The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-01
y Vermont State News "

Elwin A. Howe has been appointed
postmaster at Ludlow
The Congregational Club of Weston held
Its autumn meeting at Pittsford, Sept. 28
Lieut. Gen. G. H. Barber, G. b.. the
governor-general of Bermuda, was at
! Woodstock last week.
! Judge Hines, former law partner of
ex-President Harrison, has a pleasant
home at PrOctorsville.
! The thirty-ifth annual session of the
| Grand Lodge, |. 0. G. T. will be held in
Randolph, Oct 18th and 18th.
The state convention of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union was held at
Essex junction, Sept. 2s, 90 and 80.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Pharmaceutical Association was
held at Bellows Falls, Sept. 22d and 23d.
| Rev. A. o. SpOor, chaplain of the Ve1-
mont house of representatives in 1894, has
been appointed postmaster at Winooski.
The eighty-fourth annual meeting of
the Vermont State Medical Society is ia
be held at St Albans, Oct. 14th and 10Th.
The Ottaquechee wooden mill at North
AA~Ss,land has resumed work on full time
after shutdown of nearly five months.
The Windsor Canning Factory received
$4,000 pounds of corn last week, and put
up daily from 10000 to $4,000 cans of corn
and SuccotaSh.
Gov. Grout with party of Vermonters
will visit the Nashville exposition. The
party will leave New York, Oct. 10th and
and return Oct. 22d.
Hon. Geo. f. Edmunds has accepted a
position on the monetary commission
chosen by the executive committee of the
indianapolis convention.
\ plan is being considered for the reor-
gapization of the Central Vermont rail-
road, and meeting TO act upon the mat
ten is called for Oct. 9TH.
d. NJ. Crosby & Co., the Boston brokers
st. JOhnsbury and LyndOnville and did
quite business in these places.
The citizens of Barre voted that the
city should own its water system and
committee was appointed to look into the
matter and a report was given at meet
ing held Sept. 2Sth.
The following postmaster appointments
were made by President Mckinley a week
ago last Saturday: Burt Merritt at Bran.
don, Joseph B. Eldredge at Randolph and
A. o. Spoor at Winooski.
Henry L. Chamberlin, the man who
shot NJ. P. Perley of Enosburgh Falls on
the fifteenth of last June, was sentenced
Sept. 23d, at St. Adams, to twenty years
hard labor in the State prison at Wind
SOr.
Harvey Newton Winslow, an apparent
ly harmless lunitic from Oxford, n. H.,
was in Montpelier recently selling relig-
ious books. He announced himself as an
agent for the prevention of Cruelty to
Man"
Essex is to have free public library if
the plans that have been laid out mate
rialize. Support from the state is expect
ed and if this is forthcoming, together
with what assistance will be given by the
citizens of the town, the Ii
brary will soon be established.
Henry Clark of Rutland, is reported to
have unearthed valuable and rare Ma
sonic relic, in drinking cup which was
the property of Mother kilwin-
ming Lodge of MasOns in Scotland. The
lodge is the parent lodge of Masonry in
the English speaking countries. The cup
was reserved in KilwinnIng Lodge meet |
ings for the exclusive use of the poet,
Robert Burns. The cup is of flint and
Ornamented with Masonic
symbols.
Mrs. Sweet and her seven beautiful
and accomplished daughters will be |
presented at the vestry of the Con-
gregational church next Tuesday eve, /
accompanied with singing, recitatiOns, /