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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03
North Thetford.

North ThetfOrd.
w. E. Earle, A. G. Cummings, c. A
Jaquith. E. N. Lord, A. l.. Downes'
and Minnie Kinsman are at home dur
ing the holidays
Lawyer Harvey of Topsham wa
here part of last week looking to the
interest of the Mill Co. creditors.
The Christmas entertainment at the
church Tuesday eve., under the direc-
ton of Supt. Conant and committee
was a nicely arranged event. Revs.
McDuffee and White were happy in
what they said and received.
Our merchants had busy times dur
ing the holidays.
The annual rental of pews in church
next Monday evening.
Up. Holt is very sick with fever.
The farmers have improved the 6ne
weather by starting the p!ow and haul
ing manure, and one man from later
Hill is first in blowing gardens.
Those young men that tie ropes
across the sidewalk nights can have a
side walk with Mr.. Hyde if they keep
on.
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Thatford Center.

Mr.. and Mrs. joseph Tewksbury
have gone to New Hampshire to spend
the winter with their daughter, Matte
Fred Richardson had the misfortune
to cut his foot few days since.
Geo. Fifield il in the fur business
and will buy all they will bring him
and pay the market price for all kinds
of furs.
S. Rodgers closes his work at the
Thetford Center branch creamery Jan.
LIST, and also run the Lake View cream
cry on alternate days.
Arthur French cut his leg with an
ak few days ago and is now confined
to the house.
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Lyme.

Scott Wentworth is in town.
Nettie Franklin is at DR.. Barnes in
Oxford.
The new year ball at the Union Hotel
was very well patronized considering
the travelling.
At the annual meeting of the Lyme
Creamery Co. the following were elect
ed as officers for 1896: Walter G.
Piper, pres; Fl. H. Holt, D. C Steele,
W. S. Bach, l. N. Wilmot, directors:
Sidney A. Converse, secretary and
treasurer; I. N. Perkins, d. c. Steele,
auditors.
Amt reed for Butter in '95, $55, 5OS.2T
Amt paid patrons, 50,986 2f
Lbs. of Milk reed, 5,151 .662
Average price paid patrons, Ole
Highest amt reed in month, 6 098 so
Lowest $500 90
Highest paid patrons month, 5,71S.5e
Lowest $4,000
One Minute Cough Cure is a popular rem
edy for Group. Safe for children and adults.
A. T. Clarke, Bradford, N. M. Stetson,
Newbury.
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Warren,

The rain of Monday night raised the
streams very high, but no damage was
done.
j. A. Rowland has gone to Old Or
chari, Maine, to visit his parents. A.
f. Bartlett is tending the grist mill.
j. III. Williams and j. E. Davis were
in Manchester last week attending the
Grand Lodge of Mssons.
Quite number are sick with colds
owing to the sudden changes of the
weather.
DIR. Mudgett has settled in Barring
ton.
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DOOR DIGESTION leads to
nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and
great misery. = The best remedy is
HOODS SARSAPARIlLA.
OrfOrd.

! Mrs. Jennie j. Willard, who is
teaching music in Boston, is at home
through the holidays visiting her
parents.
E. Phelphs, who lives in the vicinity
of New York, is home on vacation
| visiting his parents and other relatives
in town. His business il that of d
horse trainer and very few can equal
him.
! Parties who have gone out of town
to be treated by the doctors have not
entirely recovered from the loss of
their money.
We learn that an addition of fifty
feet is to be built on to our depot al.
most expressly to accommodate the
growing interest of the BeaIs Company
for the storage of their freight which
which is constantly increasing.
Our stores have done quite a good
business during Christmas week, more
so than usual
Weddings are getting to be quite
common here and we hear others are
talked of.
Some went from here to Fairlee
to Christmas and thought it
very good while others attended Cora
Silver's wedding thinking it was good |
to be there. The bride was dressed |
beautifully. The following is list of |
the presents received:
Silver knives and forks, china cups and
silver salt and pepper set from ID. +. Silver
and wife; silver cake basket, Mrs. d. Ii.
McIndoe; silver pickle jar, Mr.. and Mrs.
McIndOe and family: white china set, Mr..
and Mrs. Ii. p. Cummings, china set Mr.
and Mrs. Newcomb; glass set, Mr.. and Mrs
j. III. Archer; set of tumblers, Mr.. and Mrs.
q 5. Smith; silver gravy ladle, DR.. Barnes
and wife, pair of silver spoons, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Bennett, Lowell; silver soup
spoon, Mr.. and Mrs. III. f. Fernald, Low
ell; set of silver nut picks, Mr. and Mrs A.
Nj. hamilton, Lowell; silver salt and pepper
set from John Hamilton, Manchester;
Christmas card, Miss Nellie Densmore,
Portland; silver sauce spoon, Matte Cush-
man, Jessie Carr and Luther Whittemore;
silver sugar spoon Miss Mabel Mann; silver
Doth pick holder, Miss Mary Mann; silver
butter knife. Ned Gardner; cake plate and ,
ornament, Charles p Leslie; picture frame
Mrs. Leslie; pair lamp mats and pin
cushion, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard; two pairs .
If towels, Mr.. and Mrs Baldwin, pair Of
owels, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gilmore; two
)airs of towels, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H Dewey: Y
runk straps, III. III. Conant; pair table n
loilies, Mrs. Wyman: pair of pillow slips, v
Hiss Ida White; 81, Henry and Mrs Cush. Il
nan; 81, Irving Smith; glass sauce set, Mrs.
DOW Hammond.
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North Haverhill

Miss Annie Organs is working a,
Parker Metcalf's.
Lewis M. Kimball returned to his
school at st. Johnsbury last Monday.
Wilson Emery is in town.
Mrs. Geo. Wilmot of Boston is visit
ing at r. l.. Wilmot's.
Mrs. L. A. Miilen is reported as gain
ing slowly.
Leslie Tyler of Benton was in town
Tuesday.
Miss Mamie Kezer and Clinton T..
Parker of Barre were united in mar.
riage at the residence of tire brides
parents, d. c. Kezer, Dec. 25th.
ANNE Newcomb is quite sick.
Estelle Humphrey has gone to her
home in Newbury.
III. W. Kezer arrived from Boston
Monday.
Miss E. P. Cheney went to Barre
Wednesday.
Tax collector Dearth of Woodsville
was at this place Tuesday.
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= Granite State Local Items =
Piernnont.

Mrs. Sally d. Ford, widow of Alder
Ford, died at the home of her son
Dea. Abram Ford, Dec 25th, aged SO
years. She had made her home with
this son the past three years. Mrs.
Ford was horn in Oxford, married
there aud lived there until the spring
of 1868 when they moved to Piermont
VILLAGE. leaving the farm with their
son Edward. Mr.. Ford died in 1874,
since that time Mrs. Ford has lived in
village until she went to live with her
son She had been worthy member
OF the Congregational church for
about fifty years. She leaves three
sons, Alden Ford of Boston and Abram
and Edward of this town, Absalom
the youngest son died thirty years ago
She has one sister living at Fairee,
Mrs. Smith. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at the house of
her son, Edward Ford, in the village,
Rev W. A. G. Converse conducted the
religious service, Fl. HI. Palmer the
funeral director. The interment was
in the family lot in the village cemetery
Gen. Gilmore and wife, Mr.. Win.
ship and wife and Mr.. Y. Bogers OF
Fairlee and Mr.. John Phelps and wife
of Oxford, relatives of the deceased,
were present at the funeral.
Mrs. Martin and Miss Smith of Man.
chester are visiting their sister, Mrs
FL. Quint.
Miss Addie Palmer of Boston spent
Christmas at her fathers, FL. n. Palm
er.
Frank Curtis, who has been away
the, past six years, is at his fathers, c.
Curtis.
Mrs. Smith and daughter of Milford
are at George Smiths.
Christmas evening was enjoved by
all present. The csntata "The Prophet
of Nazareth" was highly appreciated
by all. The instrumental music wa,
first class. d. G. Cutting deserves
great credit for the able manner in
which he conducted the singing. AT.
ter singing the children and others re.
csived their presents from the trees.
The Haverhill Dramatic club will
repeat their drama "The Deacon" at
the. Town Hall this week Wednesday
evening.
BROOK ROAD.
Ernest Stetson came up from Laco.
mia and spent Christmas at home.
Henry Fl. Mutt has been confined to
the house with rheumatic trouble but
is better.
We are glad to see Frank Curtis at
home after an absence of several years.
Mr. Tucker and Mr.. Newman from
Colebrook have bought and moved with
their families on to the Bean place.
Mr.. E. P. Andross is making his
home for the present with his son,
Clarence E, while Miss Jennie 10
BOARDING with her sister, Mrs. Corliss
The lumber is being drawn to build
his house in place of the one recently
burned.
Miss Alice Rodimon and Milo Saw.
yer were MARI. d hist week Thursday
by Rev. w. A c. Converse.
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Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. ]. Gunder
man of DimOndale, Mich, we are permitted
30 make this extract: 81 have no hesita.
tation in recommending Dr. Kings New
Discovery, as the results were almost mar
velous in the case of my wife. While was
pastor of the Baptist Church at River June
ton she was brought down with Pneumo-
mia succeeding La Grippe. Terrible
paroxysms Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and il seemed as
if she could not survive them. A friend
Or. Kings New Discovery:
it was quick in its work and highly salts,
factory in results" Trial bottles free at
l.. A.WAD-FIGH's Drug Store.
Regular size zoe and S1.O0.
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EPILEPSY,

The greatest discovery of the age. Epilepsy
.ompletely and permanently cured. No opium,
no morphine, no bromides, no sedatives nor ano-
dynes used. Price reduced to 81 90. Try par.
Gel and you will be surprised at the wonderful
|,mnrovement Testimonials sent If desired
Nervo-l eptIne Co. Talcott. Friebee Co.
sole agents for United States, box 1856 Hartford,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03

Beecham's pills for consti-
patton 100 and 25s. Get the
book at your druggists and
go by it.
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Wife-Here's an account of a man who
shot himself rather than suffer the pangs Of
indigestion. Husband-The fool! Why
didn't he take DeWitt's Little Early Risersr
L used to suffer as bad as he did before
commenced taking these little pills. A. T.
Clarke, Bradford, N. M. Stetson, Newbury.
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II suffering with piles, it will interest you
to know that De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
will cure them; This medicine is spe--
cific for all complaints of this character, and
if instructions (Which are simple. are
tested this in numerous cases, and always
with like results. 1t never fails. A. I.
Clarke, Bradford, n. N. StetsOn, Newbury.
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Piles of people have piles, but De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve will cure them. When
promptly applied it cur scalds and burns
Bradford, n. NJ. Stetson, Newbury.
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d. Wits Little Early Rlsers for bilious.
ne<S. Indigestion, constipation. A small
niII Irompt cure. A. 7 Clarke, Brad
fcrd. N. NJ. Stetson, Newbury.
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THE MOST remarkable cures on
l record have been accomplished by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t is unequalled
tor all BLOOD DISEASES.
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Annual sales more than 100000 boxes
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That something unusual is going
to transpire. No better line OF
Crockery has ever been shown in
town, comprising Cracker Jars.
Bon Bon Dishes, Butter Plates,
Tea Pots, Sugar Bowls, Cream,
ers, etc., in all the nobby Japan
csc styles To see is to buy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-24
HOW WOULD IT BENEFIT?

Elsewhere will be found a letter
from an Enquirer" under the head Of
"Bigger prices for wheat" in which
he asks if it is true that the Mexican
silver dollar, which contains more
silver than the American silver dol
lar is worth only half as much, as is
alleged. Mexico enjoys the free coin
age of silver, and also of gold, just as
the Popocrates want in this country.
But while it has free coinage of both
metals, it does not have the concur
rent circulation of the two metals.
Silver being the cheaper of the two,
drives out gold, and leaves the coun-
try on silver basis, and it takes two
Mexican silver dollars to equal an
American silver dollar, simply be-
cause our government has pledged it's
honor and it's credit to keep the two
metals at parity. While on the Next
can basis the farmer would possibly
receive twice as much for his wheat
and many other of his products, what
good would it do him, so long as he
would have to pay double prices
for all that he buys. While his own
prices are affected by the coinage of
cheap silver, the prices of all other
products would likewise be affected.
OF course the farmer might be tenn
porarily benefited if he is in debt, as
the change to silver basis would
mean the reputation of one-half of
what he owes. Doubtless there are a
few farmers as there are few in all
other classes, who would like to get
rid of paying their just dues, but as a
class they are as DESTROYS of paying
what they have contracted for as any
other class. But the debt paying
power of the average man is but a
comparatively small portion of his an
nual outgo, BY far the larger portion
of his income goes for living expenses,
for the care of his family, and this is
true no matter how close he may live
Therefore he gains nothing if he can
increase that income with cheaper
dollars, because prices of all that he
buys will increase accordingly, and so
meet the imitation.
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A DENIAL.
MANKATo, MINI, July %, '96.

MANKATo, MINI, July %, '96.
EDITOR FREE PRESS
1t is exceedingly distasteful to me
to rush into the papers to vindicate
my character for fair dealing and to
correct statements made by persons
not conversant with the facts, to be
echoed by others. / have owned the
land to be taken by the Omaha Rail-
way Co. for over thirty years, and no
part of same has ever been recovered
by the river, as stated by the RevieaC
of yesterday. Not one foot lies out
side the government lines. The COM
pany has not made number of prop
ositions to settle, las also stated by
the ReUiea0) either of which would be
to my advantage. The company has
not made one direct proposition, but
on the contrary, | proposed to Mr..
Thoms Wilson to submit the matter
to impartial arbitrator, if we could
agree on three strong men. | never
received a telegram offering me $4,000
for the land, nor any telegram from
my son urging me to accept such an
offer. There was nothing of the kind
Yours Respectfully,
L. O.. M. FLETCHER.
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GEN. POPE'S BOOM.
The True Inwardness of the Local
Silver neeting.

There has been some speculation in
dulged in regard to the object of the
conference of local silverites at the
city hall the other evening, and the
absence of Attorney Byron Hughes,
who is candidate for the congress
iOnal nomination has been comment
ed upon. The FREE PRESS learns
from reliable source that which eX-
plains Mr., Hughes absence, as we'll
as makes plain some other things.
This is no less than that the meeting
was held for the purpose of bringing
about Gen. E. M Pope's nomination
for congress at the convention week
after next, and secondarily to secure a
delegation from Blue Earth county
favorable to the nomination of John
Lind for governor at the Democratic
state convention. The entire move
ment is one in the interest of free
silver.
Some time ago Frank Days paper
brought out the name of Gen. E. M.
Pope for congress, but since then lit
tie has been heard, and as no respon-
sive chord was struck by the sugges-
tion, nor enthusiasm aroused, it was
supposed that nothing more would be
heard of the matter. When Mr..
Hughes announced his candidacy, the
element opposed to him saw that it
was time to act, and Gen. Pope's
name naturally came up. How far
the use of his name was authorized
we did not learn, but it is probable
that he would not be averse to re-
ceiving the nomination.
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VOTE CANVASSED.
The School Board Elects one New
Teacher.

The school board held special
meeting last night and transacted
considerable business.
The vote cast at the election Sat-
urday was canvassed and found to be
as follows:
First precinct-L. G. M. Fletcher,
244, Adolph Deebach, POT.
Second precinct-Clark Keysor, 33.
Third precinct-H. l. Parry, 81, w.
w. P. Mcconnell, 6.
Fourth precinct-C. P. Williams,
80.
The election bills and a few other
bills were allowed.
The resignation of Miss Augusta
Shellbach, as teacher of the fifth
grade of the Pleasant Grove building,
was accepted, and Miss Amelia Lie
berg was transferred from the third
to the fifth grade, to fill the vacancy.
Miss Carrie E. Williams was elected
to Miss Lieberg's grade, at salary of
S35 month, and will be assigned to
either the second or third grade.
! Miss Williams is daughter of
President Williams, of the board,
and is a most capable young lady. She
is graduate of the High school and
has attended the state university for
several years, and will without doubt
make very satisfactory teacher.
While Prof. Bedford's resignation
was not received, it was reliably re-
ported that he had secured position
at Dubuque, Iowa, and would resign
here. The secretary was instructed
to find out .about the matter If pos
sible.
The committee on property and ex-
pense made a report of the repairs
which are needed at the various
buildings, and as they are slight and
not costly, the committee was an
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THE RUBICON CROSSED.
All Is Serene On the Recent Battle
Field

A night shift of men worked all
last night on the Fletcher property,
laying rails and evening up the track,
and when daylight began t. appear
the track was completed across the
600 feet of ground which has kept the
two ends of the work separated from
each other. The track was uneven,
but it answered the purpose, and the
work of grading up will be rapidly
pushed with day and night crews of
men. The steam shovel will be used,
and it will not be long before the
track is up to the required grade.
A great amount of filling remains
to be done on the depot grounds, and
this new track must be used for that
purpose.
If everything goes smoothly from
now on, no more delays occurring, it is
expected that trains will be running
regularly over the new track by
Christmas.
Mr.. Fletcher has taken no further
steps in the controversy. The fact
that the railroad company has enter
ed upon his land will not in the least
affect any Of his rights in the proper
ty, and he will receive just as much
for the land and as damages as he
would if the road had remained off
the land until the courts had gotten
done with the matter.
Mr.. Fletcher could have the work
men and others arrested for trespass,
but they would furnish bail and con-
tinue their work, and no practical
good could come from il.
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Vernon Center Items.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Carpenter have a
SON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Carpenter have a
son.
Mrs. Drury, of Pender, Neb., was,
called to the bedside of her sister,
Mrs. S. r. Lowell, who was dangerous
ly i'll, but is now slowly recovering.
The suit that was to have been tri-
ed last Thursday, between Mr. KEITH
er and Mr.. MeltZe, was settled.
Mrs. Barnard and Eva drove from
Mankato Saturday, returning Mon
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Warren, of Water
Vile, spent Sunday with the formers
parents. Rev. w. preaching in the M.
Z. church Sunday evening.
Mr.. Goodfellow's family have moy-
cd into their new house just COM
pleted.
Will Farmer is building honse on
the farm he purchased last year.
Mr.. Darling came from Worthing-
ton last Thursday, and is making a.
few improvements on his house lust
vacated by Mr.. Goodfellow.
May WILDER, Margie Lowell and
Myrtle Force went to Garden City
Tuesday to visit their music teacher,
Miss Mcbride.
A number from here attended the
wedding of Mr.. Sherman Thurston
and Miss Olive Thompson last We'd
nesday evening, at the home of the
bride, in Ceresco.
f. III. Barnes has crew of men in
Amboy building a house for Chas.
Morrow.
Hannah Mertesdorf, Tirzah Snyder
and Emma Robinson, who are attend
ing the summer school at Lake Crys-
tai, spent Sunday at home.
0. L. Mobiles horses ran away Sat-
urday, throwing Mr.. MOBILES and Prof.
Berry out of the buggy, and demolish.
ing it. The occupants were only
slightly hurt. The horses ran against
telegraph pole and were caught.
Paul Peterson, of Hamlin, has his
tent here, and is taking pictures.
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TRAMPS AT WORK.
Seven Weary Willies Pound Stone
for the City.

The police gathered in five more
h tramps last night, and they were ar
raigned in the municipal court this
morning under the vagrancy ordi-
nance. Each one was fined 1856, and
in default of paying it were sentenced
to work out their fines at the rate of
a dollar day on the public works of
the city. They were taken down be-
hind the city hall where the two put
there yesterday were at work pound
ing stone, andswere given heavy stone
hammers and set to work. The seven
tramps have been pounding lime
stone all day under the eye of a
special policeman, armed with billy
and revolver.
When these tramps go forth and
spread the report of their hard lot in
Mankato among the other knights of
the highway, it is expected that the
popularity of this city among tramp
dom will experience sharp decline.
In two or three, weeks Migrants will
be seldom seen on our streets.
By direction of Mayor Weaver,
sausage and bread and butter were
purchased this forenoon, in order to
feed the prisoners in the city hall,
instead of taking them to restaur-
ant.
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BIGGER PRICES FOR WHEAT.
MANKATO, July 81. 1896


EDITOR FREE PREss:-A Mexican
silver dollar actually contains a little
more silver than a United States
silver dollar, and if the farmers will
take these Mexican silver dollars for
their wheat and other products, the
dealers who purchase these articles
will pay them twice as much for
everything they have to sell. When
a bushel of wheat sells for fifty cents
in American silver. the dealers will
pay the farmer one dollar bushel in
Mexican dollars, if he will take that
kind of dollars; and as each one of
these Mexican dollars contains more
silver than an American dollar, wish
to have you tell me why the farmers
don't sell their products and take
their pay in Mexican dollars.
/ am told that the silver that goes
into an American silver dollar is worth
only about 50 cents; but the law
obliges the government to keep it up
to parity or equal purchasing power
with gold dollars, and that so long as
the government does this, they re-
main just as good as gold dollars; and
as the Mexican government don't hold
its silver dollars up to parity with
gold, it follows that one light weight
American dollar is worth to the holder
as much as two of the heavier weight
Mexican dollars, and if any congress
should repeal this law that makes the
government maintain these 81 cent
dollars on parity with gold, they
would Immediately fall in value and
be worth no more than a Mexican dol
lar These are statements that / hear
made by many men. Will you kindly
tell me whether or not they are cor
r ct. INQUIRER.