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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
High School Notes.

The honor students of the sen;o,
plass were announced this week
Miss Ethel Perkins and Miss Bessie
Fucker were tied for valedictorian
with a rank of 90 per cent After
drawing lots, Miss Tucker is to be
salntutorian and Miss Perkins vale
dictorian More than half of the
class attained rank of So per cent
or over Frances Hale 80. Frederic.
Wilder 885, Beatrice Blood SO,
Ethel Blood 88. Lawrence St. Cyr
SO, Elsie Houghton 87.5, Edward
bottom 81.
On Friday afternoon at the meet
ing OF the Athenaeum the second
issue of Echoes of w H. s. war
read. There is to be another issue
of this paper at commencement
The social which the seniors and
-opimmores lave To give as penalt,
for being beaten IN the Junk contest
is to he held in the Assembly Hall
Friday evening. Each student has
been given the privilege of inviting
one guest. There will be short
program followed by dancing
The first baseball game of the
season will he played on Saturday.
April 20. with Is. R A. at Ludlow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
Greater Vermont Notes.

A syndicate composed of Windsor
and New York parties propose to
build a $50. 900 hotel on the banks
of the Connecticut River.n nearly oppo-
site Harlakenden, the summer home
of President Wilson. The site 10
about one mile and one-half north
of Windsor village and commando q
view of the Connecticut valley, both
north and south. The hotel 10 to
have about one hundred rooms and
fifty private baths. 1t is to be built
in two sections of fifty rooms each,
30 that one section can be run az q
winter resort. The hotel is near the
railroad and river, and win have
about fifty acres Of grounds.
The Eastern Fruit and Nut Or
chard Company of burlington. which
set out $500 apple traes on ita hold
in0s'in Grand Isle lass year. wall add
5000 trees to tAsjf p5ehsydS THE
yeBy. lsss
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
SCOUT NOTES.

The Woodstock Scouts are buster
than ever as warmer weather comes on.
They have just entered into contest
in search of brown tail moth nests and
egg clusters of the tent caterpillar.
There are rewards of the first, second
and third class to stimulate the activity
of the Scouts in this direction.
Today the Scouts will go on a trailing
hike and will take tests in camp cook
ing without the use of cooking utensils,
A Scout baseball team is in process
of formation and q number of the newer
members are working hard on the Ten
derfoot requirements as condition fol
place on the team.
H. l.. Canfield,
Scout Master.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
WEST WOODSTOCK

Miss Bessie Adams of Randolph
Center, who has been the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Adams for two
weeks, returned to her home Tues
day.
A missionary tea was held at the
home of Mrs. Philip Royce. Friday
Afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Isaiah Benson, who
have spent the winter in Florida,
arrived home Wednesday evening.
MIS-. Mason MillAis visiting hei
daughter, Mrs. S. II. Burroughs, in
Vergennss.
AS ft as heard from, Mrs. L. J.
Adams is the champion fisherman
in this section.
Don E, Thomas is visiting hi,
son Perley in Stamford, Conn.
this week
fi!ll Nifif. lVt ta tf ttItff
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
COUNTY POULTRY CLUB
County Y. M. c. A. and Public
Schools Organizing Boys and
Girls.

Girls.
The County Y. M. G. A. Commit
tee and the public schools are Co
operating in plans for a Boys and
Girls Poultry Club. the first of the
kind in Vermont Membership in the
Poultry Club is open to any boy or
girl in Windsor county IL to Is
years of age inclusive. The following
rules and regulations will be found
of interest.
l Any boy or girl in Windsor
County 10 to l8 years of age inclu-
sive may become member OF the
Poultry Club upon paying the en-
rollment fee OF Zoe and subscribing
10 the rules and regulations.
2 Boys aud girls may enroll with
their teacher; if still in school; other
wise they may enroll with the Agris
cultural Advisor, Mr.. Jay Coryell
any member Of the County Y NJ q.
A. Committee or send enrolment
blank accompanied bv Zoe in
stamps to the Secretary Of the Club,
Archibald @. Hurd at White River
junction, Vermont.
3 Enroll,nent cannot be mad e
later than June |, 1913
Three contests are announced and
several prizes are offered in each.
The frat contest is "Hatching and
Rearing OF Chicks" First prize
Cyphers incubator.
Second contest, Showing Chick.
ems and ERg-laying Contest" FRS,
prize. cockerel. value S..
w. e Mack Of Woodstock offers 4
prize of White Wyandotte cockere
and four pullets, yalne s25, to the
member with the highest egg recorc
from pullets raised up to January
LIST.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
WOODSTOCK NEWS
Fishing Season Opens.

Tuesday, April 10. was an early
date for fishing in this section. many
of the brooks being not long re.
leased from ice. but fishermen turned
out as usual in pretty good force,
and several tine strings were shown.
Rev. E r. Phillips caught nearly
forty trout, the biggest string re-
ported, on Mrs. Emma Adams farm
on the South Pomfret road; DIR. g
w. Kidder returned with 25 and
Desc also showed handsome lot OF
big trout.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19

at Underledge farm, She has FIVE
grandchildren, Truman Holt Of the
Philippine Islands. Wilbur Holt Of
New York, Mre. Otis Waite Of Under.
ledge farm. Alonzo Wood Of South
Woodstock. and Walter Wood Of
California. also eight great grand
children.
The funeral OF DIR. o W. Sherwin
will be held at the Universalisi
church on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. and the service at the ceme-
terry will be in charge OF the local
Masonic lodge
The carpentry class at the Arts
and Crafts rooms completed the
second term of ten weeks on Thurs
dsy evening. The class has had
about forty interested pupils during
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Winslow OF
Boston came Wednesday to visit
their father, e. j. Winslow of Pros
per. few day.
Miss Alice L. Eaton was the guest
of Mrs. E. j. Foster in Milton. Mass.
last week, returning Friday.
The heirs of the late Adelbert l.
Robinson have decided the Beulah b
Robinson farm, so called, in the
Pelton district. to Wallace w. Wash
burn and wife, for $4,000. The
farm contains about as acres and
lies near the Wilbur Washburn
farm
The class in charcoal drawing,
which has just completed its course
of twenty lessons, will give an ex-
hibition of ifs work Saturday, April
10, from two until five o'clock at
the Arts and Crafts Room The
class extends cordial invitation TO
all who are interested in the work.
The vermonter for March has a
number of excellent pictures of the
recent food in this part of the state,
including views OF the old bridge at
White River Junction " before and
alter" An illustrated article on the
practical work being done by the
Peoples Academy at Worthwhile. and
/" Education in Forestry at the Stale
University" are other good features.
Mutt & JEFF " at Music hall next
Wednesday evening, April 80.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
Moving Pictures at the Town
Hall.

Manager Fl ii. Spear announces
the first Of his moving picture shows
at the town hall this evening. at 8
o'clock There has been some delay
on account of the non-arrival Of the
electric converter, but this came
Monday. aud the first class equip
ment is now complete.
The feature film tonight will be
Rip Van Wrinkle. in two reels
Sherwin's orchestra will play for the
opening program.
Another show will be given Mon
day evening. with an entirely new
program
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
TRAINS GOING WRIST,
Posr.oracE NOTICE

Vail TRAINS arrive S.35, 0 ~ II, M. 2,3a.
A 63 u. m.
Mai trans leave 1890 "a M, 12.l5 p. IN ,
$50 y. IN. nd 6.15 y. m
B.lugewrier huLland and Ludlow stages
Ieave o. 40 H. IN. and 800 y. III.
south "A ouoslock. 800 p. IN.
b .rnard and DeLhel, o. 40 ~. IN.
Rurd iree delivery mail closes at $3.50
D.. III.
MAILS CLOSE-For early stages 500
.. III. Later mans, ~. 20 u. M, IL ~ u. IN
800 %. IN al 4.40 y III.
O.lce Hours.-,p.3U u, IN. 10 6.3V y. m
SUNDAY ma closes 1920 IL. III.
Fi,n,,'K CHAPMAN. 4 ostmaster
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
NORWICH

The wedding of Ralph E. Doble
and Miss Beth A Newcomb took
place at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Mae A. New comb of
Thetford, April II. Rev. F. g..
Clutter OF this place officiated.
The bride wore white voile, and the
bridesmaid, Miss Abbie Ellis of
Union Village, also wore whita.
The best man was Rev. r. A..
Hamilton Of Hartford. Besides the
immediate families of the contract
ing parties the following guests
were present: Ralph Bond OF Union
Village was ring bearer; MIR. and
Mrs. Irving Murdoch, Hartford ;
Miss Christie MacAuley, Green
field, Mass. Mrs. Lucy Dyre, Mrs.
E. G.. Bond of Union Village, Miss
Mildred Ashley Of White River
Junction; Mrs, Abbie Low, Con-
way, N. H.. Howard Low, Ando-
yer, Mass; Mrs. p. Hutcbins, New
port, N. Fl.
The committee appointed from
the Wcman's Literary club have
planned to set out trees about the
village. Quite good many gentle
men OF the village have vo uHteered
to assist. The committee will be
grateful for the services of any who
will assist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
QUEC4EE.

]. Warren W,ggIn is to give UP
his place as manager Of Quechee
Fells farm May isi, Int will remain
here for time.
The y. NJ. c. A. and the Wood
stock boys will debate next Monday
evening at the parish house. The
question to be discussed is the
treatment by the government Of the
Indian and the Negro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
CENTRAL St. WOODSTOCK
Great Real Estate and Summer
Home Issue.

On Saturday, April S, the Boston
Evening Transcript will print a
generous amount of reading matter
which will be of interest to real
estate owners in New England,
investors and those who lease or
have summer homes at the seeshore,
mountains or country.
Anyone having a house, farm,
cottage or desirably located land for
sale or exchange, or summer place
to rent for the season will do well to
secure advertising space in this issue,
for il will have wide circulation
among interested people all over the
United States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
alRrAs

In Hartland, April 5, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Dow.
In North Hartiand, April 6, a daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Lee j. Bates.
In Hartland. April z, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Ayers.
In Woodstock, April Is, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Gushing.
In South Woodstock, April y a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. James Bene-
dict.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
MARRIAGES

In Plymouth Union, April IA, at the
home Of the bride, by John G: Cool
idge, justice of the peace. John w.
Scott, formerly of Middlebury, to Mrs
Olivia Crawford of Plymouth Union.
In Hartland, March %, by w. r..
Sturtevant, justice of the peace, Au-
gustus Hardy Hompson and Christina
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19

full Of hox Office records all over the
country. so this advice TO get in line
early is justified. It's quite the
hing 70 be seen at Music Hall THE
season. Prices, Sic. Zoe, 500,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
SIIERBuRNE

Jrhial Webb, resident Of this
town all his lie, died Saturday,
April "a. The funeral was held at
the home, Rev. H. L. Garfield
officiating.
A big black bear, wearing an
especially fine coat Of fur, was killed
by Clarence Kept on Saturday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
DIR. o. w. sHERWIN DEAD
Passing of Widely Known
Practitioner and Much-Loved
Ci+izan

4
ers, died at his home in this village
at about 3 o'clock Thursday morning,
April IL, in his 10Th year. He had
done no active work for the past two
years, and for more than a year
he had been partially blind aud nm
able to read "a deprivation which
was real suffering to one az fond Of
the best in books and general liter
ature as he was, his strong and
studious mind being unaffected by
failing health.
| DR.. Sherwin was born in Wood
stock. October 81, 1887. His father,
J Calvin Sherwin, was farmer, born
in Reading, in 1872. and marrie'
Angelina, daughter of Noah Wood
of Woodstock. She was. lineal
descendant of Ruth Tilden, one Of
the heroines of the Mayflower, He
received common school education
later attending the Green Mountain
1e'ai i"e'''"o az sou'n ''"o'-
stock lie began the study Of med
""u ""o' ~ ",,a.n ncoo''u.'
If Woodstock in 1862, afterwards
".'e"S ,eouies d. sne DerSshi'e
"e'i'ai c"iieee az rle'snei". MASS
autaraI no.tr,1,,tb Mad:ooI rollo<~<
s".e'oo Da,''n"un meu'c"i col'eRr
F""i "''''ii no e'auua'en IN iooo
e''l peRa'' tue prac'irH OF he"icihe
:" leA'"R way = iooo.
:" august iooS' VI sherwin
"'ne !" """'s''"k anu iorinen
partnership Win tue iate Dr. =.
,s''"',i'''" ""i'h coh.lnueu uh'ii tue
'a'' ''' rehn'Vai 70 WINDSOR aoou'
twenty years ago
~ onerw'n was member OF the
american Medicai Associati@on .'pres-
"'eis OF tne vermont Meuicai oocie-
y IN looo. member OF the Whre
h'ver Medical Association ana the
Connecucnt hiver Medical Society.
an" was pension examiner Tor nearly
thirty years IL was during his
membership OF the Vermont State
board OF health That the State labor
a"ry OF hygiene was established, a
WORK In winch ne showed much m
terest- lie was surgeon generai OF
Vermont In loSo-S6.
DIR sherwin devoted himself 10
general practlce ana his personal
and professional influence extended
Tar beyond the boundaries OF his own
state. he wrote mnch for medical
journals, contributing many papers
to various societies and was greatly
interested IN microscoPlcai STUDY.
claiming to have been the hrst IN
Vermont to demonstrate tnbercle
bacillus.
DR.. Sherwin joined Woodstock
''ts~' -
was member OF ottanqnechee Chap
ter, 4. A M Windsor Council, H..
aud y M; entered Mount Sinai lem
pie in 1887 windsor Commandery.
K of r; Windsor Lodge OF periec
ton. and was past grand high priest
OF the grand royal arch chapter Of
Vermont.
Ga October 2, 1866, DR. Sherwin
married Miss Mary > Forbusli OF
Reading, who died Dec, l. 1885
They had no children lie leaves
brother. DR.. A. . Sherwin OF Boston
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
Norman Williams Public
Library
LIBRARY HOURS

Reading room open from a. m. to
IL M; l p. m. to 6 p. M, and z p. m. to
$50 p. m.
Librarian or assistant will be at the
library from 10 a. m. to IL M; 2 p. m.
to p. m. and z p. m. to $50 p. m.
Saturday evening until 8.
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS JR.,
President
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19
e. l. Benson
Vermont Municipal Bonds
1o,,cAr AND SOLD

The Hyde Park Savings Bank is
always able to supply investors with
gilt-edged town, city and village Yer.
mont bonds. Correspondence invited
with parties desiring either to buy or
sell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19

Lebanon were here Wednesday, to
attend the funeral of F. &. Perry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19

xl~ Yyse Pssy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-19

Fine PaniiDs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08

Johns Hopkins to Try New
Treatment For Rheumatism.
FIRST time IN AMERICA.

e . 4 F.s
May Not Work az Well Here as 4 Eu-
ropean Climate So Theoretically Pa
tient Takes Air Saturated With Rays.
Which Travel to All Parts of the
Body by Way of the Blood Vessels.
Balhmore.-The Johns Hopkins hos
pital has purchased quantity of ra-
dunn in Europe and within few weeks
will establish new department for the
treatment of diseases by means Of the
inhalation of radium emanations. So
far as known. this will be the first use
Of radium in this way in the United
States.
Since the discovery of the mineral
about fifteen years ago by Professor
and Nine. Cur1e Of France it has been
used in many surgical cases. in Europe,
and until q few years ago it's use was
confined to such cases and to giving
what are called radium baths. Espe-
cially. noteworthy were its effects in
the treatment Of cancer, giving hope
that a new and permanent means Of
fighting the disease had been found.
The use Of radium in purely medical
cases is something comparatively new.
1t was discovered that the emanations
from radium were enormously benef1-
c1al In the treatment of chronic rheu-
matism, facial paralysis, neuralgia and
diseases Of the joints. Persons who had
suffered from these ailments for years
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08
TESTS FOR, CHILD PSYCHIC.

Munsterbers to Ask Her to Read Book
Under Pillow.
Boston. 81 Professor Hugo Munster
berg of Harvard university will make
further tests with ten-year,old Beulah
Miller. the child psychic Of Warren,
r. /. lE @ 3
BE proposes to see If she can read
from the pages of schoolbook placed
under pillow on which she will lay
her head. The professor declares that
he believes Beulah can do it.
= "A most unusual thing about Beulah
is the fact that she appeared to be able
to read words and figures by placing
her hand upon book or a paper" he
said. 1T is possible that some psyche
logical solution may be worked out to
account for the superstition that a
child could learn a lesson by placing
the schoolbook under the pillow at
night"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08
PLEAD TO GUARD AGES.
German Stage Folk Appeal Against In
., ourance Act

German Stage Folk Appeal Against In
.ss surance Act.
Berlin German actors and actresses
have handed petition to the federal
council through the German Stage So
ciety to release them from one OF the
requirements Of the new Imperial in
surance act whereby they must give
their ages.
The players say they must guard
their ages as a professional secret, es-
pecially the women. who declare they
could not get engagements in many in
stances If required to tell the truth
about how many summers have passed
over their heads
The Stage society first pleaded with
the state insurance department, but
the officials were obdurate. and the
matter has now gone to the highest
authority in the empire
The new insurance act, by which
many categories of employees besides
actors have been added to the ranks
Of those who must compulsorily insure
against old age, sickness and infirmity,
goes into force next year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08
WILSON Face
IS LATEST i MODEL.
Looking Like Public Men the
American Style.
SOME TYPES OF THE PAST.

Henry Grady, Henry Clay, Ben TILL
man, Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln
and Many Others Had Hundreds Of
Observation-Disclosures CuIlom and I'm
Gle Joe Cannon Two Examples.
Washington. - We Americans are
great imitators-.'copyists.' the artis-
TIC would call us-in amusements, In
dress. in philosophical speculation, in
political thinking, in community liv-
ing, and there Is now about to appear
I'm our midst" the Woodrow Wilson
face. There is nothing to be ashamed
OF In such visage. 1t is strong face,
clean cut, with fighting jaw, a gen.
erous but firm mouth, an intellectual
forehead and we'll formed ears and big.
keen gray eyes. &
When Henry Grady attained his high
place among the publicists of his time
1t seemed that every young man in
Georgia tried to look as much like
Grady as BARRIERS and tailors could
make them. They talked. as well as
they could. as he talked: they told his
stories, initiated his style of writing
and adopted his peculiarities of gait
and gesture. Then came Ben Tillman,,
who made the wool hat the test Of
craftsmanship in South Carolina, and
only a few years ago all the country
over the cowboy type was the accepted
type of the man who would die for his
country. VA
At about the same period there was
another model which was accepted as
the true Phidian of the Democracy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08

widows of one or two officers who lost
their lives in the Boer,, war received
knights widows ranks.
There are two peeresses in their own
right who received their titles on the
death Of their husbands in considera-
ton of the latters' eminent public serv-
ices Viscountess Hambleden, widow
Of the Right Hon. w. 81. Smith, leader
Of the house of commons, and Baron
ess Macdonald Of .Earnscliffe. widow
of Sir John Alexander Macdonald,
prime minister of Canada. Both these
titles were conferred in 1891.
Il Numerous instances are also found
of the bestowal Of titles on the wives
lof eminent men who remained COM
moners. The chief cases are those Of
the wife Of the elder Pitt, Baroness
Chatham, and Of Mrs. Disraeli. who
was created viscountess Disraeli eight
years before her husband became Earl
of Beaconstield. 81. "A.
Relative of dead soldiers have on
many occasions received Victoria
crosses which would have been award
ed to the heroes had they survived.
The best known example is that Of
Lady Roberts, who received the cross
won by her son. Lieutenant Roberts.
who was killed In the battle OF Co
lenSO. 5s lf.z s1 ~ Fl
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08
TOO OLD IN 81 DIES AT 1o8
Neuin Offered Services In Civil War
and Was Rejected. r

Neuin Offered Services Ia Civil War
and Was Rejected.
Lebanon, Pa.-samuel Neuin. believ-
ed to be the oldest man In the state Of
Pennsylvania and one Of the oldest in
the country, died at his home here.
He passed his hundred and eighth
year last December, Mr. Neuin was
q son of German parents and was born
in 1904 in Berksi county while the In
dams still roamed over that district.
He volunteered for service in the
civil war, but was rejected because he
was nearly sixty years old.
Neuin had remarkable health and
was never known to have been. i'll un-
til two weeks ago. when he suddenly
grew weak. and his life slowly ebbed
away without any disease being APP
parent. He leaves nine children, tee
eldest seventy years OF age and the
youngest forty-seven. q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-03-08
BARS DONKEY FROM PARADE
Igural Committee Also EXCLUDES
Hounds From Pageant.

inaugural Committee Also Excludes
It'll Hounds From Pageant.
Washington The Wilson inaugural
committee adopted q resolution exclud-
ing donkeys from the inaugural pa
rade. This action was taken after in
formation had come to the committee
that q Democratic club Of Columbus,
O., was planning to have donkey in
the parade.
It was also decided to exclude pack
OF Virginia foxhounds which some vir-
ginia huntsmen and cross country rid
ers had resolved to bring in the pag-
cant.
The inaugural committee takes the
view that an inaugural ceremony
should be conducted in dignifed way
and that donkeys and dogs have no
place in it.