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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27

"'f~1AIN'T cause don't think he's
good enough. Tommie's the
best man 1 ever had on this
farm. 'Tatn't cause of that
er anything else. only he can't have
my Susan, an I told him so this
mornin'."
Pap Hildreth finished filing the old
brown basket with potatoes and arose
stiffly from his knees. There was a
peaceful, satisfied look on his scanned
face as he wiped his dirty hands on
his freshly washed overalls and Let his
eyes roam about him.
I'm comfortable" he said, address
ing the old drab hen that was in
dustriously pecking holes in the mel
low red tomatoes just beyond. I'm
comfortable well fixed"
The hen turned her back upon him
and sent spray Of dust over the low
wire fence with the unerring aim OF
her kind directly in his face.
The dirt settled in his hair and
beard, and Pap Hildreth set his basket
down and wiped his mouth on his
sleeve.
Now, he, Pap Hildreth, was model
farmer not only to his family, but to
everything on the farm. To this par
ticular drab hen he had always been
kind and indulgent. Time out of num-
Der had he let her offenses go unpun-
ished only because his heart was big
and he could overlook little mistakes.
She was q nuisance, too; he confessed
II TO himself now as he spat the grit
out from beneath his teeth and watch
ed her destroy whole lunches of red
tomatoes. She had never acted like
other hens that he could remember,
and his acquaintance with hens was
large. She had never laid an egg in
her life. She had simply stood around
with a proud, defiant air and waited
for the other hens to do their work.
Then she would proceed TO clean up
ON the fruits of their labor. She ate
the eggs. She was an aristocrat-no
doubt of that. She was big and fat
and sleek. Her comb was red as
blood, and she fairly danced and
pranced about, she was 30 full of life
and spirits.
You sure do seem to be enjoyfn'
life" continued Pap Hildreth, coming
over to the fence and looking over.
He smiled at the hen from his lips and
heart and one eye. The other had a
gravel chip In 1t and couldn't smile.
Pap Hildreth kept 1t closed.
The hen lifted her head and listened
without turning. Then she put her
head impudently on one side and said
something soto voce.
A red flush stole up across Pap Hill
dreths already red neck and face.
eff she didn't say devil as plain as |
er any man kin say it then my hear
ms gettin' bad" he told himself.
Now, as usual, Pap Hildreth, being
in an amiable mood, had addressed the
hen in gentlemanly way. He had
simply said, I'm comfortable well
fixed" and that was all-nothing
about such a remark for a hen to take
objection to, and he knew 1t.
He didn't like it bit, but he simply
grinned foolishly and turned to pick
up his basket.
Then the drab hen said something
that fairly made his short hair briste
something that even he could not let
go unchallenged. He heard it distinct
Iy and knew there was no mistaking.
He returned to the fence. his heavy
eyebrows knitted in a frown, and the
hen turned and faced him. For a mo-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
IDLY WANDERING.
When the Overweight Worker Cuts
Loose From Care.

When the Overweight Worker Cuts
Loose From Care.
When a business man suffers from
OverStrain or a student from over
work sometimes, instead of taking to
bed, he disappears. Suddenly he is
missing, all trace of him lost His
family and friends invariably fear the
worst. They imagine he has met with
accident and is lying unconscious in a
hospital or has parted with his wits
and is confined in an asylum or has
even taken his own life.
These things are all possible, but the
probable thing is none of them. The
probable thing is that the overweight
man has yielded to a natural impulse
and instinctively has sought cure by
becoming a wSnderer for the time. He
has put the cares Of the old life be-
hind him and with them the people
that recall the old life and has given
himself up to the healing of the road.
To drift with no well defined object,
to see strange places and faces, ever
to answer the call of the beyond-"d1e
ferne," as the Germans gall it's more
than a dream lying somewhere In the
back of every mans mind, where it
was lodged by some ancestor of the
nomad period; 1t is one Of natures
own remedies for the worries of life.
For the man with great sorrow,
for the man with a troubled con-
science, for the man whose nerves are
not treating him right, travel, change
Of scene, is one Of the, things the wise
physician will prescribe. If 1t be a
veritable tramp afoot the cure will be
speedier and more complete and may
work physical regeneration into the
bargain.-New York Mail
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trousers leg IN helpless frenzy. Die
she must and now-right now. She
should live to make his life a terror
not another minute longer than he
could help.
But how was he to accomplish his
endr Any hen Is clever when ii comes
to the last Lights outr' call This
particular hen he well knew would try
all his resourcefulness-
he would deceive her. Yes, that
was the only way. he would let her
think he considered her audacity clev-
er; he would go any lengths so that
her suspicious might not be aroused
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ment [ n e [ W o
looked into one
another's eyes
then the b e n
turned her back
upon him again
with all n boss
disdain and sent
a han dful of
gravel into his
face at close
quarters.
IL was a terri
BILE insult. an I'M
pardonable one
Her life NJ u s {
pay the penalty.
So decided Pap
Hndreth. stand
ing with lips
drawn back from
dust filed teeth
and eyes tight
closed and hands
urfpning either
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
In Disguise.

~Do you mean to say that you fiirted
with your wife all the evening at the
masked ball and didn't know herr
That's right. But she was so
deuced agreeable how was I to know
herY--ExchanCe-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27

He couldn't see the hen, but he knew
she had picked up her head to listen.
So he with great difficulty scraped
away at his left eye until he had 1t
clean enough to see little. He still
kept whistling, although every note
gave him pain, and the dusty perspira-
ton running down his face was all
that furnished the necessary moisture
for his whistle.
He stopped whistling and began to
hum There Were Ninety and Nine"
as he squeezed himself through the
fence, keeping his eye on the hen.
Poor man. she said, sidestepping a
yard or two and smiling at him.
"Cuss you!" whispered Pap Hildreth.
"Jest you watt"
The hen, which had been scratching
in time to his whistle, said something
softly to herself and looked so pleased
that all the dormant evil in Pap Hill
dreths nature that had slumbered on
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27

he saw quietly
disappearing be-
meath the drive
shed. Armed with
q two tined fork,
Pap Hill d r e t h
made his way la
boriously to the
shed and peered
underneath it.
All, ia t e W a S
kind indeed, for
the dra b h e n
was there, sure
enough. She had
settled down, as
she thought, Sc
cure from all dan
ger beneath the
shed floor. Pap
Hildreth judged
that he C oul d
easily reach her
with a fork. He
ty-iad n IF no
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
To get our estimate on
JOB PRINTIN G
WE CAN SAVE MONEY FOR YOU
A Word of Warning.

"You never proposed to her on your
knees!" cried the veteran married man
In dismay.
"Sure did; sure" the youth repeat
ed, a glad, proud light shining In his
eyes.
"Well," said the veteran, you'll re-
greet 1t about twice week for the rest
of your life. After you get married the
slightest argument, the first impatient
word, will cause your wife to say,
You weren't like this when you went
down on your knees and begged me,
with tears in your eyes, to marry you
"Its pretty bad to have an angry
wife read out your old love letters re-
proachfully," said the veteran, but
that is nothing to being reminded of
your kneeling proposal every week till
you are q great-grandfather.
"You proposed on your knees your
self" the youth hazarded.
But the veteran frowned and made
no reply.-Los Angeles Times.
SPILLED MILK.
When Rudyard Kipling wrote ."The
Recessional," one of the finest poems
In the English language and the high
est note ever struck by Kipling, he
threw 1t into the wastebasket
The great poem was rescued by acct
dent.
Kipling did not realize he had writ
ten a classic. Having done the best
work Of his life, he thought it failure.
Mistakes in judgment are common to
US all Sometimes when we are on the
verge Of accomplishment we throw up
our hands in failure.
We forget that the darkest hour is
Just before the dawn.
Never acknowledge defeat, because
defeat is often the only stepping stone
to later victory.
Abraham Lincoln was great in many
things, and one of these was his re-
fusal to regard defeat as final.
When during those historic debates
with Douglas he proposed to put GER
tain questions to 1.-THE Little Giant" his
friends besought him not to do SO.
They told him he would lose the SEN
atorship from Illinois. Keen Joe Me-
dill, editor Of the Chicago Tribune,
told Lincoln he was sounding his own
deathknell. Nevertheless Lincoln per-
sisted.
He lost the senatorship, but gained
the presidency.
Lincoln understood, as the group OF
able men about him did not, that we
rise on stepping stones of our dead
selves to haher things"
After all, success and failure are
comparative.
Ignoble success is successful failure.
Noble failure is success.
Because, while noble action may fail
of recognition for the time. in the end
of things it counts for success.
Therefore
Your temporary failure may be
worth more to you in the long run
than immediate success. If it was
honorable failure and against odds
you have no reason for blaming your
| self. You did the best you could.
Hold up your chin and try it again.
Your failure may reveal to you a
weakness you had not suspected.
Credit the failure to experience and
go on.
Above all things
Never cry over spilled milk.
Life is too short to grieve. and there
Is too much milk I'm the world to bother
your head. Let the spilled stuff go and
go after more milk.
Never admit defeat TO yourself
Success comes only as the climax Of
a series of defeats.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27

Then when she least expected it he
would seize her and pluck her neck
feathers out one by one and with his
own fingers force small particles of
sharp gravel stones into her eyes. He
would laugh at her helplessness and
gloat-yes, that's what he'd do, gloat-
over her helplessness. And he would
take her life slowly, torturing her all
the while. He might burn her to
death. but slowly, or scald her in the
big copper caldron, little piece at a
time.
SO far his mind was fully made up.
Now he must proceed to act. So he
whistled softly-whistled in a dusty,
wheezy treble-"Ole Zip Coon"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
The Seven Wise Men Of Greece.

The seven wise men Of Greece were
Tbales OF Miletus, Periander Of Cor
NTH. Cleobulus Of Lyndus, Chilon Of
Iacedaemon, Scion of Athens, Bias Of
Prienne and Pittacus Of Mitylene.
Some fishermen Of Miletus sold a draft
Of fishes to a ,bystander. When the
net was drawn in 1t contained a golden
tripod. and the purchaser claimed it
was his while the fishermen contend
ed that they sold only the fish that
might be in the net The dispute was
referred to the oracle Of Delphi. who
awarded the tripod to the wisest man
in Greece. Thereupon It was taken to
Thales, who declined it and suggested
that ii be given to Bias. He in turn
refused to accept # and thus it was
successfully declined by all the seven,
and they were thereafter known as the
seven wise men Of Greece.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
RACE WAGERS IN INDIA.
Natives Method of Choosing Winner
and Making Bets.

Natives Method OF Choosin9 winner
and Making Bets.
The native of India wagers his
money according to the colors worn
by the Jockeys and takes no heed of
the merits of the horses, or he will
back a horse ridden by his favorite
Jockey, no matter whether the animal
Is rank outsider or not.
His ideas of gambling, in fact, are
distinctly novel. Some of the more
wealthy Indians form rings and back
every horse In the race, thus gaining
the satisfaction of getting a winner
every time. 1t is really only of late
years that the native of India has be-
come a habitual gambler on the turf,
and nowadays the bulk of the betting
of the various racing centers in India
is done by natives. Indeed, the au-
thorities are somewhat concerned about
the growth Of the betting which takes
place among Indian natives, it being
asserted that as many as thirty laos
of rupees about f300,000) is lost and
won in the course of a season.
The ignorant masses have not a
great deal of actual money to wager,
but so badly bitten are many Of them
with the craze for betting at race meet
ings that they frequently wager what
little property they possess on a horse,
and If they lose they simply replace
their loss by stealing a neighbours
goods. The consequence is that when
the racing season comes around the
police are kept very busy dealing with
cases Of petty larceny and other crimes
involving loss of property.-London
It'll Bits.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-27
A Farm ldyl
By FRANK III. SWEET

Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciAtion
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN SESSION.
Convene In Rochester to Hear Ad-
dresses and Learn New Methods.

Rochester, N. Y, July 19.-This city,
the center of Photographic materials
in America, is the host of the Photog-
raphers' association Of America, which
opened today its twenty-ninth annual
convention. F. R. Barrows, of Bos-
ton, the president, is presiding over
the business sessions in the big hall
If the Seneca hotel, and is making
them as brief as possible, for the men,
bers have a lot of entertainment in
.struction to absorb before the con-
vention closes on Saturday.
In the Rochester convention hall
are installed the manufacturers. and
Photographic exhibits, the pictures be-
Ing hung by states. In the same hall
q school Of photography is being con-
Quoted by experts. The lantern e
hibit is in the charge Of Hyland Phil
lips. The evenings have been set
apart for more pleasure. On one the
members will be banqueted by the
Eastman Company, and on the 9th
er they will be entertained by other
manufacturers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
LIBERATED FROM PRISON SHIP.
Magness Hastens to Home and Bride
In Washington.

Portsmouth, N. H., July 19.-Charles
Magness, son-in-law of the late United
States Sen~tor Arthur P. German, and
a musician in the United States navy,
was released from the prison ship
Southery at the Portsmouth navy yard
upon the completion of his six
months sentence for desertion.
z The man was spirited away imme-
diately in an automobile and it was
said that he has started for Washing
ton, D. c., where a house has been
fitted up for his bride and himself.
The arrest of Magness on a charge
Of desertion after his marriage to
Miss German and the attempts to
have him freed, caused a sensation in
Baltimore and Washington society
circles where the couple are well
known. Efforts to have President
Taft pardon the young man or to have
him discharged from the navy honor,
ably failed, and Magness was forced
to serve out his sentence.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
M'CLEARY MAY NOT GET IT
MINT plREcToRsHIP is CENTER
OF SEA OF POLITICS.
Eastern, Candidates With Consider
able Backing Are In tho
Fight.

Washington, July 19.-James T. Nc.
Cleary, of Mankato, former congress-
man and recently second assistant
postmaster general, has landed on the
rock of political influence" in Wash
ington.
The position of director of the mint,
the $4,000 treasury post, which it was
understood had been picked for him,
has become the center of turbulent
sea of political clamoring and in the
contest for the position, it is more
than likely the Minnesota man will
be left out of the calculations.
Discussion of the situation is guard
ed In official circles. 1t is admitted
that McCleary was virtually picked
for the place, and that the choice was
made without solicitation or activity
n the part Of the former Minnesota
congressman.
Since the first mention Of his name
as the probable appointment, there
risen up a hosto f strongly backed
candidates., some Of whom have
brought whole delegations down to the
White House and the secretary of the
%!reasury's Office. The political situa-
ton that has developed is understood
10 carry with it considerable embar-
rassment for the federal authorities
with whom the appointment lies. (;
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
Boston Police Wit.

Seldom do we find wit among the
police ~lieutenants of this city, but one
in a South end station may be in a
class with George AIDE. says the Bos-
ton Journal. Recently a newly-made
patrolman, doing his route along the
common, discovered the frog pond to
be overlooking.
1t seems that those in charge had
neglected to shut off the inlet and as
a result the water trickled over the
edges. Thinking that the matter
should be brought to the attention Of
his superior officer, the rookie called
the desk from his next signal box. The
conversation ran somewhat like this:
Lieutenant, the frog pond is owe
flowing"
Bail it out with your hat" replied
the lieutenant, closing the incident.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
CONCENTRATE PRINTING.
rawney Makes Move to Abolish
Branch Offices in Washington.

Washington, July 19.-President
Taft and Congressman Tawney, of
Minnesota, had a heart to heart talk
about printing offices yesterday. They
agreed that the government printing
office is the biggest printery in the
country, and they agreed that being
such, it ought to dc. all the work for
the departments in Washington.
The result of the conference is to
be a movement which will not be rel.
lshed in many of the departments in
Washington. All the branch printing
offices that have been maintained for
many years in various departments
are to be abolished, and the entire
burden of government printing thrown
On the big shop. Congressman Taw-
ney took the first steps yesterday to-
ward securing legislation which will
do away with the branch print shops
maintained by the p%ostofice, COM
merce and labor interior and other
departments, and which is calculated
to result in a considerable financial
saving to the government.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
JUST 0 JOKES
TOMMY LEARNS A FEW THINGS
FROM HIS FATHER.
Old Gentleman Has Much to Say on
the Subject and Some Of 1t Seems
to Be Exceedingly Per
tlnent,

There's one thing l thought l knew
but find I don't know" said Tommy.
What is a joker"
Father pricked up his ears, as 1t
were. "a joke" he said slowly, " is
something its maker thinks is funny,
but nobody else does"
THAT explains it then. To-day I
said ar awful quaint thing. Mother
had a lot of women here and they
talked about clothes. I said, "A wom-
ans mind is always on clothes. When
she amt talking through her hat she's
laughing up her sleeve But no one
laughed, and I read that one, too. Tell
me a joke"
IF I were to say when I came home
from visiting the cemetery that l had
returned from the dead, that would be
a joke"
els that a practical joker"
ut is not; it's a grave joke"
what Is a practical joker"
"If your mother. Just before going
out shopping. asked for money and !
gave her all she wanted"
do you like practical jokes?"
mot when they're as practical as
that"
docs every m like jokes?"
Few people do. Most people think
it is more blessed to give than to re.
ceive."
"Then people can't take a joker"
U SSThnro ro oro r1yh@ norSk T1jk0~o
for instance, rarely take a joke"
Does any one make money from
the writing Of jokes?"
"Only the paper makers and the
postal department Of the government
"Must a joke be funny to be 9
joker"
Few are"
Then some are serious?"
mot exactly. But If you refer tt
a sexton as a man Of grave cares
some might think you intended to be
jocular."
as a pun like a joker"
Nothing at all. A man who makes
a joke is an idiot; whereas a maj
who makes a pun is a criminal"
Then the man who writes what b,
thinks are jokes is a funny fellow"
mo; it is serious business will
him"
HE has his ups and downs, then?
Yes; he gets up courage to writ
to editors and gets turned down b.
them"
! You're not referring to the MAJ
who writes the column in the paper
every day? Surely life is n jok
with him."
mo it isn't. He thinks he's a h,
morist, but he's a pessimist."
isn't joke writing healthy?"
mot when you're caught at it."
Can a man write jokes and still b
q gentleman"
"You forget, Tommy, that our RI
marks are intended for publicatio
and that I have many friends VIII
write. Besides, l sometimes get O.
a joke or two myself"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
Disappointed, Indeed.

In Jamaica it is the rage among
tourists from England to go butterfly
hunting.
In a great variety of flannel cos
tunes these subjects of Edward VII.
60 careering about in the fields
armed with green nets to the great
amusement of Americans.
Not long ago one of the most ar
dent of them, after a most exciting
chase, bagged an insect. He gazed at
1t for a moment, then, turning away
with a look of the most intense dis
gust, he addressed the gathering on
the hotel veranda with these words:
ooh, I say, it's but an immature
cricket"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
Comic Dignity.

Senator La Toilette, criticising q
trust, said:
TITS dignity under abuse and attack
is, somehow, funny. It reminds me
of a little Sioux City girl.
zone morning she hung about the
kitchen continually. bothering the
busy cook to death.
1.-The cook lost patience finally.
".'Clear out O. here, We sassy little
brat!' she shouted, humping the ia
BILE with a rolling pin.
"The little girl gave the cook a
naughty look.
"T never allow any one but my
mother to speak to me like that she
said"
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BIG LION JOINS SPECTATORS.
Had Been Brought Out to Fight Bull,
but Baked.

Ell Paso. Tex, July 1s.-Escaping
from a cage Ia the center of a bull
ring Nero, an African lion that refus-
ed to fight, bounded up among the
bleaohers and created a panic among
hundreds of persons assembled to wit
ness hte lion-bull fight in honor of fies-
ia at Chihuahua Friday. Fortunately
the lion harmed no one, but the panic
resulted in several injuries.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-07-22
Sane.

Sane.
Shakespeare was asked II Hamlet
was sane.
Certainly" he cried, "he only sees
ghosts, not scareships."
Herewith he established the test
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