The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-28

The sermon which appeared in
the Nashua Telegraph recently and
constructed ON the lines of the
house that Jack built contains O
sermon for Bradford as we'll as fo1
larger centers of trade. 1t reads:
Every dollar spent in Bradford means
more trade. More trade means better
stock. Better stock means better stores
better stores mean higher rents. Higher
rents mean better business blocks. Bet.
ter business blocks mean more valuable
real estate. More valuable real estate
means incr Ased taxable valuation. In.
creased taxable valuation means either 6
lower rate of taxes or increased civic i'm.
pr vments. Every Bradford dollar
should be used to boom Bradford. Every
dollar counts.
Here is what the Montpelier
Daily Journal says about the way
we send men to the legislature. Can
you deny it?
But we will send men to Montpel err
year after year from town after town, and
city after city, for almost every conceiv-
able reason in all the mischievous caprice
of politics-eXcept the one pre-eminently
desirable reason that they are peculiarly
well fitted by temperant and natural abii-
ity and by education and observation and
experience to make laws and help govern
a state.
We reject expert service right at the
very place where, in many respects we need
it most"
And now the funny men of the
newspapers who have called break
fast foods all the variations of saw
duSta" which they could invent, are
vidicated. A wrecked freight train
gave up its secret the other day and
there were several carloads of pea
nut shells from a peanut butter
manufacturer consigned to a Break
fast food company. 1t may prove
that real peanuts are used in peanut
butter even if it proves that break
fast foods are not cereals.
Alexander Graham Bell says that
"drome" is the best word to describe
the areoplane or the areodrome
today. It's certainly more handy
than the longer words, but then we
haven't gotten to "droming" over
the tree tops yet SO the word will not
ONE into every day use just at
present, with the average people.
Julia Hanley reputed to be one
hundred and eleven years old, is
dead. She was an old slave in the
days when Harriet Beecher Stowe
wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. and it
was upon her stories that the book,
which influenced a great event was
founded.
Among the presidents nomin-
atoms sent to the senate Jan. 30
were: Collector of customs ofs the
district OF Burlington, Vermont,
Charles II. Darling; collector of Gus
toms for the district Of Memphre.
magog, Vermont, Curtis S. Emery.
We have a calender with apt
notices for each month one of
which says "All things come to him
who hustles while he waits" We
wonder did the collectors have one
of those calenders, too.
March 4th appears to be the date
on which we prefer to hold our
inaugarations. The terrors of inaug-
aration pneumonia is not felt by
those who have survived few years
Of politics.
The politicians who attended the
Dairymen's association meeting
ought to begin to feel the prodding
which the state press has been deal
ing them.
Secy. Knox's plan for neutraliz-
ing the Manchurian railway gets a
cold shoulder from Japan and fat
turn down from Russia.
President Taft is going to have
peace in his official family and the
Republican party even if heshas to
fight for it.
The Concord Monitor says that
that city needs rest room. Brad
ford needs one too.
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