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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15

GREAT BATTLES are contin,
- ually going on in the human sys-
EN-. Hoods Sarsaparilla drives out
disease and Restores Health.
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Oxford.

The entertainment given at the close
of school at the Academy was very
ENJOYABLE affair and as whole was
greatly to the credit of both teachers
and scholars, and we think come OF the
older ones must have had some ex-
perience before that night.
Miss Sada Washburn, book keeper al
Willard store. who has been on va,
cation to Boston, has returned ana
feels greatly benefited by the trip
A good number of people attended
church last Sunday morning and all
were most happily disappointed.
Rev. Mr.. Flint, who removed from
here few weeks ago to Harpersville,
N. Y, has not received his goods, they
having been sent to some other place
F. W. Clay has had the sciatica rheu'
matism quite hard for few days.
In relation to the number OF tickets
sold for the excursion l reply that L
asked at ticket office and was told the
number and mentioned the number
and was told that must be mistaken,
and when l asked over again received
the same reply.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15
. Granite State Local Items =
PiermOnt.

Rev Mr. Barnard of Bradford
nrea4bed at the Congregational churcn
last SUNDAY afternoon he has Deen
engaged to supply the pulpit d ~ aG
The winter Sabbath school at IL o.
afternoon service at 30.
Rev. Mr. Ogilvie of Windsor is
spending a few days in town
John Dodge of Waits River spent
q few DAYS at G, Dodge's this week
Miss Eva Metcalf has been visiting
relatives at Salem, Mass. #.e- Z.
Repairs are being made on the morse
sheds at the Methodist church, also
two new ones have been built
Carl Hill who has been quite SICK Is
thought to be improving.
L, Bic dgett is sick with the FEVER
A. r. Gould who has been seriously
sick is thought to be somewhat I'M
proving.
Mrs. Eta Bick ford of Sheffield is at
her fathers, A r. Gould.
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OrfOrdVille.

Miss Florence Russell is at home,
her school having closed last Friday.
Mrs. Tillotson, who has been quite
sick, is improving.
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. George Huck.
ms Nov 9th, little daughter.
Auctions seem to be the order of the
dav, Alva Kimball has one Nov. GOTH
George French Nov. 10th, Charlie
Bean Nov. 18th.
Mrs. G. f. Whitman is visiting
friends in Newbury and Haverhill.
MIS-. Lewis Franklin is visiting in
Lebanon.
Mrs. Russell is failing.
George Huckins has bought the
quarry lot of George French, and Mr..
Harris the Cavelry lot.
School on Dame Hill closed Friday,
Nov. 9th. Whole number of pupils,
%, average daily attendance, l8, those
having no absent marks, Willie Nc
Crillis, Edna McCrillis, VERNE Nc
Crillis. Garlic Russell, Carrie Whit
man, Grace Whitman.
RosALlNE NJ. DAVIS, Teacher.
A POEM.
In OrfordviIle one night was given
A supper of chicken pie.
1t was so good the people ate
Till they were fit to die.
Old and young and fat and lean,
Sat down with one accord,
And till every bit OF pie was gone
They never spoke word.
BOOSTERS bones and chickens ribs
With here and there feather,
Were nicely dlshed out on the plates
And ate up altogether.
The coffee tasted good and strong,
The cake was sweet and fine,
The milk was thin, and in it tried
Some twenty flies to swim.
Pretty damsels dressed In white
Waited on the table
And to keep that hungry throng In peace
Did all that they were able.
And then the orchestra struck up
In sweet melOdiouS tones,
The people promenaded round.
While the floor gave forth good groans.
And thus the evening passed along,
Till all went to their homes,
To lie in bed and cough them up
I hose hOrTid ROSTERS bones.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15
WARREN.

E. e. Clement is in Boston this week
Mrs. Charles Leonard is visiting her
daughter in LakepOrt.
G N Arnold, superintendent of the
Mica Crystal Co., went to Concord
Tuesday on business.
Ladies sociable met this week with
Mrs. Fred Gale.
Will the woman who took wallet
that did not belong to her at the last
sociable please leave it at the depot, as
there were some things in it of no use
to her, and they are priced very highly
by the owner Ii is known VINO TOOK
it and they will be exposed if it is not
returned soon.
Nat Swain is quite sick.
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HaVerhill,

Mrs. Stephen Drown is visiting IN
Massachusetts.
Leroy Squires has secured a situation
as fireman on the Passumpslc railroad,
and entered upon his duties seVeral
days since.
The excursionists have nearly all re-
turned from Boston They report a
pleasant time, with fine weather nearl :
all the time during the ten days al
lowed.
jennie Page, son of Mrs. Samuel
Page, died last Sunday. He has been
very ill during the past few weel
with typhoid fever, and being a child
of frail constitution was unable to raj
" from the attack. The funeral was
held early in the week.
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Lyme.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Turner visited
friends in Boston the past week.
The Kent island was sold at auction
to Will Wise for 1929.
Mr.. l N. Wilmot is talking of NOV.
ing to North Thetford to take care OF
his father who is quite feeble.
Fred A. Randlett has bought out the
stock in trade of the late Geo. A
Randlett.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15

Nothing so distressing as hacking cough
Nothing so foolish as to suffer from it
Nothing so dangerous if allowed to contin
ne. One Minute Cough Cure gives imme
date relief. A. T. Clarke, Bradford, N. M
Stats0n NaWhurY.
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NERV0-LEPTINE.

The greatest discovery ofthe nineteenth century
A certain cure for Epilepsy and all nervous dis.
eases. No opium, no morphine, no bromides, no
sedafives, nor anOdynet Used Send for circular.
kervo-LeptIne Co., Talcott, Frisbie a Co,
sole agents for United States, box Ss6. Hatford,
Conn.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15
Consumption Can be Cured

by the use of ShilOh's Cure. This great
Cough Cure is the only known remedy for
that terrible disease. Sold by A. L. Clarke.
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say, why don't you try De Wits Littl-
Early Risers? These little pills cure n head
ache, Indigestion and constipation. They,
re small, but do the work. A. L. clarke
Bradford. N, M. Stetson, Newbury.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-15

The healing properties of De Wits
Witch II aZelSalve are well known. 1t cures
eczema. skin affections and is simply per
feet remedy for piles. A. t. Clarke, Brad
ford, n. M. StetSon. Newbury.
The herald., 1895-10-27
A Chinese Divorce

The American humorist should be glad
to learn that loquscity is recognized in
China as ground for the divorce of a
wife. Opportunity for many jokes is
presented by this fact. Other causes are
neglect of her lord and masters family,
jealousy. childlessness and curiosity. The
young Chinese girl seems born to be
ruled half her life and to rule the other
half unless fate gives her too long lived
m other-in-law. In her home she is sub
servient to mother, father and brothers,
working for them all and looking for no
reward In the way of trips to Europe,
diamond rings or saddle horses. AT
twelve or thirteen she marries. She is
then the slave of her mother-in-l law
and her term of servitude under this awe
inspiring PERSONS rule is apt to be even
more wearisome than her childhood s
slavery.
Finally the mother in-law dies, as they
sometimes do even in China, and her
successor, who is little Mrs. Sun Flower
herself, at once begins her regime of
authority. rearing her daughters to be
submissive and her sons 90 be spirited
and filled with healthy contempt for
womankind. And then when one of
these manly individuals brings home a
wife her victory is complete. and she
DULLES and tyrannizes over her to her
hearts content anu if she be malicious
and the record of a sad girIhood to avenge
the spirited sons wife is apt to have a
sad time OF it.
The herald., 1895-10-27

1T may be asked, when there is such
length of coast lire in Southern Califor-
mia, with apparently the same conditions,
why is bean-growiDg restricted to
limited section. This is one of the per
petual problems that confronts the Cali
fornian in the cultivation of a II crops. One
that i'll the solving has cost much in time,
labor and money. Certain portions are
adapted to special things, owing to the
peculiar climatic conditions and ncOn-
sistencies. Northern California is too
cool for bean culture, yet its fruits ma
ture and ripen several weeks earlier than
those of the south.
San Diego county and the Santa Ana
valley grow fine fruits and the same va
rieties produced in Ventura, but for some
reason not yet understood worms IN the
pod invariably destroy the bean before it
ripens.
This happened to a very limited extent
in the Santa Clara valley. after an unusu-
ally dry winter followed by a warm sum-
mer. And yet the residents of each local
ity insist that they have the coolest and
most delightful climate. This fact puts
to flight fears of over-production; and
taken all in all beans, more especially
Limas. are one of the safest and most
profitable crops grown in the state. The
beginning Oh tn eir cultivation in Califor-
MIA may doubtless be traced to the mis-
sion fathers, for it has always been and
still is the staple vegetable of the native.
with diet OF mutton. frijoles and chiles
he dehes age and death, serenelv living
to the century line and beyond. retaining
the hve senses, hair and teeth to the last,
and IN frequent instances bequeathing
The herald., 1895-10-27
THEY WERE TENDERFEET
AND DIDN'T KNOW BEANS
BY MARY M. BOWMAN

danger In rotting the pod1. as they
would where rains prevail.
The weeds having been EXTERN mated.
cultivation is not necessary after the
crop is in and the soil being deep and
rich as fertile eighty feet below the sur
face as on top, the plant receives ample
nourishment through root and leaf, and
thrusting its tendrls out to the sun,
bears it's abundant fruitage safely through
to maturity. Should the winter rains
be less than ten inches. which rarely hap
pens, the bean grower does not waste
time and money putting in a crop, UNI
less he is provided with faculties for irri-
cation. With that amount he feels hope
full of light yield, and the nearer it APP
proaches twenty inches the more he is
assured of bountiful harvest. If the
rainfall is excessive he groans and grum-
bles at Jupiter Pluvius. for the weeds
thrust their saucy heads out and grow
in defiance of the pillow. Indeed, he can
almost see and hear them grow in the
mild, moist weather, with mud too deep
to venture in.
In August nod and plant begin to turn
yellow and ripen rapidly until Septem-
Der, when the stalk is cut from the root
with small machine drawn by horses.
With wooden hay forks they are then
piled in low heaps to dry for threshing.
Should q hot, North wind blow down from
the desert it is welcomed, the only time
through the year, for it hastens the cur
ing and causes them to shell more easily.
1t m Ust not be hot enough to burst the
pods, nor strong enough to scatter the
The herald., 1895-10-27
CUTTING THE BEAN VINES BY SLED KNIVES.

culture, like other branches of farming
In Southern California, is governed by
the peculiar climatic conditions that OBJ
tam here. As soon as possible after the
hrst winter rams, big gang plows drawn
by SIX and eight horses are started in the
held. Opinions differ concerning the
depth OF blowing necessary to produce
good crops. varying from two TO six
inches according to locality.
The ground is then thoroughly and
pers'stenJly cultivated until planting
time, about the first of May Not a weed
is allowed to thrust its head into the
air. nor could a garden rake scarce find
clod in the finely pulverized soil. The
purpose of this careful cultivation is
hwo-fold. 1t not only kills out the weeds
which would absorb the water, but il
also forms fine. dry covering for the
surface and thus stores the precious
moisture for the plant during the long
rainless summer. 1t is difficult for the
casterner to understand, when looking at
the green acres stretching across these
lovely valleys in the heat of midsummer
that though there has been M rain for
months, no irrigation is used and none
Is necessary. The only thing resembling
1t is the fog that rolls in from the sea
along the mountain tops OF sunset, in
great pillows Of fleecy mist, and lifts IN
the morning, floating upward to the blue
sky in soft, white clouds, leaving vege-
tation as fresh and clean as summer
shower. This explains why beans in
Southern California are grown without
poles. The surface of the ground being
dry and warm, the vine wanders over 1T
ct Its own sweet will, mourning no
The herald., 1895-10-27

family of from twenty to twenty-five
children to the comm onwealth.
Each season has its special charm in
this land of sunshine" but none are
more bewItching than bean harvest time
in the mellow autumn. The busy hum
OF thresher resounds on the air and
groups OF men are hurrying to and fro
with the plump brown sacks. A soft
haze hangs over the mountains and the
salt breeze from the ocean puts new life
INFO the blood. Big red and yellow
pumpkins lie ripening in the sun; pur.
pie grapes are going to the vintage and
muscats are changing from clear amber
to rich brown on the raisin trays. Nuts
are dropping from the trees into the bas
ket OF the picker and the green fruit Of
the slverleafed olive Is turning dark
soon to be crushed in the oil mill or made
palatabe for the table. Orchard and field
has given its wealth with lavish gener-
osity and soon the bare hills will be
atiame with wild peoples and the orange
transformed from green to gold.
Copyrighted 1895, by r Garner Curran.
The herald., 1895-10-27

have had the opportunity of examin-
ing great many imperial and royal
trousseaux, said woman of unusual So
cial position lately, and can say that
they are mostly composed of articles the
texture of which is extremely Gne and
costly, bpt absolutely devoid III any
SNOWY ornaments-nay, in many cases
even of lace or EN- broidery. Fine bat,ste.
hem stitched by hand, with q dainty
worked monogram, ornamented 81 a
crown. for day wear, and equally fine
batiste or silk null. chastely trimmed
with Valenciennes lace, for night robes,
peignolrs and dressing sacques, is the
usual fashion In the bona iide grand
monde"
Some time ago the empress of Russia
who is one of the arbiters Of fashion in
Europe-inaugurateu a new kind of ling
erie which created quite furore, per-
haps because. IN spite of its apparent
simplicity. it is exceedingly expensive.
1t is made of the sheerest of nettle batiste
and Is buttonholed with pure gold
thread which washes without tarnish-
ing. The effect produced is by no means
snowy and an untutored eye would not
dream what the cost OF such underwear
really is,
The herald., 1895-10-27

to the friends of the family. The won
derfnl decorations of the new house
make it necessary TO have furnishings of
an entirely different character, though,
of course, the priceless paintings, tapes
tries, rugs and stationary which gave
the Thirteth street home so much fame,
can never be out OF place and will be
given due prom inc nee in the new house.
AS the EN- largo has been lifted from
the tongues OF the men engaged in con-
struction the palace, it is now possible to
give faithful description of the inter
Tor. Architecturaly, it is of the modern
style OF renaissance. 1t looks very much
like a small Tuilleries, mansard roof and
all, but is more deliberately decorated
than the palace of Catherine de Medici,
which was burned by the commune
This elaboration OF detail is carried
into the ornamentation of the house
proper. Some of the rooms are so pro-
fusely ornamented as to seem almost
heavy.
Mrs. William Astor's house is the
northern one. That occupied by John
Jacob Astor is the southern one, on the
corner of Sixtyfifth street. Ultimately
at Mrs. William Astor's death, the houses
will be thrown into one. As it IS some
of the rooms are equally divided. This
is the case with the ball room, which oc-
cupies the center of the house at the
rear. Otherwise Mrs. Aston has suites of
apartments which are almost precisely
of the same size as those the younger
couple occupy in the southern end,
The herald., 1895-10-27

stacks but tenn ered just right to suit
eacn growers needs.
In the early days of bean culture the
stalk was pulled out by the roots, but
this required hard labor and resulted in
dirty crop. Yankee ingenuity event.
ually rose to the occasion in the inven.
tion of the neat little cutter.
The thresher is a ponderous machine,
operated by steam. After threshing they
are put through n cleaner from which
they come smooth and satIn-like and are
run into 'gunny" sacks ready for mark
patented by two gentlemen in Ventura
that cleans thousand sacks, which
means that many centals, day. At har-
vest time the clouds are watched with
anxious foreboding. and should there be
the least indication of ram, work is hast
eneu with all possible speed, for rain to
! any great amount means ruin. The
| effect OF water in swelling beans is we'll
known and that they dry with wrink-
| led skin. that makes them looked shriv-
| eled. This greatly depreciates the mark ct
| value. Heavy fogs in late summer are
! also undesirable, causing the plants to
| make second growth and send out bios.
SONS that will not mature.
If for any reason the rancher does not
choose to wait for the thresher,. he marks
out u large circle or "bean floor in the
field, makes it hard and firm. puts on the
otalhs, urlVeS III HOrSeS ana treauS Gnem
out, as wheat was thresbed in old Egypt
when time was young. The pods or bean
straw, as it is called. makes nutritious
food for horses and milch cows, and is
carefully preserved. A bean field after
the crop is taken off is left perfectly
clean. ready for the plow and winter
rains.
1t gives the traveller a keen realization
OF the meaning of the words LAND OF
plenty" to see teams of from eight to
fourteen oorses pull heavily loaded
freight wagons to overlooking ware
houses, where the sacks are stored for
railroad or steamer shipment. They may
the valley. The old fashioned custom of
using bells on the horses is still fol-
lowed, and the musical jingle of an APP
proaching wagon train may be heard a
long distance. creeping down mountain
grade ur winding through the valley. At
the warehouse lines of wagons are wait
ing to unload and as each must come
In turn il makes an aniamted scene for
hours IN the busy day,
The herald., 1895-10-27

ley and an enthusiastic Californian, felt
interested in their obtaining correct in
formation of the country. and added,
smiling at the mental vision of 26, 900
acres of bean poles: tine plants you see
growing in the fields are beans, but they
are never poled."
At once their faces became animated
Interrogation points, and questions came
thick and fast.
This is the story they heard:
Ventura. Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo counties comprise the bean grow
ing section of California, the largest in the
United States.
The first named leads in acreage it's
annual shipments east amounting; to
about one million dollars. In the Santa
Clara valley, Ventura county, Ithe area
covered is twenty-six Thousand acres.
The Las Posas valley, opening into it.
which five years ago was sheep range
and vast barley rield. is now planted to
beans, corn and fruit. Land that was
formerly considered to be adapted to
barley alone, is now devoted entirely to
bean culture.
The first experiments with this crop be-
gan IN 1870, with the planting of small
whites by Mr.. Chaffes, an early settler
of Ventura, aId in 1875 the first venture
with Limas was made. Though the fam ed
pagoda exhibited at the worlds fair from
Ventura county. contained one hundred
and twenty five different species. the va
rieties grown for market are mainly Lii
mas, Lady Washington, Pink Eyes and
Bayos. little brown bean. Limas are
the staple crop. They yield as high as
two thousand pounds to the acre and
command the highest price.
They grow with the least moisture and
or this reason are preferred for planting
in young fruit orchards until the trees
come into hearing. The fruit grower who
selects to PLANT walnuts or olives, which
re slow to bear. secures a good income
from beans until the orchard begins to
pay. 1t is said that the expense of clean
ing field from corn stalks is almost
equal to harvesting crop of Limas.
Fifteen hundred pounds to the acre is a
fair yield, but it would require forty-five
centals OF corn to the acre to be its equiv
alent in profit and land that would pro-
duce that amount of corn wo2ld probably
raise one ton of beans. The method OF
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avenue, is formally taken possession of
by the family-or families, for it is nrac-
tically two bouses. one of which will be
occupied by Mrs. William Aston, and the
other by NJ. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor,
her son and daJgh ter-inlaw.
1t is not as imposing as the vast struc-
ture which Cornelius Vanderbilt calls
his town house. but, aside from this.
there is no other house in the city which
compares with the Aston palace. Society
folks are very anxious to see the interior,
as the work of building and decorating
the palace has been carried on with strict
secrecy, and very little is known CT the
The herald., 1895-10-27
A Panel in the Hall

house which is destined to be the center
of many festivities, just as the old house
at the corner of Twenty-fourth street
and Fifth avenue was the pivot around
which the rest of the social world re-
volved.
On October LIST the palace was turned
over by the architects ana decorators to
tn owners, and since then the work of
furnishing has been pushed along steadi-
ly. 1t would be supposed that the beautl-
full belongings of the old house would DO
for the new, but very little of them will
be seen when the palace is thrown open
The herald., 1895-10-27
TWAS LOVE | SAW


Written for The Herald
Twas love l saw within your eyes,
As leaned down IN pleased surprise
To take your coy boutOnniere
OF proffered yellow jasmine rare.
o why its meaning fond disguise?
The simple gift you scorn to prize
Feignlng proud looks so worldly wise.
And yet | firmly do declare
Twas love l saw.
How trem blingly your soft hand tries
10 hide the stems. The pin defie
The lapel. Now, sweetheart, beware!
A kiss. although the whole world stare
Unless your blush the truth bellies
Twas love | saw.
ELLA A. GILES.
The herald., 1895-10-27

is valued at $500, 900. and is probably
worth much more than when it was
formed. If the jewels of the two ladies
were to be included, three millions would
not cover it by any means. Four mil
lions would be much nearer the correct
sum.
In the 'south house." that of John
Jacob Astor. the upper rooms, the living
rooms, are smaller than in Mrs. Astor s
house, for the reason that more people
must be accommodated. The library is
about the same size as the elder Mrs.
Astors but the situation of the bedrooms
The herald., 1895-10-27
Ole Bulls Wedding

Mrs. Ole Bull is very accomplished,
having first won the attention of her dis
tinguished husband by her charming rem
dering of the Norwegian folk songs on
the piano. She SPEAKS and writes several
languages. Mrs. Bull is not handsome,
her wealth of beautiful brown hair and
slender, perfectly modelled Land being
her chief personal charms. but her de-
lightful ease and grace of manner make
one forget everything else. Though an
American, a native OF Eau Claire, Mich.