The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-02-15

one OF thess Insurers TO mortgage bic furni'
turA tor small sum. The usurer took
mortgage deed, at about 10 per cent month,
and also got out of the customer promissory
note for the same amount, the borrower inno-
Gently supposing that the two documents
were redeemable by the payment OF the sum
borrowed, whereas the broker had obtained q
prima facie claim for double the amount
loaned. II was shrewd swindle, rendered
plausible by the fact that 1t is customary In
such cases for the borrower to sign . note In
which 1t Is expressly stated that the mortgage
deed Ia held only as security for the note.
Fortunately in this particular instance the
shark was forced to disgorgo by the warming
that lawyer had interested himself In the
case But the less fortunate victims are
legion.
The oleo fight has begun again in the legis-
lature and there is no doubt that the oleo
men will do everything in their power to con-
tinue their present permission to color their
fat-product to look like butter Some re-
markable stories have been told at the COM
mittes hearings Of the tricks which have
been practiced to svade the law and yet to keep
within its terms so as to avoid prosecution.
Cleo costs the retailers from 10 to ID cents a
pound and 1t is sold for butter of different
grades ranging in price from IS to ~ cents
pound. Tubs with different prices stand side
by side in the "New York butter stores"
vet the 1O-cent article is exactly the same as
the 37-cent. So people who wish for the best
butter and those who feel that they cannot
afford it are all served according to their
tastes or pecuniary necessities, but they get
exactly the same article and might ms well be
served from the same tub.
An attempt is again being made to bring
about biennial elections and sessions OF the leg
islature, but the movement appears to have
little strength
The woman suffragists are feeling quite
hopeful. II the legislators did not stand in
some awe of their wives and sisters there
might be some reason for the suffragists'
hope.
1t is not bright outlook for the petition
of the New England Conservatory Of Music
for $500, 900 from the state treasury. DR..
Tourjee and his friends will not get that sum
nor anything like it, nor probably even
100000 1t has been suggested that the
state pay for five years the interest upon the
debt of $500, 900 and relieve it
from that embarrassment At the end Of
that time the people will be in better condi-
ton to judge whether it is best to continue
the aid. But there is feeling against giving
state aid of any sort to this or any other in
stitution not under the control of the state,
as it opens the door of the public treasury to
the always greedy ssctarian establishments.
One of the most prominent of the federal
officials in Boston is one of the appointees of
the present administration, life long Demo-
crat and has always been a most ardent ad-
mirer of the present distinguished head of
the nation. A fine steel engraving of Presi-
dent Cleveland had always hung in a
prominent place upon the wall of his office,
and as friends of the officer in question have
often called attention to the same it had fire.
auently served rs text for the most gushing
and laudatory panegyrics upon the
public life and services Of the great
and good man. A short time
after the result of the November cleo
had impressed itself upon the minds of those
who held Office and might hope to continue in
the arduous aad lucrative service of their
Uncle Samuel, the picture was taken down.
It has not returned to its accustomed place.
fancy that the place which knew itso oft
will know 1t no more forever. Perhaps,
though, it was merely taken down to be
iusted. II 20 the busting process has con-
'umed more than two months Of valuable
time
Who has not read Of the dens in which
'ailors are robbed in English ports; of the
and sharks who get "Poor Jack" drunk as
soon as he lands absorb all his pay and keep
him captive till chance comes to sell him to
'ome ship master and load him aboard the
vessel sodden stupid log who only RECEIVERS
lis senses as the land recedes from view.
One needn't go to Europe to observe that
Kind of life. 1t may be seen right here in
Boston, though most people don't know it,
Thanks to the efforts of home mission
aries, seamen's chapels and few
lecent boarding houses. sailors who want
% live like human beings when on shore have
\ fair chance and often improve it, but fol
,he weak ones there are many traps.
A startling proof of the existence of a gang
Of pratical fellows here, ready for any des-
perate deed, was given the other day when
an attack was made on the steamer Vir
yinian. A party of boarding house bruisers,
who pretended to be representative of the
seamen and firemen who are striking in Eng
and, boarded the steamer here and tried to
drive out the crew who had shipped
FOR the outward voyage to Liver
pool. 1t is believed that they were
really hired to scare the sailors and
keep them for other steamers yet to arrive
$ these started from England with green
hands, and will be in great need of able sea,
men.
These bruisers made hard fight before
they were driven off the boat, and showed
themselves experts in the French art of
,parring with the feet. One of them kicked
The captain in the face, fireman was badly
nurt in the same way and another fireman
1ad two ribs broken and his face badly
bruised Two assaults were made on the
BOAT, and seven of the men hired were driven
away, fearful for their lives
An officer of the Virginian says: "To
'how what these boarding house keepers are,I
will tell you what happened the other day: I'VE
1ad shipped man from a house on Charter |
street, kept by one Bagley, and as the sailor
was owing the boarding house keeper 81 for |
BOARD, this Bagley would not let the man
nave his clothes. Now, the captain, early in |
he day, send the third mate over with the |