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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
MAMBRINO DIX.


Bay stallion 10 hands high. weighs llb0
pounds. Sire Mambrino Chief, Jr. Record
235, sire of Proctor 1923. Dam, Queen, ny
Young Morrill, l.lS. sire of Winthrop Nor.
rill, sire of ten In 230 or better. also sire OF
Fearnaught 2.23la with three 10 2'3U ilst.
in 2'30 list with two sons that have sired hye
performers, and sire OF the dams OF nve IN
$50 Mambrin0 Chief. .Dr., by Mambrln0
Chief sire of Lady Thorn 2.l84 and five
others in $50 or better. Twenty-Five OF ms
sons bred 70 performers, and fifteen Oh MS
daughters have produced ~ performers,
liis grand,daughters have prr3nd; et on nv
Abdallah. sire of Rysdyke Hambeton ana
sire of the dalu of Goldsmith Maid 2 IA, and
tie dams of six other performers, also sire
of the dam of Daniel Lambert, VINO mas
more $50 performers than any other living
sire. MambrinO Dix has no record b!lt mas
trotted in races IN 226N' quarIersI III IL , %n
Owing to an accident he was WITHDRAWN
from the turf, otherwise he would nave
made very low record Mambrino DIX
has an intelligent head. his neck. without
being gross, denotes constitution, his shout
ders are deep and finely laid, his lack Is
short and very muscular over the IONS, nlS
barrel Is large and round, with powerful
smooth turned quarters, c0rdy legs with
plenty of bone and an excellent set OF feet.
His colts are good size. stylish and gentle,
and are better readers and sell to a better
pri.e than any others bred in this vicinity.
ONLY one of his colts was ever tried for
speed and that one it is expected will make
his record of 1926 or better this season Any
breeder that does not avail the services or
MambrinO Dix at the extreme low price
makes mistake. Any standard mare with
n record of $50 or better, services. free.
Terms 1920. Mares kept on reasonable terms
at owners risk,
wv Hill Stock Farm. West Fairlee, Vt.
90 GEORGE w. COOK
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GIANTS OF THE PAST.

The Emperor Maximin was eight feet II
height.
A giant exhibited at Rouen in 1875 was
eight feet high.
Galbara, the giant exhibited in Rome
during the reign Of Claudius Caesar, was
over ten feet high.
Furman, the Scotch giant of the time oil
Eugene II, measured but two lines less
than eleven feet six inches
The body of Orestes, according to the
Greek historians, measured eleven feet
when being prepared for burial.
Secondilla and Pusio, the giant keepers
of the gardens of Sallust, were exactly of
the same height each measuring nine feet
six inches.
Paterus in his published writings, tells
of giant whom he examined at Lucerne
whose body measured nineteen feet four
inches and three lines.
Chevalier Scovey, in his account of the
voyage to the peaks of Teneriffe, says that
in opening one of the sepulchral caverns
they found human skull which measured
four feet in circumference and which was
provided with eighty teeth.
In Rouen, in 1909, workmen found
stone tomb containing skeleton whose
reaching to the waist of the tallest man on
the ground. Over the tomb the following
words. sin this tomb lies the noble and
pussant lord the Chevalier Ricon de Vale
mot and his bones. "-Chicago Times.
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LONG DISTANCE MEASURES.

The Jews said 'from Dan to Beersheba. u
The Yankee says from Maine to Texas.
The Persians say from Medina to
Mecca"
The southerner says "from Florida to
Alaska"
The English say "from Lands End to
John o. Groat's."
In Louisiana they say from New Or
leans to Pittsburgh
The South American says from the
Isthmus to the Horn"
The Sucker and the Hoosier say 'from
the great lakes to the gulf"
In California the common expression IL
'from Altaville 10 Pilot Knob. Detroit
Free Press.
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Stallion B|ackmont,

BY AImont Eagle dam by Black Cloud, by FLYNN.
Cloud, son Of Vermont Black Hawk I'D dam by Young
Harpinus, son Of Harpinus, by Bishops Hambetonan
by Imported Messenger
Almont Eagle (record a.27 and full brother tc
Piedmont a,I74) by Almont by Alexander's AbdaIaf
by Rysdyk's Hambletonian Almont Eagles dam by
Mambrino Chief ed dam by Gray Eagle thorough
bred9 Almonts dam also by Mambrno Chief
and dam by Pilot Jr. Consider this breeding and what
may reasonably be expected from it.
Backmont is black without white years old June 1s)
rs "a hands, weighs 1850 pounds in driving condition
very sure foal getter and stands on his merit
stock horse, the t,pe being ms colts. We hav. six OF
them here and below give names OF few Of colts
OF mares with foal by him. These not picked
lot OF them have never SEEM but seattle ed
so breeders can them and decide for themselves
whether they wish obtain Backmonts services the
very low price of $40 for each mare Zone half be paid
when mare proves with foal the other half when
produces live foal)
NEWBURY, Carl E. Brock, Everett
der, G. W. Sampson, Jr, K. B. Kelley, William Brown,
Benz Hurst; POST MILLS, VIM. Stevens: EAST
THETFORD John Child; ORFORDVILLE, Alvah
Kimpal; PIERMONT, John Bickford; FAlRLEE,
Heath Bros E. B. Rugg, r. A. Morris, A. W Paine,
A. H. Chamberin.
Call and see what we have to shoS you. Send for
card showing pedigree and TERMS and please yourselves
by patronzing this horse any other il you choose to-
j. w. DAVIS,
40 FAIRLEE, VT.
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TWO eARps.

A bard who wrote In slaves
Once made u heather hymn.
II had this stern refrain,
That moved M though In pain,
'srhe underthought Of graves
Makes the sea grim"
A south land singer sung
With happy heart and free;
The living, not the dead.
He dealt with, and he said,
'The world Is glad and young,
And good TO me-"
And ever since mankind
Is shuttled back and forth
Between these singers twain
OF glad and sad refrain:
The south land warm and kind,
The bitter north.
Richard 4. Burton In Harper's Weekly.
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A Burglar Captured.

This morning about two o'clock, John
Wood, the wcll-known plumber who re-
sides on Main street, was awakened by
hearing glass break. On getting out of bed
he received blow on the head He imme-
diately grappled with the burglar, and af
ter a terrible struggle succeeded in HOLDING
him until his wife obtained help. On he.
ing searched at the station, MIR. Woods
watch and wallet was found on his person
He gave the name of Robert Terry. The
broken glass proved to be a bottle of Snl-
phur Bitters which had almost cured Mrs
Wood of eumatism.-EXchange.
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Light I'm the Head.

A Newark woman got to acting lit
tie queerly, but her husband didn't mind
it much, and first thing he knew she had
given away all her diamonds, 81, 200 in
cash and all her clothes but one rig. She
gave to strangers, and they walked of
believing her to be great humanitarian.
Detroit Free Press.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-07-03
FooTLloHT FLASHES.


Lila Russell Is singing In concert at Nil
an, Italy, with great success.
Pauline Hall plays long summer en-
gagement In Philadelphia, opening In June.
Joseph Hoffman, the pretty little boy
pianist, has grown tall, lank and freckled,
Miss Maud Miller, daughter Of the poet
joaquin, will be a member OF the my New
Sweetheart" company next season.
1t is said that Mrs. Langtry has failed
both as Cleopatra and Lady Barter. She
was even Kissed in the latter part by the
Londoners.
Nellie McHenry Is to have new comedy
by II. Grattan Donnelly. 1t will be farci-
cal in character, and the lady is certain 1t
will he great go"
Carroll johnson, the ex-minstrel come
dian, will star in an Irish play next season
It Is from the pen of Edward E. Kidder.
and Is entitled the "The Gossoon."
The court of appeals of Kentucky, sitting
at Frankfort, has granted divorce to
Marie Perzel, better known as Marie Pres
colt, the emotion Il actress.
Annie Pixley has decided to cancel her
engagements for next season. She cannot
unu u SulUdDlc pay, anu, ocSi"So' ouo .SA.~
her managers think that she is entitled to
q rest.
Mile. La Duse is known in Italy as the
Italian Sarah Bernhard. She has just .ap-
poured in Rome in Camille" with i'm
mense success, and will next go to Russia.
She may be expected in this country at any
time afterward.
It is one of Joseph Jefferson's peculiar
tiles to abhor theatrical passes. When.
ever he reaches a large city Jefferson goes
to the box Office of the theater where he is
to appear and spends from ten dollars to
fifty dollars on tickets to distribute among
his friends
Clara Morris is reported to be very
wealthy woman. She has some fine in
vestments in western real estate, and has
the knack of putting moneyin good places.
She supports her aged mother in nice style
In a coy home on the banks of the Hud-
son, where she spends part OF her sum-
mer vacations.
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STANDARD BRED STALLION
u p r Q A r !
Bred by w. T. WITHERS LEXINGTON, Ky.

Sired by Almont Lightning, he by AL
mont, he by Alexander's Abdallah, and
he by Rysdyk's HambletOnian. Almont
I.iightning's first Dam was by MambrinO
Pilot, who sired HAMS, record 2.17s4. MAIN
brine Gift, record 22O, and several others
with records of 2.SO or better. Almont, sire
of AlmOnt Lightning has 30 with records
from 2.134 to 2.30. AlmOnt Lightning, has
yer been handled for speed but has shown
mile after a heavy season in the stud in
1925. and quarter in IS seconds UprOar's
Dam is KapiOlania, by Waverly, Son of
Impt. Australian. KapiOlania. the Dam of
Uproar, has trotted in three minutes, and
a run mile in 1.55 HIS breeding on the Dams
side is first-class and gives him a thor
oughbred cross with the trOttlng instinct
strongly developed and the staying qualities
of the thoroughbred.
Uproar was foaled in 1883, is rich chest
nut. two white hind ankles, stands Is g.
weighs 1850, has never been handled for
speed, but shows remarkable good gait,
and with training is sure to be trottef;
coupled with his size and style he cannot
hel being the means OF a great improve
..ent to the horse stock of this section.
Will make the season of 1891 at Riv-
erside Farm South Newbury, Vt.
Terms 800, payable when mare proves
20 w. s. HALE, Proprietor,
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Not Under the Rules.
"Chief Two Strikes can't have lpsl
anything in this war"
"Why not?"
"Tw? Strikes can never be ouk'-
Puck.
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The President

phur Bitters saved my life. For ten years
| suffered from catarrh and liver complaint:
lost forty-five pounds and was growing
worse rapidly. had lost all faith in medi,
cine, but hearing your B;tters SO well rec
commended, gave it a trial. Six bottles
cured me.-Smith p. Hunt Waverly. Iowa.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-28

Syrup"

Here is an incident from the South
Mississippi, written in April, 1890,
Just after the Grippe had visited that
country. Il am a farmer, Il of
those who have to rise early and
work late. A 1.-THE beginning oflast
Winter | was on a trip to the City
of Vicksburg, Miss. where I got we'll
drenched in a shower of rain. I
went home and was soon after seized
with a dry, hacking cough, This
grew worse every day, until l had
to seek relief. consulted DR.. Dixon
who has since died, and he told me
to geta bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and | caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. |
got two bottlesof German Syrup. l
began using them, and before takirg
much of the second bottle, | was
entirely clear oftlle Cough that had
hung to me so long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. felt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since"
PETER .BR1Av,s, IT,, Cayuga, Hines
Co., Miss. %
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A PROFITABLE CROP.
Beans Pay Whenever and Wherever TIL,
Are Properly Cultivated.

Beans Pay Whenever and Wherever The,
Are Properly Cultivated.
Beans require rich soil, but If the
bean fodder is carefully saved and fed
with refuse beans to sheep the crop is
not nearly so exhaustive as many 9th.
ers. Only the grain is sold, and thirty
bushels of beans per acre will not re
move Tor plant food than can be re.
placed by two hundred weight each OF
phosphate and nitrate of soda. Years
ago, in war times, beans suddenly ad.
vanced in price to 81, and even S. per
bushel Nothing in grain farming
compares with beans for raising money
quickly and with moderate amount Of
labor. Many farms were bought and
mainly paid for with the proceeds of
the bean crop. Beans took their place
in the rotation. Acrop yielding twenty
five to thirty bushels per acre sold
often for 500 per acre, or as much as
the original cost of the land. BY the
time the whole farm had been "beaned"
1t was paid for. Beans we're put In
with a drill or with bean planters, set.
ting the plants In hills With rows far
enough apart n way to cultivate be.
tween. Most Of the cultivation was
done with horse power. Now there
are bean-harvssting machines that
greatly lessen the ~baclsaching labor Of
bean pulling. ThrashinR too, that
used to be done with the fail or By
o 1t the beans, is now accom-
more perfectly by bean thrash.
ers. Medina. N. Y, is q region where
more beans are grown than anywhere
else il lie world. American Cultiva
tor
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"Old Man of the Mnnnfain"

This title was first applied to Hassan
Ben sabbal, who founded a formidable
dynasty in Syria, A. D. 1890. He was
the prince, or chief, of a sect of the
Mohammedans. Having been banished
from his country, he took up his abode
in Mount Lebanon, gathered around
him a band of followers, who soon be-
cam the terror alike OF Christians,
Jews and Turks. They paid the most
implicit obedience to his commands,
and believed that if they sacrificed
their lives for his sake they would be
rewarded with the highest joys of par
adise. For two hundred years these
"Assassins, as they called themselves,
continued to be the terror of the coun.
try. Whenever their chief, the "Old
Mar of the Mountain" considered him
self injured, he dispatched some of his
assassins secretly to murder the ag.
gressor. This is the origin of our use
of the word assassin for a secret muir.
derer. Detroit Free Press.
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Various Ises of One Tree.

inc of the strangest of trees is the
tia palm, found abundantly on the
banks of the Amazon and other South
American rivers In the swalnpv re.
gions, which cover immense areas, The
tia palm furnishes food, drink. cloth.
ing and comfortable homes for the
natives. The Indians that inhabit
these swampy districts make a ~tolera-
bic wine from the sap of the palm, and
theyrdistill a stronger stimulant BY
crushing and fermenting the young
fruits. The food is derived from the
soft inner bark of thu stems, and is a
substance that in taste and appearance
closely resembles sage. The soft and
tibrous bark is used for garments and
for making strings, ropes. hammocks
and the like. In times of high water,
often lasting two or three months, the
natives make floorings in the trees
with the bark ropes and live there in
comfort and contentment.- Pbiladel.
phia Times.
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and r-asnc.a . lantern VII With he

ard p-Nuoeis lantern Win which hs
returned - thS old we'll
Nora McCo-mic& had msnarNi q
slip uoStairS and was oonErstUla;,ac
herself upon her eScsoA for she had
seen the great MAJ approaching,
4 minute later Bruce learned that
the pocvevh; Truths a Jewel hidden
At the bottom ~ a we'll" was in his
case literally true There, in the old
well, lay the missing money, MARRIED
bills and all,
Some vagrant fancy had caused the
somuambulist II rob himself and fling
the booty where he discovered it The
mysterious writing was doubtless his
own work, the fruit OF his uafouadcd
suspicious of Tom HYDE.
When in deep and, it IS to be hoped.
improving reflection. he returned -
the house, he found Miss Edith await.
ing him.
Her window commanded a view Of
her fathers nocturnal exploit, and she
had seen him with the lantern. OF
course he was forced 20 explain what
he would much rather have kept to
himself, and SO received his daughters
announcement of her engagement to
Tom Hyde without a word.
Furthermore, in order to bride her
into refraining from unpleasant allu-
s!ons, he advanced Hyde to a business
lDfnrnSt II ~ StAnA 80 D+,, H1l1
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THE FARMING WORLD.
4 wlNrsR SEE HOUSE.
The Mere ~r-N;eoilNH the less stare
Nj O., a. H-swgas


The Mere r-NseciINa, the tess stores
Need 10 Bs Provided.
! Our Illustration rcpCeSsatS a house
FOR winter protection u koeS The
foundation may h q any approved
construction - long SIS it IS FIRM and
prevents the wind and cold from
sweeping under {; and does rot form a
lodging place for mice ana other yer.
m I. Stone a cour>e IS best The
walls ana roof are al three thickue>>cs
Of lumber, the space between the outer
Two being filed with Sawiust or other
good packing material 10 keep ont;
cold. NenulatiuC tubes 70 take in or
extend to just above the roof at one "
sides, and a; the highest point o!
the roof a cupo'a OF other ventilatins
opening is placed; the chief reQui0s-
ment being that the top openings #
the side ventilators shall be consider,
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muslin. The window may be of any
size, but the hens prefer plenty Of
light. The u may be s feet from
the ground to peak, and 1a feet long,
or by cutting l6-foot boards in half the
upright boards will be the proper
length. The run may be attached to
n end OF a poultry-house, to serve as
a scratching place in winter. The
ends may be open, or one end closed,
as preferred, and i tmay be easily lifted
up and arranged to suit the direction
from whence the storm may come.
Any kind of cheap material may be
used to construct it. We simply wish
to give it as a suggestion, trusting that
our readers may improve on it.-Farm
and Fireside.
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A WINTER BEE HOUSE,

ably lower than the central cupola to
facilitate a circulation OF air. Have the
door of the house fit closely. Place the
hives upon shelves attached to the
walls, or set them upon the floor;
probably the latter is preferable as the
vibration will be less. Bees so protect
ed will winter upon Less stores than il
left out in the wind and cold, and will
be in better condition in the spring. II
the house is provided with windows on
the sunny side (and wooden shutters
for winter use), SO that the heat of the
u MAY warm the atmosphere, the
bees neei not be moved out at all The
shade afforded will be valuable during
the heat OF summer, and the open door
way and windows will allow the bees
tree entrance Orange Judd Farmer.
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what absurd names some o! our
latter-day children do have." ejacu.
lated a dear Nineteenth precinct grand
ma, throwing down the paper.
"How SOP"
"Why, here, a lady friend nam,s her
infant son Robert Albert III omas
Smith"
What of it,"
but how will it look in orint2
Twenty years hence Robert will dis
cover that his parents have ma lie his
initials spell r. A. T. s.. It's a 81 ame. ;
ut Is, indeed"
why, sakes alive, a friend of mine
as dark and homely as Egypt, is lamed
Lily; her sister has freckles AID red
hair; her name is Violet And as for
Blossom, Pearl, Clarimonde, Sibyl and
Snowdrop-we have dozens of them"
What is your name, Mrs. Tncker.'
Law sakes, my people made the
same old mistake. They called mo
Dai-Daisy."-St Louis Post Dispatch.
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True POIltenesA ,

The fine courtesy of the old-time
knights of the road" who robbed
people of quality with their hats IN
their hands, and made profound obei.
sances before and after taking their
purses, is not, it seems, unrivaled in
n present less formal age.
gentleman, who lives in q retired
and lonely district just outside a great
CITY has met thieves on two or three
night.
one evening he was seized .sy q nan
VINO demanded his watch.
"oh!" gasped the gentlem IN, "you
are the same rascal who took " watch
t~o months ago."
nope" said the thief, ,ery polite.
~ out without ~loosening his hold on
'he gentleman's throat, II surely hone
so"r nonor has been able TO pur.h,ve
AA''aerF- Youths G. upanlon
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ANXIETY.

rror irt-
Ch;u 49,, :, Spa
Who stsar9~, -, r
VII All 49, IN Ne 80
VINO eometh so'tly' driving gentle sleep
ar oldaeh guest Whonet Tree O. tay way
neu'hu those phan'0ms called tTon o1t ne
deep
nnete cures fa'cFe dWeAS ana Whe7s n rS5
~of'eAthess ever salAeS noT ssA1 open
Ns GAY
7, r,,,
Tho scanss ~ -s6sI~ 80
wrars,e- y. -
New visions tAke- tro1 III hidden store;
1Ae baehSro1ao nay A cSa-se1 yei Sa- re
see
me sane aaFS sasaoF haTe--e ers' aea.
F'h"ns 10 Val s-@
Al ucSaeEH G7ea~ u@o>e ESa-e Vees re
near
hsHE -a~ t- SN- q S---Ss waves
""
o
Naeh aEst u iE@+ T'Hss az lightly eoG2d
1ea'Ie viz t4s I-ll N@a>aarea. eAa'n
NA'cA " S@e@ e-e9'N more hsAtE NoAAA'
Sg~ys' ~ - 81 ; q va S2A~"s power
iohe'es.E argue "Ae VITA iaee e27tsa1
Anu mus 40 We noe GeepI: loaT ~ hoar
UlE 'a.il-s strength n useless s-oFts spend
4oANG or minus e-+A4"'e@ more eoSs-! al
tHe eu@
we would p.s,a-,h a,S,-. -a4,- o.,h,r-r,
And ana ~ rsr;~- -. r. - s,n'-
Where nasr .nt tr,Drs avs e. s~.,rr ,,rr-s,
To mingle faiptjr win mo rassiIc boYS
Where ne nrrons,,crs nina : - - cs-a
sweetly regardless Of ell tar ~ naj.'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-28

A curious and novel use for the cleo.
trio light has been found in England.
1t can be employed for the detection OF
poachers, The gamekeepers on an es.
tate near Bournemouth found tina,
poachers were in the preserves, and
by the aid Of occasional flashes from
the search lights at Hurst castle,
which are very powerful, they were
able to recognize two men who ran
away, leaving behind them a net one
hundred yards long, They were sub.
sequently arrested from the deserip.
tions given by the keepers and brought
before the magistrates of Bournemouth.
who sentenced them to two months
hard labor and to find security for
good behavior during twelve months,
or, in default. suffer an additional six
months imprisonment. Hurst castle
is several miles distant from the place
where the men we're identified. Is it
possible to establish on lofty monu.
ments in the metropoli. strong electric
lights which could be utilized for the
identification of burglars and other
unlawful de~predators who may ana
temporarily to escape capture?-Chiea.
go News.