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BE AN OPTIMIST.
Hold up your chin and smile!
Smile!


Hold up your chin and smile!
You cannot be a pessimist and be
really successful. The optimistic spirit,
the bright outlook, are absolute essen
tials toward successful living. De-
preston and gloom never won a vic.
tory of any kind.
Every effort to organize the smile
clubs and sunshine" clubs, so popu-
lar just now, ought to be encouraged.
Especially does the business world
need the helpful influence of the opti-
mistic spirit.
Just now the country still feels
the effect of the panic of last fall. 1t
Is also presidential year" Business
men generally expect dull conditions
until after the presidential election
and usually get what they expect.
1t is therefore the more necessary
that people should be stimulated by
hopefulness. They should be shown
the bright side of things.
Panics are largely psychological.
Every so often people begin to expect
and talk about the coming of finan-
cial depression. The expectation brings
about the reality. Money gets scarce.
Capital begins to hedge. Men are out
of employment. People economic.
The hard times" are on.
When the historian comes to invesd-
gate the period he finds the panic was
caused by fear. The scare originated
in the discouraging remarks Of some
hnuIx 90
high up put the suggestion" into the
peoples minds. The people were hyp-
notified.
Take the present year.
1t is the popular belief and express
sion that a presidential year must
necessarily be a slow year in CONNER
cial circles. Because Of that general
belief this year is likely to be a dull
year in business. 1t requires more
than ordinary effort on the part of the
hopeful and irrepressible optimists to
change such a settled belief
Confidence is the basis of all pros
perity.
If the country gets hopeful inspira-
ton from the leaders Of public opinion,
1t can accomplish much despite pessi-
mistic tendencies.
Every one can do something toward
creating an atmosphere Of cheerful
ness. Persistent hopefulness viii do
Il. Smile!
Help your community by inspiration
TO its best effort Smilel
Help your neighbor. Smile!
Help yourself.
Smilei
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CHELSEA.


A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean H. Gilman, May 9th.
Mrs. Emily Marshall who has
been spending the winter in Boston
has returned to DIR. A. T. Marshalls
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chaplin of
Springfield, Mass ,,are visiting Mrs.
Chapin's sister, Mrs. w. p. Town
send.
Miss Blanche Townsend is at
home from Washington, D. c. for
the summer.
Miss Rachel Comstock has been
visiting in Montpelier for a few
days.
Mr.. John Knight of Corinth is
visiting court, and stopping at
Hale X. Darling's.
Miss Lyle Tracy is in Montpelier
to attend the organ recital by Dan
p. Dickinson.
Mr.. J. NJ. Comstock attended
the State Convention of Congre-
gational churches at St. Adams this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Folsom of
Williamstown were in town, Sunday.
Mr.. Albert Hentz and daughter
of Boston, Mass are DR.. A. T. Mar
shall's for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Hatch of
Milford, N. H., are in town for a
few days.
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OFF THE TRACK.

The limited goes sixty miles an hour
In the smoker men joke and play cards
and tell risque stories. The day coaches
are crowded and comfortless. The
heavy sleepers as they sway to and frc
make only a gentle rocking for the peo
pie who chat and read and nap. Crash
Engine and cars and flesh and blood
are ground up together in a shapeless
horrid mass.
Off the track
So goes humanity's train. Here Is a
boy who got to running on fast sched-
ule. He began by pilfering his fathers
till. As he grew older he made faster
time. Down grade he goes. And soon
comes the crash. Newsboys cry a muir
der and a suicide. The crowd halts for
a moment His friends murmur, 81
never thought he was so bad" A
young man is
Off the track.
A young girl thinks her mother is too
slow for these record breaking times.
Mother is ''old fashioned" The girl
goes to places her mother has warned
her she should not frequent. The
bloom is brushed from the fruit. Bru-
tai appetites lust after 1t. One day a
brazen, drunken creature, cursing and
shrieking, is loaded into the patrol
wagon. A woman is
Off the track.
A man gets in a hurry TO be rich.
His father went slowly, carefully, sue
cessfully. but fathers methods will not
do. whats the use of moiling and |
toiling when a quicker way may well
do the business? So-and-so has spec |
ulated successfully. Surely l am as
shrewd as he" A pistol shot! A man
is
OFF the track.
Why did the train go off the track? |
1t may be the rails were too light or
the curves too sharp or the equipment |
poor. Slower locomotion might have |
prevented accidents. Sixty miles an |
hour was too fast. But the rival line
Is scheduled at that. Our train must
get in on time. Open the throttle
Shovel the coal. What matters If we
10 go
of the track?
Our age is rapid one. Business,
society, goes at sixty mile clip. Rath-
er than be sidetracked for a time men
will drive their trains into the ditch.
Many of them ran wild. There are
frequent collisions and wrecks innu-
by getting
OF the track.
Look out thriving but ventursesome
and reckless young woman
and gay young man. The race is not
10 the swift alone. Put on the brakes.
Slow up or before you know it you will
be-
of the track.
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of Conn.,, are visiting at R. d.
Rowland's.
Mrs. Tabor visited her sister,
Mrs Ruth Dickey over Sunday, re-
turning to her home in Hanover,
N, H., Wednesday.
Road commissioner E. r. Taplin
is making much needed repairs on
the highway, in the village.
Miss Christine l. Timing, of
England, will speak in the church,
Monday evening, June Is, .OS, at
eight o'clock. She is a very noted
speaker in the w. C. T. U. Work,
and all are cordially invited to
attend. There will be special music.
CoNG'L CHURCH NOTES.
Children's Day will be observed
next Sunday morning, with special
music and speaking by the children.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Rev. Mr.. Owens attended the
State Convention of Congl churches
at st. Adams, June 8, to u.
Miss Timing of England will
speak under the auspices of the
W. c. T. U. in the church Monday
evening, June Is.
The Orange County Convention
of Congl churches will be held at
Chelsea, June 16 and II. Two dele
gates were elected from this church
to attend.
Preparations are being made for
a Roll call of this and the Center
church, to be held at this place,
June "a. More particulars later.
UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH NoTEs.
Members of the Y. P. c. U. put
the Union Church in good order
sweeping, busting, etc, the past
week.
The special services held by
Rev. F. L. Leavitt of Bellows Falls
were a great spiritual uplift. Large
attendance was the order both
evenings. Friday p. m. was a special
address to the school children.
Rev. Verdi Mack, one of the
leading women preachers of New
England, a prominent worker in
many philanthropic lines, and Sec
rotary of the Equal Suffrage League
of Vermont, breaches Sunday at
, 80 p. m. The Y. p. c. L. meets
as usual in the evening with Miss
Mary Dickerman as leader.
The Choir is holding regular
Saturday evening rehearsals at the
church.
The Children's Day exercises will
be held at ? 80 p. m, Sunday, June
DIST. The music is specially good
being by Adam Geibel. The title
of the exercise being Voices of
Summer. Everyone is cordially |
invited to attend.
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What do I believe? This

What do l believe? This
believe in cleanliness of body, mind
and SOUL
believe in kindness to man, woman
child and animal.
believe In truth because 1t makes
me free.
believe in the charity that begins
Mt home, but doesn't end there.
1 believe in mercy as l hope for
mercy.
l believe in moral courage because l
am more than a brute
1 believe In righteousness because 1t
is the shortest line between two eter-
mites.
1 believe in patience because it is the
swiftest way to secure results.
1 believe in that kind of industry
that takes an occasional vacation.
believe in the sort of economy that
spends money for a good purpose.
l believe in honesty, not for policy's
sake, but for principles sake.
1 believe In hospitality because it
puts a roof over every mans head.
1 believe In obedience because it is
the only way to learn how to COM
mand.
l believe in self control because 1
want to influence others.
l believe in suffering because it
chastens and purifies.
believe in justice because l believe
in God.
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WEST CORINTH.

There was not any services here
last Sunday on account of the
Quarterly Meeting at Washington
which several from this town at
tended.
Several from this village were
called to Chelsea to attend court
last Monday.
Arthur Gordon loaded a car of
lumber at East Barre last Tuesday.
C. L. Speare and wife were in
Burlington returning home last
Tuesday.
Carrie Williams was at home for
a short visit last week returning to
her work at White River Junction
Monday.
Eunice Ward was at home last
Sunday.
Horace Thompson visited in Barre
last Saturday and Sunday.
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye

An eastern educator declares that
parentage among the poor should be
discouraged. He says the multiplied
ton of the children of the poor Is at
the root of our social evils.
He is mistaken.
The unrestrained breeding of dis
eased or criminal paupers is an IN
doubted evil. But mere poverty is no
handicap to good citizenship.
Poverty is not hereditary.
And in this country poverty is often
a help rather than a hindrance in the
building of character "The republic is
opportunity" Deprivation is apt to
teach the need of self denial, economy,
personal endeavor, thrift-all the splen-
did virtues of successful living.
The children of the poor! What bur-
dens their hands have lifted from the
shoulders of staggering humanity!
What a grip they have had on the
problems of the world! Their hands
have lifted the gates of empire from
their hinges.
No wonder James A. Garfield
should say he felt like lifting his hat
to every humble urchin on the street
because of the possibilities hidden be-
meath his ragged jacket.
Had there been no children of the
poor there had been no Franklin to in
vent, no Shakespeare to write, no Spur
geon to preach, no Napoleon to war.
Had there been no children of the
poor there had been no Christ!
We cannot tell who our next great
countryman shall be nor where he will
be born.
But 1t is safe to say that he will
be of the children of the poor. 1t may
be he will be born in some miners
cabin or in some homesteader's shack.
Strike from the list of the worlds
greatest ones in craftsmanship, in sci |
ence, in art in literature, the names Of
the children of the poor, and your list |
will be but meager one.
Let us quote again from Garfield,
who said
"Our society is not like the society of
Europe, which is like the strata of the
earth, each layer holding the one be-
meath it down. 1t is rather like the wa
tiers of the sea where the lowest drop
may rise and glisten on the topmost
wave"
What seal our national history has
set upon that utterance!
There is no danger to the republic
in the parentage of simple poverty.
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HARRY EMFRY,s ESTATE

CTATE OF VERMONT. In Probate
- DISTRICT OF BRApToRD, IS Court, held at
Bradford in and for said District on the 9th day
Of June A. ID. 1905.
JR McIam Administrator Of the estate Of
Harry Emery late Of Topsham in said dis
trict, deceased. makss application TO said Court
for license 20 sell all of the real estate Of said de-
ceased situated in this State, representing that
the sale thereof is necessary to pay debts and
settle the estate.
Whereupon, IL is ordered by Said Court, that
said application be referred to a session thereof
20 be held at the Probate Office. in said Thetford
on the 9th day Of June, A. ID. 1908, for hearing
and decision thereon: and IL Is further ordered
that all persons interested be notified hereof. by
publication Of notice Of said application and order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the United
Opinion, a newspaper published at Bradford in
this State. and which circulates in the neghbor-
hood Of those interested before said time Of hear
ing. that they may appear at said time and place,
and. IL they see cause. object thereto.
By the Court. ATTEsT:
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MILAN BROOKS WILL.

CTATE OF VERMONT. In Probate Court
- District Of Bradford IS held at Thetford
within and for "a ii district. on the 9th day Of
June, A. ID. 1905
An Instrument purportinC 20 be the last will
and Testament Of William " Brock late Of
Newbury. in said district. deceased. being pre-
scented 10 the court by W " Brock. Jr., the
executor named therein for probate.
IL is orderedby said Court. that all persons con-
eerned therein be notified TO appear at a session
Of said Court 20 beheld at Hotel Low in Brad
ford on the i4th day Of July, A. ID. 1905.
and show cause. II any they may have,
against the Probate Of said viii: for which
purpose Il s further ordered. that copy Of the
newspaper printed At Bradford. previous 20 said
time appointed for hearing.
By the Court. Attest.
80 s. NJ. GIxAsoN. Judge
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NY CREED.

Il believe.
Let the scoffer sneer at my faith II
he will. I viii pity him because he
has no faith Of his own. He cannot
hurt me nor my faith. He can hurt
only himself.
I feel toward him who does not be
lieve as Victor Hugo felt toward the
atheist said Hugo: There is a phi
Iosophy which denies the existence Of
a God. There is also a philosophy
which denies the existence Of the sun.
This philosophy is called blindness"
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WEST FAIRLEE CENTER.
Miss Marion Mum spent the pas

Miss Marion Mum spent the past
week at Hanover with friends.
Rev. Glenn Douglas last week re-
ceived a fall from his wheel, which
threatened to be a serious affair.
He was recovering rapidly at last
accounts, but was not able to oc-
cupy the pulpit last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cook spent
the Sabbath at Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Gates at Union Village.
Those from this place, who lis
tened to the Baccalaureate sermon
at Bradford, last Sunday pro-
nounced it the best of its kind they
ever heard.
Mrs. Calvin Morse has received a
widows pension.
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GUARDIAN NOTICE.

CTATE OF VERMONT, In Pobate
- DISTRICT OF BRADFoRD, IS Court, held 81
Thetford, within and for said District on the 9th
dav Of June A. d. 1908.
Frank Brown guardian Of Mosas +. Brown
an insane person, makes application 10 said
Court for license TO sell the following described
real estate IF his saidward, to wit, all real es-
tate and all interest in all real estate in this
State. representing that the sale theeof of pay
ing debts OF said ward is necessary.
whereupon, IL is ordered by said Court, that
said application be referred 10 a session thereof
10 be held at Probate Office in said Thetford
on the 27th day Of June, A. D., 1905, for hearing
that All persons interested be notified hereof. by
publication Of notice Of said application and order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the United
Opinion. newspaper published at Bradford
before said time Of hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place. and II they zee cause.
object thereto.
BY the Court,
80 S. NJ. GLEASON. Judge
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Sane living means simple food, plen-
ty of sleep, exercise in the open air,
sunshine and, above all, serene mind.
In word, the cure for the blues is
"the simple life"
OF course 1t is not easy to throw off
the habit of brooding over ones trou-
bles. But one can do it. The physi-
clan of the rich solves the problem by
sending his patient to a health resort.
His object is to secure a change Of
scene for his patient. The change Of
scene produces new viewpoint
breaks up the mental habit.
If you have strong will power you
can get the new viewpoint yourself.
and save the doctors bill.
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EsrArF on h AnEIRERT cIARk

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Brad
ford Commissioners, 20 receive, examine, and
adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate of l., Adebert Clark, late Of
STAFFORD, VT, in said District. deceased and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes afore-
said. at the residence Of L. Adelbert Clark, STRAIT
of November next, from O'Clock until 4 o'clock
p. m. each Of said days; and that six months
from the goth day of MAJ A. ID. zoos. is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors TO
present their claims 10 us for examination and
Dated at STAFFORD, VT. this Both day Of May
A. ID. 1905.
VIM H; KENDALL, covv,s.,ouxp,
as H 4. STICKNEY. 4 OoAAiseiofEhs
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estate OF Johnson GOLDEN

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Brad
ford Commissioners. 70 receive, examine. and
adjust al claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate Of johnson Golden late Of
exhibited IN Offset thereto, hereby give notice
that We viii meet for the purposes Aforesaid at
the Town House in Fairiee. Vermont. on the
10th day Of June and 30th day Of Nov next from
O'Clock until O'Clock plnl each of said days and
that six months from the Both day 81 Nav A. ID.
1905. II the time limited by said Court for
said creditors 70 prcsentthcir claims % Us for ex-
animation and allowance
DATED st Fairiee this 9th day Of June.
A. ID. zoos.
AZ I 4 n W DsSib,sss s;;, connussrOsrns.
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FsTATF on HARRY TuTRY.

THE undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the Dis
trict Of Bradford commissioners to receive,
examine and adi Just All claims and demands
% All persons against the estate Of Harry
Emery late Of Topsham in said district
deceased. and ali claims exhibited IN Offset
thereto. hereby give notice that We will meet
for the purposes aforesaid at the resi-
dencs Of II 3 Martin in Topeham on the eth q
July and sth q Dec. next from 10 O'Clock . m
until O'Clock .. m. each Of said DAYS. and
that ak months from the 9th DAY Of June
A u. 1878, t. the time limited BY said.court
for said creditors 30 present their claims 20
us for examination and allowance.
Dated AZ Topsh&m VI. this 1Oth day Of
June A. p, lslS
"a ~ E sIssss,, cOmms.
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NO HTMRTG

No. humbug claims have to be made for
Foley's Honey and Tar, ten well known
remedy for coughs, colds and lung
troubles. The fact that more bottles of
Foley's Honey and Tar are used than of
any other cough remedy is the best testi-
monial of its great merit Why then risk
taking some unknown preparation when
Foleys Honey and Tar costs you no more
and is safe and sure. J. NJ Taylor, Brad
ford, Vt, and B. W. Abbott, Fairlee,
Agents.
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LEGAL.

PRoBATECoURTs-BRADF DISTRICT l906-i7
Probate Courts within and for said district
will be held the ensuing year as follows:
Bradford-At Hotel Low in Bradford on the
second Tuesday Of every month, except Decem-
Der, January February, and March
North Thetford-At Jaquiths Hotel on the
second Tuesday of December, January, February
and March
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford on the
first Wednesday of every month.
S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Center. VT. Dec. rs. 1906.
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A CHANCE FOR BOYS TO MAKE
A DOLLAR

We want all the bones We can get.
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-any-
thing in the line Of bones-if only
dry. We viii pay 75c per hundred
pounds for thoroughly dry bones
we can pay even more If strictly
clean, hand, fresh, dry, boiled butch
ers' bones-and pay freights from
your station if shipped in lots Of
200 pounds OF more. Ship in bar
rels or cheap sacks.
c. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
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EAST CORINTH

Monday and Tuesday we're the
hottest days Of the season. Their
mometer registered 90 in this VI
cinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. H. Page are at
Bradford Center, where he is work
ing in J. c. Pages saw mill.
r. ID. Rowland is making re-
pairs on his house.
Mrs. W. Main and two children
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WANTED

Highest price paid for peeled
poplar pulp wood, delivered Fall
1905 and Spring 1909, free on
board cars, mill measure, on Grand
Trunk, Boston & Maine and Cen
trial Vermont railroads, under con-
tract. Apply to
W. H. TINDALE
1896 Keeseville, y. Y.
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Mrs :. Joyce, Claremont. \. H, writes:
About a wear ago bought two bottles Of
Foley's Kidney Remedy. IL cured me Of =
severe case Of kidney trouble Of several
years standing. Il certainly Is a grand
good medicine, and heartily recommend
IL. /" J. NJ Taylor. Bradford, and b. W.
Abbott, Fairlee, Agents.
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FAST ORANGE.

John Mills of East Topsham
visited his daughter, the last of last
week.
Delbert and Glenn Hutchinson
visited their grandmother in Yer
shire last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Hutchinson of Brad
ford has been visiting friends in town
the past week.
A. w. Blake of Marshfeld is
spending the week in town with
relatives.
Mrs. Emeline Bushby of North
Montpelier, who recently spent two
weeks with her brother and sister
returned home last Saturday.
Miss Nora Rouhan returned home
from the Mary Fletcher Hospital
Tuesday seeming a little improved.
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THE BEST PILLS EVER SOLD.

ltlI DIAol Il-iso Nv In opLD'
After doctoring Is years for chronic
indigestion, and spending over two hun
bred dollars, nothing has done me as
much good as DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
l consider them the best pills ever sold. "
So writes b. +. Ayscue, Of lngleside,
y. c. Sold under guarantee at J. NJ.
Taylor's and b. W. Abbott's, of Fairlee,
drug stores. 25c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

By authority of law in me yes.
ted, 1, Chas. M. Jones, mayor OF
the city of Baxter Springs, Kan.
sas, do hereby proclaim that an
election will be held in this city
on Tuesday, November 3, 1908,
and I hereby appoint the follow
ing persons as judges and clerks
of said election, and designate
the polling places:
First Ward-Polling place, F.
R. McGregor's Office; judges, A.
G. Hanback,, o, H. Frazee, A. d.
C. Harvey; clerks, Frank Turrill,
A. v. Smith.
Second Ward-Polling place,
city building on West NeoshG
street; judges, ]. M Newhouse,
M. II. Eastman, Willard Shuts;
clerks, ]. L. Masters, Byrd Will
ard.
Third Ward-Polling place
Tom McBride's residence; judges
J. L. Ayres, S. Fl. Dirty, w. G.
Duff; clerks, w. E. Mcclure. Ed
johnson.
Chas. M. Jones, Mayor.
Geo. C. Conner,
[sEAL] City Clerk.