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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Dies at Age of Ito Years

Joseph Wood of Weston died Tues
day May 81 at the age of ITO years
and three months, lacking six days.
He was doubtless the oldest person
in Vermont and the claim had been
made that he was the Oldest person
in .New England. He was born
near Montreal, P. O., Feb. "a, 1900,
according to the best information
and had lived in Weston nearly "a
years, coming TO that town from the
northern part Of the state.
His parents were Parisians His
paternal grandfather lived to the
age of lo3 years. His father died
at the age of 90 years from injuries
received while attempting the feat
of shouldering four bushels of peas
and walking distance with the
load.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Form New School Union

A Joint meeling of school directors
Of the Bethel town district. the Roy
alton town and South Royalton Sat
urday afternoon, with full atten-
dance.
BY large majority the directors
voted to form union. Robert L.
Burnett of Bethel was elected chair
man and Fred E. Allen of South
Royalton, secretary. BY a nearly
unanimous vote Earl E Wilton,
principal of the South Royalton High
-school, was elected superintendent
Tor one year at salary of ST., 400
His duties will begin July L. He
was graduate of Dartmouth in the
class of 1908, and has a good record
as teacher since that time, the last
three years at South Royalton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Call for Large Sums

The tax bills for 1908 are in the
hands of collectors at Bethel and
call for the largest sum ever raised
In Bethel. The rates and amounts
raised follows: Town grand list,
|s9,7l9, rate, $1.25; amount raised
|Sl2l49; town school, grand list.
|So,o4O; rate75 cents; amount raised,
|S2'o8O; Whitcomb High school,
grand list, $2,85S; rate, 81; amount
raised, $5,S7S; rate, 60 cents;
amount raiseds $1,7l4. The total
amount raised is $22,624.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Windsor County Court.
JUNE TERM, 1910.

|
The June term of the Windsor
county court was opened in due anc
ancient form Tuesday, June z, b,
the regulation proclamation b,
Sheriff Thomas.
Prayer was offered by Rev. E. @
Drouhin.
The closing of the docket disclosed
II civil cases for trial by jury.
In the afternoon the grand Jurors
were sworn and instructed by Judge
Taylor. John O. Coolidge of Ply
mouth was appointed foreman.
The grand jurors were:
Andover, Joseph A. Thornton.
Barnard, Jerome Morgan.
Bethel, Howard w. Fowler.
Cavendish, Henry II. Amsden.
Hartford, Noah b. Hazen.
Ludlow, Harry E. Fuller.
Plymouth, John @. Coolidge
Reading, William III. Bidgood.
Rochester, Herbert p. Mason.
Royalton, Seymour Culver.
Springfield, George 9. Shedd.
Weston, Edward Wilder.
Windsor, John Oakes.
West Windsor, Charles Stearns.
Woodstock j e Montague, w
j. Boyce, IL. Il. Hubbard, H. FL.
Thompson.
The grand jurors came into court
on Wednesday and reported four
true bills and were discharged. The
indictments are, one for forgery, one
for obtaining money under false
pretenses, two for assault with in
tent to commit rape, and one for
statutory rape.
No case wss ready for trial by
jury on Wednesday and the. court
excused the jurors until Wednesday,
June Is, at 2 30 p M, and took a
recess until that time.
The petit jurors are:
Barrows, l.. A. Bridgewater
Beckwith, Albert D Ludlow
Best, w. E. West Windsor
Brown, B w. Springfield
Brown, George w. Royalton
Cady, Charles w Reading
Carlisle, Edwin M. Chester
Clayton, Alonzo l.. Weston
Cotton, Walter, Barnard
Dutton, Herbert l.. Hartford
Dutton, u Ii. Hartland
Fuller, Romaine, Rochester
Gates, Lee r. Woodstock
Howland, Fred w. Royalton
Kane, Edward d. Hartford
LaRock, Wilfred 9. Bethel.
Lewis, VIM. H. Weathersfeld
Patten, VIM. r Sharon
Perkins, Austin Bethel
Reed, b FL. Windsor
Richardson, Alden A. Stockbridge
Sargent, Leland P. Norwich
Sheehan, John j. Cavendish
Wiley, George F, Springfield
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New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company
WON TIE INDIAN.
Tho Boy Showed the Armed Redslsin
How to Play Marbles.

Tho Boy Showed the Armed Redsl<in
How to Play Marbles.
One who visits an encampment
of Indians is likely to find many of
the younger members and some of
the older ones practicing games OF
feats of skill. In the CHRONICLES
of Kentucky Settlement" Mr..
Watts tells how a boy of eleven
years of age showed an Indian how
to play marbles. The boy, Joseph
Adair, was on his way from Hills
boro, N. c., to Tennessee in the
fall of 1905. The lad had become
separated from his foster fathers
| family some little distance on the
trail when he met an Indian unex-
pectedly.
Joseph had been lettering along
behind the teams, ''plumping" mar
bles, dozen or more of which he
had brought with him from Hills
boro, when he was much alarmed on
seeing in the road directly in front
of him large, fierce looking In
dian, rifle in hand and otherwise
equipped with tomahawk and knife,
after the manner of his race.
The lads first impulse-so he
afterward related-was to turn and
run for his life. But this he knew,
after a moments consideration,
would be unavailing and would,
moreover, be not only equivalent to
confession of cowardice, but
would increase his danger.
His next thought was to shout
aloud for help. But then it struck
him that probably he could not
make himself heard, and even if he
could the doubt thus expressed as
to the Indians peaceable intentions
might anger the savage, in which
event his deadly work could be ac-
complished before any one could
come to the boys assistance.
These thoughts ran quickly
through the boys mind, the Indian
meanwhile standing like statue in
the road. 1t then occurred to Jo-
seph that the Indian was closely
observing the marbles, and he de-
termined to resort to little friend
ly diplomacy.
Picking up the marbles and hold
ing them out in the palm of his
hand, he approached the dusky
stranger and with as calm voice
as he could command said: ''Mar-
bles! Do you want one? May have
both. / have more"
The Indian took the marbles and
examined one of them so closely
that the boy supposed the savage
had never before seen such toy
and was trying to determine its
use. Upon this he took two other
marbles from his pocket, and, cast
ing one of them some six or eight
feet from him, he properly adjust
ed the other between his thumb and
finger and, showing the position to
the Indian, took deliberate aim.
He hit the marble that he shot at
SO plump that it was knocked sew
eral yards. The one he had shot
spun around in almost the same
place from which the other had
been driven.
1t was a good shot. The Indian,
observing the game, uttered some
thing like grunt of approval and,
placing the marbles given him in
his pouch, without word or ges-
ture stepped from the road and dis
appeared in the forest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Dartmouth Gets $50, 900

Dartmouth has received a gift OF
|Soo'OO0 for the construction of a
new administration building. The
eiit Is presented by Lewis w. Park
hurst of Winchester, Mass, and his
|wlie' Emma L., who gave the money
IN memory of their son. Wilder, who
aied while sophomore at college in
iSO'' The work of construction
VIII be undertaken Immediately.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11

BILE of doing business for himself.
Before joining the ranks of the 9th
regiment, he was twice sold as a
slave, once with his father, and later
alone. His mother was also sold to
a dealer in New Orleans, and he
never heard from her afterwards.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11

Lewis Parkhurst was graduated
at Dartmouth in 1873. He was for
many years president of the Dart
mouth alumni and is member of
the publishing firm of CHM & Co. of
Boston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Flies Twice Across the Chan.
mel

The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls,
captain in the London section of the
army motor reservef driving a
Wright biplane, vindicated Anglo
Saxon aeronautics by crossing the
English channel twice on the even
ing of June End, without alighting.
He made the round trip between
Dover and Calais in 90 minutes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11

Three burglars with pockets bulg-
ing with loot were held up at the
point of a briarwood pipe in Brook
lyn Monday, in the back loom Of a
saloon, by a clerk Of hardware
merchant whom they had robbed,
and marched tamely to Jail. They
were an angry set ofmeu when they
realized that their captor's courage
had been keener edged than their
own wits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11
Sardinia.

That large italian island Sar-
dinia still belongs to the middle
ages. 1t is hard to believe that
Sardinia, known to the ancient Ro-
mans as the granary of the empire
and its mineral treasure house,
should so recently as 1928 have
been entirely without roads. The
beautiful highways over which, in
Augustin days, golden harvests had
been wheeled to the coast had been
lost since the fall of the empire.
Even feudalism retained it's hold on
the life of the Sardes till 1856.
Pestilence due to neglected soil and
undrained swamps has no doubt
helped to retard the return to civ
ilization Of the island which gave
the crown to King Victor's house.
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-11

Captain Frank Tompkins, 11th
y. S. cavalry, has been appointed
commandant of Norwich University,
relieving Captain L. A. Chapman,
End cavalry, who has been at the
school four years, and who will in
September join his regiment which
is serving in the Philippines,
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

by the newspapers without compensa-
ton. Now the Times does not want
all the towns to whom these remarks
will apply more or less exactly to
come to the confessional seat all at
once. Il might create noise and con
fusion. But it does want TO e a diff
ferent rule adopted. When a town
has a decently sufficient organizat ton
and it is not producing results suffi-
cient to meet the ideas of the most
eager and public-spirited citizens, as
| may be the case without anybody be-
| ing to blame, let them infuse them
selves and their money into that body
and make it go 1t is not an infusion
| of new blood that is needed so much
as an infusion of more money. Most
all Of us are sufficiently qualified to
make excellent and active presidents
| and officers and governing directors of
boards of trade, etc, If We are fur
nished with the required money. But
| not a blessed one of us can make d
success of any promotive body with
| out the sinews of war.
| Let us, therefore. all over Florida
promote and join and strengthen and
uplift our agencies for attracting pub
| lie attention. let us go to their meet
| ings, weed out the lazy and worthless
If Their be such-ant give them
enough money to work with, and then
make them work like Troians. That
is the way to get results. Three clubs
pulling different ways cannot produce
any results at all, just as one organ
lied and self-Contained little mule can
outpull a half dozen spirited chargers
who never pull at the same moment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30
% 90 >>>> <>>> :
Tampa Times.

There seems to be several cities in
Florida in which there live, move and
have being more really large men
than the size OF the city and the man.
agement OF its affairs show room for
Now, for instance, there are so many
men in these towns who are divinely
called TO be officers and directors of
boards Of trade and commerce and
publicity and boost and push that no
one society or association can hold
them without severe jostling. The
Times has in mind one city which had
L tiptop commercial body that was do
ing good job Of taking care of its
unofficial affairs and bringing ii to the
notice of the world. But somehow it
did not suit the views of a number of
other prominent and active gentlemen
who felt themselves, and doubtless
were. highly qualified to do that work
in better and more effective style. So
they organized a second body OF the
same kind and proceeded to spend
some thousands of dollar in rent and
salaries and other unavoidable en-
penses, but without inspiring the COM
munity with much enthusiasm and the
volunteering of large funds to the
good cause. The two organizations
seemed to neutralize each other, so to
! speak, and the quiet that ensued was
Gistasteful to another bunch. which
| proceeded 10 get busy with a third or
ganization. 1t proposed the raising of
| a sum of money sufficient to cover the
needs of five years and not only col
| lect it but eXpend it spotly.
| AT last accounts the three organ
| izations were cathauling each other
and the publicity work WAS being done
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The Republican officeholders in
Florida have been the recipients of a
number OF compliments recently.
Judge Sheppard was favorably men,
toned for a seat on the United States
supreme court bench. w. II. Northup,
who was recently appointed collector
of customs at this port. was given his
share of the bouquets, and the Gaines
vile Sun speaks thusly of two Gaines,
willie officials: mo better officials
than Mcssrs. Chubb and Warren
register and receiver OF the United
States land Office in this city, ever
served The people in an official ca
pacity, and as long as Republicans are
TO hold these offices the sun hopes &c
sec them retain their places. They
are safe for four years more now
It's always nice to have the best o.
everything.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The government still denies the pri
vate citizen the right to enter certain
kinds of industrial lines. Officers
have lately arrested several hard
working men who were quietly operat
ing a counterfeiting plant, and the
products were nothing but bright sill
yer dollars. Strange the poor citizen
is interfered with when the govern
ment enjoys the monopoly. These
men should bring suit against the
government for violating the anti
trust law.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The government refusing to accept
seven hundred thousand dollars from
the sugar trust makes the trust come
forward with an offer Of a million.
Uncle Sam must think it tainted
money"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

Another attempt to cross tho At.
Iantic in a balloon will be made in
March, Aviator Brucker will make
the attempt then and expects to cross
in five days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

Fertilizer for the crops to be grown
in and around Jackson county next
year will be furnished by d factory
now under construction in MarianHa.
Jackson county is the largest cotton
growing county in the state, and that
the fertilizer factory will be a paying
proposition goes without saying, as
we'll as furnishing employment for
several hundred laborers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30
Floating the Wreck
Of the Maine.

The New Orleans States discusses
! The work now going on in havana
7 harbor for raising tho Z. 5. battlesnlp
Maine as follows:
Congressman William Sulzer, OF
Now York. the author OF the measure
proyiding for the raising of the wreck
, Of the Maine. has been assured by the
, War Department that in little NOR D
than two months the hulk OF the pat
+,esbin will he floating on the waters
f. Of Havana harbor. Strong winds and
rough seas have interfered with the
work and at one time 1t was feared
that the efforts put forth had oeen
d wasted. but few days ago the army
: engineers reported such favoraoie
Z progress that they expect to complete
: the work of raising the ship ny feD-
Yuary Is next
Z Until that time, therefore. the coun
nv must wait for definite facts 10
! settle the long dispute as to the cause
' Of the sinking of the vessel. III the
expectatlons of the army engineers
arc realized exactly, IT VIII De UNIT
teen years to a day from the time
OF the sinking of. the Maine, with a
loss of 266 lives, until the WORK OF
raising her is completed, for the eA'
plosion which sent her TO the potton
occurred on February Is. 1898.
- There Is reason to believe, now
ever. that al least a casual 1nvestiga-
ton Of the hull of the wreck can be
made In time to permit OF bringing
the matter to the attention or Con-
gress before the 4th day of March,
so that the present session can be
brought to a close with a considerable
show OF interest.
The effort to ascertain the cause
of the sinking Of the Maine is OF
course a laudablo one and If by rails
ing the sunken hulk that cause can
be ascertalned, we'll and good.
But win examination prove any
thing? The point will be to deter
mine whether the explosion which
wrecked the ship was from the out
side or the inside. Suppose it wa:
from the outside-how can that bt
determined now? Ir the explosion
was from the outside, driving thu
plates of the hull inward, would no
the explosion of the inside magazines
which followed Immediately, drive
the plates out again and give th'
hole in the hull the appearance o
having been made by an explosion
from the inside?
There will of course be a certain
amount of satisfaction in raising tn
famous battleship. but we seriousl.
doubt If any satisfactory evidence a
to the origin Of tho explosion itsel
can ever he secured.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The best thing that can be SAID
about the meeting in Pensacola OF the
teachers is that they are having a bet
ter time than was eXpected-and Fen
sacola promised them a lot to come to
to see AIS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The Alabama papers are asitatins
.he raising of the governors salary,
thinking five thousand too little to
pay the chief executive.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

For three weeks before Christmas
the mint in Philadelphia turned out
coppers at the daily rate of 100000,
and out Of this enormous number
none have made their way back to
the United States treasury. Cheap
Christmas presents, eh?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

We wouldn't object so strenuously
to people committing suicide by the
gas route if someone would only in
vent a shorter and easier name than
"asphyXiated
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

will know he is going to have TO serve
those ten years, and when he is sen
fenced for life he will know re is
going to serve HIS life time. Then,
probably, another man will be slow
about pulling trigger"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

Out Of every 279 persons in New
York one is insane. the effects of al
cohol, says the president Of the state
lunacy board.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The Ohio judge who fines man
ten dollars for selling nis vote, no
doubt knows how cheap they are up
that way
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

The meanest man on record was
found yesterday. A man in Dublin
Ga. acting as an attendant for the
wouldbe groom, ran away with the
bride.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

or in the same direction. We venture
to say that if this suggestion is acted
upon it would save much money that
is now being wasted and accomplish
things that are now being left undone.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

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