The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-01-21
STATE NEWS.

There were II deaths last
year in the Brattleboro retreat.
The Rev. H. @. Ward has beer
engaged to serve the First and See
ond Congregational churches al
Brookfeld for a year and began his
labors last Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Homer A. Flint OF
Montpelier are the parents of a
daughter born Sunday Jan. 9th
The wee girl is a granddaughter of
Congressman Frank Plumley OF
Mortified.
Business houses and hotels are
warned by the postoffice department
to be on the lookout for money Or
ders numbered 2S,068 and 28,200.
The blanks were recently stolen
from the postofice at Washington.
The tuberculn test was applied
on 80 head of cattle on the farm of
the State Hospital for the Insane at
Waterbury, and out of the herd
only one was found to be diseased
and condemned which is considered
a very satisfactory showing. The
herd is made up of Holstsins.
A pine tree 80 years old was cut
down and taken to.the mill in Town
shend. The butt cut II feet long
and measured 1856 feet, while there
we're three more 12-foot logs and
two of 10 feet, making 68 feet in
length of logs, with the top one 10
inches through. The whole tree
measured 1875 feet of lumber.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Mansur, wife of
Col. q. M. Mansur of Newport died
Jan. 10th after a period of i'll health
extending over three years, but not
until the past few days was her con-
dition considered serious. Her en-
tire family were present with her
when the end came.
Henry Chase Brownell, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Brownell of Burling-
ton has been selected by committee
composed of President M. H. Buck
ham of the University of Vermont,
President John M. Thomas of Mid
dlebury college and Rev. A. G. A.
Hall, bishop of Vermont, as the
holder of the next Rhodes scholar
ship from Vermont, at Oxford uni
versity, England.
An order has been signed by
Postmaster General Hitchcock es-
tablishing sub-agencies for the dis
of stamped envelope, news
paper wrappers, and postal cards.
Bellows Falls is the sub-agency for
this state. These sub-agencies will
be supplied with carload lots by
freight, thereby removing heavy
from the mails and at
the same time effecting large saw
ing in the cost of mail trans
portation.
The following patents have been
issued to the following Vermonteis:
John L. Dewey of Hartford, water
level indicator for boilers; Leighton
G.. Fullam of Ludlow, chair; David
D. Jones and G. E. Roberts of
Poultney, hosting and load dump
ing mechanism; Mary La Bombard
Of Bristol, Quilting frame; Arthur S.
Wilson of Barton, sash holder.
The water condition about Mont
pelier is reported as rather poor for
his time of the year by power users,
it has not yet reached the
danger point. The fact that the |
granite sheds are closed is helping
he power companies as far as their
water power is concerned. The Con-
,olidated company is carrying only |
300 horsepower on both plants at
he present time, and is using both |
water power and steam to generate
hat amount.
Max L. Powell, trustee of the Ho-
eel Burlington property is in New
York City but sent a letter to Man
lger Collamer Jan. 10th which indi
.ated that rebuilding is practically |
and MIS-. Walker, in an in
erview said that she intended to
ebuild a modern structure adding
mother story and putting in an ele-
'ator.