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The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
WINDSOR BOYS WIN:
GO TO THE THEATER

Windsor, Feb Chaperoned
by Miss Olive Buhoup jolly crowd
of ten Windsor high school boys and
girls accompanied the basketball
team to Greeley Friday afternoon,
and were present at the game played
with the Normal high school. The
Windsor team won by score of 81
to 81. In the evening the party wit
messed Beverly of Graustarck.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
Nult Club Meeting

Ault. Feb. 26-The French cluo
held its fortuishtly meeting al the
home of Mrs Ed Gamer this week.
A dainty lunch was served by the
hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker entertained
their son. w f. Parker ana Wi'e
and a second son and his wife from
Pierce at dinner Friday night
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
.u't Girl Rccupcrating

fHb. 2i.-Nliss Grace Mich
laughter of Albert Nichols,
suffered an attack of APP
U.S. but is now improving. 1t
1 thought necessary to oper-
'oNeh Tor a time it was feared
operation would be required.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
|CP. KENiNIEREi,'S
PRIVATE SALE

fstatc-A new Groom house,
corner of Twentieth street
'hlh avenue, 50xl90 feet lot,
or rent.
l0OXl90 feet at corner of
nth street and Eighth ave
od location for an apartment
east of the Normal school,
acres dry land in Weld couu-
+ sold at n bargain.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
L. y. RoundhOusc Burns

Pierce. Colo. Feb. 25.-fire OF
unknown origin destroyed the Union
Pacific roundhouse here tonight WIN
one engine. The loss is cstiinate"
at $4,000. partially insured
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
BIG TRADE IN REAL
ESTATE CONCLUDED

Blair L. Draper of Denver yester-
day closed a deal through D. D.
Jones. the realty man, whereby ne
traded three homes in Denver for
forty acres of land belonging to Hen.
ry Williams, near Seely's lake. The
properties We're valued at 10000.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03

parties wishing property sold
az sale, call on Col. &. =.
per, Greeley. Colo, .O1 Elcv-
rect, phone Weld 2fi.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03

Mrs. Lou Sellars, who has been
employed with Mrs. c. A. House,
has returned to A j. Parks store
where she formerly worked.
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03
Sheep Shipment

Forty-siX carloads of sheep "
shipped from Windsor and tn.
from Eaton yesterday for CHI
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03

rs gentle driving horses,
two coming ycar-old
u OF Camps pacing horse,
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03

Miss Ada Ault of Fort Collin
In Greeley Tuesday on her wa5
Eaton. where she was called ~
death of her aunt. Mrs. Harbour
The Greeley tribune., 1910-03-03

'h-Second and third cutting
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Accident on the Rochester
Road

The ra ilroad trestle east of the
approach to the Stonybrook bridge
on the Rochester railroad collapsed
Monday morning as an east bound
train was passing over it. The en-
glne and tender buckled and fireman
Ralph Bush, of Rochester, was
caught by the leg between them
He was removed from his perilous
position after considerable trouble
and it is not known how serious his
injuries are.
Engineer F j. Houston jumped
out of the window of the cab and
escaped unhurt. The passenger
car was suspended over the water,
being held by the bridge. None of
the passengers were injured. The
wrecking of the bridge will cause
the suspension of traffic for about a
week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
HARTLAND.
Town Meeting

In spite of the unfavorable wea,
ther one of the largest crowds
gathered in the town hall for annual
town meeeing Tuesday. The follow
ing officers were elected:
Moderator, Franklin G. Spear.
Lister, Edwin A. Spear.
Town clerk, Wilbur r. Sturteyant
Town treasurer. e. Willis Billings
Selectman, J. p. Larrabee.
School director, E. w. Haley.
Road commissioner, P E. Rogers
There has been a heated contro-
versy over the changing of the name
of North Hartland to Evarts, so the
question was put before the voters
The vote stood 1856 for the name
North Hartland, and one for Evarts
Deafening applause greeted the an
nouncement.
1t was voted to-have Hartland
leave the school union which has
existed for the past two years and
the school directors were instructed
to hire. Miss Nancy Darling as sup
erintendent of schools.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

Scottish country people call
corpse "the body" solemnly length
ening the word into "bo-ody." This
mode of expression is due to re-
ligious feeling. The object lying
dead is no longer to them their
relative OF friend. He or she is
elsewhere, leaving behind merely
his or her husk or shell. A some
what ludicrous illustration of this
use of the word occurred some time
ago before the sheriff of northern
county, says Scottish journal. He,
with the procurator fiscal and the
medical officer of the county, was
engaged in a country village inves-
tigating the circumstances affecting
the death of a person found drown
ed. The corpse was in the room,
and there was considerable difficult
ty in preventing the neighbors and
friends of the deceased from crowd
ing in upon them. One man in par
ticular, presented himself with so
earnest and confident an air that
the sheriff thought he might have
something to tell. "Well, my man."
he said, "why have you come here?"
"Please, your honor" the man
gravely replied, '1'm the body's
brither."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
A Ringing Declaration OF
Rights

Platform of the Tennessee Equai
Suffrage association:
Being 81 years old, we object To
baing classed with minors.
Born in America and loyal to her
institutions, we protest against being
made perpetual aliens.
Costing the treasures of our
countries nothing, we protest against
acknowledging the male pauper as
our political superior.
Being obedient to law, we protest
against the statute which classes us
with the convict and makes the
pardoned criminal our political
superior.
Being sane, we object to being
classed with the lunatic.
Possessed with an average amoun'
of intelligence, we protest agail.s'
legal Justification with the idiot
We taxpayers claim the right t"
representation.
We married women want to owl,
our own clothes.
We married bread winners want
u own our own earnings.
We mothers want an equal part
nership in our children.
We educated women want the
power to offset the illiterate vote Of
our state.
Women who object to being thus
classed and men who object to thus
chasing mothers, sisters, wives and
daughters are urged to join the
Knoxcille equal suffrage league and
help to obtain higher classification
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Dartmouth Dormitory Burned

South Fayerweather hall, dor
mitory of Dartmouth college, was
burned to the ground early Saturday
morning, the so odd students that
occupied it barely escaping with their
lives.
The building was one of the new
er dormi,ories of Dartmouth; its
value is partly covered by insurance
1t was valued at $35OOO.
The temperature was lowering
about 20 degrees below zero, and the
suffering Of the scantily clad young
men was extreme
Many Vermonters were among the
fifty students quartered there, F. Ii.
Harris of Brattleboro, intercollegiate
tennis cham ion, was one of those in
danger, and he aroused most of the
students. The other Vermonters in
the building were FL. j. Vail of Ran
dolph, j. d. Brewster of Windsor,
II, M. Perkins of Windsor, f. D..
Post of St. Albans and l.. S. Rixford
of East Bethel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Tn. Electric Eel l, Very Old.

Certain species of electric fishes
have been known from very early
times. Occasionally we find people
ascribing mysterious powers to
them both of good and evil. 1t is
certain that the Abyssinians knew
an electric eel and used it "as a
remedy for nervous Diseases" and
the Hindoos and other nations of
the east in times past were also con-
scious of its powers. Humboldt de-
scribes an old method of capturing
this eel practiced by the East In
dams, which consisted in driving
horses into water inhabited by the
eel and allowing the eels to exhaust
themselves by attacking the horses
with their electric organs, when
they were "easily harpooned by the
Indians" but subsequent travellers
in the same parts where Humboldt
says the custom was practiced have
denied the report, and it is now not
generally believed. However, the
electric eel has been known to
those people for centuries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Fire Loss $4,000

Lyndonville village was visited
Monday afternoon by the worst fire
since September 81, 1894, at which
time the entire business section was
destroyed. In Monday nights fire
the Tarbell block was totally de-
stroyed with all its contents and the
total loss was around $4,000 with
insurance less than one-half that
amount. ~
The fire started at 8 o'clock in the
furniture store of G.. B. Allyn & Co,
The cause is unknown but it was
followed almost Immediately by an
explosion which hurried all the
occupants out of the block and pre-
vented anything being saved.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Springfield Concern Goes I'm
der

Two big business failures in Ver-
mont were announced February %
through fling of petitions with
Clerk f. s. Platt of the United
States district court The first of
these is the Rae Electrical company
of Springfield, which was petitioned
into bankruptcy by three creditors,
Harry A. Bingham and A. ]. Crosby
of Springfield, aud Miss Margaret
Cray of Bellows Falls.
The petition sets forth that the
company is insolvent and indebted
to Mr. Bingham for $4,000 for
cash advanced, to Mr.. Crosby for
81 900 on an account, and to Miss
Cray for $7l.44 for services as steno.
grapher. "A receiver will probably
be appointed by the court to dispose
of the assets and close up the affairs
of the company.
The other big business failure is
that of Fred B. Cushman of ST
Johnsbury, stockbuyer who has
fled voluntary petition with Clerk
Platt He sets up his liabilities ar
$28,827 81 and his assets as SO,
586.50.
Fred A. Gilchrist of Windsor, a
machinist, has also filed a voluntary
petition, setting up his liabilities
at .$638.87 and his assets at $1,000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Farmers, nix Your Own Fertilizers

DO YOU kno~ tha' home mixing
e fertilizers, has proved to he the
most economical. and satisfactory
method of procuring fertiiizerss 1t
is nav generally conceded bv up-to-
date ag,iculturists that better results
are obtained bv buy ing the crude
materials and mixing fertilizers
especially adapted to the different
crops YOU raise, and the varying
conditions of the soil found on the
farm.
IF YOU will send us your name on
postal with rtqut st therefore, we
will send you, free, postpaid, mum
ber of formulas which were made
~, for us b> the Director of the
Vermont Experiment Station and
which have been used bv many Yer
mont farmers with excellent success
We will also give full directions for
mixing fertilizers adapted to all the
crops com monty r-ised on Vermont
farms. " hen writing please men,
tion this paper. Address CARROLL
S. PAeE, Hy de Park, VT
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Weston Man Claims ITO
Years

Joseph Wood of Weston is un-
doubtedly the oldest person in the
state, and he may hold the record
of all New England, for on February
"a he celebrated his 10th anniver-
sary.
According to the best information
obtainable, he was born in Canada,
near Montreal, February "a, 1900.
Industry and frugality have been
traits which have distinguished him
throughout his life, and as result
he has always been able to enjoy a
pleasant and comfortable little home
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
BUYING RUBIEs.
The Methods of the Gem Merchants Of
the Orient.

Oriental merchants have busi-
aess methods which would arouse
The wonder of the American store
keeper. Perhaps the most peculiar
methods are associated with the sale
of rubies in Burma.
The prospective purchaser takes
q seat near a window and has be-
fore him large copper plate. The
sellers come to him one by one, and
each empties upon this plate little
bag of rubies. The purchaser ar
ranges the gems all in separate lit
tie heaps in order that he may set
valuation upon them.
He first divides them into three
grades, according to size. Each of
these groups is again divided into
three other piles, according to color,
and each of these piles in turn is
once more divided into three
groups, according to shape.
Artificial light is never used in
the examination of rubies, the mer-
chants believing that full sunlight
alone is capable of bringing out the
color and brilliancy of the gems.
All sales must be made between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m., and
the sky must be clear, so that moth
ing can dim the radiance of the
crimson stones.
The copper plate is brought into
requisition in more ways than one.
The sunlight reflected from it
through the stones brings out with
true rubics a color effect different
from that of spinels or tourmalines,
which are thus readily separated.
Many spinels bear a close resem-
blance to the ruby, but this simple
test made under the keen eye of the
oriental never fails.
When the various stones have
been seq egated the buyer and
seller begin an odd method of bar
gaining by signs or, rather, grips, in
profound silence. After agreeing
upon the fairness of the classifica-
tion they join their right hands,
covered with handkerchief or the
flap of a garment, and by grips and
pressures understood among all
these dealers they make, modify and
accept proposals of purchase and
sale. The hands are then uncover
ed and the prices are recorded
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
KANSAS SUGAR CAMP
A Vermonter's Profitable Ex-
pertinent at Medora

Not far from the center of Kansas
and in the very heart of the region
once described as the great American
desert, this little town boasts sugar
camp established by an elderly
settler from Vermont. The owner,
p. ID. Barnes, is now in the midst of
the sugar making season. A quarter
of century ago Barnes decided to
New Englandize a farm he had
homesteaded by planting $50 maple
trees. The hard of sugar maple is
of slow growth, but he could esti-
mate the value of sugar camp i'll
the heart of the plains country after
20 years growth.
when left my Vermont home
25 years ago." Barnes said, 1.-The
great American desert, as described
in our school biographies, took in
all this country. In these old books
were pictures of Indians chasing
buffalo over the vast prairies, and
t he name Kansas was associated
wi tn every one of them. There was
lot of truth in these pictures, for
when we arrived here the Indians
and buffalo we're not far away"
1t is different now. Roundabout
are smiling wheat and alfalfa fields
and modern homes. whose occupants
have he advantages of the free rural
delivery of mail, telephones. rail
roads and auto mobiles. Here the
Barnes sugar camp is now in full
operation The grove of maple trees
are all tapped, and the sap is being
carried to the camp, where it is
boiled down. 1t is declared that the
sandy plains and the soil conditions
produce more and sweeter syrup
than the Hill country of Vermont.
The sugar camp is one of the most
profitable enterprises hereabouts.
MIR. Barnes could make many hun
dreds of pounds of sugar each year
and sell it in the eastern market at
good profit, but it requires less
work to boil the sap into syrup,
W hich is quickly sold TO tho people
of central Kansas. Many farmers i'll
the surrounding countries annually
plant small field of buck wheat in
anticipation of the pure maple syrup
which is produced at the Medora
sugar camp.
In a general way this New En-
gl ander has carried out the Vermont
ONE ideas. The planting of sugar
ma pies and the growing of trees to
relieve the monotony of the level
plains was Mr. Barnes first thought.
He told a few neighbors that it
meant a long wait, bnt that his
children and future generations
would bless the man who changed
the face of the desert into a wood
land. In the big wooded pasture
are many varieties of forest trees,
but the naples are the most valua
BILE, Letter in New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
The Firefly.

just why the glowworm. the fire.
fly and other insects do glow is not
determined. One theory is that the
females are given this distinction in
order that they may be readily
found by their mates. Another,
adhered to by Darwin, is that the
light is for self protection merely.
Light bearing insects are notorious
ly i'll tasting, and the light may
serve as a notification to birds and
insectivorous animals of this fact,
the life of the insect being thereby
sayed-Sh Louis Republio
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Plymouth Lumberman Peti-
tiOnS.
tons.

Napoleon Jasmin of Plymouth, a
Iumberman. has filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the Office of the clerk
of the United States COURT at Rut-
land, giving his debts as $2,929 "a
and assets $2,237 25 of which $1S5
is exempt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Suicide at Brattleboro

Albert Baldwin, 72, a respected
resident of BIattleboro, committed
suicide Monday by hanging himself
with rope in his attic. He was
found about 5 30, and life was ex-
iinct. He had been in poor health
for some time, which is thought to
be the cause. He had lived in
Brattlehoro for about 35 years, going
there from New Hampshire He
worked in Jenne's insurance office
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Landslide Buries a Hamlet

Mace, small hamlet in Idaho
vas buried under an avalanche early
Monday morning. 1t is believed
hat 25 families of ITO individuals
Who were in the path of the terror
we're buried. Hundreds are digging
frantically to release the bodies
Three were released at eight o'clock
and others are in sight.
The slide came in the middle oi
the night when all were asleep.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
A Score Injured

The hig granite cutting shed
owned by J. l.. Burns, nearly oppo-
site the Central Vermont railway
station in North6eld, collapsed a
few minutes before the men were
ready to go to work Saturday morn
ing. injuring score or more of
workmen more or less seriously and
burying them in the debris, but
fortunately killing no one outright.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Fire in Burlington

st. Paul's Episcopal parish Vat
Burlington suffered a fire loss of
about $4,000 Sunday morning,
when the chapel and parish house
adjoining St. Paul's church were
Quilted. Insurance to the extent of
$35,50O was carried on the church,
chapel and parish house, with $45O0
insurance on the contents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

j. G. Colgate of Bennington and
his farm superintendent. G. G.
Jones, sailed Saturday for England
to purchase consignment of horned
Dorset sheep for ahe farm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Next C. A. r. Encampment

1t was announced Monday that
the next annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held in MSaatpslisry June l8-l7.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

motion of II. w johnson the occa-
sional use of Music hall was also
granted the Y. M. @. A.
The license vote resulted as fol-
lows: Yes 46, no l52.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05

Over 100, ,0Oo,0 900 oysters are ship
ped to. Liverpool from this country
every year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
Practically i'm the Household

Means running it il a business-like way.
Success in business is achieved by economy
of time and energy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-05
In Large Households

The mistress give the time nor the strength
to keep running from the kitchen the attic in order
give proper attention to every detail of dom
agement.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-10-06
GENERAL.

An increase in price Of coffee Is
due. Before many days consumers
will be paying I to cents 4 pound
more.
Because of the cholera scare In
Europe. two incoming transatlantic
liners, the Lapland and Perugia were
quarantined for inspection.
An explosion sank the Pacific Steam
Navigation steamship Chiriqui three
days ago in the vicinity of Point Jara-
chine, about eighty miles from Pana-
ma. About fifty Of the passengers and
crew are supposed to be lost
The trial of Governor C. N Haskell
of Oklahoma in the Muskogee town lot
cases came to a sudden end Thursday
when the government announced that
under the restrictions laid down by the
court it would be unable to make out
case against Haskell or any of his
co-defendants.
Fire in New York Monday swept
an area 500 by 800 feet caus-
ing damage estimated at $780,
was the greatest burned area during
his experience in New York city. The
space swept comprises almost three
acres of lumber yards. factories and
stables. For nearly three hours the
fire was beyond the control Of the de-
partment and it was stopped at length
by an action of apparatus which, com
bined. threw water at the rate of 25,-
600 gallons minute. Five hundred
horses were rescued from stables.
John E. Wilkie, Chief of the
United States Secret Service, has
sent broadcast throughout the
country circulars warning all persons
against two SO and one new IS ma
tional bank note counterfeits. The
SO bills are counterfeits of the Home
National Bank of Staunton. Tex, and
the Pasadena National Bank Of Pasa.
dena, Calf. The IS bills are counter
feits Of the issue of the Home Ma
tional Bank of Holyoke, Mass. Eacn
of the counterfeits show many faults
in the workmanship.
Taxpayers are up in arms in Mi]wau-
kee against the proposed plan of ST.
cialists to use the public schools a.
rallying centers for the Socialist
cause. The latter have been holding
their meetings in halls connected
with saloons, but by utilizing the
schools they will save tidy sum ID
rent. lights and janitor service, and
the public will pay the bill. Inasmuch
~ the matter has been put up to the
city attorney. who is 4 strong Social
ist. it is supposed some law will be
found permitting the use of the
schools.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-10-06
SPORT.

Four dead and nineteen seriously
intured-three of whom probably ia
tally-was the price In human flesh
paid for the sixth running of the Van
derbilt cup race. won by Harry Grant,
driver of 120-horse power Alec at
the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Barney Oldfield smashed at least
one of the worlds records in his spec
tacular runs at the state fair grounds
at Springfield. ILL.,, Saturday. He
drove = Knox automobile and made
the ten miles in minutes. 3-5 Sec
onds. The ten miles we're covered in
2-5 of second less than ten minutes.
When he appeared in his famous Bit
zen Benz in 4 spectacular run against
time, this morning he made two miles
in 1850. Walter Brookins made an ex-
hibition flight above the state fair
grounds before 10000 people Saturday
morning. He ascended. encircled the
grounds and alighted without an &C.
cident.