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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
PROBATE COURT.

April %. Estate of Orvis w.
Clifford. Will proved. Walter Har-
rington and Perley Leonard apprais-
ers and commissioners; G. H. Max
ham executor. Executor applies
for license to sell real estate, Hear
ing May u.
Estate of HI. H. Gibson: Admr.
account settled.
April 80. Estate of Helen M
Moore, Rochester: Guy Wilson ap-
pointed admr.; George Trask and
John Upper apprs. and comrs.
In the matter of Frank B.Newton,
Hartford; Hearing on petition of
selectmen of Hartford. Order granted
for his support in the Brattleboro
asylum at expense of the state.
Estate of Caroline Hagar, Wood
stock; Inventory returned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Woodstock. VT. May 7. 1910
Trouble.

Disheartening reports of the state
of things at the Mead headquarters
continue to pour in from all direc-
tions except from Rutland way.
The familiar headlines bring not the
slightest hope:--
Collapse of the Mead Boom"
"Trouble in the Mead Camp"
"Dr. Mead Beaten Man."
Anything to Beat Mead"
And so on. The internal economy
of the Republican organization
seems to be badly affected and the
worst may happen any day. 1t is
surprising, too, that with man like
Fleetwood, an admirable candidate
we are assured by many friends
the astute party managers do not
cheer up and choke off the continued
cry for Anything to beat Mead"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
NORTH POMFRET.

Mr.. and Mrs. s. F. Leonard re-
turned Tuesday afternoon from their
trip to Westmoreland, N. III. Their
little granddaughter remained with
Mrs. w. M. Adams in their absence.
Miss Ruth Clifford spent the week
end with Miss Maud Laskey in
Woodstock.
Several of our teachers attended
the teachers meeting at White
River Junction last Friday.
Mrs Mary 1'inkham has been
very sick, but is now gaining
Mrs. A E. Fuller and Marjorie
visited Mrs. Colburne Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Newton returned
Tuesday from her visiting trip.
w. M. Adams is delivering the
fruit trees coming from the Charles
Chase nurseries
Mrs. Floyd Cleveland and son are
at her fathers for two or three days.
p. w. Strong's cousin, Mr. Ballard.
and wife of Gaysville, were at Mr..
Strongs over Sunday. Mr.. Ballard
is working on L. J. Whites new
house in South Pomfret.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
RAILROADS LOSE CASE
Public Service Commission Up
held in Matter of Change
at w. r. Junction

In an opinion handed down in
Vermont supreme court Tuesday
afternoon, the burden of expense for
whatever changes the Vermont pub
lie service commission might order
at White River Junction falls on the
railroads which appealed to the
court on the commissions decision,
Judge Haselton read the opinion,
and two hours were taken up in it's
reading.
There we're two companion cases,
John L. Bacon and others against
the Boston & Maine, Central Ver-
mont, and Woodstock railroads, and
the Central Vermont Railway Co.,
VS.. the Town of Hartford and State
of Vermont.
This was an appeal from an order
of the railroad commissioners made
in 1908 providing for an underpass,
elevator, and underground baggage
room at White River Junction the
underpass to go under eight railway
tracks, the whole at an estimated
cost of $4,000.
The railroads appealed and denied
the existence of highway across
the said tracks to the station at
White River Junction. The opinion
by Judge Haselton declared this a
public highway. 1t ruled against
the commissioners in their order for
an underground baggage room and
elevator as costly and novel expert
ment but sustained them in other
points. The railroad and the COM
lnissioners will get together for
further discussion of work to be
done at that point.
The town of Hartford and state of
Vermont are exempted from paying
any part of the expense of whatever
changes may be ordered on the
ground that if railway or railways
maintain public station they must
also maintain proper approaches to
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

The largest herd of buffaloes in the
world is now owned by Canada, says
writer in Canada. They form most
picturesque group as they roam over
the new national reserve set apart for
them near Wainwright, one of the
growing towns on the Grand Trunk
Pacific, 125 miles east of Edmonton
1t is only within the last year that
Canada has wrested from the United
States the honor of having the most
representative herd of this distinctive
ly North American animal, which is
rapidly disappearing. The Dominion
government recognized the need of ac-
ton If the bison were to be preserved
and before Washington had realized 1t
had purchased practically the entire
herd Of 600 or 700 from Michael Pablo
of Montana, who had carefully gather
ed them together and protected them
on his great ranch near Ravalli.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Estate of Andrew Cummings

Hartford District. Court held at
Woodstock, in said District, on the Goth
day of April A. D.. 1910.
Present. Thomas o. Seaver. Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Andrew
Cummings, late of Bridgewater. in said
District, deceased, intestate
Whereas. O. ". White, administrator of
said tate, has presented to said Court his
petition in writing, praying for license to sell
all real estate of which said intrstate died
selzed and possessed. situate In this State.
representing that such sale will be benefi-
cial tie the heirs of said intestate and to all
concerned, and that such sale is necessary
to enable him to pay the debts due from
said estate and the expenses of admins
traitor
Thereupon. the Court appoints the 10th
day OF May A. ID. 1910 as u time, and the
Probate Office in said Woodstock as q
place. for hearing and deciding on said
petitions; and orders that notice of said
petition. the reason for the same and of
said time and place of he ring, be given to
all persons interested in said estate by
publishing copy If the record of this
order three weeks successfully in The
Spirit of the Age, a newspaper published
at Woodstock, in this State. which circu-
lates in the neighborhood of those inter
ested in said estate, he last of said publ
cations to be previous to said time OF
hearing, that all persons concerned in the
premises may appear before said COURT and
prayer of said petition should not be
granted.
A true record, Attest
L. o SEAvER. Judge.
A true copy of record Attest
Il. o. SEAVER, Judge
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Sunday Services.
Woodstock
Vernon

Universalist-Rev. II. l.. Garfield
pastor; morning service at TO- 30,
Sunday school at II.4s.
Congregational Rev. Benjamit
Swift, pastor. Morning service Al
1890, Sunday school at 1880
Young Peoples Society of Christiap
Endeavor at 7.3o. Thursday evening
prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. r. b
Chrvstie, Phi. D., pastor. ParsonI
age, 6 Mountain avenue. Service
Sunday: Preaching, 1890 a. mi
Sunday school, LISA a. m. preach
ing, 100 p. M; Thursday Prayd
meeting, 7.3o p. IN.
Catholic Rev. E. G. Drouhia|
pastor Mass at ira m. 1; evenlna
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the tout|
Sunday of each month at Villagl
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and
Barnard, at the town hall, on
second Sunday of each month atD
o'clock
St. James Church-Rev. r. Id
Blanc Lynch, officiating tempora|
rily. Holy Communion every Sun
day s a. m. Morning Prayer AMI
Sermon 1890 a. m. Holy Com
munion on first Sunday in the mont
after Morning PRAYER. SundaI
School at noon. Evening Prayd
and sermon 5 p. m. All an
welcome.
Christian-Rev. w. A. Leonard
pastor. Services Sunday: Preac
ing at 1890 a. M; Sunday school
IL; Y. p. S. {. E. at 7.3o p. M
mid-week prayer meeting ThursdsI (
evening at 7.3o p. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
A sixth Sense.

Scientists in Denmark are greatly
puzzled by a man named Emil Knud
sen, aged thirty-six, Norwegian from
Christiania. He has been an object of
interest to the medical faculty for
some time, and lately Professor Erie
denreich, one of the leading nerve spe-
cialists of Europe, suggested an ex'
pertinent. Knudsen was blindfolded,
placed at the wheel on a steamer and
told to pilot 1t through the intricate
channels of Copenhagen harbor. This
he did without any mishap whatever.
He displayed no nervousness or hesita-
ton. He took a dozen sharp corners
and followed zigzag course through
out without any uncertainty. He ex-
plains his gift as a sixth sense, and
the scientific men who have him under
observation are inclined to believe that
this explanation is the true one. AT
present, anyway, they are unable to
account for the performance on any
other hypothesis.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Music Loving Spiders.

1t has been asserted that spiders
possess a sensitiveness to musical
sounds. Some species seem to respond
to the notes of the piano, the harp
the flute, and SO on, in a manner sug
gestive Of their ability to recognize
these sounds or the harmonic vibra-
lions on which they are based But
Professor location of Paris, who has
made a special study of the Instincts
and the supposed ''psychism" of spi-
ders, thinks that the apparent sensi-
tiveness of these insects to music has
been misunderstood. 1t is thought
that when musical instruments are
played near their nests the spiders
simply feel the vibrations through
their webs or otherwise without recog-
nizing the musical notes as sounds
The effect upon them is similar to
that of the buzzing of an entrapped
fy.-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Petition for Foreclosure.

STATE OF VERMONT, / whersl
Windsor County, S.. Hattie
Richardson, executrix of the last will
Joseph R. Richardson, late of Chest
in said County deceased, has duly filed
petition to the Court of Chancery ina,
for said County, setting forth that Pei
Penstock and Claudia A. Bateman 4
John N. Bateman, then, of said Chest
on the 18th day of July A. D., 1906, "a
executed to j. r. Richardson, them
said Chester, mortgage deed of a
tain land and premises situated in
town of Chester, in the County
Windsor and State of-Vermont, and
said petition fully described being pM
ises conveyed Ito petitioners by EffAJ
and Milo H. Phelps, duly recorded 4
known as the Joel Davis farm, cod
toned for the payment of the sun
six hundred dollars, specified in cert
promissory note bearing date on
twenty-sixth day of July A. D., lsI
by the said Penstock and Claudia /
and John H., duly executed and payai
to said j. r. Richardson or order
demand, with interest annually, VIII
said note has not been paid according
the tenor and effect of the same and
now justly due and owing.
And further setting forth that n
Effie l.. Phelps and Milo HI. Pie Y
claim some interest in said premises
reason of a second mortgage; that
Joseph r. Richardson hath deceas
leaving a will; that said will has b
duly probated; and that the petitidf
hath been duly. appointed executrix
said last will and testament of said
ceased.
Wherefore the petitioner prays N
the equity of redemption of the 4
Peter Penstock, Claudia A. BatemA
John H. Bateman, Effie L. Phelps Il
Milo II. Phelps, in the premises may
foreclosed agreeably to the statute \
such case made and provided.
And whereas it appears that all \
said parties summoned to appear 4
answer to said petition are without
State, so that the summons of Z
Court may not be served upon them.
1t is therefore ordered that
said Peter Penstock, Claudia
Bateman, John H. Bateman, n
l.. Phelps and Milo H. Phelps
notified and required to appear
and before said Court and make answ
if any they have, and abide the on
and decree of said Court in the premisH
at the term thereof next to be held
Woodstock, in and for the County
Windsor in the State of Vermont, on
first Tuesday of June, A. d. 1910, up<
the first day of said term, by publish
the substance of said petition, togetH
with this order, for three success
weeks in the Spirit of the Age, a ne1
paper published at Woodstock in !
County, the last publication to be
least twenty days prior to said term
Court, which shall be deemed sufficd
notice to said parties defendant.
Given under my hand at Woodstc
in the County of Windsor this 2Sth
April, A. d. 1910.
Jay Read Pember, Gle
Frank A. Walker,
Solicitor for Petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
-Four Extrennas.

The coolest place on earth inhabited
by man is Verkhoyansk, above the arc
tic circle, in northeastern Siberia. The
thermometer there drops to 80 degrees
below zero in January, but sometimes
rises to SO degrees above zero in the
shade in July, dropping. however. to
the freezing point on the warmest sum-
mer nights. The hottest place in the
world is the interior of the great Sa-
hara desert, ih Africa, where the Their
mometer rises to 122 degrees. The
wettest place is Greytown, Nicaragua,
where the mean annual rainfall is 260
inches. The place of least rain is Port
Nolloth, In South Africa, where less
than an inch sometimes falls in a year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
OUR FARM LANDS.
The Story of Their Rise In Value
Reads Like n Romance,

The Story of Their Rise In Value
Reads Like a Romance,
The farmer, not the money king OF
Wall street. Is the real owner of the
United States. The CLEAN of his fields
is another Aladdin story. only instead
of rubbing lamp he has simply
scraped the ground.
Our cereal crops last year were worth
$1,000, 100000, which is sufficient to
pay for all the tools, implements and
machinery of the whole of American
industry. While this sum seems huge
as it stands alone, you have only to
go back a few years in the story of
our agriculture to see the miracle of
the steady increase that has been
achieved. Eleven years ago the value
of all our farm products for a single
year was reckoned at $4,417 100000.
You have already seen how that figure
was doubled by 1909. During these
years the sum total that the soil has
yielded the farmers is S70,o0o,o00,0
The advance is so steady and sure that
you can almost calculate upon 1t year
by year.
Compare this record with the ebb
and flow of earnings in steel or any
other industry and you realize as never
before how agriculture keeps the even
tenor of its prosperous way unmind-
full OF panic or depression. Why?
Simply because land is stable and, Civ
en- proper methods of farming, the
more you take out of 1t the more val
liable it becomes. 1t cannot be moved
away. 1t is in truth the very founda-
ton of the nations material welfare.
It would take $24,o00.00O,o00 to buy
our farm lands, and their value is real
and not watered, save by irrigation
Isaac f. Marcosson in Munsey's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
April Eoolinn.

The origin of the custom of April
fooling cannot be traced with any de-
gree of certainty. In the literature of
the last century there are found many
references to it. and yet beyond that
it is scarcely possible to go. One sug.
gestion is that the custom of playing
tricks on the first day OF April was de-
rived from some ancient pagan Gus
tom, such as the Hull festival among
the Hindoos or the Roman feast of the
fools. One fact. however, we do know.
and that is that the practice prevails
In many countries under various
names which would seem to indicate
that 1t dates away back to the early
history of the race.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Ancient Mirrors.

A French investigator has lately in
terested the French Academy of Sci
ences in his researches concerning the
glass mirrors which were used in an
cient times in Egypt and in Thrace.
They were backed with highly pol
ished metal, the nature of which has
been in question. 1t has now been as
certained that the metal was almost
pure lead, and it is believed that the
method of manufacture was to pour
the molten lead on the concave surface
of disks cut from balloons of blown
glass. In consequence of their shape
the mirrors minimized the images Of
objects looked at In them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Limestone Wool.

Wool not the product of sheep 10 be-
ing utilized abroad for the making of
mems clothing. This is known as
limestone WOOL and is made In an
electric furnace. Powdered limestone
mixed with certain chemicals is thrown
into the furnace, and after passing
through a furious air blast 1t Is tossed
out as fluffy white wool. When 1t
comes from the furnace the wool is
dyed and made into lengths like cloth.
A pair of trousers or coat made of
this material cannot, it is claimed, be
burned or damaged by grease and is
as flexible as cloth made of sleeps
wool.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Andrew Cummings.

The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court Tor the
District of Hartford. Commissioners. to
receive. xamine. and adjust the claims and
demands of all Pc sons against the estate
in said District. deceased. and all claims
exhibited in offset thereto. hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose
aforesaid, at the residence of E. H. Shat
tuck. in the town of Bridgewater in said
District on the 2lst day of May next, and
14th day of October next, from one O'Clock
p. m. until o'clock p. m, on each of said
days and that six months from the 18th
day of April A. ID. 1910. is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and
allowance. q;
Dated at Bridgewater this 25th day of
April A. ID 1910
z. 4 7. P sHAT1TToK' commissioners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
EAST BARNARD.

George Baker and wife from
North Pomfret called on friends here
the first of the week.
Walter Barrett and family spent
Sunday at Arthur Cases in Sharon
Carroll Miller has been ill with
pneumonia for some days.
John Doton aud wife of Pomfret
we're recent guests at Eli Laurie's
Frank Porter aud family of Gays
vile visited his mother. Mrs. Nettie
Billings, recently.
Walter Jennings from Quechee
called on friends here Sunday.
.Addie Spaulding spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mrs. Perry Adams.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
chiIdren's Teething

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over Fifty Years by millions of
mothers for their children while teethinp,
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child
softens the gums, allays all pain; cures
wind collie. and is the best remedy for dlar
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, 1910-05-07
All For Love.

did you ever know girl to die for
loveT
"Yes."
"Did she just fade away and die be-
cause some man deserted herr"
mo: she just took in washing and
worked herself, to death because the
man she loved married her."-Houston
Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
MARYLAND.

Inc t1artlanu NatuIe Ciuo VIII
meet in the village room May 7.
Miss Maude M. Martin is caring
for Mrs. d. Z. Webster and little
daughter.
Friends Of Mrs. Bernice Smith
Hagman, daughter OF DR.. Charles
Smith, a former resident, will be
glad to know that she is recovering
from serious operation in a hospi-
tai at St. Pau, MINI.
Mrs. E. T. Woodbridge was brought
from Brooklyn, N. Y, on a cot
April 80. She is suffering from
poisoning caused by diphtheria,
from which she suffered an attack
early in the winter. DIR. Frank
Keyes and nurse accompanied her,
and her sister, Miss Mae Bennett,
arrived the same day from Chicago
to assist in the care of Mrs. Mock
ridge,
Mrs. Laura A. Marcy Billings
passed away Sunday, May I, after
few days illness of diabetes, aged
65 years, just fifteen days after the
death of her husband. Mrs. Billings
was the daughter OF the late Win
throp and Maria (Stone) Marcy.
She was born on Furber hill, Oct.
6, 1874. When-eight years old she
moved with her parents to the farm
now owned by Frank Maybee,
which was her home uatil her mar
riage with Elias Billings November
9th, 1862. the young couple began
housekeeping on the farm now
owned by Henry Rivers, where
they lived until they purchased their
home in Foundryville. Mrs. Bill
lings was devoted mother and
wife, one whose chief pleasure was
in, her home; kind sister and
friend, one who will be greatly
missed by her neighbors, as she
always had word of cheer for
everyone. She is survived by one
son, Clsrence E., merchant in
Quechee, three sisters, Mrs. 6. w.
Colston of White River Junction,
Mrs. 6. A. Morey of Manchester
and Mrs. H. A. Thompson of Leo
minister, Mass, and many nieces
and nephews. The funeral was
held at her late home May 8, at 2
o'clock p. m. Rev. Verde Mack
Martin spoke comforting words to
the bereaved ones. Beautiful
flowers surrounded the casket.
Among them was beautiful pillow
with the word "Mother" from the
son. w. E. Davis, B. P. Ruggles,
h. T. Murdoch and Eugene Spauld-
ing acted as bearers. Burial in the
village cemetery by the side of her
husband.
Mrs. WEIGH of Bellows Falls was
guest of her sister, Mrs. w. H.
Giles, part of last week, her first
visit in IS years.
Mrs. Hartings celebrated her goth
birthday April 2o, receiving a
shower Of 2Io post cards.
Mrs. c. c. Davis has gone to the
home of her sister, Mrs. John Still
son, in West Windsor to recuperate.
A daughter arrived in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. &. Webster
April 80.
Shirley Gardner went to Hanover
last Monday to have the eye removed
which he injured early in the winter.
Rev. F. K. Brown delivered
very interesting sermon on the SUBJ
ject, "Vanity of Women" May 1.
The Y. M. G. A. have put the
tennis court in order for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zemas Wood have
moved to Rhode Island.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

w B. Turney found in w. b.
McElroy's orchard in Middlesex
Sunday grass which was 20 inches
tall. Henry Kennedy picked a
maple leaf which was three aud one
Iialf inches long.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

Nell-Harry had such a masterful
way about his proposing that liked.
Belle-Did you? That's queer. for It
was exactly what made most of us
other girls turn him down.--Baltimore
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

June 1912 Annual Convention
Vermont State Spiritualists' associa-
ton at Hardwick.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

May 1920. Annual state conven-
ton of grand bodies of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows in Burlington
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

The Rev s. +. Goodheart has
just taken up his duties as pastor Of
the Congregational church at Bethel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

June 1917. Annual state con,
vention of Congregational clergymen
at Montpelier.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

Live as though life was earnest and
life will be so.-Owen Meredith
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

July 10. Annual state encamp-
ment of United Spanish War Veter-
ans at Rutland.
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Subscribe for The Age. $l.0o.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-25
WOMAN IS CHARGED
WITH HORSE THEFT
Maggie Gillette Arrested in
Sacramento Mountains
by Officer.

Maggie Gillette, an American woman,
% years of age, was given a hearing
before justice Watson Tuesday after
noon and bound over to the grand jury
in the sum OF $500 in default Of which
she was remanded to the county jail.
Complaint was made Saturday by Ar
thur Craft that the woman had secured
a horse from him on the Hueco Tanks
road, stating that she was hunting for
some horses of her own, and would re-
turn his.
However, when she failed to return
the animal. he made complaint at the
sheriff's office and deputy sheriff r.
G. EZzell, of Tobin, Tex, was notified
and started in pursuit. He found the
woman in the Sacramento mountains
near the settlement of Weed, he says,
and he inf ormed her that he knew where
the horses were and persuaded her to
go to AIamogordo. He then brought her
back to FL Paso and lodged her in the
county jail