The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-20

| The brown tail moth is scourgt
to be dreaded. Men from Massa-
achusetts and New Hampshire
identified the Waterbury visitor as
the moth in question, and they
should know, as the two states
have spent thousands of dollars il
their fight against them, and they
have denuded forests as testi-
mony of the damage they car
bring. We are glad that Water
bury got a scare instead of the
real thing.
The death of Samuel Francis
Smith, the son of the man who
wrote America, closes one of the
tragedies of every day life. AT
one time, he was one of the most
respected citizens of Davenport, Ia
having been its mayor, yet his
death came close on his release
from prison, where he has been
serving a sentence for embezzle-
ment.
And nobody envies the boy Shah
of Persia. His father is about to
be exiled, and the boy would
rather be with him than to be rul-
er in name, of the empire. He is
very boyish as he tried to run a
way from his unhappy condition,
and very pathetic as he tried to
commit suicide when he was pre-
vented from making his escape.
The Who's Who of the past days
has, after all, been rather a modest
venture, but now we are to have
a real Who's Who of the World
printed in English, French and
German. Either it will have to be
a whole library in itself or else
there will be many former Who's
Who left out.
The Vermont Press is enjoying
an outing at Speedwell Farm just
at this time. There has been some
discussion in the state press be-
cause our host happens to be big
telephone magnate, but it is safe
to say we will all come home with
our heads on our shoulders and
mighty good time to our credit.
The midsummer nonsense is at
it's height when Miss Jane Adams
is put forward seriously for the
presidential candidate in 1912. OF
course, Miss Adams calls the idea
ridiculous. Miss Adams, however,
is a national figure through her
great work in settlement work.
Since the Celebration of the Ter
centenary, we have another mys-
terry to be solved, the name of the
editor who first proposed it. Frank
II G<H seems to have proved
his c as he mentioned" the
idea as sarly as October 81, 1902.
Don Carlos was very level
headed pretender. His bequeathing
of his vast art treasures, to the
Pope, make these treasures the
property of civilization, which
brings them within the reach of
lovers of the best in art.
Col. Albert A. Pope, whose name
is so prominently connected with
the bicycle business, and whose
death occurred last week, was the
father of the good roads move
ment which has now become such
a factor in our prosperity. This
will be his monument.
A Baptist preachers prayed for
rain out in Oklahoma and it came,
after Methodist and Presbyterian
minister had each prayed and
failed. Water always was strong
point with the Baptists.
Mark Twain has had to submit
and now it is four pipes a day
instead of forty. This must seem
very different from the continu-
Gus performance of other days, to
the humorist.
New doctors all the time coming
from our colleges. How will they
get living with all the anti-doc-
toring fad?
President Taft, these days, is
kept busy refusing invitations.
If he wants a peaceful vacation, he
will have to fight for it.
There is a new paper started for
a new clientele - the non-profes-
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