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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.

Poultry-There is a better demand for
turkeys, with a little stronger prices.
Fowls also sell better, but chickens are
in quiet request: Turkeys, dry packed
western, 13614c; northern, 15617c:
northern chickens, 12@15c: western, 90
12c: northern folws, 10@12c; western
folws, 9@10c; live fowls, S69c; live
chickens. S@9c; live ducks, S@10c.
Corn and Meal-No changes are noted
In the meal market. Corn is very fairly
sustained to a little firmer: No. yell
low, to arrive, S6%c; new, 35A @36c;
track steamer yellow, old, SIC; new, 500
3614c; steamer mixed, 35& @36c.
Potatoes--Potatoes are steady and lit
tie changed: Houlton hebrons 73Q75c:
Green mountains, 7S@S0c; white stars
and Burbanks, 73Q75c; Virginia sweet,
1902 Jersey double head, $2.50dS.
Beef-Beef is steady in prices with a
better demand mentioned by many
statesmen: Steers, 71a@SAc; hindquar-
tiers, S61Oisc; forequarters, 51kG6hc.
Oats-Oats are steady to arrive, with
track oats firmer: Track fancy clipped.
31h@s1%c; No. 2, 31A @311Rc; No. 8, 3CA
Q3lc; rejected, 30A@ 3015c.
Mutton and Lamb-Muttons and
lambs are firmer with some statesmen
claiming &c advance on lambs, and NUT
tons in shorter supply.
Hay and Straw-The hay and straw
markets are quiet, with no changes in
prices. Mil'feed is quiet but firm.
Apples-Apples continue to sell fairly
we'll, with the best lots firm and poorer
lots easy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
The Only Sure Time.

The first fact, that sin has ruined us.
1t has blasted body, mind and soul. We
want no Bible to prove that we are sin
ners. Any man who is not willing to
acknowledge himself an imperfect and
sinful being is simply fool and not
to be argued with. We all feel that sin
has disorganized our entire nature
That is one fact. Another fact is that
Christ came to reconstruct, to restore,
to revise, to correct, to redeem. That is
a second fact. The third fact is that the
only time we are sure Christ will par
don us is the present. Now, what is the
common sense thing for us to do in view
of these three facts? You will all agree
with me to quit sin, take Christ, and
take him now.
Suppose some business man in whose
skill you had perfect confidence should
tell you that tomorrow. Monday morn.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
SARAH j. BINRY,S ESTATE.

- II E undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon Probate Court for the dis
trict of Bradford Commissioners to receive
examine and adjust all claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of Sarah
]. BiXby late of ThetfOrd in said district de-
ceased. and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the post
office in Thetford Center, on the 18th day of
Dec and 18th dayof May next from o'clock,
until 3 O'Clock p IN of said days, and that six
months from the 18th day of Nov A ID 1897 is
the time limited by said Court for said cred
itors to present their claims to us for exam
ination and allowance.
Dated at Thetford Center this 18th day of
Nov. A u, 1897.
5 W &. a, P FI H1P6l comms
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10

A postal card was recently addressed
to Mr.. James A. MacNeill Whistler, ~ ;
academy, London, by an Italian trades
man. twas taken to Burlington House
and marked there, mot known at the
Royal academy" When Mr.. Whistler
at last received it, he sent it to the ed
itor of The Daily Mail with this char
aoteristio note, "In these days of doubt
full Representations it is my good for
tune to be able to send you an unso-
licited, official and final certificate of
character. +"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
X LEGAL. X

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF TNsoI-
VENCY-BRADFoRD DISTRICT 1895.
Probate Courts and Courts of Insolvency
within and for said district will be holden ms
ensuing wear as follows:
bradlolu-A, j. Il, WATSON : office In Brad.
1ord on the second Tuesday of every month.
west Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in W esq
Falrlee on the last Saturday of May, july,
September and November
Also at the Probate Office in ThetfOrd on
the first Wednesday of every month.
Also at East Corinth on the third Thursday
of May, July and September.
S. M. GLEASON, Judge
Thetford Centre, VT, April l, 1896
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
Dissolution Notice.

This is to certify that the co-partnership
heretofore existing between II. w. Hib-
bard and James B. Hale, under the firm
name and style of H. W. Hubbard d Co., is
this day dissolved by mutual consent
All bills due said firm will be paid to II.
w. Hibbard who assumes all outstanding
liabilities of said firm, and will continue
the business under the firm name of II.
W. Hubbard x Co. as heretofore.
H. W. lIIBBARD,
JAMES B. HALE.
So Ryegate, VT, Nov. q. 1897 7
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
A Rash Promise.

An enthusiastic church member of
Philadelphia has just contributed 81 to
the church ON its birthday, pledging
himself to double the amount ON each
anniversary of his birth for the rest of
his life. If he keeps his pledge and lives
long enough, the church will have
plenty of money, for the amount of his
offering ON his birthday % years hence
will be something over SIG, 600, 600.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10

Price has been reduced on the
original old fashioned Dobbins,
Electric Soap, so that it can now
he bought al s cents bar, two
bars for Is cents. Quality same
as for last thirty-three years,
BEST OF ALL" Ask your grocer
for it. No one has erer found
fault with its quality, no one can
m0ao find fault with its price.
1t stands as it has for thirty-three
years, in class by itself, as to
quality, purity and economy, but
is now in class with others as to
price. Beautiful presents for
wrappers.
1t is the original Electric and is guaran-
teed to be worth four times as much as any
other soap ever made. For washing any-
inlng, IRON the finest lace to the heaviest
blanket, II Is without peer, Only follow
directions.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the National Bank of Newbury for.
the election of directors and other neces-
Sary business will be held in their bank
ing rooms in Wells River, Verm, MT, at II
o'cl ock a. m. on the 18th day of January,
1898.
8 NELSON BAILEY, Clerk.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-10
IN HUB MARKETS.
Freshly Made Stock of Butter
Soon to Be Needed.

Good Feature Is Scare tv of Low Grade
Article-Trend For Increase of cent
Potato Mar1ets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Statue of Axnes GilkersOn Is DemOl
iahed.

statue of Agnes GilkersOn IL Demol'
ished.
The costly marble statue o. Agnes
Gilkerson. for years an object 6f III.
terest or the lawn OF the Hezekinh Il.
Smiths mansion at Smithville. n. j..
was broken into thousands OF pieces
the other day. The wreckage of this
remarkable work of art was then cast
In RancOcas Greek, and the testimO-
NAL to Congressman Hezekiah b.
Smiths folly went out of sight forever.
The story of Smith and Agnes Gilker-
son Is one OF extraordinary romance
and wrong. and. when first made pub
iic stirred the whole country. The
man had deserted his rightful family
at Woodstock, Vt, aud made new
home at Smithviiie With the woman Of
his infatuatiOn. He became million
aire manufacturer creating great tn-
dusfrtal plant In the out Of the way re-
treat he had selected. He also went to
Congress and grew to be q political fig
ure in the State, Agnes Gilksrson,
known to those who knew Smith then
as his wife, pushing him onward and
upward. He would doubtless have
won higher political honors. but his
past became known. When the woman
died the inconsola bic and aged manu-
facturer had a statue Of her made in
Italy and placed it on his front lawn,
where he could see it always.
Captain Elton Smith, one of the man,
ufacturer's surviving children, recently
come into the great property Of his
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30


inal main track use. Experiments with
the renewed rails I'm actual service
proved eminently satisfactory.
In the accompanying illustration are
shown three sections of worn rails.
The sections given show the different
ways in which steel rails wear, togeth-
er with fiowage Of metal. e., excess
I've curve wear, ordinary curve wear,
and tread wear. The fact that these
different forms Of worn rails, varying
in weight from 54.6 pounds to $50
pounds per yard, We're all renewed to
the standard C, weighing SO pounds
per yard. demonstrates that the maxi
mum reduction due to the process need
not exceed % pounds per yard and the
resultant product Of any lot Of worn
rails will be within five pounds of the
original weight.
In sections of rails shown in the Sec
ond Illustration the original rail was
Of English make, and was in the track
twenty nine years. In the Ferollin8
process the rails were altered to admit
the use Of modern joint material.
In operating the process the rails
were charged into furnace that was
sufficiently long to accommodate the
whole rail. After being brought up to
a bright red heat the rails Were drawn
from the e~d Of the furnace opposite
to that Used for charging, and carried
by asti sttdhM,-d III -d,iveS. carriage 10 the back
side of three-high set Of rolls. and
entered between the top and middle
rolls After passing through they fell
upon driven rollers, and by them en-
tered into the final or finishing pass be-
tween the middle and bottom rolls.
They were then carried to the hot saws
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
He Made q Sale.

He was a very small boy and very
ragged, but there was look in his eyes
of shrewd intelligence beyond bis
years. His left hand he held behind
his back, but his right was extended
and between two grimy fingers he held
half-smoked stump Of Q cigarette.
He had his eye on a well-dressed man
who was walking jauntily along the
street swinging his cane
Say, mister" said the boy, gimme a
match, will yer, please"
The man stopped good-naturediy and
smiled when he saw the dirty cigarette
stump He made a pretence Of search
ing his pockets for a match, and finally
said:
Il haven't one, bub."
The boy hastily slipped the stump
into his pocket, and Withdrawing his
left hand from behind his back dis
played q large box containing an as
sortment of small boxes.
III yer amt got no matches" said
he, "now's a good time for yer ter
buy. l got 'em all, wax and wood, and
some what won't blow out in the wind
and udders what will Yer takes yey
pick"
He sold two boxes for a nickel
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
JOHN r. DOS PASSOS.
Father Of Financial Plan to Hel =
the Farmers,

the Farmers.
John II. Dos Passos, the father of tho
great credit fOncier which, in his Opin-
ion. is to save the country by freeing
all the farmers of debt, is q New York
lawyer who is by no means as vision
ary or as impractical as some finan-
ciers try to make him out. Secretary
Gage does not indorse his plan Of 'sav-
Ing the country" But the brilliant
Portuguese. whatever may be the fail
ings of his present scheme, has en-
Eineered some very fairly successful
financial matters on a large scale. For
instance, there is the great sugar trust.
The HaYemeyers when they needed ad-
vice called in Dos Passos. and it was
bis brain that welded together the mag
nificent organisation which has made
SO many millions for its owners. His
fee is said to have been 100000. He
has been the consulting attorney in the
reOrgan nizatiOn Of several Of the largest
railroad properties in the country. He
has written al least ono noted brochure
entitled The Law Of Stock Brokers
and Stock Exchanges" which shows
forth much careful study Of financial
causation and the obscure laws that
govern the wild movements Of stocks.
Before he became corporation lawyer
Dos Passos practiced criminal LAY W and
did well at 1t. His last criminal case
was his defense of Edward s. Stokes.
After that financiers over all the cOun-
try sought his advice. His fees were
enormous. Capitalists hung on his
words. Then he took up corporation
and constitutional law and mastered It
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

The combined age of five couples who
recently celebrated their golden wed
ding at Wazemmes, in Belgium, was just
500 years.
There is a barber's chair in Houlton,
Me-, in which Hannibal Hamlin, Fred
Douglass, Blaine, Garfield, Theodore Til
ton and Mckinley have sat.
A remarkable tree grows in Brazil
1t is about six feet high and is so lum in
Gus that ii can be seen on the darkest
night for distance Of a mile or more
In the British Museum library the
books that are presented are yellow in
color, those that are purchasehd are red
and those bound in blue denote that they
came by copyright.
The rodent family, owing to the great
number OF skins, holds numerically the
highest position in the fur trade The
squirrel belonging to this family is an i'm
portant contributor.
Two witnesses from British Columbia
in an Ellensburg Washington law case
travelled 1904 miles and had joint bill OF
S36S.s0. a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Exit Tompkins.

Tompkins is one Of those gentlemen
Of kind disposition who are ever on
the outlook for a chance to improve
their neighbors' mind. Seeing Il man,
apparently a country fellow, sitting on
the fence regarding the telegraph
wires carefully, TOmpkins approached
and said:
watching the wires, ehI"
eyes"
waiting to see a message go by,
ehY'
Yes, sir" the man replied, smiling.
Then Tompkins spoke kindly to him
and explained the mystery Of the elec-
tric current, and that the messages
were invisible, and finished up with:
"Now you know something about it. T"
Then, as he was going away, he said,
by the way, What do you work at?'
ME and my mate over yOnder are
telegraph workers, and we've just I'm.
ished putting up a new wire"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
AGED ILLINOIS PREACHER,

Father Rupp, Of Clarke County, Wac
Born Ninety-two Years Ago.
Rev. Father Henry Rupp, Of Clarke
County, Illinois, is the oldest active cler.
gyman In the State, II not In America
At 02 years Of age he is still preaching
the glad tidings. He walks into town
three or four times a week. He has q
kind or a pleasant word to say to every
body, and he Is beloved by all who know
him. Father Rupp was born ninety
two years ago in Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania. In 1882 he immigrated
to Wayne County, Ohio, and in 1847 he
came to Illinois. At this time this part
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
OLD RAILS MADE As NEW.

.;Ieap Method of Renewing Worn Out
Raitroad Tracks.
4 new method Of treating worn out
steel rails, aud one that has received
he Endorsement OF practical steel rail
maker, Capt. X. W. Hunt. Is described
oy him In Casters Magazine. This Is
he invention OF 3lr. Il. w. Mckenna.
,Or years identified with large railway
vystems. His idea was to heat the
worn rail in its entirety and canse as
title reduction OF weight Of section as
possible. and restore it to perfect sec
ion and make ii suitable for its orig
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
hcetylene.

The Explosion and Detection of
Acetylene in Air. is the title of pa
per recently read before the Chemical
Society; and as many persons are inter-
ested in this new Illuminating gas. a
short account of the results arrived at
by this experimenter will not be out
Of place A mixture Of acetylene and
air becomes explosive when as little as
three per cent. Of the gas is present,
and the tendency to explode persists up
to eighty lone per cent. This range is
extraordinarily wide, and exceeds that
of any combustible gas known.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
AMERICANS MAKE AesiNThE.
It IL Sold as the Genuine French Ar.
ticIe in All Saloons.

t1Clc In All Sa1OOns.
The manufacture Of genuine French
absinthe Is the latest American indus
try. This Is guaranteed TO be the real
stuff. straight from the boulevards.
Franco-maniacs who frequent tie
cheap table d'hote restaurants Of the
upper east and west sides imbibe this
stuff, which IN an arrangement of COM
plicated glasses is allowed to drip into
a glass Of water, where it acquires an
Opaque hue. The absinthe Is pre-
viously clear light green liquid. 1t Ia
made from the common worm wood
which Is found Ia many old New Eng
land gardens and from which thick
oil Is distilled. 1t has been found by an
examination of custom-h house exports
that sixty years ago large quantities Of
this American wOrmwOod were ex-
ported from New York and Vermont to
France, where 1t was used la making
absinthe.
But SO large has the home consump-
ton now grown that we now use all the
wormwOOd for our own production, AS
well as five times as much which is im-
ported from Germany and France. The
American wormwood is regarded as the
best in the world. Another expensive.
herb that is grown here Is saffron,
which is worth from $6 to So per pound.
Until quite recently the supply of SAT
from came from Vermont, but Il severe
drought there killed most of the plants
and the price has increased in conse-
quence. In many Western States, as
well as In Mexico, ii has since been ar
:iticially propagated.
In Michigan there are vast fields of
peppermint, which is cultivated care
fully and sells for a high price, An
other medicinal herb grown in Michi-
gan is sage, which is sold at S14O per
ton in addition to which 100 tons of
sage are imported into the United
States every year al value of $50 per
ton, most of it coming from Italy. In
the mountains of North Carolina ana
Tennessee boneset, pennyroyal and
thorn apple leaves are cultivated, as
we'll Al mandrake, bloodroOt and black
cohosh, all Of which are used in patent
medicine. California and Cape Cod
are the homes of horehound, which
makes a cough medicine,
This country raises a greater variety
Of medicinal herbs than any other, pro-
ducing those that grow in cold and hot
climates, as well as those that thrive
on dry mountain tops and in the humid
valleys. Burdock, angelica and bay
berry are some of these roots and others
are spikenard. unicorn root, cascarilla,
cramp bark, thyme and pigeon berry
New York Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

1t is said that Australian shepherds
can fortell the weather from the condi-
tion of the wool on the backs of their
sheep. An increase in curliness indicates
better weather
In the seventeenth century the aver
age duration of life was only thirteen
years, in the eighteenth, twenty; in this
century it is thirty-six. Look out for the
twentieth.
The Los Angeles Herald says that
trust has been formed for the purpose of
making powder and dynamite go up. That
is absurd; powder and dynamite cannot re
trusted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

father, and one Of his first acts was to
order the statue Of Agnes Gilkerson
destroyed. so it should never more
plague him or his. A dozen stalwart
men armed with sledges and axes sent
the white statue crashing to the ground
til nothing but pile Of debris remain
ed. Some of the villagers tried to Sc
cure pieces Of the statue as souvenirs,
ba.-a cart took the whole mass to the
creek. where 1t was dumped into ten
feet Of water and covered with stones
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Welcome

1T was so friendly and reassuring," !"
commented the enthusiast, ito read the
signs and see that word welcome ev
cry now and then"
.'Oh, don't know" replied the man
who wants the earth. 'It's nice at first
glance, but you invariably find 1t sim,
ply means you are welcome for what
you can pay for."-WashinSton Star.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

Of the country was very thinly settled,
and as the people here spoke English.
Of which Father Rupp was ignorant,
he was compelled to set to work to
master it in order that he might con-
tinue his ministerial duties. His cir
cult covered many miles, and the roads
were new and rough. Many times he
trudged over miles of country on foot
in order not to disappoint his congrega-
tions- For more than sixty years he
has been a preacher and has brought a
great multitude of people into the
Christian religion. On a recent Sun
day he preached in Martinsville. and
the church was filled with his old-time
friends and admirers. Father Rupp Is
still hale and hearty. His favorits
"a slime Is fishing and when he has
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
No Difference.

A Chicago jury discovered, when II
retired to make up its verdict, that one
Of its number did not understand a
word of English. However, he had
made up his mind that the accused
men were guilty, and as the eleven
men thought likewise, they brought IN
q verdict to that effect.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
The Human Voice.

In the hdman voice, though generally
but Of nine perfect tones, there are act.
ually no less than II ,592. 1856 differen,
sounds. These effects are produced by
fourteen direct muscles, which give
about 163S3 different sounds, and thir
ty Indirect muscles, which produce II,
SO Sc3 sounds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Food and OdOr.

Food that has little odor and food
that readily absorbs odors should be
placed at the bottom of the refrigera-
tor. All foods with a strong odor
should be kept on the top shelves.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

and became one Of the most desired
and famous lawyers In New York Mrs.
Dos Passos is a native Of Philadelphia
He is 80 years old and fought hard in
the big war for the Union side of the
dispute.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Novelty in Head gear.

Aluminium helmets have not prov ed
successful in the German army, the
saving in weight being more than OF
set by the metals storing heat. even to
blistering the foreheads Of the weaI.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

In the usual way, and after being cut
to the desired lengths, were put on the
bot bed to cool. subsequently being cold
Strengthened and drilled for splice
bolts. The loss in heating and rolling
ran from .O5 per cent to .OS per cent
With one heating furnace the product
was over 100 tons per turn A plant
is being built at Joliet, Ill, to renew
rails by this process.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Her Great Regret.

"Why are you sad, Mabel, darling?"
II was thinking, dearest, that this
sthe last evening that we could be
together until to-mOrrow."-Trihes
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30
Sticks 10 Her Job.

A Richmond. Me, woman has work
ed twenty five years in Lewiston mill
most of the time at the one loom.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

WRECK Of A work OF ART.

earned a vacation he spends it in that
recreation.