The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-04-19
STATE NEWS.


ing formed in Wells, with Mrs.
e. r. Pember as regent.
The summer field day of the
New England Fat Mems Club,
which numbers several Vermont
men in it's membership, will be
held in Concord, N. Ell.
Charles Chase Wilson of Beth
ell has been awarded a Rhodes
scholarship. Mr.. Wilson is a
senior at the University of Yer
mont and expects to study for
holy orders in the Episcopal
Church.
The Richmond post-office was
robbed Sunday morning, April Z,
burglars blowing open the safe.
Over 5000 in stamps were taken,
beside all the personal papers of
Postmaster r. E. Jones and a
choice collection of old coins,
Two explosions were heard by
several people in the near vicin-
ity. There is no clue yet to the
robbers.
Mrs. ID. III. Morse, in strolling
about her farm in Randolph the
other day came to a tree that had
lately blown down, and in it's
hollow trunk found twenty
pounds of delicious honey. The
swarm that selected this tree for
safe place of deposit had laid
by in the fall probably as much
as a hundred pounds, the remain
der of which Mrs. Morse gather
ed.
Former Mayor Hersey of Barre
is being sued in Washington
County court by Betsey Hersey,
his sister, a resident of Morris
vile, for $1,000, alleging that a
note to that amount was not
paid. Each party is over so years
Of age.
The first break for over one
hundred years in the stone arch
way over the tail-race at the old
pottery in Bennington occurred
the other day when G. yelling
Thatchep's team went through
into the raceway ten feet below.
Two hours work with tackles
was necessary to eXtricate the
horses, 50 tightly were they
crowded together. One was only
injured.
The Rev. Edward Eaton repre-
sents the North Congregational
church, st. JOhnsbury, at the ma
tional arbitration and peace con-
gress in New York this week. DR..
Eaton attended the peace gather
ing at Andrew Carnegie's home
in New York Friday evening,
April 9Th. Sunday, April 81,
will be his last in st. Johnsburv
and he will enter at once upon
his duties as president of the
Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.
Charles A. Nimmo, general pas
senger agent of the Rutland Rail
road Co, has resigned to 90 into
business with his brother in
Southern California. Frank Bar
bour, general agent of the New
York Central lines at Montreal
for the past six years, has been
to succeed Mr.. NimmO,
and began his duties April Is.
Claire Hartigan has been appoint
ed general agent at Montreal to
succeed Mr.. Barbour.
Changes in the mills of the In
ternational Paper Co. at Bellows
Falls will convert the plant from
paper making into one for the
manufacture Of cardboard and
heavier grades of paper exclusive
ly. All the machines, however,
will run right along as usual and
employ the same amount of help,
the only change being in the kind
of paper turned out.
George w. Pierce. master of
the Vermont State Grange, ap-
pointed the following delegation
of members of the order to at
tend the national association and
the Peace Congress at New York
April IA to II: w. n. Cady, of
Middlebury, w. L. Dow, Of Hard
wick r. b. Galusha, of South
Rovalton, John f. Gale, of Gull
ford, G. IT. Dunsmore, of st. AL
bans town.
The honor list at Goddard
Seminary has just been an
nounced, and the eleven students
named have the present highest
standard in scholarship in the
order given: Ruth Conner, of
Barre, Rich Waite, Of East Calais,
John Bird, of Lancashire, Eng.
Orlando Olgiati, of Barre, Louise
Seaver, of WilliamstOwn, Clar-
ence GOldsbury, of Barre, Paul
Waterman, of Barre, Archie
Cram, of Williamstown, Harriet
Chapman, of Ferrisburg, Henry
Murray, of Hinesburg, Stanley
Miller, of Boston.
Phineas A. Kemp, aged 81
years, father of Harlan W. Kemp,
of Montpelier, who is secretary
of the American Fidelity com
pany and also of the Union Mu
tual Fire Insurance company,
died suddenly April Sth of apOp-
lexy. He was in the hospital at
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