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THE
F THE
. WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The Pepple's Rights -A Representathe ncrr.ccracy The Union and the Constltution yithout AnyIntractions
VOL. L. 0.34 WHOLE NO. 4485,
SATRPAY, DECEMBER 28, 1911
THE SPIRIT OF THE, AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
POMFRET.
-PliBLIC LinRAUY NO I BS '
VVJ.JiHve?usi pliicciti the hhelven
of the Hiiniuess Meit's Uiaiich
libntry ui I'oriifiet Center tjvi copies
'ol Kev. t-haiies l U.nles bcnnoii uii
" 1 he Uuiihcliold Religion," wliich
wus preiiched iu his clmicl) nti
Juue, iiiul. nppeined 111 the Spiing-
field Kepulilican iu AugMSt.
Reuuidiiiu llns beunon, fifcsKkia
'1 lioinns tit .Nlidiilebm y c.llfi
VVrit'eH, " 1 II III gllld )Oll lllVOlLll lliC
with a copy ot Uie betnion .n
Hoiisehold keligion. It is u btroi j,
presentiillon ot u henutlb itild nnpoi
tit ii t subjecf, 1 vvibli it iuiglit eon.e
htilllu lu lill ulir Vciniotil people.'
And Mis Giiitv'iii Duiicnn, wile m
Kcv. Duticitn u t diiilun, Miim.,
vvriith, " und wiicn ihe cop, ui bt.
Dolc'a ' lluiist-hold Rcliniut.
uriived, 1 lunged Ui tlnnik yuu ii
pelbOH. Mi. Duneiill .and 1 ll.iVi
It'lid U ltt;t:1 licl , iUUl letelied. otlil'
tu lls wisc woulb. Dr Dnle'b pmii
pl lei, tiiplmsizth jiihl tlie iniiigh
itll need lo bt;t niiuul doiiig cliiil , n m
1 thaiik Oii foi bnnging it beloi
nio "'; Hiid Mia. Alice J.bpiiltei 1 1
YY iuchtuidon, Aiiiss., vvntes,' ,'
thiiuk yuu veiy much fot bl'iuliiig iiii
a cnpy ut ' 1 lic lititihtbdid Kcliy
ion.' 1 liuvc ictid It iilid )e-il-iul n.
and wisli evt-iy tliiiiUiug 'peit-oi
pusscb&ed a copV ' (
Woiu tliiiir'u-diiZfii cit oiii Piniiliu
people luive iiliei'Uy lea'd it, iindllin
fcacfi txpitss llie biune o'p'inion .i
ib j'tihl tlie lliiujj vve neirci.''"c . ,
Abk libitniiill t'eiUilib'lo loiiu t.
a cupy. '1 lii's beiintiii vvill linvt
vvidc leiuling iiniiilig ulir ln uv
people. , -
if.ollowitig tbis ve, sluill pbice iai
the shelves tw"o copjes ,o 1 lie
Uifiilen of i'oveity. V iiiit Vu !'")"
.by the saiue aUtlioiv '
faonie hait dozeii (il uitr penp.e
hii ve ali tiidy.ieml ille Kiiigle top) o'
tliis boiijc which we ovvn, and liavi
exp'rcsb'ed inteusc interest iu tlu
subject.
'l'lle- book -belongeto u 1'he'Ait of
Life Series,'' editbd by lidvnn.
Hqwaid -riggf), and pulilished bj
B. VV. lliubhcli, New York.
Latui- on yj be plnced on tl e
shelves, uThe Oolden - little u
Busiiiebb," and f Luxiiy litid, Sacii
fice," by Dr. Dciei 'I'hetie bejon i
k. V btttjsiVX oi'th V liile er5s?'
published by "4,lnrtids. G. CAyvtli
and Co;, New York. "
Al'ter' o'ur tovvi't.peopfe Jiave rean
thebe-bookH, we will 'biiliii theni
'1'b'e CtiminK fetiple" and." 1 h
Sp.irif.'of l)emoci;dc,"whjchi tu
vvill read with tltliibated iuteic-Rtr
AnDA DqtON CllAMDUltLIN,
. f ' ljiln'inuu
- SpUTH POMERET .
The election of Teiio Un nn
ofiicers yalllnln'y evenin lesnlieil a
fullows: Miitei, II. E. Luei .
overseer, Mrs. G l'v. GreeiiV; lec
turer, Mrs. C J. Maxham; stewimi,
5. F. sGree,if'e,; jlRsiblaiit steVanu
Cecil Huitlett; cliaplain, Mrs.nMai'i
Pratt tieasiuer, VValter' E. I'etkins;
scci'elaiy, Miss' Martha Maxlrani!
gatekeeper, I'muV Totmanj, Ceij-.-Mrs,
il, E. Ltice; Pun.ona,' -,u..
Alice C.rdvviiy ;'rior. Mim. V.
lirown i liid.yiabbibfaiithtfWaMl.
Giar.t. U'obb; , , '' ' , . ! -
Ten'go Ginngci Ayili h"old a salc !
fa(icy arlicles "uesdaV' eVeniiij;,
Deceinber3t- '
Cliailes l'ciiy and CIiiih. Nevvtiu
finished vork at " Cliiudland fa'iii
Satuiday nigfit, ,nii lije.Jallef, u
UHMstmt' hiB tallier in
!.. . .I.E. 1
the. wiioi
busitlesb tbis week. ' '
. HARTLAND.
Lee II. Grabain, a soph un'ore al
DartiyoUth, is with his paients, Mr
nd Mrs. Q. E. Graham, 1tr tlu
lioltdays.
Mife Marion E. Rfed of Si.
Johtisbury is with herraiidpiireiitx,
Mr. and M.ts. R. W, lleadlc, for
tdn.-drfys' A'.Tcufion.
Helen Cian'dall, Elizabeth and
Wade Vcl)fitcr, stutlent rt;.V.obil
ptock Hiyh scbool, arc Vpcutiing a
t
with tlvir
F. A. Cran-
. Miss Mae 1'oiter, u Rtudcut in thu
Mniidj:, ficliool 1,1 Northfield, ts with
Mr. ,'antl Mib. D. C. VVebsteKfor her
Cliiifltinas vacatjnni
- " ScIxioIh (n thls villnne chm'd Dec.
20 for n weeU's vacntion.
J. G. Uii(erwooil tnnk a btisineKs
lip to Uootnn Itibt week.
Misr Mae Henuett wentto Undge
)ort, Co'nn., Dec, iS, to' spend tln
iinliiliiys with hei' niece, Mrs. Fran
Heiinett, and famlly.
- L'ol. Uennelt is in Uoston for the
tiilbdnyK.
Mrl'fiind lr. J. G. Underwncx
vept to ,Altsvton,;Mus8M Dec. 24, ti
spe.nd the. hoirdavS,Svtli hiB.purcnUi
.Mr.and Mih. G; D?Uvii!ikbwJ.v
pelier is with ber pnrent foitl'
inilulaya.
BRIDGEWATER,
A1mhi was born to Mr and iSJr.
lingl'ue W'oodsi ol - Lyuti,
Uec. 16. V;
v.; i-
MltBS.
A Very suvceKAltil dartce waagiven
il Uiiiuii liall b'atilrdny nigfit.
Ciirl S. Himwii, a b'ltident at Mt
Ueiniou, Northfield, Mass., is WHl
iiis' pnieiiis, Mr. and Mrs. ii. B.
iduwii, for the hnlidays.
1 here wus a good alteildance al
ilie Cliristiuau seiviceat tlie chuicll
-iiinday.
Mi i. Noiman Dayis, vvlio utider
tvenl 11 ti oneiatioii 111 Uoblon. ib
itritei and exp'ectsr to ciinie himii
oiiit. Mr. Uavis returneu somt-
in ys mo,
WEST WOODSTOCK.
I I108, I. Adnnis and ,wite, al.-o
lialpli, spent Chrislmas in M11
. jUur -. .tenclier, Misb Orant,
pt'iidlriL;' lli'i. viicatfon at hei bome
111 I nnbiidge.
w
Chailts Jf Cobb has ..ii' poMtitn
vith the Suilivan Aracliine.cuiiipauy
.t A.laiciiiiiit.
Mis. Johephine .VI. Ilaibei iswith
a-1 bi'ii and fannlyat piinglield fot
1 lew days. NIiak Kelle McLlay t
it C. ti. ililei'sdtnini'Jliel:abbeiice.
. 1: Macir 'was at Gieenrleld,
hibH , iittending the poultry exliibi;
lion.
IJaiold Mack and Ralpli Spattld
'iig 'ine at liome 1'oV Jii two-weekb-'
oii;cn'tion. '
Mibses Ruth and liertba Slack
cuibed their schoolb for tlie bolidays'
niil aie at hMne.
Misb Grnce Royce of New Yoii
city is with her paients, Mr. ann
VI is. 1'bilip Royce.
ThE SUGAR MAKERS.
Vermont Association To Have
Session At Burlington
Jdn. 7 and 8tJ
I'he 7Uth niinuul mefting ol Vei
iiniiL Maple Sugar RlakorB' AHspeJa
imii will lake plui'o in itnrlinli.i
Ifiiiiutry 7 iind .8. iinmt'Iliately pit
I'liiiK tlio ai'iinial inectitiR of 1 In
riiiont. Dairymen'8 Ahfi"ciation.
AiiKiiifi the npeakerH are: A llugi
tiyun, clu'ef of nugar lubiiratn'rv.
nipnttiuent..oI Clifin'iHtry, WaHliinv,
ii, D (J . ilnd Wjlliam II Wurreu.
rnfeH8nr of cdeiuiHlry ut Wlleatoi
JollfKf, Niirtoii,".MuH'a: ,
l!iiH 'aHKiHnatioii, pnya ,uiiniiiir
yr $2(JU fii i'mhTi pifiiiiuiiiH mi rx,
liiiitn of I'miplt! MHKur u'nd. Hvr'ui,
tll iiiuila Hiigiti iniikeiartliiiiilil inaki
11 pnint' tu aut'ml tliis nieciing ain
, rt-) itblfilrtr-,iil lliU'lihii'8'iti lliin iiii
i'iiiiiil.V.(;nii(iiitiudiiniVy Adili'oi'
iH,H(:n?niry, rj H. Cliapifi, Aliildli"
fxVnr jirniiuh'iunrph'iniiiiii Hht. ,
Bethel Has Fevy Dealhs.
JireiiidiiiK to tlie rVnirdB pf yiia,
atisih-K in tlie- U.wliel l';fvii elerkV
ffii.-t, it iiiimt liuvn been rather liani
viirk for tlio iueilicnl fralernity ti
nake ends ineoi ir Inte; Tlicre
ifii hirtliB reportftl dniing the rnnntii
if iNovember tlintih two Novemb'!
nirths were' laltr reported in the
inttnth ot Deuember. Thero wore no
lealbs rwported froin tlmt of ili-H
AltuiIiH Qfrtey. tv'hloh ocoiirred Sep-
tenibor 14, to tliat 6f William Magi
venev, wliieU occnrred Doc. 15.
Subscxibe for Tlie Age. 1.00
two weeks vacntipn
piiieiits, Mr. iind Nlrs
lnll, and Mr. nnd
VVebMei,
A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION
To your friend who enjoyn good
lendiiig yuu cun inake tio butter ur
iiinro ueeontablo (JluistniuB oilt liinu
1 HubHuriptioii to tlie Uouton Eveuing
l ruiiHuript.
I'ho puhliHheru have issued
teutly Diigiuveil siibflcription eortili-
iie to be givuu to those ordonii
iie puper aa a Imliduy olloring
liifh tiiuy bo Hunt liy tnail to reaul
le reuipieut at (JliriHtmnti time. '
Kree huiiiuIo copiea ntni nited Vvill
H Oheerfully furtiiulied by the Uoa-
"iiuVf iiiimitnpt (Jo Ifosion, Miibb,
Greater Vermont Ndtes.
I'lio biards of trade of Windsor
itiiuiityygave Btrong support to th
iinivemnt to Bocuro an ngrioultinal
viHer;fof tho couuty, lioarda of
iraile tt
Wiiulnor, White River
iiHictiiin8priiigriolil, Ludlow, und
.he ijpriiiufield fileicliaiits' Absoum-
iuit andtfio Woodstock UuHinraR
ileii h uHSQcmtion nmdo appropria
noiiB. TliSlFirat National Bunk of
Vliito Rtvw Junction volttnteered ti
MiitiibnioJR) the funil.
VEHMON"l
!(.ArPI.HS at
f IIAItHKI..
$14 A
V;enii(uitSpp!i)s topping the mai
Ket iu 'Ne3Yotk hroughiu. lepre-
.iHiitative 01" the nKriaultnral atid
N-iiuiitry life magazine, Tho Countri
leuilenuiii, iiitn Vermont for un in
feHtigutiou, ln tlie ntunlier for Dec.
7 be deseribea the ivho, how and
'.vhy nf fitmiy Northern Spies from
Vernmnt at S14 a burreL The left-
'Onw tho u'littr druvvs fnmi the n-
Tiaonljniuy Hiic'cens of Mr. Hemeji'-
ivay of Addison eotinlyare: 1'irst
tvatuhfnl caro und culture of the
i ropB ; Beeond, tho utjnosf caro in
picking, grading nnd paeking tlif
frnit ;' th'utl, aelectitig a good corn,
inisRion 1111111 and Btaudiug by himJ'
That.Was Dlfferent '
"Now, Noguchl. la tho xnattor of
your woges," sald Mrs. De Itlcli to
the candlilato for the offlco of Jap
uncso butlor.
'Money no object," amlled NoKUchl.-
"Oh. indeed! How nlcol" sald Mrs.
X3o Itlch. "You mcon that you will
wcrk for nothlng?"
"No, no. no!" crled Nosucht. "Me
mcan rae no object to monoy." H&r-T-er'e
Woekly.
Publlclty.
"So you have a grlevanco ngatnst
Iho newspapcrs." aald tbe publlsher
wcarlly.
"I havo." repllod Mr. Dustln Stax
"1( a man wonts to Btart a buslnoai
be haa to phy for ndvortialng by tbe
incb But when a candtdato comes'
along tt ie handed to hlnj"'gratls b
the column."
No Polltlca Authorlty.
"Wbat bocarao of tbat smart little
offlco boy you had all durlng the sum-
merT" )
"Tho.chlef clerk had to flro hlm."
"So.rter fell down ln .his work, ohT"
"Not altogether. It was all rfght
as long as ho was a part of tho offlco'e
baaeball controversles, but when hr
started to butt In on florae of tho fall
polltlca.they had to lot hlm go."
Incompetent.
Mrs, Kallor Cooks are such Ignor
ant thlngr nowadays.
Mra Justwod Aren't they? ''-Thev
ecan't do the slmplest thlngs'. I naked
rtfne .to mako some sweetbroads tho
othor'day and ahe sald aho couldu'L
McCall's Magazine.
: jl' '
Btranger Thn Flctl'on. . ,
"Comlng Into tho clty thls morntng.
I at Just behlnd two Iawyer3.''i
"Well. th'ere was uofjiln'gl' romnrk
inlp obout that,"
'Thorp wasn't, "eh? They wpro. riot'
.hlkliiK $b'2h"t ' '?:
Wnl'ter H. d:ock'eft linr cnmnler'i!
l.iiR con'neclion vyit'h the Mnnipl'(teV
lnliinnl n' fililiir He will nrtw,
devote.his.tiWie to the piibjicntion'f'
ih) New EnglntiM Fnrnier'Wjiicli Jje
Vnis beeii" canying on "in'coiinection
with bTa work on.the Journal.
Diniiiige1 cstimn'ted nt nbotit $306,-
000 was ciiused Dec aiijNjby fire
tluit Ibleiitfiicd to Mweep the, exteh
sive phintofithe W.nsfiif CarCbi, at
SDiitiL'belil. Mass.'
Two sheds, too feet loopmUl two
htories Ui, .filled with valnable
hmdwopd Itimlieij were destioed
with their contents.
One.Juindied arid tvyenty-two in
the shiide is the record of the fiist
heat wnve experienced iri Australia
during its piebent bummer.
Green Cut Bone and Meat
in a iplendid cold weather Pilultrj
Food. iSend us yotii check op inoney
qrder for $3.75 arid we yill,shipyou
n 200 poitud barre), freight prepntd
to your, riiilrbad sta,tiori. GAitnot.t
S. Page, 4l de Sa.tk, Vertppnt,.
PVZZhE OF MANYAGES
By EDQAR ELL8W0RTH OWEN.
KCORDS of tho
fllght of tlmo
Wfiro in a uorry
muumo m um
eariy agos. you
nccupi an a mui-
ter or ract tne ar-
rlyal o New
Year'a. day and
dld havo a aya-
tematlo plan lt
might opon up ln
the early BDrlnc-
tlmo, or late ln
fall.or someothor
tlmo of tho year
aa we know lt
now. Little raoro than twenty contu
rlea of tho earth'a annual celostlal
toura havo beofl talllod with the year
as tho unlt of time, Thia innoration
is credlted to Eratosthenes, mathe-
matlclar. and phllosopher, who hold a 305 days, but tho caro of ttfe calon
Job rin. librarlan for ,one of tho Ptol- dar waa left with certaVn dfflcials with
emyB. at Alexandrla about 254 yoars dlscretlon , 'to Intercalato iridfe or few
bcforo Christ Eratosthenea no doubt er days,, To prblong tho'tbrms of of
found dellght ln devlslng a ayBtem by noo or to haaton electiona the qUes
Whlch future agea could eat tholr tlon jf tho calendar waa ignored.
moalo and go to bed.-and get up ogain -whon Jullua Caesar camo Into power
without having to. flrst run out lato he found tho civll equlnox dlffered
tho yard to aeo whoro tho aUn or from tho astronomical by throo
moon or uomo atarry constollatlon montha. Winter m'ontha had been car
might chance to be, Hed back Into autumn'-and autumn
Wo all know that the year, Is 4he "Into aumme'r. " " "
perlod In whlch. too aun makea acom- Soslgenea, an ,'old mathematlclan
ploto circult .ot iho. hoavens and -re- who waa iamtUar with ho stars
turno to. the point. in tho -zodlao ;than any man of hls.'tlmej ,came- to.
whence it atarted, but wo nover atop; tjaesar'a rescuo and dovlsed a plan
to qUost on poyi pr whjr; It ia enough-.o. put an-end' to tho dlsonjr. Tho
for ua that calendara .apd almanaca CivH -year wua Tegulatcd, ntlroly by
are thrown or way for tho askJng.-tuQ BUll and rwaa 'flied at 65 daya.
Whoreln.wo flnd :each. day of thA,uhe quarter dayhelhs a,dded to each
month anrf of .the year- carefully num- ollrth yoar nB- Vq have itnow. ITho
?e 1 1 r ' '.'ii' .orlglnal plrih "waa' to havo thlrty-d'no
yefuw.uro ui uie uriatian era
nnd extend from January 1 to Decora-
ber, 31. oXhls era waa- flrst used by
Dtonysius JJxlgus- in' A. D. 533. It was
moro' than' a?. thbueand years boforo
tho yeap WAa be'gutt ,on ,'January 1 by '
many natlOns.) Iefqro tho days of
iSratosthones.'j 'thero- sberas to havo
been no crying demandfor a preclso
plaj of 'countlng tlmo. In opo clty .
tbe feckqnlng Wns byJa, :aucceaBlon.TOf
klngs. in another ttf .a. succeeolon of
maglstratea pf prlesta.' Evon, after
tho adoptlon in EUi-opeari countries of "
tho' Chrlstlan ony thero, were so mnriy'
methods of datlhg natlbnal, provlh'- '
clal and e'ccleslaBtlcal--that only; con-
lusion comq reeuii, Aiytnoiogy. jong
hnd.lipl.d a. hlghor' placo than astron
omy. ,
PeoploB of -BgypLand.Bab'ylonla nrfi '
sald, to have be'oh tw"IseY -thiin , thoao
of otlior natlona thatfflgura Injtho ecn
turjea'followlng' thera.- 9ages of. thoao.i
oldon tlraes woro fanfiliar wlth,thd.
heUvonB.. but tho'GrcekB who1 follawo'd.
them cbuld not calcdatd"th"o a'dvoiit'.,
ot, tholr WMnaln''e6&ist(oiv.,vlth.'
iuo nuu. .nourowu oeiaro gqins
down into Egypt and thoyrabldns
boforo tho: tlmo of Mohammed calcu-
lated tlmo only by tho moon. They
flgured J2 lunntlons or 354 daya aa
the diiratlon of the year." On that
baals tho New Year'a day" returncd to
ihn nm0 HonBnn nnn n m
Moaea Ib Sald to havo ob'tarned all of
hfa 'chr'onoloirlcal ' knoivlftdeft fmn
tne Egyptiana
of tho" t'roplcal
Somo trpublea' ot- tho Jowa In.koep.
Ing thclr calendar atra'lghi; ara told in
tho JewlBh encycfop-edia'. In :oarljc,
.1 , . .u.
every two; or.'three yeartL. Calcula,
1IUIUD UU UAIIU 'I1IUUU1 VaD. lUlUWUilllU
tlona of the rolativo longth of tha
solar and lunar yeara wero .hando.d
who loarnea thoTlongtn "-"''V "J"r
year bV obaervlrig tho tna,?lta P Caosar. But thon camq ,thiit
down by traditlona In, tho patrlarphiaU oupea tho equmox rou on thczsth
family. It,waa poBsibie also to Judgo 1 ' AIarc' ln tha corao of a- few con
by" tho graln -harvcst If tho -month. turles lt changed. Tho error ln tlmo
of Nlsan, arrlved 'niid tho eun waa bo nmounted to a. day, in 128 yoar8.- Ih
far from', , tho" Vernnl equfnox that lt 1G82 Popo.'.Gregory XIII. 'abollshed tho
! could' noti reach' i by tho 16th of tho Jullan calondar in all Cathollo coun-
montn. tno month -Whb not cn.lled NN
aan, but Ada.r Shenl (accond)
Tho country pcoplo and ktho inhab
, ltnhta of ' BAbvlonla wcro lnformod of
the "bcglnnlng -of tho month by flro
elghals, carrlcd frcm,ABtatlon to ata
?tlon In tho moun&Jn' eou'ntfy.
"Under tho patrlarchato of , Rabbl
Judah I.," aayli.the, .Je'wlBh'J' encyclo-
pedla, "the Samarltana, ln order to conv
fuso tho Jews. aot flro signalaj.ht dm-
, 'ij'.ii;..j:,Sr'5..i. a.j.
Jpa t9 'W''ln6-o'rrbt'iwUh regarAlifc01? Crirlstlan ountry that .doea
.- tq tho ".'day of'tljo' npwtlmoonrt Rab'bd- f0111-
juaau , ai?coro,ingiy 'aooiisncu? mo nro
aignala, and employcd mcssongera."
Tho Jowlsh caleudqr reckona tho
days from eyonlng, to evonlnET -lfa
cordanco with ifi6 tidir obserfasd Ifi
tho biwr5al'apunt of tho. oreatlon.
Tho JgwIbu. cyclo In nlneteon yeara
excecds iho Oregorlan by 2 houra, 8
'mlnutoa and 15.3 aeconds. Thia makea
a dlaerenco m a hunarea cycles
(1,000 yeara) of 8 daya, 21 hburs, 45
mlnutea and 5 scconda. Tho assumod
duratlon pf tho Bolar yoar ls 0 mln
utoa 38 25-57 aeconds ln excess of the
truo astronomical valuo, whlch wllj
cauao the datea ot tho commoncomont
of future Jowlsh yeara, that are eo
calculated, to advahco from the equl
nox n. day in orror ln 21G yeara.
All Europoan countrlca borrowed
clvll calondara from tho Romana. The
year began. with March and that ac
counta for tho prcsent namca ot tha
last four months of the ycar. In the'
rolgn'of Numa two montha wero add?
fedJanuary et'Uier begiaBlD osd Feb-
ruary at tho end. In 543 D. C. Feb-
ruary was glren Jta proeent placo. At
that tlmo tho months had twenty-nlno
ana thlrty daya altornately, bo that
me year had 345 daya; to mako thia
m0re fortunato undor the old super-
sution that "luclc lles in odd num-
bers," one day waB addod, The roobn
m'akca a rovolutlon ln about twenty-
Bino and ono-half daya and twelyq lu-
k nevor 00- natlona form a perlod of 354 daya. To
turs to you that Eet the clvll calendar ovon with the
thero might not solar ypar Numa ordored, an addft'on
ba, a new yoar, a.1 month to he fniferted' eWery ie6nd
nor any year, and ycar botweeri, tno?2W6;'nd, 21 " of
Vyen if tho yeiir February, conslatfrfg' 6'f tweffty'-two
nnd twenty-threo daya altorntaly.
Thua four yeara contalned l,46ff'days
in"d th.p pean. length of tho year was
Atrnii. An va. Thin wna n'tio iJla' Ann
mubh. From an effort to' .ndjuat mat-
. ' ( - i... '.4k-J'ji '
bcia uiuiu uuuiuauu TesuiLuu,
PoUtlolana of that day wcro :no lesa
proqo. to' manlpulato affalrs to tholr
own advantage ihan they are today.
Evory thlrd perlod o"r qight yeara waa
to contaln 'only ttireft lriprcal'ary
mqrjths instead'-or fUr. Thi's would
niinn ihn mirn ini;( nr.ihii
dayB eacn for tho flrst... thlrd, ntth.
seventb, nlnth and' cleventh" months,
and' ftho other montha thlr.ty, except
February, whlch waa to bave twonty-
j'i,.
8ervno a. janllor. of heaven "andUt
the 'samo tlmo gUardlan of oatea and
door8 0nearth. He prcslded . over
th h.nii,i;inn ..,ihi.A u
. ;ao natufal that the flrst month
ehould" ba called ln hl. honor...
,
. . , ' ..t . .
nino on common y oara ana tnirty eacn
fourtn yelr- Thia would hayq beon'
80 "n"011 .m0 almplo that .had lt boen
Ruu "oc,a "nVta-lor Ji"TvfTr
lu?- Jnea . l. e,ur .ais
1nT.n,am.? J""8' h,e flW,
aa' July. Ono day "waa taken from-;
-rk-"-!. ..... . ,''.-
RnQ ?.aae ,. AB
" 'f""
yhen. tho Jullan calendar waa ln-
iwhb unu inLrouucgu iuo one now in
ugd. At that time the equlnox had
(,llppe(l back to Mareh 11. ,Ten daya
wero droppei from tho calondar.
Evory one hundredth year that by tho
old.atyle wp.ujd bea. loop year-Vaa to
bo a comWb'n yenr, tlio fourth century
dlvfslble. by fd'ur 'exoepted; 160Q was
to, b.e a, leap yoar, but 1700, 1800, 1900
of thq commod'length, and2000ajeap
)--BKa l;0'1 H T v ,!
. to acceU thia methods but'Russla IB
rAiuiuui,u lui uiuu vutulco wu
'wa? 80 groat varioty iu. tho aelcctlon
of. the day rogarded aa tho flrat of tho
year. rollgloua obBarvance'a and feative
rejoloing wero gonoral among'all poo-
ples Egyptlans, Jews, Chlneso, Ito-
mana arid MohamniGdans. Solomu ,In-
auguration of the new ycar waa ono
of tho customs retalned upon tho os-
ULDiisumeni. 01 vjnnsuanny. -ine uaio
rangod from ChrlBtmaa to Eaater un
tll- lato ln tho Blxteonth contury
Flnally tho ddte waa. acccptod that
had bccn namcd by Numa, who also
had namcd tho monti. ln honor' of
Janus, tho two-faccd, who was thua
aupposed to turn at onco back upon
the old yoar and fonvard to tho, new.
Fcaatlng and tho lnterchange Of
presenta havo been cuatomary ln all
igea bo far aa can bo learnod from
rccords of cclebratlons of thia. day,
AViBhlng a Happy Now Year has beon
a custom as old as rintfqultyi but lot
Ua hope it mnr nover grow bo old aa
0 bo out bf Qeiev Ohtcaga Itecord.
r- rh s r-ri
1
' TrriVif nr'e rt 1nttVtf nrmllrt WmM. In nlmrtx
ocner caesar-ana BDoiica lt an. .juiv
1 m imm 1 r r
J
U8T the other day it waa chron-
lcled tbat fura valucd at $725,
000' wero brought to Edmonton.
Albcrta. from tho north coun
try and trans-shlpped to Lon-
don, Enrls, St. Petorsburg Now Yort
and Boston to supply half the wjrld
eventually., Threo great coinpanlea
aent ln fura vdlued at $025,000. whlle
lndopen'dont tradera brought ln the
balancei -(Tho catch of fox furs waa
espoclally . large. Thero are se.veral
ailver fbx aldna app'ralsed from $i.250
to $1,500. Expqrlenced trappers havo
thls year made, from $1,500 to $2,000.
on tho averago.
Scattered thp length.and breath of
the great lone land of northern Cdn-
,ada and along.the lonely coast of Lab-
rador at. Cartwrlght. Rigolet, and ,ther6 extend open; Bhelves On ono
even to' Davla tnlet. and stlll again s'ldo a'Bectibn of thcse lsrglyen over
about tho shorea of Hudson bay. re- fo wasbbowla of a white porcelaln,
flned and Intelllgent Scotch( EngliBhwIth bluq pa.tterh',' The shelf Just bo
and .(panadiun famillea Hve; taking low holds.more boVls and sbme socks;
chargo 0 tho lone tradlng posts of that "b'pneafh "ls fprj . worsteds and
tho oldeBtUrust in the world i heavy iinderwear. Men'a sujt flntBh
Round about them stret'chea the th,e p.mpartment Adjaceht to lt one
-wildernesa. North of Qartwrlgllt: ih1 flhdB a 8ectIon-..wlth. Bults-of pllskln,
.fact, arid nlmo'st at tliat placo Itself,"- 'Of 'hiIrtB strlped. ln blue .'and. white,
ttiere la not even a treo of' tnnlt.; paneof plneapplea and tomatoes. Un
thlcker than a sapllngla to comrorf;, drshlntsetoo'., flgiire ln tho avftjjdblea
the eyo; for' It la beyond, the tree llrie:' for tradlng. Down. from the celllng
Outslde, about tho post; ln thq wlbter ' lroh" buckets suspend; in ' -a' corner
'nlghts. tho wolvea. como and'iiowl jifld thero ato boxcs. .Cans,, of , penchea.
tho call of the w.Jld Ib answbred, by(l)bandtes (of .brooro'a', theBe, . too,, aro
the yelp of'the Eaklrnq dog.who 'la, liere. open to b'arter:' -pot
, a dog at all but a epecles, 'Of 1 ' . pinoy ,Pelti ln". Trdde.'
wo,f- ' ' ' :' " ' r A genlal young agonU lnduee'd to
Shlp Long Awalted, by Exllek ,, 1 COm&T her"e from Scotlond)(nder a
'-Ofr to one 'alde Is.tho humble -mbn's twp jfdr 'contraci,' takes". doljght ln
houso. Thero somo Indjans, or Eskl- ' Bhbwng,viBltorB xtrbund. Ho' reaervea
mo or half breed' trappei-8 for the" Vfor'lh'e last, tjja , great cheat lnf whlch
cdmpany. who have como ln wlttf the aro "kebt the fura. arrlved Blnco'the
ilo'dd.of fur. mako merry, In thomttle
whltqwashed home, beforo t,hp, tW'E
flro. tho faetor and hla wlfe jjathorl
'arid read-and. wrlte lotters edch'6ne.l
long. long5 ietter. a yoiumo almosu. to man who '6'dlight' If 'took lt ou.lnpar
which thoy add' as' 'fancy dictatea, for ' ter. Two or throp sllver foxes aro
lt cannot, go. untll -the passago .opens . brought; , ln a yoar; acinft xif thoao net
'Iri th'o, sprlng,, And thent In' tho fdp--, the''p"oor trapper $500. Ono, year tho
tbr'a' home. and ln the monls IiOubo,-: post, aecu'rO'd aeVenteen. ((Thpn,- agaln.
(bohi they- Iookv for tho comlng .qt(, the It.ia a, long', mattofbf 'soiectlpn for
company ahln from England. 1 barter tplje, aoap ohd Jlggera" for
What wetlth of good things; what ' Bqulrf. jugs" and .knlves iln' lealher
noveltles, wh'at diro necoasltlp will belts; all draw'ri' on by ho;uttappor.
not relntlVes send. or elso moro pro: Down tho trontf'o'f' Ah'e Btbro, whoro
saic.traders ship them! What sur- tho trade la conBummated. Ihere ex
prlses will thero bo In storol And tenda'a neayy,itod tlm.o countor, with
wnat iias iiiu woriu oone 10 un ine
long inontha slnce they lost ear of lt?
So, Hkethe return of the Mayflowor,
the exiles spcculate. nlght upon ntght.
When the shlp drppa ,jpto ,tho ,har
bor. howeVcr,. It is tb" uriload aa rap
Idly aa poBBlblo the supplloa for fac
1 tor and qdplbyeB. "th'o thlngs to trade
with the Esklmo-and objects Indlans
and,. half breeds covet' And mean--whlie.
they tako aboard the 'furs. It
ls a perpetunl call of "Hurry!" and
of VHaatenl" for tho summer ls ahortt
and they'must' mako ,tho round ot-tho'
posts beforc the paasage closes with
the lce, ort thoy will be frozen ln
Out lp,.tho harbo'r. whero tho shlp
drops anchor, there IB tho small gra'y
schooner of the factor to catch the
oyev - It lllcs a dnrk blue flag, wlffh a
yellow . crescent moon, tho crescent
fil)ed iku then, wlth.Ted. q'ff.be'hlnd
sevcral vlbw"wo'oded''hills circle about
thp. hamlet, Several neat framea ,are
Bcattered about and ono soes a Blnglo
malri white palnted bulldlng. ThlB
wpara. a qualnt shingle roof, aloplng
to elther alde, much Uko a barn In
Ohto. Sklffs llo about outslde;--two
or ' threo othpr white 8tructuresvare
hldden from vluw behlnd It. Agaln,
reflected on tho leaden soa ls the ,rosl
donce'of the factor or ngont.
Itf ls lcy and drear and lonely horo
and ono ,1b glad tp get aahore. Flrat,
of courae. vlsltora' must peep into the
warehouse for fura, killed in tho enrly
aprlng. nnd awaltjng shlpmont to Lon
don. It seema Just a long ahed with
an nUle down Ub longth, and with
bartela to right and to lot,t, four hlgh.
Somo of tho, ba'rrela are bound with
lron hoopa. othera with hoopa of
blrch. Brooma stand -gathere'd In a
corner, for tradlng to ,tho trappers, a
bundlo of wlthes lles nt hand for
working Into future hoopa. Salt ls
acatterod about tho floor' in lteu bf
sawdust
Beyond' thls lmt, to rlght and left of
the path, what 8eom wlgwams. hn
what really are trep tnnlt8, thln aa
polea stacked togeUior rlso, tho flro
ly a
wood for tho wlntor. ' Between them
thb walk leads back tq the pler, whoro
other storehouscs reveal tbemselves;
twq story frames each and all, Tow
erlng ovoc theao- Is tho master's
houso. the ooat bf govornmont for the
post. '
Everywhero outslde great Esklmo
dogs lolter and thero ls a llttcr of
pups under a qdecr sawmlll, with
salls res'tlng on the oarth'HB' to a salt
mlll of lower Austria, ' .-
Newcoraers, Kbwever,,;itr.a eagcr al-
waya, flrst of alft)'to Bee'mo'ro of tho
furs.- To thls end .thoy Vftjt a storo
' of the company'toh-.tbe. apcopd Door
of etill another frnme'strtfcturo. Hero
tho trddlng fOf 'pe'lta Ib dono. All
about the wall offh'o tradlng post
. BUlptook;.aWa'y 'the'.sprlng qiota.. It
Ib a (flmaJJ, outlay,"J)Uf pt Inostlmable
valu'e. Here. fororio. Is 'd' m'arton
- akln''thb;combany riald $22 for. Tho
uncicui uuukiub ntiiwo uuu euu,
Over theae the ageht'a aeryant pro-
etdea. Out of a pllo of fura roady to
shlp somo beautlea aro broughl for
lnspectlon.
No HudBon bay aable, aro obtatned
at thls placo, but mar'fen aro ln tho
ylcl'd now, All the sklns are packed
lnslde a giove ltke affalr, llned with
skin. Thls becomes a tlgbt caso, aft
er' proper foldlng, and the fur la aa ln
a pocket .of gut. All fura, tho man
tells us, will fado if kept .exposed to
tho ltght, and so, In addltlon. these
packeta when filled aro kept ln tho
tlght' b'ase lnthe dak. '
Meanwhlle agaln ho -showa somo
weasol Bklns' from hereabouts. Tho
anlmala are white ln tho wlntor, darlc.
ln BUmnier. The aklna bVlng from 25
to 4Q centa up here, accofdln'g to also..
Only a"- part ot tho jyltlix .can tfe 'us'd.
Evori a sllver fox .aklri when, brought
in Is cut n plecea. inrid thes'o are Bot
Into atrlpa from ant iftch- to two lnches
broad, Theae sllvOra then aro aot be
tween other atrlpa. 0 cotton ln' auch
a way that tfio, garmcnt la made much
wldor. whifo'ttio result. to the eye. ls
tho samo as If of fur throughout.. Tho
front of tho skln la uaed foi trlmmlng
or Inscrtton undor the arma,
Only a few yeara ago marton wore
worth but $5 or $8 up hero; now thoy
wlll brlng up to $40. All. fura, in fact
aro yory hlghnow, Blnce they havo
become bo fashlpnable. Last wlnton
ln Labrador, tho black fox brought
from $400 to $5C0. Marton. too. havo
been golng up each year. Mlnk and
ermlno aro tradod hore; so. too, ara
tho white haro nnd beaver, Mlnk wlll
come to $5 or $6. Lota ot small aklna
aro uttllzed ln fllllng out a trade. The
mlnk. howqvcr. la not of the accus
tomcd rrddlah tlnge unlesa It haa fad
od. If exposed to Ught, llke all the
sklns, It ttirns color and becomca a
pale brush rod. Tallor marton alone
arc not so apt. as thls anlmal, ln tho
native stato. dooa npt conle to bright
tfff
Ught aq often nnd nature ta. moro
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