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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
TWO OLD SAILORS.
Why One Of Them Ignored Executive
Officer Dewey's Commands.

In his autobiography George Dew
ey, the hero of Manila bay, records
that Farragut's methods were always
simple There was a saying that his
principal place for filing papers was
his coat pocket Generally he wrote
his orders himself, perhaps with his
knee or the ships rail as a rest. The
author recalls that one day when he
was writing he looked up and said:
Now, how in the devil do you spell
.Appalachicola? Some of these edu-
Gated young fellows from Annapolis
must know" The author continues:
"a man who had such an important
command could hardly have been more
democratic. One night l had given or
ders for n thorough cleaning of the
ship the next morning. | was awake
very early, for it was stilingly hot.
Five o'clock came, and | heard no
sound of the holystOnes on the deck.
so 1 went above to find out why my
orders were not obeyed. and my frame
of mind for the moment was entirely
that Of thh disciplinarlan. There was
no activity at all on deck. 1 looked.
around for the officer of the deck. He
was an old New England whaler.
brown as a buccaneer, who had enlist
ed for the war from the merchant serv-
ice. l recollect that he wore small
gold rings in his ears. a custom with
some Of the old fashioned merchant
sailors who had Travelled the world
over. l found him seated up in the
hammock netting. where it was cool
with Farragut at his side.
"'Why aren't You cleaning shipr /
asked.
81 think I am to blame said Far
ragut. with his pleasant smile. We
two veterans have been swapping
yarns about sailing ship days
"The old whaler did not see how he
,ould leave Farracut when Farragut
wanted to talk and inwardly perhaps
he did not fail to enjoy his position as
superior 10 the young executive off, |
GERS reprimands."
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
A Drop of Printers Ink
Makes Thousands Think.
EARLY oUAK6RE SSES.
Mary Fisher the First to Be Publicly
FIogged In England.

No feature of the early Quaker move
ment was so surprising to contempo-
rary historians as the prominent part
taken by women of all classes and pc.
sitions in spreading its message,
"They were not whit behind the
men," remarks one seventeenth cen
fury chronicler, lin courage or in con-
tempt to material obstacles, initiating
them not out of womanly precipi-
fancy and bodness. but upon a de-
terminate advice changing. as
it were. their sex and being transmit
ed from women to men,"
A staid matron named Elizabeth
Hooton was the first to be convinced"
by FoX's teaching and became in the
year 1919 the first woman preacher
among the Quakers. Ann DOwner, the
young daughter of a clergyman, car
ried the message to London. gathering
round her the nucleus of that Society
of City Friends which grew to be the
model and rallying ground for other
towns and nations. Margaret. the
wife of Judge Fell, was the nursing
mother" of the infant church-the cen
ter of all its activities, the helper and
the ultimate appeal in all its distresses,
Mary Fisher, a servant girl from
Yorkshire. heads the long list of heroic
sufferers in England who were public
ly logged for their religion. She. too
with an older woman. was the pioneer
who brought the Friends doctrine to
New England in 1866 and tasted the
first fruits of the persecution which
was meted out to her fellow believers,
even to the extremes of mutilation and
death, by those who were themselves
the survivors of the Mayfiower.-Mabel
r. Brailsford in Englishwoman.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
IN BOSTON MARKETS

Butter-Northern creamery extras
3S03Shc; western creamery extras
32d3215c; western frsts, 1914 a
3O15c.
Cheese-York state, fancy, 16917c;
fair to good, 15d15hc.
Eggs-Choice hennery and nearby
5S660c; eastern extras, 5O952c;
western extras, 4Sa5Oc; western
prime firsts, 43d45c; western firsts,
4O042c; storage extras, 2992skc;
storage frsts, 2S92shc.
Apples-Baldwins, fancy, $500
$50 Dbl; No. 2, S17562.25; Hub
bardstons, 81 5Od325; Wolf Rivers,
1903 so; Northern Spy, 50. 5OG3 rs;
Pippins, S2d2 so; Macintosh Reds,
S4.5OG6; Snow, 1904; Pound
Sweets, 1903. so; Sweet apples, 81. 80
as. so; bu bxs, S1d2.
Potatoes-Central Maine and Aroos-
took, s1.4OG1.5O per 2-bul Big;
sweets, eastern shore, s1.25aI so
Dbl: Jerseys, s2G2.25 Dbl; bskts, 50
oslo.
PouItry-Fancy northern turkeys,
2Sd3Oc; fair to good, 2Od23c; best
western, 22d24c; fair to good, 15u
lyc: northern fowl, $4,000; western
,owi. large, 17d1Sc; medium, lao
l5c: native dressed broilers, 219
zsc: western, 1Sa19c; native live
broilers, tic; live fowl, 1Sd14c; live
chickens. 13d15c; native roasting
chickens, large. 22d22c; medium,
1xa20c: western roasters, 16G1Sc;
western medium chickens, 15916c;
native squads. SS.5Od4 doz: native
pigeons. s1.75Q2 doz; live ducks. IA
misc.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
CONFESSES She SHOT
MARSHALL FIELD, JR.
Vera Scott, Los Angeles Va
grant, Boasts Of Her Acts

Vera Scott. wife of a Kansas City
musician, in the city jail at Los An
geles, Cal. on a charge of vagrancy,
confessed that it was she was fired
the shot that killed Marshall Field,
Jr., in Chicago clubhouse Nov. %,
1905.
second husband, Rees Prosser of
Cleveland, because he pursued her
after she had divorced him. Her story
was told in a clear, strong voice and
with not the least sign Of fear In fact
she laughed many times during its re-
cital at the ease with which she had
been able to handle" men In various
parts of the country.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
Human Skin as a Polisher.

1 had always supposed that the
chamois possessed the skin best adapt
ed for polishing purposes, but recently
in leading jewelers. shop | learned
otherwise. Nothing, it seems, can i'm
part such a luster to plate as the hu-
man skin, and all the best articles are
polished. quite literally. by hand-rub-
bed gently by the lower arch of the
hand at the base of the thumb. I'VE
keep a girl to do nothing else" said
my informant. and l reflected that
had discovered a new industry and a
new definition of palm oil."-London
Opinion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
Musical Tones In Architecture.

1t has long been believed that each
of the mammoth buildings of the
world will vibrate in response to some
special musical tone. Architects be.
lieve they have found the tones for
such famous structures as the cathe.
dral at Cologne, Notre Dame in Paris
and St. Paul's in London. Certainly it
is true that each of these buildings re-
turns to the ear of the listener that
one tone intensified and augmented to
a surprising extent. The corollary
statement that this keynote, If sound.
ed long enough and with sufficient
force, would bring disaster has never
been proved. Herald.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
BOY LOSES AN ARM
Stops to Light Cigarette and Gun slips
and Is Discharged

James Black, aged 10, son o
George Black of Ludlow, Mass. los
his left arm as the result of the &C.
cidental discharge of a shotgun in thai
town.
The boy stopped to light a cigarette,
when the shotgun slipped from his
hands, striking the ground and dis
charging its contents. The accident
occurred on the Three Rivers road
where Black was hunting deer. He
was removed to the Ludlow hospital
where physicians said amputation was
necessary as the arm was badly shat
tered
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
MORE BLEASE ?ARD0NS
South Cardinals Governor Has Re
leased 992 Convicts to Date

Governor Blease of South Carolina,
pardoned 100 convicts-twenty- eight
of whom were serving life terms for
murder and twenty eight for man
slaughter.
Il want 'em 10 eat Thanksgiving
dinner at home" Blease said.
The hundred pardons brings
Blease's clemency record since he as
sumed the governorship in 1911 up to
SS2 cases. Blease said he would
make his total 1000 in Christmas gifts
OF pardons.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
Who Gets the Medals7

II understand that you have a fine
track team here" said the visitor to the
guide who was showing him through
the college. what individual holds
most Of the medalsT
The guide pondered. well, sir" he
said. Il guess it is the pawnbrokeI
notwithstanding.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
strono on Bills.

Winkle-My wife would make a good
Congressman. Hinkle-Why? Wrinkle
She's always introducing bills into
the house.-Judge.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
No Wonder.

you are always talking about the
high cost OF living"
We'll. that's about all hear at
home"
From your wife,
''No. from my wife'S father We are
living with him. you know."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28
FIRE Ar HULL
Scores Of Summer Cottages In Danger
AS One Burns

AS Onc QUITS
Scores OF summer cottages in the
Waveland section of Hull, Mass. :,
were threatened and one was de-
stroyed by grass fire that burned
over several acres. The cause OF the
fire is not known.
The summer cottage of Fireman DE
Arty, of the Boston department, was
directly in the path of the blaze, and
caught from it. The cottage was
burned to the ground, and two others
near it we're slightly damaged.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28

Repentance is a goddess and the pre-.
server Of those who have erred.-Ju-
lien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

friends as dead shot and he picked Off
whofnever Of the Confed.rateS he select
ed. During the battle he was wounded
three times and left for dead on The field
by the hospital corps. He finally drag
ged himself tn log house and tainted at
the door. Later he was recognized and
sent ONE. where. under his wife's care.
he recovered and lived until 49,
splendid monument has been erected Ia his
memory by the citizens of Gettysburg.
ii stands on Stone avenue. and shows the
old man with his gun in his hand and in
the costume he Wore during the battle
baggy trousers and a swaliowtailed coat.
The only civilian killed during the
battle of Gettysburg met death on the
first day. 1t was a young girl by the
name of Jennie Wade. As the wound
ed soldiers were being brought into
town it was discovered that the food
supply was running short. and several
of the Gettysburg women began TO
bake bread. Jennie Wade. who lived
in a modest home on Baltimore street,
was one of them All day long she
worked. the bread being given TO
friend and foe alike. During the prog
ress of the fight her home came in
exact range OF the two lines of battle.
and she was admonished to leave 1t.
but refused ana continued her work
lust before the first days battle ended
a stray bullet pierced her heart. and
the girl fell dead in the kitchen of her
home. At about the same hour "A
Confederate officer Of high rank waS
killed near the house. and his COM
rades We're preparing a coffin for him.
but before ii was completed they were
compelled to leave. and the body Of
the dead girl was buried in the coffin
intended for the southerner. She was
inferred in the Citizens cemetery at
Gettysburg. and "A beautiful monument
has been erected over her grave II
is said that both her father and her
lover were fighting on the Union side
at the time she met her death and that
her father was killed in the engage
ment.
one of the curious incidents of the
first days battle was that neither of
the commanding officers desired to
have the battle take place at Gettys-
burg. Gen Meade was anxious to fight
at Pipe creek and Gen. Lee desired to
meet the Union forces at Cashtown. but
the battle focused near Gettysburg.
The colored population were in state
of panic. for they had been taught to
believe that they would be totally an
initiated when the rebels arrived.
and many Of them managed to get
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watched eagerly for the Confederates to
disclose their purpose. He had not long
to wait, for shortly before 10 o'clock
there was Il sho; from the enemy which
was returned by the Union forces, three
shots being fired as the signal for a gen
eral engagement along the line. and the
battle of Gettysburg WAS on.
Ii is not the purpose of the writer to
give a technical or even a general de-
scription of the movements or maneuVer-
late incidents of that fearful carnage.
The tragic death of Gen. John +. Rev
nolds occurred less than an hour after
the beginning of the battle. The best ac
count Of this has been given by a mem
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the FIRST 2zT5 6zlZ1e TOOK @zcs
'e5ZRIcne oIc01o66xo17S The OT7ZI C<1xll70
HAo F016A{ IRA The -6HtfZe

was Buford's reply. Reynolds then sug
gested that they ride out and see about
it, General. do not expose yourself too
much said Buford but Reynolds laughed
and moved nearer still. After giving
some directions to Buford. which showed
his determination to concentrate and to
fight Gen. Reynolds again mounted his
horse and rode away to meet the head Of
his column The woods at this time Were
full of Confederate sharpShooterS who
Mere picking off men here and there.
When Gen. Reg nodS. accompanied by
his aids. Capts. Mitchell and Baird and
Orderly Charles H. Veil. rode up one of
the Union regiments Was approaching the
woods Reynolds exclaimed, Forward
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Der of the MON Army Signal Corps. He
was watching from the tower of the
Theological Seminary on the edge OF the
town. The engagement was desperate.
he declared. land the Union forces
seemed to be getting the worst of it when
| suddenly saw the corps flag of Gen.
Reynolds. / had no one to communicate
with, ! sent one of my men to Blu
ford, who rushed up and seized my
glasses, and on seeing Reynolds said,
Now we can hold the place Very short
IL after this Gen Reynolds and his staff
came up and. seeing Buford in the cu
poa. he cried out. What's the matter.
John?' The devils to pay. and going
down the ladder he met Gen. Reynolds.
who said, i hope YOU can hold out until
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April ), 19o1-Carreeie gives Si,ott,a =
To Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh.
May :. I311-Domiaican congress rau-
fies new treaty with the United States.
June H. 1mI-Norwegian parliament
votes To grant suffrage 10 about '"tlNl
women, based ON property qualifications
So much for Friday the 18th, and Just
ordinary Fridays of the month, no mat
ter when it falls. Enough has been said
to show the scales wavering between
good and misfortune. The verdict re-
mains with those who read.
Now. as TO the 18th of the month. In
respective of what day il fell on, here Is
another list of important facts:
May IL. 1857, the first English settle
m,nt was made at jamestown.
August IL. 1898. Manila surrendered TO
the United States.
January l.. 1908. Port Arthur fell.
January IL. 1910. the steamer LeXinS-
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may still hold its record making event
even until December 81. But at least
il is possible to take the years ending in
IL which have gone. and see what they
brought to humanity.
Starting with the year 61:. r. c., we
find that then first celebrated the
feast of Nephalia in Greece The sacr-
fees offered We're to sobriety. mead be-
ing used instead of wine And SO here
started temperance.
In 313 Macedonia was conquered by
the PerSianS.
In IL; the Athenians stormed Syracuse.
but are replised even when reinforced By
Demosthenes who later. with Nicias is
executed when the Greek retreat is cut
off Archelaus. natural son of Perdiccas
II, murders the heirs and seiZes the
throne of Macedonia.
In 113 the Romans We're at war with
3DO,OO0 invaders from northern tribes, in
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GLIDING the Gauls and Teutons.
In H. ClaLdius Nero began to extend
his Roman rule in Germany.
A. D.:
In BIB Constantine and Licinius stop
the persecution of Christians. and the
state favors that religion.
In sl3 Heraciian unsuccessfuliy intades
Rome from Carthage. The Burgundians
settle on Saone
In 713 Philippicus Bardanes. reignng
at Constantinople. is ASA sinated, In or
der that Theodosius may reign.
In S13 the feast of Epiphany was eS-
tablished, to celebrate the appearance
of the Star of Bethlehem.
In 1913 the Danes. under SweNn. be-
come the masters of England Ethelred
fees to Normandy, but on the death of
Sweyn returns 10 England and 10 re-
ceived as the king by part of the people.
In Ills. Mariners compass discovered
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n burned off Long Island sound and 40

ton burned off Long Island sound and 40
lives were lost
Exbruary T.. 1877. the first telephone
message. WAS sent from Salem to Boston.
RiSh. in line with this can also be men
+ioned several other things in which thir-
teen figures. hlthousth they have moth
ing To do with the day Of the month.
still they shodid prove interesting TO
Americans.
There Were thirteen original states.
Old Glory today has thirteen stripes; also
in the original flag thirteen stars.
At every trial by jury there ar.. thir-
teen, twelve jury men and the judge.
There Vet remains one other phase of
the matter. The year 1919. irrespective Of
DAYS. stands by itself Within the mystic
circle of good or evil The year. as a
whole. must be taken into consideration
Ii is as yet too young to boast, or even
mourn. Not yet half gone, the future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

RE you prepared
for next Friday :
Have YOU dug a
little cave, self
closing. into which
YOU can quietly
slip next Thursday
evening, there TO
remain I'm trem-
bling until Sat
urday morning:
Does the mere
thought Of next
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Friday send cold chllls SahlboiihS "
ana down your spine make your head
no, ana your feet cold?
Nhv. YOU ask? Has some learned doe
tor made the fearful announcement that
til entire world viii come down with
ts.,Go.d next Friday:
Worse. FAR worse
ii4e 4 deluge been promised?
Worse, even than that
W0atG
vers vel. then. Five DAYS from now
vi = Friday, june II; 1913,
ISL tls only time in 1o13. Friday ana
-. number IL fan together. Crowded
mi. tas brief DAY comes al that potency
vsa. mas clung @ Friday and the
r. through all the ages since man
csmt into existence. Twice II 1917 did
tne lsy ana number fan together, and
3r.. .srnes IN 1911 EiH he mystic com
l.rat.ou Lau Fut ii 1919, only once.
yoU doa.r believe word u it, Speak
I0v Tor I'll. imp OF the ages IS watching.
a. Ills throne OF shattered beliefs he
s5+s 1 grim o. Srigs on lis imp.Sh n =.
lis bands claspei in sieefll anticipation
j waits.
.urh now. for SATURDAY morning may
br.u. another emotion - sour mouth.
1rH.s srry of the ages is WaItuE. alert.
eager. Tor ne knows that 81 next Friday
n viii nave his one day - DAYS Not
for = hundred Years to come will such
another combination he possible Not for
a hundred years has there been such i
one Friday. the 18TH lai%, The
imp n the ages is laughing, loud and
long.
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invasion liz the foe has been repclie;,
while to the south there Is consolation IN
tn. fac that the decisive battle Of the
war which sealed their fate was not
fought on the battle-scarred soil of the
old Dominion.
after charlottesville. Lee and his
council of war determined TO invade the
north. and in few weeks he was over
running southern PENNSYLVANIA between
Chambersburg and Harrisburg. The Army
ii the Potomac followed him to check his
onward march and after some maneuver-
ing portions of the two armies met just
north OF the city of Gettysburg-the Con-
fcderates coming in from the north. while
the | Mon forces were 10 the south. and IT
is said that this is the only time in the
civil war when the two armies stood OPP
posing each other with the southern
troops coming into the engagement from
the north Lee and his army were cut
off from retreat into Virginia by the Fed
eral army to the south of them June -
Private George Sandoe. member of
volunteer caValry regiment from the state
of Pennsy lyania. went down before Con-
feGerate bullc; when on scout duty-the
first man killed at Gettysburg.
The night of June - passed peacefully.
but early on the morning of July it be-
came evident that a battle was imminent.
The troops We're then in the positions
shown by the accompanying map. Blu
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); ~. 49,. rs.,,.9 49,.
Ft.perstttaoh
world. Is old. Superstition y iAs name
given to 4 belief IL so-called foolish ideas.
rs,,p Z mo name given 10 4 belief FRI
80 - 4,i..,.1 *; ~,
'ilhES "iich
belize II ones rei454"i' one country,
ones hnrne-that IS faith. - believe that
4s~s4av tcc 1ata il uuluckv-that +.
$500 ,f,, In tpDS.--tfIryv land II Won II
1870 tr4,osffs ii other words ass
= t.,at.-
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sanc Dnwn through ma
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Cen y
RObe1(
Flee

men; forward. for Gods sake. and drive
those fellows out of the woods. He
turned To look for his supports and To
hurry them on, but before he could speak
again the bullet of a sharpshooter had
penetrated his brain and he fell forward.
dying. upon his horse. His fall was not no
ticed by the troops. who swept on and COM
PEELED Archers brigade to surrender. Gen.
Reynolds horse carried the body a short
distance. when ii was borne To the rear
in a blanket just Archer himself WAS
being brought in a prisoner. The death
of Gen. Reynolds was a severe blow to
the Union forces and no casualty or the
war brought more widespread mourning.
\ splendid statue has been erected 10 ms
memory near the spot where he fell. 1t
will be noted that in this statue the
horse has two feet off the ground which
indicates that its rider was Killed. Statues
on the field at gettysburg where the
horse has one foot off the ground indi-
cate that the rider was wounded. while
those having all -four feet on the ground
show that the rider escaped unhuri
Even the death of Gen. Reynolds could
not stay the fury of the battle. Gen. Ab-
ner Doubleday succeeded to the command
of the 1st Corps BY 1 o'clock both sides
had been greatly reinforced ana the line
of battle extended north of the town from
Seminary ridge to the banks of Rock
creek About the middle OF the after
noon the Union troops were being press
ed back toward Gettysburg. and .,H@
men under the command of Gen. Carr
Schurz had been captured. nearly half of
the right wing of the Union forces We're
either dead or wounded and the left Wing
had been forced to take refuge on Gene
terry ridge.
1t was in the first days battle that the
old constable John Burns made. his APP
pearance. This man has the distinction
of being the only civilian who fought in
the battle of Gettysburg He was born
in New Jersey and was of Scotch parent
age. He had "A mere boy served in the
war of ISL. lighting against the British
and at the opening of the civil war he
tried to enlist. but was declared too old
lie became constable of Gettysburg IN
1862. and When the battle occurred he
was in "A fighting mood. After the frs,
hour OF battle Burns secured a gun from
a wounded soldier. and filling his pockets
with cartridges, rushed through the Cnior
lines and begged permission to fight. His
offer was accepted and he was ordered
10 the woods. but this was not to his lik-
ing and he persisted in going forward or
the skirmish line. He was known to his