The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-03-19
THE UNITED Co.
STATE NEWS.

Forty-seven cows out of herd o.
20, belonging to Whitcomb Bros.
Essex Junction, have been con.
demned.
Judge and Mrs. F. E. Alfred, o.
Newport, are passing a few weeks
in Florida on account of Mr.. Al
fred's health, he having suffered g
partial shock of paralysis.
o. L. French, of The Brattleborc
Phoenix, who has been at the Me
mortal hospital, Brattleboro, foI
several weeks, has sailed from New
York for Bermuda.
John Kelly, of Mount Holly, was
found dead Saturday, March 6, on
the Pond hill road near Poultney.
The body was lying in the snow
and was still warm when found by
William Ward. Kelly was about
35 years old. He had been subject
to attacks of heart disease, but the
snow in the vicinity showed that
he had crawled on his hands and
knees a considerable distance be-
fore finally giving up.
The trial of R. Partridge, charged
with the killing of R. Coomer in
Glover last fall, has been set for
March % in Orleans county court
at Newport Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Hadlock, of Troy, were sentenced
to six months imprisonment on
the charge Of selling liquor illegally,
but sentence was suspended and
they were placed in the hands of
the probation officer.
Congressman Frank Plumley, of
Mortified, left March 10th for
Washington, accompanied by E. J.
Smith, of Newport, his secretary,
and Charles A. Plumley, his son.
The latter has been comforting with
the state auditor in regard to the
expense of rewriting 1913 pages of
the journal Of the house of repre-
sentatives which were so badly
damaged in the fire at the office
of The st. Adams Messenger that
they were rendered useless.
Fred w. Carpenter, secretary to
President Taft, has just passed his
Both birthday anniversary. He
was born Dec. II, 1872, at Sank
Center, Mimi, and is a descendant
of those Vermont Carpenters who
came from around Moretown. Ce-
phas Carpenter, Secretary Carpen-
ter's great-grandfather, was one of
the pioneers of the Green Mountain
state.
w. L. Stone of Burlington has
purchased the homestead premises
of the late |. A. Minckler at South
Hero for $4,000. This is one of
the best pieces of property in north
em Vermont and comprises a farm
of 26S acres. The purchase was
made by auction, when a large
amount of live stock and other
were disposed of.
Accompanying the gift of a dia-
mond necklace from Mrs. Roose-
velt's personal women friends In
luguration week, was a friendship
book designed by Miss Florence
Pike, a teacher in the School of Arts
aud Crafts in Washington, ID. c., I
n which the names of the donors
IF the necklace were inscribed.
Mss Pike is a native of Derby and
/ graduate of Derby Academy.
following graduation from the YER
mont institution, Miss Pike studied
Irt in Boston completing her course
here last summer
Perley Devenger of Kirby, age
line years, was sent to the Vermont
Industrial school March 9th for the
of his minority, under
he nominal charge of killing hens
lis mother has been dead some
ears and his father abandoned
i'm. OF late he has been working
or Charles Ford's family, and has
ct fire to Ford's barn and to a
chool house nearby.
AT the Vermont soldiers home,
Bennington, Saturday morning,
larch 9th, ninety-two inmates an
wered to roll call. During the last
EN- days the average number pres
mt was ninety-one and the average !
lumber present and absent was 103.
considerable number of the veter-
ms are in the hospital. Among
hose who have been recently adj
nitted to the home are H. ID. Will ;
ard, of Bradford, Co. ID, 18th Vt.
,rt.; Capt. Edison NJ. Raymond, of I
Brandon. Co. II, 9Th Vt. Vols; and !
\. Maroon, of Schaghticoke, Co. A, t
md VT Regt
EX-Gov. Samuel f. Pingree. of S
Hartford, who was reelected town J
Jerk March 4th, has filled that /
'fiice since 1859 and in point of ser !
ice is probably the oldest town |
Jerk in Vermont. Mr.. Pingree is