The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-05-08
STATE NEWS.

Testament, " is President-elect John
M. Thomas, of Middlebury College
la, the two and one-half years
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H
Frost, of Groton, fell into a pail Of
hot water the other day and was
badly burned on the hips, back
and legs. She will probably recover
Rev. L. F. Reed read his resigna-
ton as pastor of Bethany Congre-
gational church, at Montpelier, OF
which he has been rector seven
years, at the regular services Sun
day, April 26th. He has received q
call to the First Congregational
church at Hyde Park, Mass, where
Rev. Mr.. Lamson, former local
pastor, is in charge of a Baptist
church.
All the members of the commits
sion on double taxation were at
work at the state house, Montpe-
lier, Friday, April oath, on their
report. The report of the sub-com-
mittee is practically completed, and
the whole commission has it's work
so well in hand that there will be no
trouble in getting the completed
report in the hands of the governor
before June, the time fixed by law.
Mrs. Kittredge Haskins, wife of
Congressman Haskins, has been suf-
fering from a painful injury. One
of the bones just above her right
wrist was broken by the fall of a
window screen. She has undergone
the process of having the fracture
reduced three times. The last oper-
alton took place April Is, and the
doctors are now satisfied that the
bone is in place. Mrs. Hasllins is in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William King of
Berkshire Center are probably the
oldest married couple in Vermont,
having been married 20 years ago.
They had IA children, thirteen of
whom grew to manhood and wo-
and are still living. The
eldest is a daughter, 6S years old,
who resides with her parents. Mr.. |
King is in his S9th year and Mrs.
King in her S5th. Both are quite
well.
The records of the Council of
Safety from 1777 to 1871 is an in
.eresting document that has been
Inearthed by f. H. Dewart, of st.
who is indeXing at the
,ffice of the secretary of state,
the records of the sur
S office. These records
ire in a good state of preservation
md contain much interesting mat
er to those who like to search for
acts in the early history of the
tate.
April 30th, President j. H. Main
f Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa,
vas elected first president of the
congregational Brotherhood of
america, which held its first con-
7enticn at Detroit, Mich. w. r.
1oody'>o Mortified, Mass, was ,,
lected a vice-president 5nd the
'oard of directors include Victor
4oring of Massachusetts, w. J.
IAN Patten of Vermont, W. A.
Kirkpatrick of New York, the Rev.
)zorah Davis of Connecticut and s
Y. II. Taft of Ohio.
Col. Charles w. Ruiter, cashier of !
he Merchants National bank of st.
VT, and Miss Florence
:. Silliman, formerly of Rutland, !
t., but for the past four years a !
eacher in the public schools of !
' ashington, were married at the Z
rides home on Rhode Island '
venue, April 2Sth, before the !
rides family, a few relatives and !
ltimate friends. The ceremony I
as performed by the Rev. DR.. a
amuel w. Greene, pastor of the !
alvary Baptist Church of Wash
lgton. After a short wedding c
Col and Mrs. Ruiter will
D to St. Johnsbury. .
The work of examining a granite J
eposit on the farm of Mrs. Ida u
ANN, one mile south of Randolph, o
as been begun and several men y
nd teams are being employed by Il
. w. Boyce, of New York, uncov- II
ing the stone, which is said to be
white variety similar to the 6
ethel granite. Granite has also a
cen discovered on the farm of A. G.
d. Beedle, near by, and excellent "
,ecimens already have been taken o
1T. The quantity of the stone has n
1t yet been determined, as the {
have not been extern e.
We enough TO estimate the amount. "
J. +. Cushman, of Burlington, 4
ate tax commissioner, who has n
zen at his Office at the state house, a
ontpelier, checking up the corpor- CO
ions of the state that have paid N
eir taxes into the state treasury, W
,clined to say whether a suit was W
be brought or had been brought N
.ainst the Central Vermont Rail ST
ay Co., because it has paid only al
portion of its taxes. This COM Il
my has the option of paying upon 81
!; gross earnings or of paying one lie
T cent of its appraised value, but SC
IS not filed its returns and has not d'
I'D all its back taxes, neither has W
filed with the state commissioner X
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