The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-23
JACK HARRIS LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April 10Th.


evidently didn't have Optimist club
or Sunshine societies or Bands O
Hope or Lend-a-hand leagues O.
Don't Worry Organizations. |
they did, those old croakers were
not members in good standing
They were every last one of then
knockers. Everybody in those dav,
was full of Affections and variou,
brands of misery, short on days and
full of trouble. They had the habit
of looking on the dark side of every
thing, and never looked up to see
the silver lining. With their envir-
onment and under the conditions
which surrounded them perbanq
they had good reasons for feeling
rocky and blue. Some of them had
boils, probably owing to impure
blood, and others were pestered with
flies and mosquitoes. The old can
onical books don't specifically sav
whether any of them had malaria
or grip or colds in the head and all
along down. If they did, | freely
excuse and forgive them for talkiny
and acting as they did. Just now /
l am affording board and lodging to
that combination. | am sitting
with swelled nose and both ewes
weeping bitterly. Also copiouslv
and continuously. 1t is tuff.
Only a word or two as to the
weather. 1t is wonderful weather.
Yesterday saw man operating an
automobile moving machine in the
capitol park Meanwhile it was
showing hard. One day we have
to run the electic fan in the dining
room, and the next it is so cold the
plates have to be warmed before
using. In the morning we warm ur
on beef stew, and at night we coo
off on ice cream. Fine climate
Outside the weather and the inf
mite ills which flesh is heir to, all il
serene. The Taft administration
atones for a multitude of ills anC
otherwise tribulations. 1t is thinI
of beauty and well-spring of Joy
Because it is so different. To al
appearances the government is be
ing conducted without a jar. Every
body looks smiling and confident
AS Josh Billings said of man wht
once begins to go down hill, every
thing seems to be creased for the
occasion. Likewise as our old frienC
Joe Beef of Montreal used to say
call as calm as a June morning; not
a loose spoke in the WHEEL" 1t is &
live and let live administration
which is giving everybody a square
deal and not preaching and shout.
ing about it all the time. 1t is 6
clean, respectable and quiet admin.
istration, which takes its exercise
and bath regularly without sending
bulletins to all the crowned heads
of Europe every morning about it.
1t practices the simple life to a de-
cent and creditable extent, writes
no books about it and sends out no
advertising matter.
Like the Arab in the old reading
book, the cowboys and Rough
Riders have silently stoled away.
There are no longer prize fights and
wrestling matches in the East room
of the White House for the enter
tainment Of the tennis cabinet.
No longer does that historic room
thrill with the exhibition feat of
Alkili Ike in the act in the act of
tearing a coyote to bits with bare
hands. Gone and almost forgotten
already are those strenuous nights
and days. The premises are as Sc
rene and still as Chelsea, Vermont.
Out in the front yard the roses are
blooming, the fountains are playing
with lulling and reassuring sound,
the dandelions are poisoning and
the humming bird senses no danger.
A small Jersey COW moves slowly
hither and yon around the rear lawn
browsing sedately, The assurance of
an era of safety and calm. Only a
brief few weeks ago where now the
COW meanders sweetly a rampant
bulldog foamed and ragged, champ
ing patches Of cloth rent from flee
ing trousers and ever and anon
sending distracted ambassadors
for the crotch of the nearest
tree. Consider these two pictures!
How emblematic of the two admin
Then the all devouring
bulldog, now the innocuous bossy.
Illuminating dreamily through the
Dosky glades! What a contrast!
The ananias club has disbanded.
md several exmembers have recent
v been cordially received at the
White House The list of undesir-
able citizens is no longer posted on
he office door, like blacklist in a
Vermont saloon. No Winchester
cans suggestively in the corner. and
here is no club behind the door.
Pennsylvania is no longer kept clear
~ day and night for galloping cour-
ers- with special messages, Congress
S no longer continually on the fire.
inc, awaiting bombardment. and
he Supreme court feels reasonably
afe. Red-hot executive orders. !
burning the army and navy into
erment, are no longer issued hourly |
nor even weekly. All is quiet on |
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