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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
A London Foo,

Six thousand tons of coal, 1t is said,
are In suspension in the London at
mosphere every day during the winter
months-enought to encourage any fog
and 100000 chimneys. all burning
soft coal, are throwing off incessant
volumes of smut laden smoke. These
are the things that scientific people
talk about when they try to explain
fogs. And then they go ON to tell us
that fogs are expensive, that they cost
London f5,OO0,OO0 a year, that single
days fog causes the metropolis to con-
sumo enough gas and electricity in ex-
cess of her ordinary requirements to
supply town of $4,000 population for
twelve months and that fogs leave be-
hind them deposit of six tons to the
square mile.-London Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
AM unnloasant surprias.

A fussy passenger in a suburban
trolley car suddenly discovered that he
had grievance against the road and
forthwith proceeded to abuse the con-
ductor.
The latter was a small man who
persisted In saying that rules were
rules and that he had no discretion i'll
the matter.
Finally the fussy man became so
very warm and seemed so determined
to resort to flstic hostilities that an In
nocent bystander felt compelled to In
terfere.
"Don't lick the conductor" he said.
Lick the superintendent
And just then two listed six footer
who must have weighed 200 pounds
at least arose from a nearby seat.
"That's very good suggestion" he
quietly remarked. "I'm the superin-
tendent."
Whereupon the fussy man quietly
slid into. the nearest empty seat
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
STATE OF VERMONT. / Whereas,

STATE OF VERMONT, [ Whereas, Fl
Windsor County. IS. abeth l..
Oxford of Cavendish, VT, has duly 81
her petition to the County Court, setti
forth her legal marriage to Arlin r. Orfo
then of said Cavendish. that she hath
sided for ten years In the County OF Win
sor. thai she hath kept the marriage COZ
nant, but that the said Arlin II. hath
lated the same, for that he hath treat
the petitioner with intolerable severity,
for that, being of sufficient pecuniary a
physical ability to provide suitable md
tenance for said libellant. he, the said Al
R, without cause. grossly, wantonlv d
cruelty refuses and neglects 80 to do; whd
fore the petitioner prays for bill OF
vorce from the said Arlin and that she nj
have the care and custody of her mid
child, and for leave to resume her maid
name.
And whereas it appears that said Al
II. il without this State, so that
summons of said Court may not be ser,
upon him:
1t Is Thereupon Ordered that the 1
Arlin Il. Oxford be notified and required
appear in and before said Court 4
make answer, ii any he have, and abidel
premises, at the tenn thereof next toI
held at Woodstock in and for the CouIj
of " indsor in the State of Vermont, on
first Tuesday of J me. A d. 1910, vi!
the first day of said term, by publishing
substance of said petition, together WI
this order. for three successive weeks
the Spirit of the Age, newspaper NJ
lished at Woodstock in said County
last publication to be at least six wH
prior to said term of Court. which shal
deemed sufficient notice to said Arlin
Or. ord.
Given under my hand, at WoodstH
in the County of Windsor, this goth dial
January 1910.
JAY READ PEMBER. OleT
Sanford j.. Emery
Attorney for Petitioner "a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

At the semi-annual meeting of the
Vermont Veterinary Medical Assoc
citation held in White Biver Junction
January 10 the following officers
were elected President. d. X. East
man of Newport F; vice-presidents,
A. II H. Lewis of Barre and o. E.
Barr OF Barre secretary and treas
urer, George T. Stevens of Burling-
ton; executive committee, q. d
Wood. Doctor Welsh and Doctor
PSoaty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
The Paris Apaches.


Police of Courbevoie. suburb Of
Paris, noticed two burglars climbing
into the garden Of an uninhabited
house one night. They called up their
dogs and made for the burglars, but
the burglars had brought trained dogs
with them. too. and their dogs raised
the alarm. A pitched battle between
the police and the Apaches and the
police dogs and the Apache dogs took
place. The two burglars were arrest
ed, but their dogs left one of the po-
lice dogs dead on the field and ess
capped. The police have information
that large number of dogs have re-
Gently been trained by malefactors to
fight the trained dogC of the police and
to help their master4. the Apaches. to
break the laws.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
SHOOTING UP LANIGAN's.

He blowed inter Lanigan's, swingin' O
gun
An swearin',
Declarin'
Red rivers 'ud run
Down Alkali valley an oceans o. goro
I'D wash sudden death on tn sagebrushy
shore,
An shot big hole into Lanigan's floor.
He blowed inter Lanigan's. swingin' a
gun,
A new one,
A blue one,
A Colts forty-one.
He shot some permiskus. where Lanigan
An would have put Lanigan In bad fer
good.
But tn leg that he happened T. shoot in
was wood.
He blowed inter Lanigan's, shoutin' like
mad
An ravin',
Gun wavin',
Gin ugly an bad.
He shot knothole outen Lanigan's leg
keg,
An nigh let tn liquor all out, every dreg
An Lanigan, seein' him goin' too far.
Too frisky,
With whisky
Wuth cash at tn bar,
Reached over an pulled out a big forty
four
An plugged him between tn back bar
an tn door
Till he was less harmful than he was
before.
He bowed inter Lanigan's; iookin' fer
gore,
An tarried-
We carried
Him out on a door,
An Lanigan took big splinter o. leg
An got out his jackknife an whitfield
peg
To stop up tn hole he shot inter tn key!
j. w. Foley in New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
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
the 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 Mt all times as to market values.
Write for full particulars.
CARROLL 8. PAGE, Hyas Park, W
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
County Fair Managers

The board of managers of the
Windsor County Agricultural society
had an interesting session last week
Friday. F. S. Billings presided.
President Mackenzie, who was
unable to be present, sent several
suggestions to the managers which
met with unanimous approval. They
were as follows:
Appointment of committee to
arrange for the decoration of the
village streets and the fair grounds.
Robert P. Woods and S. A. Gold
smith were named
To begin an advertising campaign
for the fair. j. s. Eaton was placed
in charge of the bureau of publicity.
To increase the number of reserv-
ed seats on the grand stand, and
this will be done.
President Mack enzie also guaran-
teed to raise $500 to be added to
the society's appropriation for horse
racing. The society thereupon
doubled its ordinary appropriation.
The president also proposed a
special purse for draft horses; not
for pulling the heaviest load on cart
or stone boat, but for general pur-
pose teams, and the handsomest
showing pairs. First premium to
be $l2 90, second premium $500,
third premium $500. These prem
iums are offered by Mrs. F. s. Mack
enzie and are to 60 to the drivers,
whether owners of the teams or not.
The board of managers passed
vote of thanks to Mrs. Mackenzie.
1t was voted, on motion of E. l.
Benson, that at the next fair all
prize winning horses and cattle shall
be shown on the track at time
designated by the authorities, or
forfeit their premiums.
A special class was created for
French coach horses, with premiums
the same as those in other driving
horse classes.
On motion of F. Warren Wiggin
of Quechee, FIVE extra classes were
opened for dairy cattle, as here
specified:
Mature herd bull 3 years or
over, l COW 3 years or over, l COW
2 years old, yearling heifer, l calf
Young herd-1 bull under two
years, 2 heifers under 2 years, 2
heifers under l year;
Bull and two of his get;
Cow and two of her produce
Butter test class for COWS
Animals to compete in these
classes must be bred and raised by
their exhi bitors; and as they are
designed to be of competitive value
to the exhibitors, the premiums will
be certificates of merit from the
society, for first and second place.
Judging of the butter test to be done
by representative from the YER
mont Experiment Station.
At the suggestion of Supt. A. g.
Hoitt,of the swine department, classes
for -bloods" and for mixed
blood swine we're added.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS

and Miss Mary Perkins OF Wood
stock were at the home of tn cir
father, Saturday and Sunday.
H. V. Shattuck and wife were
with his parents Sunday.
Mrs. A.A. Josselyr was in Wood
stock Sunday to carry her sisters.
the Misses Perkins, back to their
school dut les.
Augustus Trudo was with friends
Griggs the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stevens of
Hale Hollow were Sunday guests
at F. A. Trudo's.
Nelson, son of Luther West, is
very Ill with pneumonia. A trained
nurse is in attendance.
Mrs. Flora Perkins of Briggs was
a guest Of Mrs. Frank Sawyer Tues
day.
Mrs. E. H. Shattuck was a guest
other son Herbert, and wife at
Bridgewater Friday.
Allen Fisher of Rutlsnd was at E.
H. Shattuck's Tuesday night. Mr..
Fisher is a cousin of Mrs. Eliza
Vaughn.
Beulah, daughter of Wilbur Will
son, and Promo, son of William
Capron, have the whooping cough.
Rev. and Mrs. Jasper Harding of
STAFFORD, who. lately celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary,
were former residents of Bridge
water, living on the farm now &c
cupied by Wal ace Baker in Briggs,
then known as The North
Branch.
Mrs. Lillian Cox and Sherman
were guests of her brother, o. A.
Cobb,a wife day last week.
Miss Jeane Earle has been at her
home in Plymouth the past week,
Mrs. Earle being called to care for
her mother.
Mrs. Carpenter is bstter at pres
ent writing.
]. P. Lewis was at his old home
Wednesday.
c. o. Robinson, Lucy and Ralph,
called upon their mother, Mrs. w..
Robinson, Sunday.
F. A. Trudo wa2 in Plymouth
Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. III. Cleveland
were with her parents, w. F. Bas-
sett andwite, Sunday.
There was very pleasant Grange
meeting Saturday night. The
Worthy Lecturer presented an en-
joyable program as follows: Reel
tation by Brother Hamilton, songs
by Claude Capron and Sister Brown,
solos by the pianist, readings by Z.
l. Davis and Ursula Robinson, an
original poem by ]. Y. Briggs, read
by the secretary, and selections by
the choir. AT the next meeting,
Feb. p, the first and second degrees,
will be exemplified. A box social
will be held at the hall Friday even
ing, Feb. 4, followed by dance.
Mrs. He nry Rowland of Wood
stock was guest of her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Pollard, last week.
Mrs. Julien Robinson went Mon
day to Fair Haven to visit her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hill. Mr..
Robinson's mother, Mrs. Ella Rob-
inson came home Saturday and is
attending to the homework.
Edwin Dudley was in the place
Saturday. His wife went to Wind
sor with him and returned Monday.
Her sister, Mrs. Stearns, took her
place at Frank Maxham's in her
absence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Real Oman work

"Er-where can find the depart
ment where they sell openwork
goods2" asked the man who wanted to
buy his wife some peekaboo waists
and ship them to her In Florida.
Third counter to the right. SIR" re-
sponded the tall floorwalker, with a
smile.
"Are you trying to make Ounce of
me? That is the drug counter. What
kind of openwork goods do they sell
thereT'
Porous plasters. sir, and the best In
town, Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

"Jigsby has invented plan to test
his will power"
"What is it?"
'Why, he has fixed his thermometer
so 1t always registers 20. No matter
what the temperature, he makes him.
self believe he Is comfortable"
"How is the plan workingT
Beautifully"
"Well. what is the benefit to Jigs-
by?"
"Why. his wife takes care of the
furnace now."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Crossing at Bethel to be ELI
mated

The public service commissl
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 orde1
an underpass with connecting 4
tions of highway.
The cost of the changes to
made is estimated at from $150q
to 100000. The expense will
divided rs follows: Central Vermd
Railroad 65 per cent, state 20 4
cent, town Of Bethel 10 per cent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Calamity Averted.

"If I remember rightly what the
psalmist says about bloody and deceit
full men," remarked Uncle Allen
Sparks, otis to the effect that they
shall not live out the half of their
days. You see from this that If old
King Leopold had been a little better
man he might have hoped to live to
be $50 years old, and what a calamity
that would have beenl'-Chicago Trib.
une
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
chIIdren,s TeethlnR

Mrs winsIows 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, and is the best remedy for diar-
rhoea. Sold by Druggists in every part of
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Frank About L.

The day after the club meeting the
lady egotist and the sarcastic lady
met again.
II suppose" said the former, "that
the rest of you talked about me after
I left"
"Oh, no." rejoined the latter. eve
tired Of that subject while you were
there."-Pittsburg Observer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

A boy in Cleveland swallowed
needle recently and then coughed it
up just as the surgeons were getting
ready to operate on him. 1t was
taking a rather unfair advantage Of
the profsssiun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

"The way to run this country" said
the egotist, 'is to put thoroughly wise.
capable, alert and honest men In con-
troll of all affairs.''
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, but
what are we going to do? There's
only one of you."-Washingto Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

: The ls,year- k.on of John Muir
ply of Bellows Fails was found
dead in bed Janu Try 10. He attend.
ed school the day hefos.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Needed n chanae.

''Was that straight whisky had
here last nightT
Eyes, sir"
The caller placed his hand YEARLY
to his brow. -
Gimme a blend" he aid.-Philadsl
phia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

PAUL. don't trust these mountain
climbing records, no matter who makes
'em.
Ruth-Why not?
Paul-Because mountain climbing Is
a thing which by its nature is never
on the level.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29
Running No Risk.
YIfey-Don't you want to- go shop

Wifey-Don't you want to go shop
ping with me?
Hubby-No, thanks.
Wifey-You don't love me!
Hubby-Yes. l do. l love you so
much that l don't want to run the
risk Of permanent separation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-01-29

Sussurfbs for Ths Ayss v1.oO.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16
WHAT HAS GOVERNOR BROWN
DONE?

The Brown campaign committee
and the Brown organs all over Geor-
kia are just now advancing many
reasons of many kinds why Governor
Brown should be reelected, but up
to this time, we have failed to see It
stated just what the governor has
done during his incumbency of the
Office to merit the votes of the peo-
pie! So busy have they been in the
effort to tear down the good work
of the Smith administration that they
have overlooked the more important
matter of directing attention to any
particularly strong features, and for
good reasons perhaps, in the admin
istration of their own candidate.
Along this line the Augusta Herald
contributes the following very inter
esting remarks on the subject:
1t is pertinent to ask at this time
when Gov. Brown asks the people of
the state to give him another term as
the states chief executive, what has
ne dene during the time he has held
this office? The people have a right
to- know this, and it was incumbent
upon him to tell them
But he hasn't done so. He has is
sued a lengthy address to the people.
to present the claim upon which he
appeals for support This address.
while voluninous, requiring several
columns of newspaper space, was far
from being luminous. It. was flied
with election figures in an effort to
try to show who elected him the first
time-which was entirely immaterial
since the fact that he was, elected
was not disputed-but as to what he
mad done for the people. Il, was
strangely" silent. Why did>i he not
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16

| tell the people what he had done, as
the best thing he could offer them
upon which to base what he would
do if reelected?
Why do not his champions, who
are clamoring for his reelection, give
this information? They are loud of
voice and making much noise, but ii
! is Observed that they, toe, are silent
when it comes to this. Is it not be
cause during the time he has been
in office Gov. Brown has not done
anything which he can point to as
something of benefit to the people?
! However, though the governor nor
his friends will point out what he
has done, there are some things he
has done which the PEOPLE find out
/ fer themselves by experience For
instance, quite number of Angus
tans recently went to Thomson by
railroad. When they bought their
tickets they paid for them 90 cents
Some of them doubtless made the
same trip before Gov. Brown was in
augulated. and they remember that
then the railroad ticket for the same
distance cost 83. This difference in
price represented what Gov. Brc VIZ
had done for them in this respect.
Ten cents is. of course, a small
amount Of money But when this
triae is multiplied by all the miles
Travelled by passengers over the Geor
sia railroad it will be found that he
has by this means transferred thous-
sands of dollars from the pockets Of
the peo lie into the till of the L. and
n. railroad
The merchant will well remember,
even though the burden falls ulti-
mately en- the people who may not so
well remember, how almost immed-
lately after Gov Browns election the
railroads raised the freight charges
from the West to the South. and in
of this raise the cost
of corn, grain, flour, meat and all
Western food products was increas-
ed from two to four cents per hun
dred pounds. Two cents is a small
but when it is multiplied ev-
cry time frugal table is set or a
horse is fed it amounts to a great
sum drawn from tine pockets of the
people and given to the men who own
the L. and N. railroad
This was woeful thing to do to
the people of Georgia. The champ
ions of Gov. Brown will claim that
it was not he who did this But with
equal reason might it be claimed
that he did not deport those % Ital-
ian miners who had worked in Jim
English's coal mine and demanded
pay for their previous months work
before working any more Gov.
Brown was the railroad candidate
When he was elected the railroads
knew that they could count on him
to stand by them In whatever they
understood to do, and it was this
that embodied them to raise freight
and passenger rates, as now they de-
mand through him that the railroad
commission be amasculated and
weakened, to make 1t easier for them
to exact still greater tribute from
the people.
Gov. Brown did not mention this,
nor other things he has done, for
obvious reasons. And for that reas-
on his long address, which stands as
the platform upon which he seeks
reelection, is bare of any state
ment as to what he has done in the
interest Of the people.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16

Judge c. B. Conyers, of this city
who is candidate for reelection to
the office of Judge of the Brunswick
circuit, is entitled to the
endorsement of the people Of the Cir
cult. He has only been 9p che bench
eight months, serving by gubernatof-
ial appointment and in sthasF&iEey. he
has demonstrated that he is a fair
and upright Judge, who Npossessesaa
real judicial temperament coupled
with an ability unquestioned.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16
THERE Is NOTHING THE MAT
TER WITH HE WORLD.
TER WITH The WORLD.

4
Just now, when in several states,
bribery and corruption Investigations
are going one over the effort to rob
the unfortunate Indians, when Bal
lirger under fire Of charges of fraud
is about to retire from the cabinet
and when Mississippi and Illinois
are resting under charges of bying
and selling seats in the United States
senate, there may be some reason
| for the pessimists to reach the con-
! clusion that the world is wholly bad.
But the pessimists are wrong again
The country is not going TO the bow
vows yet It has not even headed
that way On the contrary there has
never been a time in the history OF
this country when there was a high
-er general regard for honesty and
sobriety in both public and private
life There has never been a time
when the conscience of the people
played so large part in the deter
mination Of governmental policies,
states and national There never
has been a time when more attention
was paid to the inculcatjOn of the
simple and homely virtues of protity /
EE- r:-I---y--7r -ry-.ss-~--=eF-
e@ss,=rnz--av- -=--.7 -~i~1
The newspapers exploit the details /
of the legislature and departmental
scandals it is true. But it is done be- |
cause bribery and corruption are I'M
usual, not because they are usual |
and to be expected. It is the unus-
lal and unexpected which constitutes
the best news. A newspaper would
give three lines tC the story of a dog
biting a man but it would give three
to the story of a man biting
a dog. You could expect the dog to
around the matter becomes a genuine
sensation. And it is so with ether
things. The average man and the
average woman is expected to be
honest and virtuous and true to all
their obligations. That they are hon
est and truthful excites no comment.
There are countless millions of peo-
pie in the United States all the time
who believe in God, whose lives are
examples Of simplicity
and whose character is above re-
proach. The mothers and fathers of |
the country are not given tc adver-
Using the fact that they respond to |
the call of duty every day, that t.ey
faithfully carry out every obligation
because they are content that it is
so
1t is not so sad an old world after
all. 1t is the best OF all possible
worlds and the peope who inhabit 1t
are getting better and better as the
days go by Crime is on the decrease.
Poverty and hopelessness and des-
pair are on the decrease. We are
coming to understand our neighbors
better and better and to take wild
er interest in the general progress
CT mankind All Of us somehow or
other feel the uplift which spreads
and spreads and spreads all over the
world Even pessmism is being grad
ually eliminated through the preach
ing of the doctrine of hope and
through the examples of heroism
and unobtrusive ways
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16

In Philadelphia the physicians
nave Just completed the remarkable
operation of transferring part of
mans eye to that of awoman. hats
making eyes sure enough!
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-16

Uncle Joe says that hell and high
tide cannot keep him from the
speakership again. Perhaps not. but
good old democratic votes can per-
fern the stunt