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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
"Teach Vermont to Vermont
Children"

The advice of The Woodstock
Spirit of the Age that Vermonters
should teach Vermont" to their
children is to be commended. OF
course, the public schools undertake
to do this through text books specially
designed for the purpose and it is
the policy of the state department of
education that special emphasis
should be laid upon the study. But
it is obvious that such text books
must deal largely with matters of
history and only briefly generalize
upon the everyday phases of business
and social conditions in the state.
And as these are constantly changing
through the incessant process of
evolution, even the most skilfully
prepared text book cannot be ex-
pected to give the rising youth that
intimate acquaintance with the
abundant localized opportunities for
the advantage of his own future that
Vermont has to offer for all her
children, young and old.
experimenting the school book.
then, come the newspapers of the
state that are day by day placing be-
fore their readers great variety OF
timely information about this very
thing that the text book cannot be
expected to supply. There never was
a time in the history of the state press
when so much well used space in
their columns was devoted to the in
terests of the home state. A good
many well meaning men throughout
the state today are earnestly urging
upon the people that dwell in Ver-
mont better appreciation of the
business and social opportunities that
await their command right here at
home, but no influence for good in
the state is actually doing so much
to bring those opportunities to pub
lie notice and to emphasize the need
of improving them as the press.
Parents and school teachers eager
to teach Vermont to Vermont child
rem" as The Spirit of the Age ex-
horts, can proftably devote some part
of their energy in this behalf in in
auencing the children early to cult
vats the habit of reading the state
From them they will
CLEAN a great volume of useful infor-
nation about the state as its interests
and concerns reveal themselves from |
day to day that the text books, from |
the nature of their enforced limita-
tions, cannot afford.
And from such reading the child
rem will soon come to understand that
the history of Vermont has not al
ready all been made and put away
in records, but is still being made
day by day with the very elders they
see about them the moving spirits of
the present, while they themselves
ire sometime to take their places and
become the moving spirits of the
future.
They will not only think more of
heir state because they understand
is intimate daily life better by read
ng the newspapers, but they will
rom early youth unconsciously begin
% fit themselves to play more in
elligent and useful part in the shap-
ng and developing of their state in
hat future that is to be left to their
st. Adams Messenger
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
SHERBURNE

Robert Curiier is now working
for Harold Tarbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of
Chittenden were visitors at David
Cameron's Sunday.
The Sherburne school closed June
23. Whole number of pupils &c.
Average attendance 25.4. Pupils
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
What About That Boy
This Summer?
READ AND RE-READ
The Windsor County Y. M. c. A Commit
tee has arranged again for the Fifth Season
to conduct profitable outing at
CAMP BILLINGS
READ AND RE-READ

on Lake Fairlee for any boy in the county
from IL to 10 years of age.
PARENTS, why not plan to let your boy go
this year for one or two weeks and take
advantage of this attractive and very health
full place.
He will always be under careful supervision
and the expense is very low. Seventy-nine
in attendance last year from ten different
communities.
An expert Swimming Instructor has been
engaged.
Send today for camp folder to Camp Direc-
tor A. c. Hurd, White River Junction, VT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
The OttauqRGGlGG Savings Bank
Woodstock, Vermont
INCORPORATED 1s47

DEPOSITS JAN l, 1911 81, 6s4, 6s4. 81
SURPLUS 1852, 602.95
TOTAL ASSETS 1,7s7, 1892
TRUSTEES
F. S. Mackenzie Charles H. Markham
Henry w. Walker William S. Hewitt
William S. Dewey Fred'k C. Southgate
Charles F. Chapman
From July l, 1911, this bank proposes
to pay per cent. interest on deposits.
Deposits made during the first five
days of any month draw interest from
the first of the month. Those made
after the fifth day of any month draw
interest from the first day of the follow
ing month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
January l and July /, compromising
twice year.
The Vermont Legislature has repealed
the law restricting deposits in any one
savings bank to 100000. This bank
can now pay interest on individual de-
posits of any amount and all taxes will
be paid by the bank. Nothing will be
reported to the listers for taxation.
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
Woodstock. VT. July 1. 1911
Vermont in Vermont News
papers.


The st. Adams Messenger takes
as text the recent editorial of the
Age on Teaching Vermont to the
Children of Vermont" and gives
very excellent advice. The main
point made is that, if the young peo-
pie of our State are to learn of the
present resources, the present indus
tries, the present-day progress and
the present-day good efficient men
of Vermont, they must use as text
books the newspapers.
AS general proposition this is
quite true. The newspapers of a
State reflect the life of that State, if
they are good newspapers; and if
they are very good newspapers, they
do more than that; they not only tell
of the States daily life without
prejudice or malice, making that life
seem on the whole as decent, whole
some and progressive as it really is;
also they constantly set before their
readers by reference and quotation
something of the States unique and
noble history, and they bring to the
front the States resources and pos
sibilities, they make her seem as full
as she in fact is of opportunities for
profitable enterprises in intensive
agriculture, minor manufacturing,
quarrying, numbering and summer
homes and county seats, etc.
Along these lines our newspapers
leave much to be desired. They
need to be more aggressive, more
exact and more taking in their pre-
sentation of Vermont information
before they can serve as approved
text books for Vermonters, either
young or old.
Furthermore, our papers, if they
wish to be greatly instrumental in
developing in the young helpful
devotion to Vermort's interests,
must think and speak less of teapot
politics and more of the days needs.
Vermont is not in hopeful con-
dition. Mr.. Rossiter, in his recent
sympathetic and careful study, has
shown that the State is not on the
up grade. The facts on which
he bases his conclusion are
incontrovertible. They show that
the best men of the State must make
concerted effort to give her an up
ward trend, in population, industry
and conditions in general, if she is
not to change from her dead level
of recent years to down hill road.
The newspapers should face and re-
port things like this freely and
frankly. They should not, as they
nearly all did, ignore or scoff at
mastery paper like that OF M.
Rossiter's. They should welcome
it; supplement it with hopeful facts
and figures, show wherein Vermont
may do better than her recent record
would indicate she may, and in all
ways treat the States present position
in broad and free spirit.
Let the Messenger publish weekly
a column on Young Vermont" tell
ing good things of the past and Civ
ing reasons for hopefulness for
the future of the State; then let the
Messenger reprint these in simple
broadsides and offer them to the
schools of the State as texts for study.
Let the Messenger make good. Why
not?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
PROSPER.

Rev. f. L. Clark will hold service
in the school house on Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will be
assisted by Miss Vose the deaconess.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
FERTILIZERS ARE CHEApE

and better if mixed at home acc,
ing to some good formula. Writ
and we will give you free, postpI
tull information about what to \
how to mix, prices of ingredie'
etc.
CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde Park, VI
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01

Rev G. G, Adams, pastor of
Congregational church at E'
Junction, who has had call 4
the Congregational church in Bril-
K. l., has decided not to accept i
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
NAVY.

Captain B. T. WALLING, detached
as commandant Of the naval station,
San Juan. P. R.; to home end wait
Lieutenant Commander w. c. WATTS,
to naval war college, Newport, r. /.
Lieutenant W. E. RENO, detached
New Jersey; to Wisconsin.
Lieutenant NJ. MILNE, to naval war
college, Newport, r. I.
Lieutenant Gunior grade) J. H TOW
ERS, detached Michigan; TO avia-
ton instruction, Hammondsport,
N Y.
Lieutenant Gunior gradel w. BAGGA-
LEY, detached Petrol; to naval med
ical school hospital, Washington, d.
c., for treatment.
Ensign E. S. MOSES, detached WASH
ington; to Petrol.
Ensign ]. w. LEWIS, detached West
Virginia; to Iris for submarine in
struction.
Passed Assistant Surgeon P. T. Dessez,
to Naval Hospital, Boston. Mass.
Assistant Surgeon P. 5. Ledbetter, to
Naval Hospital, Norfolk. Va.
Paymaster w. II. Doherty, to navy
yard, Boston. Mass, under instruc-
ton in accounting office.
Paymaster H. D. Lamar, detached navy
yard, Philadelphia, Pa; TO navy
yard. Charleston, s. c.
Paymaster E. C. Gudger, to navy yard.
Philadelphia, Pa, as assistant to the
general storekeeper
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
Deaths.
WHITE,

James J. Gordon, 76 years, 1900 Sixteenth
street northwest.
Josephine Rabrie. years, 200 K street
northwest.
Annie L. Schaffer. years, 1252A Ninth
street southeast.
Elizabeth s. Pope. s. years. S12 Taylor
street northwest.
Ira G. Scott, IS years, Garfield Hospital
Mary H. Lee, IS years, 512 Seventh
street northeast.
William H. Machen. 70 years, 1923 Har-
ward street northwest.
Irene Dye, % years, AS Ninth street
southwest.
Perry Clifford, 1 day, Providence Hos
pital.
Harry Mockabee. days, lib Hickman
street southeast.
COLORED.
Julia Bergman. 81 years, Homefor Aged
and Infirm.
Gilbert Jones, 80 years. 14 Four-and-a-
half street northwest.
Mary A. Jacobs, 80 years, S4o3 P street
northwest.
Emily johnson. IS years, Lncolnville.
D. c.
Jacob p. Hamer. q years, l2o2A Half
street southwest.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
DOCTOR SAYS CATS
AND SPARROWS ARE
NATURES MISTAKE
Expert Asserts
They Are Useless and
Destructive.

Cats and sparrows are the pet aver
sions Of DR.. A. K. Fisher, chief of the
economic division of the Biological Sur
vey, of the Department of Agriculture.
The doctor believes the house cat has
no place in natures economics, and
that the sparrow is equally bad.
For years DIR. Fisher, through the De-
partment of Agriculture. has been max
ing war on both these alleged pests,
but he has been hindered in every d.
rection by humane and benevolent So
cieties.
Another crusade will be started this
fall. According to the agriculture ex-
perts. the sparrow is not only a nui-
sance Of itself, but 1t drives away the
native birds. Washington has been
cleaned Of its many birds of beautiful
plumage and all the songsters, said DR..
Fisher.
DIR. Fisher says the beautiful purple
martins that in former years nested
under the caves of the old Masonic
Temple building have disappeared. The
sparrows stole their nesting places.
Dr. Fisher took a whole souled swat at
the accepted theory that cats keep down
rats and mice. He is willing TO wager
that there Is not a person living who
has seen in a lifetime more than half
dozen cats that habitdally attack
rats
occasionally a hunter-cat IS found
which seems to delight in catching rats,
gophers, or ground squirrels" said DR..
Fisher. These are an exception II is
common experience to tind places
we'll supplied with cats overrun with
rats and mice. At a certain ranch
house in the West / trapped ii my bed
room twelve mice in a week, although
eight cats had access to that room"
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
Marriage Licenses.
WHITE

WHITE.
George E. Starbird, of Washington, and
Anna F: Sneathen, of Pittsburg.
George w. Reibsamen, of Claremont,
don, Va.
Collin P. Garrett and NJ. Sue Mitchell,
both of Essex county, Va.
J. Paul Beales, of Hamilton, Va, and
Mae l. Ntsewaner, of Lovettsville, Va
Richard A. Lynch, of Mokena, Ill, and
Ellison G. Rennie, of st. Andrews,
Scotland.
John c. Parrish and Bell Gardner, both
Of Lynchburg, Va.
Leroy w. Champion and Fifth NJ. Ore
smell, both of Washington.
Henry A. Herbert and Blanche P.
Rocca, both of Washington.
Eugene c. Haynes and Zenobia S.
Drake, both of Richmond.
John w. Morrison, of Luray, Va, and
Mary S. Heterick, of Washington.
William n. Harrell and Ethel Kerr,
both Of Richmond, Va.
Walton c. Carroll and Raymond ].
Parker, both of Washington.
Harry H. Meiners and Mae ]. Lob
meyer, both of Washington.
J. Daniel Bradley and Catherine Yobst,
both of Washington.
James H. Shrader and Annie A Hosley,
both of Washington.
Harvey T. Leonard and Mellisa Nc
Donough, both of Richmond. Va.
Aloysius J. Egloff, of Buffalo, N. Y,
ana mary r Ahern, OF washington.
RAYMOND E. Acton and Christine H.
Scheytt, both of Washington.
Martin J. Hughes and Ethel L. Warner,
both of Washington.
COLORED.
Nathan Johnson and Gertrude Fletcher,
both of Washington.
Joseph n. Valentine and Hester Cros-
sen, both of New Orleans, La.
Walter ]. Pickett, of Manassas, Va, and
CIardine Mccormick, of Washington.
John T. West and Mary E. Sullivan,
both of Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
SerUice Orders
ARMY.

The following changes in the stations
and duties of officers Of the pay de-
partment are ordered:
Colonel HARRY L. ROGERS, assistant
paymaster general, relieved from
duty as chief paymaster, Philippines
division, and will proceed from Ma
Mia October Is, 1911, to San Fran
cisco, Cal, and will report by tele-
graph to the adjutant general of the
army for further orders.
Lieutenant Colonel WEBSTER VIM
SON, deputy paymaster general, re-
lieved from duty as chief paymaster.
the Western division, and will pro-
coed from San Francisco. Cal; Sep
Islands for duty as chief paymaster
of that division.
Captain EDWARD d. ANDERSON,
paymaster, relieved from duty in the
from Manila September Is, 1911, to
San Francisco, Cal, and will report
by telegraph to the adjutant general
Of the army for further orders.
Captain JAMES ]. HORNBROOk, pay
master, relieved from duty in the
Philippine Islands, and will proceed
from Manila October 15 1911, to San
Francisco. Cal. He will proceed
thence to Omaha, Neb., and report
to the commanding general. the Cen
Captain CHARLEs DE F. CHANDLER,
Signal Corps, relieved from duty in
the office of the chief signal officer,
and will proceed to College Park,
Md, and assume charge of the Sig
nal Corps aviation field at that
place.
Major JOHN II. STONE, Medical Corps.
having been found by an army re-
firing board incapacitated for active
service on account of disability Incl
dent thereto. and such finding hav-
ing been approved by the President.
tho retirement Of Major STONE
from active service is announced.
He will proceed to his home.
Colonel WALTER S. SCOTT, 18th In
fantry, having been found by an
army retiring board incapacftated
for active service on account OF dis
ability incident thereto, and such
finding having been approved by the
President, the retirement Of Colonel
SCOTT from active service is an
nounced.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
Promotions Announced
In Commerce and Labor

John c. Dow, of New York, a nautical
expert in the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, has been promoted from 1920 to
s., $50, the Commerce and Labor Depart
ment announced today.
Antony J. Perrone, of New York. and
William H. Meyerhoff, of Massachusetts,,
clerks In the Bureau Of Lighthouses,
were promoted from $500 to 5000
William S. James. of the District of
Columbia, was appointed an aid in the
Bureau Of Standards at $500, and D. NJ.
Jackson of Indiana, was appointed a
laboratory assistant at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Hannibal at Portsmouth, N
H, Salem at Boston, Princeton at
Bremerton, Truxton, Hopkins, at
Mare Island, Michigan, Burrows,
at Hampton Roads, Louisiana, New
Hampshire, Kansas, South Caro-
lima, at KEEL New Orleans at
Yokohama.
Sailed-Vestal from New York for
Philadelphia, Dixie from PhiladeI-
phia for New York, Arethusa from
Charleston for Port Arthur, Tex,
Mayf1ower, Sterrett, from Hamp-
ton Roads for New York, Dolphin
from New York for Providence,
Panther from New York for Prov,
incetown.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
Morgan Is Dairy Agent
For Southern Railway

D. NJ. Morgan has been appointed
dairy agent Of the Southern railway.
The position Is a new one, and the Of
fee is designed TO aid in the developing
of the dairy industry throughout the
South.
DR.. Morgan is a graduate Of the Iowa
State Agricultural College at Ames,
Iowa, and has served the Agricultural
Department in the Philippines, South
Carolina, and Georgia. where he was a
special agent for farmers cooperative
work.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
The Vital Records.
Births.
WHITE,

John H. and Susie Dewdney, boy.
George n. and Anna NJ. Middlekauff.
boy.
Robert Z. and Marie Bender, girl.
Henry and Clemence Constant. boy.
William w. and Reba H. Bailey, boy.
Edward T. and Ida Diezel, boy.
William F. and Margaret A. v. Mar
tin, boy.
David c. and Elsie A. Dudley, boy.
Claude T. and Emma c. Thomburg, girl
James w. and Kate NJ. Thompson, girl.
Thomas S. and Pearl Gaddess, girl.
Charles r. and Mary F. Van Horn, boy
John T. and Mary z. Linkins, boy.
COLORED.
James S. and Eliza Stevens, boy.
Louis and Blanch E. Mckinney, girl.
Albert F. and Mary ]. Reed, boy.
Lawrence c. and Mary Early, girl.
George w. and Ellen A. Moore. boy.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
CHEVY CHASE TAX
FIGHT RESULTS IN
VICTORY FOR ANTS
Petitioners for Special Levy
Are Outnumbered and
Proposal Loses.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June 2L-If the
citizens Of Section 2, of Chevy Chase,
this county. want any money to use on
the streets and sidewalks, for the re-
moval of garbage, for sanitation, for
police protection. or for other things,
they will have to voluntarily dig down
into their jeans for it, because the
county commissioners have refused to
make a special levy against the prop
e-ty in the section. as petitioned for
by half a hundred residents and as
permitted by an act Of the legislature
of 1910. There is no other law under
which a tax can pc levied. Those
general public demand" and that the
petition sent in by those in favor of
the scheme represented not more than
one-fourth of the residents and tax
payers Of the section. To offset the
petition asking for the levy a petition
was presented, signed by seventy-fve
taxpayers and voters Of the district,
protesting against the levy.
Those who addressed the commission
ers in favor of the proposed levy were
C. F. Northrop. Eugene Z. Stevens,
Andrew ]. Cummings, Evans Browne
]. William Latimer. William Laws, R
Z. L. Yellott, and Mr. Colt. and those
who spoke against it were William T. S.
Curtiss, who was mayor of Chevy
Chase until the charter was declared
void by the courts; John E. Robertson.
Vernon z. Hodges. and DR.. Dudley
Morgan.
The taxable basis Of Montgomery
county, as shown by the reassessment
Just completed, is SIS, SO7, 975, oeing an
Increase of A.0lS64O. The assessed
value Of stocks and bonds owned in the
county is 81, 26O, 545, being an Increase Of
1858, go over the old figures.
The new assessment shows the total
assessed value of real estate as $751;
ST. ,46o, being increases of $3,ISO.25 and
1886, $50, respectively. The Increases in
the taxable basis by election districts
Laytonsviue, s2s1, Ts5; Clarksburg,
$4,000; PooIesville, $3.50; Rockville,
$S6S,575; Colesville, S75,14O; Barnestowr,
s177.2OO; Bethesda. S1.344.045: Olney,
$$ da ks GaitherSHurg' S2 336 Potomac
S1l8,440: Wheaton, $500, 800
Because of the big increase in the
taxable basis. 1t is thought there will be
a decided reduction in the tax rate.
Miss Isabelle Clarke, aged nineteen,
Of Newark, n. j., and Arthur B. Hem
oerson, aged twenty-one, OF Washing
ton, were married in Rockville yester-
day afternoon by the Rev. 8. r. White,
the ceremony taking place at the min
listers home.
Dr. White also OBLIGATED at the mar
rage here yesterday of Miss Florence
J. Little and George V. Wright, both
of Forest Glen, this county.
The supervisors of elections for Mont
gomery county have appointed the
judges and clerks at the general cleo
ton in November, and at the Demo
cratic and Republican primary elections
soon to be held in this county.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
For Popular Election Bill.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, June 1.-THE
Connecticut legislature today is pledged
to popular election Of United States
Senators, the house having concurred
with the senate yesterday in passing a
resolution In favor Of the change.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
CANDIDATES MUST
FILE NOTICES BY
JULY FIFTEENTH
Democratic Primary Rule Is
Outlined in Alexandria
Chairman's Resolution.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA. VA. JUNE q

Candidates for the Democratic NOM
nation for the State senate must file no
tice of their intentions with the chair
nan of the Democratic committe of the
Fourteenth senatorial district by noon
OF July Is. and be prepared at that
time to deposit their pro rata share OF
the expenses, according to a resolution
prepared this morning by Charles Bend
helm, chairman of the Alexandria city
committee. The Fourteenth district
committee, composed of the chairmen
of the Democratic committees of the
city Of Alexandria and the counties OF
Alexandria, Fairfax, and Prince VIII
liam. had been called to meet at the
hotel Rammel, this city, at 1880 o'clock
this morning. but a. that hour Mr..
Bendheim was the only member pres
ent. He announced that he would sub
nit his resolution to the other members
by mail for ratification. Should only one
person comply with the terms of the
resolution, 1t Is provided that the chair
man shall declare him the nominee OF
the party. State Senator R. Ewell
Thornton, of Prince William county, will
be a candidate for denomination, and 1t
is reported that he will be opposed by
former State Senator Lewis H. Machen
and Alexander ]. Wedderburn,
A Virginia flag, used during the civil
war by Confederate troops, will be
restored to the Robert z. Lee Camp Of
Confederate Veterans of this city by the
State of New York. A bill to return
the flag to the veterans post here has
been passed by the New York senate
at Albany.
The Rev. Urban D. Mooney, of Bir-
mingham, Ala, who was recently called
to the pastorate of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, in this city, arrived here
this morning to spend several days
looking over the local field before he
decides whether he will accept. He will
be entertained by members of the
church.
Resolutions OF respect to the memorv
of the late Horace B. Ramey were
adopted at the monthly meeting of the
Retail Merchants Association. An in
vttation was received from the commit
tee in charge of the preparations for a
celebration of the Fourth of July at
Falls Church. Va.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
DRESS SUITS FOR ilIRE

ONLY UP-TO-DATE full dress and tuxedo
cults for hire. II. T. PINES. Merchants
Tailos. 1905 IN Ut. N. w, Phone u. SxA
The Washington times., 1911-06-21
BARTER AND EXCHANGE

TO EXCANGE-WfII exchange small q o0o
glass cabin launch for larger boat Nc
CHE 9So 9th ct. n. W. Phone NJ 1890
FOR ExCHANGE-ValuabIe mining stock for
suburban real estate. Address @. 3. SUI
Inns, Anacostia-
10 EXCHANGED nice suburban home,
Congress Heights, 2 squares OF the car:
price 81, 800; $1,000 equity on IT; will sacrifice
Tor $500 cash or exchange with some one for
q good business. MRS. A. L. STONE, sl4
Sd St n. W.
POPE-TOLEDO automobile, 7-passenger; cost
$500; trade for 81, 900 business diannonds
real estate or cash: want offer. BOX az,
Times office.
The Washington times., 1911-06-21

The supervisors of elections for Mont
gomery county have appointed the
judges and clerks at the general cleo
ton in November, and at the Demo-
cratic and Republican primary elections
soon to be held in this county.