The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-04-10
STATE NEWS.

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issue of patent on a mail-box t.
w. w. Palmer, of Jericho.
Prof. G. l.. Beach of the Univer
sity of Vermont, Burlington, ha
accepted the presidency of the Con
necticut Agricultural College, ant
will assume the duties of his new
position about the middle of mex
September.
Mrs. Booth Harrington, who i;
much admired in Paris for hel
beauty and accomplishments, is the
daughter Of Stoughton Fletcher, an
Indiana bank president, and comes
of the old Vermont Fletcher family
The report of the Vermont sol
diers' home. Bennington, for the
ten days ending March 20 shows
that the average daily presence was
81, average present and absent, SO.
During the period no new membersw
During the period no new members
were admitted and there were no
deaths.
Senator John w. Stewart has
appointed as his secretary William
Bean, formerly assistant clerk to
Senator Redfeld Proctor's COM
mittee, and as messenger in the
committee Charles Black, formerly
a messenger in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The marriage engagement OF Prof.
ID. Y. Comstock, formerly a prin-
cipal of St. Johnsbury Academy,
and at present residing in Cam
bridge, Mass, and Miss Elizabeth
S. Mason, associate professor of
chemistry at Smith College, is
announced.
DR.. Frank M. Brand, of Hartford,
Conn, a Russian, who has been in
this country only nine months,
upon a recent visit to the house of
correction, Rutland, said he thought
it should be named "The Rutland
Hotel as it is so comfortable and
homelike as compared with Russian
prisons.
The report of State Auditor Hor-
ace F. Graham, Joseph A. DeBoer,
and DIN Merrill, the committee
named by Gov. Fletcher d. Proctor
to prepare a set of rules and method
Of bookkeeping to govern the office
Of the state auditor, which has just
oeen completed, is soon to be sent
20 the governor.
Marvin A. Mcclure, who for the
past year has had charge of the
music store of M. Steinert u Sons
20. in Rutland, is to devote his
entire time in the future to outside
business, travelling over the entire
tate. Charles G. Woodward has
AIKEN Mr.. McClure's place in the
tore.
The weather April 4th was the
oldest known at Chester at this
eason of the year, being Is degrees
,elow zero.
The sugar makers anticipate a big
un of sap. after this cold Weather.
This f,as been a good sugar season
,etter than last year, and long
eason is anticipated.
A memorial fund for Miss Eliza
,eth F. Sweet, for more than fifty
ears a teacher in. the Montpelier
'ublic schools, will be used in deco
ating the school room in which
liss Sweet taught for a half century,
nth pictures, etc. This scheme
as been planned under the direc
ion of an art company in Boston.
Mrs. L. S. Parker, a former st.
woman now employed
l missionary work in Hardoi,
ndia, sailed for New York, last !
aturday. She comes to this coun-
ry as lay delegate to the general /
difference of the Methodist Epis- !
opal church to be held in Balti- !
lore in May and will visit St. {
before returning to India. I
Department Commander c. f. {
each, of Burlington, has secured !
for the Grand Army |
nd the Woman's Relief Corps in I
ne parlors of the Southern hotel, |
)ner of Jefferson and st. Claire {
s.. Toledo, Ohio, for the national :
tcampment to be held there the !
eek of August 81. Comrades and
lends who feel sure of attending
lay secure quarters at the same !
otel by corresponding with the !
Ianager at once.
f. w. Stanyan has been promoted Y
, be general superintendent of the /
ontpelier d Wells River railroad {
it'll full charge of maintenance, c
and traffic, and head of {
le departments. Mr.. Stanyan has '
cen connected with the Montpelier G
Wells River road as superintend- {
1t since 1898, and also as treasurer Y
nee 1903. Z
A tree which by its rings was
lown to be over a century old was (
lied recently on the farm of F. b. a
utton in Pomfret, The trunk I
ltirely sound, made FIVE fourteen a
1t logs and one twelve-foot log /
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