The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06

Carl q. Fletcher, formerly local editor
of the St. Adams Messenger, has decided
to settle in st. Johnsbury. We wish him
much success in his old home.
The Bonfire club of Montpelier is pre-
pairing fer big blaze on the evening of
the 18th. They have searched the whole
city and say there will not be stick or
a stave left.
DIR. James Conland of Brattleboro who
accompanied the Kiplings as family ply
stefan to the Great Banks where the fa-
nous author gathered the material for
his Captains Courageous, was presented
with the original manuscript by Kipling
himself
Another prominent and well-known
| Vermonter, Col. Myron M. Parker Of
Washington, ID. c., was honored by the
appointment as Chief Marshal of the citi-
zens committee which escorted Admiral
Dewey to the capitol on the occasion of
the sword presentation Tuesday.
There is some talk among prominent
New Workers of doing still greater honor
to Admiral Dewey by making the Dewey
arch a permanent one of marble and
bronze. This arch will not only be in
lasting commemoration of Dewey and the
battle of Manila but of the engagements
OF the entire navy. 1t is estimated that
such an arch will cost 81, 800, 600, and it is
said that $4,000 has been subscribed by
one OF Inc promoters
Hon. William B. Wall of Randolph, for
many years in the employ of the Central
Vermont railroad as claims agent has
been appointed to similar position on
the Boston & Maine railroad by Presi-
dent Lucius futile who is also president
of the Maine Central. He enters upon
his duties Immediately, receiving larg-
er salary than ever before. The appoint
ment was surprise to him and came
xuit hN,y +Ioo 81, soit afi
| part. Mr.. Wall is a most competent BUS
mess man, with genial disposition and
a knowledge of me n that but few possess,
and will be especially valuable to the
Boston & Maine in this capacity.
| Parties in the interest of the Interna-
tional Paper Company which controls all
the important paper mills in the United
States, have bought large area of land
in the southern part of the state and
have options on other large. tracks, The
purchases include the Flynn, Hatch and
Pearson tract of 5000, acres, the Bacon
tract of 5000 acres and the Montague
tract of several thousand acres more.
This tract of land is situated in the towns
of Manchester, Sunderland, Stratton,
| Wlnhall and Peru and is about fifteen
miles long by four miles wide. The land
is thickly covered with timber of spruce
and hard woods, which are to be used for
pulp. A railroad will probably be con-
structed to carry the wood to the pulp
mills in various localities.
Miss Mary Sanford, wealthy resident
of Bennington Center, announces her in
tention of erecting on lot owned by her
near the Bennington battle monument a
fire proof building to be used as museum
for the valuable relics in Bennington and
vicinity. The building will also have
rooms for society meetings and will be
place of instruction to those who wish to
remember deeds of the heroes of 1776.
No details of the architecture and plans
of the building are made public, but it
will probably be made of stone to con-
form with the material of which the bat
tie monument is built. The cost of such
a structure as proposed or the terms on
which it will be given to the town has
not been made public.
Vermont has a distinguished cave
VIII CHI for generations has been regarded
by the country folks as the headquarters
for hobgoblins or other residents of
plored it's depths to a limited extent and
found a wonderful freak of nature. The
opening in the cave is a large assure in
the side of the mountain bordering Maid !
stone Lake, IN the town of Maidstone
A chamber 20 feet deep and ten feet |
high, encased in solid walls of ICE, leads |
to &c chamber in which is spripg of |
unusual size, bubbling in a little pond. |
The water dashes down steep incline,
through tunnel, and then falls over a
precipice so high that the second falling |
water cannot be heard. By following a
circultous route down a steep incline for
the distance of 1000 yards the explorers
reached the brook again in big cham
Der, filled with level boulders of granite,
apparently dislodged from the ROOF of the
cave by earthquakes. The explorers fol
lowed the course of the brook and emerg-
ed from the cave on the opposite side of
the mountain, distance of nearly two
miles overland from where they entered.
The cave is of immense size and contains
many chambers which the explorers did |
not dare enter without the proper in
struments for measuring distance and |
apparatus for scaling the preciplces which
are known to exist.