The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-15

boat Dolphin. These naval ants ii
not only be a source of attraction 10
visitors for the next 10 days, but tie
men who work them will form the le,A~
ing feature in the great centenH al
land parade Of Thursday Of next we *,
7 when it is expected there will be 14OU Of
the tars and marines ashore. The ce1e~
i monies of the day devoted to the Gee
bration of the Constitutions centen-
NAL will begin in the Old South meeting
house at l O'clock and end about -.oJ. IN
! fine meantime the parade Will form 4
/ Atlantic avenue with the rtCht rest-
on State street, and march to the meet
iue-hOuse, where Governor Wolcott'Sec-
rerary uI the Navy John ID. Long Nj yot
| Quincy and oLher notable peop-e Wiz
ioin the parade and will be escorted 10
the navy yard. In the evening the war
vessels will be Illuminated ana ChieL
Marshal Carter is endeaVorlns TO nave
all the vessels in the upper haroof liIu-
minated. to make the show complete
new departure in connection WITH
the mail service which, so lar as l5os-
ton is concerned has now passed the eX-
detrimental stage, will be of interest 10
OUTSIDE cities, as it is likely to ION reach
all points where free delivery IS III
vogue. 1t is a system of house to house
collection and delivery mail boxes. Inc
verdict of the people seems to be thaE
the system is worth adopting, and the
government has assumed an even mere
favorable attitude toward it than 1t haQ
several months ago, though 1t mas a.
WAYS advocated the idea strongly. liz
| Boston the system has had only a lew
months in which to show what II IS
worth. and that at time when the resi-
dents who might be expected TO take
the deepest interest in it were away frl N
/ their homes; still there are by this time
about 500 such boxes in use, according
to the Postal Improvement company,
and the orders for others are made auo
filled with increasing swiftness.
From the householders' standpoint the
system is in every way desirable, except
from the cutting of the door to place the
box in position, as he gets for small
expense in buying the box receptacle
for the mail both coming in and going
out and is certain that every trip the
carriers makes he will call at the box,
Upon the reception of the system in BOs-
ton will depends it's extension in the east
as Boston is one of the few cities select
ed for an experiment, and it is under
stood that the government is already so
we'll pleased with it's operation in this
city that it will order its introduction
into all the free delivery places in New
England. This has not been officially
announced, but there seems to be little
doubt that such an order will come from
Washington within a reasonably short
time,
There is, however a difference of Opin~
ion among postofIice officials as to the
practicability of the system. Postmaster
Thomas is not over-enthusiastic over it,
and Edward T. Barker superintendent
of city delivery, says: I'm some places it
is a good thing but in others it is bad.
Take for instance the sparsely settled
districts the carrier has to walk up into
the alleyWays and strike a match in.
order to find if there is any mai. in the
box, and it is just at such back resi-
dences that the boxes are likely to be put
up. The presence of a box compels the
carrier to go there every time. In busy
sections where the streets are straight
and where the houses stand near each
other the box will save time" Think it
over, it is one of the problems you viii
have to meet in the near future.
There have been many strange we'd
dings in this city in the last decade, in
which figured all classes of people, but
what appears a stranger one still is an
nounced. Laloo, the famous two bodied
boy, is to take to himself bride. His
bride is declared to be now on the seas
and to meet the husband of her choice
at a local museum. If, as alleged, it is
an Oldtime engagement, well and good,
but, if simply as an advertisement, some
girl is to be Joined in bonds of wedlock
to the East Indian freak, the perform
ance should be driven out of town. Lal-
loo, at best, is a human monstrosity, and
no action should be allowed calculated
to increase the chances of another Of his
kind coming into the world.
Brooke and his famous Chicago Marine
Band are again to visit Boston. He will
give two concerts at the Park theater
next Sunday afternoon and evening.
Miss SbyI Sammis, the soprano soloist
who won such success at the Brooke con-
certs of last season, will appear in an
entirely new repertoire, and the proceeds
Of both concerts will be devoted to the
INGu CIOSS buIGdu, lllIOI pOI llVu' ~ i4u
the poor and otherwise needy = F'-~t -.
After playing one night in Philadel-
phia, Hoyt's "A Black Sheep company
closed its engagement on account of
poor business. Otis Harlan will begin
rehearsaIs of Hoyts new play by the
first of November, and it is reported that
the manager has sold the old one which
will 60 out with an entirely reorganized
company.
There has been many reports of new
plays to be produced by Mrs. Fiske in the
future, all of them relating to dramas
conceived with a view to the unique
abilities of this artistic; but it is enough
for the present to know that Mrs. t1ske
will next be seen in this city in Tess of
the DUrbervilles."
The first farce comedy to be presented
this season at the Grand Opera House
will be "McSorley's Twins" the attrac-
ton following the City of New York"
The leading roles are filled by Mark
Murphy and John T. Tierncv h tn wide
ly known and popular comedians.
Messrs. hlch and harms. tu.,ugh the
of western dates, have ar
ranged for their new star, Andrew Mack,
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