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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
POMFRET

Town officers elected Tuesday,
March s.: Moderator, Charles H.
Markham; clerk, E. @. Perkins
treasurer, VIM. A. Perkins; consta-
BILE, w. M. Adams road commits
sioner, s. H. Moore; selectmen,
e. H. Leonard, A. S. Harding and
F.. w, Doton; listers, w. II. Har-
rington,. w. Z. Emmons and w. E.
Perkins; school directors, HI. E.
Luce, Walter Perkins and w. H.
Harrington; auditors. w. E. Per
kins, Walter Harrington and John
Doton; overseer Of poor, Summer
Sherburne ;grand jurors, w. H. Har.
rington and George Harding
Taxes, town 100 cents; school IS
cents and highway 70. cents on ths
dollar. Vote on license, SO No, {
Yes. "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
HARTFORD

d There was a large attendance at
the Hartford town meeting. About
2s women voted on school matters
and many more were in the gallery.
These officers were elected: Mod
orator, A E. Watson; town clerk,
S. E. Fingree, who has served since
1859, with the exception of two
years; treasurer, G. Fl. Watson |;
selectman, Robert E. Smith; lister,
Charles u. Udali; school director,
M. Ri Stanley; road, commissioner,
II. u. Hunt. Ajax of So was'voted,
The voters favored medical inspec-
ton for schools. q
Medical inspection for the schools
was adopted, and the directors were
authorized to institute manual and
agricultural training ifthought best.
Schoolhouse puzzles past and pres
ent were debated and a new school.
house at Wilder to cost about $685.
600 is one probable result, while the
settlement OF suits pending relative
to the towns liability to pay the
unpaid bills OF the insolvent con-
tractor on the old schoolhouses is
another.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Where Is Vermont ?

10 Vermont swinging into the
doubtful column? Colonel Roose-
velt's friends in this state are very
persistent in claiming that the peo-
pie here want him, and the Norris
vile Messenger predicts a political
earthquake, when the vote of Yer
mont il counted next September. ii
he is nominated.
West Woodstock has declared for
,~Reosevelt. "A prominent resident
admits that the politicians, moss
backs and office-holders are for Taft,
bat declares that the progressive
element Of this state is shouting fol
the ex-president..
The town of Bethel, which refuses
to be good and support its owr
county's candidate for the governor
ship, shows signs of an uprising
Town Clerk Wilson has been query
ing republicans in that neighbor
hood and of one hundred interrogat
ed, sixty-seveh are for Roosevelt.
A well known newspaper cautions
its readers MOTTO be too sure tina
Vermont is nailed down for Taft
and this is the face of much editoria
assertion that Vermont is solid TO
the genial occupant of the white
house. 1t is surely an unusual stat
of things when yermont's position
in the matter Of republican polite
can't be defined pretty early in an,
campaign. ..1f1t
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Praise for Royalton Women.


The Woman's Club of Royalton.
VT. has set a fine pare for organiza-
tions of this order. Royalton is a
country village and town. It has had
the usual story of the New England
town. It has maintained it's churches.
academy and public schools and been
public spirited in affairs military and
social. 1t has had it's usual number
of men and women who have gone
forth to higher schools and colleges.
There is nothing unusual about the
town. And yet this Woman's Club
by coordinating their literary and
social efforts has prepared and pub
lished town history of well-nigh
twelve hundred pages, which 10 well
arranged, and stndiously put to-
eether. If there are other Women's
Clubs looking for new fields for con-
quest, or u what next" to undertake,
they may find here scoferete ex-
apple ola splendid service for mu-
tual pleasure, 'benefitand of enduring
worth. - Boston Transcripts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
"HOUN DAWG" SONG
How the Insidious Refrain Got
Into Politics.

The Ozark "houn' dawG" song,
which by the way has reached Wood
stock, seems TO have been first taken
up at the recent convention at Joplin,
Missouri, and later it made hit
with the visitors at the Clark cam
paign headquarters in Washington.
At the New Ebbitt the leader of the
orchestra got hold of the music and
quickly arranged the refrain for his
musicians, with the result that the
tune was soon heard in the hotel
Hobbies Senator Fred Il. Dubois,
who is manager of the Clark cam
paign, came into the hotel with
young Bennett Clark, son of the
speaker, when the orchestra was
playing. Young Benefits ears
pricked up as he caught the strains,
and stopping Senator Dubois, he
said Wait a moment. What's
that ?" Dubois listened.
"Why it's the Ozark 'Houn' Dawg
song,". said Bennett. Then he be.
gan to sing in low voice:
Makes no difference if he is houn'
They gotta quit kickin' my dawe
aroun'.
The song was taken up and for 9
few moments an impromptu chorus
was organized, and the refrain of the
song sounded through the parlors o
the hotel. Down in the cafe thu
orchestra played it. and when it go
around that they we're rendering fol-
the first time the Clark campaign
song there was much interest ex
pressed, and the orchestra leader ha(
many requests to repeat it. 1t caugh
| the attention of the bell boys and th'
the employees of the hotel, and evei
Manager Burke could not escape tn
insidious refrain. 1t was on the lip
of everybody the rest of the day ant
is spreading everywhere. 1t is
simple little tune easily caught.
At the Capitol, Democratic mem
bers of Congress took up the refrail
; and in the cloak rooms and corridor
! the "houn'" song was heard FIRE
quently. One Of the speaker
friends added this verse
Way out heyar in OIL Nilsson
My dawg's as good as me or you
, Makes no difference If he is houn'
II You gotta quit kickin' my daw
I'll aroun'.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
To Buy English Sheep.

Supt. g. @. Jones' Of the Fillmore
farms at Bennington has sailed 70,
England for the purpose of making
additions to the Rock of blooded
horned Dorset sheep which has been
in process of collection at the farms
for several years. Ii is stated that
il is the purpose of the owner, J. @.
Colgate, eventually to make the
stock of horned Dorsets one Of the
largest in the country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
A PANAMA TRAGEDY.

49, 81
How the fietsl Guest Killed One of tina
=, Hs @gt ~, ,Ableip.s GiS. y?
A St.. L,oqisan who has recently re-
turned from the isthmus of Panama
tells this story of the canal zone:
One day, his wife discovered a huge
tarantula :iny the bathroom. The, crea-
ture was almost as big as the palm of
ones hand and presented d truly ter
rible aspect. ~ y .AN dtF'
The iady,fed In, terror, and her hus-
band went in and crushed the big
spider with the heel OF boot.
p. On going down to dinner they en-
countered; the proprietor.
I'VE have just killed tremendous
tarantula up our room,vi said the
American.l{ .,r.. -. s2.s:t.f.,;:t
The proprietor started excitedly and
clutched at his hair.
r'."Great tseett," ! he cried, "you
shouldn't have killed itw -..
"Why notS" asked the American.
awe keep them all over the hotel
he explainedn. ..tThey catch the files
and the other insects, Why, that spf
seryou killei was on the payrolll"-st
Louis POST Dispatch. IL s5, Il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Estate of Lewis Bourbon.

~ STATE OF VERMONT 1.-THE Hon
District Of Hartfofdss rs orabl e
Probate Court for the District of Hart
ford.
To all persons interested in the estate
Of Lewis Bourbon, late Of Woodstock, in
said District, deceased.
AT Probate Court, holden at Wood
stock, within an for said District on the
18th day Of February, 1912, an instru-
ment purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Lewis. Bourbon, late of
Woodstock in said District, deceased,
was presentedt to the Court aforesaid for
probate.
And it is ordered BY said Court that
the 18th day Of March, 1912, at the Pro-
bate Office in said Woodstock, be assign
ed for proving said instrument; and that
notice thereof be given to all persons
concerned by publishing this order three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the Spirit of the
Age, newspaper circulating in that
vicinity, in said District, previous to the
time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to
appear before said Court, at the time
and place aforesaid, and contest the
probate of said will, If you have cause.
Given under my hand, at Woodstock,
in said District, this 18th day of Febru-
AIRY, 1912 /,
A. J. Boyce, Register.
~ D. loo 81
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
AT THE SOUTH POLE.
Captain Scott, the British Elk.
I plorer. Wins a Great Race.

PAOA~AS sWtAho =" >SA~"s A~~'
Captain Amundsen, who has
reached Wellington, New Zealand,
on his return from the Antarctic,
states that Captain Robert Scott, the
British explorer, reached the South
pole.
The announcement that Scott had
discovered the South pole comes as a
startling climax to q race which five
explorers of different nationalities
have taken part.
Capt Robert Falcon Scott started
on his expedition for Port Chalmers,
New Zealand, on Nov. 90, 1910,
taking route by way of Ross sea, a
great stretch of water reaching to-
wards the pole, His chief competitor
in this dash was Amundsen, who was
commissioned by the Norwegian
king. Amunsden chose a route via
South America. x
Capt. Scott was equipped with
ponies and a motor sledge, while
Amundsen relied on big pack of
Siberian dogs and the use of skis.
The other competitors'were Lieut..
William Filchner of the German
army, Lieut.. N. Shirase of the Japa-
nese navy and DR.. Douglas Mawson.
representing Australia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Woodstock's School Building

The serious'lack of Accommodations
for the increasing number of pupils
in the graded school building has
been talked about and written about
Of, great length during the past year
i or two.f IT would have been o re.
~aisf had tho matter been settled at
ssfhb fown meeting last Tuesday; the
voters, with little prodding from
the state board of health. seemed
ready to grant relief, but no definite
proposition was advanced by the
board of school directors, who per-
hapss had decided to put the respon-
sibility on the people, and 30 the
matter was left to a committee for
further investigation and special
town meeting.
The free and untrammelled debate
was explanatory, enlightening and
alec somewhat opinionated at times
t. waS stated that the trouble was
mot lack, Of space in. the building,
the providing was only in grade OF
two and that q little time would
remedy conditions; and contrariwise
'itswass stated that Woodstock was
growing year by year. Another rea-
SON urged for overcrowded conditions
was the increase in the number Of
studies,-- hence more classes, more
teachers. more recitations. and con-
fusion. And here was plaintive
I suggestion of hostility to so-called
educational " frills."
s, One way out of the difficulty. il
I. has been suggested, would be to re-
.duce the number OF studies, though
it mnst be. borne in mind that the
SSatsea may have been prepared
with. some care and expert knowl-
edge of the needs Of the pupils o.
today. Furthermore, while cutting
kEnrriculum or re-arranging reci-
tkaions to &c certain number Of
square feet aud inches of floor space
would :bein the line Of economy, il
really does not seem like an ideal
plan and would hardly receive high
educational endorsement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
NORWICH.

Town officers were elected Tues
day as follows; Moderator, ]. III.
Loyeland; clerk and treasurer, Geo.
Messenger; lister to fill out list,
d. T.. Barrett; auditors, F. w.
Hawley, r. Z. Odds, George Aiken,
grand jurors, q. L. Rogers, M. S.
Colburn, l.. p, Sargent; overseer Of
poor, Thomas a. Cushman; road
commissioner, O. j. Eastman
school director, A. H. Wiley
selectman, w. o. Blood; first con-
stable, f. w. Fitzgerald. Tax,
$I.75.
Mrs. b. ]. Goodrich died March
2 of pneumonia after short illness.
She was born in Hartford. She
leaves husband, two sons, CLAIR
ence &. and Conrad b., and sister,
Mrs. Eugene Goodrich, and two
brothers, Edward E. Tarbell Of
Boston and George T., of Manches-
ter.
Over $Ioo was cleared at the
Ladies' Ard fair held last week.
The subjects for the meeting Of
the Literary club Friday, March IS,
will be: Mary F. Baker Eddy ane
Helen Keller. Leaders, Miss H, E
Odds, Mrs. w. G. BALKAN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
What Makes a Savings
Bank Safe {?

80 =
The man or woman who thinks Of
making deposit of his or her little
savings, oftentimes his or her all,
naturally does some hard thinking
with reference to the matter of safety.
There are great many financial
institutions which parade at the head
of their announcements long list
of distinguished names, names which
are an ornament, and names Of men
whose association with any Savings
Bank ought to make bank worthy
of confidence. a,"
Depositors should not be deceived
by these names. The names OF
General So-and-So and Hon. So
and-So and Col. Soand-So do not
add to the safety OF the bank, ii they
belong TO that class of directors who
do not direct. ~
In this connection the Hyde Park
Savings Bank has a word to say. 1t
is a. matter Of common knowledge
that the managers OF this bank have
given to its Investments much care
full consideration and scrutiny that
in its more than stwenty-th years
of existence, lit has never lost a
dollar by poor, note---a record, per-
haps unparalleled in the history of
banks. Not only dots managers
scrntinige .1with ;painstaking care
every, !, detail connected with its
investments, but the results show
lthat those Investments are made
conservativeiy and with a determina-
ton that safety rather than high rates
of interest shall be the guiding
principle OF the Bank. ".e- s..
Parties thinking tof making de
posts are invited to address the
President, Carroll S. Page, OF the
Treasurer, Frank M. Culver, Hyde
i Park, VT, asking for statement Of
its assets and liabilities.
/ Deposits made either by registered
mail, check, postal money order, or
express money order, are absolutely
safe, as lin the twenty-three years
experience nbta dollar has ever been
lost by deposition sending money to
this bank by. mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
nra nar,,and For tho Cat.

The other might a young man from
Pierce City was. peacefully slnmbering
in a room in.a Carthage hotel when he
was awakened by the noise of a rat.
Hastily he fang the beii and was sur,
prised by having the bellboy run up
and throw Q cat into the room. Soon
the young man went to sleep again,
Then there came tremendous pound.
ing at the door. who is that?" he
asked. tits me-" said the. bellboy
"Has the cat caught the rat yetY'
'"No," replied the guest. "Weli,' came
the voice from the other side, lets
have him. There's another rat in room
1O."-Monett (MoD Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Woodstock. VT. March 9. 1912

A Ludlow insurgent writes the
Montpelier Argus that "about two
thirds of Windsor county is against
Mr.. Fletcher" and the Argus takes
it as n sure tip ON how things are in
Windsor county. The Age is in
clined to think that the county will
stand by Mr.. Fletcher. There is nc
apparent reason for doing otherwise
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Rare Bird for Vermont.

w. P. Conger Of Burlington has
in his shop . swan which is thought
20 be the only bird of its kind ever
shot on Lake Champlain. The bird
is handsome specimen and is Eve
fest and two and o half inches in
length and measures eight feet
from tip to tip. 1t was killed off Isle
La Mootte by Arthur Callaghan of
Burlington and was travelling alone.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
2l TOWNS VOTE
FOR LICENSE
Bethel Votes Yes and Reading
Returns to the Dry Column. i

Bethel Votes Yes and Reading
Returns to the Dry Column. i
Complete returns. on the LICENSE
vote Tuesday show that 81 Vermont
sBbwns voted for license as compared
with 80 in 1911.
Washington county voted mo Ii
cense" for the first time in the his
tory of the local option law
The only cities in the State to vote
for license were Burlington, Rutland,
st. Adams and Vergennes.
In Windsor County, Bethel re-
meins wet, but Reading, by vote
of SO to At becomes dry again
Bethel's vote was 182 to l61 in favor
Of license.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09

Coming 90 close upon the heels Of
the two national conventions this
wear, a sane Fourth of July will
seam az dull 40 . Quaker Sunday. -
Omaha Bee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
Hens Lay in Cold Weather

if they have the right food and are
cared for properly. There is nott-
ing better to feed at this season than
Green Cut Bone and Meat. If you
will send your check or money order
for So rs to G. S. PAGE. Hyde Park.
VT, he will ship you 200 pound
barrel, freight paid to your station.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
ELM TREE PRESS
FINE PUBLICATIONS

Paul Dwight Moody of New York
has accepted call to the South
Congregational church at St. Johns
bury. He succeeds Rev. S. G..
Barnes. Mr.. Moody is a son Of
Rev. Dwight Moody and is grad
uate of Yale.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
DEATHS

n In Omaha, Neb., at the home of her
sister, Mrs. e. W., Storrs, March s,
Mrs. Mary A. w. Kendall, in her s2d
year.
InLudIow, February 22;. Mrs. Is. w.
James, in her Saith year.
In Barnard, February &c, Mark M.
Furman, aged SIS years.
In East Barnard, March z, Mrs. Rosa
lind Deane, about Is years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09

General Diaz, who has been an
exile since MAY 81, is willing to
return to Mexico and help set
matters Alright if "a strong call" is
sent him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
The OttalQlGclGG Savings Bank
Woodstock, Vermont
INCORPORATED 1s47

DEPOSITS JAN. 1, 1912 81, 1877, 1897
SURPLUS 165. O22. rs
TOTAL ASSETS 81. 952, 205. ~
TRUSTEES
F. S. Mackenzie Charles II. Markham
Henry w. Walker William S. Hewitt
William. S. Dewey Fred'k C. Southgate
Charles f. Chapman
This bank is now paying a per cent
interest on deposits.
Deposits made during the first ten
days of January and July draw interest
from the first of these months. Deposits
made during the first five days of other
months draw interest from the first of
the month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
January 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 win be
reported to the listers for taxation.
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09
MARRIAGES

In Boston, February 2S, by the Rev.
c. Eliot, John Raymond Murphy. OF
Boston and Agnes May Dolphin, for
rnerly of Woodstock.
In Cavendish, February %, by Rev.
w. e. Baker, Guy HI: Strong and Jessie
j. Harrington, both of Cavendish.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-09

With seven aspirants for the
Republican gubernatorial nomina-
tion on the stump, Illinois is one OF
the liveliest places on the political
map just at present.
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The annual struggle of the
railroads with the great snowdrifts
in the Rockies is now at its height.
Millions of dollars will be expended
in clearing the tracks.
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BIRTHS

In West isBridgewater, March a, a
daughter to Mr., and Mrs. G. e. Willis.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20

the usual selling price at the place
where the property to which the
term is applied shall be at the time
of assessment, being the price
which could be obtained therefor
at private sale 1t is hard to see
how these statutes could be made
more explicit or how anything
could be added that would make
them easier to understand; but not
withstanding their clear and
mandatory terms they have never
been enforced nor obeyed, but have
been willfully aud unblushingly
violated by assessors boards of
equalization and taxpayers every
where from the very beginning.
Never since the first assessor start
ed has property of any kind in
Minnesota been assessed at it's true
and full value, nor, with few ex-
ceptions, has any serious attempt
ever been made to so assess it.
The uniform, universal custom,
has been to assess at from rs to so
per cent of actual value; and this
custom has had the long continued
approval of the people, the silent
support of the lawmaking and, in a
large measure, the acquiescence of
the law enforcing departments of
the state government.
Justice alike to taxpayers and
tax officials demands that the mat
ter should no longer be left in the
chaotic and contradictory condition
in which it is at the present time.
Either the laws now obstructing
the assessment of property at true
and full value should be so amend
ed that it can be so assessed, or
provision should be made by law
for it's assessment at some specified
per cent of full value. The situa-
ton should be square1y met and
the question solved without further
delay"
uC SOLuuloolOu pIOpOoSo SAcSl-
ment of a law specifying the fol-
lowing as all and the only property
to be exempt from taxation:
All public burying grounds.
All public school houses.
All public hospitals.
All academies, colleges, and uni
versities, and all seminaries of
learning.
All churches, church property
and houses of worship.
Institutions of purely public
charity.
All public property exclusively
used for any public purpose.
Personal property of every head
of a family liable to assessment and
taxation of the value of 500.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-20
OUR WEATHER

Temperatures for the past week. The max
imum of heat and cold is given as shown by the
government thermometers as follows: