The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-19
Rev. Allen Clark of Manchester was
In town over Sunday.

Mrs. DR.. Jones and daughter Edit
went to Boston Monday for a fey
days visit.
The attention of movers Of building
is called to the advertisement of A.
Clarke's, in another column.
Tillie Lowell returned to her HON
at Burke, Tuesday, where she vii
spend her vacation.
Charles Craig started yesterday for
visit to Boston and Manchester, wher
he will meet his wife, who has beel
away about three weeks.
There will be a union Thanksgiyin.
service at the M. f. church at 1890 a
m. Mr.. Hough will preach. Let their
be full attendance.
Some of the young people propos,
to give an entertainment of pleasan
kind at the Congregational vestry O,
"Wednesday eve, Dec. lst, and the,
hope for good attendance when thai
time comes.
Mrs. Amanda Atwood, wife of Hen
ny G. Moore of st. Louis, died in tina,
city after lingering illness, Oct. 3lst
She was formerly resident of New.
bury, and a cousin of Oliver B. and Az
TO b. Rogers. Her husband and two
sons survive her.
The Socratic circle of the C. L.S,C,
will meet at Mrs. r. Farnham's Friday
at p. m. Tie following is the pro-
gramme: Roll call, news of the week
essay-The Carboniferous age. paper
MOnstrOus ferns of animal life in the
Geological Ages, thirty-fve questions
on geology, twenty-five test questions
on geology, table talk, minerology of
Vermont.
The old Kent homestead at South
Newbury will be offered for sale Fri
day, Nov. Goth, at 10 a. M, and if sold
all the stock, crops and personal prop
erty. This is one of the best and most
delightfully."- located farms on the Con.
necticut valley. The same day the
Burroughs place at Newbury street
will also be sold, a very desirable vii
IOSC lCSluCICC WIFI
THE BosToN SUNDAY GLOBE next
Sunday, Nov. 81, will have several
pages devoted to subjects pertinent to
Thanksgiving. How to prepare an AL
Thanksgiving dinner at moderate ex-
pense will be told by score or more
of the lady readers of The Globe. In
addition to all the regular popular fea-
lures of the Sunday Globe every house.
keeper in New England should buy a
copy of the Sunday Globe next Sunday.
Leave your order with your news
dealer to-day.
We wish to acknowledge the receipt
of copy of the "Sons of Vermont"
from James l.. Woodward of Chicago.
The book contains the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth annual reports of the
Illinois Association of the Sons of
Vermont, relating to the history and
proceedings of the Association from
1882 to 1886, with list of the officers
and members. The volume is very
neatly printed and nicely bound, and
is souvenir which any VerlpOnter
would be proud Of.
School in district No. 2, taught by
Abbie G. Bliss closed last Friday.
Whole number of pupils, AZ; average
daily attendance, SO. Those having no
marks during the term, Lottie Davis,
Beryl Davis, Lucy Hartwell, Laura
Jacobs, Cora Kennedy, Marcia Win
ship, Walter Davis, Leon SAWYER.
Names of those absent one day or less,
Maud Robinson, Eddie Haskins, Fred
Everett, Bernie Jeffords, Allen Kenne-
dy. Twenty-four pupils were not tar
dy during the term.
II. B. Stevens had his horse "Old
jim" killed the first of the week, as he
had outlived his years of usefulness
and was considerable of an invalid, a
burden to himself and friends. Mr..
Stevens mOurns his loss almost as he
would that of tried friend. He pur-
chased him of Davis, the soap man of
Mass, thirteen years ago
on Beacon Park, where he had Just
trotted mile in 2.40. Old Jim thus
reached the age of about twenty. AS
ISOLATED with his owners children
when they lived at home and more re-
Gently in the livery stable, he was pet
ted by the children about town and the
name of "Old jim" came to be a house.
hold wcrd in many families which will
be remembered for long time to come
by respect for the animal.
Our Thanksgiving page on the inside
this week contains among other things:
''One Thanksgiving" by Elizabeth Stu
art Phelps, will fill ITS own peculiar
place in mothers hearts. "The Mika-
dos Fate" by Gertrude Garrison is a
tragedy that no one can read without
and eating all the better for
It. This story is a novelty among
Thanksgiving stories. Caesars Vir-
yinia Turkey" by Max Elton, charm
ing piece of Virginia life put on paper
with exquisite art. Then for the seri-
ous we give something you cannot fail
20 admire and like, "For what shall we
De thankful" and other things neither
1ippant nor foolish will 90 to their
hearts. While our departments are
equally interesting, containing what
no other paper in this vicinity does.
October Doth we publiShed an item.