The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-02-26

Mrs. E. G. Libbey of Laconia, N. H.,
is visiting in town.
Miss Bridget Dawson leaves Satur-
day to visit friends in Barre and Mont
pelier.
Mrs. Mann of Woodsville, n. H.,
was in town Friday attending the mu-
sical festival.
Miss Louise Gosha returned home
from Bristol, n. H., Wednesday. She
will remain at home for the present.
Rev. j. X. Merrill of Newbury oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Congregations
al church last Sunday in exchange
with Mr.. Barnard.
DR.. c. E. Corbin of Montpelier was
IN town Wednesday and Thursday.
The DR.. reports business and social
life lively at the Capital.
Merrill Library has received this
week one hundred and twenty-five new
books, also about one hundred volumes
which have been rebound.
Mrs. A. B. Shaw and children of
Cambridge, Mass, who have been Wis
iting at Mrs. M. H. Crooks, will re-
turn to their home tomorrow.
The many friends of DR.. Jones will
be very glad to learn that his condi-
tion is Somewhat improved. We trust
we may soon see him about the streets
again.
Miss Florence H. Sturtevant of Hart
ford is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Chas. Jones. Miss Sturtevant is at
tending the conventions here and at
Peacham.
Mr.. Moses Rowe returned from Bos-
ton last week, where he has been
spending the winter. He was accom-
panied by his son Leroy, who will visit
in this vicinity for short time.
Charles F. Johnson of Boston has
been visiting at his old home "Under-
the-Cliffs,, for few days. His many
friends were very glad to welcome him
again. He returned on Monday to
Boston.
Mr.. George G. Fabyan made us
short call this week. George is wear
ing an unusually expansive smile these
days. 1t is doubtless on account of the
8 lb. daughter, Margaret. George says
She's queen"
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Gage have been
suffering with severe attack of the
grip. Mrs. Cages mother, Mrs. John
son, has been confined to her bed since
Saturday with the same affliction. but
at this time seems to be gaining.
The Socratic Circle will meet with
Mrs. Dickey next Thursday at p.asSA
Roll call, character sketches of Greek
heroes. Lesson, remaining questions
on Survey of Greek Civilization. Read
ing, The Lotus-Eaters by Tennyson.
J. B. Mum is in very poor health
this winter having been unable to do
any work since the first of January.
He has bronchial trouble which was
contracted in the army, and has been
growing worse every year since.
Mr.. Fred E. Prichard is taking a
short vacation from his work at the U.
V. M. Medical College to attend to his
duties as County Examiner. Mr..
Prichard together with his friend, Mr.
G. Fay Hilton, Dartmouth '97, spent
Sunday at j. b. W. Prichard's.
The musical festival at Peacham is
the present attraction for our singers. |
Those i'll attendance are Mrs. Peters,
Mrs. Hooker, Miss Mum, Miss Clarke,
Messrs. Dimick, Jenkins and Mum.
Mr.. Mum has been invited to sing the
tenor solos in the Wreck of the Hes
perus." Miss Edith Bruce Jones is
the reciter.
The Peacham delegation, Miss Min
ME E. Brown, Mr.. Geo. A. Stoddard,
and Mr.. Fred J. Stoddard, who assist
ed so ably at our musical festival last
week, gave the people in this vicinity
a most cordial invitation to accept the
of Peacham people for
their festival this week.
Tlo E : h. !
League Reading Course will be held
at Grace church vestry following the
devotional meeting. The concluding
dom" will be studied and the reading
of "In League with Israel" will be con-
tinued. The meeting promises to be
one of unusual interest.
r. Ella Pratt of White River juno
ton was in town over Sunday, the
guest of Miss A. NJ. Garfield. Miss
Pratt has taken the position of assist
ant in the Office of the Clipper Chilled
Plow Co., at the former place. Miss
Garfield who is bookkeeper for the
same firm as we'll as having in charge
the management of the business of the
White River Storage and Transfer Co.,
being detained at home during the i'll
ness of her mother, Mrs G. j. Garfield.
The registration returns for the
town of Bradford for the year ending ;
December 81, 1896, show that there /
have been issued 21 marriage licenses.
The births for the year are 80, 16 of !
them are males, II females. The ,
deaths are 81, of them 16 are males, :
p females. The oldest person who i
has died was 95 years, g months and 8 {
lays, ten were so years old and over, '
md the average age was SO years. t
Compared with the year 1895 we had l
Is marriages, 81 births and 30 deaths. 6
On another page we print a letter 7
rom Miss Laura A. Farnham, sister of
Gov. Farnham, dated at Cairo, Egypt. '
It gives her impressions of the pyra- :
nids and their surroundings in very /;
'acy style. The letter is well worth
'eading. Miss Farnham left New
7 ork on the steamer Columbia of the
Line, touched at l
Algiers, Genoa, Naples and |
Alexandria, where she left the steam !
~ o,,d tool- 4bo carS for Coiro Ian I