The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-06-17

He app1ed tOf MS peuSlOu put ~ 0SSihNH hh"'
Could never be furnished at least moi. enough
If man has been murdered and they nix on the
who they think may be guilty and ought to be
hanged, =.
If they find circumstances point srong 10 MS
They'll try him and hang him for the blood that
was split
But YOU can't get a pension on any such proof
| You must furnish much or just stand alooti
They may see and may know but they'll never
Not one Single word till the proof is received.
You must prove you enlisted and fought, bled
and died,
With proof that's unquestioned and much more
An officer known and two comrades must swear
Just how you're disabled, just when ana Just
Tins comrades were scattered, his officers dead,
And although he worked hard, but slow prog
reSS he made.
Uncle Sam loves his boys and would see justice
| . done,
And would give them their pension for battles
| they've won,
But the law is so fixed that the proof must
be strong,
No matter how hard you may work or how long;
But he got it at last, though twas but small
sum,
But it aided them much and they still had
home;
But his mother was ageing the swift passing
Pressed down that bowed form and it filed Tim
with fears.
cry
That the soldiers would ruin us all ere they die,
And they kept up their bowling still in their
| breast,
That small voice of their conscience and keep
it at rest.
Cod help those poor souls, they are small ones
at best
Are they blind can't they see but for brave boys
in blue,
who went to the front and fought the war
through,
They would meier had country thats prouoel
tDdav.
And stronger and richer and more able to pay
What is due to heroes fast passing away.
Then they called him hard names coffee co9ler'
But he lived through it all and still stumped
through the street,
And he earned penny here and penny or two
therep4
And eked out his pension to pay their scant fare
But at last the poor mother passed on to her
: And she dwe1t with the angels, but Tim was
Then he struggled as never he'd struggled
He resolved he would conquer, he would never
But Tim was near helpless short time suficed,
You could tell by the look you could see in his
of what he was thinking he saw it must come,
He must go to the poorhouse, he'd no other
It home -,
Then they raised loud cry, 1T can't beP'
d what send Tim to the poorhouse, somebody's
to blame %
So they joined in the chorus and each had MS
Then remembering some duty each hurried
it away ,
But Tim went to the poorhouse and all on the
He Kept thinking it over, how many day
" For that country he'd fought that now cast him
But he fingered not long he felt out of his place,
Like soldier court martaled he teltfin dlsgrace,
IS And he prayed that his days might be few that
remained 70 -.
A. That he soon might be free from his suffering
t. And his prayer was soon granted, he had served
Id And had passed through it all with a courage
Now he's got his discharge, has reported above,
Id Where his actions alone his true merit shall
lie where suffering and want he need no longer
fear
ut God help the Tim Dolans who are left with us
here.
Mr.. and Mrs E. w. Raymond are
r entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
ss from Keene.
+, Mrs. Edwin Emerton is visiting at
~ Sabago Lake, Maine.
ad E. E. Smith and Dr. G. w. Milliken
ce have attended the meeting of the
is Grand Lodge F. and A. M. held in
NJ Burlington this week.
Id C. H. Baggs and Wallace Marston
=. are spending the week IN New lamp
shire on a fishing trip.
lg Rev. w. A. and Miss E. B. Douglass
i'd have returned to Barton.
!, H. V. Burr has received from the
State Fish Commission $1,000 brook
ID trout which he has placed in Coburn,
y Markham and Barker brooks.
Many family lots in the cemetery
lie have been improved this season. by
lg grading, Towering plants. and the fire.
Quent use of the lawn mower.
Il T. Terhune is entertaining Mr.. r..
Il H. Cressingham and son from New
. York.
Mr.. H. E. Putnam met with seri-
lie GUS accident on the 18th. While floor
ar ing a scaffold board gave way, pre-
Il cipitating him to the floor, breaking
, his collar bone and otherwise bruising
in him.
- Registered at the Commodore house ;
i F. A. Hayden, E. G. Clay, Montpelier;
ID c.. F. Page, st. Johnsbury; DR.. and
lie Mrs. G. H. Burr; J. A. Stuart, East
Barnet; E. G. Southworth, Bradford /;
D. E. Ashley, White River Junction;
y R. H. Dearborn, H. w. Bohonon and
Sc daughter, Boston.
Or Late to bed and early to rise, prepares
man for his home in the skies. Early