The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-07

There has been some discussion
about the necessity of calling a
special legislature, with all the ex-
pense, to appropriate money for
rebuilding at Waterbury. This on
the face Of it was an expensive thing
to do, and other plans of tiding
over the emergency until the bien-
NAL meeting in the fall were put
forward. Now Governor Prouty
says such action will not be neces-
sary as the state carried a good in
surance on the property. This
is a sound business policy since the
state cannot now afford to run any
fire risks which a private owner
would not take. This fire will bring
to the state a realizing sense of the
necessity for the state to carry
proper insurance on all it's buildings.
Insurance has become a foundation
stone in business. No business man
dares to do without its protection.
Here is the Burlington News
trying to tease the men over there
to shovel the sidewalks by this open
ing paragraph of recent editorial.
" 1t ought to encourage Burlington
citizens who are backward about
clearing off their sidewalks after a
winters storm to know that shovel
ling snow is an excellent thing for
the health" Now who could resist
that?
Now that King Leopold is dead,
it looks as if his own daughters the
Processes CIementine, Stephanie
and Louise were coming into their
own, and would take their places as
royal princessess with castles for
homes. While we condemn the
late king it may be fair to remember
that two Of the Princesses have
taken hier or two.
Dec. 30 was said to be the coolest
thirtieth in twenty years. 1t was
cold enough anyway to stop all talk
about those good old fashioned
winters when the thermometer was
down To-. for the good old
fashioned winter is right upon US,
if it would produce a little more
sleighing.
For a state that is credited down
around the Hub with having sleigh
ing nine months of the year, we are
a little late getting started. Over
this way, we have sleighing in some
parts, but we also have long places
which make it problem whether
to start out with sleigh or a wagon
if any distance is to be travelled.
As the Boston Journal remarked
soon after the flood 1.-THE late la
mented Mr.. Job didn't have any
thing on Chelsea" The city has
withstood both fire and water and is
not dead yet. There are places with
more reputation for life than the
traditional Chelsea which would |
have succumbed before this.
Rural Delivery and Second Class
Mail matter are said to be largely |
responsible for the deficit in the |
Post Office Depart nent. Business
men usually admit that run as a
private business, even this Depart
ment could be run profitably at |
present rates.
The man in Kansas who burned |
his stock of tobacco and poured his |
liquors on the ground when he be-
came converted has now been COM
mitted to an Insane Asylum. Some
people suspected it all along, since
such consistency is all out of reason
in many peoples minds.
Out in Minnesota a prisoner is
likely to gain his liberty by handing
the state lemon. He has been ex-l
perimenting grating the tropica
lemon on a grape fruit and he has
produced a big lemon, capable o.
being grown in Minnesota or any
other state of like climate.
VIZ DO Jon PRINTING.