The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-04-06
Adjoining Towns.
N eWDury.

Primary department of the tow
central school began on Monday.
j. d. Southworth is building an adj
dition to his hou4.
Miss Julia Goddard has been in town
for few days.
Don't forget the meeting at the bury
ing ground next Saturday.
Mrs Ira Bailey and her daughter
Miss Belle are working at The Sawyer
House.
Miss Lang, teacher in the grammar
school returned to her work after two
weeks absence occasioned by sickness.
We are glad to see Geo. W. Cham
berlin of South Newbury on deck
again improved in health.
A. Greer is adding to his already
excellent set of farm buildings an ex-
tensive piggery.
The George Brothers are painting
the house of Mrs. Watkins and the
store of Silsby & knight.
The summer term of school will be-
gin the last Monday in April except
ing the Boltonville school which begins
one week earlier.
Peter Chase, the village smithy has
bought the John Garland blacksmith
shop, Mr.. Chase is good workman
and good citizen.
1t is George Fl. King who has pur-
chased the Sargent place near the
-Four Corners and not Geo. I'll. Knight
as the item read last week.
Merrill Goodwin has leased the
Montebello property of W. Ii. Atkin-
son and will move In and open up the
baths for summer patronage.
The engine at Warren Bailey's steam
mill got out of fix with itself and kick
ed one of its cylinder heads galley
west, fortunately no one was injured.
We are in receipt of a very interest
ing letter from Mr.. Eugene Brock of
Stella, Washington state, descriptive
of his trip across the continent which
we will publish in the next weeks
OPINION.
A Demorest silver medal contest
will be held in Seminary Hall, April
II, at 7.30 p. M, under the auspices of
the Epworth League. Refreshments
will be served at the close of the con-
test.
The listers met on Saturday and
divided territory as follows: E. G.
Parker districts 1, 2, 3 and 4; John f.
George, 8, Is, Is, 16, II, IS, 10 and 81,
Oscar A. Renfrew, 5, 6, Z, s, 10, IL, II
and 20. We believe they will do care
full, thorough work.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Sawyer will be glad to learn
that they are expected home this week
after a winters sojourn in Connect
cut They will be in time to attend
the raising of the new school house at
West Newbury.
Yes we agree with "Contestant" that
much good was claimed as the result
of searching for the answers to ques-
tons on Vermont. Also we agree that
it took time, quite liberal slice of
time. and some expense and we hope
sall the contestants and their friends
feel as well repaid for the time spent
as the originator of the questions.
We gladly acknowledge this week
the receipt of the membership fee to
the Newbury village burying ground
association from Martha j. Tenney of
Haverhill, Mass, and Mrs. Charlotte
Webster of Thetford with kind words
from both. The association is in good
working order and we hope to hear
other old time residents are getting in
terested in the movement.
The school directors visited Jefferson
Hill a week ago last Saturday to ex-
anime the school house. While the poll
cy of the new school board is in favor
of more new school houses, it is un-
reasonable to expect them to do every
thing on a fifty cent tax. Herewith we
COPY from the town report the expen-
ses for the wear inst closing: