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The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

On May IL fifty years g a couple
of broken-down tramp steamers
slipped into the harbor of Marsha at
of Sicily and landed a small body Of
men, about a thousand in number, I'M
trained, ill equipped, poorly armed.
Before the Decentralization was fully
completed the vessels were captured
by a squadron of Neapolitan warships.
The thousand scurried inland out of
reach of the enemy's guns and within
three months had overrun the whole
kingdom of the Two Sicilies and en-
tered Naples, the capital. The most
amazing adventure in modern history
had been carried out successfully and
was to be crowned DON after by the
fulfilment of italian hopes and wishes
In the union of all Italy. Garibaldi
and his Thousand" had won their
eternal fame, the New York Sun says.
With Italy one of the great powers,
a factor to be reckoned with in the
politics of Europe, a unified and fairly
homogeneous nation, it is difficult to
believe that the beginning was made
only a half-century ago, in the years
Immediately preceding the American
Civil war. To the generation that saw
It it seemed almost a miracle and the
Italian peasants could hardly be
blamed for their belief that Garibaldi
had superhuman power and that his
body could not be harmed. To the
students who have investigated the
Sicilian expedition with calmer and
more critical minds its success re-
mains inexplicable. History, to be
sure, has other records of the achieve
ments of small bands against tremen-
dous odds, but these usually were
aided by superior armament or knowl-
edge. Here in the middle of civilized
Europe a state of the second order,
which was thought strong enough to
resist the enlarged kingdom of Sar-
DINA, was overthrown in a few weeks
by a handful Of adventures. There
were only too many instances in Ital-
ian history of desperate efforts by a
few enthusiasts to rouse the people
against tyranny that failed as a mat
ter of course. This one, equally fool
hardy, succeeded.
The latest historian of Garibaldi,
Mr.. G. M. Trevelyan, has recorded the
hopeless condition of the expedition
when it started. Even Garibaldi him
self hesitated till the last moment,
and with good reason. The Piedmon-
tese authorities would give him no
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
American Cotton in India.

According to Consul Stuart X. Lup-
ton, of Karachi, India, the deputy d.
rector of agriculture in Sind. states
that American cotton seed was tried
in several places in that district Of
India last season with good results.
The average yield is 575 to $50
pounds per acre, rather than
the Indigenous cotton, while the
staple is at least half an inch longer.
It Is supposed that cultivation will
be extended next year, as 1t can be
sown In June, the best time Of the
year from the standpoint OF irriga-
rior. and ripens much quicker than
native cotton.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
Homemade Garden Roller.

die can be made to draw 1t by and
fastened to the pins In the ends Of the
long, the holes being made large
enough so that the log will roll easily.
Pins are fitted into the face Of the
roller, being placed in a straight line
lengthwise of the log and a foot apart.
A piece of small rope is fastened
around the log where each pin comes.
as shown in cut, SO that when pulled
along the rolIar will mark the rows
for the seeds. different vegetables
need to be planted at different dis
tances, 1t is well to have the ropes six
inches apart. Then n al plant at
any distance from six inches to -four
feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

countenance. fearing to lose what had
been gained by the 1859 campaign.
The arms and ammunition that had
been counted upon were held back
and the expedition took by force from
a remote station what it carried with
it. The reports of the Sicilian patri-
OTIS who were urging his coming were
untruthful and Garibaldi suspected
them. His few cannon were shams.
When he had landed he found that
the Siciiian peasants did not know
who he was or why he came and in
the first fighting Rosolino PHO, the 81
Gillian insurgent who had drawn Carl
baldi on and whom the peasants trust
ed, was killed. The fight at Calatanni
was very nearly a drawn battle and
there were times when the Sicilians
were as likely to turn against the
thousand as to help them. Still Carl
baldi did hold out; he made his way
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

country INVADED ana
tending to fill up the valleys and
produce a general level. 1t is this
action of the glacier that has large
ly produced the level plains Of the
prairies of the Mississippi valley; sc
to speak, the glacier has "ironed"
out the ruffies in the continent and
left it comparatively smooth. The
whole glaciated area is covered with
ancient river channels and gorges,
which have been completely filed
up with the grist Of the glacier,
while to a great depth it is spread out
Owe the central and southern por-
lions to furnish the arabic soils from
which the richness of the country is
derived. The depth of these glacial
deposits south of the great lakes
probably averages more than 100 feet
and In some places where a buried
river gorge is penetrated it is known
to have been more than 500 feet in
depth. Over northern Germany and
northwestern Russia the depth of the
glacial deposits is estimated to aver
age 125 feet.
These glacial deposits a be cas-
fly recognized and distinguished from
those made by water by their unas-
sorted character, by the angularity of
the imbedded fragments of stone and
the frequent occurrence Of scratches
upon them. Deposits made in run
ming water are uniformly assorted
and stratified, but in the direct glacial
deposits the pebbles and rock frag-
ments are Unfortunately mixed in
the whole mass like plums in a pud-
ding.
A few facts concerning the glacial
period give new force to the adage.
fiTruth is stranger than fiction" The
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

an amount of confused and tenuous
plots, Of inane dialogues, of revamped
witticisms and jingling melody he
heard along with q little that was
worth while!-a modicum of pathos
that rang true, Of real tragedy and q
saving grace Of genuine acting Ii
strong situations. II g play is useful
as q purge Of the emotions, as Arts
totle said. the emotions Of this per
sistent frst-nighter. his sternly re-
pressed impulses to tears and laugh.
ter, must have been In . readily e.
sponstve state.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
Stock Feeding.

The various feeding materials give
results more according to quality
than to amount provided the stock.
Properly cured corn fodder, hay that
was put in the NOV at just the right
condition and grain that is free from
mold or smut will produce greater
gain at less cost than articles that
are not Of good quality. No rule for
feeding, according to weight of the
animal, can be depended upon, but
the more food an animal consumes
the greater its ability to produce II
the food itself is not deficient in nu-
triton.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
Paired.

She was an amiable old lady, mi
volunteered much information to the
fair stranger who had come down to
see an important event in the country
town-the laying of the foundation
stone of the new church.
YES" prattled the old lady, that
is the duke and duchess, and the
couple. behind them are the mayor
and mayoress; and those two to the
right are the vicar and-er-vixen."-
Ideas.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
One ProdigaI First Mghter"

Men indulge curious ambitions.
Some have been known to follow the
engines to every fire or to attend
every ball game. Others have aspired
to eat thirty quail in thirty days. An
aesthetic equivalent of these feats was
undertaken by the prominent man
about-town whose aim It was to wit
ness every opening performance at the
theater. and to him clearly BELONGS
the palm.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

He set In himself in the name Of
amusement a task from which con-
scientlous professional critics shrink
In the line Of duty. Assuming that he
consistently adhered to his program,
he attended 156 first-night perform
ances last year In q season Of forty
weeks. He saw seventy-four new plays
and thirty-four reyivals Of old plays,
thirty-seven musical comedies and
eleven Shakespearian reyiyals. What
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
Danish Ball Cabbage.

The Danish ball cabbage requires
better soil than the pointed or do
nestle type. Growers should not lose
sight Of this fact. Better prices for
Danish ball Justify heavier manuring
for fertilizing.
If the Danish ball cabbage seed has
not been sown this operation should
be attended to at once. A long sea.
son is essential to large yields.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
GARDEN ROLLER AND MARKER
Convenient implement to Possess, ~
Firm Bed Is Necessary for
Good Termination.

A firm seed bed Is necessary to the
successful termination Of small seeds,
SO a garden roller is a convenient ar
ticle to- have. II In addition to that
1t can also be used as a marker for
the rows where seeds are to be plant
ed, 1t becomes still more useful,
writes Marian Mead in Farm and
Home.
To make 1t, take a round. smooth
log four feet long and drive an iron
pin in the center of each end. A han
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

A Newspaper in OIden Times.
Telephone message for you, sir"
what is it,"
LOT says that he doesn't want any
thing printed about his wife turning
to salt. He says that 1t is a family
affair and doesn't in any way oncern
the public"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
METHOD OF. CLEANING A DISK
Directions for Cleaning implement
With Ease and Dispatch-Takes
Two to Do 1t.

A contributor to an exchange gives
the following directions for cleaning
a disk with ease and dispatch: Raise
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

N IT'S m o v Q m q n t
over the uneven sur
face of the land the
ice w h flowed
southwark over so
e a part of
North America In
the glacial period
ground off the prom
inences and dragged
the grist along slow
ly under it, spread
ing it out over the
=
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24

Satan-Well, how do you like it
here? Any complaint to make about
the heat?
Shade of F1atdweller-No; it's hot
enough, but I don't e any fire es-
canpS-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26

in 1928 or 1929, Rev. Jasper Hazen,
the pastor, starting general sub
scription for their purchase. The
inscription on this bell is Revere;
Boston" Its weight is $40 pounds,
The clock was taken out in 1860 and
sold for 800 and went to the
tower of the Universalist church in
Bethel
The bell in the Universalist
church was bought in 1885, when
the building was erected. Edward
H. Sabin, then in the dry goods
business here, and considerable
subscriber to it's purchase, was the
agent appointed to select it. Its in
scription is "Revere, Boston" and
it's weight is 1921 pounds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Halley's Comet Growing

Boston, March 24.-Two of the
celestial visitors to the solar system
this year, Comet A. and Halley's
comet, are being watched carefully
by astronomers at Cambridge and
elsewhere, although the former is
Fastening away into space, while the
latter is daily growing in size.
Halley's comet gives great promise
for it has already sprouted tail one
degree in length and when it emerges
from behind the sun, during
the last of April, it is expected to be
a fine spectacle in the morning skies.
The comet lodges behind the sun
again in May and will appear after
sunset.
After June l it will diminish as it
shoots off the aphelion outside of
the orbit of the planet Neptune which
it will reach in l947 then to retrace
it's course back to the sun. Small
children of today may see it in 1885.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
WOODSTOCK NOTES

Selectman Mason Mills, #. A.
Lamphere and l. Fl Staples attend
ed the meeting of road commission
ers of the county held at White
River Junction Wednesday.
Managers Trainor and Hough of
White River junction, wish to an
nounce to the theatre going public
of Woodstock, that on April 20 they
will produce the greatest farce
comedy ever written, Charles
Aunt" at Music hall. They come
to Woodstock with strong cast of
local players fresh from it's premier
production at White River junction.
The cast is headed by Mr.. Arthur
H. Hough and Miss @. Mae Wheeler,
both of whom are very we'll known
in Woodstock. Further particulars
as to the production and cast will
appear later.
A Randolph item says: George
Drew, formerly of Woodstock, has
entered the store of Tewksbury &
Raymond in place of Edward Mason,
who has served as clerk there for
several ysars Mrs. Drew is employ
ed by the firm Of Adams & Wright
as bookkeeper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
She is 4OO,OOO,OOO Years Old

Old Mother Earth, who has closely
guarded her age for her entire life,
is 400,000,O00 years old, according
to an article which appeared in the
current number of geological pub
LEGATION of the University of Chicago
Monday. In more scientific phraseo-
logy, the approximate age of the
earth, it has been discovered, may
be determined by dividing the
amount of salt in the sea, by the
amount brought down each year by
the rivers that empty into it.
Sir John Murray, Professor July
and M. Dubois, eminent geologists,
stand forward as champions Of the
new method.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
AS Killed in a Wreck

Forty-fve persons were killed and
40 more injured. many of them fa-
tally, in a wreck four and a half
miles north of Green Mountain, Ia.
Monday on Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific train.
Many passengers were apparently
killed outright, but the suffering
among the injured was terrible.
Arms and legs were cut off. The
wreckage was almost crimson with
blood. A few of the passengers
were found still living with a rod or
splinter impaling them in the
wreck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Pheasants in Vermont

State Commissioner Thomas, who
has visited the state game farm in
Sherburne, N. Y, in erder to enable
him to make recommendations in
his report to the governor as to
stocking the Vermont state farms at
Sharon and Plainfield, reports that
there is no reason why pheasants
should not thrive in Vermont as we'll
as in New York state. Those releas-
ell in Northern New York 10 years
ago have thrived and the conditions
here are as favorable as there.
Quail and Hungarian partridges
which were highly recommended,
have proven failure there and are
only kept as curiosities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
NORTH POMFRET.

The pewees, robins and bluebirds
announced last Saturday that spring
had arrived in Pomfret.
Mrs. Dostie Faneuf has been
spending few days in Lynn, N. FL
Mrs. Hiram Putnam is sick with the
grip, and is being cared for by her
daughter, Mrs. Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Bugbee spent
Friday with Mrs. Colburh
The sugar party held in the yes
try last week Tuesday evening net
ted the Ladies' Circle about FIVE
dollars.
Maude King is assisting with the
house work at Hewitt and Moore's
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Melendy spent
last week Friday with Mrs. Mary
Newton.
Miss Rachel Thacher is the first
of our young people home for the
Easter vacation, arriving Saturday.
Jarvis Adams of East Douglas,
Mass, called on old friends and
relations here last week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
The New Stone Crusher

The village trustees have just
closed a contract with the Acme
Stone Crusher company for the de-
livery of crusher here about May
lst
The machine will have capacity
of Is tons of crushed stone per hour
and will be run by an electric motor
of 20 horse power secured through the
local electric company This crush
er will be set up in the Hewitt
pasture, owned by @ T.Atwood, where
there is good supply of rock suit
able for roads. The motor will fur
nish power for an air drill if any
is done.
The machine crushes stone in
three different sizes. The equip
nent includes a revolving screen
and bin of $50 tons capacity.
The village trustees expect to put
in piece of permanent road between
the square aud the railroad station
the coming season, and this will
probably be an extension of the sec
tion built last year on Central street
1t is figured that when the outfit
gets into operation crushed stone
can be supplied for less than the
cost of river gravel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
The Appeal to the Record.

Little Tommy returned sore and
trembling from the torture room.
Doesn't your papa ever thrash
you?" he asked his chum, who is the
son of cabinet minister.
81 should say not!" replied the
other loftily, 'Every time he threat
ems to cane me read him an ex-
tract from his great peace at any
price speech, in which he said /:
'These barbarians are like wayward
children, but have we on that ac-
count the right to take away their
heaven sent privilege to do as they
pleaseP Let us treat them as we
would our own wayward children
plead with them, beseech them, but
never coerce them with either gun
or rod"
"That's good deal, to remem-
ber," remarked Tommy.
eyes, but now he's got SO used to
it that he drops the cane as soon as
start. ."-London Answers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Love the Greater Wisdom.

Wisdom always betrays the love
in it. Love, just another warmer,
closer name for wisdom, is selfish
ness absolute. 1t is the law and
the sweetness of the one organism
which the universe is.
The eternal strange forces, love
and selfishness, faith and godliness,
have been submerged-nay, hidden
from human consciousness in the
swish and swash of sentimentalism
and hypocrisy. They stand, none
the less, eternal, complete, the foun-
dation, the one necessity, of the
world, the home and character.
They are the inner fact of man
waiting to enamor him of the
chance of completeness.
Where they are not recognized
and made at home in the character
man finds his life shredded to scraps
and rags.-Practical Ideals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
r 'HE AGE
WoopsrocK VERMONT
Farmers, nix Your Own Fertilizers

FdTnCTbt InA rOuA OWh AShthh]StD -
DO YOU know tina. home mixing
Of fertilizers has proved to be the
most economical and satisfactory
method of procuring fertilizersa II
is now generally conceded by up-to-
date agriculturists that better results
are obtained by buying 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
a postal with request therefore, we
will send you, free, postpaid, num-
ber of formulas which were made
up for us by the Director of the
Vermont Experiment Station and
which have been used bv many Ver-
mont farmers with excellent success
We will also give full directions for
mixing fertilizers adapted to all the
crops commonly raised on Vermont
farms. When writing please men,
ton this paper. Address CARROLL
S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Gymnasium for Middlebury

twenty-five Thousand dollars, pro-
vided $4,000 more is raised by
commencement day in June, has
been offered by Ex-Governor John
@. Mccullough of Bennington for a
qy .nnasium for Middlebury college.
President Thomas of the college
issued an appeal to the alumni on
the 9th for gymnasium fund, and
has already received $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Youngest Union Veteran Dies

Henry Wilkins, so, who is said to
have been the youngest soldier to
carry musket in the civil war, died
at Rutland Sunday. On August 4,
1862, at the age of Is years, he en-
listed in Co. X, l23d New York
volunteer regiment and served for
three years as regular soldier, be-
ing mustered out at the close of the
war.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Springfield Man Fatally Burned

B. G. Culper of Springfield was
fatally burned last week Friday
afternoon in fire which started in
the wood working shop of R. j..
Kennedy. He died at 9 o'clocf
George Graham and R i. Kennedy
we're also seriously burned, but
neither of them are expected to die.
The damage to the building is
estimated at $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
ECONOMY IN GOOD PRINTING

If you want the public to believe
that you produce or sell an article
superior to that of your competitor,
then your printing should convey
that impression by its superiority
This press does work of the highest
grade. 1t is distinctive and COM
mands attention. 1t demonstrates
the fact that quality counts
Elm Tree Press Woodstock Vermont
The shop is in the
esprit of the Age" office
Elm Street
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Stockbridge License Commits
SiOnerS

The license commissioners ap-
pointed in Stockbridge are Wilbur
Q. Boutwell,, John E. Hagar and
Orlando j. Richardson. No applica-
tions have yet been made and it is
not known whether there will be
any.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
Dodsed.


During lecture on history in a
Baltimore educational institution
the instructor had given lengthy
disquisition on the character of
George Washington, incidentally
touching upon his work as the or
ganizer of the Revolution.
''Now," asked the instructor, eff
George Washington were alive to-
day what practical part do you
think he would play in present day
politics, Judging from the past?"
A prolonged silence on the part
Of the pupils followed this. Final
ly, however, one lad saw way out.
''Sir," he queried, wouldn't he
be too old r-Lippincott's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26

The Rev. DIR. Cortland Myers,
pastor OF fremont Temple. Boston,
has been sued for $4,000 for libel
and SANDER, by the Rev. B. ".
Bauder Of Lyons, formerly of Syra-
cnse, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26

To new subscribers The Age to
January l, loll, so cents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-03-26
In Touch
with the
Household

..... An intercommunicating
telephone system places the
mistress in touch with every
department of her house
hold and involves no
fatiguing effort.
..... 1t is an invaluable auxil-
iary of a large house. Its
cost is trifling. 1t may or
may not be connected with
the outside world, as the
householder prefers.
800. A free survey and esti-
mate of cost will be furnished,
if a request for the same is
sent to the Local Manager