The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-22

Too much help has ruined more men
than too little.
In 1860, the lacxes OF the country
wore %, AGA, 600 worth Of wire in theil
hoop skirts
A Georgia man has a hen which
lays double eggs, each one having an
egg within an egg, as 1t were.
The man who is drawn into scheme
to invest cent and draw out 81 may
not DO fool, but he is in no danger
from brain fever,
In an exhibition at Dresden are col.
lected number Of boots, shoes and
slippers once worn by emperors, kings,
queens and princes.
We are all of us more or less hum
bugs in this world, but most Of us
won't allow anybody but ourselves to
say so. -Somerville Journal.
Dentists in Cedar Falls, Ia., are
likely to have an opportunity to go
fishing. An Indian doctor" visited
the town and during few days stay
extracted nearly 1000 teeth.
The London Times will be com.
PEELED to pass its dividends this year
owing to the great expense incurred
in the Parnell investigation. A circu-
lar to that effect has been sent to the
shareholders.
It is not interesting to have a man
tell how rich he might have been if he
had good luck 1t is better to know
what he has been able to do against
bad luck. New Orleans Picayune.
An inhabitant of Portland, Oregon,
not long ago offered to sell twelve
acres of land for $3.50 per acre. His
wife refused to sign the deed, and
though he was angry at the time, he is
more than pacified now, as the prop
erty will bring $40, 900 readily.
Some negroes of Carrollton, Ca,
entered into a compact to rob the
town. They succeeded finely until they
consulted Tallapoosa fortune teller,
who said they were thieves. This ter
rified them, and led to their arrest.
There seems to be place in society
even for the fortune teller.
A writer in an Engligh paper claims
for Woodbridge the credit of possess
ing the meanest man in the person of
miserly yeoman who refused to al
low his daughter to receive sealskin
jacket as present because he could
not afford to pay for the camphor
which would be needed to keep the
moths out of it during the summer
There is no country of the world
where the science of long life, accom-
panied with good health, unimpaired
mental faculties, good digestion, and
great activity, is better understood
than in France, and there, Of 1000
persons born, 12O reach the age of 70,
and the percentage continues to be
high until IS is past.
Paper doors are said to be great i'm
provements over wooden ones They
are formed of two thick paper boards,
stamped and nodded into panels and
glazed together with glue and potash
and then rolled through heavy rollers.
After being covered with a waterproof
coating and one that is freproof, they
are painted, vanished and hung in the
usual way,
DR.. j. M. Edmunds, in a paper in a
dental monthly, advocates the i'm
planting of metallic roots in the jaw
and the building Of artificial teeth
upon them. He believes that this
method opens new possibilities for
dentistry. By planting two metallic
capsules in the rear Of the jaw and
two in the forward portion, he thinks
it practical to lay foundation for
complete set of permanent teeth.
There is cradle in New York that
has rocked over 10000 babies. It be-
gan to rock nineteen years ago, when
the Sisters of Charity started little
founding hospital on Twelfth street,
New York, with SIS in the treasury
Sister Irene was at the head Of it, as
she is still, wonderful, frail little
whose genius and devotion
will always be remembered by those
who have once beheld her among the
babies whom she has saved and sue
,ored.