The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-13

How far, indeed, we are from
the good old days when a sermons
main point was it's length and it,
temperature. The Rev. j. M. Will
liams, of Pine Village, Ind, has
just been given a sixty acre piece
of land by member of his con-
gregation as a thank offering for
the brevity of his sermons.
President Taft has a few min
utes to spare to think on other
subjects than the tariff. Good
roads are of interest to him and to
the rest of the country because of
the practical benefit to be de-
rived from them. He says that the
expansion of the good road idea
will do more to "uplift" the farm
ers than all the commissions we
can get together, who deal in mere
generalities. With a system of
good roads the farmers will find
that it takes fewer horses and less
hours to haul produce to the mar
kets with less wear and tear on
the wagons. Good roads cost
money to begin with, but they
save money every day in the year.
foolish extravaganza.
The insanity plea saved Thaw
from the death penalty, but it
must have miscarried someway,
for it did not give him his free
dom. If he were insane when COM
mitted to Matteawan, then he must
be now, since he was said to be
suffering from an incurable form
of the malady. The only part of
the whole proceeding which is en-
couraging is the probability that
he will not be released from Mat
teawan, which is a punishment ev-
cry bit as uncomfortable as Sing
Sing, as far as confinement is con-
cerned, although the family may
not feel the disgrace of it so
keenly.
"Have you ever noticed that
about ninety-nine out of every
hundred of the people who call at
your office want you to do some
thing for them ?" asks the Chicago
Record-Herald. "Have often no.
ticed it, and the one hundredth
calls attention to a typographical
error" replies the Boston Herald.
We've noticed that that hundredth
one calls on about hundred diff
ferent errands, to give advice, to
kick over wrong initials, to Won
der why certain things were print
ed, and why others were not, etc.,
ETC., etc.
The majority will agree with
Judge James l.. Martin that for
eigners who desire to become citi-
oppc nf tbic nonntrxy hxy
ton must know something about
the form of this government and
what it means. We already have
enough voters to whom citizen
ship means little without import
ing any more. And many of these
undesirable citizens, which we
have already on hand, are native
born, the more's the pity.
This is an excellent time to re-
peat the caution about building
camp fires and leaving them be-
fore they are entirely out. Smok-
ing in the woods is also another
cause of disastrous forest fires. A
little care right now may save a
great loss of property.
July's rain record is nothing
worth mentioning, a little less
than an inch, in fact. Farmers will
complain that it didn't do much |
for the crops, but ii was a COM
Portable month in the main for
the rest of the population.
The Bennington Banner knows
how to hit the nail on the head in |
a few words. Don't waste any |
time with the man who can settle |
every question and always knows |
just what it ought to be done. See |
his wife-she supports the family"
The penny with the Lincoln head |
bears the face of the lover of hui
NOR, rather than the tragic Lin
coin. We are too apt to think of |
the tragedy in his life, so this re-
minder of the other side may not !
come amiss.
w. o. Standish, of Montpelier, is
the ninth lineal descendant of the
captain of the Mayflower. The
Standish family has good reason
to remember the axiom of you
want a thing done right, do it
yourself"
Horace Fletcher has added an
other tenet to his faith. 1t is not
only well to chew and chew and
chew, but it is also well to be iol-
~ over the chewing. But some
people who viii chew won't take
jolly.
Turkey and Greece are talking
a DIT saucily over Crete. The Cro-
tans prefer Greece, but Turkey
prefers Crete. The little island has
long been a bone of contention
between the two powers.
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