The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-22
STATE NEWS

fifteenth consecutive year as
teacher in the school at Shell
burne falls.
There is not state in the
Union which has such poor roads
as Vermont, says The Good Roads
Magazine of New York City.
@. G. BOnette, of st. Johns
bury, the well-known aerialist, is
recovering from an attack of the
grip. He expects to take up his
work on the Keith circuit about
April 1.
Frank e. Howe, editor of the
Bennington Evening Banner, is
making good progress toward re
covery from the operation he re-
Gently underwent at the Samari-
tan hospital in Troy.
Gerald King, a Bellows Falls
boy, is making a name for himself
in the theatrical world, having
done good work with Blanche
Bates company in "The Daring
of the Gods; also in "Sam Hous-
ton"
Herbert L. Doyle, formerly
landlord of the st. Johnsbury
house and of the Avenue house,
the two best known hotels in st.
J0hnsbury, has leased the Stew
art house at Island Pond, which
was sold recently.
The Vermont Landowners
Association has been amalgamat-
ed with the New Hampshire
Laundrymen's Association. The
next meeting of the association
will be held in Montpelier June 3.
Mrs. NJ. A. Wilson, of CRANKY,
has in her possession a silk dress
III years old. 1t was the we'd
ding dress of her Grandmother
Wells, her fathers mother. The
dress is in good state of preser-
walton and is a curiosity on ac-
count of its ancient style.
After paying all expenses of
the BrattleborO school seniors
trip to Washington there is a +.
balance of 500 on hand. Yhis
e. B. Smith has turned
over to Hyland ID. Tasker, treas
urer of the junior class, toward
the expenses of next years trip.
DR.. F. A. Rich, former state
cattle commissioner, who was in
dicted at the September term of
Chittenden county court, for
neglect of duty, pleaded guilty on
two counts in Chittenden county
court March 10Th and a fine of
$500 and costs was imposed by
Judge a. A. Hall
a cOnsignmnt of about two
hundred quail ordered from Ala
)ama by Rutland hunters has ar
lived in Rutland. The birds
we're taken to the country club
md will be put out in about a
month, being liberated in small
OTIS at different points in the
districts about the city.
rhe open season will begin Sep
ember Is.
The entry docket of Washing
on county court contains the
DetitiOn Of Geneyieve Fl. Wilder,
# MONTPELIER, asking for di-
orce from George H. Wilder, on
he ground of intolerabIe sever
ty. Her attorneys are Senter
nd Senter, while w. G. Lord
epresents Mr.. Wilder, who now
ives in Burlington and is one of
he most prominent musicians in
'ermOnt.
The contract for erecting the
lain building of the Vermont
at PittsfOrd has been
warded to the firm of G. H.
& Co., Of Worcester,
lass. The contract calls for the
of the structure by
october l and the two wings by
,Ovember / next. This firm I
uilt the Proctor hospital. Burt j
:. Fisk, a native of Leicester !
his state, became a member of
he firm a few years ago.
The Vermont Home Telephone
o., which has franchise to I
uild and operate telephones in
with the expectation of
aking in other towns in the i
tate, has given a mortgage on {
is franchise rights and proper I
Y to the Empire Trust Co., of {
Jew York city to raise money {
0 begin operations. This is in
ccOrdance with the vote taken at !
he January meeting to issue !
Onds not to exceed S1,000,000 Z
or this work. /
Because Miss Emma Locke, a )
chOOl teacher in Bellows Falls
choOl building, had disciplined a
on of Mrs. NJ. J. Manning, the c
Oy's mother went to the school J
Ouse recently and, it is alleged, I
lvagely assaulted Miss Locke l
18th a razor strap. Miss Locke, i
n a a a "a q