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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
WOODSTOCK NEWS
Down Plymouth Notch at 20
Miles an Hour.

A party from Wallingford includ-
ing Ii. w. Aldrich and his driver,
Senator III. B. Barden, and Rev.
Walter Thorpe, in Stoddard-Day-
ton 3o-horsepower car was at the
Woodstock Inn Mondayto interview
Admiral Dewey, to obtain his con-
sent to visit the Wallingford pag-
cant this month. The Rutland News
of Tuesday tells of the party's thrill
ing ride down Plymouth Notch:
On the return trip the chauffeur
in turning the apex of Plymouth
Notch had his machine well in hand,
but owing to the almost precipitous
declivity of the road Immediately all
brakes, including the emergency
brake, were useless. The machine
was under terrific hesdway at once,
its speed being estimated at from
s. to 10 miles an hour. AS water
bar after water-bar was crossed, the
machine Iurched into the air, and for
this reason the brakes had nothing
substantial to work on.
1t was the intent of the driver, as
sisted by Mr.. Aldrich, who was in
the front seat, to steer the mot ,r cal
in the proper course and after pass
ing the bottom of the Hill to bring
it to safety on the opposite side.
However, just az the last water-bar
was reached, with jump of several
feet, the Woodstock stage was sight
ed coming up the steep hill. The
only alternative from dashing into
the stage was to ditch the machine.
Instantly the latter course was de-
cided upon, and the machine plung-
ed into huge boulder at the side of
the road.
|, Mr.. Barden was thrown over the
machine but fortunately struck be-
tween the rocks and escaped with
painful bruises. MIR. Aldrich was
thrown over the passenger and land-
ed heavily on his back on the rocks
and suffers from serious wounds.
MIR. Thorpe managed, by holding on
to the coat-rail with death-griP, to
stay in the car.
1t required tackle blocks to pull
the disabled machine out of the
ditch and yoke ofoxen drew it into
Plymouth Union. One front wheel
and the front seat were demolished,
the front axle bent and the steering
gear of the machine disabled.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

'Tis night. Across the bedroom
floor a frenzied mortal PAGES, his
manly features eulied Ger with
horrible grimaces. The brand Of
Cain was in his eye, the cold sweat
on his forehead; his aim to do the
thing or die, his language-terse
and torrid.
For see, a foeman grips his
throat; each turgid vein and muscle
stands out as though it would de-
note the rigor of the tussle-
He yieldsl But no; one last swift
try ere strength is ended. For there
upon the bedroom rug he bought
for half dollar lies, limp and torn,
with twist and tug, his last new
standup collar.--Brooklyn Eagle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Very Large Fish from a Small
Brook.

W. H. Cavanaugh of Pierpont ave-
nue. was exhibiting to his friends
last night a beautiful California
trout, weighing 5 A pounds dressed,
which he caught in small trout
brook in Ira It was an extraordi-
nary catch. for the fish seldom
reaches such size in New England
streams. Mr.. Cavanaugh says he
has been trying for the fish at odd
times during the last three weeks.
The spots on the fish were as large
as quarter. Rutland Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
w. r. Junction Postoffice a
Bank.


Beginning Monday, July 81, the
postofice at White River junction
became United States postal saw
ings bank Atpresent the nearest
ones are at Randolph and Lyndon
Vile.
The benefits of this depository are
for patrons Of the Office exclusively
and any patron. man, woman or
child ten years or over. may make
deposits. No account will be opened
for less than one dollar. The maxi
mum amount person may have to
his credit. exclusive of accumulated
interest is $500 The rate of inter-
eat is 2 per cent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Tho t,ard rhlra 10 WHITING.

The following story illustrates
the troubles of the first steps in
authorship. A thirteen-year-old girl
was speaking of her literary ambi-
tion to an old writer. She was espe-
cially anxious to know what color of
ink to use and whether to write on
ruled or unruled paper. After these
points were settled she said COM
placently. Nov / feel sure I can
do something. The only hard thing
is to find something to write about.
If I only had something to say ! am
sure / could write perfectly we'll"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
sIinnars Eor snldiars.

The term "a warrior in dressing
gown and slippers" used to be deemed
one of opprobrium, but 1t can no long
er be SO, at least in France, where the
ministry Of war has equipped the
French cavalry with felt slippers as a
part of the held kit. Perhaps the
dressing gown will come later The
French war Office has. 1t is said. prov
ed by experiment that nothing rests
the soldiers 80 quickly after a hard
drill as to take or their boots and go
about in loose slippers. Harper's
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Habit of the Trade.

"That man you sent down here
last week is no good for my place, /"
said the tailor to the employment
agent. "He has never worked any
where except in ladies' tailoring
establishment"
ellis references did not say sc" !"
the agent said.
t1 don't care rap about what
the references said," retorted the
tailor. every time he puts coat
on man he tells him it makes him
ten years younger, and that speaks
louder than book of references" I"
New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Springfield VIII Celebrate.

Springfield is making preparations
for fitting observance of the l50th
anniversary of the granting of its
charter by Governor Wentworth Of
the province of New Hampshire.
The original charter of the town OF
Springfield, carefully preserved in
the town clerks Office in it's original
covering of sackcloth, was granted
August 20. l76l, by Governor Went
worth to Gideon Lyman and 81
others.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Setter Than kopsnieIs.

An individual at Temesvar has sur
passed the famous Captain Won Kope-
nick; in fact, the German shoemaker
is nowhere. The Temesvar hero en-
gagged gang of thirty workmen, went
to distillery which was closed and
instructed them to disnantle it. Fol
lowing this exploit he demolished a
fountain and then sold 1t with the dis
tillery fittings for old metal. Next he
turned his operations upon an avenue
and cut down all the trees and sold
the wood to a carpenter. Then he
vanished into space. and the good peo-
pie of Temesvar are still in state of
ferment.-London Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
THE SACRED BRASS POUND.
How Gold Value 10 Fixed at the United
States Mint.

ROW Gold Value 10 Fixed at the United
states Mint.
The sacred brass pound has been
on its job again.
What is the sacred brass pound
Well, it looks like a duck egg in
plain brass, with the point shaved
off to serve as a stable base for il
to rest on and with a rather neatly
ornamental fiat top, like those you
see sticking up from the pound and
half pound weights near the drug
store scales, rising from the up
turned butt, says the New York
Herald.
This sacred brass pound Of the
United States mint at Philadelphia
is the last resort in determining the
correct weight of all the money
minted in the United States.
The government Of the United
States was fairly prompt in decid-
ing that it had to work from fixed
standard for its coinage, and yet it
was nearly half a century or so late
in reaching the conclusion that any
absolute standard was necessary.
A dozen years or 80 after the war
of 1912 had ended and peace show
ed itself as indefinitely assured-in
1S27-instructions were given the
American minister in London to
procure there pound weight of
brass which would be of the exact
standard of twelve ounces, troy
exact to the smallest fraction Of
grain. In 1928 the practice had
been instituted of having govern
ment commission examine and
weigh sample coins made during the
year at the mint, so that all govern
ment currency could in itself sup
port the guarantee of the govern
ment that it contained precisely so
much gold or silver as was specified
by law.
In compliance with the behest
there came from London the brass
pound which has ever since been
the ultimate standard for the COM
parison of all our coinage, the little
duck egg that was destined ulti-
mately to end the once common
crime of Sweating" coins. So long
as there was any possible doubt, to
the fraction of grain, as to the full
weight Of a gold piece when it was
minted just so long it would be inn
possible to prove that any appre-
ciable quantity had been taken
from it.
So important was every grain of
metal in the fundamental brass
pound destined to be and 80 keenly
was that Importance appreciated
that its very shape was made to en-
tail the minimum amount of fric-
tion when handled and even while
standing in its mahogany box. The
duck egg shape allows only the
outer rim to touch the chamois lin
ing of the case, and it constitutes
what seems to be the original dis
covery and application of the prin-
ciples of ball bearing machinery.
This supersensitive pound weight
was never to be touched by human
hands. A carefully designed litter,
or so called hook, was provided,
and that too, was covered with
chamois lest it scratch the surface.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
A TWO-HEADED PIG.
MiddIebury Freak Which Didn't
Stand Publicity Long. 4.

Brainerd Lane of Middlebury
strolled out to his pig sty the other
day and couldn't believe his eyes
when he saw pig with two heads.
Brainerd pinched his arm, but the
two-headed pig was still there, and
then he called the hired man. The
hired man saw the two-headed pig,
too.
Before the neighbors could gather
about, though, the two-cylinder pig
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

had died. Brainerd explained to the
boys that there were two fully devel-
.eped heads and two bodies from the
middle up" The heads were set
snout to snout, Brainerd said.
When the boys got hack to the
village they talked the matter over
and remarked that the pig had but
four legs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

Sir Seymour King. who had been a
member Of parliament for the Central
division since 1886. was unseated the
other day because he had distributed
coal and candles among his constitu-
ents In celebration of his semijubilee
as their representative. The court
held that his acts must naturally and
necessarily have an influence upon the
electorate, although no corrupt motive
was imputed to Sir. Seymour.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
ou;te Natural.

"What made you mutilate this
handsome new book ?" asked the
physicians wife. "The first thing
you did was to cut out portion of
it and throw it away.
Excuse me, my DEAR" was the
regretful answer. sTt was profess
bional instinct. The portion you re-
fer to was labeled Appendix p
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

In the five months since the legis-
lature fixed bounty on hedge-hogs
98 towns have applied for the money
allowed under the law and $2,939.60
has been paid out in 80 cent bounties
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Cordial Invitation.

eyes, debt collecting is a hard
business" said the sympathetic
man. 81 suppose everywhere you go
people ask you to call again? p
"Ask me to call againp said the
collector sadly. "Why, man, some
of them dare meP-Stray Stories,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

'T think" remarked the brindle
faced old hen, "that I'll go into bus
iness.'
"What kind of business ?" asked
the innocent young rooster.
"Well," clucked the old hen, 'T
may set up an egg plant. Chicago
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

Aug aS-3I--Annual gathering
Universalist convention of Vermont
and the Province of Quebec at
Bethel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05

nversy of Vermont 1888 established the Lamoe Express
Johnson in 1840 to Woodstock and founded the Spirit
ntnued in its editorshp until his death Published the frs
ltion OF his poems in 1S48.
Take down the sickle, boys hurrah
The ears of ripened grain
Are waiting for the reaper's hand,
Upon the fruitful plain
The mellow moon, the changing leaves,
The earliest setting sun,
Proclaim at last, my merry boys,
The harvest-time begun.
Thick on the hills, tomorrow noon
The gathered stock must see,
And with the loads of yellow corn
Shall groan the axle-tree
The frost, my boys, will soon be here
And winters on the way s.
These glorious days will never, boys,
For lazy farmers stay
Take down the sickle, boys hurrah!
While loads of ripened grain
Are waiting for the reaper's hand,
Upon the fruitful plain,
Well gather up the golden corn
In thankfulness, once more,
And FIJI with the returning seed
Our basket and our store.
CHARLES 6. EASTMAN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-05
Song i'm Autumn

Charles G. Eastman Fryeburg Mane 1916. died
Montpelier in $780, He moved with his at early
to Barnard educated at Royaton Academy, Windsor
Academy. Kmbal Union Academy Meriden, NJ and the
University of 1888 established the Lamoe Express
Johnson 1910 Woodstock and founded the Spirit of
the Age in 846 bought the Vermont Patriot Montpelier and
continued in it's edtorshp until his DEATH Published the first
edition of his poems in 1913.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16
G0RMAN'S TELEGRAM
SIlRS UP COMMENT

Friends of Governor-elect Goldsbor-
ough are not enthusiastic over the word
ing of the telegram of congratulation
sent him by his recent opponent, Arthur
P. German. Senator German wired:
Il congratulate you upon your being
returned elected as Governor.
Being returned elected" is though
to convey an insinuation. Everybody
else who sent greetings to Mr.. Colds
borough congratulated him on chs
election"
Such a message was not expected
from what one of Mr.. Germans advo-
Gates in the campaign-perhaps his most
earnest champion - termed "a bluff,
honest, young follow" Such a mess
age, some think, was more in the line
of Mr.. Germans own thought when he
described former Judge Laird Henry's
protest against vote buying in Dorches-
ter counny as 1.-The squeal of loser. "
One explanation of the wording of the
telegram was that it was sent without
bling submitted to the official press
agent, and that it was the real Cor
man message.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16
BITTINGER.
..aa9.s9SaS.aa.S

On last Sunday night, following a
snow storm on Sunday afternoon, the
mercury went down to within four de-
grees of zero, and IN some sections it is
reported that the zero mark was reach
ed.
Deputy Sheriff Shartzer, of Oakland,
passed through this village last Monday
afternoon.
Lewis Hachman, of near Grantsville,
is in this neighborhood this week oper-
ating his corn shredder.
Mrs. K. A. Bittinger and son, Master
Austin, spent day or two last week
visiting relatives at Mt Lake Park and
Oakland.
Henry Bittinger moved his family
from this place to Jennings, last week.
We are very sorry to lose so good a
neighbor.
Mrs. Charles Reckner and children,
of Confluence, Pa, who were visiting
here for the past two weeks, returned
to their home last Saturday.
A party consisting of Mrs. Jonas
BeacEy, Mrs. E. S. Brenneman and Miss
Huldah Stark went to Connellsville,
Pa, last Monday to consult an eye spec
ialist of that city.
Mr. and Mrs Elias Orendorf, of this
place. left last Thursday morning for
their winter home at Virginia Beach,
Va.
Miss Bessie Wiley entertained num-
Der of young friends at her home on
last Sunday afternoon.
The installation OF Rev. c. H. Shull
will take place in the Lutheran church
in this village on next Sunday morning
at 80 o. clock. The services will be
conducted by Rev. E. Manages, of Oak
land, and Rev. C. P. Bastlan, of Key
ser, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16

the Civil War, with the single excep-
ton of the election of 1895, it is not the
only interesting result of Tuesdays
voting. In addition to that, the dis
franchising amendment has been snow
ed under, the vote in Baltimore being
3,671 against it and only %, 120 in its
favor. 1t is to be hoped that ordinary
horse sense exists in sufficient quantity
among Maryland Democrats to make
this latest verdict on the perennial null
sance of disfranchisement agitation for
good and all.
''The negrophobia, real or pretended,
which underlies these ever-repeated at
tempts to get around the Contribution
of the United States is peculiarly indie
feasible in State in which the colored
population is not much more than one
sixth of the total; but, be that as it
may, the way in which the attempts
have been defeated, time after time, in
spite of the most desperate endeavors
of legal lights to devise some plan that
would go down, ought to suffice to make
any sane Anglo-Saxon drop the thing at
last in sheer disgust if for no other rea-
son. This latest scheme was in open
defiance of the Federal Constitution,
and doubtless thousands of Democrats
refused to vote for it on this account
alone.
''As Tor the defeat of Mr.. German,
that was undoubtedly accomplished by
the independent Democrats-the same
element in the population that had
fought the elder German so persistently
and which was stirred to renewed en-
ergy by the exhibitions of ring politics
recently given at Baltimore and at An
napolis."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

Monday was the coolest day of the
fall so far, the thermometer registering
8 degrees at 6 O'Clock a. m. Considerable
damage was occasioned by the bursting
of water pipes. The water back in the
range in Miss Belle Prltchard's cottage
exploded Monday morning, wrecking
the range and doing considerable dam
age to furniture in the room. No one
| injured. One of the bathrooms in Mr..
j. l.. Echard's cottages was injured by
bursted water pipes, and the postoffice
was flooded Monday morning by frozen
and bursted pipes in Mr.. Bittner's bar
Der shop on the second floor of the build
ing. Other slight damage occurred in
many places in the park from frozen
water pipes
Mr.. Geo. w. Miller shipped his house
hold goods to Hagerstown, Md, where
he mas obtained employment.
Mrs. Sarah E. Flowers was called to
Morgantown Monday on account of i'll
ness in the family of her son Samuel,
whose wife and two children have ty-
phoid pneumonia.
Mrs. F. P. Arnold returned home
Tuesday after a visit of two weeks
among relatives and friends at Nor
gantown and Clarksburg.
The cold snap has temporarily inter-
rupted the shipment of apples and pota-
toes from this station. The shipments
up to Saturday had been the largest for
many years.
Special services are being conducted
in the Loeb Lynn Baptist church by the
pastor, Rev. c. w. Hudson.
A public sale of live stock, farming
implements and household goods will
take place at the Landon farm, one mile
south of Loeb Lynn, Saturday next At
the same time and place Messrs. Ste
venson & Oblinger will offer for sale a
number of valuable cows and young
cattle.
DR.. and Mrs. Logan Carr stopped off
here yesterday for few days.
Miss Belle Pritchard left for her home
at Warrington, w. Va, yesterday.
Services in the NJ. f. church Sunday
as follows: Sunday school, 1000 a. M;
class meeting, HOO a. M; Epworth
League, 6. As p. m. and preaching, 100
p. m. A cordial invitation to all these
services.
The family of Mr.. B. F. Crane has
moved to Clarksburg for the winter.
MIR. Crane will be here most of the
time.
A union Thanksgiving service will be
held in the NJ. Z. church Nov. 30th.
Rev. Bauman, of the U. B. church, will
deliver the sermon.
Miss Jennie Murphy, who is conduct
ing a restaurant and candy kitchen at
Rowlesburg, was here yesterday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16
sec 9ss,s .ss,.ssse a,sslssl..s .

sNSNs S'y
Mos tly everyone seems happy over
the election.
J. c. Gortner who has spent the past
two years in Morgantown, w. Va. was
visiting relatives at Gortner Friday
He left Sunday for New Haven. Flor
ida, where he expects to spend the win
ter months.
Miss Alma PauHe spent several days
recently with Mrs. w. H. Smouse.
Artie Wolfe and wife, of near Cranes
vile, were visiting Mrs. Wolfe's par
ents recently.
Guy Sanders and George Dewitt and
Bertha and Leola Schlossnagle were
Oakland callers Saturday night.
l.. ]. Swartzentruber and his force of
men who moved wholesale house near
Rowlesburg, returned home Thursday.
Joshua Whitehair and son, of Terra
Alta were in this vicinity Monday buy
ing up sheep.
Misses Anna Gortner, Bertha and
Leola Schlossnagel and Alma Paulie and
Messrs. George Dewitt, Ernest Gortner,
Harvey Smouse and Will Hanger were
visiting Guy and Laura Sanders Sun
day.
Miss Christina Hesen, of Oakland, is
visiting her aunt Mrs. ]. J. Schlossnagel.
Miss Alma Paulie was The guest of
Anna Gortner Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sanders and four
children spent Sunday with their daugh-
ter Mrs. George Yutzy at CrelIin.
W. H. Smouse was business caller
| at Baltimore recently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-11-16
TALK OF A CONTEST IS BOTH
RIDICULOUS AND CONTEMTlBLE.

The talk of a contest over the Guber-
Material election is confined entirely to
politicians and officeholders. No one
else takes it seriously. No one with
grain of humor or the slightest idea of
fair play could take it seriously. There
is rather too much respect for the bet
ter class of politicians to believe that
they take the matter seriously.
For a political organization which has
depended upon trick ballots to keep in
power TO squeal merely on suspicion
that it has been caught in its own trap,
by ballot sanctioned by its own cleo
ton supervisors, concerning which
everybody was informed against which
there was no protest, is worse than
playing the baby act. 1t deserves the
contempt and derision of right-minded
men.
If all the people of Baltimore under
stood fully the trick ballot which white
and black men in the eleven Wilson law
counties have been compelled to vote,
there would be a chorus of laughter at
the idea of contest because Progress
sive Democrat" appeared on the Balti-
more ballot and fooled a number of
voters. In those counties on ballot
without party designations Republican
voters must pick out candidates and
then across a big blanket sheet without
guiding lines find the box directly oppo-
site. To make the feat more difficult,
fake candidates are put on the ballot at
the last moment with names differing
from regular candidates, possibly only
in one initial.
The arrangement of the ballot is
secret except to Democrats. Black
lines are used so that the illiterate vote
of that party may not go astray. They
are helped by the way the ballot is fold
ed. No trick Is too cheap if it will dis
franchise Republican, white as well
as black. Out of a total registered vote
of So 000 in the Wilson law counties in
1909 only 10000 had their votes counted.
The trick ballot has been indorsed by
many people under the mistaken as
sumption that only the negro vote is
affected by it. This is far from being
the case. 1t is disgrace to the State.
1t is responsible for much of the Gym
zeal disregard of the sanctity of the
ballot which has been witnessed here.
1t seduously cultivates the lowest politi-
cal standards and breeds over large
part of the State belief that deflement
of the suffrage is not a crime.
For politicians who have approved
and applauded this sort of cheating to
talk about contest because in Balti-
more city, with presumably intelligent
electorate, they lost few votes with a
ballot so fair that they would not dream
of submitting its counterpart to the
Wilson law counties is to make them
selves both ridiculous and contemplate.