The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-05-20
- Vermont State News y

rapidly nearing completion. 1t will cost
about 100000 and viii be one of the fin
est buildings of the kind in the couulr i
While workmen were strai hpGi4g
Hyde street in Burlington me-, Une Gath
Ollie cemetery no less than four collins
were unearthed.
Frogs hind legs are in good demand
somewhere, 553 pounds of them being
among recent imports received through
the st. Adams custom house.
The will of Miss Emily. Stow, late of
Middlebury, gives the Ladies Library
and the Congregational church of that
place $4,000 each.
The Montpelier and Barre electric rail
road will be in operation in few days
This is one of the best equipped trolley
lines in New England.
The Vermont Chronicle, a religious
journal which has seen long and varied
career in this state, has ceased puDllca-
ton.
Jack Wheeler, who so unpleasantly fig
ured in the Mildred Brewster murder
| trial is no longer a member of TO. ii OF
Montpelier. He passed the examination
but would not enlist
Two kegs of powder, weighing 80
pounds, exploded in the office OF j. w.
| Mcdonald d Co. of Barre. Five men
were badly injured. Cause of the eXplo-
sion unknown
State Superintendent of Schools M. S.
Stone will be one of the instructors at the
8Sth annual meeting of the American in
stitute of instruction at North Conway
July 5-8.
Rev. o. S. Davis of Springfield received
a call to the Hope Congregational church
in Springfield, Mass, at salary OF $4,000,
but has declined and decided to remain
in his present passionate.
Gen. w. NJ. Shafter of the regular army,
who may lead the invasion into Cuba, is
a nephew of the late Judge Oscar l.:
Shafter, who was a native OF Athens and
practiced law in Wilmington, moving to
California in the early tifties.
The auxiliary societies of railroad EN-
plOyees in the state meet i'll st. Johns
bury May 21-22-23 There will be public
meeting in the Howe Opera House Sun
day afternoon and dance in the ArmOry
Monday evening.
NJ. A. Hutchinson of Montpelier was
recently arrested on charge Of assault
on Barber Peaks five years old daughter,
of debauching young boys and Of break
ing into Peaks house. The law doesn't
provide an appropriate punishment tor
such brutes.
There is good fighting material in the
Vermont regiment if they are all like the
st. Adams boy who had two toes cut oil
III OIuGG llaU ne might DG dCCtpltu ny
the surgeons. It's a specimen OF ankee
Vermont grit that bodies no good for the
Spaniards.
The exchange of ministers by different
churches is an Old-time custom, but the
exchange of ChOirs is a new thing. The
Methodist choir at LyndOnville and the
Congregational choir at Lyndon tried it
on a recent Sunday and pronounced the
experiment success.
Freeman A. Pierce. prominent St.
JOhnSbury citizen, was found in the road
in an unconscious condition last week
Tuesday. He remained unconscious "A
hours and when recovered could remem-
Der nothing of the incident except that
he got out of his carriage to uncheck his
horse at a watering trough.
Two frogs were made good use of at
few days ago. John Barrett had var
loose veins and an ulcer developed which
would not heal. The frogs were killed,
the skin taken from their bellies and
transferred in small particles to the dis
eased portion of the mans limb
The Bel9ian minister of agriculture re-
Gently spent two days in St. Adams. He
was attracted to this city by its reputa-
ton as a horse market and while there
purchased fine Morgan stallion for his
government If the Vermont Morgan is
a stranger in Belgium he possesses the
necessary qualifications to soon make
himself favorite.
VIM P Eager, a native of Newfane, 50
years old, is one of the leaders of the
younger generation OF men on wall
street, where he has been for 10 years
past. He has recently published a little
volume called "Wall Street Facts Versus
Wall Street Humbugs," which has at
, tracted much interest. Mr.. Eager began
life for himself as telegraph operator in
BrattlebOrO.
Mrs. Mary Greedy of Burlington, a sis
ter of Admiral Dewey, says that i'll his
Younger DAYS her brother was full of life
and fun and addicted to running away
from school. In speaking of his loving
traits of character and noble qualities,
which only a sister could see, her eyes
filled'with tears. A picture of the Admi-
raj wreathed with myrtle occupied a
prominent place in the room.
F. J. Raymond arrived in Montpelier
one evening last week. He is 10 years
old and for the past six months has
walked for living, travelling over 400
miles. He walked from Philadelphia to
Boston, winning wager of 500. From
Boston he walked to Montpelier on a
wager of S25, but was little behind time
on account of spraining his foot near the
Twin Mountain Station, y. H.. lie was
not to beg, borrow or steal and was to
! earn $25 besides paying his expenses.
Vermont hens occasionally lay big eggs,
but a Pennsylvania hen recently laid one
that beats all competitors. The egg was
five inches long and one inch wide, in
, shape suggesting a torpedo. The hen
was so proud of her feat that she cackled
over it all day and finally became quite
historical. The owner calls the hen a
patriotic one and proposes if it lays any
more of those eggs to boil them hard and
send them to the government as ammu-
milton.
Daniel Meader of MonktOn has sued
Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Roscoe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Roscoe and Mrs. V, K. Good
win for $4,000 damages, charging them
with alternating his wife's affections.
Mrs. Meader became convert to the re-
: ligious views of these people and Mr..
Meader declined to do so, with the result
that he was practically turned out OF his
home. When married he decided his
property to his wife and is now trying to
: ecover some of it.
D Hon. Merritt Clark died at his home in
3 Putney, May >, aged % years. Mr.. Clark
was born in MiddletOwn Feb. II, lSO3;
He was in business in New York until
1871, when he was elected cashier of the
bank of POultney, holding this position
40 years. With his brother he was the
protector of the Rutland and Washington
railroad and was associated with Jay
Gould in its management. He was pres
ident of the ALBANY Northern railroad