Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-06-03
date New York can be carried for
the Republican party.

date New York can be carried for
the Republican party.
DOUBLE HOLIDAY.
Wednesday, the Gath, was q gala
day Oh both sides of the river. Az
il IN honor of the festivals, the day
was true Centennial weather,
Queens weather, the English called
it, q clearer and more spring.like
day than has been vouchsated this
season. The North river was gay
with hundreds Of flags, for all the
British vessels hung out their COZ.
Ors In honor Of the Queens birth.
day-her pr0udest, for for the first
time it hailed her Empress of India,
Empress as well as Queen. What.
ever the taste of adding thus to her
title, doubtless it pleases her by
placing her on rank with any
sovereign of the Continent, a place
to which the relations of the throne
the imperial houses Of Russia and
Germany gives fresh value in her
eyes. The Cunard docks are in the
North river, and at noon a royal sal
ute was fired from the Cunarders,
and all good Englishmen went wild
with loyalty at the sound.
THE cHILDrEN's DAY.
On the shores of the East river
the day wore another significance.
1t was what is known as Children's
Day in Brooklyn, the yearly May
festival of all Sunday. schools, nhm.
boring $4,000 scholars. The turn
out this year was brighter than ever,
the presence of the General Assem-.
bly, in Brooklyn adding zest, if that
were possible, to the occasion. Truth
to say, the children did not feel it
half as much a compliment that a
grave and reverend body of clergy.
men should formally or informally
suspend its business to see their eel
ebratiOn, as the ministers did to he
asked to attend the gay parade.
There is little in the procession to
suggest that it has any relation to
religious work, for the thousands OF
highlydressed children with ban.
ners, emblems, allegorical represen
tations looked as much like d trans.
formation scene from the black
crook, as like schools for the study
Of devotion and morality. There is
great strife and expense among the
schools to see who will make the
gayest show, and have the newest
devices at the parade, and thought.
less rich men are too ready to graft
fy the demand Of the children fol
the show. One Sunday school divi.
sion turned out it's scholars as the
Centennial army, 700 children,
marching thirteen abreast, dressed
in white, spangled with stars, with
red sashes and blue hats; another
school had thirteen little girls dress
ed in red, white and blue for the old
thirteen States. while others had
children to represent George and
Martha Washington, the Goddess
of Liberty, ETC., drawn in triumphal
cars by the hands of their mates.
WORD OF CRITICISM.
1t may be all right for Christian
churches to borrow the theatri.
cal parades of the Intidel French
Republic, and it may be a good les.
son in humility and unobtrusive'
ness for the children who are made
the centre of attention in the most
public manner. But that is not the
way it looks to man Of the world.
The way to make our children sim
pie, sincere, modest and persever-
ing, is not to train them to shows
and parades as part of their earli-
est experiences. Thanks to over.
fond parents and foolish teachers,
the children of the time are ready
enough to think the world was
made for their convenience, without
having the church and the newspa-
pers full of their doings. If they
are brought up to crave notoriety
and sensation, they will make wild
work of the world when they take
it into their own hands.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
The old play of this name is now
running at the Park Theatre, with
Mr. and Mrs. Howard as TOpsy and
st. Clair, which they made their
own thirty years ago, and have play
ed nothing since. The play is fresh
as paint, it is so long since anybody
here has seen it, and is quite the
fashion. The steamboat scenes have
the panorama of the Mississippi
sliding behind them, which makes
a pretty illusion of moving banks,
and troupe of colored jubilee sing
ers fill the slave parts with negro
melodies and revival songs in beau
tiful voice. Mrs. Howard's Topsy
cackles, boots, dances breakdowns,
and gables in smooth negro voice,
the greatest piece of fun, by the
large. on the boards. PIETRO.
AN UNEXPECTED ANSWER
There was one passage in the testi.
mony of Live Oak Swift which it is
to be hoped the Naval Committee
will not expunge from it's record.
Live Oak Swift had been put Oh the
stand. He was asked whether he
paid any money for political purpos-
es. He begged the committee not
to press him to answer. Swift said
that he had been a Democrat all
his life and his father before him
and always expected to be. He
begged that the question be not