National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-22
bradford.

Bradford.
Nicholas s. Greenleaf of this town
went to Boston last week to have o
polypus removed from his nose. The
operation was performed on Friday
last, and on Tuesday Mr.. Greenleaf
died. His age was about 35. His
remains were brought home OH
Wednesday, aud his funeral attend
ed Thursday at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. John Merrill of this town has
COW which has furnished family
Olive persons with milk since the
first Of April, and raised a calf that
sold for $l1.90 when five weeks old.
During this time she furnished
milk to make two hundred and
twenty-five pounds Of butter.
Calling butter 40 cts. per pound
the fetal product Of this cow from
the first Of April to the present
time amounts TO SI00.7O.
Caledonia county reports sense
instances of large profits from cows,
but we believe she will have 10 try
agalA-
Will Bradford village ever grow
to be any larger than it now is Z
Will it Acquire any mere impor-
lance as q business place than it
now has 7 why says one lis not
Bradford smart business place,
and q good sized village now 7 Yes
and we did not intend to convey
the impression that it is not; but
VIC do mean to say that the bust
ness of the place might be increased
and the number of inhabitants mul.
,iplied it proper spirit of encOur-
agemcnt and appreciation OF i'm
provcmcnt were manifested here.
There are some things that mast
be siohe away with before any great
amount of public spirit or business
enterprise can exist. IN the first
place when you find that business
man contemplates moving into the
place, don't attempt to kick him out
because his political sentiments do
not accord with yours. Do not turn
the cold shoulder to him, snap Your
teeth at him and tell him, by your
actions, if not in words, that Inc is
not wanted here. This mean spir-
it which has for it's motto 'rule or
ruin is too prevalent here, and has
driven off business men and capital
Why have not we bank here
1t is because this spirit carried out
into .he details of business disgusted
men who had capital to put into
hank stock, and they got the bank
located elsewhere. 1t broke out
sometime since i'll an attempt {,
break down our graded school anC
is continually manifesting itself il
small matters that operate with a
depressing influence on the prosper
~ Of the place. If half the inter
est were manifested in building III
the business of the place that i,
apparent in sfforts to secure or main
tain the asccndancy OF political
parties, the place would improv,
wonderfully. We do not mean
that vital interest IN political mat
ters, and the earnest working of op
posite political parties is incompat
IDLE with the business prosperity q
any place. On the contrary, thcI
ought to 20 together; but this ear
not be the case where political AMI
mostly letds men to attempt (
crush out, tramplc down and driN
OIL every enterprise, institution an
business undertaking which is no
under control of their party.
Another thing which operates ad
Ncrscly to the business interests o
the place is that some of our cuisines
men carry on several departments {
business ON a small scale, refusin
TO give up any department to thos
ybs would engage in it exclusively
aud Tho result il that no one depai
meiit is carried to the extent an
perfection il otherwise would b'
There u no sense in carrying on
halfdozen departments of bust mes
Oh small scale, just to keep som
other man from building up "a larg
BUSINESS, when one department
properly conducted, would yiel
more profit than the whole halfdo
en-; aud would leave other men
chance 70 build mp other department
aud adj materially to tho BUSHES
.ofthe placs.
Wc need to take more pains
induce active business ssea to com
mere; and when they do come
give them n chance TO liSe.
this shall be tho nolicy nursued tha