The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25


: ization is to promote American
+ merchant marine, international.
t arbitration, plan for restriction OF
s ornaments, international parcel
) post, reciprocity, consular reform
= and the extension Of American
! trade and commerce in foreign
countries.
The figures showing the amount
= of business transacted during the
, month of December in the customs
{ district of Vermont, have just
been completed at the customs
house in Burlit gton. Merchandise
, valued at $7O5,599 was exported
during the month. The duties
collected on imports during the
same period amounted to 1886, OPS
y. In December, 1905, duties of
$66,394.S3 we're collected. The
falling off in last months duties
from those for the same month in
the year preceding is attributed
to the shortage of cars and lack
of power. The merchandise is
ready to be brought into the
country but the facilities for
bringing it are not at hand.
An important real estate deal
was made Jan. 10th when the
deeds were passed conveying the
Waterbury Hotel property from
j. G. Farrar to w. F. Davis. The
consideration was $1,000. Pos
session is to be given February
Is. Mr.. Davis the past 20 years
has been steward at the Profile
House in the White Mountains.
During the winter he has spent
at the Vendome in Boston for
seven winters and 10 winters at
the st. James in Florida. Mrs.
Davis has been housekeeper in
some of the large hotels in Boston
and New York. Mr.. Davis will
spend several thousand dollars
in improving the property. The
house will be all newly furnished,
and ten rooms will be fitted up
with private baths. He is to
build large garage, and will fit
up golf links for the guests of the
house. The hotel will be known
hereafter as the Waterbury Inn.
III. B. Davis, aged 70 years,
died Wednesday evening, Jan.
18th, at his home in Lyndonville
after a few days illness of double
pneumonia. Mr.. Davis was a ma
tive of Washington county, and
was probably the oldest job print
er in continuous service in the
state beginning when he was
thirteen years old in a Montpe-
lier Office. He was foreman in The
st. Johnsbury Caledonian Office
over thirty years and in 1890 |
founded The Lyndonville journal.
After a few years he sold the
paper and was for time in the
job office of The Bellows Falls
Times. He returned to Lyndon
vile about three years ago and
had since conducted a job office
there. He WIS active in all pub
lie movements and a prominent
Odd Fellow. He is survived by
his wife and one daughter.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont Bird Club was opened at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon, Jan. 10,
at the Fairbanks Museum build
ing at st. Johnsbury. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Pres
ident, Prof. G. H. Perkins, of Bur
vice-president, Carlton
D. Howe, of Essex Junction; Sec
rotary and treasurer, G. FL. Ross,
Of Essex Junction; executive COM
Carlton d. Howe, of Els
sex junction, Prof. j. w. Votey,
of Burlington, Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Davenport, of Brattleboro. 1t |
was voted that two members be {
added to the committee: Miss
Isabella Paddock, of st. Johns {
bury, was elected and the other
will be chosen later. Miss
Della Griffin, director of the Fair
banks Museum, was chosen to re- {
present the club in the New Eng I
and Federation of Natural His
tory Societies. &
j. p. LamsOn of Cabot, the {
oldest practicing lawyer in Wash t
ngton county and one of it's most t
prominent citizens, died Jan. 18th, Y
after short illness with pneu- t
nonia. Mr.. Lamson was in Mont g
Delier Dec. 29th, and on the fol- '
owing day he was taken i'll.
Since that time he has had alter
hating spells of improvement and I
but the end came 6
Monday quite Unexpectedly. Dur i
ng the past ten years he had
1een counsel for the Montpelier & t
Wells River railroad, having pre-
yiously occupied many public of
ices, including that of states at
-orney. He leaves a widow and
me son Arthur, who is employed
n the National Life Insurance
office at Montpelier.
Mrs. lobe Rosenberg of Bur
ington, aged 103 years, the Oldest
person in that vicinity and per-
laps in the state, died at her !