The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-14

Miss Fannie Russell of St. Johns
bury spent Sunday with her friend,
Miss Lois Albee.
John B. Chase has gone to his
home in Lyndon, where he will take
charge of the Vermont Union. He
has won many friends here who
greatly regret his leaving town.
The upper plain seems to be hav-
ing a visitation. Arthur Johnson is
laid up, Elisha Durgan has bruised
foot and Herbert Johnson had to get
off from his mail car last week and
come home for few days of doctor
ing.
Its beautiful weather we have
been having so far this month, a
compensation for some of the disa-
greeable kind during the past few
months, arc i a KIND Providence
WI s'''s ''4ssi
The regnlartAeetiag of the W. C.
T. U. will be held with Mrs. Barrett
this Friday Afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
Roll call Responded 70 by telling
"Why 1 am a White Ribboner. !"
Papers read by Mrs. Crg and Mrs.
Kilbourn. Everyone is cordially in
vited.
Clyde c. Wheeler Of East Peach
am has gone to Boston to live. He
has secured a position there for the
Boston Elevated Railway Company,
having been appoints conductor
on the surface street car system.
AT present he is runHing on the line
that connects Jamaita Plain with
the centre of the CITY
On page three of this issue will be
found the Batte1i Bill to regulate
and license the sale d Intoxicating
liquors in Vermont II ;s under
stood that 13 out Of tie 27 members
IF the Legislative Committee on
are In hvor of this
measure kead lt carefully and
Judge tor yourssNe regarding its
merits.
Billy staples wasp before JUS
ice r D Cham 9erdn in the states
attorneys once Aonday on the
charge of intoxicaior He Mead
yuilty and was hnd IS and costs.
lie disclosed on John Kelley and
Herb sawyer wpo Plead guilty and
we're also fined 3 and costs The
boys in friendly way, gave Sta
'les drink new dreaming there
would be any furthr trouble from
he act. There wa no malice in
heir action ahq 10 thought that
hey we're doing anrhing for which
he law wouId y Judgement upon
hem. But liquor often causes un-
trouble fn'it happened just
hat way this time Further evil
lence disclosed pnat Staples had al
y done some treadng and he was
,iven another fneof SIS and costs.
rbis latter fine Vas suspended on a
,romise OF suose4Nent good behavior.
H. B. Stevens was in Lyndon last
reek Wednesday. Fifty or more
ears ago, when he was driving a
tage coach from haverhill to Lyn-
an putting up every other night at
he old Lyndon House. he used to
LOW about everybody in that place.
.rt such changes does time make
,,,t now there are only two of his
ii acauaintaces there. Fire has
estroyed the old hotel, leaving on
=. the stone steps and a few founda-
'on stones. Mr.. Stevens stood for
ninute on the steps and could go
sck 50 years when he often stood
= the same place helping passengers
q his coach. In those DAYS ST.
-,rsbury was not the important
,sce it nov is. Main street, ON
- ,isin. was all there was to this
- most Important place in north
:, vermont. Railroad street, now
!, :, bnsiest section of the village.
7, not then in existence. not even
a. 80 going through there. But
-, .S the railroad reached St. Johns
ne Rsilrosd street began to grow
" has beer growing slowly ever