The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-11-23

ties iill~d with costly silk, IL weighted down
with sarin, or has every other dress made OF
uncut cloth, why, we think 1t Is time to IN
terfere. The greatest find of all was two
entire suits Of mems clothes and an overcoa'
hung around a woman's waist"
There Is falling out between the woman
suffragists and the Citizens committee OF One
Hundred on nominations for school commit-
tee. The One Hundred Ia a secret committee.
because the business men ON 1t cannot afford
to face the inevitable boycott which would
follow tho publication Of their names They
have named list of eleven candi-
dates who are pledged to put
back Swinton's History in the schools There
Ia not Roman Catholic on lhe list, nor does
the list include the three men who were
elected before by aid Of the women's influence.
Some Of the women say they will not accept
an anti Catholic ticket
This however, is the attitude Of the suffra-
gifts. who form an insignificant proportion OF
the woman voters The women's societies
which called out the extraordinary assess
ment of women and are now causing the as
sessed women to be registered, will probably
stand by the One Hundred.
This division among the women will have
to be plastered over in some way before cleo
tion If the "public school cause" is to gain
any benefit.
Meanwhile some Roman Catholic women
are taking thorough measures to bring out
their vote, and have had their poll workers
organized for some time past
Thomas N. Hart, the Republican candidate
for mayor condemns any religious test in get
ting good school committee, saying, LAS far
as know, the Catholic church is not going
to seek control of our public schools. There
is far more danger that Catholic politicians,
who care more or less for their church, will try
to get control Of our school appropriations
have no fear of Archbishop Williams or
Cardinal Gibbons, who are able and upright
men, and good American citizens"
-.
Fully SIC, 900 has been guaranteed to send
Missionary Noyes to Japan. Meanwhile there
is ground swell Of public opinion which
must damage the American Board, if it per
severes in its course.
An episode which relieves somewhat the
gloom of the half-religious, half-political war
which is waging here was that of the recep-
ton by the Universalist ministers of Boston
at their usual meeting of paper from Vicar
General Byrne (Roman Catholic) describing
the methods of teaching Of practical piety in
the Roman church. Such communications
between representatives Of religious systems
SO diverse is rarer here than in smaller towns,
where priests and ministers often find con-
genial spirits in the opposing ranks.
Of course there are instances in which
Boston clergymen of the most diverse
sorts express high esteem for such
other, meet on public platforms and admit in
private that Rev. So and Sois "a mighty good
fellow and it's a pity he's Baptist" or a
Catholic, as the case may be, but there is I'M
deniably greater hostility between the Prot
estant and Roman denominations than in the
lesser communities
The most apparent explanation of this is,
that the preponderance Of the foreign element
in the population gives greater strength to
foreign ideas, including the idea of religious
warfare.
Perhaps there is no more noteworthy catho- |
ic sect with a little ''c'D than the Jew
sh, whose representatives are generally on |
;he best of terms with those of other creeds.
pressed the opinion that there is great ad-
vantage in the Catholic system of impressing
doctrine on the minds of the young as coming
rom an unquestionable authority, while |
'thers insisted that the blind concession of |
he child was not faith, and the child must be |
ssisted by dogmatic teaching until he be-
ONES able to reason for himself.
**s
Three men had an awful sty.,,uulo for Efo
he other day in cellar Of the Institute of
entomology where the hot steam pipes are
aid.
One of the pipes burst, and the steam,
nder pressure of eighty pounds. filed the
DOM, extinguishing the gas, and leaving the
lace in darkness. The three men instantly
called the danger surrounding them. All
brew themselves on the cement floor and
egan to grope about for a means of exit.
hey knew that If they inhaled any of
he steam it would kill them. In
tructor w. L. HufPer went in what
Q thought was the direction of the trap door.
ut he missed his calculations and soon
rought up against brick wall 1t was use
ass for him to waste his strength by crawl
lg about that hot, dark place, therefore, ly-
lg fiat on the ground, he drew his coat COL
IT about his head, stuffed a handkerchief
ito his mouth, and then pressed his face
gainst the cemented floor, which was still
old, and waited for help.
w. M. Cameron was more fortunate, and
BON reached one Of the air holes in the parti-
on which separated the basement from
ection known as the fan house. He squeezed
trough one of these holes, ran over to the
Id building and shut off the steam. Some
ody else shut off the gas. Cameron then
urried back to the sub-basement, and
armed that his fellow workman, Neptune.
ad also escaped through one of the air holes.
search for Mr.. Huffer was begun. He was
,und unconscious, and 1t required the serv.
'es Of three men to take him into the open
lr. Physicians were called, and Mr.. Huffer
ION revived. His face and ankles were
,mewhat scalded, but he received no other
ljuries. The hands of Cameron and Nep-
Inc were also badly burned from coming in
intact with the hot pipes. It was terrible
Kperience for all of them.
Sc
Bronson Towards new play, "Shenan-
oah, ," presented at the Museum this week,
IS some stirring military scenes, including
Sheridan's ride" 1t is perhaps not so ef-
'ctive as a war drama as "Held by the
nemy," but in its romantic-comedy element
is delicious It is bound to be success on