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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14
North ThetfOrd,

The school in this village opened last
Monday, Msr. Adde Davis, teacher. Mrs
r. NJ. Morrison continues her school across
| the river
There will be a chicken pie supper al
| Lodge Hall Wednesday evening next, sup
| plemented by musical and literary eXer
cises. The proceeds 60 for church repairs
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Little of Haverhill
| N. H., and former residents of this place
are receiving congratulations on the arri
val of young lady at their home, as is also
our former dreSSmaker, Nina Coburn now
Mrs. Lathrop, the occasion in this case be-
ing twin boys.
Mrs DR.. Weymouth of Lyme called on
friends here Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Kate Ladd Ball and daughter from
Barre are visiting at her fathers.
Mr.. Bowman of Boston, Batcheder of
Newport and E. II. HOughtOn of Melrose,
Mass, have been in town the past week.
We regret to hear of the serious illness of
Mrs. Charles Stetson.
H. F. Wilcox is on the sick list, and Mr..
Perley Aver is confined to the house.
Hattie Downer returned Monday to her
school at Montpelier.
1t is expected that the church will be
opened again the coming week with Suita-
BILE exercises attending rededication. The
first meeting for the sale of pews in the
Union church was January 5, 1861, and at
that meeting rules and regulations were
adopted which have been approved and
carried out at each annual meeting since.
The principles of the Fathers have been
well founded. Secession did not succeed
Notwithstanding few made it convenient
to go elsewhere for time, that principle is
not native of our place.
Would it not be wise to have that alarm
bell on the Hill wound up so that it would
not 60 off, unless off out of town.
Deferred Items.
The Doth brought feasting to the many
and fasting to the few. Few if any rallied
from afar to the old home, and those who
braced the splitting cold earned two DIM
ners. Not a sleigh or wedding bell to
cheer on the day.
Our school district called No. 2 has wax
ed and waned like others, but is waking up
In this small precinct seven little hOpefuls
can be counted all in the same pickle as
those spoken of in the short book of Joel
''whO knew not their fingers from their
thumbs"
Miss Adams, well known by you and us,
is wintering in Paris and making glorious
Roadway among the jibbering French. AN
saints or some other saints day took her
out to Tere la Chaise where a crowd Of
80 hit on Greek church and witnessed the
obsequies paid to the late Gar. What an
enthusiast we may become, even here in
old Vermont some can say with the poet:
"Opce more the land of arms and art,
OF glory and romance,
Her love lies warm in all our hearts.
God bless her, We're la France
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14
TOpsham,

Christmas will be observed at the NJ. E.
church by trees and other exercises.
Deferred Items.
W. II. Chalmers moved to West TOpsham
last Wednesday.
.sUnclev Robert Nolan has improved the
interior of his dwelling by applying paper
and paint.
Many are laid aside with illness.
Warren Bowen is painting the Burns
house.
Mrs. Stephen Page has recently had a
shock Of paralysis and is in serious con-
dition.
John Miller aged so passed to the spirit
land last Monday night. He has suffered
terribly for long time and welcomed
death as happy release. A quiet, unas-
Stunning man who attended strictly to his
own affairs and was well liked by every
one. A widow, three sons and little
daughter mourn the loss of a kind husband
and father. The funeral was held from the
M. E. church Wednesday.
Several couples have lately drifted from
''misery to matrimony" Among them are
George Hayward and Mabel Thompson,
married on Thanksgiving day, and W. w.
Chalmers and Lauretta Emerson who were
wed the week before.
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BOitOnVIil0,

Mr.. Granville Meader has gone to Ala
bama for the winter and Mrs. Meader will
visit her son, Prof. l.. H. Meader in Prov
dence, X. L., during Mr. Meader's absence
There is to be a Christmas reunion al
James Gardeners with tree in the evening
Mrs. Freeman Tucker has issued invita-
tons for district gathering with Christ
mas tree at her home Christmas night.
Miss Margaret Hunter spent last Satur
day and Sunday with her sister Miss Hunt
er at N. RobinsOn's. ..,..
Deferred Items. Clsa4
Lucinda Abbott, the aged mother OF
Mrs. James Gardener, has been quite III
but is now better.
There is a prospect of term of singing
school again this winter.
Word was received of the passing away
at her home in Glover of Jennie II. wife OF
Henry Salmon. and only daughter of John
Miller of this place.
"There is no death; an angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears orr best loved ones away,
And then we call them dead"
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Wells River,

A. r. Baldwin came up from Boston and
returned Tuesday.
Singing school opened Wednesday eve.
ming with Mr.. Dudley of East Montpelier
as teacher.
Hon. John c. Stearns of Bradford was in
town Tuesday.
w. p. johnson has been confined to the
house for several days.
John FL. Morrow has sold his meat mar
ket to G. K. Kline of WOOdsvillc.
Wellman Swain of Worcester, Mass,
was in town Wednesday.
The ninth Masonic district meeting will
be held here next Tuesday afternoon and
evening.
John Bailey has been appointed admins
traitor of Ira w. Georges estate.
The annual election and inspection of
Col. Preston Post, took place Tuesday eve.
ming. The inspection was by FL. E. Rem
frew of Bradford. The following officers
were elected: 5. l.. ID. GoOdale, Com; A.
Nj. Whitelaw, s. "; n. A. Hunter, J. v;
VIM. Fl. Goodwin, Serg.: Russell Moore,
Chap; Z. 4. Paige, o. D.: III. 5. Powers, o.
NJ; l.. A. Vance, o. G.
The experience sociable last Friday eve
nidg was well attended and the proceeds
amounted to S5S.
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To be given away New Years for the three best written
ticles. Subject,
Avisitto the Boston Clothing House

First prize $500; second $500;
third $500. CONDITIONS. The
writers must be under 20 years of
age; the articles their own compo-
sition, and not to exceed 500 words
The prize letters will be printed in
the United Opinion the following
week, All communications must
be received on or before Dec. 28th.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14
NewburV Centre.

Those attending the central school at the
! village from district No IL are, Clara and
Robert futile, Susie and George McAlliS-
ter, Richard Patterson, Frances Waldron.
Our teacher at the Center, John M. Per-
ham, comes highly recommended. A grad
uate from Randolph normal school and the
! Vermont University. He has at present IA
scholars
Charles Weber was stricken with paral-
ySis in his right side last Thursday, at pres
ent he is not able to use his right arm or
leg.
Philip Weber is reported a little better
at this time.
Our farmers in the central part of the
town fail to see the hard times so much
telked about, as there are three or four pre-
pairing to build large barns the coming
spring, r. E. Barnett, Frank Putnam, Levi
Whitman and Henry Tuxbury are making
ready to build.
A. N. Lang has the snow rollers nearly
ready for use.
DEATH OF WELLS GOODWIN.
This vederable man passed quietly away
at three o'clock, Tuesday, Dec. 18th, at the
great age of one hundred years, one month
and two days.
He was remarkably tenacious of life, and
lived eleven days after he had ceased to
slight Stimulant. He was conscious until
within few hours of his death, knew those
around him, and made known his wishes
intelligently.
Now has passed away one of the last
links that bind this century to the preced-
ing one; man who could remember per-
son born in the seventeenth century, and
lived to see children who may be alive near
the end of the twentieth; who had known
all the prominent men in this section, and
who had been a part in great struggle.
He was the last enlisted soldier of the
war of 1912 in Vermont, although it is I'M
derstoOd that there still linger one or two
very old men of the kind known as "Platts-
burgh Volunteers" men who turned out to
the defense of Burlington in 1914, and
served few days. but were not enlisted.
Ira Ward of Fair Haven is, l think, one of
these.
i He died from sheer old age, and the lines
of great poet, written more than two CEN
turtles ago 0f an0theryMd 9inan, are singu-
lafly. applicable to HIM:
y of no distemper, of no blast he died.
But hung like Autumn's Fruit that ripened late,
Oft wondered at because It dropped no sooner,
Fate seemed to wind him up for four-sc0 years,
Yet ran he swiftly twenty winters more,
Till like a clock worn out with eating time,
The weary wheels of life stood still at last"
~ Is T P W.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14

We have the finest line of
Towels ever shown in Bradford.
Christmas @
. t-.a, t,ttst. 70,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14
!. APRONS!

We have a full line Of these
goods. Christmas Candy 3 lbs.
for 25c. We have everything
you want in
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14

Unchanged; just the same story, just
the same argument, just the same con-
ditions-you may change, we don't.
Forty years ago we started to try to
be good Life Insurance Co., and to
do good insurance We have record,
and ask your patronage on business
basis National Life Insurance Co.,
Stearns q Jones, agents,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14

We have 25c. counter of
fancy crockery that will pay you
to inspect.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14

It wont hurt you to talk about in
suranee with onr agents. If you don't
insure, you will learn what good in
surabce is, and that is a knowledge
worth having. NATL Life Insurance
Co., ,Stearns & Jones, agents.
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Corinth.

c. f. Smith of West Topsham sold at auc.
ton for Herbert Hodge Nov. S0th, and fol-
NJ. Dickinson Dec. Sd.
w. z. Young teaches at the Centre, Miss
Humphry at the Meadow, Miss Eaton in
Eaton district, Mr.. WinslOw at Cookville.
+. w. Thurber amt wife spent Thanks
giving at their old home in New Hampshire.
Thed and Carrie Sargent expect to visit
in Massachusetts next week
Bertha Eaton visited friends in New
Hampshire last week.
b. b. Scribner has clerk. No comments.
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Married.

In TOpsham, Dec. 6, by Rev. T. Trevill-
ian, Mr.. II. A. Clark of TOpsham and Mrs.
Jerusha NJ. Chamberlin of irasburgh.
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Died.

In Corinth, Dec. 9Th, Ella, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Hood, aged 30 years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
Reunion Of

The survivors of the 18th Regiment,
n. j. Volunteers held their annual re-
union at Pitman Grove on Tuesday
with an unusually large attendance,
over 100 comrades answering to roll call
The veterans were welcomed by Rev.
Z. Hewitt, of Camden, to which Pre-.
siding Elder d. 3. Harris, of New Jer.
sey Conference, responded. Rev. Will.
liam Westcott and William Heimes,
the "Ighting Quaker" also made ad-
dresses, and Lieutenant Colonel Frank
II. Chew was presented with a gold.
mounted cane and silver service by his
comrades.
Resolutions were adopted asking the
State Board of Pardons to release Lieu
tenant John d. Somers. who is now
serving a life sentence for murder. The
reasons specified were that the deed
was committed in the heat of passion ,
and under most eXasperating circum-
stances.
The next reunion will be held at
Swedesboro. The officers elected were:
President, G. A. Wideman; v~ice-presi-
dents, Thomas Hutton, j. II. Living
stone, jeremiah Stratton, j.. NJ. Will
kins and Charles Peterson; treasurer,
George Danenhower; secretary, Geo.
Blyler; Executive Committee, Henry
Chew, George Meley, Stacy Layton,
David BortOn and John Lamar.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
Artemus Wards Notobook.

Mr.. Don C. Seitz contributes to, The
Century an account of the only literary
relic4left by Artemus Ward, ther first
American humorist who made q reputa-
ton In Europe. The relic is allittle old
black morocco notebook. From 1850 till
the close of 1884 it Travelled with Arte-
mus. 1t was his guidebook, memoran-
dun book and notebook. In 1t he jotted
down the humorous ideas that came into
his brain from time toltime.ona railway
trains, In hotels, anywhere and every
where. From these scribblings. the
quaint, half merry, half melancholy
humorist made up the lectures that used
to conyulse audiences with laughter from
Boston to the Pacific coast.
But Artemus Wards greatest success
was in ngland. Even In his day a Lon
don success made the reputation iof ian
American in his own land. PoorNWard
was always worried about financial mat
ters, we find. His lecture tours paid
well, but the agent got the lions, share,
as always. On the long, .comfortless
journeys to fill his engagements he
divided the time between trying to get
his jokes into shape and wondering
whether he would have a good audience
In the next town.
In the old book now in Mr.. Seitz's pos
session are some Of the sentences which
afterward became world famous as the
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
PIERCE SCHOOLS OPENING.

PIERCE School, in the Record Build
ing, 917 Chestnut street Philadelphia,
will begin its fall and winter tenn on
Monday, September 3. AS is well
known, this is a high grade school
which couples a good English educa-
ton with a systematic business tram
ing, affording a complete equipment for
a mercantile, commercial or financial
career. 1t is open to both sexes. 1t
gave instruction last year to v 1900
students. Entrance examinations are
now being held daily. and it is advisa-
BILE to call at the school at least a week
before the opening, in order TO allow
time for the proper classification of the
student. The coming term inaugurates
the Both year under the management
of the schools founder and principal,
DR.. Thomas May PIERCE.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
STATE NEWS.

Wesley Warner the murderer of Lizzie
Peak was hanged at Mt. Holly on
Thursday,
Surveyors have begun work at Bor-
dentown on the proposed route of a ship
canal across New Jersey.
Last year Ills persons were injured
on the railroads in this State and of
that number 27S were killed.
There are S95 post, offices in this
State, of which p of the postmasters
are females. The transportation of the
mails in the State during the fiscal year
cost altogether S465, 800 GA.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The very excellent motto Of Q certain
agricultural paper is this, 1T ffpaya,to
think" So It does, ,brothera sositkdoes,
But millionsRf peopleahinksfhey think
when they are merely accepting the
opinions Of other people-worst ofsAll,
sometimes of individuals who have been
dead 1900 or 5000 years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Gen. N. P. Banks, an anti'bellium
historic character died on Saturday in
Massachusetts. He started as a bObbin
boy in a cotton factory and became
Governor of Massachusetts and the
first Republican Speaker of Congress in
1854.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The Gloucester County Board of Ag'
riculture passed a resolution favoring
the passage of a law reducing the sal
airy of the Governor from $4,000 to
5000 and asking the commitment of
legislative candidates thereto. The in
crease should never have been made.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Only five of the forty-four States hold
annual sessions of their respective Leg
islatures, and of these States New York
is one and New Jersey another. When
a big state like Pennsylvania can get
along with new biennial session of her
legislature why a not and should not
New Jersey do the same.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

A recent dispatch assures us In the
most serious manner that q certain dis
trict Of this fair country has been visited
by a storm that ratified hailstones all
over. 'the average size Of the hailstones
being as large as bullets" May it not
be possible that there Is some little ex-
aggeration In this storm story
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1894:

The purchasing of 100, 600 baskets of
Jersey peaches by a Bridgeville, DELI
canning firm, reminds us of the old say
ing about carrying coal to New Cas-
tie"
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

While in Chicago, Mr.. Charles L. Kahler,
a prominent shoe merchant of Des Moines,
Iowa, had quite a serious time of it. He
took such a severe cold that he could hardly
talk OF navigate, but the prompt use of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured him of
his cold 50 quickly that Others at the hotel
who had bad colds followed his example
and half a dozen persons ordered it from
the nearest drug store. They were profuse
in their thanks to Mr.. Kahler for telling
them how to cure a bad cold so quickly.
For sale at Robbins Pharmacy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The Grand Lodge of knights of
Pythias now assembled at Washington
has decided TO exclude liquor dealers
from membership in their lodge, This
action and the wide agitation in R0-
man Catholic circles recently caused by
Bishop Watterson, of Ohio, excluding
liquor dealers from being officers in
Catholic societies shows that the tenn
perance cause is advancing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The Standard says the advance in
the price of potatoes is due wholly to a
scarcity Of the crop and not to a new
tariff as some would have farmers to
believe The low price of wheat is
due to a surplus of crop and the tariff
like wise has nothing to do with that.
This is the case with all the farmers
have to sell.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The idea of government agricultural
stations, and by their means ofimprov-
ing farming methods and aiding the rural
population, was evolved in France. At
the Worlds fair is q completemodel of a
French government OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tifc station. Chemistry of thesoiIsplays
q great part In French scientific farm
ing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The L. s. Treasury is now filling up
under the tariff law. Forty mil
lions of dollars were received in August
which is the first time III two years
that the receipts have been that much.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Ex.Vice President Levi 2, Morton
has consented to run for Governor of
New York. Levi has a barrel which
will delight the boys ard make the
Democrats hustle to keep up head.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
TO coNsuMPrIVEs

The undersigned having been restored to
health by simple means, after suffering for sew.
cread disease Consumption, Is anxious to
make known to his fellow sufferers the means
of cure. To those who desire IL, he will cheer.
seriptlon used which they win find q sure cure
for consamPtios, Asthma, Catarrh
aiss. lie hopes ali sufferers viii try his rem.
edy, rs 1t Is invaluable. Those desiring the pre-
scriptlon, which win cost them nothing, and
Rsv. EDWARbA A. WILSON, Brooklyn,
New York. Jolly,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The Every Ero,i,g, W~ilmington's
leading Democratic daily newspaper
has announced the approach of better
times by reducing its price from 2 to !
cent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Some said "the women did it" when
the country elected a Democratic c)n-
gress a month after the passage of the
Mckinley law, because they noticed the
increased price of goods. If they were
d%ispleased then they will be as much
pleased on their shopping tours to see
the decrease in price now after the pas.
sage of the Wilson.G orman law. Read
what the big dry goods advertisement
has to say in another column.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Perhaps when people find they can get
all the gold coin they want'fr6m the
United States treasury they will not
want IL any more. I
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

There has been a wonderful decrease
in the price of horse flesh within five
years. At the horse sale by Clark Pet
it last week there were colts sold fer
less than the service fee and at Singer
ley's horse sale at Elkton, Md, on Sat
urday the get of Star Duroc sold as low
as $50. Six years ago there were car
loads of horses imported into Salem
county but the fever for blooded stock
struck the farmers so hard that some
nov have more horses than they can
dispose of at a profit. Most farmers
now have a better grade of horses, as
they should have, for it takes no more
to feed a good one than an inferior one,
but the prices of the best stock has de-
creased because of the Increased supply.
Undoubtedly the s%upplantiDg of street
a horses with the traction and trolley
powers has done much to lower the
price of horses because it is not only a
decrease in demand but more put on
the market by the street car companies
selling out where electricity has taken
their place. While the decrease in
price has struck the horse market there
is no noticeable change in the cattle
market as to effect the price of beef.
Probably the low price of other things
and the firm price of beef will turn
some to the former occupation of graz.
ing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07
For. Sale.

8 sows heavy with pig, l good seed hog, / AL
derney heiter coming 2 yrs. old, l good shepherd
dog. For terms and particulars call on or ad-
dress, ii. T. HIGGINS.
Ii. Fenn'S Grove,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

Our Borough Council feels the weight
of responsibility resting upon them
which has been emphasized by the re-
cent fire. Everybody acknowledges
the need of fire apparatus in u town,
for if a fire should start in the thlckly
settled part of our town with a fair
wind half of the town would be burned
down, unless outside aid came to our
assistance. The council feels that they
should do something to guard against
the destruction of property by fire and
desire the encouragement of the citi-
zens on this line. While their means
are limited they will welcome financial
assistance from citizens able to con-
tribute and feel the risk resting upon
them. What the councilmen want is
encouragement on this lire so they can
feel what they do to lessen the loss of
property by fire will be appreciated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-07

The Freehold Transcript says; The
present season has been the best Mon
mouth county summer resorts have ex-
perienced for many years. Every place,
with the single possible exception of
Long Branch, has been full to overflow
ing. The railroads have carried more
trunks, the express companies more
packages and local merchants have
done more business than during even
the highly successful season of 1891,
This is all the more remarkable when a
comparison is made with other water
ing places further north on the coast aud
In the inland. Long Branch has felt
somewhat the closing of Monmouth
Park, but the loss of patronage has
been nowhere rear as great as hotel
men expected. The local newspapers
agree that a better class of guests has
been attracted to the place.