The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-10-07

The Alps have been crossed be-
fore, but it is such feat of endur-
ance that it stirs the world when
ever is has been accomplished.
George Chavez crossed them over
the SimpIon Pass in an airship in
forty minutes and although victorl-
Gus over the elements, he was still
vanquished by them within sight OF
his goal. He crossed the Alps but
Domodossola instead of Milan ended
the brilliant fight. His dying words
"Still more snow, more glaciers!
Another towering peak ahead! Good
God, it's frightful. When will it
end?" show the extreme suffering
consequent to the heights he had to
attain to get a free passage. The
mass of snow and ice which forms
glacier, even one, numbs the I'M
agination-what must have been
his sensation fighting the currents
of air above innumerable glaciers
and peaks p
The raising of the Maine, now
nearer being an accomplished fact
than in all the dozen years of wait
ing, is to be expensive financially,
which this government can stand,
but there is another cost to the
project which has recently come
prominently into notice. The sew
age of Havana has been pouring
into the Harbor for years and is de-
posted on the floor Of the basin, as
there is not a strong enough cur
rent to carry much of it out to sea.
The Maine is embedded in this filth
and what will be the consequence of
disturbing this germ ladened mud
when the Maine comes to the sur
face ? To overcome this condition,
arising from this complication, is
one of the engineering problems
which confronts those in charge of
the enterprise.
Remember not past years " is
all right but we cannot even yet
forget the sins Of the last legisla-
ture if the newspaper comment re-
fleets the average mind. The st.
Adams Messenger evidently has
some hope for the Legislature of
1910 by its employment of "if' in
the following paragraph:
of the legislature of 1910 gets down to
business like business men just as soon as
the machinery is in order to do business.
and foregoes attending the annual conclave
of the Ancient and Omnifc Order of the
Hobble-Skirted Daughters of Lydia Pink
ham in order to stay and do little work
on the tax law problem, the public will
begin to take hope"
How would it do to set the legis-
lature at work on some of the old
copy book axioms like Procrastin-
alton is the thief of time " for the
first few days of the session ?
Naples made a grave mistake sup
pressing the news Of the cholera
within her precincts because of the
injury the knowledge would have
done the port. 1t is harder to ex-
terminate now than it would have
been weeks ago and its possibility
of spreading over the city is much
better. Now, not only are tourists
fleeing the city but its better class
Of inhabitants are leaving to escape
the disease, while all ports are keep
ing a sharp watch against ships
which dock at Naples. When will
authorities learn that an epidemic
disease is bound to hurt business,
but that it is less injurious
when there is no attempt at news
suppression, to breed a suspicion
which lives long after the condition
is overcome.
The state laboratory is examin-
ing milk samples all the time. 10
keep the product up to standard is
the part of all the farmers of the
state Out of 124 samples so ex-
nineteen were below the
very far below if the des-
Ignation "dirty," :" very dirty " or
extremely dirty" fit the case.
The farmers should organize in
some way to protect themselves
against the evil doors within their
own camp as the few who are selling
dirty" milk are hurting the many |
who are keeping the standard up |
more than all outside conditions |
can. Get after them, farmers, and |
make them maintain and keep the |
Vermonts product clean.
Colonel Walter w. Brown, the |
president of the Vermont Automo-