The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-08-16


bok his uncte's horse and boarded
train for Massachusetts. If the
N oming back of the boys and girls
beans happiness to the parents and
Friends what must it mean to old
n bother Bradford. She ought to feel
Mroud of those she has sent out over
4 er threshold and especially of her
IONS who went out to defend the
Nnion. But back of the man be-
ind the gun are the boys and girls
~ no are making homes and engag-
S1g in business. There is no place
Without them that man can occupy.
The other day met a young man
md said to him "John, are you go
& ng to the old home for visit. "
/ Don't think so" he replied, ''they
have no interest in me there. " 'Do
you keep in touch with the1n?" 1
|asked. "Try to-" was the reply
4 but don't seem to succeed" Keep
n touch with your old home town,
ny boy, if you can, and you will
newer regret it. In India the rivers
How underneath the ground, but do
you think their influence is thus lost.
ASK the golden harvest that waves
above them. A man was lost in
Western blizzard and after wander
ing blindly about came upon what
proved to be a fence stake. Cropping
his way along this fence he finally
came to a house and was saved. We
may feel we are not of much &C
count but reaching out we may often
|act as a stake to some one.
Capt. Charlie Clark wants to tell
a funny story, said the president,
and the Captain responded that it
might be funny for the audience but
it wasn't for him to have to tell it.
It was joke on VIM. Rogers, to get
even for the story Gov. Farnham
told about New Jersey land being
low and marshy. Young William
started out one morning to drive the
COW. On the way he met man who
said, Good morning, William,
where are you going?" "Driving
COW to pasture, " responded the boy.
"But where's the cow" asked the
other. "By thunder" said William,
''I've forgotten the cow"
Hon. Geo. Pearsons of Iowa is going
to tell about a grudge he has against
Capt. Clark, said the president. l
left Bradford SO years ago, said Mr..
Pearsons, when y years old. 1 re-
ceived my education and also whip
pings on the lower plain. Father
sent me to the Academy where
than give an grafton, ran away. l
have been on the western frontier
many years, three of them among
the Indians, and now to come back
here and appear before this intelli-
gent audience is foreign to my de-
SIRE. Another drawback is that a
good friend has just told me I was
not born in Bradford. l told him
l knew better for l was there at the
time and he was not. l was born
on 'Tater hill in the same room my
brother was born in. I would like
to go back 65 years, and tell about
the old people and how things thai
happened then have impressed and
followed me through life. l havn''
prepared my speech and must give
it to you straight from the shoulder
There are six lines of transconti
mental railroads in the country
Can you imagine the brains, mus
Gle, sinew, grit and endurance re
quired to construct them. Every
one was started by New England
men. There is something in these
hills that give the boys energy
There is latent power in them
Here the boy is driving one horse
or two horse team but when he goes
out penniless, and is rubbed hare
against the world the other
horses come up and he's a whole
team and some to spare. 1t was {
Vermont boy that sunk the Spanish
fleet. All honor to George Dewey
and here the woman comes in.
believe in woman's suffrage
straight. Man may have hard luck
misfortune, but its poor policy tc
turn the cold shoulder to the wife OF
his bosom and let her bear the brun'
of the blame. Here's another man.
We all honor him. If get him be
hind a stump will ask him what
Fighting Bob Evans in command OF
the Iowa was doing when he LEI
Clark go by him with the Oregon
and finish the destruction of the
Spanish fleet. If Evans comes tc
Iowa don't know what will be his
reception but if Clark comes we will
paint the broad prairies red. This
is great country, l love it. To-
day, claim it rules the earth and
also the sea since the Oregon with
Capt Clark was let loose. You PEG.
pie don't know how good it is tc
come back here. If you did you
would hip-hip-hip hurrah all night.
There is both sadness and gladness
in being here-sadness when think
of my grandparents and parents in
that cemetery on the upper plain
and gladness because l am here and
have this chance to speak to you.
If any one can prove that 1 was born
in Fairlee 1 will be born over again