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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-09-13

10 THE OOAhD Oc A/DCO<A
TON THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AT q
meeting of the Washington County
Board of Education, held at Montpe-
lier the first Tuesday of May last, the
undersigned were appointed commit
tee to confer with reference to secur-
ing uniformity in the selection OF text
books throughout the entire state.
We beg leave to call your attention
to the following facts:
1st. While it is true that the stat
ute does not specifically enjoin uni
formity in the selection of text books,
but leaves such selection to the sepa-
rate county boards, there is nothing in
the law that hinders the various coun-
ties from taking such action as will Sc
cure the result named.
End. 1t is a truth so plain as to be
automatic that favorable terms can be
made in proportion to the magnitude
of the purchase. Hence, if the whole
state unite in purchasing the same
books, much better terms can be Sc
cured, and much money saved to the
people. There are children to-day out
Of school because their parents feel too
poor to procure the books necessary
for their use.
3rd. The state contains large class
of people who are constantly shifting
their place of residence, the change
often including transfer from one
county to another as well as from one
town to another. A uniform system
of text books would prevent the neces-
sity of purchasing part or the whole
of set of books for the children when
such move is made. And it ought to
be remembered that the class of peo-
ple who constitute the shifting popula-
ton are just the class who can least
afford to make frequent purchases OF
text books.
4th. There are several districts in
the state that include fractions of two
counties as we'll as of two towns, and
autonomy in the selection OF books
would render such schools embarrass-
ling to the teacher and unpleasant to
the pupils, while uniformity would
render the problem easy Of solution.
9Th. With possibly one exception
the supervisors elect have all signified
their approval of the effort to secure
uniformity, and have promised thell
aid to bring it about. The State Su'
perintendent is also heartily in favor
of the project, and thinks it move in
the right direction. A similar opinion
prevails with other prominent educa
tors who have been consulted.
9th. We therefore recommend thai
the various county boards hold SEES
sion in the near future in which they
each appoint committee of three te
meet at Montpelier on Wednesday, the
twenty-fifth of September next, at II
O'Clock a. M, such committee being
empowered to act for and in behalf OF
the county represented. This delega
ted board can then take such action al
it may deem best to secure the result
contemplated.
7th. Even if all the counties in the
state do not decide to cooperate in the
matter. great good may come from
even partial cooperation. We do no
presume to dictate to any the course
which they shall take, but we most ear
nestly solicit all to give the matter
careful consideration, and duly weigh
the merits of the question.
Respectfully submitted,
Rev. w. r. DAVENPORT,
! Waterbury.
Rev. w. S. HAzEN,
Mortified,
J. E. ELDREDGE, ESQ.,,
Il Worrou
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Thomas Smiths Estate

NTATE OF VERMONT, District Of Bradford IS.
- In probate Court held at Bradford in and for said
district on the 10th day Of Sept, A. D., 1850.
Diantha Smith now Dantha Smith Walker Admx. Of
the estate OF Thomas Smith late of STAFFORD in said dis
riot, deceased, by her attorney, John c. Carleton,
presents her administration account for examination and
allowance and makes application for decree Of dis
trbuon and partition Of the estate Of said deceased
and said application be referred session thereof to
be held at Thctford in said district, the 1st day
Oct D, 1885, for hearing and decision thereon and
il Is further ordered that notice hereof be given all per-
sons interested by publication Of the same three weeks
SUCCESSFULLY in the United Opinion newspaper pub
shed at Bradford previous to said time appointed for
and show cause If any they may have why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
BY the court-Attest, sci.
16 SIN GLEASON, Judge.
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East Hayerhill.

The first annual Grafton County W
C. T. U. Convention will be held here
Wednesday, Sept. 18th. Railroad
tickets can be procured at cents pei
mile. Program: 1920, devotional ex'
ercises; liza. M, reports Of county Of D
ficers; 11.l5, election of county OIL
GERS; -, noontide prayer; adjourn
ment. Up. M, devotional exercises
$50, reports from Unions; 8, Heredity
and Hygiene, Miss Helen Eastman
Wells River; 3.2O, Total Abstinence
Mrs. C. Gould, Franconia; $40, Work
Among Foreigners, Mrs. Hatch, Lit
Teton; 4 p. M, Question Box; ad
journment; Z p. M, devotional exer'
cises; 7.3o music and Rotations; sp
M, address by Henry P. Watson, M
D., Haverhill, subject, "Alcohol ant
its effects as viewed from physician''
stand point"
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Oxford.

Mrs. A. ID. Chamberlain and Mrs.
Constant Wright attended the 81.
Johnsbury fair this week.
"A very mirthful entertainment was
giyen at Union Hall, Thursday evening
Of last week by Dick Martz and his as
sistant. Miss Jeanette Parkman. IL
commenced by slight of hand per-
formance which was we'll done. Martz
is a generous, good hearted fellow,
and his performance was free from oil
yulgarity and everything OF low
character. He does all he advertlses
and much more Miss Parkman has a
beautiful voice and was encored every
time she appeared.
Mrs, Norman w. Locke takes MISS
G. d. Wyman's place as ORGANISE, TOT
which we all feel thankful. A sum OF
money was given Miss Wyman as she
left town for her faithful services dur
ing the past few years.
r. w. Mann, former resident OF
this town but for several years has re-
sided in Chelmsford, Mass, with his
wife is visiting his brother, Zerah
Mann, and his wife's sister, Mrs. Hen
ny Wheeler.
Mrs. Wyman who has been stopping
with John Cushman for few years,
has gone to West Fairlee to take care
of her mother who is quite sick.
Mrs. John S. Corliss is again quite
sick.
Last Sabbath no religious services
were held here, something which has
not happened for many years and it is
hoped will not for many years to come.
Mrs. Isaac Hartwell is quite sick, al
so Mrs. Staples and Mrs. Peter White
Rodney Gleason, wife and daughter
from Reading. Mass, are visiting at
H. H. Conant's this week.
The entertainment which was to be
given by the Kings daughters this
week, is postponed until next week
Thursday evening. All are cordially
invited.
If anyone feels pleased about this
time we think it must be Carlos Ken.
yon with boy on one knee and a girl
on the other.
We are informed by the committee
that they have engaged Rev. Mr.. Ten
ney for the ensuing year.
Last Monday morning M. F: Wy
mans gearing in his grist mill was
broken to the amount of Sl75, but is
now replaced and In running order.
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LIee,s sssr SIDE.


How the Capentsrs and Bricklsyess
Helped Frank ssvcek.
The cyn;cs and pessimists must
pause in their clamor against the base.
ness, hollow heartedness and ingrati-
tude Of this wicked and inhospitable
world, as they consider the episode In
the life of Mr.. Frank Sevcek. Prior
to the hard storm of last month Mr..
Sevcek, Bohemian laborer, was
wholly unknown TO fame. Few be-
yond the immediate neighbors had
ever known or heard Of him, and but
for that storm he might have remain
ed, as he always had been, 9 mere unit
in the vast population Of Chicago, OF
no importance to any one save the
little family dependent upon him.
When the furious gale, however, blew
down and demolished his home, 1t Do
came known from the newspaper re-
ports that Sevcek had been an indus
trious economical and frugal unit,
that the pile of ruins represented the
savings of years Of hard labor, and
that he had nothing left with which
to make home.
It was at this juncture that generos..
ity and human Kindness, the claims OF
human brotherhood, the prompt rec
IGNITION of fellow being in distress,
appeared to silence the complaints OF
the pessimists For what did the car.
penters do one Sunday but swarm all
over the lot and do their part OF the
work toward restoring the little cot
tage, under the direction OF building
inspectors of the city2 And what did
the bricklayers do the next Sunday
but gather in force and do their part
of the worka And last Sunday what
did carpenters and bricklayers do but
come together to finish up their work.
And as Sunday was the only day they
could spare from their owntoil, would
not the sternest old Puritan have for
given them for this generous and fra
ternal violation of the SabbathI Nay,
more, would he not have gone to the
dinner which the good women OF the
neighborhood provided for the work
men2
And then, when the workmen had
finished their Sunday job and the chill.
dren of the humble neighborhood
came, bringing flowers to adorn It.
would not the stern old Puritan, who
was naturally averse to floral display
or decoration Of any kind, have been
reused by the sight Of this good deed
to bless the men who gave the lumber,
boards, laths, shingles, bricks, sand
and lime, and the fellows whose stout
arms had.wrought them together UNI
til Brother Sevcek's cottage stood con-
fessed again ready, as soon as it is dry,
for him and his family to move in and
start again just as before9
And yet, not just as before, for Mrs.
6evcek, feeling that she should do
something to celebrate the bright and
beautiful episode in her husbands life,
what does she do, while the carpen-
tiers and bricklayers were at work and
the children were consecgating it with
i their flowers, but provide him with a
paw boy, SO that thdy will go into The
new house with male quintetl The
Sevceks are obscure people. The new
house is little one. The people who
have built it are not famous, but no
more beautiful or charitable deed ever
Illuminated this world. 1t should 81
lence the pessimists. Chicago Trib-
uno
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Emily A Crafts Wilson's Will.

kyTATE OF VT. District Of Bradford, IS
- In Probate Court held at Bradford within and
kr said district the roth day Of Sept, A p, 80
An instrument purporting to be the last will and tes-
lament of Emily Crafts Wilson late Of Bradford, in
said district deceased being presented by B. H. Wilson,
thesexecuor named therein for probate it is ordered by
said that all persons concerned therein be notified
9Th day of Oct, A. D., 80, at 10 m and show cause if
any they may have against the probate of said will for
which purpose it is further ordered that this order be
published three weeks successfully in the United Opinion
newspaper printed at Bradford in this state previous
to said time Of hearing.
By the Court,-Attest,
46 IN GLEASON, Judge
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TAXES.

The taxpayers Of School District No. ~
of Bradford, VT. are hereby notified that l
have in my hands for collection School Tax
for 1889. and all taxpayers are hereby mott
fed to pay their respective taxes as above to
the undersigned treasurer of school district
No. 10, within ninety days from the
date hereof (said time expires Nov. 1,
1891 as per act No. 20 A. ID. 80 Laws of
the State of Vermont.
Dated at Bradford, VT, this 18th day of
July, A. d. 1889.
81 JOHN C. HARDY, Treasurer
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The Winans Cigar Ship.

A wrought iron cigar ship was built at the
Isle Of Dogs, on the Thames, in England. and
launched on Monday, Feb. 10, 1856 As the
novel shaped vessel glided from the ways to
the river Mrs William L. Winans pronounced
the name Ross Winans," the designer of the
vessel. ut was" said The London Times,
built as the private yacht of an American
gentleman, who has designed everything con-
nected with the ship" Mr. Hepworth was
the builder The extreme length of the ves-
sci over all was 256 feet, and her greatest
width was 10 feet diameter, at tie center.
She had three cylinder engines (high pressure),
with a. screw at each end which was feet in
diameter greater than the greatest diameter
of the ship-2O feet When launched the YES
sci carried the flags Of England, America and
Russia and the ensign of the Imperial Yacht
club of St. Petersburg, ITO which she is des-
tined to belong"
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"Mr. Jonesi' said the old million
aire.
Yes sir. answered the private Sec
rotary.
Here are fifty begging letters. An
swer them all with a refusal"
Yes, sir"
And you will observe that every
one has two cent stamp inclosed for
reply"
Yes, SIR"
"weil, answer them on a postal. ~
Society.
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Commissioners, Notice..

THE undersigned having been appointed by the Hon
sioners to receive examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands Of all persons against the estate Of Thomas
Austin late Of Thetford in said district deceased and
all claims exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purposes aforesaid at the resi-
dence Of Mrs Eliza A. Austin, on the 24th day Of Oct
and 10TH day Feb next from o'clock m until o'clock
I'm. of said days. and that six months from the 18th
day Of Aug. A. D. 1880, is the time limited by
said court for sal creditors present their claims
to US for examination and allowance.
Dated at Thetford this 10Th day Of Aug, A. d. 1885,
H. E. BROWN. co,,ms
as c. D. LUCAS
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The Best Advertising,

The most efficient advertising in behalf
of Hoods Sarsaparilla is that which comes
from the medicine itself. That is, those
who are cured by it, speak to friends suffer
ing similarly, who in turn derive benefit
and urge others to try this successful medi-
cine. Thus the circle of its popularity is
rapidly widening from this cause alone,
and more and more are becoming enthusi-
astic in behalf of Hoods Sarsaparilla as il
actually demonstrates its absolute merit.
All that is asked for Hoods Sarsaparilla is
that it be given fair trial. If you need a
good blood purifier, or building up medi-
cine. try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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Peace ,Jubilees,

In the Peace Jubilee" of 1869, which be-
pan June Is and lasted FIVE days, there was q
chorus of 1851 persons and an orchestra OF
1904 pieces Ole Bull was first and Carl
Rosa second violin, and 100 men pounded 80
anvila The second jubilee began June II.
1872, and lasted until July 4. There was
chorus of 2O,0OO voices and an orchestra Of
1000 piecea Franz Abt conducted and so
did Johann Strauss; the bands Of the Grena-
der Guards from London, Of the Kaiser
Franz Grenadiers of Berlin and Of the Garde
Republicaine of Paris were present, as well
as the Emperor of Germany's cornet quartet
The auditorium held about q, 900 persona
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The Postmaster.

Winchester, Mass, says: l am personally
acquainted with Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton,
and was astonished at the remarkable
effects of your Sulphur Bitters in curing
their son, and its large sale is undoubtedly
due to the fact that it is an honest medicine.
know of many others who have been
cured by its use, and do not think too
much can be said in its praise. Yours tru-
ly. GEO. p. BROWN, p. NJ.
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ia x ES I!

The taxpayers of school district No. 8,
of Bradford, are hereby notified that have
in my hands for collection the School Tax
for the year 1889: and all taxpayers are
hereby notified to pay their respective taxes
as above to the undersigned Treasurer of
School District No. 3, within ninety days
%. 1891 as per Act No. 30 A. d., 1880, Laws
of the State of Vermont.
Dated at Bradford this 22d day OF Aug.
1889. e&
4S A. f. JOHNSON, Treasurer.
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The New Home Sewing Machine can
now be found IN all parts of the world. Its
reputation for always being in order and
fancy, has gained for it a rank among sew
ing machines, which others less meritOri-
GUS have long coveted. We refer you to
the thousands that are now using the New
Home. Don't take our word or an interest.
ed agents; ask those that have one and you
will find they are satisfied they have the
self, and if you do not find the New Home
the best don't buy it.
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By a new process, the rubber in the milk
collected from the India rubber trees is now
coagulated instantaneously. The operation
Il 90 simple that any native can carry 1t Gus
st the foot of the tree which he has been
bleeding; and thus, instead OF carrying large
cans of milk Of great weight, and entailing
great loss on the way, be simply carries In
the sack solid rubber, which. on his arrival
1t camp, can at oncs be prepared for the
market and shipped
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n X ES

The taxpayers of the town OF Bradford
are hereby notified that have in my hands
for collection Town and Highway Taxes for
1889, and all taxpayers are hereby notified
to pay their respective taxes as above to the
undersigned, Treasurer of Bradford within
ninety days from the date hereof, (said time
expires Dec. LIST, 1882 as per Act No.
80 A. ID. 1880 and Act No. 5. A. ID. 1885.
Laws of the State of Vermont.
Dated at Bradford. VT, this I'd day of
September, A. D., 1889. "A
BARRON HAY, Town Treasurer.
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Legal.

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsOL-
VENCY-BRADFORD DISTRICT 1868.
Probate Courts and Courts Of Insolvency within and
for said district will be holden the ensuing follows
Bradford-At J. H. Watsons Office in Bradford on the
second Tuesdays Of every month, commencing January
nth, 1887.
Corinth-At the Hotel in East Cornth on the third
Wednesdays Of June, August and October.
West Fairlee-At the Probate office in West Fairlee
on the last Saturday Of every month.
S. M. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Centre, VT, Dec. l, 1886.
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sWhats female beauty, but an air divine,
Through which the minds all-gentler gra
cpS shinpD

This may be good logic in poetry but IN
real life the ''the minds all-gentler graces;
shine" to better advantage when enclosed
in sound physique. DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription is positive cure for the
most complicated and obstinate cases OF
leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful men
situation, unnatural suppressiOns, prolaP-
ssfemale weakness" anteversiOn, retriever
sion, bearing-down sensations, chronic con
gestiOn, inflammation and liberation OF the
womb, Inflammation, pain and tenderness
in ovaries, accompanied with internal
heat"
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If YOU could see your own scalp through
magnifying glass, you would be amazed
at the amount of dust, dandruff, and dead
skin thereon accumulated. The best and
most popular preparation for cleansing the
scalp is Ayers Hair Vigor.
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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

A Singular Posm Containing the Names
of Thirty Buried Ctttss.
This poem, called Buried Cities" 10 an
oddity The names Of the cittes referred TO
are attached
No paler monk than Father charleA and none 20
since monks In academic air or clotster walls were
seen
The ravages Of fatal war Jaw many tear 'ne.
fall
Ru. ne In peace, and at our side seemed nearer
death than all
An Ice cold hand was his drear omen OF decay
The best Of brandy. hottest baths. drove not that
chill away
We used 10 have nice dishes cooked 70 tempt his
| appetite,
And many damsei tmade him cake MS palate
su. all lu vain; Ills feeble shape kindred to death
| Beyond comparison he failed hts eye grew wild
| and bleared
After his daily nap less strength and less he got
Twas not advancing age; no. all his years had
Rent one dark hair from of his brow. or with
maturing gray .t.
Spreading his tonsured crown wore his thick
| locks away
BUT memory bleeds 70 think now suddenly he
| died
His neck when we fell on. DO not this thing. he
| cried
TO duty constant, no pleasure ever loved.
Cant one poor mortal thus real saint be provedP'
His spirit, 10th TO quit, oft tiickered ere 1t He'd
Al last his pulse met zero. and Father Charles
was dead
He had monster funeral the queens tnwn clerk
| came down,
Ordered the bells to toll, and all over the town
They rang. both old and new; burger and magis
trate
Came crowding when In old St. Johns his body
| lay In state,
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given of the loss of a
certificate numbered 1927 for Five Shares
Preferred Stock of the Connecticut and
Passumpsic Rivers Railroad issued TO me.
AIS FERDINAND c. KEZER.
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The itchin.. of the scalp, falling OF the
hair, resulting in badness, are often caused
by dandruff which may be cured by using
Halls Hair Remover.
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1rc Cream.
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WANTED.
Cost an6 founo

, OsT nank.book No 15o7i5 on Dry Dock Savings
l. Bank Any person having claims upon SAD Dcpk IS
called upon 70 present To the bank WITHIN unity
days or the Ssid will be declared eaneelea ana en-
tinguIshed, and q one Issued In lieu thclcOl.
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