The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-06-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Payne of Lis
bon. N. H., were at H. E. Parker's over
Sunday.
Mrs. A. C. Babbitt of St. Johnsbury
is spending several weeks with her
doughter, Mrs. Edgar Hunt.
E. B. Shumway picked seventy-seven
bushels of strawberries from his field
Monday and sixty bushels Thursday
and every berry fit for a king.
John M. Rowell returned Sunday
night from Northampton, Mass,
where he has been the principal of
one of the city's schools. He returns
next fall to the same position.
VIM. Cove left couple of baskets of
ago that spoke we'll for the quality of
the article that grows in his field.
They were large, lucious berries,
N. w. Cunningham has had "a yss...ss
attack of rheumatism for the past
week or more. 1t is with difficulty
that he has been able to walk, the as
sistance of two canes being required.
w. j. Eddy, who has been doing the
watch repairing for the Doe Bros. for
a number of weeks past, left Saturday
evening for North Adams, Mass,
where he has position in a jewelry
store.
H. G.. McDuffee got into his team
Monday and started to drive home but
as the hitching post was firmly fixed in
the ground he decided to get out and
remove the halter before proceeding
on the journey.
V. A. Doty attended commencement
exercises at Dartmouth college Tues
day. Wednesday he left for Putney
and will return today accompanied by
weeks at her home there.
The proprietors of the Union block
have covered the roof of the building
with coat of tar paint and gave peo-
pie an opportunity to see how the
same felt by spreading it over the
hitching posts and street lamps in
front. 1t improves the appearance of
that portion of the street.
Rev. H. T. Barnard preached last
Sunday in the Congregational church
at Barton. He spent Monday at Will
loughby Lake and went fishing, bring
ing home with him beauty of trout,
q inches long and weighing four
pounds and one ounce. 1t was caught
by tie gentleman with him but Mr..
Barnard assisted ii landing the fish in
the boat.
Charles W Pettes of Post Mills and
his son p. p. Pettes of Somerville,
Mass, made old friends in Bradford a
short visit last week. Hhe older Mr..
Pettes is 81 years old. He lived here
about twenty years, leaving in 1859.
His visit here last week was the first
one in fourteen years and he COM
mented very fovOrably upon the way
the village had improved during these
years. Mr. Pettes is a we'll preserved
man and carries his 81 years easily
and looks like man about 20 years
old.
In 1872 Col. D. X Andross attended |
the Caledonia County fair at st. Johns |
bury and listened to an. address by
Horace Greeley. During his address
Mr. Greeley made the remark that the |
time would come when Vermonters
would have to irrigate their farms. |
Judging from the amount of rain we
have been getting for the past few /
weeks that time is now arriving. |
There wasn't much stock taken in |
db Illt ilIDC Oub
the famous journalist may not have |
been so far out of the way after all. |
A few seasons like this would make
system of irrigation necessary.
Landlord Griffin is having a good run
at the Glen Falls House, considering |
that the season is hardly opened yet.
He is having nun erous applications |
for hOarders and the house will soon
be filled. Rev. Herbert d. Cone of /
Bridgeport, Conn, has engaged rooms
for himself and party during the month .
of August. He is an Episcopal minis
ter and has asked Mr.. Griffin to make
to enable him to hold
religious services Sunday morning.
Mr.. Griffin will make the necessary
and there will probably
be number of people around the lake
at that time who will be pleased to at
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