The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-03-26

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from off old ocean.
The report current in this city that be-
fore the summer is gone there will be
continuous line of electric roads from
Boston to Portland is indicative Of the
wonderful growth of roads of that kind
1t was hardly five years ago that the
first electric car passed down Washing
ton street in this city and was an object
If general interest Now horse car is q
source of comment, and is so seldom
seen on our main thoroughfares as to
be almost wonder. Little by little these
lines have been extended, until all-day
trips and electric ride parties are consld-
cred the proper thing in summer. If the
new project materialiZes it will indeed
furnish a grand opening to those who
like to lazily view the country.
/ e grand electric boulevard through
Massachusetts, New Hampshire ana
Maine, running along the sea coast near
ly all the entire distance would open up
a new field for travellers, and at price
that all could enjoy it. A man could
spend week on the trip, and that with
profit and pleasure. AS there are but
few short connecting links needed to Sc
cure the happy contamination, we will,
with reasonable certainty, be able to do
the coast by electricity in September,
and wonder how our fathers ever man
aged to make life worth the living with
out the aid of the potent Juice" The
world moves, and perhaps by electricity.
Much is written about the almond
eyed sons of China, who form feature
of one section of Boston, but few stop to
think that they like ordinary mortals,
die and are buried or that when they
reach the end and cease their apparently
endless days of toll, their bones are not
allowed to repose in good American soil.
Yet it is true that they sometimes die,
and equally true that their bones are
shipped to the land of their birth. 1t is
one of the conditions of the contract I'M
der which the noted Six Companies
brings these coolies to America, that
they shall, in case of death, return the
bones of the unfortunate to China. So
at stated times an agent of the COM
panies comes to Boston, takes from the
ground the bones of dead Cinnamon and
ships them across the continent.
This exhumer of bones, a Chinaman
named Chang, was here not long ago, and
shipped away what was left of four of
his countrymen. So important is the
work considered that Chang is obliged to
give heavy bond for the faithful dis
charge of his gruesome contract and to
faithfully carry out it's conditions He
must not get the bones mixed and each
individual set must be cleaned, put in
white muslin bag, and then boxed Sc
curely for shipment across the Pacific
He is not allowed to cut, saw or break
bone, nor can he boil the bones to
get the flesh off, on penalty of forfeiture
of his bond. He says that three years
serve to do away with the flesh, but they
are generally allowed to remain in the
grave longer than that, in order to make
sure of clean job when he goes at it,
Each set of bones is labeled, and a record
is kept of them. All are shipped to San
Francisco, and when four tons have been
collected they are put on a steamer and
shipped. From this it would appear that
the only way to make the deportation OF
a Chinaman certain is to kill him. The
Six Companies will then do the rest.
AS the date of the Boston horse show
draws near, the interest in that all i'm
portant event grows apace. Boston
proved itself capable of giving a show
in 1926, and having established such a
precedent the Boston Horse Show asso-
citation proposes to maintain the high
standard already established. The dates
for the coming exhibition are April 10 to
"a, inclusive. Last year the prize list
amounted to $4,000, and this sum has
been increased by more than $4,000. In
all, there are some 104 classes, of which
a dozen are devoted to trotters.
Actors and managers were liberal bet
ters on the great Corbett- Fitzsinrnons
battle. The result of the fight cost
Charles Hoyt $500; Frank Mckee. $1,000:
Louis Mann, 5000; Charles Bigelow, $500:
Bob Roberts $500; John Harley. 500, and
ALT Hayman a new hat. Roberts. by the
way, was Corbett's trainer in his fight
with Peter Jackson. Among the win
ners are: Max Bleiman 1925: W.D. Mann,
$500; Joe Herbert, 1910; Henry e. Dixey,
$24O; Lew Fields and Joe Weber, Joint bet
Of $500; Herman Hauser. $50. Nobody
knows how Dan DAILY Jared beyond his
mute reply to questions by turning his
pockets inside out when asked how he
made out.
Jack Mears, the tramp mimic" is a
Boston boy and will be remembered in
this city as ticket agent at the Park
theater during the last two seasons it
was under J. A. Crabtree's management
He made his first professional appear
ance at Tony Pastors theater in New
York last July. He expects to shortly
appear at one of Boston's theaters.
The production of BaIfe's "Satanella"
at the Castle Square theater on Monday
evening, the 29th inst, will be practically
a novelty to the present generation. It
Is over 25 years ago since it was heard
in this city, its last production having
been made by the Parepa-Rosa company
early in 1872.
Among the latest engagements for the
Rich & Harris all-star comedy are Fred
LenoX and Miss Josie Sadler. The or
is to present John J. McNally's
latest work, THE Good Mr.. Best" in
New England during the latter part of
lext month.
Thomas E. Clifford. who has received
so much praise for his singing of THE
Holy City" in Paradise Alley" is the
last addition to the company that is to