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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
Why Editors Get Rich.

Our western brethen seem to be
we'll paid for the grey matter used
in their labvrs if one may judge
from the following item from the
Monoa Index.
"After a great deal of study and
worry we have at last fingered out
why so many country editors get
rich. Here is the secret of their sue
cess. A child is born in the neigh
borhood; the attending physician
gets $40, the editor gives the loud
lung youngster and the happy par
ents' a send-off and gets so. 1t is
christened and the minister gets
S. and the editor gets 500. 1t grows
up and marries; the editor publish
es another long winded flowery arti-
Gle and tells a dozen lies about the
beautiful and accomplished bride. >
The minister gets $40 and piece of
cake and the editor gets 5000. In
the course of time it dies, and the
doctor gets from SIS to 500, the min
lister perhaps gets another FIVE, the
undertaken gets from $50 to 500,
the editor publishes notice of the
death and an obituary two columns
long. lodge and society resolutions.
a lot of poetry and free card of
thanks, and gets 10000. No wonder
so many country editors get rich. -
Exchange.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

record breaking shinment was
made over the Central Vermont dur
ing the month of October, and is
probably the quickest freight service
made from any point on the line.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
dedicated at Richmond, Va, on Oct
ober Is, monument to the confeder
ate soldiers. This monument was
made of Barre granite and left Barre
by way of the Central Vermont at 4
p. m on October 21, and at It's a.
M, October "a, arrived at Richmond,
being just 90 hours and IS minutes
in transit, almost equaling passen-
ger train time This is a proud rec
ord for the Central Vermont railway
Mrs. Mary Jane Perrigo of Chel-
sea celebrated her Tooth birthday an
niversary Nov. 8. She has resided
in Chelsea over so years, and is the
daughter of Isaac and Betsey Hall.
She was born in Darlington, N. H =,
one of ten children, all of whom
~lived to a good old age. She married
Luther Perrigo of Boston, who
served in the Civil war. He was a
member of Co. 1, 10th Regt. VT.
Vols, and died soon after his return
from war from disease contracted
while in the war. Since then Mrs.
PerripO has drawn npnSipn Her
memory is clear as she relates sto-
ries of three wars that occurred dur
ing her lifetime, the first being the
one of 1872. Her health is apparent
1y very good, although she is not
strong. She has been a church
member over rs years and is also an
honorary member of Waterson Relief
Corps No. As.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

the license policy itself. Mis- differ
entiation should not be overlooked
The republicans of this state We're
committed to the policy of giving
the people opportunity to vote on the
question of retaining the prohibito-
ry law, or, what is the same thing,
of establishing license law in it's
stead, This policy was a highly
commendable one. Such an import
ant question should come before the
whole people for their unbiased
judgement, and it should come be-
fore them entirely divorced from
candidates or other issues. Such a
popular vote will be taken in Janua-
rY if the 1icense-loca1 option bill is
passed, as it doubtless will be. The
people may vote to substitute the IL
cense policy for prohibition, but that
is far from determined as yet, nor
indeed has any vote yet been taken
to indicate the relative strength of
the two policies. That many mem
bers of the Legislature voted for the
license bill who will vote and work
against license when the time comes
there can be no doubt. Along this
line the Barre Times has this to say:
"The republican members to a
large degree, realized that to fulfill
their party pledge they were called up
on to vote for and enact a license
measure. This is really the only ex.
p1anation of the break in the ranks of
the opposition, for there was moth
ing to gain by their going over to
the other side. That explanation is
further substan tiated by the confess
sions' of some of the members, who
had been working against the bill
but who finally voted for it. They
realized that the sentiment of the
ma jority of republicans was in ia
vor of that course. and while the
break cannot be described as the re-
suit of a desire to be with the ma or-
ity, they were undoubtedly actuated
by desire to keep with the repub1i-
can party. 1t was hard work for
them, or as one of the members stat
ed, it is like eating crow for me to
vote for this measure, but 1 am go
ing to- His course was undoubted-
ly the proper one. Those who went
over to the majority may possibly be
with Inconsistency for not
voting according to their convic-
tons. But they were not inconsist-
ent, judging from the standpoint of
their constituents and that is the
proper standpoint to judge them
from
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
The Cattle Epidemic.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
has acted with commendable prompt
ness in using the authority vested
in him and placing rigid quaran-
tine on movement of live stock in
districts which are under suspicion
of infection from the dreaded foot
and mouth disease.
This is said to be the first appear
ance of this scourge in the United
States, but statistics from foreign
countries show that while not the
most severe of all Affections it is of
sufficient importance to justify
stringent measures.
A quarantine of any kind is bound
to work a temporary hardship wher-
ever enforced and bears heavily on
many individual cases. But this is
matter where it is much better to
''bear with patience the ills we have
than fly to others that we know not
of, =" and it is the duty of all citizens
10 sustain lHG dCllOu u dulhOlity
and thus aid to terminate necessity
of enforcement at the earliest posi-
BILE moment. Every stock -owner
should watch carefully their herds,
and take immediate steps to hold in
check any appearance of disease.
For the better guidance of our
readers we append the following
description of the premonitory symp-
toms as stated by an experienced
veterinary:
The disease breaks out in the
mouth in biisters from about the
size of pea to that of half dol
lar. In day or two these blisters
break, making a sore. While the
disease, in the majority of cases,
breaks out in the mouth first, it is
sometimes found in the feet. form
ing blisters in much the same way.
The disease runs from 10 to IA days,
and while it is not necessarily fatal
to the animal, in the case of the COW
all of the milk has to be thrown
away, and the beef is of no use. If
the milk is used, it is more than liza
BILE to result in persons taking the
disease, and with them it often re-
suits fatally. Little children are
likely to contract the disease from
drinking warm milk from infected
animals. 1t is likely to affect their
stomachs or intestines, with fatal
results. On the animals young it
has a like effect. The disease is
communica BILE to man and the great
ma iority of warm blooded animals,
largely, however, by direct inocula-
ton. Swine and sheep, together
with COWS, are particularly liable to
catch it, and horses when brought
into direct contact are also liable to
con tract it.
Dr. Austin Peters, chief of the
Massachusetts, Cattle Bureau advises
as follows:
To cure animals affected with the
1oof and mouth disease l advise the
owners to build a small box and put
t on the floor at the back of the
itall. In it I advise placing some
solution such as creoline
n little boric acid or a little pot
Ssh. The animal is then stood in
his and it cleanses its hoofs and at
he same time heals them. The
mouth eau also be washed with an
solution For the first
hree or four days, while the disease
S coming on. the cattle appear to be
sick. Then they pick up
gain about the time they have got
he disease and want to eat but
heir mouth is sore, and they don't
lat great deal at time.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

Ceaseless activity has ever been a
prominent characteristic of YER
mont's Congressional delegation and
Senator Dillingham; is one who has
been always on hand during the ses-
sion and busy throughout the recess.
AS a member of the Senate sub-com-
mittee on territories, he has just
completed three weeks trip, cover
ing a route of about seven thousand
miles of travel during which the COM
mittee visited Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, Arizona and New Mexico,
taking in all the principal towns
and cities, holding audiences with
government officials and others, ex
aiming the material resources of
each territory and giving special at
tention to its future prospects. The
result of this investigation will be
embodied in a special report to be
filed on the third day of the session
and be taken up on the tenth day for
discussion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

reason seems giving way to other
conclusions. Thursday night the
men who work in the vicinity left
pals containing food, and Friday
morning they were empty. The
vast wilderness which extends for
many miles, renders search of lit
tie or no avail.
H. N. Morse of Brandon, the own
er of the trotting stallion, Leicester,
had his arm literally bitten off by
the stallion last Tuesday. After
dinner Mr., Morse went to the barn
with the intention of hitching Lei
cester to a buggy and driving him
that afternoon. He put the harness
on in the box stall and the horse
seemed perfectly gentle and doci1e
as, in fact, he always had, never
having shown vicious moment be-
fore. He led the stallion out of the
barn and started to hitch him to the
buggy in the yard. where his hired
man and boy were hitching pair
of horses to a heavy wagon. Leices-
ter acted nervous and finally grabbed
one of the lines in his mouth and as
Mr.. Morse twitched the line away
the stallion turned and grabbed him
by the arm, between the elbow and
muscle. The horse shook Mr.. Morse
with all the viciousness of a bull dog
and did not release his victim until
he mad been dubbed until he stag
gered He bit the bone and the BIZ
ceps completely in two, and in fact,
the big artery and little flesh at
the back of the arm was all that
kept il from dropping to the ground.
!, Drs. Gee and Estabrook amputated
| the arm and Mr.. Morse was reported
as comfortable as could be expected
Wednesday. Leicester has record
of 2:174, is 19 years old and one of
Vermonts most noted sires.
The completion of the large addi-
lions to the American Wooden mills
at Winooski, which have been made
at an outlay of half million dol
lars. is bringing a large amount of
capital into the state. The present
proprietors purchased the property
year ago from the receiver. The
company has expended $500. 900 upon
Improvement and addition to the
mill property purchased year ago.
To close up the improvements now
being made will cost another $50, 600,
and the company is contemplating
next season charging and rebuild
ing the electric power plant in the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
Burlington Clipper. J

orators.
burlington Clipper.)
Just what Vermont would gain by
presenting her murderers in state
prison with button hole bouquets is
not quite clear to the logical mind,
and we doubt if our friends who are
so anxious to get out of the rope
business can offer goud reason for
it. OF what use to society a muir
derer has ever been or ever can be
made to be needs explanation before
our law makers decide to keep him
along at the public expense!
burlington Free Press.)
1t is to be hoped that the present
Legislature will not fail to enact leg
is1ation. which will not only tend
to prevent corruption at the polls,
but which will also make it impossi-
BILE for the members of any one par
ticular party to go into the caucus
of an opposing party and, by COM
bining with minority of the oppo-
sition, dictate as to whom its oppo-
nents shall support at the polls.
(Windham County Reformer.)
1t is all nonsense for members of
the Legislature who opposed the pas
sage of the peoples license bill last
Friday, to talk about their personal
consciences in the matter. They
were not sent to Montpelier as indi-
vidua1s, but as representatives of
the people, and they know we'll
enough what the people want. They
will have a chance to vote against
the measure, if they want to, as in
!: s: :. !: !: :: ): ): !:
nile must be fuTTlled,
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w EDS

Consumption is a human
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes i'm
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
SCOTS Emulsion. Salt pork
IS good too, but it is very hard
10 digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption SO
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
mcnt you will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

Pension Commissioner Ware sug-
gests that five hundred superaunuar-
ed clerks in his bureau be retired
upon civil service pension and one
hundred young men put in their pla-
ces. "To discharge them in large
numbers when they become unser-
viceable," says the commissioner.
"would cause very great pain and
suffering" "This sympathetic re-
gard for the clerks in the Federal
department has before now been OBJ
truded upon public attention." re-
marks the Pittsburg Dispatch; "Yet
a moments consideration will show
that it is misplaced. 1t will occur
to the ordinary worker in private
life that if he has to provide against
pain and suffering in his old age the
employees of the governmentn oyI
ing much more stable and less frk -
some employment, might be expect
ed to do the same.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

The Barre Daily Times is one of
the largest and best one-cent dailies
est class of newspapers in the state.
1t has lately moved into larger quar-
trs, installed a new fast Scott press,
enlarged itself to an eight-page pa
per and made many other improve
ments. The Opinion extends hearty
congratulations both to the prosper
Gus publisher and the hustling Gran
lite city which seems to appreciate
his enterprise.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
Farm
.RbOrtion
Cure

] gave her Hood Farm Abortion Cure oa
directed for three weeks. The swelling a1 40
left her and two months later she dro1n S,i
the best calf on the farm. / had mar mar
that showed signs OF abortion. Gave her tbis
remedy and she foaled living colt RI u
THOMPSON, Bows, Iowa.
Two sizes-$1 and $3.50. Large four times
dollar size. Call for treatise on Abortion
and Failure to Breed
Hood Farm Remedies are for sale bv
!. M. TAYLOR, Bradford, VT.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes

when asked at what age chids training should
begin. replied, "a hundred wears before it is
born" This is undoubtedly true IN the physical
well the mental and moral. You are prob
ably suffering from Nerve Exhaustion because
your ancestors neglected their own proper de-
velopment. Your children's children will be Lack
ing in Nerve Force and Physical Power unless
you properly fed The matter of food is of the
utmost importance to GROWING CHILL
DREN who will be the conservators of future
generations. Scientific truths are coming to the
front Future generations will use better food
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(Morrisville Messenger. J

pie must DC IulHlleu.
(Morrisville Messenger.
1t is certainly a hopeful sign of
the times when radicalism of any
sort gets the rebuff administered by
the legislature last week to that per-
sonified in George w. Morrow. For
every mans honest convictions on
any question of public morals, there
is always respect and sometimes in
diligence, but the part of aggressive
meddlesome will not be endured.
Men are not reformed by offensive
campaigning over a route blazed by
prejudice and intolerance. Temper
ance is a mighty good thing and
one that commands the support of
all thinking men and women. If it
was made more a matter of home
training and public education and
less a matter of politics and relig-
ion, the fungi that now feed upon it
would disappear like disease under
sanitization.
Montpelier Evening Argus
''It is said that the profits of the
Standard Oil for the present year
are about S45, 900, 900. These are big
figures but if it hadn't been for the
enterprise and experimenting in
early days of some pushing, uerse-
vering men who were bound to go
ahead and sink oil wells in spite of
discouragements and repeated fail
ures. the oil which now does so much
to light the world would still be
locked in the earth instead of being
on its surface. And with oil at ten
or fifteen cents a gallon, the very
best in the world too, who has any
reason for complaint?'-News and
Citizen.
Well, the Standard Oil company
didn't push and experiment and dig
wells in spite of repeated discourage
ment. Others did that and then the
great combination reached in and
seized the fruits of their enterprise.
Nor does the trust deserve any cred
it for the price of oil. The price
has not been lowered to correspond
with the economies effected by mod
ern methods of refining. The Stand
ard Oil company is a plunderer of
the public and a defier of law. Its
As per cent. dividend is excessive.
With a vastly increased production
of crude oil and lower price at the
wells it his increased the price 20
per cent. in two months because the
shortage of coal has increased the
demand for oil.
tRutland News.l
There is one fact that Vermont
ers, whether they are in favor of the
license-local option system of deal
ing with the liquor evil or of prohi-
bition, should not lose sight Of. and
that is the vote for the license local
option bill in the legislature is not
a fair gauge of the strength of Ii
ceuse in this state. Far from it.
1t is one thing to vote in favor of a
method to get this question before
the people for a popular expression
of their will upon IL, and an entirely
different thing to vote in favor of
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
From Our Exchanges.
Randolph Herald and News. ]


There is no call for abusing like
pickpo.kets the minority who sup
ported the Battell bill, They are
honest, conscientious men, who did
their duty as they saw it. They
simply did not feel to vote for bill
that had the promise of the open sa-
loon in it, with referendum that
looked unfair to them. They were
mistaken, no doubt, but let's not
cast them into outer darkness on
that account. They made a gallant
fight. as all will admit
burlington Free Press.)
After ali the turmoil and strife in
cidental to the formulation of a ref
erendum bill are over, and the Leg
is1ature has carried out the pledge
of the Republican party to submit
the question to popular vote, it will
remain for the people to choose be-
tween local option and State prohi-
bition. There will then be no pos
sibility of clubbing, for the issue
will be squarely drawn between Ii
cense and prohibition. In render
ing it possible to make this popular
choice the republicans, aided, it
must be admitted in all fairness, by
the license democrats, will simply
carry out the promises of the repub-
lican platform as we'll as of the re-
publican candidates in the State
cam paign and the republican stump
ora TORS
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
abortion Preoented
Saved a Calf : Saved a Enal

II lost four calves and
had three more cows that
showed signs Of abortion
One lost her cali the wear
before at a little over "s .
months. She was abont
7 months along and baS
udder was badly swolia,,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
Perfect Bread

means constant nourishment OF the brain
nerves, bones, muscles, hair, skin and teeth,
through pure blood. The White Flour of COM
merce has been impoverished by the "bolting"
process of nearly all the rich nutritious germs or
phOsphates of the wheat:l hence, it does not
supply good nutrition, hut is rather source of
the prevalent dyspepsia and other ills. Perfect
Evening journal., 1902-01-17
SEVEN GENTS A DAY

A correspondent wishes to know how
prisoners can be fed on seven cents q
day II is a natural inquiry. and should
not be construed into criticism of the
management of The workhouse Econ
omy should be practlced in feeding
prisoners, and they have no right TO ex-
pect an indulgence in luxuries. yet we
cannot see how, under the prices for
produce. the proper amount of nutri-
tious food can be furnished We should
like to have it demonstrated by table
showing the amount OF food and It's
price, furnished a single prisoner for
each meal for a week
We are told that with an expendi-
ture OF seven cents, each prisoner INNS
an abundance Of wholesome, nutritious
food, and yet II costs twenty-six cents
a day each for the table OF the guards
and other officers. Here is a wide diff
ference, and suggests that about three
fourths of the latter sum is allowed for
luxuries. or course, the prisoners are
expected TO live ON palmer food than
are employees, but there is vast diff
ference between am allowance of seven
cents and Of twenty-six cents.
The worlohouse is an institution in
which we are interested, and for that
reason inquiries into its workings are
natural. These must not be construed
into an attempt at fault-hnding. sinos
they are an evidence of deep concern
The trustees are men enjoying general
esteem, but the public feels that it has
a full right to inquire into the work.
ings Of our institutions. and to have
lreasonable INQUIRIES answered.
Evening journal., 1902-01-17

It appears that the Government is
not inclined to appropriate money for
our harbor until we first make large
expenditures. But we do not wish to
spend our money in these without
knowing whether the Government
would come to our assistance after
wards. So we are waiting on the Gov
ernment and the Government is watt
ing on us. Pretty soon the bed of the
Christiana will offer good pasturage
for our nocks.
Evening journal., 1902-01-17
Slang Puzzles foreigners

Persons of foreign birth are handi-
capped in learning our language be-
cause of the presence of so much
slang
An exemplihcation of this came un-
der the notice of the Wayfarer recent
" when an Irishman's brain was tied
in double bow knot by his board
ing mistress telling him that a
man named Davis had been arrested
in New Castle for Showing the queer. -
She received no reply to her remark
so she repeated:
Il say. Patrick. that man was ar
rested in New Castle for showing the
queer"
Patrick again failed to respond and
the remark was repeated.
We'll. missus, l must confess me
ignorance for l don't know phat yea
name entoirely by shown the querr.'
rs that what's the matter? Well,
1t means using counterfeit money and
is a slang expression"
This American slang is the divil
missus, and bothers me to kape track
NV IL"
A woman of my acquaintance was
several months in learning what
chewing the rag means.