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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-16
ThetfOrd.

There has been more sickness and
death in town this winter than was
ever known before in the same time.
Thomas Danforth has been quite
sick. Olive Stetson of Oxford has
been assisting them.
School closed for short time on
account of the illness of the teacher
in district No. 3.
Mrs. Warrington has returned from
Chelsea.
Mrs. Newell's sister who has been
with her all winter has returned home.
Lyceums have been continued at the
Academy.
Mrs. Sophia Carey had surprise
party recently.
Mamie Simonds is stopping at John
jerks at Olcott.
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the girl who sent in the answers. Yes
that is SO, this list of questions has
created rumpus in more households
than one. We sympathize with the
writer, and ask her how about us who
have been the central figure around
which only one but seventy-fve or a
hundred anxious ones have revolved
like humming birds, hungry and
thirsty. While the writer's sorrow
happily ends, ours is just beginning,
while it's mighty dilligent work to rake
up what we have moved down, we
propose to complete the job if it cracks
creation. The inference drawn from
the writer's statement indicates that
this work is more trying for the girls
than the boys, the returns do not indi-
cate it.
M. A. Gale is housed with touch Of
the grippe.
Farmers in this section have sold
their wool and have been delivering it
at the depot. The remarks they make
after going out in the horse shed to
count over their money is not very
complimentary to the causes which
makes prices SO low.
Nearly all the schools in the outlay
ing districts closed their ten weeks
winter term last Friday. The prima-
ry department of the village school
under Miss Patterson AMI the Bolton
vile school under Miss Grace Martyr
close successful terms this week
Friday.
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Wells River.

Percy Smith is home from South
bridge, Mass.
Will Russell spent Sunday at his
home in Plymouth. N. I'll.
The A. j. Markham concert given
last Friday evening was first class,
Mr.. Markham never fails to please his
audience with his songs
The creamery pays rs 1-2 cents for
January butter.
DR.. H. FL. Lee went to Burlington
last Saturday to deliver a series of
lectures before the medical class. He
will be at home Saturdays and Sun
days during the coming three weeks.
Grand Master Farrar of Rutland,
Grand Secretary Parker of Bradford
and Grand Conductor Smith of Barre
were in attendance upon the special
meeting of Arbutus Rebekah Lodge,
Wednesday afternoon. The Grand
officers were very much pleased with
the work of the degree and the hospi-
table and cordial manner in which
they were received. In the evening
Temple Lodge was visited and a
pleasant time enjoyed.
Frank Dunlap of Littleton spent
Sunday in town.
Treasurer E. O. Leonard of Brad
ford was in our village Wednesday.
The "Chronothanatroletr or
Time and Death Annihilator, will be
presented by sixteen Young ladies at
Village Hall this (Friday) evening,
Feb. 10th, with vocal and instrument
tai music. Admission % cents, chill.
dren Is cents. Proceeds for the bene-
fit of Ladies Aid Society.
The annual election and installation
of officers of Pulaski Lodge f. and A.
M. will be held next Monday evening.
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TITS NOT what we say but what
Hoods Sarsaparilla does that tells the
story ofits merit. When in need of med
me remember HOODS CURES
COrInth.

I
Married in Corinth Feby. 9Th, by
Rev. f. l. Sargent Mr.. Casper Moul-
ton and Mrs Cordelia Cumstock.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Holt also Carrie
Gilman from Nashua, N. H., are visit
ing at Mrs. Hollis fathers, Warren
Eastman.
Leon G.. Robbie son of Richard Robbie
formerly of this town, is critically ill
with blood poison at his home in Som
erville, Mass.
George Marston and Harrison Phil
brick had narrow escape last Thurs
day while driving from the town farm
to John Hodges when near the resi-
dence of Casper Moulton the harness
broke causing the horse to run throw
ing them both out hurting Philbrick
quite badly besides smashing up the
sleigh, the horse ran as far as George
Martins before being captured.
Remember the lyceum at the Town
Hall Friday evening.
There lie dramatic entertainment at
Cookville Saturday evening.
Mrs. G. M. Parker was the guest of
Mrs. Morse in Newbury last week.
There was some trouble with the
separator at the creamery Wednesday
delaying business till Thursday noon.
Quite snow storm.
School closes at Cookville Feb. Esd.
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Thetford Centre.

Mrs. Annie Wood, widow of the
late Isaac Wood of STAFFORD, died
Feb. 4th with pneumonia aged 81
years.
Mrs. Lucy Sloan has been wrestling
with la grippe the past week but has
come out ahead again with the assist
ance of DR. f. f. Chaffee.
Henry Cilley and Dan Wood have
beed confined to the house the pas
week but are improving.
Mrs. Alice Reynolds has Just closed
very successful term of school in
district No. 5.
Fred Burr of Marlborough, Me-,
who is sick with typhoid fever is bet.
ter and in fair way of recovery.
II. T. Elder from Beebe Plains,
Que, has been canvassing for nursery
stock here the past week.
Messrs. Newball and Vancor the fish
dealers from Post Mills are often seen
Gu our streets, Newhall sports new
horse instead of his old "Snowbalp as
formerly.
FL. r. Davidson has returned to his
business at Westfield, Mass, and his
sister, Miss Daisy Davidson is visiting
relatives at Colebrook, N. Fl.
Six inches of snow fell here last Sat
urday in one hour, and twelve inches
this week Monday night.
Joel Colby has got new house
keeper, Mrs. Brown from Stafford.
Mrs. Caroline Colby has mo we'd
away.
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OlCOtt

Herbert Doubleday had the mlsfor.
tune to lose his horse last week. He
drove to the junction, left his horse
for few minutes to 60 into store
when the horse took fright and ian ur
the track meeting an approaching trair
the engine struck the horse in the
head killing it instantly. He was 6
young horse and valued highly, the
sleigh was not damaged.
The fall of snow was the deepest OF
the season on Monday night.
Mrs. Merchan has moved into Mr..
Bowen's house.
Delegates were elected Sunday eve-
ming to attend the G. E. convention at
Windsor this week.
Justin Sargent of West Lebanon is
doing good business in the grocery
line at this village. rsE ..: s.v1 Il 5
Carroll Ellis has moved here and
commenced work at the mill.
Lillian Wilmot is spending the win
ter in Florida.
S A. True of West Corinth is doing
carpenter work at the Junction.
Arthur Brooks has moved into his
new house.
There are probably more daily pa
pers taken here than any other village
of its size in the county.
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West FalrIee.

Miss Mamie Bragg is visiting at
Barre
Died in West Fairlee, Feb. 18th,
Maggie the only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Bancroft.
Remember the donation at the par
sonage next Friday afternoon and
evening, Feb. Esd.
A new harness shop has been opened
at the old parsonage building on Main
street.
The sporting men returned from
New Hampshire last Friday with forty
pounds of pickerel and bass.
The funeral of the late Mr.. James of
Copperfield was held at the church last
Wednesday, Rev. Mr.. Paul officiating.
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TOpShann.


The village school closed Friday
Feb 9th, whole number of pupils So
average daily attendance "a 7-48
pupils having no marks: Chauncy
Currier, Rosa Caldwell, Charlie Frost,
Abbie and Mary Gilbert, Walter Hood,
Aggie Nolan, Minnie Randall, Edgar
Taplin. Not absent one half day,
Villette Cilley, Jennie Corruth, Fred
Hayward, Florence Scruton; absent
one half day, Ernest Bowen, Josiah
Cilley, Milo Lang, Edith Taplin; alb
sent one day, Mary Coruth, Joseph
Powers, Linwood Taplin.
MRS. JENNIE TAPLIN, Teacher.
School at the Four Corners taught
by Mrs. NJ. G.. Kezer closed last Fri
day. The pupils held a candy pull and
popcorn festival combined at the school
room in the afternoon and all attend
ing enjoyed royal good time. Mrs.
Kezer has kept an excellent school and
richly deserved the "reward of merit
which she received from her pupils in
shape of an elegant and costly silver
pickle jar.
All are cordially invited to the last
entertainment of the season to be given
by the ladies of the w. G. I. U. in
the town house next Wednesday eve-
ming. You will be entertained with
music botn vocal and instrumental.
There will be quite a variety of in
struments including piano, bass viol,
violins, etc, also quintette of brass
instruments. The entrance fee will be
ten cents, children under twelve years
of age free. An oyster supper will be
served after the entertainment at a
reasonable price
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COrinth Corner.

Miss Winnie Sleeper did not go to
Concord as reported but is at home
sick with sore throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Heath spent a
few days visiting at Plainfield and
Groton.
F. Rollins has got moved and is USE
ing part of his house as a grocery
store.
Owing to the bad travelling Rev. E.
Hutchins did not preach last Sabbath.
Thomas Beadle and wife of Chelsea
a former resident, spent a few days
last week visit ng their old neighbors
here.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. David Ward last Saturday.
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West Fairlee Centre.

Mr.. Payson Clay and wife of North
Thetford spent day with j. P. South
worth last week.
Mrs. j. ID. Southworth and son of
Newbury visited at S. G. Southworth's
recently.
Chas. FOllansbee spent the Sabbath
at Bradford.
All persons having bills against this
town are requested to present them to
the selectmen on or before Feb. Goth
as they wish to have printed reports.
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Notice {!

Having been appointed by the Hon. Pro-
bate Court for the District of Bradford Adj
ministrator of the estate of Elizabeth l..
Childs late of Newbury, deceased, hereby
give notice that all claims in favor of, or
against said estate must be presented to me
for adjustment.
HORACE w. BAILEY.
Newbury, Feb'y 9, 1894. 10
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Died.

In North Tunbridge, Jan. 20, Of pneumO-
MIA. Mrs. Lurenia Picknold, aged Il years.
In West Fairlee, Feb g, of consumption,
Maggie E.. only daughter of Arthur p. and
Della Bancroft aged years, 10 months and
9 days.
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HOODS CURES when all other
IS preparations fail 1t possesses
curative power peculiar to ITSELF Be
sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The morning call., 1894-09-02
TOWNS WIPED OUT
Ravages of the Forest
Fires.
MANY PERSONS PERISHED.
Hundreds of Families Are Made
Homeless.
FURY OF THE RAGING FLAMES.
In Many Sections of Wisconsin and
Minnesota the Damage Is
Enormous.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept but meager
reports have thus far been received from
the forest fires in Northern Minnesota and
Wisconsin, but enough is known to state
that the fires are raging more furiously
than at any previous time this year.
The wires between here and Duluth
went down at P. NJ, and it is doubtful
whether any wire will be had all night
There is one very roundaboutrailroad wire
still working, but no news has yet come
over it. The fires are widespread.
At Duluth and Superior to-day the smoke
was so dense that people found work diff
cult, while the heat was scarcely endur-
able.
Railroad men reported inability to see
as far as hundredyards and business is at
standstill. Wild reports of fires are cur
rent and it has been extremely difficult 10
obtain any news that is definite.
Along the Great Northern the damage is
enormous. A special train carrying fire.
fighters was sent out Of St. Cloud this
afternoon in response to call for help
from Milaca. At Foley, ten miles
from St. Cloud, the fires were great,
the timber in that vicinity burning
furiousy. All the country to the south
and east of Bridgeman station WAS on
fire, and high wind swept the fire before
it. The people are panic-strIcken and fear
the destruction of everything. The ST.
Cloud fre-fghers saved the bridge over
the Rum River near Bridgeman.
The large lumber mill and yards of
Foley Bros. s. Guthrie are being soaked
down with water in the hope that they
may be saved. The young child of Mrs.
Ellison, west of Bridgeman, has been
burned TO death. August jackson was
surrounded by fire on the Bloomburg
farm, and his death seems certain.
1t is impossible for the trains to reach
Milaca, and people there have been
driven from their homes end are
anXiOusly awaiting succor. Kennel Nc
Lain, farmer near Bridgeman, lost all
he possessed. North of Pine City the
fires are raging furlously, sweeping
everything before them. Settlers have
abandoned their homes and taken refuge
in the marshes. aud the heat and smoke
are suffocating.
The st. Paul and Duluth north bound
The morning call., 1894-09-02

divided and packed with cork near the
water-line. The function OF the cork is to
swell when water comes in through the
perforation of the outer skin and stop the
holes. But in the hail of proieciiles from
quck-fring guns will not the whole end
be riddled, and the water-tight compart-
ments turned into sleeves? And if this
happens, will the irouclads follow the ex-
ample of the Victoria? We look to the
East for answer.
In most French ships the heavy guns
are very insdeQuately protected under
meath, and this is. alas the case in a few
English battleshps. also. The guns are
mounted in shallow trays with thick plat
ing on their sides. But the bottom of the
trays or bsrbettes, to use the technical
term, ia quite delenseless. 1t has been re-
peatedlv urged that guns so mounted will
be quickly put out of action by even small
shells exploding under them, and that the
whole mass, gun and barbette, may break
loose through the shattering of the SUD-
ports, and go through the bottom. In
four Japanese cruisers OF the Akitsus-
china class we have precisely this form of
mounting, and their behavior in battle
should be able to teach US a significant
lesson.
We may learn much. too, of the value of
the torpedo, of the real efficacy of the new
quick frers, and Of the value of the huge
gun (for the Japs have in their Capet
G6-ton weapons, specimens of these un-
wieldy but enormously powerful imple-
The morning call., 1894-09-02
THE WATER RECEDING
Additional Details of the Floods
in Texas.
Relief Sent to the Sufferers and
Damage to the Railroad Being
Repaired.

UvALDE, Tex. Sept. 1.-The high water
has almost entirely Teceded and the full
effects of the destruction is made plain.
There has been no further report of the
loss of life. and the damage is somewhat
lessened. A call for aid wired to San An
tonic met with ready responses. and word
was soon received from there that 500
was on hand and additional collections
would be added thereto, and informing the
Uyalde committee to draw on the fund.
The Southern Pacific had large num-
Der of men at work. and il is almost GER
tain that repairs will be completed neces-
sary to allow the resumption of traffic by
Sunday noon. News OF high water from
other localities has been received. but 1t
is not thought that the number of lives
will exceed the reports of last night.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Sept. /. The
scenes of destruction and desolation In
the flooded district. 100 miles east aud
west from here, and extending south from
the Southern Pacific Railroad to the Rio
Grande, 200 miles away. is simply terrible.
Thousands upon thousands of acres Of
pasture and farm land are under water.
1t is estimated the danger TO crops in the
valley of the Leoua River alone will reach
half a million dollars. In the valleys OF
Seco and the Sabinal the losses will be fully
as much. Many thousands of cattle, horses
and sheep were swept away.
Nothing has yet been heard from a set
tlemenr of seventy-fve families several
miles below Uvalde, but there are still
grave fears that many, if not all of them,
were swept down by the torrent. Bates
vile was inundated and there was heavy
loss of property. There are several other
towns in the flooded districts away from
the railroad and telegraph reacn.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. L-Dispatches
from the general manager of the Southern
Pacific Railroad in Texas show the princi-
pal damage sustained by the road by the
flood was the washing away of the iron
spans of bridges over the Leoaa, Hondo
and Seco rivers. This was caused by
cloudbursts in the mountains. Officials
say the report that forty miles of track
were washed away and a S1,25O 900 loss
Inyolvad il ridiculous,
The morning call., 1894-09-02
A BISHOP IN COURT.
Serious. Trouble May Grow Out of
Contempt Proceedings.

OMAHA, sept. Judge c. r. Scott of
the District Court issued an attachment
for the person of Right Rev. Richard Scan
nell, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Dlo-
cese of Omaha. for contempt of court.
The action grew out of the removal of the
priest Of st. Paul's Church by the Bishop.
Judge Scott had granted an injunction
preventing the Bishop from interfering
with the conduct of the church pending
the hearing in court.
At 3 o'clock Bishop Scannell appeared
in court. He was not formally under ar
rest, having been merely notified by a
Constable TO be present The contempt
proceedings were continued. Judge Scott
then ordered the bailiff 10 secure the keys
to the church and open that edifice. in
order that services may be held tO-mor-
row. The Bishop again refused to sur
render the keys to the officer, and the
officer was told to open the church il the
doors had to be broken down. The Bishop
then asked the Chief of Police to send an
officer to prevent the foIcible entry.
Thereupon the Judge declared he would
have the Chief arrested il he did. The
church will be opened tomorrow. Blood
shed Is feared,
The morning call., 1894-09-02
EXPLORED LABRADOR.
Return of Low and Eaton From
Their Trip.

Return of Low and Eaton From
Their Trip.
QUEBEC, Sept. 1.-Messrs. Low and
Eaton have returned from their sixteen
months trip of exploring in Labrador
peninsula. They report that they found
an iron-Ore district of 6C0O square miles.
containing whole mountains OF ore. They
say the ore is as rich as that at Marque tie,
Mich. Low and Eaton ascended the
Hamilton River to the great falls on ice,
aud brought back photographs of the falls,
with ice cones and other surroundings.
The remains of the burned boat belong
ing TO the Bowdoin College expedition
were found below the falls. and further on
the bottle con tanning record of their trip
to that point. The river falls 800 feet in
less than six miles, with one clear steep
fall over 300 feet. This fall is the largest
in America, If not in the world. They
also found new lake larger than Grande
Lac MistasSim. II is Lake Michikama, in
the northeast. 1t is over 100 miles long,
not narrow and full of islands like Mis-
tassim, but fifty miles wide. Several lakes
larger than Lake st. George were seen.
The country to the north is perfect net
work Of waterways and these contain fish
in abundance.
The morning call., 1894-09-02
WITH THE NORSEMEN
Interesting News Budget From
Sweden's Capital.
Great Preparations Already Being
Made for a Big Industrial
Exposition.

STOCKHOLM, Aug. %. The eleventh
Americanisr Congress will meet in Sep
tember next year in the City of Mexico.
This will be an extra session, as no regular
conventions are held outside of Europe.
The Mexican Government has promised
the delegates free access to and use of its
national museum, its library and all its
collections.
W. w. Thomas Jr., the former American
Minister to Sweden and Norway, has just
to the United States October on the
American liner Paris.
| Preparations are already being made
here for an Industrial exposition OF giant
proportions, which will be held IN Stock
holm in 1897. Engineer Arthur LETTER.
who made a good record as Sweden s
Royal Commissioner at the Worlds Fair
in Chicago, has been appointed one of the
directors of the coming exposition.
Among the prominent Americans who
are at present visiting the Swedish capital
may be mentioned Bishop John P. New
man of Omaha. who is attending the ln-
ternationaI Methodist Conference now
being held here and who has been elected
president of the convention.
Sweden will soon add fourth big IRON
clad to her navy. She will then have four
big warships of modern type and a great
number of torpedo-boats and monitors,
and her navy may be considered a very
formidable foe to encounter in the Baltic.
Notwithstanding this. King Oscar will ask
the next Riksdag to grant new apprOpria-
tiOns for the building Of a fifth ironclad.
probably of larger dimensions than those
already completed.
Sarah Bernhardt is expected to make a
tour through Scandinavia the latter part
of Septem ber and October.
King Oscar takes pleasure in decorating
American citizens. The last example of
his Majesty's goodwill in this respect was
Rev. Z. Sward of the Evangelical Lutheran
Augustana Synod of the United States,
with headquarters at Rock Island. Ill. DIR.
Sward has been appointed acommander of
! the second class of the Order of the North
Star.
Mrs. Aurora Killer. the autnoress, and
who represented Denmark at the Woman 3
Congress in Chicago. will visit Sweden
and Norway this fall and deliver lectures
in the most prominent cities.
A new book by Mrs. Killer, the title OF
which will be "On Duty" will be pub.
lished this fall simultaneously in Copen-
hagen, Berlin, London and New York.
The American legation at Stockholm,
which for five years has been situated in
the most beautiful residence part of the
city, will soon be removed to tho Adalstan
House, near the National Museum, where
Minister Fergus has rented a magnificent t
suite of rooms.
The morning call., 1894-09-02
LESSON FROM THE WAR.
Things Which the Eastern Sea Strug-
gle Will Teach the West.


For years past the naval architect
has been turning out ships whose
structure is based more or less
upon hypothesis At last the time
has come when the monsters which
our Frankensteins have given US will have
to undergo the stern test of action. In the
East there is far more even balance be-
tween the combatants than we have seen
for some time. Each side has a fairly
numerous feet. The Chinese ships are of
modern but not recent construction. The
japanese ones en- body the newest theories
and carry the latest weapons. The result
of the naval war. says the Pail Mall
Gazette, cannot but be instructive.
The two great questions which agltate
the naval tactician to-day are the valne of
battleships as contrasted with cruisers.
and the danger OF uDarm ored ends to
ships. . The jeuue ecole in France, who
represent the ideas of Admiral Aube and
Gabriel Charmes. are all for cruisers They
hold that the battleship is too big; that
only a small patch of her surface on the
waterline being protected by armor, she
might be disabled by pepperlng her upper
decks with high explosive shells, and
wrecking them. or that she might be sunk
by hits from quite small guns on the un-
protected portion of her side below the
armor belt, whlcn any ship must expose
when rolling in a heavy sea. They further
urge that she must necessarily lack speed
and cannot overtake the cruiser. which
can hang about her at distance and keen
up fire on her. They would therefore
abandon vertical armor and would build
only cruisers.
Now it so happens that the Japanese
fleet consists mainly Of cruisers, fast.
powerful and modern. while the Chinese
have two fairly good second-class battle
ships. The action between the Takschiho
and Chen Yuen was an action betwesn a
cruiser and battleship. though the TAX
achiho was aided by small peted cruiser
having certain amount of armor. When
details are known 1t may enable US to
judge OF the relative value of these two
descriptions of vessels.
The huge unarmored ends which charac-
terize our Ajax and Inflexible, and to less
extent all our modern ships, appear also
in the Chinese ironclads. Forward and
aft d. the armored citadel the ship's in
terror above the belt is minuiely SUBJ