The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-12-17
STATE NEWS.

New York brush factory to locate
in that town.
About 90 girls from the two lower
classes in the Rutland high schoo
are receiving instructions in cooking
Fifty other girls applied for instruc-
ton, but, owing to lack of teachers
their request was refused.
Marshall |. Reed of Vernon died
suddenly Thursday morning Dec. 2,
aged 6S years. He was prominent
in Southern Vermont politics, being
a member of the legislature of 1884
and 1894. He was also well known
in grange and Masonic circles.
Henry L. Stillson has been reap
pointed health officer of the town of
Bennington. This term will round
out twenty years of service in this
office for Mr.. Stillson.
Six thousand five hundred cars
passed the port at Island Pond dur
ing the month of November This
is the largest number ever hauled
on this division of the Grand Trunk
at the same season of the year.
Ex-Gov. Samuel E. Pingree, of
Hartford, is attending his 101st
term of Windsor county court at
Woodstock. Governor Pingree was
admitted to the bar at the Deem
Der term of 1859 and with the ex-
ception of the years passed in the
army has missed the opening day
of court only few times.
T. H. Underwood, of st. Johns
bury, has received word that his
brother, Capt. Edward Underwood,
was drowned off the Hawaiian
Islands October 81, being washed
from the decks in a heavy storm.
Captain Underwood was a resident
of st. Johnsbury when a boy, but
had followed the sea for 40 years.
An important improvement in the
Hardwick village system of fire pro-
lection is being made by the installa-
ton of an electric fire alarm system.
The main alarm will be bell on the
Congregational church. There will
be ten stations where the alarm may
be rung in and tappers in houses of |
members of the fire department. |
The system is similar to those of the
cities and large villages in the State.
Curiosity as to the expenditure of
Sc, 1922 at the last fair of the Rut-
land County Agricultural society, |
while about half that amount has
usually sufficed, caused motion to
be adopted at a meeting of the
directors to the effect that every
officer connected with the society
within two weeks prepare a detailed
statement of the money he received
and disbursed in connection with
the recent fair. q
The Consular Trade Report of
in description of the
Gang Works at Budapest, Hun
gary, one of the largest electric
plants in the world, shows that
turret lathes were purchased in 1898 I
and 1900 from the Jones and Lam
son Machine Company of Spring
field, Vt.
One of the largest lumber deals
ever recorded in this section was
at Herkimer, Dec. 2,
when 10000 acres of forest land
coated in Essex county, Vermont,
vas transferred by John c. Hutchins
If North Stfatford, N. H., to Daniel
2. Strobel and John NJ. Richards of
derhmer and E. A. Dye of Hinck-
ey. 1t is understood that the price
paid was 100000. The purchasers
AVE been negotiating for more than ,
year to secure this property. ,
The Vermont Federation of Wo-
mans clubs has issued stamp for
lse on Christmas packages, which
las a design made particularly
appropriate to this State. 1t bears
he words, Merry Christmas" and :
Happy New Year." with a double ,
ed cross and sprig of clover, the
'tate flower. One hundred thou =
and of these stamps were issued,
me half the proceeds from their sale !
o be devoted to the clubs work for !
he suppression of tuberculosis and :
'ther half to be used by the fedora !
ion in work distinctly for the State. ,
At the annual meeting of the ,
vermont Bar Association a resolu-
ion was adopted that President J.
\. Batchelder appoint a committee ,
o make any suggestions to the COM r
nittee appointed by the governor
IS to the reviews OF the bar of Yer :
mont on the matter of desirable !
to the State Consti- !
utlon. The work of this bar COM !
nittee will be TO formulate propo- .
itions and submit the same to the :
,ar association so that if adopted
hey may be presented to the
commission, EXPIRES h
dent Batchelder named as such I