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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
ACADEMY NOTES.

School visitors since the last
Notes have been, Prin. Earle E
Wilson, B. A. 100 of Fair Haven
w., Miss Grace Rogers 'O6, Miss
Ethel Rodimon '06.
Baseball practice has begun.
The first game of the season was
played on the fair ground with the
town team last night.
The A. X. A. meeting was held
Thursday evening. The program
consisted Of music, school paper,
and a debate.
The freshman English class are
beginning the study Of Longfellow.
Miss Sanborn 700 has returned
from her Washington trip.
Paine '08 has been on the absent
list several days this week.
Miss Robertson 700 was absent
this week, Monday and Tuesday.
The botany class brought in
their first mayfowers, Wednesday
afternoon.
The freshman class will give a
May day promenade in Woods Hall.
Several of the boys of the eco
Monies class plan to hear W. J.
Bryan at St. Johnsbury, next
week.
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No Kissing In Church.

Twenty Ruthenian peasants belong
ing to Ispas, in Galicia, have been SEN
fenced to various terms of impriSOn-
ment from a week to month for kiss
ing each other in church. A feud had
arisen between two parties in the
town, and the priest preached a ser
mon in which he urged the peasants
to make friends before they came to
church again. They took him at his
word, and on the following Sunday the
two hostile parties marched up the
church side b. side and kissed the al
tar. They then sOlemnly shook hands
and kissed one another on both cheeks
in the Polish fashion to seal the recon
ciliation. The kissing scene excited
loud laughter among the members of
the congregation, and the priest prose
cuted the peasants for unseemly con-
duct in church. The court held that a
church is no place for kissing and
found the peasants guilty. - Vienna
Tor. London Express.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
Clever Telephone Device.

The latest invention to protect tele-
phone companies from long winded
users of their lines and at the same
time to prevent their patrons from be-
ing cheated is a wonder. says the Phila-
delphia Record. Although the new at
tachments have not yet been placed in
the ordinary pay stations, they will
most likely be introduced in the near
future, as they are rapidly being per-
fected. The patron drops in his nickel
when the attachments are in place be
fore he can get the central office, and
he talks to the operator over one wire.
Then, when the operator gets the con
nection completed, she switches him to
another wire. over which he talks to
the person called. The instant he be-
gins talking on the second wire clock
starts and at the end of five minutes
breaks the connection, but it can be
renewed with another nickel without
bothering central. If central fails to
connect the patron with the party call
ed the nickel rolls down a chute in
front of him as the operator calls,
"They don't answer
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
James Slocum-aged Il.
He saved four hundred lives in
Pleasant Valley in 1900.
Jimmie was drowned.

There was a soft tone in the man
ayers voice when he reappeared at the
front and said to the woman:
your son was drowned, it seems"
Eyes. Jimmie was drowned. He rode
Black Bess down the valley to warn
the folks when the big dam busted up
in the hills. Every one was saved, but
while he was crossing the bridge it
went down with him and Black Bess.
eve amt ever been able to buy a
stone for Bess. The apple tree that's
over her seems a likely thing instead of
a stone"
"Madam. you will not have to move.
Where is your husbands?
upstairs readin' the gospel SOS not
to let his temper git the best of him.
He's got his shotgun and"-
well. coed morning. and the man.
ager and his men moved off.
The matter was laid before the di-
rectors. and the Pleasant Valley cleo
tric road takes a turn to the left and
rounds a small structure with a marble
slab in the back yard under stunted
apple tree.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
Az
WHY THE LINE CHAN GED.
A Grave That Was Guarded by Two
Women and a Baby.

The manager of the construction de-
partment of the Pleasant Valley elec-
trio road was greatly disturbed when
Judkins. the foreman, came in and
said that he could not go on with the
work on account of two women and a
baby.
"Well," said the manager, according
to the Chicago Tribune, this is all
nonsense. We have the right Of way,
and the road is going through where it
was surveyed I'll 20 out and see to it
myself"
The foreman went out with a smile
on his face, and the young manager
followed him to where the construction
Of the road had come to a fun stop.
In front of a dilapidated structure
was seated a girl rocking a baby. Back
of the girl, sitting on the low step,
was weary looking woman.
The MANAGER approached and said:
Madam, are you aware that you are
Obstructing the progress of our work."
Il reckon l am. That's what Susan
is there for; that's what and the kids
are here for. We propose to shunt
your road off to one side"
But, madam, the line has been sur
veyed. You will have to move. Your
place has been condemned. You will
be paid for it. The law
"Don't know any law" she interrupt
ed, nor don't want to. l know that
your road, even if it was backed by
the president can't run through our
kitchen and our yard where Jimmie is
buried"
The manager passed around the shan
ty. Under a stunted apple tree was a
small marble slab with a few flowers
growing about it. He drew near and
rnad the words carved nnnn the stone:
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
POST MILLS.


Mrs. George Turner and grand
daughter have returned from a visit
in Montague City.
Sumner Allen has moved his fam
lily into the Lake View house.
The remains Of the late William
Bartholomew were brought here
Monday for interment.
Mrs. W. A. Dodge and Miss Anna
returned from a visit to Washing
ton, D. c., last Friday.
H. G. Howe and Miss Fanny Bar
ker were united in marriage Sat-
urday and will reside at the brides
parents home.
Friday evening the Hon. Mason
Stone, Hon. W. NJ. Hatch and Prof.
j. Richmond Childs addressed a
large audience in Unity Hall on the
Public Schools of Vermont. The
main theme of Mr.. Stones address
was, Are not children confined too
much to a book and not enough to
nature?" Mr.. Stone hit the nail
square on the head when he said
"a boy is learning in his geography
the products of Patagonia and yet
cannot tell you which is the bios
som end of potato that grows right
here in Vermont. Strange, i mt
it?" Mr.. Hatch spoke at length on
Vermont and its natural POSSIBLE
tiles, especially it's great water
power over one million undeveloped
horse power in Vermont. He also
spoke on the ideal summer resorts
to be found here in Vermont that
are not known Of outside Of our own
villages, and he casually mentioned
the fact that the state of Maine
reaped a revenue of S15,000,000
last year and New Hampshire over
$4,000, 900 from summer boarders,
hunters and fishermen. How did
they do it? BY simply advertising.
He said further eff you will make
Vermont a bigger and better Yer
mont you must do it by adver-
Using Vermont and the natural
resources found there. Prof.
Childs spoke on the work being done
at Thetford Academy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
STAFFORD.

Will Patten of Sharon was in
town, Friday.
Byron Ross was in Tunbridge,
Friday.
F. j. Colby returned from New
York Thursday.
VIM. Hatch of Lexington, Mass.
was in town Friday.
Grace Waterman spent few
days at Fl. H. HathOrn's, recently.
The L. B. G. met with Mrs.
Chas. Preston, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osmond Godfrey,
of East Bethel were in town,
Wednesday.
Florence Scribner spert several
days last week at Chas. Ordway,s
and VIM. Danforth's in Tun-
bridge.
Owing to poor health Arthur
Pierce has been obliged to give I'D
his work of paper-hanging and
painting at South Royalton and
returned to his home here Satur-
day.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
OUTDOOR ATHLETICS.
THE BOSTON JOURNAL HAS MADE
RIG REPUTATION FOP IT'S HIGH


THE BOSTON JOURNAL HAS MADE /
BIG REPUTATION FOR ITS HIGH
CLASS SPORTING NEWS.
With Spring come thoughts OF
baseball, golf, tennis and the
other outdoor sports which help
to make this season the best OF
the year.
The sporting department of
The Boston journal is handled in
a right, interesting way which
has won for it mdny followers
among lovers of clean sport. 1t
covers every field of athletics,
and offers a valuable opportunity
for reference on all matters per-
tanning to the outdoor world.
Bob Dunbar's column is a fea-
ture of every issue, and his snap
by items and clear answers to
questions from readers are recOg-
nized as authoritative.
Arthur Mcpherson, whose trip
Will IuC DuSCDdll lCdIl Has given
him a line on the new material
and the prospects for a success
full season, will cover the baseball
games, and his writeups will be
watched by eager fans wherever
the national game is played.
Careful attention is paid to the
other branches of summer sports,
and devOtees of golf, tennis, row
ing and all forms of outdoor ac-
tivity may find here interesting
accounts of events. made doubly
attractive by carefully prepared
photographs.
At the same time the other
features of The Boston Journal.
such as the wOmen's page, the
financial columns and the edi-
t0rialS, continue to exercise that
influence which is building up for
The Journal it's reputation as
New England's home newspaper.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
BRONCHIAL TROUBLES.

READILY YIELD TO SOOTHING, HEAL
ING TREATMENT OF HYoMEI.
Bronchial troubles are purely
local. They cannot be helped by
stomach dosing. They are caused
by irritation in the air passages
and can be relieved and cured by
indicated air alone. In this lies
the secret of the great success of
Hy-O-mei in the treatment of
bronchial troubles.
The first breath of Hy-o-mei's
medicated air soothes the infam-
nation, stops the cough, and re
lief soon becomes permanent and
a cure results.
Hy-o-mei has made many re-
markable cures in the worst and
most chronic forms of bronchial
troubles and is sold by j. M. Tay-
lor with the same guarantee as
he gives when Hy.0-mei is pur-
chased for catarrh, that is, to re-
fund the money in case the rem
edy does not give satisfaction.
The complete outfit costs but
S1 90
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
WATTS RIVER.

Mrs. J. A. Dodge has returned
home from Vershire where she has
been visiting
Mr.. Dryden Chase of Lyman, N.
H. is at work on Pike Hill.
1t is reported the schools are to
commence the 22nd of April. Mr..
Edwin Farnham is to teach at the
village, Mrs. Carrie Locke in Dis
trict No. 5, and Mrs. Minnie Miles
at West Topsham.
Several from here attended the
funeral of Miss Martha Philbrick at
West Topsham, Thursday.
Fred Currier and Ell. Miller are
working on Pike Hill.
The "Green Mountain Cream
cry" paid 30 cts per pound for but
ter last month.
Austin Chase is at work for Bert
Hayward sugaring.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
WALTONS VERMONT REGIS
TER FOR 1907.

We have just received an adj
vance copy of the New WaltOn's
Vermont Register, for 1907. This
register is bound in green cloth
and it makes a fine appearance as
well as being durable. 1t is re-
vised to April LIST and almost
anything that one wants to know
about Vermont institutions, bust
ness, fraternal, educational, char
liable and religious can be found
in convenient, tabulated form. 1t
is well edited, accurate in detail
and invaluable as a reference
book.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
S1nn REWARD. S1oo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known TO the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease requires a constitutional treatment. Hall 5
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
disease and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that il fails Ito
cure Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall Family Pills for constipation.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19

From the standpoint of industrial
utility, says Professor Duncan in Har-
per's Magazine, the subject Of cellulose
can only be characterized as stupen-
dous. Take a pine tree, for instance.
Standing it is worth $40 a ton; cut and
stripped it is worth SIS; boiled into
pulp it is worth $40; bleached it is
worth sos; turned intos viscose and
spun into silk 1t is worth $500.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
GUESS WHOl

1t has come. The ditty must now
be, "Where are you going, my pref
ty maid?" "To start papa's new
electric pnuematic suction milking
machine Sir" she said.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
SOUTH STAMFORD.


F.. Della Kendall returned from
BrattleborO, Friday.
Geo. Dow has sold his farm to
the Elizabeth Copper Co., and has
bought a farm in East Thetford.
Geo. Morse and wife visited rel
atives in Hanover recently.
Mrs. j. S. Benjamin is visiting
her daughter in Hanover.
Geo. Dow recently visited his
sons in Claremont.
Frank Kendall and family of
BrattlebOro are visiting relatives
in town.
j. NJ. Benjamin and wife visit
ed friends in Norwich recently.
Geo. Troope is spending a few
days with his family.
Mrs. Lizzie Kendall and daugh-
ter Susie and Mrs. SalOme Soule
have moved into j. O. KendalPs
house.
Mrs. Walter Bell is in North
ThetfOrd dressmaking this week.
Geo. Roberts of Thetford Cen
ter recently visited relatives in
town.
James Ordway is visiting his
cousin in ThetfOrd Center.
Mrs. Joseph Truman and child
rem of Norwich are visiting her
parents.
Mrs. Alfred Blake and children
of Wilder, are visiting her par
entS.
Harry Miller got burned quite
badly at the furnace one day last
week.
J. VI. Benjamin was in White
River Junction, Tuesday.
Sarah J. Dearborn will be at home
in West Fairlee, with a full display
of-latest millinery, neckwear, belts, and
ladies' notions, April 10th to Goth: at
Barrett House South STAFFORD, April
23rd to May 4th; from May 9th at
Chelsea for the first three days each
week and at West Fairlee the remain
ing three days throughout the season. ,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
MARY BARBER JOHNSON
DEAD

The body of Mrs. Mary Barber
Johnson of Jamaica Plains, Mass,
was brought here yesterday on the
afternoon mail for burial in the
cemetery on the upper plain. The
committal service at the grave was
read by Rev. Mr.. Kilbourn, the
funeral having taken place at the
home of her nephew; Frank Griffin,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Johnson has been i'll for a
number of months, with cancer of
the liver, several months ago going
to hospital in Boston. Her death
occurred Sunday night at the home
of her nephew, Frank Griffin, at Dor
chester, where she has been under
the care of a trained nurse, since
she left the hospital. She leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Turner of Union
Village and Mrs. Sargent of Bolton
and two brothers, Mills Barber of
South Boston and N. T. Barber of
Woodsville. Mrs. Kimball Kelley,
whose death occurred last July was
also a sister. Mrs. johnson was
well known in town as her mother
lived here several years and she had
many friends in the community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Patch left
Monday morning for Brattleboro,
where Mr.. Patch took his exami-
nation for first lieutenant Of the
Co. G.
Misses Frances and Phebe
Clark were in st. Johnsbury Fri
day night to see the Pirates of
Penzance.
Mrs. j. B. Hay very pleasantly
entertained thirty-six ladies at
whist, Friday evening. Refresh
ments of sandwiches, coffee,
olives, stuffed dates, ice cream |
and cake were served.
Mr.. Lyman Kingdom, a tin
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19

SUGAR AND SYRUP LABELS ALSO
SUGAR WRAPPING PAPER. PRINTED AND
FOR SALE AT THE OPINION OFFICE.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19

SUGAR AND SYRUP LABELS ALSO
SUGAR WRAPPING PAPER, PRINTED AND
FOR SALE AT THE OPINION OFFICE.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
The Vermont
Construction Co.
Manufacturers of

Manufacturers of
Bridges, Craneways, Crane
Bridges, Girders, Trusses, Struct-
ural Iron, Penstooks, Steel Tubing,
Plate Work, Jails, Fire Escapes,
Ratings, Gratings, Architectural
Iron Work, Hydraulic and Electric
Elevators, Hydrants, Pulleys, Shaft
ing, Mill Supplies, Hangers, all
kinds of Forgings, Brass and Iron
Castings. All kinds of machinery
promptly and skillfully repaired.
Consulting and
Constructing Engineers
for all classes of engineering and
electrical work. Surveys, maps,
plans, estimates, reports, etc.
WRITE US.
The Vermont Construction Co.
BURLINGTON, VT.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16
FORMER PASTORS SPOKE.
Reunion Feature of Diamond Jubilee of
Plainfeld Methodist Church.

PLAINFIELD. Oct. 16.-At the first OF
the week-night features of the celebration
of the seventy fifth anniversary of the
First Methodist Church last night seven
former pastors made short addresses on
"Auld Lang syne." 1t was a historical and
social meeting for the pastors and congre-
CATION, followed by a reception in Vincent
Chapel.
Those who spoke in order OF their pas
torates we're: The Rev. DIR. George IL.
whitney, of this city, 1S66-1SSS; the Rev.
DR.. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. of Bloomfield,
1S74-1s77; the Rev. DR.. A. II. futile, of
Summit, 1Ss8-1SS6; the Rev. DR.. j. B. Van
Meter, Of Baltimore, 1Ss6-1sSS; the Rev. DIR.
Charles b. Mitchell, of Cleveland, 1sSS-1S9s
the Rev. DR.. Charles r. Barnes, Of Mont
clair, 1~S9s-1S97; the Rev. DIR. w. c. SnoG-
grass, Of Perth Amboy. 1S97-19o5, and tie
Rev. A. G. McCrea. the present pastor.
A union fellowship meeting viii be held
for all the local Methodist churches to-
night, and love feast tickets will be
given out as in tue oldeu time. not as
tickets of admission. as they were then, but
as souvenirs. Half a dozen Of these tick
cts, highly priced as souvenirs. were shown
by Mrs. Charlotte Holland, which her
mother had saved from the year 1910. They
were signed with the name Of the passlr.
the Rev. G. T., Brown.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16
"AFFINITY" WAS HER SON.
Burlington widows Personal Brought
U~nlooked-For Results.

BURLINGTON, Oct. 16.-All the
~fashionables in this old and ~aristocratic
town are laughing at the rencontre
which a matronly widow. who lives on
one of the fashionable streets here.
forced upon herself.
The widow, although well known, is
best described by this personal, =
which she placed in a Philadelphia
newspaper:
"a lady of mature age, but looking
young and feeling so; a tall blonde,
imposing and graceful, and at the same
time well-to-do, desires to marry. Ad-
dress, -
The lady, who is no older than she
feels, chose her affinity from the writer's
of many letters she received. Quickly
an interview was a~rranged-she, wear
ing a bunch of lilies-of-the-valley in
her corsage, was to wait at the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad station; he, with a
red. red rose in his coa lapel, was to
arrive on the 9:37 a. m. New York ex-
press, e%astbound, yesterday.
The widow, looking extremely youth
full and handsome, waited at the CHI,
the station; the express stopped; from
a car dropped her stalwart son.
Hello, mother" he cried, what are
you doing here?'
Next instant he saw the bunch of
lilies valley; she. the rose he
wore. She blushed far redder than the
rose and was seized with an opportune
fit of coughing, which could not hide
her confusion, however.
IL got-off TOTO get a paper"
stammered her son., who is about %
years old, a gay young fellow, employed
in Philadelphia.
He rushed to the newsstand, grabbed
a paper and scrambled aboard the last
coach as the express pulled out. His
mother tore the lilies from her corsage,
threw them on the platform and ground
them under her heel.
II will die a widow she has since
said to Intimate, "conhdential' women
friends.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16
RUNAWAY GIRL RETURNS.
Father of Carrie Beam Says He Will
Have Her Sent to Reform School.

MIDDLE VALLEY, Oct. 16.-Carrie
Beam. the 1~6-year-old daughter OF
George Beam, a well-to-do farmer, near
this place. who ran away from her
home about four weeks ago without
leaving word as to where she was
going or what were her intentions, re-
turned yesterday to the HON of her broth
er, John Beam, at Vernoy. She re-
fuses to disclose her Whereabouts dur
ing her absence.
Since the death of her mother a few
years ago she had charge of the Beam
household. When she left she took
all her belongings. No efforts We're
made to locate her other Than notify
ing her sisters and brothers of her
departure. Commenting upon her alb
sence to THE STARS correspondent
her father said "She will return when
she gets tired. I have had enough
trouble of late with her, and if she
can find a better home than mine She
can go. Last July she left HON after
l reprimanded her for her actions and
we brought her back from Easton, Pa,
where she was in charge of the So
ciety for the prevention of Cruelty Ia
Children" Her father will have her
committed to the State Reform School.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16
FIGHT BILLBOARDS
DETRlMENT TO APP
PEARANCE OF CITIES.
American Civic Association VIII Take
Up Subject-Also Preservation
of Niagara Falls.


PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 16.-one of the
interesting questions which will be dis
o,ssoa -, tho American civic Association
-, ..u ho,a 4, cor
u" No s"S ~
necton win the c'hNeh'on VI
tional Municipal League III FfoNl"e"'e
November 1922, will be the eliminate OIL
tho billboard as a nuisance.
As a resu,t of the associations crusade
.n. x,,,h..rd In tho
eenins' -
various cities OF the country Nv '
timent has been developed, and mefchaneS
and adverr users are numbered among those
-. nrosoa 70 tbis means of adver-
VIZ
using &c
One of the efforts OF the assoeia,ron 10
to have removed the bilooards With ~"
interrupt the beauties OF AIS
Another subject which Will be diseusseu
by the yearly meeting will be the proposed
international agreement with Great Britain
for the permanent preservation of Niagara
Falls in its rare natural beauty 1t will be
recalled that the American Civic Associa-
tion was the leader In the movement which
resulted I'm Congressional action to protect
~ EaiIs fror Tho greed of the power cor
aa.a.s
praaJaon. pooseve,t who is a member of
~neea,a ~ ,,,cb Interested in lts
.me "~s 80 ta,orod many ~ tbe sur-
WIZ !" 20 a. oraan,vation IN lis
ses'ons W asutIs,i Anaorioa
nlove ,ol - ~ Amor,can
~ ~ 800 nssnn,, ~ oo,ntrv
CIVIC Assoclaton tnrousnoul ~ o
many are acuVe III Iocui mvtsnienss ~
oeautincation VI munieipaloss 90 -
In the national enor's ior CIVIC ihnp'oNo
ment' 49,,
In addltion 10 the Nlaeara pais In
billboard campaigns, the assoc.tIoh ; us