The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-09

bad and that those who travel it a
in the position of Mark Twain goin
to Bermuda, "hell to get there bu
heaven when you arrive"
The Causeway is a place of grea
activity. Now they want to devils
some plan whereby it can be lighte,
and they have it all figured out tina
it will take forty-seven $50 candl,
power lights to do the trick and tina
four dollars month will MAINTAIN
each light. AS the road is black ant
the water equally black at night anC
all of it level plain, it would be al
! easy matter to drive off into the bay
if dazzled by the head light of an
approaching car.
All is not fun down here but ever
with the serious, there is often ar
element of humor mixed in. The
unemployed drift down this way and
the city devised plan of employing
them as cleanup squads and put
them at work on unimproved lots
This looks well on paper but it has
already involved the city in two law
suits and nobody knows how many
more. For this gang didn't know the
difference between grapefruit trees
and the tangled forest growth and
palmetto and shrubbery all looked
alike to them. AS result they in
vaded the Miami Floral Company's
property and began their lot clean
ing where 1000 sour orange stocks
were ready for budding and they
thought they had struck the worst
of the native Jungle left in Miami
and in the lot there were also be-
tween 5000 and 1000 four year old
budded grapefruit trees and not a
sprout remains. 1t is strong on eff
cheney if nothing else. This all
happened about two blocks east of US.
1t has been figured that the city will
have to pay about $500 as a tuition
bill for educating these agricultural
lists. And the next day comes Mrs
Brickell with an injunction because
this same squad has been roofing up
her grass, digging up her trees or
cutting them down on what she con-
sidered improved lots. Mrs Brickell
is one of the pioneers down this way
and considered a Hetty Green, so it
heard the last of the work of the
cleanup squad. We understand that
the Squad has been recalled or we
should feel obliged to picket our
grounds for fear of their work.
There is a little chicken stealing
going on in colored town, we reckon,
for the police ran across a negro
carrying suit case, Tuesday night.
He looked suspicious so they stopped
him but his story was perfectly
good one that he was on the way to
take the midnight train. They let
him go but as soon as he got around
the corner then he started to run
and the officers gave chase. The pur-
suit went over fences and around
corners until the suit case was
dropped and when opened, the car
asses of eight fresh killed hens were
found tightly packed into the case.
A chicken has as mighty fascination
FOR colored gentleman now as ever
before.
Have paid the 1921 taxes here and |
ind they are much less than in Yer
mont. The city and county author
ties assess much lower, making the
,aluation especially of unimproved
'eal-estate at about ten per cent of
is face value. This plan make it
easible to own desirable lots.
reasonable time without its being
lsed up in taxes. Real estate is held
IS high now as 1919 and 1920, the
lemand for lots is as great as ever,
nd building activity has had no set
Jack, business depression in other
ections of the country to the con-
rary, notwithstanding.
Fred Walker, formerly in business
n Bradford, but for several years
asst, a leading jeweler of this city,
) closing out his stock of goods of
early one hundred thousand dollars,
Y auction, the sales being held
very afternoon, except Sunday. He
compelled to do this owing to his
lndlord's raising the rental of his
tore from S225 to S625 a month,
hitch Mr. Walker says is much great
r than the business will stand. He
as one of the most desirable loca-
ions in the city and has had a Won
erful1y successful business, to which
e has given his undivided attention.
lhen the stock of goods is disposed
{, he proposes to take a much need
d vacation, after which he. will
robably begin again in a section of
MS city where the rent is not pro-
ibitive.
We are expecting friends from the
orth soon. At present we have
My family of three, which is not
nough for big establishment.
owever, we are anticipating with
luch pleasure, the advent of many
Tiers to our home during the COM
lg winter season.
Sincerely,
II. f. Parker.