The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-02-01
Adjoining Towns.
New bury.

1t is our desire to publish in the
Newbury edition of the OPINION sool
to appear full list of all persons in
town over hty years of age on Jan.
1st. 1895 If there are those who were
omitted from the list published last
March or have attained the age of so
years since that time, they will con.
fer favor by communicating with
the Newbnry correspondent or f. p
Wells. This matter must be attended
to at once.
There was a very interesting dis
custom in the village school on Friday
last, the question being the pros and
cons OF the civil service law and whelh
or it would be better for the public
service if it was continued. The ques-
ton was decided in favor of civil SER
vice by very small margin.
The Orange County Canning Co j,
is out with neat advertising circular
with testimonials from many of the
largest mountain houses, they having
used it. Mr.. Olmsted, the manager, is
now on the road disposing of the
product
Your correspondent had the pleasure
of attending the election of village
officers in Bradford last Monday af
ternoon and enjoy ed the festivities of
the occasion very much.
Stealing has been gong on in Town
House neighborhood, Dea. Wells corn
barn was broken into, sausage and
two hams stolen. Some one had bet
ter look ont or they will run against
obstacles.
So far as we are able to learn from
authentic account, of even tradition.
the drowning of Charles w. Leighton
last week was the first drowning acct
dent to be recorded in any of the ponds
of Newbury.
We believe the special Newbury edi-
ton of the OPINION to be published
sometime in February will be the
most interesting document of its kind
ever published.
DR.. Russell the successor of DR..
Gross, occupies the Reyes premises
vacated by DR.. Cross who has gone to
Swanton.
Principal F. e Prichard is holding
educational meetings beginning Tues
day at Randolph, Wednesday at
Washington, Thursday at Vershire,
Friday at Bradford. This idea of
holding four meetings in four towns
instead of one meeting of four days |
duration in one town, is new de
parture and we hope the results will
be salts factory.
When news is not plenty it is legit
innate to use The si,sOrs, here is che
from the Manchester Uuion:
Our own Granite state must be looking to
its laurels. Here is our sister Vermont,
turning out fully as many colonies as we.
every two years, which is all very well; but
we must protest against uniforms SO gaudy
and expensive as the VermonterS wear.
Col. w. Steward Webb, aide-de-camp of
Governor Woodbury., is said to have APP I
peared at the Old Guard Bali in New York
with uniform costing $500 and Damas-
Gus blade studded with diamonds, costing
$780,
Everyone will remember what a
fuss everybody had capturing the !
slayer of Christie Warden. The New !
Hampshire courts have recently decid S
ed who shall be entitled to the reward: I
Judge Isaac w. Smith, says Concord. +
N. H., dispatch, has handed down de.
cisi0n awarding MeSsrS. III. Carl Brown of \
Hanover and Prof G. IL. Whitcher OF
Durham $1,000 each, and Mrs. Andrew j.
Warden of Hanover, mother of Christie t
w Warden, $500. In case the reward cannot ,
be divided Messrs. Brown and Whitcher /
will get the entire amount. The reward d
offered by the state was 81 500. Mrs. War q
pen claimed the reward from having found q
some tin cans under thor the barn which /
caused her to suspect Almy's hiding place q
MeSsrs. Whitcher and Brown watched in c
he corn field back of the barn one night
Ind were the first to discover Amy. The
question of whether the reward can be
divided, i. g., whether or not Mrs. Ward.n
will get any of it, will be decided at the '
April term of court by full bench. |
Quarterly meeting and communion at the 8
Usual hour of service in the forenoon at the 3
church next Sunday and at the
he usual hour at the Town House in the
,fterno IN. Love feast at g. 80 at the church
1t the village. Quarterly conference Will s
De held next Monday at tie parsonage at ,
o'clock p. m. II
The chicken pie festival at the Town
House Wednesday evening was success, ,
over one hundred persons, mostly young
people from this vicinity and South New
bury and some from Bradford were in at
tendance. The net proceeds were about
S27.
The regular monthly meeting of the w.
9. Il. u. will be held with Mrs. DR.. Atwood
Tuesday, Feb. 9th at 2 30 p. III.
On Wednesday evening the ladies of the
Union will give social at the COngrega-
.ional vestry. There will be short plo-
gram and light refreshments. Admission ,
10 cents, All are cordially invited, we
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