The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-10-28

the nose, throat and lungs. The
state board recommends that
prompt action be taken to prevent
the nuisance and injury to the pub
lie health. Health Officer Tucker
will take steps to carry out the
recommendation of the state board.
That the present deer law be
maintained on the statute books
until decrease in the number of
animals in the state is indicated, IS
the recommendation of Henry G.
Thomas, in his report as state fish
and game commissioner. This opin-
ion is prompted by consideration
of the amount of damage done to
crops by deer. In speaking of the
hunters license law, he expressed
the conviction that much good has
accomplished in stopping to a con-
siderable extent the promiscuous
use of guns by the foreign element,
and thereby preventing the destruc-
ton of song and insectivorous birds
and in furnishing funds to properly
administer the department OF fisher
les and game. 1t is recommended
that the price of the resident hunt
ers license be raised from 30 cents
to 81. The report gives the number
of deer killed in the open season OF
1909 as 1857, the average weight
being 155 pounds. Windsor county
heads the list with $40. The COM
missioner thinks that the number
killed by dogs exceeds the number
killed legally, and he recommends
more stringent legislation in that
direction
The 72nd annual meeting of the
Vermont Historical Society was held
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 18th, in its
rooms at the state house, Montpelier,
w. W. Stickney, the president, IN
the chair. Prayer was offered by
the Rev. John NJ. Thomas, president
of Middlebury College. The report
of Henry F. Field, the treasurer,
showeda balance on hand of S575.92.
The Dewey monument fund now in
the hands 'of the society, which is
on deposit with the Montpelier
Savings Bank & Trust Co., now
amounts to S2,935.79. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President, w w. Stickney of
Ludlow; vice-presidents, Joseph A.
DeBoer of Montpelier, Horace w.
Bailey of Newbury, John E. Good
rich of Burlington; recording secre-
tary, Edward D. Field of Montpelier;
corresponding secretaries, E. NJ.
Goddard of Montpelier, G. S. Forbes
of st. Adams; treasurer, William i.
Dewey of Montpelier; librarian, h.
NJ. Goddard of Montpelier. The
curators from the several counties
in the state were reelected, and
President Stickney appointed the
following standing committees: Oh
library, Joseph A. DeBoer, E. NJ.
Goddard, H. P. Mccullough on
printing, Frank L. Greene, C. S. !
Page, f. w. Baldwin; on finance,
w. T. Dewey, Horace w. Bailey, E. |
d. Field
Larkin G. Mead, the american
sculptor, died in Florence, Italy, |
Saturday, Oct. 10Th. Although |
born across the Connecticut in Ches-
terfeld, n. H., in 1885, Vermont
claims him as it was in Brattleboro
his great gifts we're first recognized |
and he was educated in the Brattle-
boro schools. At Is he was a hard
ware clerk, but developed artistic
tendencies and produced several |
noteworthy works then going to
Italy, where he was attached to the
United States consulate at Venice,
his brother-in-law, William Dean
Howard. the novelist. being consul.
During the Civil war he was six
months in camp as artist for Har-
per's Weekly. . Among his works
are the National Lincoln monument
at Springfield, ILL.,, soldiers monu-
ment at St. Johnsbury; statues of
Ethan Allen in the national gallery
at Washington and at the state
housein Montpelier, also many ideal
works, including "The Returned
Echo" ola Contadi-
nella, /" "sappho," " The Recording
Angel" resultant from his boyish
prank of the "Snow Angel; at
years ago established
instant proof of his ability, He
was professor correspondence DELI
Academia ii Belle ,Arti, Florence,
Italy, at the time of his death. The
May number of The Vermonter
contains a sketch of Mr.. Mead and
a cut from a picture taken in his
Italian garden which was sent the /
aditar of The Tprnaonfar with tho