The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-30

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with Europeans.
A touring car, owned by Col. j
c. Clark, of st. Johnsbury, driver
by J. B. Gid and occupied by fiv'
persons, ran into a moving Bos
ton & Maine train at Folsom
crossing near Lyndonville Jul!
18th, and the people in the car hat
a narrow escape from injury. TIT
driver of the car saw the train too
late to make a crossing, but stop
ped the machine on the very edge
of the tracks. The automobile wal
hit, the steps were ripped off, ant
a board sixteen feet long ane
three feet wide was taken off thu
side of a milk car. The auto wat
badly damaged, but none of The
occupants were injured at all. y
The annual meeting of the trus'
tees of the Vermont Soldiers
home was held in Bennington July
81 with the following trustees
present: Hugh Henry, of Chester
John A. Sheldon, of Rutland, Johr
c. Stearns, of Bradford, U. A
Woodbury., of Burlington, E. j
Orms bee, of Brandon, c. j. Bell
of Walden, H. E. Taylor, of Brat
tleboro, and Justus Dart, OF
Springfield. Hugh Henry was re-
elected president, John A. Sheldon
secretary, and John c. Stearns
treasurer, and Thomas Harmon as
sistant treasurer. Col. Thomas
Harmon, of Bennington, was re-
elected superintendent, and Mrs
Thomas Harmon matron. The to-
tai expense for the year ending
June 80 was 22,1O1, leaving a small
balance to be returned to the
state treasury. The total number
of admissions to the home has
been 657, the total deaths 221, and
the present enrolment 1902.
President John M. Thomas, of
Middlebury College, has received
from Charles w. Eliot, presidente-
meritus of Harvard College, an en-
dorsement of Middlebury's depart
ment of pedagogy as established
by the State. DR.. Eliot writes: ut
is clear to my mind that the re-
quest which Middlebury College
addressed to the Legislature of
Vermont was a reasonable one,
and that the educational interests
of the State will be greatly pro-
noted in an economical way by the
granting of the annual appropria-
ton which the college asked for
Will you kindly tell me if l can at
this late day, do anything to fur
Their your enterprise ? / hope that
it will not be necessary to set up
separate school of pedagogy,
but only a department, like the
department of classics or the de-
partment of physics. Young men
who are to be principals of high
schools ought to have a good
college training, with some special
instruction in pedagogy" The
plan outlined for the work in ped
agogy is that which President FL
lot here suggests.
The experiments at Bennington
Center in the prevention of dust
have been so successful that ex-
tended efforts in that line will be
made. Short sections in two of
the principal thoroughfares in that
village were treated with oil last
year, and the work has been con-
tinued this season. So far all the
been bolae by James G. Colgate
and other public spirited citizens.
Heavy oils have been used, and the
the result is lasting. A swiftly
running automobile now raises
hardly any dust in passing over
the sections that have been treat
ed with OIL Passing teams or
stiff breezes have little or no eff
feet in raising dust. 1t is prob
able that at the meeting next year
of the trustees of that village it
will be voted to expend sum suf-
ficient to treat all of the roadway
of Monument avenue and Mount
Anthony street with oil.
The report of the public service
in the matter of the
petition of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad VS.. the town of
and others, asking that
a dangerous grade crossing on the
between Wells River and |
Ryegate Corners be abolished by
the construction of a connecting
section of the public highway |
along the route, on which a meet
ing of the commission was held in |
Wells River June s, has been an
nounced. The railroad is ordered |
to lay out and construct in the |
town of Newbury the connecting |
section of the public highway,
thereby eliminating the crossing
Il is ordered that the highway |
shall be three rods wide, properly |
and protected, and
that at no point shall the grade !,
exceed six per cent. The work
must be completed on or before
December 1, and must meet with
he approval of the commission.
The EXPENSE properly incurred in
he fulfilling of the order shall be
)orne as follows: By the town of
ten per cent; the State
IF Vermont, twenty-five per cent.
ind the Montpelier and Wells Riv-
n railroad sixty-five per cent.
Famous for its connections with
vell-known people, the case of
Niles against Carleton was con-
.luded at Newfane July goth at the
losing of the spring and summer
ERIN of Windham county court
which has been in session since the
irst of April. No decision was
,iven. the court reserving its
Judgment. The case in question
vas that of DIR. f. Niles, of Boston,
Igainst the estate of Adora Garlic
on and others, appellants. Adora
'arleton, who was the wife of
Will Carleton, OF New York city,
he famous poet and author, died
n 1904. DR.. Niles and his brother,
7. II. Niles, also of Boston, and Mrs.
'arleton purchased a large estate
n the town of Halifax in 1925,
iolding the prope<sy an joint own
rship. DIR. Niles &nAns to have
made repairs on TIE house and
to the extent of ST.
90 under a contract with Mrs.
carleton, who agreed, as he al
eyes. to paw one-third of this sum.
freeman Scott, of Brattleboro, adj
of her estate, and Will
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