The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-09-13
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vigorous measures nave pIdCllCdl-
1y rid Brattleboro of the tramp nui-
sance.
The town of Jamaica is contem-
plating putting in an electric light
plant.
Two batteries of light artillery are
soon to be recruited at Fort Ethan
Allen.
The potato yield in southern YER
mont will be one-ha1f the usual crop
this year.
Levi Nichols of Barnard, the old
est native born son of Springfield is
% years old.
Hiram A, Huse, of Montpelier,
has held the position of state libra
rian since 1873.
Lipman Levison paid $50 fine
in Burlington recently for the priv
i1ege of abusing his horse.
H. c. Dixie, of Starksboro, has
two acres of corn on which the
stalks are said to average Is feet in
height.
There were So births in Burling-
ton during the month of August.
OF this number one physician re-
ports p.
J. Edward Bailey of Montpelier
sold his fancy driving horse, "Jim-
mic B. - to A. B. Feek of Syracuse,
N. Y, for $500.
"May Queen" belonging to E.
A. Sunder1in of Montpelier, won
2:21 race, purse $500, at the state
fair in Concord, N. H.
1t is said that L. M. Shaw, gov
ernor of Iowa, has his eye OH the
presidential chair. Gov. Shaw first
saw daylight in Lamoil1e county.
The apple crop of Grand Isle is
practically failure this year. At
least fourth of the apples grown
in Vermont come from that comfy.
H. r. Brown, of Mortified, is ex-
hibiting stalk of corn measuring
- feet and eight inches; the growth
w do lIIduC III lNO hlOllHS dhd ~
days.
Fourteen firms and individuals
at Hardwick have gone out of the
granite business during the past
six months. They are, to a great
extent, small ones.
A movement is under way to
form, - ,-O,1x;,, cr,,,a,,,- educational ne
ISOLATION and club in Rutland. 1t
is proposed to have lectures and de-
bates and to provide books and news
papers for the members.
Geo. Houghton was found dead re-
Gently in West Dover, lying face
downward in mud puddle. A bot
tie of whiskey on his person was the
explanation, reinforced by an autop-
sy, which showed that he smothered
to death.
Gov. Stickney has granted a CON
ditiona1 pardon to Rose Fournier of
Burlington, sentenced in 1896 to FOL
years Imprisonment in state prison
for manslaughter in killing her hus-
band. She is paralyzed and unable |
to walk.
October first eighteen rural free
delivery routes will be established |
in Vermont in addition to those al
ready in working order. The more
it is tried, the better it is liked.
These routes established, nine small
postoffices will be discontinued.
Last week at one blast a huge |
stone which measured 50 feet long, |
"a feet wide and 20 feet deep was
torn from the mountain of rock in |
browns quarry at Barton, and NOV
ed one hundred feet. This stone |
weighs about 4,158, 600 pounds.
Col Albert Clarke of Boston, for
the past - years secretary of the
Home Market Club, a native of Yer
mont and former editor of the St. AL
bans Messenger, was recently elected |
president of the Industrial commits |
sion, of which he is member.
Chas. w. Mussey, former cashier
of the Merchants National bank at |
who was pardoned on the
ground that he was physical wreck |
has now gone to Albany, where he
will have charge of the insurance
business of his brother-in-law, w.
F. Winship.
Weathersfe1d is another town to
rejoice in the munifcence of B. Frank
Blood of Waltham, Mass, who has
Just donated the town sum of mon
ey for the erection of public libra
ry building at Ascutneyville to be
called the proctor Library" in hon
Or of his grandfather.
Frederick Holbrook, of Brattlebo-
70, Vermonts oldest living ex-gov-
ernor, has been invited to take part
in the celebration at Dartmouth col
ege of the anniversary of the grad
1ation of Daniel Webster. He will
send his personal recollections of
Webster's visit to Brattleboro and
in 1910.
a cat belonging to A. H. Pike, of
brought into the house re-
,ently a dead kitten which had one
head and two front legs, but back of
he head the body divided into two
bodies, one black and
white, and the other black, white
and yellow. Each body had two
hind legs and a tail.
Vice President Roosevelt is of
Vermont relationship on his moth
er's side. Theodore Roosevelt, the