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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15
FOR The CHILDREN
Three Wishes.

III &c tbiStICSs
Edgar, Eli and Eugene
Went one day a-fishing.
Long they fished without bite;
Then they fell to wishing.
Edgar said: al wish that
Had ton of candy
Chocolate drops and caramels.
Wouldn't that be dandy?''
Eli next wished for horse
And lot of money
And playhouse full Of toys.
A barrel, too. of honey.
"Bait, more bait" cried wise Eugene:
Bait to tempt those fishes!
care more for angleworms
Now than for your wishes"
''What a wishl" exclaimed the two,
But Eugene. more plucky.
Went and dug the worms and then
Soon became more lucky.
Thus Gene made his wish come true
While the others waited.
He caught fish galore, while they
Wished with hooks undated.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

Feb. 8-Board met pursuant to adjournment,
All members present.
The January report of County Treasurer E. E.
Reid was presented to the board, checked and
approved.
The personal property tax of Mrs M CHS
holm, amounting to $21. as appearing on de-
tail assessment sheet No. 178, Item Al is hereby
cancelled, same being double assessment.
1t is hereby ordered that the order authoriz-
ing the auditor to issue the salary warrants on
the first Monday of each month be and is here
by rescinded and said auditor is hereby au-
thorized to issue all salary warrants ON the
irst day of each month
The county assessor appeared before the
Board of Commissioners and asked for the ap-
pointment of J. B. Purchase as deputy assessor.
The appointment of J. B. Purchase as deputy
assessor at salary of $50 per month is hereby
ordered, and the auditor is hereby authorized
to draw his warrant on the first day of each
month.
There being no further business the board
adjourned to meet Tuesday, March 5, 1912.
G. W. SUTHERLAND,
Chairman Of Board.
Attest-H II MURRAY, Clerk OF Board.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

"Turn that wrapping paper the
other side out" said lady in a
store as the clerk was putting up
her purchase in a printed wrap
ping paper. ~ don't want to be
walking advertisement to your
store. read the papers, as all
intelligent people ought to do,
and ! think in them is the place
to advertise your business"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

Newnort Feb, 6.-The Board of County Com
mlssloners met pursuant to adjournment. All
members present: ouo;,o
The matter of ferries across the Pend Orellle
river was taken up and discussed at length
Bids were opened at O'Clock
The following bids were submitted: ,,
Bell q Turnbull Hdw. CO., Newport Wash.'
for rope. turn buckler, carriers ana clam ps' l.
b., Lone as per specifications: s.oo On
w. a....''''''.''-'''''''''' .. $40 SO
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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-15

Attest-H II MURRAY, Clerk OF Board.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
TRACE SHOT WITH CERTAINTY
System of Negatives Devised by
French Scientist Should Aid
In Detecting Crime.
ceremony,

DR.. Balthazard at the recent con-
gress of legal medicine in Paris de-
scribed his experiments on the iden-
tification of revolver bullets. He has
formulated a system for identifying
them very like that of DR.. Bertillon
for identifying human beings.
He showed by greatly enlarged
photographs that every gun barrel
leaves marks on bullet and that the
marks are always the same for the
same barrel, but never Identical for
two different barrels. He showed,
too, that the hammer of gun or re-
volver strikes the cartridge at point
which is never the exact center of
the cartridge, but is always the same
for the same weapon.
DR.. Balthazard has succeeded in
making negatives of bullets nearly a
foot wide. Every detail naturally
appears very distinctly and it can be
decided with absolute certainly
whether a certain bullet was fired
from certain revolver.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
OPPOSES THE DIVORCE RING
Boston Woman Lawyer Makes Some
Sarcastic Comment on Morals
of the Present Day.

Miss Amy Acton, prominent
lawyer of Boston, said recently, at
a fashionable club luncheon, that the
divorce ring which western women
have inaugurated, is vulgar.
'It is vulgar" she said, ''because
it is an advertisement of the fact
that the wearer is a divorced wom-
an"
Slipping her black demi-tasse, Miss
Acton added reflectively:
81 may be wrong, though, in con-
demning the divorce ring-it per-
haps serves some very good purpose.
The number of our divorces is really
alarming. We seem to be approach
ing that state which prevailed in old
Roman times when divorce was so
frequent that on the tomb of an I'M
divorced woman was inscribed:
"Here lies a good wife who had
but one husband"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
BARNARD

Mrs, Maynes is visiting her chill
dren in Woodstock.
School in the Creek district, taught
by O. L Sleeper, closed Friday, Nov.
%. Whole number of scholars, 10 /;
average attendance, II 1923 Those
having no marks for the term we're
Dorothy Mahan, Harold Rhodes,
Elsie, Robert and James Smelling
and Mildred Whitaker.
The library has recently received
four books from o G. Ellis of East
Barnard
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Perry OF
Boston are visiting the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs w. r. Paige,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Estate of Emily w. Parker.

STATE OF VERMONT The Hon
District of Hartford IS orable Pro-
bate Court for the District of Hartford.
To all persons interested in the estate
of Emily E. Parker, late of Hartford,
in said District deceased,
GREETING
At Probate Court, holden at Wood.
stock, within and for said District on
the 2lst day of November, 1912, an in
strument purporting to be the last will
and testament, with codicil thereto, of
Emily e. Parker, late of Hartford in
said District, deceased, was presented
to the Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that
the ninth day of December. 1912, at the
Probate Office in said Woodstock, be
assigned 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 circu-
lating 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 2lst day of Novem-
Der, 1912.
Fred'k C. Southgate,
T.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Sunday Services.
Vernon

Universalist--Rev. II. L. Garfield
pastor; morning service at 1890,
Sunday school at I1.45.
Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850.
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor at 7.3o. Thursday evening
prayer meeting al 7.3o.
Methodist Episcopal Rev. F. Z.
Clark, pastor. Services Sunday
Preaching, 1890 a. M; Sunday
school, Has Il. M; Thursday
prayer meeting, 7.3o p. M. ; Sunday
evening meeting, TOO.
Catholic - Rev. II. I. Maillei,
pastor. Mass at II a ~; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the second
and fourth Sunday of each month
at Village hall, Quechee, at 9
O'Clock, and at Barnard, at the
town hall, on the second Sunday
of each month at 9 O'Clock
St. James Church-Rev. r. Lee
Blanc Lynch, rector. Morning Prayer
and Sermon 1890 a. m Holy Com
munion on first Sunday in the month
after Morning PRAYER. Sunday
School at noon. Evening Prayer
and sermon 5 p. m. All are
welcome.
Christian - Pastor, Rev. E. r.
Phillips. Services Sunday. Preach
ing at 1890 a. M; Sunday
school at II; J. S. c. E. at 4 p. m;
y. P. S. G. E. at 7.3o p. M;
mid-week prayer meeting at 7.3o
y. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Estate of William S. Carter.

STATE OF VERMONT 1.-THE Hon
District of Hartford SIS orable
Probate Court for the District afore-
said :
To all persons interested in the trust
estate of William S. Carter, late Of
Hartford, in said District, deceased,
Greeting:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the
10th day of December next for examn-
ing and allowing the account of Henry
c. Cushing, Trustee of said Trust
Estate. and ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons inter-
ested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous
to the day assigned, in the Spirit of the
Age, newspaper published at Wood
stock, in said District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to
appear at the Probate Office in Wood
stock, in said District, on the day as
signed then and there to contest the
allowance of said account if you see
cause, and to establish your right as
heirs, legatees and lawful claimants to
said residue.
Given under my hand, this 10Th day
of November, 1912.
F'red'k c. Southgate,
Judge,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
HoRRIB BILE.
T had a horrible dream las

"T had a horrible dream last
night"
"Well, you had probably eaten
something you should have left for
others to eat"
81 don't know whether that was
the cause Of it or not. l can't re-
member that ate anything which
l ought not to have eaten. But /
dreamed that 1 had made. $780,
OO0."
"You don't call that horrible
dream, do you? If l could have a
dream of that kind I'd never want
to wake up"
"But wait. I dreamed that I had
made it out of popular song which
| had written"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Offers His Farm to the State.

Henry Copeland of New York, a
banker, who is a native of Middle
town Springs, has offered to give to
the state of Vermont his farm at the
Springs, said to be valued at s l2,0OO,
to be used as a school of agriculture.
The matter has been called to the
attention of the proper state authori-
ties hut little information has been
given out upon it as yet. The farm
is said to contain over 300 acres and
is we'll equipped with buildings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Woodstock. w.. Dec. 7, 1912
Ill-directed Fire Hose.

AS the facts come to light, as saner
stories follow exaggerated reports of
the near-riot at White River June
ton, two weeks ago, it appears that
the attempted suppression of three
hundred Dartmouth students by the
local authorities was very badly
managed affair.
1t is probably true that the Dart
mouth men made life mockery for
the star performer at local theatre,
whose remarks on former occasion
had given offense. But with their
honor satisfied without bloodshed or
broken limbs the students were about
to depart, as quietly as three or four
hundred college boys can move from
one place to another, when an over
Jealous town official turned in fire
alarm, and in the scene that ensued
it must be allowed that the visitors
showed some restraint, else there
might have been more to the story of
the disturbance.
In correction of one or two features
of the first reports it may be said that
no students have been expelled from
Dartmouth college for their part in
the lamentable affair, nor is any other
punishment likely to follow. And the
students did not take possession OF
the train on the way to the junction
didn't hold up the conductor or rife
the mail bags Uncle Sam therefore
has no account to settle with them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
WEST HARTFORD.

The annual fair will be held by
the Ladies' Aid next Thursday,
Dec. IL.
G. F. Robinson Of Woodstock
recently visited his son Orris.
Miss Susan Alice, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Gilman, and
Albert b. Cutting of White River
Junction, were married Nov. II,
Rev. G. w. French performing the
ceremony.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Democratic Campaign Fund
Was $1,159,446.

Washington, Dec. Sit cost the
Democratic national COMMITTEES ST.
159.446 to carry the election for
Wilson and Marshall, according to
it's final statement of contributions
and expenses fled with the House
yesterday. Charles r. Crane of
Chicago was the heaviest contributor
with $4,000
The total of $1,ll0,592 contribu-
tirnS received by The committee came
from 1884 separate contributions
of which all. but 1.G25 were in
smVnpIs Iess than SlQU
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
WINDSOR COUNTY
COURT
DECEMBER TERM 1911.

This ancient and honorable court
convened on December 3 with the
following cast of characters
Hon. VIM. A. Taylor Presiding Judge
Hon. Milo S. Buck Assistant Judges
Jay Read Pember. Clerk
Karl w. Pember, Assistant Clerk
James III. Kiniry Sheriff
Paul c. Tinkham High Baihff
John H. Mimms Stenographer
Fred'k G. Soulhgate Probation Officer
Deputy Sheriff Spafford made the
opening proclamation and Rev.
Benjamin Swift of the Congrega-
tional church offered prayer
phe docket was then called and
eleven causes were set for trial by
jury. No case being ready for a
variety of reasons, it was ordered that
jury trials be taken up at 9 a m
Tuesday. Dec. 10.
The first case will be No. 1889,
Ruel A. a. Chase of Plymouth VS..
Egbert Rosecran, Of Hoboken, N. j =,
an action of trespass to the person.
The scene of action is laid at Tyson.
There ia long list of causes afked
for trial by the Court and numerous
motions were heard and disposed of.
The petit jurors were empaneled
and sworn and charged by Judge
Taylor as to their duties, on Wednes-
day afternoon. States Attorney
Trainor has in hand a long list of
alleged crimes to be submitted to
their consideration and embrace
cases from White River junction,
Windsor and other places. Guy
James of White River junction
pleaded guilty to having intoxicat-
ing liquors on hand for sale at the
State fair last September, and was
fined 500 and costs d. A. Pingree
appeared for defendant.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
COULDN'T LET THAT GO.

Loud voiced and much excited, a
native of Butte, Mont, sent up
cry for bellboy at hotel in Chi
cago the other day. He explained
that he had just lost valuable ar
ticle and was sure it had gone out
with his laundry. He handed the re-
spending bellboy a dollar to get the
package back at once, if possible.
The bellboy ''beat it," as he said, to
the laundry and found that the west
rrner's linen had just been dumped
into tub. The lad paved around
in the tub, found a crumplcd hand
kerchief and drew forth the lost ar
tele. 1t was q glass eye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07

The mill of the Rockingham Paper
company at Bellows Falls, which
manufactures pattern paper, was de-
stoyed by fire early Sunday morning
entailing loss Of 100000 Soon
after the fire staItrt, there were two
explosions in the basement, and the
back wall of the building fell into
the Connecticut river,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
SHERBURNE

A. c. Plumley and family have
moved to Rutland.
Miss Christine Johnson and Will
liam Cadv were holiday week
visitors from Woodstock.
Mrs. Van Ness Dimick is visiting
her daughter in Wallingtord, who is
quite i'll.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Intolerance Not a Virtue.

Persons sometimes associate lntoler-
ance with strength and firmness Of
conviction; but intolerance is far
more Il feature of ignorance, defective
sympathy, imperfect grasp of truth.
We want the charity that makes al.
lowance for other peoples points Of
view without wagering from Its own
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Some Proof.

$50 he took you out auto riding the
other EVENING"" Yes, what of it?"
DO you think he is in love with your"
II think So | know that every time
[ spoke to him the auto tried to climb
tree or jump a fence. "-Houston
Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07

Wayne {. Bosworth, Middlebury.
II, was the unanimous choice of
the committee as Rhodes scholar
from Vermont for three years
beginning next October,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
The OttauQlGChGG Savings Bank
Woodstock, Vermont
INCORPORATED 1s47:

lANNONl UNA 1 Ell lCti,
DEPOSITS JAN. l, 1912 81 900, SIG. Is,
SURPLUS 17l,0l4. 5O
TOTAL ASSETS $2,l4O, S9l. lt
TRUSTEES
F. S. Mackenzie Charles II. Markham
Henry w. Walker William S. Hewitt
William S. Dewey Fred'k C. Southgata
Charles F. Chapman
This bank is now paying 4 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 O.
the month.
Interest will be credited to depositors
January l and July !, compounding
twice a year
The Vermont Legislature has repealed
the law restricting deposits in any one
savings bank to $2000.00 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, 1912-12-07

An apple tree, set out in 1886 on
tie farm in Morrisyille now owned
bv o H Wilson, is thought to be
the oldest in the state. The tree is
the only survivor f several which
were brought from New Hampshire
when the town of Morrisville was
settled Mr. Wilson gathered good
fruit from the tree this fall
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07
Uncle Pennywise Says:

A lady who has just been acquitted
of murder declares that she is tired of
sensations. A Murder trial generally
satiates the gayest of the gay.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07

Mrs. Julia &, P. Dorr of Rutland,
Vermont's poetess, is recovering,
after very serious illness. Mrs.
Dorr is 81 years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-12-07

EeptiIes the First "Birdu"
The first birds Of the earth were In
the form of flying reptiles,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
Turned Joke on INSPECTOR.

This curious incident comes from
Suhr, Switzerland: An inspector of
schools, without any previous warn
ing, visited the village school and
found the elderly teacher asleep at
his desk and the children departed,
having apparently taken French leave
To give the teacher a great surprise
and bad quarter of an hour, the in
spector decided to wait until he
awoke. and seated himself on a bench
In front of the culprit. The hours
passed and the inspector himself
went to sleep. The teacher, on awak-
ening and seeing who was sleeping
before him, quietly left the school for
home. without entering the school
room the concierge locked up the
school and the slumbering inspector.
Several hours later the concierge
heard a great noise and, arming him
self, opened the door, and was greatly
surprised to find the angry inspector
before him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
NEVER LACKED FOR SOLDIERS
How Japanese Forethought Supple
mented Military Skill In the Great
Struggle With Russia.

Brig. Gen. Robert X, Evans, says
the Army and Navy Journal, told OF
meeting, just after the Russo-Japa-
nese war, friend who had been a
military attache with Oyama's army
in the Manchurian campaign, and ask
ed him what had been the most strik-
ing and noteworthy incident that
came to his notice during the war.
His reply was: Without doubt it was
this: In the battle Of Mukden i no
ticed large body of troops on the
field whose presence | could not &C
count for from any information in my
possession. l rode over and inquired
who they were. / was told, These are
the reserves sent from Japan to take
the places OF the men who will be
killed and wounded in the next great
battle And there they were on the
field while the battle was going on"
This is a most instructive incident,
thought General Evans. Here Oyama
lost in a great battle a certain number
of thousands of men. The next day
they were all replaced by an equal
number of trained, instructed and
disciplined men, The army was as
strong numerically as before the fight.
1t had probably gained in efficiency by
the practical experience of the OFF,
GERS and men who had been under fire
and still remained In ranks.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
Locked Antlers In Glacier.

Mute evidence of mortal combat
that may have occurred centuries ago
was revealed to j. X. Magnussen. a
timber cruiser on the slopes of Mount
Baker, says the Portland Oregenian.
Lying in the lower edge of Roose-
welt glacier were the crumbling bones
of buck deer of more than ordinary
size. Digging down into the ice the
cruiser uncovered the remains of a
second animal, the body in an excel
lent state of preservation. The ant
lers of the animals were tightly in
terlocked, showing that the deer had
died in battle.
From the position Of the skeleton
and she body in the glacier, Magnus-
sen is Of the opinion that they had
been carried long distance down the
mountain side. AS the glacier flows
only four or five inches day the bat.
tie Of the bucks may have occurred
centuries ago.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
Destructive PENNSYLVANIA Deer.

A traveller along the Sugar Camp
road the other day saw three deer. a
buck and two does, standing at the
very edge of the road near watering
trough. They appeared to be as little
concerned as cattle, and made no sign
OF fright until the driver cracked his
whip at them. Then they took to the
tall timber.
Just few days before that Henry
Dill, near Trout Run, saw drove Of IA
deer along the road not two miles
from the farms. 1t Is in that region
that last year several farmers had
their wheat crop ruined by droves of
deer jumping fences and browsing on
the tender growth. There is strong
sentiment among the farmers. who are
thus put to loss by these animals, that
X they would kill them while on for
aging expeditions on their lands the
law couldn't harm them. If the deer
try their thievery out this spring
there is liable to be just such cases
put up to the state game authorities.
-Williamsport Correspondence North
American.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
Inconsiderate Knot.

The drydocking Of the schooner For
ester, which put in at San Francisco
the other day In distress, revealed the
fact that the leak, the source of the
schooner's distress, was merely a
knothole. The knot in one of the bot
tom planks had fallen out, leaving a
hole an inch wide by one and one
half inches'l6ng. To keep out the wa
ter that came through this knothole
the Forester's pumps were kept going
night and day and the vessel arrived
with ten feet Of water in it's hold. The
desertion of its hole by this faithless
knot imperiled the lives of the schoon-
er's crew and involved owners and
underwriters in an expense of more
than $1,000. The hole has been
plugged up. and as this is all that
allied the Forester the schooner will
proceed on it's voyage a. soon as the
cargo has been reloaded.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-08-10
Dressed Chicken,

She wanted to surprise her husband
with chicken dinner, but after she
had gone out into their little chicken
run and captured toothsome-looking
young rooster there, she lost her nerve.
She simply couldn't bear to hand it
the axe. There was a small bottle Of
chloroform in the house, however, so
she decided to prepare his roostership
for the oven via the anaesthesia route.
He succumbed quickly, but to her
horror he recovered consciousness as
soon as she had finished plucking
him, Stricken with rerhorse then, she
clother his naked form in a hastily
made suit Of white flannel, that fitted
him like regular varsity made" gar
ment. Then she turned him out into
the chicken run again.
Editors insist upon happy endings
of stories nowadays, SO the remainder
OF this tale is better left untold. Suf,
.fcient to say that although fine feath-
ers make fine birds, white flannel new
er made this rooster himself again.