The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-02-04
STATE NEWS.

One hundred and min ty- even
persons have registered at the free
school for cooking and sewing at
Proctor.
Ii the government officials will
sign lease, Col. George T. Chaffee
of Rutland has signified his willing
ness to put up steel and concrete
structure for the use of Rutland S
postohice.
Former United States Senator
John W. Stewart and daughter, Mrs.
Jessica Sylvester, of Middlebury,
have gone to New York to remain
several weeks before sailing for
Italy.
The Rev. DR.. C. o. Day, of Bar
net, chaplain of the Vermont volun-
teer regiment in the War with Spain,
sailed January 20 on the steamship
Arabic for a 10 weeks trip to for
eign lands where he goes in hopes of
obtaining much benefit to his health.
The only toll-gate in Vermont and
probably the only one in New Eng
land is situated at the foot OF the
mountain on the road leading from
Manchester to Peru. Last season
1924 automobiles passed the gate,
netting the keeper 1912 from that
source alone.
A number of public-spirited
women Of Castleton sent, in Deem
Der, a carload of old papers and
magazines to the storehouse of a
pulp mill and from the 10000
pounds collected the women cleared
$115 to be used in laying the dust
on the Castleton streets next sum
mer. The experiment will be
repeated in the fall.
The dates for the next Vermont
State fair on the a ISOLATION grounds
in White River Junction are Sep.
TENDER 20, 81, % and %. These
dates have been fixed upon by
President Evarts and Secretary
Davis. The fair will be in the week
following that of the New Yolk
State fair and in the week preceding
that of the Rochester N. H., eXhi-
bition.
Mrs. E. j. Doton of Wo Il toak
has several Old almanacs bearing
the imprint of that town. One is
THE Complete Vermont Almanac"
for 1929. The weather prophets of
that time made their forecasts sufi-
GENTLY broad to fit the occasion,
whatever it proved to be. as the
following quotations show: Good
weather for the season if not too
wet "Sign5 OF foul weather,
which, however, may not come"
Fine hay weather if it be clear"
At special meeting Of Brandon
fire district No. /, it was voted to
extend the present water system 50
as to furnish al the residents Of the
district who are not supplied with
water from the new system at the
expense of the district not to exceed
So 600. 1t was also voted to issue
orders of the district to meet and
defray the expenses incurred in this /
matter. The residents of this dis
trict are already paying a tax of Is
cents, and an extra tax of 10 cents |
was voted to help to defray this eX-
ira expense of $4,000.
A st ange and fatal accident hap
pened Saturday night Jan. y Il out
10 o'clock, in the store of William
Duffy of Bellows Falls, the Polish
Henry Schneil, a young
man of about 20 years, was calling
on Duffy, having recently been in
his employ. The young men went
into another room and reached up
and turned on the electricity, in
some way receiving such a shock
that he was instantly killed. Mr..
Duffy, seeing that something was
caught hold OF S.hueil and
received a severe shock himself
The cause Of the accident is not
known.
Sidney j. Sumner, steward of the
steamer Vermont of the LAKE Cham
plain Transportation company, took
a trip 10 Scotland after navigation
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