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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-06-25

FOR GOVERNOR:
EBENEEZER j. ORMSBEE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
LEVI X. FULLER.
TREASURER: d.
WILLIAM II. DUBOIS.
SECRETARY OF STATE:
CHARLES w. PORTER.
AUDITOR:
f. HENRY POWELL.
Orange County Ticket.
FOR SENATOR'S:
VICTORI. SPEAR.
JOHN BAILEY.
ASSISTANT JUDGES:
CYRUS L. LATHROP.
G. G. SARGENT.
STATES ATTORNEY:
JOHN II. WATSON.
SHERIFF:
L. p. BARRON.
HIGH BALIFF:
S. B. DARLING.
JUDGE OF PROBATE-BRADFORD
DISTRICT:
S. M. GLEASON.
RANDOLPH DISTRICT:
w. II, NICHOLS.
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Special Announcements.

~ Obituary notices and Resolutions b cents line,
Reading notices 10 cents a line. each insertion
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r. NJ. HARVEY,
.4fk01uey and CounSeIl0s' ut Lam,
Master and Solicitor in Chancery,
West Topsham. Vt
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MRS. J. b. PICKETT, JR.
D2eSSn2nkiHg
as Union Block. Bradford. VT.
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Business Cards.

W. +. LOCKE, M. u.
RhySiciNn ana Surgeon,
Corlnth, VT.
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UEO. f. EDMUNDS.
This is unequivocal and puts the Sen
ator squarely where the Vermont farm
ers expect him to stand. Senators Ed
muunds and Morrill, both voted to re-
fer the bill to the finance committee be-
cause it would take away the last inch
of constitutional ground of objection
to it, if it was make financial meas
ure. f. j. RANsLOW.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-06-25

MIR. EDITORIALS there has been
some doubt expressed in regard to the
position of Senator Edmunds on the
oleomargarine bill, and some have
even gone SO far as to assert that he
was opposed to it because he voted to
refer the bill to the finance committee,
the following letter may be of interest.
Writing to me under date of June II
he says: 81 have been interested in
the oleOmargarine question during the
whole session and have had conferences
with the officers of the New England
Dairymen's Association on the subject
and have been doing everything l
could to promote the object of taxing
adulterated butter or limitations Of but
ter under whatever name they may go
SO as to put such frauds out Of exist
ence, and shall continue to exert my
self in the same direction.
Sincerely Yours,
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Our sidewalks are marked with the
sharp nails in the shoes Of the river
men and we know that the immense
drive of eighty million of feet of logs
is drifting past us on its way to
the tide water and the mills below.
This army of rivermen, of three hum
dred or mere, has its casualties rs do
armies in battle. Already two men
have been drowned and one has lost
an eye. We hope that the number Of
the drowned will not reach that of four
years ago, when fourteen lost their
lives in this dangerous business.
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Til: WRONG HOUSE.
How . Phi;a delPi,Ia tiiri's Eyebrows wers
Suddenly Turned White.
nl- -

How . Phi;a delpisIa tiiri's Eyebrows wero
suddenly Turned White.
Philadelphia Cor. ". Y. worldI
A pair o. snow. " hite eyebrows with
tresses OF raven black is the srang. con-
Suydau, daughter Of AUGUST Suyiam, OF
No. 17i5 Courtland place. Carrie Is very
pretty, never he;ess, and priies herself on
the oddity OF her npp arance. Until about
two weeks ago her eyebrows were as lack
% her hair, but = terrible right which shc
experienced ab"ut that time threw her
into lei Of sickness, and when she arose
the Transformation had taken place.
In Company with NJ. Arthur Siierborne,
Miss Carrie one evenin, went t. the Cast.
no to witness the "Chimes OF Normandy -
Mr.. Sherl ONE is clerk In The Pennsylva-
MIA raflroai ofi ce, AMI lives at Torresdaie.
After q e opera wss over the couple si,.
ed restaurant for supper, and It was
neerlv one G'clok In the morning when
her escort babe Miss Suydam rood-tye on
the d. or sep Of the pic uresque Courtland
place residence. She had already tur, ed
the latch Wit, her mic hi-kev, and as Mr..
She, bs rne went whis ling down The stree
she pushed open the door end went in.
She was somewhat su prixed 10 find that
the hall light had been .xtinguished. but
she concluded hat it had b. en- dcne y
some one who did not know that she was
cut. and she grored her wsy TO the second
hpcr.
She had been In the habit OF removing
her bracelets, watch and h1 AMI leavi7g
them on the piano just inside tie sitting
room door at tire head OF the stairs, an | ss
usual she now went Into the sitting-room
TO deposIt fhsm- On this occa don, how,
ever. TO her a7azemea. she scurd that - )
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piano was not in i.s accustomed place.
The articles which she had In the DARK
ness hsstily place wherc she supposed the
instrument was feif to the foor. ami size
started back nonplused.
Could Il be possible she got into the
wrong bouss? She started Mt oncs, hrave~
ly enough. to find OUT. Gathe Ing up the
articles she had d. oppe on the q ,or. she
cautiously made her way to the front beds
chamber. The door wassiishtly ajgr, and
she pushed IL ooen further. a gas-jss
lighted but turned low, threw Just enougt
light around the room for hcr TO see at -
glance that she had made a mistake AMI
was in strange house. On the bed In
front of her lay q man. bal' clothed snor-
ing sonorously. He was tall end power
full, and the gfri tremblsd az she thoughs
that perhaps she was alone with him In
the building and at an hour after mid-
night.
As she turusi to retrace her steps she
tripped, and involurtarily q little scream
escaped her. That little scream awakened
the sleeper. and he sp-aug from his bed
with an oath. Miss Suydam, al ;housh
almost paralysed with fear, managed tO
leap down the few steps to ths sitting
IOOtu Auuu W tutu 10 kO 70 t00
lower hall before he rushed on Of tho
door.
"Who's thatw he cried.
Shs MAIDS no answer, bat fAiriy few
down the stairs. There was sharp. short
report, and she felt pistol ball craze her
cheek. With one bound she was Ia tho
vestibule, and had pulled the vestibuie
door 10 after her. Another bullet crashed
through the glass panels as she opened
the front door and bounded into the street.
Trembling with excitement, she discovered
that her own house was two doors above.
By some means she had entered No. 17lf
instead of No. 17l5, and her mistake had
come very near proving fatal. The houses
in this block are all slike I'm structural ap-
pearance, and errors Of this kind are fire.
quent Miss Suydam was confined TO her
bed for over n week after this accident,
and narrowly missed q serious illness.
Mr.. Jacob Godfrey, who lives at No. 17iI,
and who fired the shots, was much dis
tressed about the occurrence, though
thankful that the shots did nothing more
than damage the property and turn
Miss Carries eyebrows from black to
white. His family was out Of town on the
night the shooting occurred, and be imag-
ined that burglars had gained an entrance
to the house while he slept.
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HYoRoPHosiA-HYSrERiA.
The Symptoms of the Second Cincinpau
Victim OF tho Strange Disease.
[Cin cinnati EnQuirerl

The Symptoms 0f the Second Cinctnn0u
Victim OF tho Strange Disease
lCin cinnati EnQuirer.l
Some of the Cincinnati doctors think
they have discoye ed a new disease which.
for lack OF better title, Is called hydro
phi nbia -hvsteria. The peculiar case o<
Mrs. Rosa Won Stein, which was reportsd
= few weeks ago. a st attracted attention
to a medical phenomenon. 1t was be-
loved by the attending physicians that
Mrs. Stein was a victim OF rabies. but
many of the essential features OF that hor-
rible malady wers lack ing. To the sur
pI isc Of every one, the next day the wom-
an was better, and is now in exce.lent
nealth. II could not have been gen.
utne hydrophobis, say the ply siciaus, be-
cause recovery would have been impossi-
BILE. On Thursday night case almoss
identical to that OF Mcs. Won Stein occ urred
at 3S Walnut street, In a second STORY
room. Alice Burke, a ten.yesr-old chill
of Mrs. Cordelia Ru, ke, was bitten by n
big Irish setter on Jily Il, while playing
on the street. The dog belong ged to Mrs.
Alsup, lady residing next door, and
a!tcrwcrl b.t :wo o. tilr,e M ,re children.
However, the rnim1l was not killed, but
developed no Symphonic of rabies. Alice,
who is ar interesting and pretty child,
heard of the misfortune OF Mrs.
Won Stein, nnd the matter worris,i
her great deal. Besides, u1thinking u peo.
pie hal tormea.ed her by barking at hcr
as she passed. alony the srcet. Those
things pceye upon her an I developed the
seeds of hys;eria. which cu'minatel so
dreadfrliy about half past nine O'Clock the
other right. Mr.. Bu~ke had occasions to
go TO the door, anl when sh = returned her
daurhter was in pitiable frigh., and
seemed to be s:ru ygling with something
ut her throat. The fro h began to oozs
out II her mouth, AMI her bright, Hack
eyes assumed CLASSY stare as sha
screamed: "Oh. take the dog away,
marina! On, les eating me up! Please
save me from hint"
The poor mother, alarmed bayond ex-
preston, tried to soothe the child, hut all
to no purpose, es she seemed 10 grow rap
idly worse, and was soon apparently In
the throes OF by drophobia. d.. Helferich,
whose office is near by, was summoned,
and after looking at the patient ssnt for
two other physicians. Alice was put an
der the sooiking influence OF bromides and
was much iml rov, d, although she had
slight recurrence of the nttack later on.
She will get well. A | the medical fratcr-
nifty who have examined the case say chat
II was seve. manifestation OF hysteria,
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a CURIOUS WRECK.
How q Saadow ON a MoonitglSt Night
Caused n Serious Railroad SnTAsh-Up. 4


How Saadow ON a Moonitgist Night
Caused n Serious Railroad Smash-Up.
fPi,isoursh ChronIcie.l
"Moonli, ,ht nights--thcy ara the bane Of
railroad engineers" remarked a head Of
fetal of the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad.
who knows every branch OF railronding.
"l would have thought that tho train-
men would be glad to have moonllghe
nights" interposed the writer.
"No, sir. All engineers drcad moon.
light nights. They try the nerves OF en-
gineers To their utmost. Engineers like Ia
run on dark nights. On a moonlight night
The trouble with them is NJ trouble at all
shadows. An engineer, looking out fFons
his engine. sees before him all manner oe
shadows. He Is sure that tho dark shadow.
across the track he sees Ia n man, CT N
rock, or some kind OF an obstruction. lie
don't know. and he is kept in n state of
nervous excitement all the time. Going
around curves, along hillsides, many cu-
rious shadows are outlined OH the track,
AND very often an engineer is ~ worked
up over n nights ride that be Is scarcely
able to perform his du,ics."
"Some years ago, when I was going
over tho main stem of the Baltimore e
Ohio one night, there was q freight wreck
ahead Of us. They wore running frui ghts
In conveys then, or, as we now call them.
In sections. Our train was stopped, and
went for ward TO SEQ what was tho dam.
age. Lying In cat was ahoa. the worss
freight wreck I have ever secu. went
forward 10 see what the trouble was. U
was moonlight night, and when gos
forward saw the engineer. lie was shak-
ing all over with excit emont. he was ono
OF the Oldest aud lest engineers on thv
road, and was surprised to $50 him 50
nervous, az be had escap uaaurt
"'Wat Is tho ir; uJie, Tom" asked HIM
couli see nothing wrong.
"'ft vas a rock,' repiisd Tom. Il was
coming ronnd the curve when saw it 10
was a big cnc-big enough 70 smash n
whole train. I reversed tho engine to
rave q smash-up. AMI the cars comm.
down the grade just piled mp in tho Shape
you sec the:n.'
~ ooked around, but coGll soc No rock
any where. The wreck was cleared away
that night, and Tiers wasn't sign of an
obstruction near The locomotive. We all
werc curious 10 fini out what bad caused
the trouble. Tho next night raiirnat
man went to the cut, and there, in this
moonlight. he saw a perfect image OF
big rock lying right across tho truck HS
looked up on the hillside, an | there was Il
big rock throwing its shallow down on the
track. That was the shadow that cause
wreck that cost the company thousands
Of dollars. No, sir, IL an engineer wants
things to suit him. he don't wan. moor
Hght by which to run his train"
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SNAKES AS PETS.
Few Simple and Entertaining Stories OF
Playful Domest ca--d serpents.
fph iada,rhEa T,ro.s


IPh ladelrhIa T.meSI
when Was iivIdg down 10 Punta Rasa
had a biacls-snake thst was treated inst
as IL IL was one of tle family said the
Major. 1T had grown up with us you
might say, for my boys I'd caught it when
IL was only about foot lon :, and it got TO
be over four feet When tins children
went Vut in the yard for frolic or on
huating or fishing they always took Ben
which was the name of the Snake---aiong.
He was very useful in every way. too
Some days the boys would go out after
berries or wild grapes and take bus5el
basket with 'em- Ben would col; rp ia the
basket AMI go, too. Well, ff theE filed the
basket which they generally dii. it made
Prst:y lefty load for two to carry, 50
they'd just show the snake what was
wanted and he'd fastsn his head on one
side the basket aud his tail on t'other,
making another handl,. so to speak. and
we'll. four Of my boys would carry
tbs load hcms witiolt swearing a1v
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An original Interpretation was msds bv
an Albany coroner. A witness raid: He
was very thirsty; kept calling for water
repeatedly In order TO a!ri Ige this
sentence the coroner said TO the clerk:
He was trcuiled with sevsre ror .tt,n
sri s, !. went dcvr II the m:nEtes.
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WANTS A WIFE.
4 Nsbraska Youth Who Need, . Good
Woman I" Take tare of Him.

4 Nebraska Youth Who Nec6S . Good
Woman I" Take tare Of Him.
ICh!cago Inter Ocean.l
The following letter explains itself. 1t
would be Impossible for us to make
it any palmer by comment or discussion
In order to present tie case to our lady
readers exactly as it Is, the letter is print
ed with punctuation, capitals, and every
thing just as written:
Burwel Garfield County 1888
Nebraska September 9Th
I'll
Mr. Editor OF the Inter ocean chicago Dear Sir
being now the age of twenty one years & |
have l6J acres OF Land and nobody 10 keep
house for me so as to enable me to farm my
hand successfully which desire to
make prosperous and happy homo i
Desire TO marry me q w fe hope;ng on
will accept tn as truth you will please ad-
vcrtise this in the inierocean or any other
paper that will be sure to reach the cycs and
understanding of a smart health girl white
g0Od cook industrious form or build fair TO
good Black or auburn hair Eeate features.
pleasant good nuturod lively, from Ave feet
81 where to five feet 4 scvon inches high l
Wish to coia:rond with the Lady ut cnce. viii
send my photograph to her on application
Description of myself is Ike unto the De
scription OF the g.rI wish to correspond
with my height is FIVE feet seven inches.
form good medium TO Z, ir SO auburn hair
neate featured fair complexion good looking
out:tIed to credit think can plcase the prct-
les, snd best girl in the world no jcsting no
foolIrs no Joking in full earnest all solid
facts, send your photograph my good girl ut
,nce II lou want to marry such q man ard
write TO me and ] will answer at once and
send you my true photograph I'm return p ease
write your full name and posi-ofhce address
very respectfully Benjamn Franklin Ulm
Bnfwell; Garfield County. Nebraska
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CHURCHES.

POSTAL.
Postofhce athcdicine Lodge open from A u
D. Pn. Sundays one hour on arrival of mail.
Money order ONCE. T. A. ACCLEARV. =. ".
A. \. .MCCLEARY, Assistant.
The Mails:
PROM Attiea and all Eastern points, arrives
sally ~ :tOPn; leaves daily NJ 2:35 Pm.
from AshlAud, Coldwntcr, Scscntungn. Sol
oicr Crcek, kcd Greek, sun city, Lake city.
MinEonn, kinkman, BrOsa, New kiown, arrives
daily.
4 ~, arrives Mondays. Wedncsiays and FRI
~ dsysatbrn. DcpartsTussdayS, Thursday and
Saturdays htSAN.
FROM IukH, Elm Mlll. aud Saratoga arrives ON
Tuesdays and Fridays at PN and departs ON
Wednesdays and Saturiars 81 SAN.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
He's Been There.

Il was tramp for several years,
said buggy-washer at one of the livery
stables, "and might have been on the
road yet but for the circumstance which
deprived me of this left leg at the knee.
A tramp with wooden leg would be
nowhere, while get around the stables
at fair gait"
"What was the circumstance
well, seven or eight of us were
tramping together through the oil
regions of Pennsylvania, and one day
one of the gang stole can out of a
shed in the woods. 1t contained nitro
glycerine, but none of us knew the
article then. He carried it for about
an hour, when we all bunked down in
the shade for MONDAY nap. Some
of us were half asleep, and We were all
packed together under one tree, when
the man picked up stone and began
hammering at the can. l was looking
at him out of one eye, and l was wonder
ing whether the can held oil or lard,
when all at once the vaults of heaven
| fell to earth with crash. Half an
hour later, when came to, / was lying
in the bushes 200 feet from the tree,
and my foot, ankle and leg were a mass
of pulp"
There had been an explosion
you bet There was a hole in the
ground into which you could have
dumped a cottage, and the big tree was
a heap of kindling wood. Out of the
eight of us five could not be found, and
l suffered the least injury of any of the
wounded. All that was gathered to-
gethersto represent five men were some
bits of clothing and leather-not over
two quarts. That was a corker on me.
Whenever 1 see stray can lying
around lift my hat, take a circle to
the right or left, and pensively observe
Not any to-day, thank you've been
tn ere P"-DetrOit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
A Southern Cure for Spring Fever.

Jest go an git you a hanful of dog
wood, a han'ful of cherry, and han'ful
of poplar bark. Then git you little
gran'sir graybeard root and burn nine
red corncobs-be shore and get red
ones-an' save the ashes, an beat all
them barks an roots an ashes up fine.
Then go to the blacksmith-shop and
git han'ful of clean cinders, an git q
little piece O. birthstone, an little
piece o sulphur, an a little piece o.
saltpeter, an beat them all up fine.
Then mix them two powders together,
and take a teaspoonful three times a
day for nine days, an then rest nine
days, an then begin again an take it
nine days; an do this three times. By
that time you'll have it all tuck up, an
you'll be as fat as a hog.-GeOrgia
Farmer, IN atlanta Constitution.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
Done i'm Milwaukee.

"You c-can't get b-blood out of a tur-
nip" said the suffering bartender, as
he landed beer mug on the head of a
defaulting tramp, ''but b-bel eve /
c-can out of b-beat;" and then he
grabbed the offender by the throat.
"You hadn't artichoke me that way"
gasped the sufferer; lettuce part
friends"
Friends n-nothing,' yelled the bar
tender; II can't stand y-your c-cabbag.
ing. You c-cumber the saloon and
make me m-melancholy. D-don't you
c-come in here a-g-gain."
ooh, how you've made my spine
ache!' whined the tramp, as he went
out into the cold and pitiless world
Peck'S sam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
A Thoughtful Relative.

There's one young fellow in San
Francisco whose ingenuity and fore
thought fit him for the highest place in
politics, if he chooses to adopt that
mode of life. I envy him, not so much
the ingenuity as the rich female rela-
tive upon whom he has made use of il
80 successfully. She is far away in a
distant land, and appreciates, as all
people do under such circumstances,
the thoughtfulness and kindly attention
which are perhaps rarely given to the
distant poor. This lady has passion
for strange bric-a-brac, and she prizes
a piece that comes from so far away as
San Francisco. This young gentleman
wished to remember her birthday and
send her something. He bethought
him of piece of rare china, but the
price of what he wanted rather appalled,
him. A happy thought occurred to
him. There was an old piece of broken
china that was worth little. His eyes
fell upon it.
Now" he said to himself, eff / send
o piece of china through the mail, il
will very likely get broken. If / send
this it will be taken for granted it was
broken in the mail. She'll have il
mended, and there you are"
He sent the broken piece, and the
rich relative has already sent him sew
eral remittances, as acknowledgment.
All / want is the rich relative. I've
got the broken china. Francisco
Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
The English Royal Family.

1t costs a good deal to support Queen
Victoria and hei family. Here is list
of the amounts as near as they can be
got at in dollars: The Queen receives
annually about IS, 100, 600; the Prince of
Wales, 5000, 900; Prince Alfred, $780,
900; Prince Arthur, $40, 900; Princess
Royal, $50, 1000; Princess Helena, $780,
600; Princess Louise, $50, 900; Princess
Beatrice, $50, 900; Duchess of Albany,
$50, 200; Duchess of Cambridge, $780,
900; Princess Augusta, $l5, 200; Duke
of Cambridge, $4,000; Duke of Edin-
burgh, $50, 900; Princess Mary, $25, 900;
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, 49,
600; Prince Leiningen, $4,000; Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe, $4,000,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
Patience.

The sculptor, Dennecker, worked for
two years at a statue of Christ. After
ne had done his best-as he thought
he asked little girl into hisstudio, and
when the child was IN front of the
statue, he said to her, "Who is that 2"
The child looked, and said, a great
man." The German artist went away
mournful; he had failed. He set to
work again. He worked for six years
more, then he sent for that same child
again. The child looked, tears came
into her eyes, and she said, at is 'Suf-
fer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom Of heaven Denpecker was
delighted; he had chiseled out his con-
ception of Christ.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17

The propriety and good taste of do
ing away with abbreviated names
among women is fast growing in favor,
and the good old fashion of giving the
full name is regarded as the correct
and dignified thing. Mollie, and Mat
tie, and lille, and Maggie are again
Mary, Martha, Matilda, and Margaret
stately names. all of them, and full
of significance, whereas their diminu-
tives are silly and meaningless; and
women are gradually awakening to the
fact that it is far more elegant to re-
serve these pet names, if they be used
at all, for the household, and to sign
themselves always in addressing those
outside this little circle with the full
name they received at the baptismal
fount. In this respect our ancestors
showed a proper amount of dignity,
and it would be we'll now il the old
form of addressing women as Mistress
Ann Page, Mistress Catherine Smith,
etc., were revived. The present Gus
tom of retaining the maiden name as
middle name alter MARI age, and the
use of the husbands Christian name by
widows, are both sensible, as they
identify the individual with certain
family.