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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16

Anderson, pitching for Brockton. es-
tablished a new New England league
strikeout record the other day, when
he famed fifteen Lawrence batsmen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16

Chicago by the score Of . to 2, The
score: r H F.
Brooklyn ............ .....9 IL o
Chicago ......... ...........2 4
Batteries--AlIen and Miller: Toney
Iiefeld,, Richie and Breenaham; UNI
pires, Brennan and Eason.
Philadelphia 3, ST. Louis d.
st. Louis, June 15.-St Louis won
the concluding game Of the series from
Phila delphia today by the score Of
to ?. Mayors wildness during the
early part of the game. when the
home club punched hits, cost the Wis
itors the game. The score:
r. -. e.
Philadelphia .......,. ......3 > /
~ LOUIS -.---. .-..,...4 . y
Batteries Mayer. Brennan and Doc
in; Griner and Wingo ;umpires, Rig
ler and Byron
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16
BEULAH.

Beulah, June 15-Weather condi-
tons are fine for crops in this vicinity:
plenty of moisture in the ground. and
vegetation of all kinds is making a
rapid growth.
WfNie, eldest son of Mr.. John Mathis,
is in bed with fever
bed with a serious Illness, the nature
of which is not learned. She is under
the care of physician at present
Mr.. |. Hurst was in Pensacola on
business Monday
is the guest of her cousin, Miss Mon
teree Barrineau.
Mr.. w. c. BaTrineau spent a few
hours with relatives here Tuesday: he
was on his way to the Deep Water
City to attend a meeting of the county
commissioners.
have been the guests of their son, C.
home near Bellview Friday evening.
sister, Mrs. Cora H. Snowden, this
week.
Mr. MMhard Sunday had for his
guests this week his father and mother
They returned TO their home Friday
evening.
Mr.. John B. Hurst was a business
visitor in Pensacola Thursday.
James Penton and c. 3. Busbee were
in the city Saturday on business.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Shelby is seriously i'll, and very little
hope is entertained for its recovery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16

Memphis 2, Mon tgomery g.
New Orleans O., Mobile 2
Nashville 3, Chattanooga 4, twoIve
innings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16
Southern Leanue

American League.
Clevel7 nd s, Washington 10.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16
Cotton states Leanue

Columbus 4. CIarksdeIe ..
Pensa cola II, Meridian ..
Others not scheduled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
National League.

st. Louis 4, Philadelphia 8.
Chicago 2, Brooklyn 9.
Cincinnati ,, Boston I.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16

The veteran umpire. Jack Sheridan,
retired last season, but he will prob
aoly handle the indicator in the re-
nIsining american league games. Jack
has left his coast home to consult with
Ian JChE"On and Ban may Cet h:n
back il harness in view ut ire poor
al bitra ing the young league clubs
haze been subjected 10 this year.
Sheridan doesn't have to work unless
he has TO, as he is drawing a fat pen
sion. He was the ump who stuck to
the American when it struggled
through the early days. Once the
league was on such poor footing that
Johnson offered Sheridan the Wash
ington franchise for $4,000. Today
1t is worth half million
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-16

Gable dispatches from France inti-
mating that there is a possibility of the
trencn cabinet requesting parliament
TO create an Office. the occupant of
" hich shah devote his time and talent
70 the direction and cultivation of ath-
leticS and sport, is but another illus
ration of the lengths to which Euro
pean countries are going in their de-
sire to foster amateur athletic com
petition.
l. has been repeatedly stated by
Amer can athletic authorities that FZlI-
ropean countries are advancing so
rapidly in athletics that by the time
the Olympic games of 1920 are held.
the United States team Will no longer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
CURE FOR INDUSTRIAL EVILS
When Time and Labor Unnecessarily
Consumed In Transporting Prod
uets There 10 Big Waste.

II the public could be convinced
that Il ia economy to begin with
fundamentals the problem OF progress
In every line of social endeavor would
be solved.
At present the sole remedy for
many industrial evils lies IN the bet
terment of roads. e
Manifestly, when time is unneces-
sarily consumed and labor wasted in
transportation of products to market
there 10 a fundamental waste One
instance win serve as an illustration.
A man loaded his wagon early one
morning with bale OF cotton and a
few bags OF the loose product. He
lived twenty-five miles from town.
The roads in that section are better
than the average. but It took him un-
I'll nightfall to reach the selling point.
He and his halfgrown son. who &C
companied him. spent the night In
town, paying the expense of lodging.
meals and keep for the team. The
second day was spent In negotiations
for the sale OF the cotton and the pur-
chasing OF a few neoessaries. They
arrived on the third day late in the
afternoon. having lost practically
three days.
That farm was mortgaged. Every
thing made from year to year was
paid out In interest and for a poor liv-
ing for the family. There was not a
dollar for improved labor-saying ma
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Woodstock. w.. April 2e. 1913
The Lost Game of Marbles.

Once on a time boys played mar
bles in Woodstock now the marbles
boy is no longer seen or heard, here
or anywhere else in New England
perhaps, and lament in a southern
paper over the passing of that his
toric game shows that at one time it
was not confined TO any one section
of the country
Marbles came with warm weather;
they opened the spring season.
Here in Woodstock, weather per-
hitting, the first game was always
played on Fast Day and this
custom was much more strictly adj
hered to than was the spirit and let
ter of the governors holiday procla-
nation
The game OF marbles was played
for fun or for keeps "a game
lacking in excitement to the present
generation, but It often enRendered
mnch spirit aud keen rivalry; sue
cess demanded some skill, and the
other hoy. You remember, usually
quit--or he had to go home =
with hulginG pockets.
The boy plays something else to-
day. lie has baseball. bat. miti
slightly larger than his small body,
and he plays in u double-header
on holidays; he has the movies.
he gets an automobile ride occasion.
ally, he may own cheap gun or a
revolver, and as general thing he
goes in for more expensive things
than marbles He is little more
sporty than the marbles boy. but
perhaps is not the worse for it,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
No More Educational Rallies

According to an announcement
made by II. d Ryder. secretary of
the new board of education, old
style educational meetings will
be discontinued in Vermont. The
board has voted to approve expendi-
lures for gatherings of teachers and
school officials, but has refused to
authorize general educational raj
lies. whose usefulness has been out
lived.
Hereafter app0infees as union
suprrintendeBts in Vermont viii be
Obliged to meet certain qualihca-
tions. Heretofore not even High
school graduation has been required
of district soperintendents. although
as matter Of fact -many If them
have been college graduates. Super
intendents who have served accepia-
bly, and are now il Office will he
granted certificates.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
HARTLAND.

Mrs. ]. G. Underwood is a guest
of her uncle, Fred r. Marsh, IN
Woodstock, this week.
George and Margaret Chase and
Miss Stone of Windsor were callers
at w. II. Giles the first of the week.
Ernest and Harland Merrill are
making repairs on the Milton Short
house.
Rev. w. f. Hill has returned to
Hartlnnd. to begin his third year as
pastor OF the First NJ. E. church.
f. E. Barbour has returned from
Cambridge, where he has been
driving team in lumber camp.
MIR. aud Mrs. Dana King aud two
children are at w. E. Lritton's.
At the Methodist Episcopal
church in the evening Of May 2,
the Commonwealth Male Quartette,
of which Arthur Carpenter is the
baritone singer, SON OF Rev. MIR.
Carpenter, former pastor OF the
church, will give a concert. Come
one, come all and hear this musical
treat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Woodstock's Dusty Streets.

Dust is flying in Woodstock 8
streets as injurnusly as ever, and
the village is up against the dust
laying problem again 1t is time to
consider plans for abating the
nuisance.
There is call for oil for the streets.
and the interested citizens are look
ing to the board of trustees to do
something without much delay. II
oil is to be used = and the success
OF last seasons trial makes the oilinR
of the business part ofthe village no
longer an experiment - there is the
matter of selecting the proper kind
of oil to be considered at once.
Doubtless a cheaper but effective oil
can be found, and thus the expense
Of general oiling of the streets
could be reduced
There would perhaps be objec-
tons to the use Of oil by house
holders here and there. and in pro-
testing sections Of the village the
sprinkling cart can still he used.
Water settles the dust temporarily,
though thirsty sprinkling carts are
terror TO housewives when they
stir mp the water from nearby ny
drants There has been more than
one appeal for oil on this account
alone.
1t is to be hoped that the board of
trustees will meet. resolve and act
before the season is much farther
advanced.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
GOVERNOR sULzER ON ROADS
In Recent Message to New York
Legislature He Laid Down Law
In No Uncertain Terms.

Governor Sulzer of New York is a
road booster OF the right type. In his
recent message to the New York
legislature he '1aid down the law" to
the Legislators in no uncertain terms.
pointed out defects in New York's
road laws and pronounced the doom
Of the spoilsmen who had been fat
tening on the peoples money, says
the Southern Good Roads. In his
message he paid this great tribute to
good roads:
I'VE know that good roads. like good
streets, make habitation along them
most desirable: they enhance the
value of farm lands, facilitate trans
portation, and add untold wealth to
the producers and consumers of the
country; they economize time. give
labor a lift and make millions IN
money; they save wear and tear and
worry and waste: they beautify the
country and bring 1t in touch with
the city; they aid the social and re-
iigious and educational and industrial
progress OF the people: they make
better homes and happier firesides;
they are the avenue of trade and the
agencies OF speedy communication:
they mean the economical transports.
ton of marketable products-tbe
maximum burden at the minimum
cost; they are the ligaments that
bind the country together In thrift
and industry and intelligence and
patriotism; they promote social In
tercourse. prevtnt intellectual stagna-
ton and increase the happiness and
prosperity of our producing masses;
they contribute to the greatness OF
the city and the glory of the country;
give employment to our idle work
men. distribute the necessaries OF
life--the products ri the fields and
the forest and the factories--encour-
age energy and hpsbandry inculcate
love for our scenic wonders. and
make mankind better and haDDier."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
e. A. SPEAR
Sunday Services.
Woodstock
Vernon

Universalist-Rev. III. l.. Garfield,
pastor; morning service at 1890,
Sunday school at las.
Congregational Rev. Benjamin
Swift, pastor. Morning service at
1910, Sunday school at tI.5o.
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeayor at 7.3o. Thursday evening
prayer meeting al 1880.
Methodist Episcopal Rev. f. t.
Clark, pastor. Services Sunday
Preaching, 1890 a. M; Sunday
school, II.45 a. M; Thursday
prayer meeting, 7.3o p. M. SUNDAY
evening meeting, 700.
Catholic - Rev. II. +. Maillet,
pastor. Mass at - a m.; evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the second
and fourth Sunday of each month
at Village hall, Quechee, at g
o'clock, and al Barnard, at the
town hall, on the second Sunday
of each month at 9 O'Clock
St. lanes Church--Rev. r. Lee
Blanc Lynch, rector. MOI ming Prayer
and Sermon 1890 a. IN Holy Com
munion on first Sunday in the month
after Morning PRAYER. Sunday
School at noon. Evening Prayer
aud sermon S p m. All are
welcome.
Christian pastoi, Rev. E. r.
Phillips. Services Sunday. Preach
ing at 1890 a. M; Sunday
school at RI; 5. G. E. at 3 p. m.
Y. p. 5. {. E.. at 7.3o p. M.
mid-week prayer meeting at 7.3o
p. m.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
FINE PRINTING
PErlTIoN FoR plvoRcE.

sT MinE. OF c VERMONT . W srsss,
Guilder of Stockbridge, VT. has duly fil d
her petition to the County Court, setting
forth, her legal marriage to Levi YAM
Guilder of Whitehall. in the State of New
York. that she hath resided for three years
in the State of Vermont. and for more
than six months past in the County of
Windsor; that she hath kept the marriage
covenant. but that the said Levi Van
Guilder hath violated the same. for that
he hath treated the said libellant with
intolerable severity. and hath wiifully
deserted the said libellant for three con-
secutivc years. and. being of sufficient
pecuniary and physical ability 70 provide
suitable maintenance for the said libellant,
hath, without cause. grossly. wantonly
and cruelty refused and neglected so to do:
wherefore the petitioner prays for a hill OF
divorce from the said Levi Van Guilder.
And whereas it appears that said Levi
Van Guilder il without this State, SO that
the summons of said Court may not be
served upon him:
1t Is Thereupon Ordered that the said
Levi Van Guilder be notified and required
to appear in and before said Court and make
answer, il any he have. and abide the
order and Judgment of said Court In the
premises. ct the term thereof next TO be
held ut Woodstock in and for the County
OF Windsor in the State Of Vermont. on tie
first Tuesday of June, A ID. 1918. upon
the first day of said term. by publishing the
substance of said petition. together with
this order. for three successive weeks. in
the Spirit of the Age. a newspaper pub
lished at Woodstock in said County. the
last publication to be at leAst three weeks
prior to said term of Court. which shall be
deemed sufficient notice to said Levi
Van Guilder;
Given under my hand. at Woodstock
in the County of Windsor. this 18th day of
KARL A. PEMBnR. Deputy Clerk
John j Wilson
Attorney for Petitioner
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

chinery, for. additional fencing, or. In
TACT, anything that would enhance the
value of the place
If this farmer had raised small mar
ketable crops-which he didn't-he
could not AFFORD the time or give up
the use Of his team to take them to
the nearest point. A few sweet pota-
toes. cotton and corn were the sole
products raised.
If his place had been mortgaged
for the building OF pike or trolley
line connecting him with a market
there would be hope of paying out.
As conditions are. he gets poorer and
more hopeless every year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
White River Junction.
rRAINoR M'cARrHY.

Raymond ]. Trainor Of this
village and Miss Florence Mccarthy
of Lewiston, Maine, were married
at eight o'clock Monday morning al
Lewiston. At noon the newly
welded pair left for Boston AND
after a wedding trip will reside here
at White River Junction, where the
groom is well known lawyer and
states attorney of Windsor county.
The bride is the daughter Of Charles
and Theresa Mccarthy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Changes in the Constitution.

Gov. Allen N Fletcher has issued
u proclamation announcing that the
eight articles Of amendment to the
state constitution, submitted TO the
voters al tile March election. have
been daily ratified and adopted by
the people y iliis state aud have be-
come a part u ~ institution
All maRisirat' nui ilife's and all
citizens 81 ihe star. ,re requirei TO
take notice thereof and 10 govern
themselves accordingly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
ELM TREE PRESS
FINE PUBLICATIONS

Herbert Myrick and James M
Cunningham, publisher of the
Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead
of Springfield, Mass, were found
guilty OF conspiracy to obtain ille-
gally second-class mailing privileges
Tor that publication by jury in the
United States district court. The
men were tried on two indictments
and the jury found them guilty on
each.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Windsor Wants to Know.

Seeking points on how a munich
pality should behave after having
summer capital hanors thrust upon
it, the Windsor Board of Trade has
written 10 the Beverly (Mass.
Board of Trade. asking how Beverly
worried through fonr years Of serv-
ing as the summer home If presi-
dept Secretary r + johnson ni
the Beverly board sent a letter Civ
ing the vermonters all the Informal
tion it was possible TO gather on the
subject
TO BUILD THE WILSON ROAD.
To reach the summer White
House at Cornish. President Wilson
will be driven over the " Wilson
road" so named by the New IIamr-
shire Legislature. in honor Of the
president. An appropriation Of $l2..
600 for the improvement OF the road,
which leads from the village OF
Cornish To the estate to be occupied
by the president. was passed unani-
mously in response to = special mes
sage from Governor FeIker,
OFFICES AT WINDSOR
The federal building ataWindsor
will be used for executive Offices
during the time that President Viii
son passes at the summer White
House, II has been announced
Court rooms on the second floor
of The building, which are ordina-
riIy used but few days each wear,
will be utilized by Washington
officials and telegraph companies
are making plans for the establish
ment of branch offices in the build
ing There are Ave or six rooms
available.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
New Express Company in Yer
mont.

The Bellows Falls Times hears
that another express company is to
try and get foothold in Vermont,
which has offices in many New
England cities, heing direct com
petitor of the American. Packages
weighing two pounds or less will be
carried for IS cents, with low rates
by the hundred. With the COMPETE
ton the express companies are
getting just now from the parcel
post it would seem poor lime TO
start in; or, it may be the profits of
the business are much greater than
the public supposed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS

An addition to Andrew Dimick's
blacksmith, shop is under way, and
wood work viii be done there,
Frank Vaughan has purchased AZ,
interest in the business.
Seven candidates received the
third and fourth degrees at the last
Grange meeting
Mrs. Gertrude Parker is at home
from Washington, D. c., and will
occupy the house across the bridge
Ed Gokey, who has work IL
Woc dstoct. has moved his family
to Hollis Alerlill's in Sherburne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

The Burlington fire department
got new job Saturday night, when
it was called out to subdue family.
A man and his wife became involved
i'll noisy controversy and in the
excitement a neighbor called on the
fire department instead OF the police.
AS a consequence, automobile truck,
chief and all arrived, just in time to
hear the parting words between the
two.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Frog Frightened a Horse
Tip-over.

A yergennes frog was responsible
tor a-tip-over in that place recently.
As 9. Fl. Sturtevant was driving
along over sluice, = frog jumped
into the water with a ker-plnnk,
the horse SO il SHE'D,
tipped the outfit over and spilled the
{ occupants into the water. The
wagon was somewhat damaged.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
win Lead the ID. A. r.

Mrs. William Cummins Story, OF
New York, head of the conservative
faction, has been elected president
general Of the Society Of the Daugh-
tiers Of the iican Revolution,
defeating Mrs. John Miller Horton,
of Buffalo. the administration can
didate, on the third ballot. The vote
stood: Mrs. Story, 600; Mrs. Hor-
fon, 40.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Hotel Fire Costs Seven Lives

Seven persons were burned to
death, two were seriously injured by
jumping from the third story, and
others were rescued by firemen in a
fire at Malone, N. Y, which
destroyed the De Wilson Hotel, an
old wooden structure. The blaze
was caused by an explosion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

Five more cases of smallpox have
bsen discovered in w inooski by the
health department. This makes a
total of 8 in all, distributed among
10 families. In not one case had
the victim been vaccinated but the
disease is of the mild type which has
been prevalent during the past year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
Former Vermonters Have
"Sugar Eat"

About 200 former Vermonters
attended the annual 'ssugar eat" in
Masonic hall, Springfield Mass,
Tuesday evening, April IS. The
sugar was served on little cakes OF
snow which had been kept in cold
storage two months.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
DEATHS

In Woodstock, April 20, Mrs. Frances
H. Powers, aged rs years.
In South Woodstock, April "a, Mrs.
James Hoadley, aged SO years.
In Ludlow, April 10, Mrs. Leighton
G. Fullam, in her 9th year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

Daniel III. Cray, for several years
a well known foreman of the mills
of the International Paper Co.,
Bellows Falls, is circulating petit
ton among the business houses of
Bellows Falls asking for his appoint
mennt to the position of postmaster
there
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
SOUTH PoMFRET

The Winslow farms will be sold at
/ o'clock today to the highest bidder.
Charles Shurtleff was he,e looking
over his place Sunday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

Two million dollars worth of
silks and woolens were stolen from
trucks during the past year and sold
through string of licences in
many cities, says Louis J. Sherman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

Louis Z. Clark, of Burlington and
New York, has made gift of $Ioo
to be used exclusively for prizes IN
shooting competitions at the Uniyer-
sity of Vermont. This money is to
be expended within period Of
three years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
BIRTHS

In Bridgewater, April 20, daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snow.
In Taftsville, April 10, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellery Balch.
In Briggs, April 20, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Sloane.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26
MARRIAGES

In White River Junction, April %, by
Rev. G. C. Delany, Miss Margaret Deg
nan and Andrew Chadbourne.
In White River Junction, April 10, by
Rev. C. F. Burroughs, Miss Edith Ploof
and Frank Smith.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

May I3-I6--Annual meeting OF
Vermont grand bodies OF Odd Fell
lows at Burlington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-04-26

June o-II-Ai nual encamp .nent,
department ot Vermont, G. A. r.,
at Rutland.