The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-09-23
STATE NEWS.

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A case of infantile paralysis il
reported from Barre, the three-yeal
old son of Alexander Ironside. The
lad became i'll Sunday, Sept. 18th
His left leg is paralyzed and he is
racked with pains peculiar to the
disease. DR.. M. D. Lamb, city
health officer, has quarantined the
house and is taking every precau-
ton to prevent the spread of the
disease. The two cases in Mont
pelier are improving.
Among the 80 odd divorce cases
on the docket of Rutland county
court. two are very unusual. Mrs.
Rosanna F. Davis, of Wallingford,
seeks separation from James Davis,
with whom she has not lived for AZ
years. Their married life was of
three weeks duration. Mrs. Emily
Gaines Dumaw, of Rutland, wishes
to sever her martial relations with
Nelson J. Dumaw, to whom she was
married July 8 last. They lived
together a month and three days.
A fire bug is operating in the east
part of the town of Middlebury.
Two large barns owned by Arthur
N. Brown. were burned to the
ground with their. contents, We'd
nesday night, Sept. 18th. There is
little if any>doubt that the fire was
of incendiary origin. Two other
barns have been destroyed by fire
in that immediate vicinity this sea-
son. Beside his buildings, Mr..
Brown lost 35 tons of hay, some
farming tools, and large touring
automobile. He places the loss at
$1,000, and he had insurance Of
$500 or 5000.
Samuel A. Reed of Windsor, past
grand master and past grand repre-
sentative Of the grand lodge of YER
mont, l. o. o. f., has received a
telegram from w. L. Kuykendall,
grand sire of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, which meets
at Atlanta, Ca, this week, of his
as grand marshal of
that body. The friends of "Sam"
Reed, as he is known by his breth-
rem all over the state, will rejoice
that the honor has come to this
popular member of Windsor lodge.
1t is said that the home of Mrs. |
Elizabeth Ann Howard, of Burling-
ton, widow of Maj Gen. o. o.
Howard, will have to be sold. The
death of General Howard a few
ago removed the last sur
viving commander of the Union
army in the Civil War. In his soil
citude for the poor whites and ne
groes of the South, he left his wife
an income insufficient to meet her
needs. A bill for a pension of 5000
a month was introduced in Congress
but as finally passed it carried only |
500 a month. Mrs. Howard is in
feeble health and requires the SER
vices of a professional nurse, whose |
salary nearly wipes out the govern
ment allowance.
Sixty members of the Vermont |
State Bankers association met at
Waterbury Sept. 18th. At the
business session at the Waterbury
Inn the principal item was the con-
sideration OF the report of the COM
nittee appointed by Governor
PrOuty to draft a revision of the
State banking laws. AT the ban
luet at the Inn, c. F. Chapman of
Woodstock acted as POSTMASTER,
and the principal speakers were
Governor Prouty, and +. A. How
and Of Montpelier. The meeting
vas held in Waterbury at the invi-
alton of W. B. Clark, cashier of
he Waterbury National bank.
DR.. Bingham II. Stone, director
If the state laboratory, who recent
Y attended the annual convention
IF the American Health Association
n Milwaukee, Wis, is sure he
brought back one idea that will
prove valuable to many persons
when it is fully tested. This is a
lew method of disinfecting books.
Trials Of the method were made al
ne laboratory, and resulted very
The books are drop
ed into a solution Of carbolic acid
md gasoline. The bath does not
njure them and when taken out Of
be solution the books are placed
,efore an electric fan and. when
.ry, are as good as new. Methods
Z disinfecting books have never
cen Just Satisfactory but this treat- |: