The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-21

Bradford Vermont
Congressman Foster hopes to
pass his parcel post bill at this SEES
sion, and country merchants in
stead of opposing such aplan ought
to recognize it as good friend in
their business. The scheme is not
proposed to benefit the mail order
houses of the big cities, but the
country storekeepers over this
whole land. 1t would make it pos
sible for local merchants to send
packages at low rate of postage
to their patrons on any of the rural
delivery routes which leave the
town postoffice. The rural delivery
carrier thus serves the patrons in
double capacity. AS il provides
for this rate of postage only from
the local postofice, even the coun-
try merchants would be protected
in thei" territory against other coun-
try merchants 1t seems as if such
a law would be a great convenience
both to merchants and patrons.
The country, which is mainly af-
fected, ought to be found support
ing this bill through their represen-
tatives.
Here is the record of that little
town of Jamaica, proud to be the
mother of judges, as given by the
Brattleboro Phoenix:
"The sturdy rock-ribbed town of
Jamaica maintains it's reputation as
the mother of judges in the ap-
pointment of Judge Barber. 1t
was the birthplace of the new
Judge, Judge Watson of the pres
ent supreme court, Superior Judges
E. L. Waterman and F. M. Butler
and of the late Hon. L. M. Read of
Bellows Falls, for many years Judge
of probate. The late Judge Hoyt
H. Wheeler was not a native of ia
maica, but he practiced law there
before entering upon his long ca
reer as judge in the state and fed
eral courts ..-'=+.--
Every little while something
comes up to make us realize that
there was a day when the common
place things of life we're not to be
had. Here is a Vermont woman
living in Rutland, who can remem-
Der when railroads were not known
in the country, and she was a wom-
an of middle life.when they first be-
gan as she is ninety three years old.
Railroads, telephones, telegraphs,
electric and gas lights, hot and cold
water, furnaces and the
innumerable convenences of the
twentieth century man or woman
have al. come to us since grand
mothers time, and that means the
grandmothers of the young people
of the present day.
Daniel Willard of Hartland has
been elected president of the Balti-
more and Ohio. He is another OF
the sturdy sort who have won sue
cess by hard work, application and
self education. 1t has taken him
thirty years to travel the road from
section hand to railroad president,
but he knows railroading from the
ground up and his administration
will add to his honors. There is a
lesson in this for those who are will
ling to start at the bottom today.
requirements are some
what different than thirty years
ago, it takes the sane qualities of
mind and muscle to T.n out today
as it did then.
Thomas A. Edison predicts that
in two hundred years workingmen
will be living like the rich today, |
and that commodities will be cheap. T.
The only way to get any comfort .
put of this prediction, when a dol-
lar only measures an inch across, is /
to think of how little one could buy .
Two hundred years ago, even if
were plenty.
Here is a man one hundred years
cd in Ludlow who remembers hear
ing Jenny Lind sing, and that the .
pleasure cost him $500. Yes, but .
think Of being able to tell Of it for
D hundred years, perhaps a little /
ess
Editor Hildreth is one Of the
lucky editors who escapes to the
south when the rigorous weather
I'D here gets too much. Florida Is
ais happy hunting ground in winter
lime.
Are YOU thinking over the pro-
posed constitutional amendments?
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