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

Mrs. F. M. Plumley and a. G..
PIumley were in Rutland the first of
the week.
Mrs. Eunice Townsend and son
visited at Oren Bates the latter part
of last week and sreturned home to
Woodstock Monday
w. o. Bates was suffering from
an attack of indigestion Sunday.
DR.. Edmonds was called to see him.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Wilson of
Bridgewater Corners are in town tor
an indefinite stay.
Fred Johnson and his mother,
Mrs. Frances Johnson, were in Rut-
land the first of the week. N.cs s
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Dutton of
Mendon called on friends in this
place Sunday.
Mr.. Howard Of the Howard Drug
Co. of White River Junction, and
Mr.. Kilburn of the Charles Law
renee Co. of Boston, were in town
Tuesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
BASE BALL NOTES

The Y. M. G. A. Boys Branch
base ball team will play this after
noon with nine organized for the
occasion and commanded by Capt.
Archie Bourbon, a young manager
of some experience. Both teams
have been in active practice for a
week or two and will be fit for
today's battle.
The Woodstock High school team
wi II play Black River academy a,
Ludlow today.
The Bennington Banner says:
Manager Higgins has signed John
Ryan of last years Woodstock team
to cover the middle garden for Ben
nington the coming season. During
the preliminary season of the New
England league Ryan played with
Lynn and showed up particularly
well as batter. With Woodstock
last year he made great record as a
base runner and Manager Higgins
feels that he has secured a good
man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS

w. F. Woods ordinarily steady
going mare nearly messed things up
fora minute on Elm street Monday
In Benson's mill yard Mr.. Woods
rig struck telephone pole, one of the
front wheels getting an unbreak-
able hold, and the mare made one
Jump and was off like Mr.. Halley's
comet She ran up Pleasant street
to Elm and in front of Gillingham' s
store jumped over the rear end of
Fred Leonard's express wagon
which was just crossing the side
walk, She leaped like hurdler in
a real circus, but narrowly missed
running down woman on the side
walk. The runaway was stopped
after short run. The wagon was
slightly damaged.
George Aitken went to New York
Monday to attend meeting of the
American Jersey Cattle Club.
Maplewood farm recently lost
valuable team horse
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Man Burned to Death.

Burned beyond recognition, the
.charred remains Of a man were
found early Tuesday morning in the
RUNS of barn owned by Mrs. w.
III. Manning, in Swanton, which
was destroyed by fire Monday night
| lie firemen went home, not know
ing that there was anyone missing,
and it was while spectators were
looking about to see what they could
save that the remains were discov-
cred. The features were not recog-
nizable, and the clothes were burned
off. The only means of identified
ton was a string of rosary beads.
The theory is that the man slipped
into the barn and went to sleep while
smoking, and the fire caught in this
way. A horse and COW were also
burned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Prizes for Potato Raisers

The Rochester railroad has offered
prizes in gold of $40, $5 and $5,
and an Aspinwall potato cutter for
the best half acre potato field grown
il the season of 1910 in the territory
covered by the road, including
Stockbridge, Pittsfeld, Rochester,
Hancock and GRANVILLE
The road has had potato experi
examining the soil in this vicinity
and he declares that there is no bet
ter soil in the country and all that is
needed is scientific culture such as
is used in Aroostook county in
Maine The object of the road is Of
course to build up business for itself
The gold prizes are on exhibition
at the National White River Bank in
Bethel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Coming Some Day

"The annual spring proclamation
regarding Woodstock and Rutland
railroad is about due "-Woodstock
Spirit of the Age
Well. one of these days some such
scheme for increased transportation
facilities for Vermont will be put
through. depend upon it The state
will never prosper anywhere near
the line of it's possibilities until
inter-communication between the
towns becomes more convenient than
it is today. Think of the distance
a Bennington county man has to
travel to get to Montpelier for
instance st Albans Messenger
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Sacred Books of Tibet.

The sacred books of the Tibetans
are said to be the most extensive of
any religion, running into 325 vol
umes, almost a library in them
selves. Tibet embraced Buddhism
about the seventh century of our
era. The Tibetans translated the
doctrines into 100 volumes under
the name of "Kangyna," and by
way of exegesis and commentary
they added 225 volumes. These
books were printed at Marthany in
1721, and another edition was pub
lished at Peking. Copies are to be
found in the Bibliotheque Nation
ale in Paris, in the Asiatic museum
in st. Petersburg and at the India
Office in London.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
New Universalist Pastors for
Vermont

Two members of the graduating
class of Crane Divinity School of
Pufts College will settle in Vermont
at the close of the school year State
Superintendent George f. Fortier,
Of Northfeld has placed George G..
Boom in charge of the Universalist
churches at Rochester and Stock.
bridge, and George + Morton IN
charge of East and North Montpelier
each for term of one year Both
of these young men will be ordained
as soon as possible after the opening
of their paatorates.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Tho Turkey.

The turkey, rather than the
eagle, is the real American bird.
Eagles are found all over the world,
but the turkey is a foreigner every
where else except in America, his
native home. The wild turkey of
America is the progenitor of all the
turkeys in the world. In North
America, Mexico and Honduras the
turkey was found in great numbers
by the white men, but in South
America the bird is unknown. Sci
entists are agreed that the turkey
resides outside of his continent only
as an immigrant, and that his ma
tive home must be sought some
where north of the isthmus of Pan
anna. -Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Luxury.

Though luxury is something
which only fools go in for, the in
cidental crumbs thereof are what
feed the multitude. 1t is proof that
Providence doesn't wish the multi
tude to go hungry when fools with
knack for making money keep on
being born. If all men were wise
and luxury therefore a thing un-
known we might still be fed after a
fashion, but the sum total of happi-
ness would be less. Nobody would
be happier, except those few who
have been permitted by trial to dis
cover what poor thing luxury is,
while the rest of us, having nobody
to envy, would be miserable. =
Puck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Charles Aunt"

Charles Aunt" from Brazil
where the-nuts- come-from, made an
instantaneous hit with large audi
ence at Music hall last week Friday
evening. This we'll known comedy
was presented by Trainor and IIough
and an excellent company from
White River Junction, the players
giving one of the best amateur per-
formances a Woodstock, audience
has seen for some time.
Mr.. Hough as Lord Fancourt
Babberly, and later as Charlie s
Aunt" Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez,
was of course the star, and what is
to the point, was just as funny as
his costume. Miss G Mae Wheeler
as the real Donna Lucia was graceful
and pleasing; Raymond Trainor,
Robert A. Brown, N. H Burnham
and j. Harold Greene, had much
work to do and did it capably; while
other parts were we'll taken by Miss
Edith P. Burnham, Miss Marie H
Hinckley, Miss Elizabeth l, Hough,
Arthur G. VanSleet and Roger F.
Donahue.
The company brought an espec-
=
tally harmonious orchestra. metro
poIitan in scope, and also carried
considerable special scenery.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Holds a Posse at Bay

To prevent capture after vicious
attack on Miss Anna Kipp. daughter
of "a bank cashier, Clarence Wood,
10 years old of Rutherford, small
town near Paterson, N j., barricaded
himself in the Rutherford Boat
club and for FIVE hours fought off a
oosse of police and deputy sheriffs
With his stronghold surrounded and
riddled by bullets, and surrender
The only alternative, Wood ended
the struggle by firing bullet into
lis temple, dying almost instantly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Weston Ends His Walk.

Cutting his way through living
mass of twenty Thousand people, his
hite locks barred to the breeze and
mis- shufling feet keeping time to the
strains of the " Star Spangled Ban
ner.' Edward Payson Weston on
Monday brought to a triumphant end
,ls ocean to ocean walk. He
the steps of the City Hall
n New York city, at 80 p m
completing the trans-continental
journey of 3493 miles in II walking
lays, feat without parallel in ths
annals of pedestrianism
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
His Punishment.

Colley Cibber, known for some
years by the name of Master Colley,
made his first appearance on the
stage in very subordinate situa-
tion.' After waiting impatiently for
the prompter's notice he by good
fortune obtained the honor of car
rying a message on the stage to one
of the principal actors of that day,
whom he greatly Disconnected by his
awkwardness.
Betterton in anger inquired who
it was that had committed such a
blunder. Drones, the prompter, re-
piled:
master Colley."
"Then fine him." "rejoined Better
ton.
"Why, sir, he has no salaryl"
"No? Then put him down 10
shillings week and fine him g."
To this good natured adjustment
of rewards and punishments Cibber
owed the first money he received
from the dramatic treasury.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
EIorsnes Nishtinaals,s Real Name.

The family name of Florence
Nightingale was not originally
Nightingale, but Shore. Her ia
ther was rich Sheffield banker of
the name of Shore and connected
with an old family which had been
in possession of land in the counties
of Derby and York since the fif-
teenth century. Mr.. Shore assumed
the name of Nightingale long after
the birth of his children and be-
cause he inherited the fortune and
estates of his mothers uncle. There
were but two children in the family,
both girls. The eldest was. named
Parthenosse, because she was born
in Athens, and this name was sup
posed to indicate her fathers pro-
found admiration for the Parthe-
non. The younger, Florence, was
also named after the city of her
birth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Under $1,000 Bonds

AS the result Of recent move by
Grand Juror Moore, the proprietor
Of the Goddard house at Ludlow was
arrested and given hearing before
Justice b j Spaulding Of Cavendish
on the charge of keeping liquor with
intent to sell without license and
contrary to the provisions of the
statute The warrant on which he
was taken included Is different
Counts Mr.. Goddard waived exam
inarion and was held under $1,000
bonds for trial by county court
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Program for Odd Fellows
Week.

The joint committee of the several
bodies of Odd Fellows have COM
pleted the program for Odd Fellows
week at Burlington May II 20, and
it is as follows:
Tuesday, May II.
900 a. m.-- Meeting OF the de
partmeit council in armory hall.
200 p. m.-Patriarchs' Militant
parade.
700 p. m.-Conferring the deg rec
of chivalry in armorv hall.
$50 p. m.-Patriarchs Militant
ball in armorv hall.
Wednesday, May IS.
900 a. m.-Meeting OF the Grand
Encampment in armory hall.
s 90 p. m.-Past Officers Asso-
citation banquet.
Thursday, May ro.
9 90 a. m.--Meeting of the Grand
Lodge in armory hall.
100 p. m.--Reception by the
officers of the Rebekah Assembly at
Van Ness House parlors.
8.3op. m.-Exemplification of the
Rebekah degree by Emerald Re-
hekah Lod e, No. SO, of Waterbury
in armory hall.
Friday, MAY 20.
600 a. NJ Meeting OF the Re-
bekah Assembly in o Id Fellows
hall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
QUAINT ANDoRRA.
This Primitive Little Republic Is Run
by Patriarehs.

They come together like the teeth
of a dog, do the frontiers of France
and Spain, and between the teeth
is bone--such very small bone
that one wonders why it was not
swallowed up long ago-and the
name Of the bone is Andorra. The
whole area of this lonely little ma
tion is something less than half that
of Greater New York. Its entire
population does not equal that of
one of our great Office buildings.
For want of a better name the
geographers have called it repub-
lie, but the Andorrans part their
allegiance carefully in the middle,
as they do their hair, dividing it
(the allegiance, not the hair) be-
tween the pope and the French
president. If Tolstoy himself had
framed its government he could not
have built anything more after his
own heart. The heads of families
the patriarchs of Scripture, you
know - elect representatives who
several times each year saddle their
mules and go riding down to the
400 year old parliament house,
where it nestles cozily in the noun
tain valley of Andorra la Vieja, to
make such few and simple laws as
the well being of their pastoral con-
stituents requires. So slight are
the expenses of government in An
DORA, for all told there are but four
salaried officials (no place this for
grafters), that a small poll tax on
goats and sheep amply meets them
all. There is no army, even of the
smallest-for who is there to fght? /?
There are no police, for the peas
ants do their own policing. When
l was in Andorra the prison-there
is but one-was used as a poultry
house. There is no fire depart
ment, for the houses are all of
stone. There is no coinage, for the
people pay in kind. No postal sys-
tenn is there either, for when an
Andorran writes letter, which
rarely happens, he intrusts it to
some accommodating person who is
going over the border into France
or Spain.-Metropolitan Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
THE NEEDY FAR AWAY.
With a Word About the Man Just
Around the Corner.

On a certain Sunday last fall
attended the morning service of a
village church in an eastern state.
At the close If the sermon-a help.
fu& sermon--the pastor reminded
his congregation of the barrel of
clothing regularly sent at this time
to the poor of city some fifty
miles away.
/ was just a bit startled, because
/ have been accustomed to hear city
pastors remind their congregations
of barrels to be sent to the poor of
villages. 1t had not occurred to me
that villages might be concerned
about the poor in cities. / knew, of
course, that cities whose churches
are sending barrels to villages have
their own desperately poor always
with them, and I was in position
to know that this village whose
church was preparing a barrel also
had its proportion of sadly reduced
families.
The situation struck me some
how as incongruous, illogical, out of
gear. Why should good people in
the cities distress themselves about
suffering in the villages and good
people in the villages distress them
selves about suffering in the cities
and both apparently feel little dis
tress about the suffering right at
their very doors-both apparently
be more concerned about the dis
tress of stranger whom they have
not seen than they are about the
suffering of neighbor whom they
know?
Are warm hearted, helpfully in
clined people more distressed by
suffering a thousand miles, fifty
miles, away than they are by suffer
ing around the corner? 1 could not
seem to get an answer to this query
until l turned it-on myself. Is it
true of me? Am 1 more distressed,
am l more strongly appealed to, by
remote suffering?
Well, it's unselfsh and good for
us to think of Others. Yes, but that
poor devil right around the cornerl
Oh, he might not like it! He may
be proud, and. besides, he does not
seem SO badly off. At any rate, he
got himself where he is, and he will
be stronger and have more self re-
spect to dig his own way out.
True enough! And that other
poor devil fifty miles away?
Oh, that's Internationally pa
thetic case!
What makes it so different?-Er-
man j. Ridgway in Delineator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Rutland Automobiles Killed

As result of the injuries he sus-
tanned Sunday morning when he
was thrown from an automobile near
Castleton, landing on his head on a
stone, John ] Sullivan died at the
Rutland City hospital Monday even
ing at 8 30 o'clock from concus-
sion of the brain, followed by hem
orrhage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
The Milk War

Fred A. Rogers. president of the
Lebanon, N. H., branch of the Milk
Producers association. said Monday
night that not a single can of milk
was shipped on Monday from Leb-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
" Bar and Bottle bill Become.
a Law

The "Bar and Bottle" bill became
a law in Massachusetts Tuesday
morning when Governor Draper
signed the measure which prohibits
the selling of liquor by the glass
and bottle over the same bar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
anon, Plainfeld, Hartland and

anon, Plainiield, Hartland and
Sharon.
The milk car from Randolph to
White River junction over the Cen
trail Vermont road Monday morning
contained % cans
AT West Canaan, one of the large
shipping points in this section, no
cans were put on. Five hundred
pounds of cream were sent to the
East Andover creamery.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Hartland Four Corners

Civil Engineer Henry Harding
began last week to survey for the
new sewers recently voted to be
built in Windsor village.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07
Almost a Failure.

tient in No. 10, didn't youP"
eyes"
"Make successful job Of it?"
mo, l didn't. The operation was
disgustingly simple, and the man
wasn't in the slightest danger at
any time. The elaborate prepara-
tions l had made for handling a
critical case were wholly wasted"
Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-05-07

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-02

Farmers and Drovers Journal
! When TO cut loose the steers this sea
son is going to be a big query with cat
| tie feeders, and, TOO, those who have
hogs growing nicely will figure closely
on the matter of weight gains as
against the price Quotations before
shipping freely. In the sheep and lamb
deal. also, there IS an element OF un-
certainty which tends to keep the feed
ers awake nights. The crop Of thin
stuff fattening on feed this fall is
greater than in years. More sheep and
lambs than ever taken out before We're
bought al market centers by the corn
belt feeders. A world of light and me-
dunn weight feeding steers also found
an outlet in pasture and corn held,
and heavy crop OF spring and fail
I pigs is held on the farms. Nnw comes
/ the question, which is the best system
! OF marketing?
Surely if there breaks over the coun-
! try spell of anxiety and worrying
over price outcome. severe depression
! in markets will follow, while, on the
! other hand by exercising certain
amount of conservation the big crop of
winter-fed stuff should be afforded an
4 outlet at decently remunerative prices.
! There IS no intimation of an extended
/ slump in dem ands, but. 70 the contrary,
! the consumptive outlet should begin to
broaden with the coming of cold
weather.
] A market conservatively supplied can
no. quickly develop into a panicky one,
but whore there is a rush to liquidate
! the stuff after short feeding period
serious price breaks can only be the
rule The first blasts of winters chill
Will determine 10 great extent the
disposition Of the feeders, and if they
are panicky prices are going TO be hit
nard, since excessive supplies will fol-
low. AT present the situation in all
lines of trade is such as leads to the
belief that clere are too few feeders
whose confidence in the future is strong
enough to induce them 70 feed on thru
a period of price de preston.
1t is a big matchmaking season, but
marketing of the crop must be handled
in a conservative, businesslike manner
or conditions are going TO be smashed
beyond quick repair, and big pile of
the summers record feed crop will thus
necessarily find disposition affording
cheap returns 20 the owners.