The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18

lhgnU. A picnic and attractive
excursions are planned and pro
vision will be made for social en-
Joyment. No charge will be made
for tuition or instruction. Mis-
Frances Hobart, of Cambridge, il
secretary of the commission. The
Messenger is requested to say thai
inquiries regarding room and board
should be made of her before
June 20.
M. H. Elkin. assistant engineer
OF construction and bridges fol-
the Rutland Railroad Co., has re-
signed to become division engineer
In the Lehigh Valley Office at
Auburn, N. Y. He has been here
for five years.
! Word has just been received
that by the will of the late Henry c.
Durand, of Chicago, the cemetery
at Charlotte, where Mr.. Durand's
parents are buried, has been left
a bequest of $4,000, the income
to be used to take care of the
cemetery.
The state board of health has
taken drastic action in the matter
of ventilation in the auditorium
and Festival hall at Brattleboro,
and a peremptory order has been
issued which requires the Brattle-
boro board of selectmen to install
a satisfactory system before Sep
TENDER /.
Ferrice, the youngest daughter
of E. Z. Foss, of Waterbury, re-
Gently met with a painful accident,
throwing some shears she was
swinging so that one point passed
through one foot. AS the shears
were new and free from rust it is
hoped no serious results will follow.
Recent orders affecting New Eng
land post-ofiices announce that
c. H. Goodnaugh, of East Hard
wick, G. T. Wheeler, of Bellows
Falls, and A. O. Smith, of South
Royalton, have been appointed
railway mail clerks. Randolph
has been advanced from third to
second class.
The Vermont State Pharmaceu-
teal Society, which will hold its
annual convention at Lake Bono
seen June % to "a, is sending out
statistics showing that Vermont
is at the head of every state in the
Union in the percentage of drug
gists who belong to a state society, |
95 per cent of those in Vermont
being affiliated with this body.
At the closing session of the Yer
mont Grand Lodge of Masons, at
Burlington, the following officers
were elected: Grand Master, Lee S.
Tillotson, of st. Adams; deputy
grand MASTER the Rev. Henry L.
Ballou, of Chester; grand senior
warden, E. S. Weston, of New
Haven; grand junior warden, J.
Vernon Dutton, of Hardwick grand
treasurer, &C. VIZ W,hitcomb, of
Proctorsville grand secretary, H. H.
Ross, of Burlington; assistant secre-
tary, Frank A. Ross, of Burlington;
grand senior deacon, d. H. Wiser, !
of Bellows Falls.
The efforts of the Vergennes ,
board of trade resulted to-day in !
securing a new industry for that :
city, a New York concern having }
arranged to move its plant to Yer :
yennes. The company handles milk :
and will manufacture by-products. ,
plant to cost $4,000 will be :
erected near the station and at the ;
start fifteen or twenty hands will Q
De employed in the business. The :
now has a plant in Cha :
n. Y, and is getting its
milk from northern New York and .
long the line of the Rutland .
h
Mrs. Ruth Allen Smith, of Put .
ley, probably the oldest person in .
Iew England, celebrated her lO5th :
anniversary June /, .
riends and neighbors calling to :
xtend congratulations. Mrs. Smith !.
axes a great interest in public j
fairs and talks interestingly about q
eople and events of former DAYS. =
he recognizes friends and acquaint-
noes although she cannot see to p
cad and her hearing is somewhat r.
impaired. She was born in Royal :
on. Mass, and was the second of !,
en- children of Benjamin and Esther :,
Allen and is the sole sur -
ivor of the family, a sister, Mrs. =
.ucy S. Jackson, Of Keene, n. H., !,
no was Sc years old, having died n
.ithin the past year. Mrs. Smith 4
as lived in Putney since. She was :
larried to George S. Smith,
utney farmer, March 81, 1871.
he has one daughter, Mrs. Albert
7. Abbott, of Putney, with whom
he lives. Mr.. Smith died about
? years ago.
Seventy-seven horses were sold
the stock farm of |. n. Chase
Brandon, June l, and the
orses brought from SIS to $3.50.
orsemen from New York, Massa-
lusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
land, Connecticut and Vermont
ere present. The hotel and board =
e houses were filed with these i
lyers. The best horses were pur-
lased by the following persons:
rincess 4 2-2Q by c. NJ. Bnripht