The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-29
: Adjoining Towns :
NeWburV.

The remains of Henry Dunbar, for
many years a resident of this town,
were brought here from Maiden, Mass,
on Monday for interment. The fol.
lowing notice is taken from the NAL
den City Press.
Henry Il. Dunbar, an old and highly re.
spected citizen, died Friday morning, ri
the age of 81 years. after lingering illness.
Services were held at his late home, on
Salem place, on Sunday afternoon, and OIL
Monday the remains were taken to New
bury, VT, for burial. Mr. Dunbar was
veteran Of the late war, having served in
the Third Regt., Vermont Infantry, and
while in the service contracted the disease
which ultimately resulted in his death lie
was also member of a Vermont Masonic
Lodge, and of the Maiden Council OF the
Royal Arcanum. He leaves widow,
son, who is in California, and two married
daughters, both residing in Maiden, and
both at present confined to their homes by
illness.
At the Ok bow school meeting Tues
day evening it was voted to have a
spring term of school Of ten weeks, at
which school tits expected Miss Dun
lap will preside.
Bailey & Co., will unload car of
meal at the depot Saturday. Also
cracked corn and oats, $40. per ton for
ten bags or more.
Spring term in the upper depart
mcnt at the Seminary began Wednes-
day with fair attendance.
The Burlington Free Press of March
25th contains the following informa-
ton over Supt. Palmer's signature:
In answer to many letters from all parts
of the State it seems to me that the follow
ing is correct Interpretation OF the new
school law in relation to the questions in
vOlved:
1. Section 80 requires notices of school
meeting to be posted up in two of the most
public places in the district. Clearly, un--
less this section is complied with. a school
meeting is illegal ana also ey ths hga aon ne
teachers, raising of money, etc.
2. A school district clerk can not legally
warn meeting except the annual meeting,
unless it is applied for in writing by three
voters of the district. Section ~.
g. The public money cannot be divided
until July; for the new law, section 23S, ex-
pressly declares that the selectmen shall
divide the school moneys 'between the
third and sixth days of july" and chapter
80. (section 66l) of the revised laws, by
which division could formerly be made in
March, is repealed.
4.
must be reckoned with the attendance of
last year in the division of the public mon
ey; because section 245 provides that the
money shall be divided '.in proportion to
the aggregate attendance during the
preceding school year. and section 2S5
provides that ''the school year," commenc-
ing on April l. 1883, "shal be held to con-
tinue and expire" on June 30, 1889.
5. 1t is evidently the intent of the law,
that each district shall support aschool dur
ing the coming spring; for section 2o6 pro-
vides that the superintendent OF education
cord ''the attendance OF pupils to the end OF
the school year." and the registers have
been distributed for that purpose
6. / also think that it is the duty OF school
directors in towns that have abolished the
town system, to provide for the schools un-
til July; if not, it is not plain why they were
continued in Office by section 288 until that
date. EDWIN F. PALMER
Abner Bailey has severed his con-
nection with j. B. Hale and will take
up his abode the LIST of April with S.
= s. Roach w ells -Rivar-=-s%L. G. Bailey
takes his place at Hale's.
The new butchering firm of Green
leaf & Leet have entered into their
work in business like way, and we
hope they will be successful.
Get ready for the listers, for April
LIST comes on Monday next, and don't
wait for them to collect the dog tax as
formerly, for after April LIST the law
requires the payment of two dollars
for each male dog.
Richard Doe met with an accident in
his door yard while assisting at the
saving machine, badly bruising his
leg, fortunately no bones were broken.
We hope to see him out in few days.
We take the liberty of reproducing
very interesting item taken from the
Grafton County Register of March 8.
FOUR REMAIN.
Below we give list of tho oldest
forty people living in the town of
Newbury in 1880. The four whose
names are in italic are the only sur
vivors: Phebe Goodwin age 100, Eb-
enezer Kendrick 95, Marvin Kasson
IS, Dolly White 95, Ira White 81, Ju-
dith Grow 81, Martha Bailey 80, David
Edwards "a, Phoebe johnson "a, Eliza
johnson "a, William Daniels 80, Jabez
Wheeler "a, Louise G. Wheeler "a,
Margaret Whitcher "a, Hannah Laing
sc, Frank G.. McAllister SO, Deborah
Burnham 80, Abigail George 80, Par
ker w. Bailey SO, Eliza w. Bailey 80, s
Clark Kent 81, Jacob Kent 80, Cynthia l
Boyce IS, James Wallace 50, John At
wood "a, Wells Goodaoim IS, Lydia
Goodwin IS, Lydia George 80, Harmon
Titus 80, Anne Clark 81, Isaac A. Bal
ley IS, Mary B. Chamberlin 83, Susan
Farwell SO, Sarah Hills 80, Sally B.
Page IS, William Bolton 81, Agnese 7
Peach 81, Abiel Chamberlin 80, Amos
X. Heath 80, Lydia Doe 80. If any j
town in this section can show better i
record for longevity we should be Il
pleased to see it in print. a