The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-25

she was the first American vessel of war
20 Charlestown, then, must belong thu
credit of being the birthplace of that navy
which won its way to renown a d glory
under the most adverse conditions"
| 1t is also interesting to learn from
equally high and even higher authority
that the claims that we cannot get aIong
without the aid of Cramps and Other
private navy yards are unfCunded, The
yard at CharleStown has been practically
idle go long-the TopeWalk excepted
that few Of our best posted New Eng
landers understand or appreciate its
capabilities, They would hardly believe
we could turn out a companion ship TIC
the New York there, yet Admiral Fyffe
when commandant, asserted that he
could easily take care of and push to
completion five first class cruisers at the
same time. The yard has been cl/sed
but the machinery has been kept quite
well up to date.
Indeed, in value the plant at our own
navy yard is greater than that of any
other yard in. the country if the gun.
making machinery at Washington Is
excluded from the value of that prop:
erty. Brooklyn, where GO per cent OF the
construction and IS per cent of the re.
pair work of the department is done has
value of machinery by the latest an.
praisal ofg$S28, 032,S2, Cnarieptown, where
nothing ofthis chafa cte% Is done, has ma.
chinery valued by the same appraisal at
I,046, 027.27. The machinery at Norfolk
is valued at S545, 500 IS and at Mare IAIand
S213.909.9S, 1t is about time that 81 acres
of government property, with a water
froht of almost mile in extent, should
De utilized, and there is now every pros.
pect that it will be. Hats off to Secretary
John D. Long.
If you have had the pleasing anticina.
ton that the state would print and -.
tribute souvenir volume CONT 80.
text of the Bradford mar 'll'Li's eile
a ana the record of the. presentation pro-.
o ond tbst IN the .ouse Of representatives
ana, ana that yc>awovld get orta,f the valua.
"fHhaS You may as well lay aside the
nope FOR the present, 1t is true that a
resolution 'cAlfag for the printing of
1854 copies of such a volume was passed
and The Kramer of distribution was ais,
fixed, %at the only appropriation author
tied in connection with the work was
$4,000 and tt 1T is not enough to do it, and
no sensible man would eXpectit to be
The Bradford manuscript alone would
be sufficient to make q large octave vol
ume, but the resolve says that in add,
ton shall be printed portraits of the state
officers who figured at the presentation
the speakers, English dignitares con-
nected with the affair, and long list of
facSimiles of documents, with the
speeches and a record of proceedings at
the presentation ceremonies in addition.
AS the secretary of state cannot exceed
the appropriation, he has wisely re-
Trained from doing anything, and the
publication is for the future, if at all
Why not let some responsible publisher
issue a copy of the original journal and
sell it to those who will buy? Perhaps
the $4,000 would be sufficient to glorify
the participants at the presentation.
Among the visitors to the city Just at
the present time is Mrs. Alexander
Salvini, who some years ago knew as
a little girl in New Hampshire city as
'gittle Maud Dixon" The death of her
talented husband was a severe blow to
the stage, and left affairs in a compli-
Gated condition, as Mr.. and Mrs. Salvini
had ambitious plans for the future. Mrs.
Salvini, who has recently established an
excellent reputation as an actress, is
naturally anxious to return to the stage
She is in position to carry on the work
of her late husband, and to maintain the
high standard he fixed from the outset,
and not only keep his honored name be-
fore the public, but to add fresh Iaurels
to it. She has all the necessary material
with which to begin successful star
ring tour; a new play of the romantic
order type which Mr.. Salvini had
tionaI popularity, and the people of New
England, the home of the little lady,
will be glad to welcome and encourage
her efforts.
Captain Paul Boyton. the inventor OF
the chutes spent two days of last week
in this city. He reports the chute fever
is spreading this year with unexampled
rdDldltN. Among the CltleS where they
are being built are Buffalo. Rochester,
Albany, Detroit Nashville, New Or
leans, Charleston, Brockton, Lynn, Mem
phis and other cities in this country, and
at Brussels, Berlin and Paris in Europe.
E. Z. Rice has suggested the following
novel scheme for opera in Madison
Square Garden, New York: Madison
Square Garden is nearly as big as all
outdoor. Why not give opera in three
rings? What is good for a circus ought
to be good for opera Here's the scheme:
'Olivet' at one end, The Mikado' at the
other and 'Pinafore' in the middle ring.
1 wish l had thought of it before"
For the next few days the center of
interest will be located at the baseball
grounds at the South End. The phenom-
email spirit of the home team has awak-
ened the old spirit, and the ''rooters" are
many. We may have a championship
team, in spite of the magnates.
Hooley's theater in Chicago has de-
cided to abolish Sunday night perform
ances, and it is probable that all the /
first class theaters in the city will follow
the same plan, as representative attrac-
tons have refused to play on the Sab
bath.
Klaw & Erlanger have arranged with
Auguste Van Biene, the 'cellist, to play