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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08
NOTES.

lHe " oOubGOCh lTIenuS OF DaVl(
| L Montague are pleased to hear o
his success in political and othe
fields. AS member of the Massa
chusetts Legislature he has just beer
appointed chairman of the commit
tee on cities and is also a membe
of the insurance committee. The
| Boston Advertiser says:
" Representative Montague Of
Ward 10 gets the craftsmanship Of
cities, and although entirely new t.
this committee will add dignity tc
it because of his recognized integrity
and ability,
Miss Helen Keller, who has beer
at the Inn two weeks, returned tc
Wrentham, Mass, Monday. She en-.
| joyed her visit here, taking several
short snowshoe trips, and also coast.
ing, and expects to return another
seaeon.
Two hundred or more tickets were
sold for the eighth annual concert
and ball of Woodstock chapter, No
46, o. e. S held last week Friday
evening. Gilbertson's orchestra OF
Barre gave fine concert and played
for the dancing. The decorations
were novel and effective, the feature
being large five-point star hung in
the center of the hall.
Tuesday was one of the coolest
days of the season, the various Their
mometers about the village reading
all the way from l6 to 80 degrees
below zero.
Miss Doris Wardwell gave snow
shoe party New Years eve. The
young people had an enjoyable
, tramp, and then returned to Miss
Ward wells home where they were
entertained with music, games and
refreshments.
Hon. William E. johnson, Miss
johnson and Col. F. G. Hatch sail
from New York for Naples today on
the steamship Caronia of the Cunard
line. They will visit Egypt
and expect to- return home about
the first of June. Mrs. G. j. Ives
accompanied them to New York.
The engagement is announced OF
Miss Marion Louise Whitaker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Whitaker of Norwich, Conn, to DR..
Ralph M. Tewksbury of Attleboro,
Mass.
The third annual social and bust
ness meeting of the Congregational
church is called for Tuesday evening
Jan H. President John M Thomas
of Middlebury college will be pre-
sent and make an address.
Miss Aitken and Miss Elizabeth
Aitken have returned to New York.
Miss Agnes Aitken is visiting in
Smithville, N. j.
Mrs. F. e. Richmond entertained
her sister, Mrs. @. Q. Udall, of Low
ell, Mass, from Friday until Mon
day, when Miss Marion Udall
returned home with Mrs. Udall.
At the annual meeting of the
Christian church, Tuesday afternoon
officers we're elected as follows
Trustees, DR.. A. F. Moore o. A.
Harding. Chas. H. English treas
urer, w. H. Reed auditor, E. W.
Kilder solicitors and collectors, the
board of trustees.
Canton Woodstock, Patriarchs
Militant, will give an Old and
Young Folks ball at the town hall
Thursday evening, Jan. ID. Sher-
wins orchestra will play and this
will be one of the events of the season
A. A Davis, the Burlington
weather prophet, has announced his
predictions for the next three months
He seems to have hit it right at the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08

Sabssribs for The Age $IUU.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08
Willoughby Wants Another
Crack at Bourbon.
Woodstock, Jan. 7, 10

'OSucpOShS ooh' IS'
Mr.. Editor:
Please print the following and
oblige the undersigned, as / am not
satisfied with the decision given me
Thursday night, Jan. 6, by the ref
cree. Although l think he meant to
do right, he was little hasty about
calling the last fall. Everyone in the
hall could see that my two shoulders
were not pinned to the mat.
All l ask is one more crack at Mr..
Bourbon. / feel confident that l
can defeat him. | will never be sat
isfed until get another trial at him.
| will wrestle him at any spot or
place, in private preferred, for the
sum of $500, within three weeks,
providing he will make $50 pounds
weight at ringside, pin falls of three
seconds duration only to count; and
no more hare floor for mine.
Now, Bourbon, if you are game.
face the foe and toe the mark and
when you get through with me you
will not look for Sam Anderson.
Yours very truly,
YOUNG WILLoUGHBY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08
POST OFFICE NOTICE
TRAINS GOING EAST.

Mail trains arrive 7.52 a, M, 2.2S p. m.
Mail trains leave 10.4O a. M, $50 p. m,
and $40 p. m.
Bridgewater, Rutland and Ludlow stages
leave {, 90 a. m. and 800 p. m.
South Woodstock. 800 p. m.
Barnard and Bethel, $40 a. m.
Rural free delivery routes leave a. S.lb
q. m.
MAILS CLOSE-For early stages $50
IN. Later mails, IL. 90 a, M, 500 p. m.
nd 4.30 p. m.
Office Hours--6.30 a. m. to $50 p. m.
Sunday--12 to p. m.
Sunday mail in 10 q. m. out 1890 a. m.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN. P. NJ.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08
LOCAL NOTICES

FOR SALE-House and barn near
Mr.. Wallis garden. They must be
taken down or moved away before
March Is. F. S. Billings, Woodstock,
Vermont.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-08
WINDSOR COUNTY
COURT
December Term, 1909

Hon. W. W. Miles, Presiding Judge.
Hon Hon S Miia s. R r; MaSha~ Asst Judges.
OFFICERS OF THE COURT
Jay Read Pember. Clerk.
Karl A; Pember, Deputy Clerk.
Edward r. Buck States Attorney.
Eugene A. Thomas, Sheriff.
James II. Kiniry. High Bailiff.
John HI. Mimms, Reporter.
f. G. Southgate, Probation Officer
Court took a recess Friday at
noon until Tuesday, Jan. ii at 2 p.
m, when the jury business will be
finished.
Court business will be taken up
Wednesday afternoon, when the
docket will be called, but no divorce
cases will be taken up until the
finish of all other court business.
francesca Celebrate, who was
found guilty of murder III the second
degree, as reported last week, was
sentenced by Judge Miles to i'm
prisonment for life in the state
prison. This makes the number of
life convicts twenty.
Chase, life convict from Orleans
county, was pardoned by Gov Prcuty
and discharged from the prison last
Christmas day.
Antonio Leibretto, who was i'm
plicated in the same transaction as
Celebrate, retracted his plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty of assault
with intent to kill and murder, and
was sentenced to the states prison
for not less than three and one half,
nor more than four years, and is now
serving his sentence. He claimed
to have acted in self defence, and his
coat shows cut which he claims
was inflicted in the scrimmage. One
man who was charged with partici-
patton in the same turmoil was ac-
quilted.
Three Italians from Wilder, AL
lesandro, Ferdinando and Domenico
Schlettino, charged with assault
upon Alphonse Tici, who was shot
in row at White River Junction,
were found guilty of simple assault
and fined $25 and costs each.
William LaChance, who hired a
horse at Quechee last August and
failed to return the rig, was found
guilty of grand larceny Thursday,
the jury being out only few minutes.
He was sentenced to the states prison
for two and half to three years.
John p. Lewis of Bridgewater
Corners pleaded not guilty to the
charge of breach of the peace.
Dazed by the Verdict
kid Mcfarland and William
Brown, colored. who were charged
with stealing some tents at the
state fair grounds at White River
Junction a day or two after the fair
last fall, were put on trial Thursday
afternoon. The evidence showed
that they were found packing the
tent material for shipment 10 Boston,
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

village
Beckets
Beyond mile memorial of
upright slabs of nhewn sandstone by fourth which
length The
call House. British All
call domen found contain human remains with the
condition
dlapidated The
against
Aylesford ass
Hengst knman and feoweader who killed
buried The white
the headc emblem of the Eng
of
the
is the of
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
Gators and Insects Hunt New Home

dreds of Mills of paved roadways will
lead from New Orleans north, east and
west, and that for the first time in it's
history New Orleans will possess sub
urbs.
The nearest town or settlement of
any consequence is now sc miles dis
tant from New Orleans. Within fifty
miles of every large city in the coun-
try million or more people reside,
and many industries develop business
and wealth for the urban population.
This is the end New Orleans is
working to and win have reached, in
large part, anyway, by the time the
Panama canal is opened to the ships
of the world.
Meanwhile modern sewerage and
drainage within the city proper have
practically and wholly solved the city's
sanitary problems, and the discovery
of a simple method of filtering the
waters Of the Mississippi river has
given the city pure water service ex.
celled by none in the world. These sys-
TENS are in operation and are nearly
complete. They have cost the city
about $25,000.000.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
No Corsets are Worn at West Point

discussion of West Pointers, that
many West Pointers acquire a figure
of perfection of symmetry and a car
riage the acme of manly grace, but
these are due not to any ingenious ap.
pliances, but to the systematic drills
and exercises that make the cadet, tc
a certain extent, an athlete. At the
outset these young fellows are pu,
through what are called the setting
up exercises, their object being tc
straighten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that 1t would
require great amount of such exer.
else to make any marked showing
but three long hours of such exercise
daily will soon produce beneficial re.
suits In the most stopped forms.
THE cadet uniform is also a great
help in this direction The dress coat
is tight, very tight The shoulders are
heavily padded in order to give them
a square effect. The chest is made
thick, so that there will be no danger
of wrinkling. All this for the sake OF
looks; comfort has no place in the
makeup of West Pointer; It is dis.
cipline and looks"
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
SIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACT
Mr.. johnson Unable to See Where in
Any Way He Had "Put His
Foot in It."

1t is common to deplore the lack of
humor in a person. Yet the very
want of it may save a certain amount
of embarrassment, as was the case
on a certain occasion with President
Johnson. He was one day." says
writer In Harper's Magazine. visit
Ing my mother, and q friend. Mrs.
Knox, a widow, came in. She had
known Mr.. Johnson some years be-
fore, when he was a member of the
Legislature but they had not met since
then.
After mutual recognition, Mr..
Johnson said: How is Mr.. Knox? l
have not seen him lately
SO He has been dead six years. said
Mrs. Knox.
81 thought l hadn't seen him on
the street. said Mr.. Johnson.
when Mrs. Knox left, my mother
said, laughing: That was funny mis-
take OF yours about Mr.. Knox.
What mistake did l make?' said
Johnson. L said l hadn't seen him on
the street, and hadn't"
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
Dentists Believe They Have a Kick

bill, either. Say, this new tangled
hair style is putting me to the bad.
THE worst feature of the whole
thing is that the heads, or rather the
hair, won't fit into the headrests. I
have tried all manner Of schemes. and
even had a new headrest built along
lines that ! was sure would ut. but
the heads simply won't 1T into any.
thing.
IF we do succeed in getting the
mass laid out and tucked away care
fully where IL won't bother us, we get
something like this:
oh, mercy, doctor, you are muss
ing my hair all up. And am going
to party this afternoon, too
But the most usual thing Is: oh
doctor. there is a hairpin sticking in
my head. Wait minute. o, dear. it's
coming down. Doctor. do stop a min.
ute while fasten up my braid.
Il do tell you what, the dentists
ought to get together and boycott the
present style OF hairdress, or else in.
sist that al. extra hair be taken of
before any dental work will be done
That would settle It, all right
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

NEW ORLEANS.-More than 1,000,-
~ 600 acres of marsh land lying with
in so miles of New Orleans are to be
drained. reclaimed and transformed
from wilderness into gardens. homes.
Lamlets and towns. The work of re-
claiming some $4,000 acres within the
corporate limits OF New Orleans is
now well under way. while contracts
have been let for the reclamation Of
fully 100000 acres additional in ad-
Joining parishes.
This means that within two years
the alligator will no longer find abort
ginal harborage in the Carnival city,
that the breeding grounds of countless
billions of mosquitoes will be turned
into highly productive farms on which
mosquitoes cannot breed, that hun
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

VIZ ASHINGTON.-'T have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets. II is absurd in
a way, because should any effeminate
youngster resort to such thing it
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret, and once known his school
life would become a burden to him on
account of the endless amount of criti
cism he would receive from his fell
lows. He would be made the laugh
ing-stock Of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any num-
Der of effeminate nicknames that
would CRATE upon his ears in any but
a pleasant manner.
1T is true" continued the old sol
der, who was no other than Col. X.
B. Collins. retired army officer, in
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
PRISON CELL ROMANCE.

An interesting story has come to
light of the way in which man I'M
dergoing a sentence in Pentonville
prison, tanned and made a companion
of pigeon. One bitterly cold morn-
ing just before Christmas, whilst the
prisoners were at exercise, a pigeon,
half-dead with the cold, fell into the
yard. A convict picked II up, hid 1t In
his breast, and took II back TO his
cell, where in the evening he shared
lis food with the bird. Wishing tn
keep the bird for company, he hid the
bird ia his breast every time the
warder came round. Quickly the
pigeon became tame. and a fast
friendship arose, which helped to pass
the weary hours of prison life. At
last, however, his secret became
known to his fellow-convicts, and one
man threatened to inform the officials.
The man told his story to a Saliva
ton Army officer who visited the
prison, and the latter advised him to
appeal to the governor, who, inter
ested in the mans kind action, gave
him permission to keep the bird. The
man has now been released, and was
helped into work by some kindly
hearted people who got to know the
little story Of the pigeon.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

NEW YORK.-The whole United
~ States government, with its vast
treasury of wealth, it's brainy states
men and Insurgents, its army and
navy. It's immense horde of high
brows, against the poor little house
fly! That's the lineup in bitter war
of determination scheduled to set the
nation by the ears and enlist the cour
ageous support of every man, woman
final knell of the house fly has been
sounded and the battle has just be-
gun. Catch 'em and kill 'em; show
no quarter is the war cry Of the
army of determination that is to put
forth every effort to rid the land of
the Musca Domestica, the polite name
by which the house fly should be ad-
dressed by strangers.
Until the scientists got busy with
their Investigations the house fly was
considered merely as a pestiferous in
sect, designed by the Creator of, all
things merely to take its bath in the
sweet cream and maple strip, annoy
the late morning sleeper, skate about
with abandon on the polished surface
of shiny baldheads and practise the
Morse telegraph code on the cleanest
of windows.
Long suffering housewives since
time began we're the only really active
enemies of the seemingly insignificant
little fly, and they alone and unaided
applied the imprecations and dish
cloths vigorously against the nuisance
But after the scientists got onto the
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
EEEAEAHHEHAE@ HHHHHHE
WI Odd News From Big Cities II
MI Stories of Strange Happenings in the INV
VWNA Metropolitan Towns I'M
EHASS8A8AEGHH
Uncle Sam Asks All to Swat the Fly

job the fight against the insect began
to assume proportions of magnitude.
That little insect which the average
citizen was wont to regard merely as
domestic pest is now branded as the
most dangerous creature on earth. The
house fly has been publicly indicted as
a murderer of the human race, the
greatest disease propagation and the
carrier If more menacing and malig-
nant germs than all other creatures
put together.
This little, but potent. messenger of
death wanders from the sick room,
from the filth of the garbage pail,
from the heaps of refuse of all kinds
into the peaceful, happq homes of our
land, walks upon the butter, the meat,
the fruit, the sugar, takes bath in
the milk, leaving everywhere the
germs of disease that have gathered
upon its furry feet and body.
About half the deaths from typhoid
in New York, according to the health
authorities, are attributed directly to
the distribution of germs by house
flies. And worse than that, the figures
show that of 1000 deaths of cooling
babies in that city from infantile dis
eases. more than 5000 were traced to
infection carried by house flies.
According to a noted scientist the
determination of the pest is compare
lively easy. All that Is necessary. he
says, is a systematic effort on the part
OF the public. II all the people will
practise the utmost cleanliness. 1t Is
declared, the house fly will be extinct
in this country within a few years, for
the house fly cannot exist without
filth.
Cleanliness" then, is the watchword
for the American public to put an end
to an insect that is not only terrible
nuisance, but a terrible instrument of
death to thousands of our population
every year.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

CHICAGO.-"Well. don't know what
~ under the shining forceps am go
ing to do, anyway" and dentist in
the Masonic temple sighed a perfect
mammoth of sigh.
The matter? Hair. just plain hair.
No-not plain. either. Now, for in
stance. A lady came up to my office
the other day and wanted her teeth
fixed. and finally took hold of the
top of her head with one hand, while
worked with the other. Then
turned away to get an instrument,
and my sleeve button caught in her
hair and the whole back of II. about
fifteen Tat. shiny curls, came along
with me. She simply froze me up.
and she didn't come back to pay her
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
ELEPHANTS BATHING TANK

Some months ago the management
Washington decided that the elephants
in captivity needed a bath tub and or
dered a huge tank made. After con-
siderable planning and figuring, the
work of excavation was begun for this
monster reservoir. Ton after ton of
dirt was scooped out until there re-
suited a splendid bath tub 40 feet
wide, sloping gently down to a depth
OF more than 10 feet. Around this
was constructed concrete wall solid
enough TO withstand the kicks and
cavortings of the strongest elephant.
A strong wooden barrier encloses the
bathtub and effectually prevents tho
elephants from rambling off through
the park after they have had their
daily dip. 1t is very interesting TO
watch the big animals as they splash
around in the cool water, or stand
idly still and blink their little dark
eyes in perfect content. They seem
to be in their perfect element when
deep in the waters. The bottom OF
the bathing tank is paved with rock
so placed as to keep the big pachy-
derms from slipping as they surely
would do If they tried to maintain
their balance on a smooth concrete
floor covered with ooze. The manage
ment of the park have felt amply re-
paid for the expense involved in the
construction of the enormous bath
tub. for it vastly improves the health
and temper of the clumsy beasts in
their charge.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

In the Belgian Congo are to be
found thousands of enormous cham
bered nests or heaps constructed by
the Industrious ants of that land. A
great variety of choice ferns and be-
gonia plants grow on these ant heaps,
and in many cases they are covered
with bamboo 80 feet high. The heap
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton is a yards in circumference and
the trees on the top are over 20 feet
high. It's great size will be apparent
on comparing it with the man stand
ing at the bottom.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
SARACEN TREASURES FOUND

Some interesting discoveries are re-
ported in France. Recently in ex-
cavations at the Abbey Of Fonteyrault
some tombs were brought to light,
which are considered to date from the
Plantagenets. But at Senons we get
a glimpse of periods more remote, for
there discoveries have been made of
jewels, medals. and arms. These are
believed to have belonged to the Sara
Gems, who were defeated by Charles
Martel In 1872.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
TRIAL BY TELEPHONE.

The fact that contagious diseases
cannot be transmitted over the tele-
phone wires enabled Judge F. E. Bow
ser of Warsaw, Ind, to try a case at
home while quarantined because his
children had scarlet fever. The judge
heard the evidence by telephone and
imposed fine and a 60-day sentence
upon a young man for stealing.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
Feats of Rhetoric.

You used to say that boy of yours
wouldn't amount to anything because
he was a poet"
IL was mistaken. He makes a fine
living getting up names for fancy
drinks at soda fountains" -Exchange
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
Ono Side Enouuh,

Senator William Alden Smith tells
of an Irish justice of the peace out
in Michigan. In a trial the evidence
was all in and the plaintiffs attorney
had made a long and very eloquent
argument, when the lawyer acting for
the defense arose.
What are you doing?" asked the
Justice, as the lawyer began.
Going to present our side OF the
case"
II don't want to hear both sides ar
gued 1t has a tindency to confuse
the ort."-Washing
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

That Sir Francis Drake. first man
fighter and bold explorer, should be
honored especially as the man who
first introduced potatoes into Europe
was the idea of the people of Often
burg, Germany. In that town stands
n fine statue of Drake. His left ell
bow rests on an anchor and in his
left hand he holds a well-grown po
tato plant, potatoes and all. There is
a globe at his right foot and a vessel
behind him, and in his right hand he
carries map of South America.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

The secret of life is not to do what
one likes, but to try to like that which
one has to do; and one does like it
in timed. M. Craik.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19

Invalid-Doctor, I must positively
insist upon knowing the worst.
DR.. Wise-Well, l guess my bill will
be about $S5
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18

to human beings? Dogs are to be used
in the experiment A half dozen little
mongrels will be enrolled as charter
of the cancer squad" and
have just arrived, accompanied by DR..
Harvey R. Gaylord, director of the
Gratwick Cancer laboratory at Buffalo
N. Y. The doctor has achieved fame
through his discoveries that the laws
of immunity apply to cancer.
The dogs are to be fed on the best
and most healthful of sterilized food
have the best sanitary quarters and q
canine physician all for their own.
To appease their thirst they are only
allowed to drink from pond in which
there are fish. These fish and the
dogs, carefully tended, may thus be
made to solve another of the great puz-
zles of the medical world That is, II
the cancerous proclivities of the fish
are transmitted through the water
then the dogs. it is believed, will show
it and prove that the danger of this
disease is ever present for human be
ings who drink water in which fist
live.
Prof. Charles G. Atkins. in charg.
of the hatchery, says:
We now have a number of dogs
and expect shortly to receive more
sent here to aid in investigating thu
cause of the throat disease known a!
goitre, which is one of the numerous
forms of cancer"
That the cancerous disease affecting
both dogs and fish is similar in natur
has already been established. That i
is identical, remains to be demonstra
ted. The relation between the tw
has not yet been worked out, and tina
is just what the scientists want to lear
among other things. Dr. Gaylord, VIII
is in charge of the experiments. said
''The dogs do not contract the can
Ger from the fishes. it is believed. bu
by drinking water from the ponds |
which the affected fish specimens ar
living"
The United States government is {
present taking under consideration tn
advisability of establishing a permar
ent station here where experiments
connection with cancer may be mad
upon dogs in lieu of human beings.