The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-23


ed his report for the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1909 The total dis
bursements for the twelve months
were 1851, 1856, and the total re-
receipts 1892, 390.34. The cash or
hand and in banks June 80, 1909
was $468, 45S.2S, compared with $751;
234.1O on July 1, 1908. Mr.. Deayitt
SAYS: after deducting from the
cash in the treasury the ledger LA
bilities payable during the coming
year, there is a cash balance OF
S1O9,551.85 available for current
expenses. l am informed by the
auditor of accounts that he has re-
ceived about $4,000 of claims in
the department of Justice which
have been provided by Lieutenant
Governor Mead, and if these were
paid the balance would be around
$4,000. At the end of the legisla-
tive year two years ago, that is
July 1, 1907, there was S6O,579.6 81
available for current expenses. The
year ending June 80, 1908, being a
non-legislatiye year, the rent ex-
penses were $1S3,748.49. The amount
of auditors orders paid for the
last fiscal year representing the
x
of 1905 was $134,545.6O. The session
of 1906 cost SS4,973.26."
Vice President and Mrs. James S.
Sherman, Richard w. Sherman, Miss
Gertrude Miller, Miss Florence Mil
Ter, Miss Eleanor Miller, Charles
Miller and Sheriff. Babcock, of Uti-
ca, n. Y, registered last week at
the Equinox House, Manchester.
They arrived from Albany in two
large Peerless and Thomas touring
cars. Mr.. Sherman was there the
remainder of the week. Sheriff.
Sherman, son of the vice president
was on hand Thursday morning
for the opening of the 10th annual
golf tournament for the Taconic
and Ondawa cups on the Ehwa-
nok links. He has competed in the
Taconic cup tournament before,
and his brother, T. M. Sherman,
who is well known as a golfer
the Taconic cup three years ago.
For the first time in several
years, all of the directors of the
National Life Insurance Co. met
at Montpelier Tuesday, July 10, for
the regular quarterly meeting. The
statement issued by President j..
A. DeBoer showed that during the
past six months the National has
issued and revived 1922 policies,
insuring $9,272,57151. Another in
teresting statement made is re-
regarding the increase in dividends
to be paid this year by the COM
pany. The directors in their meet
ing made provision for distribute
ing among the policy holders dur
ing the present year S725,O00 in
dividends. The directors are Jos.
DeBoer, George Briggs, Harry NJ.
Cutler, j. B. Estee, F. A. Rowland
and o. D. Clark, of Montpelier; w.
P. Dillingham;, of Montpelier; j. G..
Mccullough, of North Bennington,
w. w. Stickney, of Ludlow, James
L. Martin, of Brattleboro, Fletch-
er d. Proctor, of Proctor, Charles
P. Smith, of Burlington, George H.
Olmsted, of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Charles w. Gammond, of Boston.
Chester, the eleven-year-o old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Chambers,
of New York city, was drowned on
Monday afternoon, July 18th, at
Basin Harbor. He was fishing off
the wharf alone and in some way
lost his balance. A similar drown
ing of a young fisherman at New
port the previous week leads a
number of people to the belief that
Chester was unseated by a vigor-
Gus fish whose Selling of the bait
and effort to escape toppled the
lad from his perch. The body was
recovered before life was extinct
but every effort at resuscitation
was without avail. Mr.. Chambers
and son have been guests of Prof.
c. r. Smith while Mrs. Chambers,
the mother, is in England.
Martin G. Benedict, Phi. D., of
Utica, n. Y, has been chosen prin-
cipal of st. Johnsbury Academy to
succeed c. T. Rowland, resigned.
Mr.. Benedict was graduated with
honor from Colgate University in
1882, and is one of the trustees of
that institution now. He has been
principal of the free academy at
Utica, and superintendent of the
public schools there for six years.
He has been principal of the State
Normal school at Edinboro, Pa, of
the high school at New Britain,
Conn, and one of the instructors
in the summer school at Clark
University. He has also taken a
degree from Allegheny College.
His family consists of wife and
one son, the latter having been
graduated from Yale College last
month.
The Middlebury Marble Co. an
nounces its intention of spending
100000 to develop its marble prop
critics at Pittsford, Middlebury and
New Haven. 1t will build q gang
mill at Middlebury next fall and
will open its offices October 1, Ell
Their at Pittsford or Rutland. The
capital of the company is S1,0O0,O00,
controlling interest of which is
owned by d. j. Long, of Boston,
Capt. Charles G. Collins, of Lon
don, Eng, and Col. L. w. Colen-
brander, of South Africa. The
company has acquired four prop
critics, part of which laid under
water IS years. Several contracts
for furnished apparatus have been
awarded.
The most largely attended we'd
ding of the year was solemnized
at six O'Clock Wednesday evening,
July 14th, at the South Congrega-
llODdl GnuTCn OF Sl. JOnusbuINs
when Miss Elizabeth ID. Merrill,
daughter of the Rev. c. H. Merrill,
secretary of the Vermont Domes-
tic Missionary society, and Arthur
Garfield Sprague, junior member
of the insurance firm of W. w.
Sprague & Son, were married by
the Rev. G.. S. Barnes, assisted by
the brides father. The wedding
march was played by Miss Gratia
ID. Balch, Smith College, '09, an in
innate friend of the bride, who
was attended by her sister, Miss
Margaret B. Merrill, of Washing
ton, ID. c. DR.. Robert II. Smith, of
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