Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-09

thousads of books, the value of their
stereotype plates being estimated
at over $4,000, 900. Go where you
will, In every house In the United
States, you will see books with the
well.known imprint, Harper & Bro
theirs. Poetry, fiction, science, phi,
Iosophy, schOol.books, aliases, ency.
clopedias, theology. art, mechanics,
everything under heaven that has
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both from American ard European
pens, all will be fourd in their cat.
alOgues. Their Magazine has larg'
er circulation than any similar pub.
LEGATION in the world, and their illus.
trated paper and Bazaar rank equal.
~ high. All the operations OF the
business, except paper making. are
carried on on the premises. In their
immense fire proof building, the pa
per is taken in, the manuscript Is
read, the type il set, the stereotype
plates are made, the press.wOrk is
done, the folding, stitching, binding
and Ornamenting, in short the en-
tire book from beginning to end is
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signing and engraving the pictures
The death of the last of the fOun
dcrs will make no difference in the
business of the concern. After the
death of Joseph, some years ago,
the remaining three turned over the
control TO their sous and nephews,
only taking part when very grave
matters came up. There are plenty
Of trained men to take their places,
aud there is no fear of the great
house losing any of its prestige or
vigor. There are grandchildren of
the original four in the firm now,
and in u few years there will be
great grandchildren.
POLITICAL.
The result of the investigation in
to the Custom House affairs has cul.
minated in the recommendation to
discharge nearly three hundred en-
plOyeeS as useless, to cut down the
salaries of those remaining, to do
away with the perniciOus system of
taking fees, to prevent the assess
ment of employees for political pur-
poses, to prevent the employees
from taking too prominent a part in
politics, and to do away with the
practice of making an OtficehOlder's
place depend upon his politics.
There is weeping aud wailing, but
it will do no good. The fiat has
gone forth, and the augean stable
is to be cleaned. The same process
is to be extended to the other cities,
and the public service brought down
to the lowest cost consistent with
the highest efficiency. President
Hayes hold upon the New York
public is strengthins every day.
BUSINESS
Is very dull, and the old complaints
are rife. There seems to be no vi.
tality, no life in trade. The interior
merchants are buying only what
they cannot help, the only comfort
being that they pay. Intelligent
jobbers from the interior say that if
the crop now in the ground is good,
there will be revival in the fall,
and with that we have to be con-
tent. The weather is warm but
pleasant. PIETRO.
EAST CORINTH.
The "June training" at this place
Tuesday proved u grand success.
AS of old the first Tuesday in June
was observed in this vicinity as a
holiday. Early in the morning the
people began to gather, and by noon
there were some five or tx hundred
on the parade ground and in the
streets of the village. The writer
did not arrive there until about two
o'clock in the afternoon, at which
time Capt. &. w. Stevens, had form
ed the battalion in line and was
about to turn it over to the com
mand of the venerable Col. Coils
borough Taplin, who years before
many of the men in the ranks to
day were born, had commanded a
regiment of Vermont, on field not
far from the spot where he now
stood. Although 80 years of age
he is smart and lively, and showed
by the readiness with which he gave
the orders that he had not forgotten
the military tactics which he learn.
ed nearly half century ago. AS
the battalion had never been in line
together before Tuesday, it could
not be expected that it would show
any great proficiency in drill, but
what the "trainers" lacked in prac-
tice, they made up in perseverance
and spirit. There were in the ranks
persons ranging in age from II to
70 years, or three generations. A
marked feature of the day was the
music, consisting of bass drums,
tenor drums and flies, Chef Huck
ins drum major. The eyes of the
old vete ans would snap with fire
as the musicians would play some
good old tune like Yankee Doodle,
nail Columbia; and how it carried
them back in memory to the good
old times when rum was three cents
glass, and when man could drink
a pint of it aud Ave to get off the
field. But things amt as they Gus.
ed to was' and we think the men
were wise not to drink anything
stronger than cider. No disturb.
ance occurred during the day and
everything passed off in most sat
isfactory manner. Much of the
credit of the affair should be given
to Capt. G. w. Stevens, who first
suggested the "training" and who
has labored faithfully to make it a
success. If the good people of Cor
inth will get up muster next June
they can count on a delegation of
at least fifty from Bradford. The
editor and the Associated Press re-