The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-07-13
Of the people was shown by his subsequent
reflections.


principle but there are occasional facts which
do not coincide with II. One Of these Ia tn,
gradual inclination Of travellers going to Eu
rope from New England to take the Boston
instead Of the New York steamers. The
: former are the slower and ess-patronixed, but
knowing travellers will tell you that they arr
much more comfortable than the New York
flyers Boston pride Is partly responsible fol
the increase Of passenger carriage from this
port, for strange as 1t may seem, local spirit
is not yet entirely dead here. There Is one
hindIance to the enjoyment Of such a
trip, l imagine, and that is the
large number of blue-blooded and stiff
backed Bostonians who are sailing
at this season. The passenger lists of the
steamships read like a careful selection from
the Blue Book. OF course under each others
stern scrutiny they can not drop their home
manner and ''do MS the Romans do" 80 II is
to be hoped that on landing they separate
and get opportunities among strangers TO re.
lax a little
To prove that Boston has low death rate
the board of health estimates the population
at $4,000. 1t would be 415,OOO by this time
If SO many people didn't die. Owing to this
unfortunate habit 4O5, 900 is probably suffl-
clently liberal estimate.
49,
| One Of the promoters Of the public meeting
which is to be held In Faneuil hall Thurs
day night, to discuss the question "Shall the
church Of Rome control the public schools of
BostonF' says they want to secure some in
telligent Catholic priest to defend the course
which the church is taking in this country.
Among the speakers will be such eminent
ministers as Rev. D. H. Ella, Rev. A. A. Mi
ner, Rev. Philip Moxom, Rev. J. M. Gray
and Rev. E. A. Plumb 1t is interesting to
see these ministers coming out in defense of
the schools, for the indications for some time
past have been that such dread of atheism
and free thinking was prevailing among
Protestant clergymen that the evangelical
churches would be more inclined to support
than oppose the Roman church in whatever
it chose to do. It is by no means certain yet
that the body of Protestant ministers here
are not taking such position.
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| There is not single Injecting house" in
Boston, only "churches" meeting House
hill" alone remains to remind the people of the
better taste in nomenclature of former days.
one linn, ;" the Hancock, established by the first
Travellers" our bartenders are "wine clerks"
our tramps are tourists, /" our graveyards are
cemeteries" our corn doctors are ''pedi-
cures" our gamblers are "brokers," the lot
terry advertises itself as 'great financial in
stitution," our fiddlers are ''violinists," our
cheap-J Johns are merchants, /" our BARRIERS are
''hairdressers," and our bootblacks are "pro-
fessors." But in good society spade is still
SnQda and a lay iC q tt1iy,,I, A LODI ic
still a ''woman;" and when people have drunk
they often say so, and not shave drank"
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The Boston ball club is steadily and surely
proving its title to fifth place in the league
1t is mystery what becomes of the playing
power of ball men when they are hired to
play in the Boston nine. Even young Mad
den seems to have lost something of his spirit
and effectiveness The club has a good
pitcher in Sowders and he shows ambition
which the others sadly lack. This will be
undoubtedly the most successful season finan-
cially ever known by the Boston club.
Already the returns have been sufficient to
pay for all expenses Of whatever sort, sal
aries, travelling, etc, and, from the outlook,
enough to pay for the grand stand and leave
balance in cash of over $4,000.
The latest from Chicago is that some of the
Boston players are drinking heavily, and that
Kelly is having an everything goes" kind of
time. The present state of affairs is an es-
pecial disgrace in view of the splendid pat
ronage the club has received this season. It
is charged that one of the players has openly
bet that the club would not take certain DO
sition in the championship race Manager
Morrill, is not disciplinarian and is unable
to make the others live up to. the
rules as he does himself. He will condone
good deal and go very far for the sake of
peace and harmony. Most of the men respect
him and sympathize with him, but there are
men in the team who have 4orgotten the re-
spect due to themselves and him.
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Mrs. Alice Wellington Rollins, who is now
distinguished as the author of ''Uncle TOMS
Tenement" an attempt to show that soap and |
water and more wants" will settle the slunls
problem, was known as Almena Giddings
when she was girl in East Hartland Conn
She changed her name to Alice Wellington
when she began to write poetry, and Mr.
Rollins gave her the rest of the appellation.
The old chimney and cellar hole are all that |
remains of the old Giddings homestead in
Hartland, as I know from many a |
summer day spent in monkeying |
around that neighborhood. The hill |
town region thereabout has sent out many |
brilliant daughter and son, but the human
crop must be about played out, judging from |
the appearance of the present population. The |