The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-06-15

SIOND Al ONCE.s&-4
Miss Maud jenkins, member of thu
class of '94, furnished an enjoyable
evening at the home of her aunt las
: Tuesday evening.
E. G. Durgan, road commisslo ner
has improved Main street greatly thu
past few days. The improvement neal
the Farmers Exchange is very marked
Mr.. Charles House and daughter
from Delton, ILL.,, have been VISITING
bis sister, Mrs. Hatch. This is MI
Houses first visit to Bradford in thirty
five years.
The G. l.. S. meeting will be with
Mrs. Barrett next week, Thursday, al
2 O'Clock, D. m. Table talk, current
events. Lesson: Science and prayer
Readings.
The pastor of the Congregational
church will deliver the second sermon
of the special series-upon Old Tesla
ment characters, as types OF Christ
on Sunday eve, next.
The Christian Endeavor society has
chosen Rev. Mr.. Barnard as their dele
gate to the international Convention to
be holden at Cleveland, o., July 18th
to 18th.
VIM. A.. Libbey has sold his resi-
dence on Cottage St., to H. W. Lowd,
and has bought lot on South Main
St., of Col. Andross and will erect a
fine residence at once.
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Lyle's Players, theatrical company,
who come well recommended, are
billed for Village Hall tonight and Sat
urday evening, producing standard
plays only. Popular prices: 10. 20 and
80 cents.
l. P. McNiece who has been serious
ly i'll with lung difficulty for the past
fourteen weeks, is slowly improving.
He is at the residence of his sister,
Mrs. Chas. A. Underhill, 247 Harrison
street, Manchester
Rev. and Mrs. Barnard are now COM
fortably settled in the parsonage, and
invite their friends and Pensioners to
call upon them Friday and Saturday
afternoons and evenings of this week,
and thereafter, at their convenience.
H. w. Bishop of Hotel Low will go
to Morey Lake next week to make
ready for business at his summer hotel
and cottages there. He will leave the
care and conduct of his summer bust
ness at the lake largely to his two sons,
Albert and Eben.
This morning between II and l
O'Clock the farm buildings of E. f.
Johnson were discovered to be on fire,
and in short space of time were to-
tally destroyed, including the old house
adjoining, Is cows and horses were
burned. Loss $6000 insurance $4475.
W. E. Brooks left a box of straw
berries at the OPINION office Wednes-
day, the first of the season, that would
be hard to beat for beauty, size and
flavor. They ought to be put on ex-
hibition somewhere for the benefit of
the doner. Our thanks are poor re-
turn for them.
John Philip Sousa's celebrated band
gives two concerts in Vermont next
week, on Monday, at Rutland in the
afternoon and at Burlington in the
evening. This is the finest military
band in America today, and Bradford
has the distinction of claiming its man
ager, Mr.. Blakely, as one of its citizens.
George w. Lamprey of Orfordville
saw large deer in the field near his
house on Friday of last week. He says
it was as large as a four months old
nnlf q ltxyI
was too large for Mr.. Lamprey to harm
it, and then he remarked that it seemed
too peaceable to kill.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The Repub- |
lican voters of Bradford are requested
to meet at Doe Bros Hall, on Satur-
day evening, June 16, 1894, at 7,30 |
O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of choos-
ing delegates to the coming State,
Congressional and County Conventions
Per ORDER Town Con-.
Hon. d, X. Pearsons of Chicago will |
erect fine monument for the Pear
sons and Gushing families in the GEM
etery here about August first, and will
be here to personally look after the
work. Mr.. j. Alonzo Pearsons and |
wife of Evanston, H., arrived here |
yesterday and will visit friends and &C
quaintances in this vicinity for few
days
The call for the County Convention
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
We are glad to learn that the candi-
dacy of Horace w. Bailey of Newbury
has met with such favor that it is exceed
ingly probable that no other name will
be presented in opposition for the
The towns on the "East
side" seems to be a unit in his behalf.
He will make model senator, being
both industrious and able.
David II. Blood died Wednesday
night at his home in the Goshen neigh
Dorhood. His age was 81. He has
always lived in Bradford as his ances-
.ors for generations back have done,
and was very generally known among
his townsmen. His death was the re-
suit of hemorrage of the lungs, from