men. convicted of selling liquor without
a federal liquor license will begin serving
out their time in the Bourbon county jail
a once. Their sentence is a fine of 800
and 30 days in jail each. This is equal
to 60 days in Jail. Each of the men has
served 50 days in jail in Miami county for
selling the liquor which they sold without
government license.
These are about the first cases to be
prosecuted under the new ruling OF At
torney General Wiekersham that payment
of the government tax did not stop the
prosecution of the government for having
Violated the law, by selling without pay
ing the tax.
In addition to the sentence imposed by
the court at Fort Scott and the time al
ready served as a result of prosecution by
the state officials the men have been in
Jail several months awaiting trial.
Former chief of police in Topeka, Frank
NJ. Stahl, and his cohorts have worked up
the evidence against these men for the
United States district attorney. Working
in connection with and under the orders
of Harry j. Bone, these men so arranged
the work they did that there was no hitch
nor Ioophole through which they could
escape and all of them pleaded guilty.
In view of this fact they were given the
minimum sentence by Judge Pollock.
The names of the convicted men are
George Means, Albert Williams, Harry
Bennings, Henry Major and Richard Nc
Grue.
Eleven indictments were returned by
the grand jury at Fort Scott These
are for various offenses. OF the eleven
persons indicted three have been arrested.
They are F. c. Cole, charged with raising
postoffice money order; George Hill,
selling liquor without government stamp,
and Charles Bailey, stealing a mail pouch
from a truck at the depot at Altoona
Bailey is now in the Arkansas state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-06

body it is doubtful whether either
could get out of conference.
What the president will do with the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill IS
agitating the minds of many members
of the senate and house in both parties.
The measure is not in conference, but
no Roadway has been made in dispOs-
ing of the differences between the two
branches The delay is said to be
caused by rumOrs frequently heard that
the president will veto the bill. No one
seems to have drawn from him what his
intentions are concerning it. It carries
appropriations aggregating over $50
900, 900. and it is known the president IS
anxious to make the present session
record breaker in the matter of hold
ing down public expenditures.
Practically nothing is heard about
the anti-injunction bill. The only meas
ure in the Taft program which appears
to have a straight road is the land
withdrawal measure.
Insurgents Fight President.
Leaders of the house organization
who p1 edicted two weeks ago that the
combination between the insurgents
had been shot to pieces are beginning
to realize that the allies can work as
effectively in framing legislation rs
they can when preparing for an assault
on the rules of the house and the office
of the speaker.
speaker cannon QeCIdT6U III HIS CStC-
brated speech If defiance on the day ne
was removed from the rules committee
that it was apparent to him and must
be to every one else that there was n
new majority in the house of repre-
sentatives No one dreamed at the
time that the insurgents and Demo-
Gratis. the new majority referred to by
the speaker, would. within very short
time, get together on an administration
bill. rip it wide open and amend it to
suit themselves. However, that is eX-
actly what is being done today. and
the house leaders are wondering where
the trouble is going to end.
Insurgents in the house are pledged
to President Taft to see his legislative
program safely through the house.
They do not understand this pledge TO
mean. however. that they are bound to
accept all administration bills as the
house committees see fit to report
them. President Taft declared some
time ago TO several White House call
ers tn I he would not assume to de-
clare that member of congress must
forego the right to amend legislation.
The insurgents have accepted the pres
dents views on this subject and while
they cannot go quite as far as the in
surgent senators they seem able to ac-
complish considerably more and with
less noise.
Where Will It End?
There is considerable wonderment as
TO where this insurgency in both
branches of congress will end, so far as
legislation is concerned. It had been
hoped by the leaders of both parties
that it would be possible to adjourn
congress early so that the congress
sional campaign might get under way.
Several weeks ago the hope was ex-
pressed that the legislators would get
away early in June. Now there seems
to be considerable doubt whether all of
the legislation in the congressional hop
per Will be disposed of before July l.
New Kansas Postmasters.
Kansas Postmasters appointed: Ches-