The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-01-14

ty, friends coming ana gOlnS' Itldllo
to the lot of but few persons to retain
every faculty of body and mind and
manage their own affairs, act a, hostess
and be bright, happy and dignltled as
was the case with Mrs. Knight as she
crossed the thres hold of her ninety |
first year. May God bless that home
and preserve that good woman is the
expressed wish of her many friends. i
w. H. d. Cochrane, formerly pension,
agent at Concord, n. H., nephew OF
Mrs. Knight. spent the day with her
and assisted in receiving the many cal
lers. !,
Mr.. T. A. Green who has recently
moved into the Edwin Bayley house is
agent for the Kneeland Omega Sepa-
rator and has called on many of the
leading dairymen in town. Mr.. Green
comes highly recommended and repre-
sents one of the best separators on the
market. go,
Rev. w. r. Webster of Haverhill,
N. H., will preach in the Methodist
church next Sunday morning, eXchang-
ing with Rev. W. H. White. :,
Remember the annual meeting or
the Burying Ground Association to be
held next Tuesday at Town Clerks OF
flee at 1 p. m. Don't forget the annu,
al dues of one dollar. If you feel
that an annual payment of one dollar
is an unnecessary expense, think nrs''
that the dead can neither speak nor
act for themselves; second, that many
OF the dead have no one living to care
for their graves. Then compare the
present condition of our burylng
ground with its condition before. this
Association was organized, and II you
don't say that this is worthy work,
then we say you are blind to debt OF
honor and to a just demand OF CIVIL
cation.
We are glad to note that the project
for town history to be written by Mr..
/ Wells, meets with such general ap..
prevail. When it is fully understood
| that one part of the work is to be de-
voted to the old families and early SET
tlesrs, from which the present genera
ton are descendants, there Will be no
opposition, but rather a general de,
mand for Just such work. 1t should
be understood that Mr.. Wells is a bog
rapher and genealOgiSt of rare ability,
and so far as Newbury is concerned, OF
great research. Mr.. Wells has been all
his life interested in this line OF work
and is equipped for town history to
that extent that the town is saved
hundreds of dollars. Whatever the
town may appropriate to aid in this
n alter, Mr.. Wells work will be largely
without adequate compensation: In
this the town is in great good luck.
Ralph H. Perry former student at
the Seminary has entered the y. V. NJ.
college medical department, and has
been appointed first assistant in the
chemical labratOry under DR.. Ballle.
This speaks we'll for him.
DR.. Hatch and family have returned
to their village residence. 1t falls to
the lot of bur few physicians to have a
more successful practice than can be
credited to DR.. Hatch >ince he began
practice here some fifteen years ago
Mrs. Nellie S. Stetson of DuXbury
Mass, is visiting for few weeks at hel
fathers, W. II. Silsby's.
Mr.. A. L. Fabyan of Boston spent
Sunday in town.
The annual meeting of the Trustees
of the Tenney Memorial Library wa
held on Tuesday the 18th. The ole
, board of officers were reelected: Rev
J. l.. Merrill, pres; F. P. Wells, vice
pres; Mrs. G. F. Darling treas; Mrs
VIM. H. Atkinson, Sec; Byron o. Rog
ers, auditor; Horace W. Bailey, t. g
Keyes, Rev. J. L. Merrill G. G. Doe
Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. Darling, exec
utive committee. All reports show the
; library to be in a prosperous condition
A communication from Freeman Doe
Esq, of Boston was presented to the
Trustees by their secretary, asking
their acceptance of one hundred ant
, fifty dollars from himself and Mr.. G. G.
Doe to establish fund for the benefit
of the Library to be called the doe
Fund" 1t is a source of much happl
ness to the Trustees and true gratitude
on the part of our towns people tC
g note the substantial way the Library
is supported. An entertainment anC
supper will be given on February 22d
Remember the date, Washington
birthday. There is so much of inter
est in the librarians report that it i
appended in full. We think it sutfici
e ent evidence that the noble gift of {
n noble woman is appreciated.
i Since its dedication June 10th the, pat
S ronage of the library has been steadily in
y creasing. The number OF cards now is
" sued is 1856, of these 32S are to our owl
n towns people, the rest being given tt
: those who were here for only short time
d GA people whose address is not the village
post Office take books and 70 children hav'
. had cards. During the past seven months
3576 books have been circulated, or al
: average OF 81 a day. OF these only TIVE
have been lost, viz: Sir Roger de Cover
. ly and the first volume of Katherine Lau
> derdale both of which were destroyed b!
the recent fire at Mr.. Kimball'S. Some o
, the books, already old when placed in The
. library are now becoming very much worl
and will soon be unfit for use. Therefore
J., they must be taken from the list unless
new copies of them are procured. On the
. whole avery good class of books is read
The reading table is fairly well patroniz
\ ed and in nearly every case the fines are
promptly paid. FRANCES NJ. ATKINSON,
Librarian
The following was clipped from, the
, Lincoln Journal, Lincoln, Neb., con
corning G. A. Hibbard's Big Specially
Company:
1t was half play and half specialties-
split as nearly as possible in the middle
, that sued for the favor of crowded
, house at the Funke last evening. The
play was THE German Brewer" 1t or
iginated in New York as a German come
dy and was afterward converted into
English as "Our Boys" Much of the
element known as Little Germany
clings to the production now and gives II
2 a strange favor. The humOr, however