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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
sAWDUsT BREAD FOR HORSES
Also Would Support Human Life In
Case Of Wheat Famine, Author
ltles Claim.

while It has not reached the cafe
bill Of fare as yet and probably never
will do so, sawdust bread Is being
made in large quantities in Berlin"
says Henry G. Butler Of London In the
Detroit Free Press lone bakery is
turning out 10000 loaves daily. and II
is being fed to horses, making sub.
stantial feed for them. The sawdust
Is fermented and chemically treated
and then 1t is mixed with one-third
rye -four, and the dough is shaped into
loaves and baked like any other
bread.
"Men who have tasted the sawdust
bread say that 1t is not at all bad,
and while the bakers do not intend 1t
for consumption by the people they
assert that in case Of a famine 1t
would come in very haIN6. !.
''In, various parts of the world the
bread Is made from trees. The pitch
OF the sage palm furnishes white
flour and natives of Molucca island
make a bread from It. In British
America the inner bark of the pine
tree is ground and mixed with oat
-four by the Indians and in some
places they use this bark without the
addition Of a -four"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

Fifty years ago Tuesday President
Lincoln signed the Morrill, land
grant bill providing an agricultural
college for every state in the union,
and the anniversary of this import
ant event is marked by many tri-
butes of appreciation to Senator JUS
tin s. Morrill, of Vermont. Under
this princely grant 100000 acres
of public land were divided among
the states in proportion to their re-
presentation in congress. For some
years Senator Morrill, had worked
for the success OF this munificent
enterprise for the promotion of
training in agriculture and the
mechanic arts, and to bis wisdom
and foresight is largely due the pre-
sent opportunities for practical edu-
cation and scientific training, which
are of such immense value to the
country in these progressive days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
ROMANCE or KETTLE
Tale Told Of the Sugar Bush In
New England.
Great Iron Pots Of Pioneers Passed
Before Flat Pans With Its Par
tIes Merry With Song
~ and Dance.

New York.-The romance OF the
sugar bush makes spring in the Adj
rondacks one OF the most Interesting
periods of the year. For time out Of
mind sugar weather. has been the
designation OF warm days and cold
nights in the early spring, before the
snow is gone, and the sugar SHOWS"
have been the heavy, great,fiaked. and
almost early April MINDLESS storms.
Maple sugar is inherited from the In
dams; perhaps 1t would be better to
say, spoilB from the forest Indians OF
the east. The Puritans found the In
dams making maple sugar by the
primitive method OF dropping red-hot
stones in watertight baskets full OF
sap gathered from gashed naples In
the hardwood. The Puritans knew q
good thing when they saw 1t. and they.
too. made maple sugar. and in the
sugar bush. In the melting SHOWS of
spring, were enacted many of the
horrid tragedies of the New England
frontier, when the Indians came raid.
ing out of the New Hampshire, Yer
mont, and other back lands into
which they had been forced by the
advance of the white men. The In
dian war parties carried parched corn
and maple sugar to eat.
When the pioneers moved westward,
they carried With them great iron ket.
ties which served 30 many useful
purposes; which held the hot water in
which hogs were scalded in the fall;
which held the sap and syrup in the
spring; which we're used to boil down
the soft soap in the spring and sum.
mer, and which served, for apple and
other fruit buffers when the fruit har.
vest was at hand. In these days some
of the descendants of the old pioneers
have these old kettles on tripods in
their front yards, full OF earth and
green with plants during the summer
months, for the day of the old sugar
kettle Is nearly gone. pans having
taken their places.
With the passing of the kettle, much
of the romance of the sugar hpeh pass
ed away. The sugar kettle had GER.
tain charms not to be had in scientific
pans in over-nice sugar houses In too
well-kept sugar bushes
In the old days, generosity was the
habit of the pioneer. He was SO lone
ly that he gave much for the sake of
company and rare jubilation. The
year was bitter and hard, but at Ger.
tain times he had Thanksgiving, the
Christmas holidays, and then sugar
ingsoff. r..
The pioneer. had his sugar-bush,
which he, considered as one of his
farms most valuable features. The
hardwood ridge was carefully cuiled
over, the. beech and birch trees being
cut out for, firewood,, the spruce, hem.
lock and pine for the logs, the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Singular Inscription.

Under the Temple clocks, in Lon.
don, is a singular inscription, the
origin of which was an accident.
Nearly 200 years ago workxan was
employed to repair and put a new
face upon the clock, and when hts
work was nearly done, he asked the
officials Of the Temple for an appropri-
ate motto to carve upon its base.
They promised to think of one, and
week after week he came for their
decision, but was always put on
One day he found them at dinner.
''What motto shall / put on the clock,
your lordship?" he asked OF learned
Judge.
"oh. 60 about your business!" his
honor cried, aiigrily.
y "A very suitable motto, for a lazy,
dawdling gang" the clockmalrer NUT
tered. as he retired. Then he had
carved on the base. go about your
business!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
HAD MATTERS or IMPORTANCE
MIss Fannie's vIsIt to the City Full
Of Business Of One Sort or
Another.

81 suppose, Miss Fannie" said Mrs
Harris to her newly arrived guest
from tho country, that you have q
good many errands to do here In the
city? Some shopping, perhaps?"
well. I'd like to look round the
stores some, and see II thing& are
much handsomer than the things We
have Mt the Waybridge stores, but J
don't know as I'll do much buying
I've always traded In Waybridge. and
I guess always Will. But I've got
some ,errands that I'm quite set on
doing. For one thing, want to visit
the art institute. and look at the
Venus with the broken arm and the
Victory without a head that the lady
who stayed at my house last summer
talked about, when she gave what she
called an art evening In the town hall
= 1T didn't seem to me that those
mutilated images would be worth look
ing at, but she said they were wonder
full. so Just want to see for myself
And then I'm planning to go to the
public library and get out the maya
zine with the end or story / never
finished, Some folks who were stay.
ing with me good many summers
ago left quite a lot OF that story in
some magazines, and I've always been
wishing to find out what became OF
the poor misguided girl In It."
"And Is that the extent OF your bust
ness in TOWN." smilingly inquired Mrs
Harris.
There's one more thing I'd like tc
do, and that is to go to the place
where father bought my sewing-ma'
chine. He gave 1t to me the day
was eighteen. l want to tell the head
man there that never was able tc
use the tucker attachment. 1t used
to just about vex the life out OF me
or course / wouldn't use 1t now, even
II 1t did work, for / haven't done any
fancy sewing for more than fifteen
years, but 1 think the manager of that
machine company ought to know that
that tucker was dreadfully unsatisfac
tory."-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
e. A. SPEAR
Sunday Services.
Vernon
Woodstock

Uniyersalist--Rev. II. l.. Garfield
pastor; morning service at Io.3oI
Sunday school at II.45.
Congregational Rev. Benjamid
Swift, pastor. Morning service al
1890, Sunday school at fI.5ol
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor at 7.3o. Thursday evening
prayer meeting. al 1880.
Methodist Episcopal Rev. F. II
Clark, pastor. Services Sunday
Preaching, 1890 a. M; Sunday
school, II.45. a. M; Thursday
prayer meeting, 7.3o p. M; Sunday
evening meeting, 100.
Catholic - Rev. H. !. MailletI
pastor. Mass at ira NJ; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the second
and fourth Sunday of each month
at Village hall, Quechee, at q
o'clock, and at, Barnard, at tho
town hall, on the second Sunday
of each month at 9 o'clock
ST. James Church--Rev. r. Lei
Blanc Lynch, rector. Morning Prayed
and Sermon 1890 a. m Holy Com
m1nion on first Sunday in the month
after Morning Prayer. Sunday
School at noon. Evening Prayer
and sermon 5 p. m. All ara
welcome.
RI Christian Pastor, Rev. E. RI
Phillips. Services Sunday. Preach
ing at 1890 a. M; Sunday
school at IL; J. S. G. E. at 4 p. m. II
Y. P. S. 9. E. at 7.3o p. m. i
mid-week prayer meeting at 7.3d'
D. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Discretion an Aspet.

In this country CONSERVATION has
been created at times by discrimina-
ton against men over thirty-five
seeking employment from railway and
other corporations. In England there
are employers who hardly credit indi-
viduals under thirty-five with having
attained the age Of discretion. It is
interesting to note that the British
postoffice department, which has
taken over the operation of all the tel
ephones in the country, is considering
the advisability OF replacing young
women operators by older women. es-
pecially widows. II ia held that the
older women have steadier nerves and
are better fitted to deal with fractions
Subscribers Wisconsin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Democrats Name Wilson and
Marshall.

Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey was nominated for president,
and Gov. Thomas r. Marshall of
Indiana for, vice-president at the
democratic national convention at
Baltimore which adjourned sine die
at 1.56 a. M Wednesday. The nom
nation Of Gov. Marshall came as
something, of a surprise. for when
the nights balloting for vice-presi-
dent began it seemed that the Bryan
Wilson contingent in the convention
had definitely settled upon Gov.
John e. Burke of North Dakota.
Governor Wilson received the
nomination on the 10th ballot when
he received 900 votes to "a for
Champ Clark. The Missouri dele
cation, which had remained faithful
to Clark to the end then moved that
nomination be unanimous There
was great chorus of approval and
the long fight was over.
Only four ballots we're necessary
Tuesday to reach a. nomination.
When the convention adjourned
Monday night the convention had
seemed to be in all but hopeless
deadlock. Wilson had begun to
lose ground on the last few ballots
and Champ Clark had made few
temporary gains. This encouraged
the speaker to rush over to Baltimore
from Washington in the hope of
still further turning the tide and
rallying his forces to final stand.
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Woodstock. Vt. July 8, 1912

Springfield is experimenting with
oil on her streets, and Ludlow is also
interested in the oiling Of highways.
The possibility of eliminating the
dust nuisance is appealing to many
communities. Woodstock has found
oilipg successful as far as expert
ments have been carried, and the
probability is that the village will
make larger investment in oil an
other season.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
QUART or SCOT in LUNGS
Plttsburaher Who Has Lived Fifty
Years In Smoky City Said to
Be Black Inside.

Pittsburgh, Pa.--Over 100000
worth Of laundry of the male residents
of Pittsburgh is destroyed every year
by smoke. according to Prof. r. c..
Benner Of the University of Pitts
burgh. In an address before the board
of trade.
And that 1t not all. Prof Benner
stated that from the lungs of a man
who had lived SO years here. quart
Of SCOT had been taken, He exhibited
the SCOT, too
In a cubic mile of atmosphere in
Pittsburgh. the professor said, there
are Az tons Of SCOT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
To Keep On in the Old Way.

"A fond father who had an unexpect.
ed windfall and wanted to do some
thing extra for his son and heir went
into hardware store and inquired
the price of bath tubs for babies. He
was shown several, and finally select
ed the only one which he thought good
enough for his little paragon. That
said the salesman, win cost you
ss.75." Gee Wilikinsl' exclaimed the
man. We'll, II that's so guess Wen
have to go on washing the kid In the
coal scuftls :
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
ELM TREE PRESS
FINE PUBLICATIONS
American Cocoa the Best.

Now that cocoa has become such
popular and necessary drink, the
American factories are making the
best in the world. They buy only the
highest class Of cocoa beans and use
the most improved machinery Most
imported cocoas are not ground sur
iciently fine, being more or less
ground like pepper, while the good
American cocoa Is as fine and smooth
as the best wheat -four, and thus held
in solution more readily In milk or
water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
The OttauQHGClGG Savings Band
Woodstock, Vermont
INCORPORATED ls47..

DEPOSITS JAN. /, 1912 81, 1877, ls2. 81
SURPLUS los. OBJ. a
TOTAL ASSETS 81, $50, POS. d
TRUSTEES
F. S. Mackenzie Charles II. Maxhan
Henry w. Walker William S. Hewitt
William s. Dewey Fred'k c. Southgad
Charles f. Chapman
This bank is now paying a per cent
interest on deposits.
Deposits made during the first Tel
days of January and July draw interes
from the first of these months. Deposit
made during the first FIVE days of othe
months draw interest from the first d
the month.
Interest will be credited to deposition
January and July l, compoundinI
twice year.
The Vermont Legislature has repeale
the law restricting deposits in any on
savings bank to 100000. This BAN
can now pay interest on individual do
posits of any amount and all taxes vii
be paid by the bank. Nothing will b
reported to the listers for taxation.
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rem
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

bark. and the timber, but the ma.
pies were left to grow, for they were a
crop tree. ~
1t Is recalled that in the days of the
Revolution, a. farmer was making
sugar on the hills south OF Little Falls.
NJ. Y. He was ready to sugar of
when the Indians. came and he fed.
Two years later, when the bush was
next visited. the old kettle was found
on it's nest of rocks almost full of a
dark brown mass that was almost as
hard as the granite. The sugar had
hardened in the kettle. but in weather.
Ing 1t had become useless.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Not : Permanent Advancement.

In London the saloons are open on
Sundays between the hours of three
and Ave in the afternoon. A couple
Of roughs were standing in front OF
one of these accommodations waiting
for It to open when Salvation Army
captain who was passing said. Men,
don't you know that when you enter
a saloon you enter hell" That's all
right, old top" piped one OF the roughs.
"therll throw us out in a couple OF
hours"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
rarnlsbed Realmen.aI color.

Through the efforts OF Lord Camp
bell, who is known to take great. 60
terest in all regimental colors. there
were discovered two or three years
ago in a pawnshop the flags OF the
Fffty-fifth (Westmoreland) regiment.
These colors date as far back as 1750,
and there is little doubt that they
had been hidden away in the dark
recesses of the pawn-broking estab-
iishment for over a century.--London
Mall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
IdIeness looked on as crIme.

place for the idle. 1t is considered the
duty of the authorities to assist. in
every way possible, persons honestly
seeking employment, and II is also held
to be their duty to punish the work
shirker and to force him to earn his
bread before he nay eat It. No tolera-
tion is shown to the loafer, begging is
prohibited by law, and vagrancy Is
classified as crime in the legal code
of the Confederation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
MARRIAGES

In Woodstock, June 20, by the Rev.
r. Leblanc Lynch, Seymour Ballard CT
Chicago and Miss Elizabeth Williams 4
Woodstock.
In Barnard, June 81, by the Rev. Z /.
M. Rollins, Walter.Steisel of Buffalo, N.
Y, and Miss Laura b. Richards Of
Barnard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
BIRTHS

InNew York city, June %, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. John French.
In Woodstock, June 26, daughtes,
Irene Elizabeth, to Mr.. and Mrs. For
rest E. Godfrey.
In Springfield, June 81, son to Mr..
and Mrs. Herman S. Perry.
In Hartland, June "a, son, William
Dean, to Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Walker
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Cemetery Was nrIde's RoudoTr.

Moyock. N. C.--After Miss Eula
g. Cherry left her parents home
In North Carolina presumably for
school. she went to ceme-
terry. where girl friends helped
her put up her hair and don long
skirt. Soon afterwards John Edmunds,
aged forty years. drove up In his auto
mobile. The couple motored to Moy-
ock. N. O.. and were married.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

The National convention of the
new progressive party will be held
at Chicago about August 1, accord
ing to an announcement by Dixon
after conference with Roosevelt
and other leaders.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

The State Board Of Dental Exam
iners began a three day session 1T
Montpelier Monday, about twelve
candidates taking the examinations
Which included demonstration work.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
oEA.rHs

In West Bridgewater, June 81, Frank
l.. Goodnough, aged n years, 10 month.
In Windsor, June 20, William Bement
formerly of Woodstock, aged 81 years
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

Judge" You are charged with
breaking chair over this mans
head" Prisoner--"I didn't mean
to break the chair, yer Worship
Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

g I suppose you have tried motor
ing, Judge 2" he asked, No, /
have not" replied the Judge; /" but
I've trid lot of people who have"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
The Democratic Candidate.

The nomination of Governor Will
SON at Baltimore is triumph for
the Democracy of the country. The
convention chose man who will
doubtless come as near uniting all
factions as would any candidate -
a clean, strong, progressive man OF
proven ability, who has done things,
and he is burdened by no obligations
to anyone. President Taft is handi-
capped by his running mate, Sher-
man, while Governor Marshall of
Indianna. the Democratic candidate
for vice-president, will add strength
to the ticket.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Mary A. Regain.

The Undersigned, having been ap|
pointed by the Honorable Probate CourI
for the District of Hartford, Commits
sioners, to receive, examine, and adjus|
the claims and demands of all person
against the estate of Mary A. Regal
late of Barnard, in said District, de9
ceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we wi
meet for the purpose aforesaid, at thf
Town Clerks Office in the Town 81
Barnard, in said District, on the 10Th
day of July and 10th day of DecembeA
next, from 10 o'clock A. M, until 1
O'Clock p. M, on each of said days anf
that six months from the 10th day oT
July A. ID. 1912, is the time limited bY
said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Barnard, this 18th day Of
June A. ID. 1912
John H. Ward I
w. F. Davis 5 Commissioners
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06

Harland b. Howe of ST. Johnsbury,
the Democratic candidate for COVER
nor, was in town Thursday in con-
ference with number of citizens on
the political situation in the state.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-07-06
Windsor County Republicans.

convention held Tuesday was inn
pressively harmonious from start 10
finish all but two nominations were
made by reclamation and these two
required but one ballot each.
An unusually large number of del
egates came to town Monday evening
and the pre-convention talk-over at
headquarters at the Woodstock Inn
made very smooth running tile next
day.
The convention was called to order
at 10 20 by H. H. Blanchard, chair
man of the county convention, WHO
announced that the full number Of
delegates. 1l6, entitled to seats in
the convention we're present. There
was small audience in the balcony,
and several wearers of the red
bandanDa !" were interested specta-
tors.
B. E. Cole of Windsor was mace
chairman of the convention and
Julius e. Wilcox of Ludlow secre-
tary.
Chairman Cole at once proceeded
to business, emitting any remarks
on the situation in the state and
nation.
A committee of three OH resolu-
tions was appointed W. r Sturte-
want of Hartford, O.. F. Aldrich Of
Weathersfeld and A. Lee Cady of
Bethel - and the nominations fol-
lowed.
Hon. A. M. Fletcher, candidate for
governor. was present as a delegate
from Cavendish, and mention Of his
name during the nominations WIS
loudly applauded. The nominations
follow:
First senator, David A. Elliott,
White River Junction.
Second senator, III. Fl. Blanchard,
Springfield.
Third SENATOR Elliott G. White,
Cavendish.
Assistant judges of the county
court, Charles H. Markham of Pon,-
fret, Milo s. Buck of Cavendish.
States attorney, Raymond j.
Trainor, White River Junction.
Sheriff, J. FL. Kiniry, Windsor.
High baileff, P. G. Tinkhapi,
Rochester
Probate judges, Hartford district,
Thomas o. Seaver, Woodstock,
Windsor district, Frank A. Walker,
Ludlow.
The first contest was over the
third senator. the candidates being
Henry Il. Brown of Ludlow and
Elliott G.. White of Cavendish. NJ.
White got just the necessary number
of votes, as follows, to elect, So TO
Mr.. Browns 30
The other nomination requiring a
ballot was for states attorney, M.
Trainor's opponent being John J..
Wilson of Bethel. The vote stood
Trainor 72, Wilson az. On motion
of e. A. Davis of Bethel Mr.. Train
or's nomination was made unani-
nous.
The members of the county CON-
mittee elected for two years are
%. w Daley, Hartford; &c. South
gate, Woodstock Gilbert f. Davis,
Windsor j. @. Taylor, West Wine
sor A. Lee Cady, Bethel; Wallace
H. Campbell, Rochester j. j. Wiz
cox, Ludlow; w. r Sturtevanb,
Hartland Fl g. Upper, Spring.
field; e. j. Davis, Chester; A. G.!
Whitman, Royalton
The resolutions endorse the candl-
dacy OF A. M. Fletcher for governor;
favor publicity of campaign expenses;
urge the legislature to consider
merits of uniform low rate of tax.
alton urge the passage of a favor
able working-men's compensation
law, and laws for encouragement by
the stale of agricultural and scientific
training in public schools; favor
larger diversion of public funds fer
the benefit of rural schools, further
aid for highway improvement an
urge that forests be safeguarde1
from fires. insect rayages, etc.
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