The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-08-12

ed to us at the time, of weakness Of
his part. This is the story of the res
olutions.
THE vINDICATIoN OF PICKETT, JR.
This man Hanson, in his Home arti
Gle, charges that we suppressed tn
news relative to the reception at TIT
Pickett mansion. Well, since he call
attention to it, we give an account o.
it derived from an authentic source
The circulars of invitation were print
ed out of town by relative of Mr.
Hanson's and distributed about towr
by a boy, one being left at each house
and place of business, the county was
Hooded with them also. A most cor
dial invitation was extended to every
one who believed in claw and order.'
The evening arrived, an suspicious one,
personal influence had been brought to
bear upon nearly every one, that as
large a crowd as possible might be in
attendance. Six men and thirty WON.
EN- attended from the incorporated
limits of the village of Bradford with
its eleven hundred inhabitants, most of
whom had known the Pockets as long
as they had known any one, of the six
men but two were professional OF bus
ness men, the grand list of the entire
six amounting to $7073, or $4427. less
than Mr. Johnson's personal list, and
the mansion within fifteen minutes
walk of the centre of the burgh.
What a vindication from his towns
men for the States Attorney! What
bouncing success for DR.. Hanson and
the prohibition party! The storm of
which the Home article speaks did not
arise until the collation. was served.
Think of it for a moment. The
wealthiest man In Bradford, probably,
opens his spacious old homestead for
prohibition love feast, and vindica-
ton of his sons conduct as a county
official, invitations are sent all over the
surrounding country, crush of claw
and order" people are confidently ex-
pected, but 10 and behold less than
eighty all told assemble, fifteen men
and sixty-three ladies; with what is
this vast concourse RECALLED?
RASPBERRY SHRUB AND LEMoNADE!!!
Do you wonder that the OPINION was
ashamed to report it? We leave you to
answer.
We regret exceedingly that it has be-
come necessary to give so much promi-
hence in our columns to L. w. Han
son, but as he has forced himself to |
he front in this matter, as is customa-
y for him in everything, whether in
crested or not, it could hardly be
wooded. This explanation and apollo
~ is offered to our out of town read
RS, as our own people, who know him
thoroughly, have no respect for his po-
itical views, or care anything about K
What he says or thinks. He belongs to
hat class which seeks notoriety wheth-
II of desirable kind or not. He has
lot learned the lesson that extremes, in
ither direction, do not represent the
ruth, but rather the middle, conserva.
I've estimate is what balances the
world and makes it better to live in.
NE lopsidedness of such cranks dis
usts thinking people and makes the
party insignificant. You
annot induce any one but soreheads,
+ ''holier than thou" people to have
nything to do with it. These same
gitators will put their heads in the
and, ostrich-like, and thinking them
elves out of sight, clamor to have the
ghts turned on and howl about the
of the news. Let us say
light here that if their demands for
were acceded to by the OPIN-
On, and the whole truth told, the lead
rs of the prohibition party of Brad
ord could not stand a moment before
be arraignment which would show the
ottenness of their professions, leav-
ng alone their glazing inconsistency
n the liquor question. We denounce
he Home article as tissue of misrep-
esentatiOns and falsehoods. The
in its court reports, furnish
d us by ex-Gov. Farnham, gave the
esult of all the cases, with fines, etc.
In regard to the hanging in effigy of
ohm B. Pickett and John B. Pickett,
r., we offer in explanation of our
lence that it has been our rule ever
nee entering journalism, to avoid
.irring up fractional quarrels, or in
ny way engendering ill feeling by
taking personal attacks, venting per-
'nal spite, or in any way fomenting, ,
r creating local discussions. We be-
eve our patrons will bear witness
lat we have been fairly successful in
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