The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-10-12
THE UNITED OPINION, FRIDAY MORNING. OCT. T. 1906
STATE NEWS.

Twin daughters, each weighing
over twelve pounds, were born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin White, of
Tunbridge, recently.
Congressman D. j. Foster, of
Burlington, delivered at Hanover,
NH :, an address before the facul-
ty and students of Dartmouth
College in connection with the ex-
ercises of Dartmouth Night"
Duane L. Robinson, principal
for some time the efficient and
popular principal of the North
field high school, has accepted an
appointment to the faculty of Mid
dlebury college and will leave
soon to assume his new position.
He is recognized in Mortified as
a scholarly man and a successful
teacher.
1t is learned from perfectly
Trustworthy sources that the Pres
ident has decided to appoint AS
sistant Attorney-General Charles
H. Robb, of Vermont, to fill the
vacancy in the District of Colum-
bia court of appeals, caused by the
resignation of Justice G. H. Duell.
Mr.. Robb is a resident of Bel
lows Falls.
Twelve years ago William Shep-
ard, who then lived on the West
hill in the town of ROXbury, lost
watch while assisting in the
building of a certain bridge in
that neighborhood. During the
heavy rainfall of a few weeks ago
the bridge was moved and the
watch found and when wound re-
sumed it's old business of time
keeping.
1t is said that the reason for
emitting in schools this year the
eye and ear tests which proved
so successful in the public schools
of the state last year, in that they
revealed so many defects in sight
and hearing, is lack of funds.
When the legislature of 1904
passed the law providing for the
tests it appropriated $500 to COW
er the cost for the two years until
it met again. The first years ex-
pertinent cost $3.50 so that there
is really only $40 left to cover
this years work.
DR.. Charles Dustan of Crafts
bury met with serious accident
Wednesday night the Goth while
driving past a house where a
woman was spreading a sheet
over her plants to protect them
from expected frost. He had a
horse that he had just purchased
and was not acquainted with it's
habits. The horse took fright
and threw the doctor out against
a telegraph pole, and it is feared
his back is broken. The council
of doctors that has been in at
tendance say that he is doing as
well as could be expected, and it
is hoped that his injuries will not
prove fatal.
AS the result of the report of
Attorney General Fits on the
diseased meat" scandal, with
which the state of Vermont has
become linked, Governor Bell
has removed Cattle Commission
err DR.. F. A. Rich of Burlington
from office for failure to do his
duty. Other people, including
drovers in East Berkshire, Ran
dolph, Underhill, West Windsor
and st. Johnsbury and the Bur
lington rendering plant and the
New England dressed meat and
wool company of SomervilIe,
Mass, are in the hands of the
Chittenden county grand jury.
One of the last official acts of
Gov. Charles j. Bell was the par
don, Saturday, Sept. Doth, of Dr.
w. r. Hardness, of Montpelier
who was found guilty of forging
a note for $1,000, and sentenced |
December %, 1903, to not less
than five or more than six years
in the state prison at Windsor
His term, with the customary de |
ductiOn for good behavior would |
have expired February %, 1909.
While an inmate at the prison,
DR.. Hardness has been a model
prisoner. A special appeal for
pardon was recently made to the
governor by John ii. Senter, of |
Montpelier, and others. DR..
was released Oct. LIST,
and left at once for Montpelier,
where he will resume the prac-
tice of medicine and make an at
tempt to retrieve his good name.
A. A. Davis, of Burlington, has
issued the following weather fore
cast from September 90 to Deem
Der 20: "The weather for this
quarter will be quite warm and
pleasant for the season. There
will be occasional cold waves of
short duration, followed by a ris-
ing temperature. Storms rising
in the east and passing to the
south will be of short duration.
Some furries of snow in Deem