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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
YOUNG FOLKS COLI LIN.
SOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
BOYS AND GIRLS.

a Young Naturaiist's First Day AHeld.
Harmless Tric'.s-.The Boy or Girl Who
VIII Rise-A Great City Full of Lite
tie People.
"Stop, Halle! See what you are doing"
Giles kicking up u dreadful dust, said Ell
more.
lies destroying whole city with all its
wealth, and may be killing whole families,
babies and ALL"
Both boys looked at Uncle Frank in hor-
ritied way, and then looked quietly and curl
ously at the ground.
'Its only an old ant hill, uncle"
"Only an ant hill. And what is that but a
city of many thousand people, a few hundred
times smaller than you, It's true, but alive
and capable OF feeling and planning and
working"
II believe you about the numbers-just see
them swarm! But weren't you joking about
hetwealth' of the city, l don't see any
banks and stores"
"There were banks and stores, neverthe-
less, and all this years crops and goods in
them"
The boys looked, rather than asked: "What
kind of goods, pray, are in an ant hill"
"There was stored in that city what was
worth as much to its owners as your own
fathers stock Of groceries and bank account
to hinl-wheat seed crumbs of bread, grain
and sugar, shreds of meat, dead bugs ETC.,
enough to last all winter. Suppose you take
all the provisions out of Chicago"
"Well" said repentant Hal, "I'll bring my
pockets full of wheat and things, and that
will pay them all back"
"All pc rhaps, but the trouble of asserting
and storing Them"
"Storing9 Storfngl Do they go to that
trouble'
Does your papa in his store mix -four and
hams and coffee and molasses togetherl
Fancy these ants mixing crumbs of bread,
grain, dead flies, bits of sugar or apple and
dried insects all together! They have place
for everything, and put everything in its
place"
But what about the babies?'
"Don't you see those white things they are
carrying away"
"They are grains of rice, l suppose"
"They are nothing of the kind, but baby
ants being carried to place of safety"
I'D awfully hate to be one OF their babies
and get nothing for breakfast but dried bugs
and rag wee1 seeds"
"Mstaken again. Their babies are fed the
sweetest and richest of milk"
Can these fellows carry away milk, too,
or have they milkmen as well as banks and
stores."
"Better than that; they keep their own
cows-the nphis, a kind of plant louse, which
exudes drops of honey-like fluid just adapted
to baby ants. They watch these creatures
sometimes shut them up to keep them from
running ofr-and milk them by pressing the
body with their forefeet.S
"I'll watch what l kick after this. Morn
ing Guide
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Dakota Editor Off Visiting.

The mother-in-law is a valuable institution
out west A Dakota editor made the follow
ing statement in his paper last week: "Times
being rather hard, we are going to take our
wife to the home of our mother-in-law next
week for short visit, and we will give our
readers a little vacation by not issuing any
paper They won't lose much, FOR there is
little news going just now, and we print this
week an editorial on the tariff which would
have appeared next week. The only thing
we have had to leave out on this account is
Bill Jones advertisement about farm for
sale; but that is of no consequence, as he
hasn't paid anything for it yet. Brethren,
white paper is too blamed dear to fool it away
when our mother-in-law will keep us week
for nothing.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

While we cannot recommend the following
"tricks" as either new or brilliant, we print
them because now and then a "catch' of this
kind causes some little Inerriment on the part
of the young people at father, mother or I'M
cles expense:
Can you place newspaper on the floor IN
such a way that two persons can stand upon
it, and not be able to reach one another with
their hands? Answer: Yes; by putting the
paper in a doorway, one half inside and the
other half outside Of the room, closing the
door over it; two persons can easily stand
upon it, and still be beyond each others
reach.
Can you put one of your hands where the
other cannot touch it? Easily; by putting
one hand on the elbow of the other arm.
Can you place pencil on the floor in such
a way that no one can jump over it! Yes; if
l place it close enough to the wall of the
ROOM
Can you push chair through finger rings
Yes; by putting ring on the finger and push
ing the chair with the finger.
You can put yourself through keyhole by
taking piece of paper with the word "your-
self" written upon it and pushing it through
the hole.
You can ask question that no one can an
swer with "no" by saying, "What does yes
spell?"
You can go out of the room with two legs
and return with six by bringing chair along
with you.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
DiSlikeS of RepS.

A correspondent of The Bee Journal writes
that q brood of chickens were in the habit of
frequenting the shed in which he kept his
bees. The bees stung all the dark colored
ones to death, yet did not modest the light
colored chicks Why the preference! The
editor writes that he has frequently spoken of
the advantage of wearing light clothes among
the bees. We wear black bee wells because
we cannot see clearly through any other color.
Woolly, fuzzy and dark materials are objected
to by bees. A man with plug hat on rarely
gets stung, unless by a bee that is trying to
"shoot the hat" aims too low and hits the face
by mistake, while a companion at suitable
distance is perfectly safe.-Lewiston (Me.)
Journal
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
How a Woman Reads the PAPER.

According to Gertrude Garrison, this is
how she does it: She takes it up hurriedly
and begins to scan it over rapidly, as though
she were hunting some particular thing. but
she is not. She is merely taking in the OBJ
scure paragraphs, which, she believes, were
put in the out-of-the-way places for the sake
of keeping her from seeing them. AS she
finishes each one her countenance brightens
with the comfortable reflection that she has
outwitted the editor and the whole race Of
men, for she cherishes a belief that news
papers are the enemies of her sex, and editors
her chief oppressors. She never reads the
headlines, and the huge telegraph lines she
never sees. She is greedy for local news and
devours it with the keenest relish. Marriages
and deaths are always interesting reading to
her, and advertisements are exciting and
stimulating Sic cares but little for printed
jokes unless they reflect ridicule upon the
men, and then she delights in them and never
forgets them. She pays particular attention
to anything inclosed in quotation marks and
considers it rather better authority than any.
thing first handed.
The columns in which the editor airs his
opinions, in loaded hifalutin, she rarely reads
Views are of no Importance in her estimation,
but facts are everything. She generally
reads the poetry. She doesn't always care for
it, but makes a practice of reading it, because
she thinks she ought to. She reads stories,
and sketches and paragraphs, indiscrimi-
nately, and believes every word of them.
Finally, after she has read all she intends to,
she lays the paper down with an air of disap-
pointment and a Neutrality-suspicious. gesture,
which says very plainly that she thinks all
newspapers miserable failures, but is certain
only perfect newspaper the world has ever
seen,-New York Letter
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Trimming Apple Trees.

The present is good time for looking after
the apple trees that were grated last spring.
The scions which have grown fast and are
tender should be checked by cutting off their
ends, so that the wood may ripen and not be
winter killed. Cut away the native limbs
slowly, SO as not to cause too great a shock to
the tree. 1t is not generally safe to cut limbs
closely at first, but to cut them off one foot
or more from the body at first. Then let
them sprout and grow the next season. If
they sprout and grow very fast then let them
grow the following year until the leaves fall:
break the sprouts from the stubs and limbs;
let them grow another year, then cut them
off smooth.-American Cultivator
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
COVER FOR MOUTH OF DRAIN.

The end Of the tile is cut away, as shown.
The trap is made of galvanized iron, heavily
wired around the sloped end for the lid to
rest on. A brass hinge is used, to prevent
rusting When the water flows down
through the drain the trap is lifted by the
force of the water until it assumes the posi-
ton A. When the water stops flowing, the
cap falls of its own weight until, when the
water ceases, the opening is closed Mr..
Crane found that muskrats crawled up his
drains into the fish pond to destroy the carp.
One of these traps placed at the lower end OF
the drain prevented any further trouble.
One placed on the end of the house drain will
give good satisfaction
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
HALE'S EARLY PEACH.

are glossy, flowers large, and it is an abund
ant bearer. The fruit is of medium size
nearly round, skin notified red, dark red
cheek, flesh white, melting, high flavor, and
parts freely from the stone. Since its intro
duction into New Jersey and Delaware, the
peach season begins at a period very percepti
bly, earlier than before
Peaches will grow in most parts of this
country. But the central portion of the United
States is where they thrive the best, notably
in New Jersey and Delaware. The Delaware
peach is now the fashionable one in city mar
kets.
Where this fruit is known to do well, it
may be planted in large quantities, and is a
valuable crop In other localities it should be
experimental with cautiously. Nearly every
farmer has had experiences OF the curses,
both. loud and deep, with which an unprofit-
able peach orchard has been cut down.
1t is said now that the practice of budding
the peach tree, year after year, has weakened
its vitality and made it liable to disease, but
nobody knows. If you want to begin care
fully with peaches, plant first few trees
near your house and sheds to see if they will
do well. That is for places which you do not
know to be adapted to them.
This fruit does well trained against wall
or house where it will be sheltered. A few
trees will be all that are necessary for home
use, getting an assortment of both early and
late ones. Planted in an orchard the peach
thrives best in dry sandy or gravely loan.
Ii peach raisers get an average of three crops
in five years they do WE'LL and make the
business pay. In setting out an apple orchard
it is good plan to set the apple trees the
proper distance apart then fiji in the spaces
between with young peach trees They will
have got their growth, borne their fruit, and
died and been cut down by the time the apple
orchard is large enough for them to be in its
way.
Select western or northern slope for your
orchard. This keeps it back in spring and
makes the fruit germs less liable to be killed
A peach trees best bearing life is from its
fourth to its tenth year. Whole crops have
of late years been destroyed by the disease
called yellows. Plenty of spent lime mixed
with the soil about the roots will prevent this
and often cure it. In this disease. the leaves
turn yellow and the tree dies. Insufficient
nourishment is one cause assigned for it.
Orchards may be set out either in fall or
spring. In the fall the time from the mid
die of October to the middle of November, is
the proper season for planting. In the spring
as soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Opinion is divided as to whether fall orsprins;
planting is best
Besides Hales Early, another approved
variety is Crawford's Early. Excellent me-
dunn late varieties are Honest John and Vel
low Roseripe
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Circular for Apple shippers.

belong, Mayer & Co., New York, issue
the following circular to apple raisers and
packers:
1t is expected that the English apple crop
will be very small this year, and that conse-
qucntly profitable market will be found for
many of on apples abroad. Last year in the
nine months between August, 'S5, and May,
's6, s62, 600 barrels of apples were shipped to
England. Prices were not entirely satisfac-
tory, however, and many were disappointed.
This year, in consequence of the reported
failure of the English crop, it is expected that
prices will be more satisfactory. The
most important point is the packing.
Only new barrels should be used, and
the filling should be done on platform
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Seed Wheat.

The 18th to tho Goth of September is the
time fall wheat is usually sown. 1t is well to
change the seed every year, certainly every
two years The best varieties of winter wheat
are the F"ltz, the Diehl- Mediterranean and
Michigan Amber. A new kind, called Mig
ger" wheat, is very highly commended in
some of the northern states. 1t is said to yield
abundantly and to make beautiful flour. Mig
ger wheat is bearded, has white chatf and
stiff straw and stands up well; the berry very
large and of a dark color 1t is exceedingly
hard
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Fodder Clamp.

By its use much is gained in time, when
handling, and there need be little waste, as all
loose blades can be gathered and placed i'll the
clamp and bound with the longer fodder. The
clamp is made from a piece of scantling 2x3
inches by feet long, having two uprights
and board nailed crosswise to the bottom, to
prevent the clamp from falling over. The
uprights are IS inches high and placed in NOR
tees IA inches apart, and nearer one end than
the other. The uprights should stand two
inches farther apart at the top than at the
bottom.
A saw kerr is made half an inch deep in the
top of each to receive the Irvine. Il use reaper
twine) The clamps light and valuable in
field or barn. To use it, make loop at the
end of the Irvine. and place it in the kerr at
the top of one upright leave the slack as
shown and pass the Irvine on through the
other kerr. Husk an armful of fodder and
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Demanded by His Business.

"Why that cruel, relentless look, George,
DEAR" she asked; shave you ceased to love
mel"
@Hushr he whispered, hoarsely, "the ma
ture of my business demands it."
"Oh, George, does opening oysters require
such cold, IMPLYING expression"
II am no longer an oyster opener" he rel
piled, and the cruel, relentless look becam
still more cruel and relentless; "Tm bai
gage master. Life.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
TAXES (!

The taXpa, ers of Union School district o
Bradford, are hereby notified that l have in
nv hands for collection school tax for 1886.
and all taxpayers are hereby notified to pay
thei, respective taxes as above to the under
signed. treasurer of Union School District
within nineiv days from the date thereof
(Said time expires Sept. 18th, 1850 as per act
No. 80 A. d., 1880. laws of the state of Vt.
Dated at Bradford, VT, this 18th day OF
June, A. D., 1880.
So j. B. w. PRICHARD, Treas.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
FODDER CLAMP.

lay it in the clamp, and SO on until it is full
Place one knee on the bundle and bring the
Irvine together, and tie by passing through
the loop and making a simple knot. Cut the
Irvine; place one foot on the board and lift
the bundle out and replace the Irvine as be-
fore. The bundle can be easily bound as tight
as the Irvine viii bear. A clamp of this size
will make about four bundles from a shock of
100 hills, and once used will always be wanted
w. c. S. in Rural New Yorker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Boy and Puppy.
The Boy or Girl Who viii Rise.

Show me boy or girl who is self-respect-
ing, scorns a lie and deception, is honorable
among his playmates and pure in habits, and
will show you one who will have mental
culture, no matter what his surroundings
may be- He will manage by some fair means
to acquire enough of the lore of books to en-
able him to carry out his chosen life work
with dignity and credit.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Unequa||ed Cures !
Almost Helpless Three Years-Cured and
Gained rs Pounds.


Giles S: Appleton, ESQ.,, asa Maple Street. Burling-
ton, VT, is wel-known resident of that city, whose
word is as good bond He that he has rela-
tive who helpless three years with spinal disease nvov-
ing the liver kidneys, stomach and nervous system;
weighed but 90 pounds Or. Gage cured her without
Could not be Carried to the Doctor.
L. G. Boutwell,, ESQ.,, Elm street, Montpelier, was
very low with lung and other diseases; could not be
carried the Pavilion, Dr. Gage treated him without
seeing him, and strange as it may SEEM he is up and
out again, attending to business.
Doctors were Mistaken.
Mrs. S. R. Colby of Montpelier, wife Of the well
known baggage the Central Vermont railroad,
had complication of difficulties which doctors failed to
agree upon, much moe relieve her Of Her recovery
under Dr. Cages treatment remarkable she gained
pounds in very short period.
Desires that it be Known.
Mrs. jessie Flint Montpelier, terribly afflicted
with complication of difficulties. The change wrought
is wonderful, and she desires that it be known.
Ora Bishop, postmaster at McIndoes VT, says; 'My
wife was very lame. used cruches Dr. Gage cured her
EDITOR CALEDoNIAN;-Tw years ago | was help
less with spinal disease-could foot. Kidney
medicine without seeing me, and performed |
am in good health. CHARLES l.. .BUFFuM, North Mon
roe, N H.
Another Marvellous Cure Without Seeing
the Patient
From the result of DIR. Cages peculiar treatment it is
quite evident that he possesses method Of great merit,
As an Illustration of his ability cope with the most
desperate diseases without seeing the patient, we
will cite the of Duncan Mckay, Esq, Groton, VT.
He Frustrated by complication of difficulties, and
very low. The laid before DR.. Gage, of New
York. Strange it may seem, DIR. Cages diagnosis
without seeing the patient proved to be csrrec and the
medicines he sent acted like charm. He was relieved
at once, has gained five pounds per week He states
that his friends look his
Indeed he feels that DR. Gage saved his life Mont
pelier Paper.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Trap For Drain.

During dry weather rats, snakes and other
creatures not wanted there often crawl into
the mouth of drain pipes and choke them.
To prevent this, Robert Grain, farmer in
Bucks county, Pa, invented the hinged cover
here shown
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW TO RAISE PEACHES AND WHAT
VARIETIES TO PLANT.

A Fodder Clamp and Trap to Keep
Rats and Snakes Out of Your Drains.
or Advantage to Apple Shippers-seed
Wheat-Peach Culture.
Hale's Early is considered by many to be
the best early peach now in the market. It
is said to have originated in Portage county,
o., from seed planted bya German. 1t ripens
very early, from the middle of July to the lst
OF August, is a fair, healthy grower, the leaves
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

For sale b., II. g. Day, Bradford. Vt.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-14

IN the volume of "Dickcnsiana, ~
recenilN Published in London, there
!. : reference 10 an amusing blunder
OF +" German critic, who gravely
st"tcd ihat 1.-The absurdities of
English pronunciation are well ex-
hih.lcd in the case of the word
'b0H. which Is pronounced Dick
ems. In this volume are reprinted
the catered passages from Notes
0"" Q0crteS which show that Sam
Weller story of the mullins is not
Veteran at all, the genuine one
being contained in Boswell's "John-
SOM" that Sans "Fleet" story of
the prisoner who, on being threat
ened To he locked outside, trembled
violently and never vcntured out of
the prison gates afterward. was pub
lished i'll THE Mirror in 1924, and
is, in point of fact, "a well-known
Joe Miller;" and that Fagin is but
the prototype of Wotton. TO crown
all, the ferreting contributors to
Notes and QaerieS have discovered
that Mr.. Pickwick's celebrated
trouvaile-the stone inscribed with
"Bill Stumps, his mark"-was so
fully and accurately described in
Tile I"n"oi Register for l771 that
no room for speculation on the score
of coincidence" is left.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-14

The United States Government is
the most prolific publisher in the
world, having printed over 1000
distinct works, the annual output
being at this time no fewer than
1000 titles. In the book of esti-
mates for the next fiscal year, just
sent TO Congress, 1880, 231.SS is
asked for wages alone. There are
on the payroll 400 compositors,
besides old men and managers.
Fifty proof-readers are steadily en-
ployed, besides 70 pressmen, 115
press feeders, and 81 ruling-machine
feeders. The estimates call for
100000 reams of printing paper, or
lS,O00,000 sheets.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-14

''Where are you going so fast,
old MANI" demanded John Smith.
"IIome, sir, home; don't detain me.
| have just bought my wife new
hat, and l must deliver it before the
fashion changes
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-14

Gen. Lew. Wallace is meditating
over new novel, the scene of when
is to be laid in Northern Africa.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-14

est member, perhaps, in Europe of
the Royal caste) and of high-hown
Spanish sentiment K Paris Corr.
London Truth.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-22
Hoods As u Novelty,

Exchange.
Hoods appear to be added to every sort
OF wearing apparel upon which they can
possibly be adjusted.
Clerical hoods are seen upon the backs
Of the graceful, c!ose.attlng marquis scket
and the English coat Of checked Cheviot,
as well as upon many other models,
Though some hoods are merely orna.
mental many are intended to be useful as
well.
Rounded, pointed, DAT, gathered and
hoods even In heart shape, they are eeen
upon the backs OF cloth Newnarkets, pei
crimes, visiteS, ulsterS opera Cloaks, water.
proofs cpd even appCrr upon PaIis.made
tea.aOwns aud costly night dresses oil
white Chinese washing silk, lace trim.
med.
Women with shoulders which incline
to roundhess never look well in hoods, mol
can very stout women wear them with
any degree Of aploma,
Another revival noted among the sea
sons fashions is the making Of sleeves oil
q different material from the bodice, these
very usually OF fabric matching the vest
sash aud panels. In point oil economy
thls 10 an excel lent arrangement. In point
Of artistic effect the fashion Is not cue
GEES,