The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-04-07

u6y was TdlSeu Wnlle rev. ii. NJ.
Smith, now Of Albany, N. Y, was
the minister.
Before going to his home in
Barton for the weekend recess
from Washington county court,
Judge w. w. Miles signed an or
der directing that the workmen at
the Burns, Whore & Hamilton
Granite Co.'s plant at Mortified,
should be paid the wages due
them when that concern went in
to the hands of receiver. A pc
tition for such an order was ar
gued before Judge Miles Thursday
afternoon.
Rita, the two-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Page, who live
in remote part of Mendon, was
burned to death Monday, March
9th. The parents went to the
woods for fuel, leaving the baby
alone in the house. They were
gone an hour, and when they re-
turned, the child sat in a rocking
chair in front of the fire, dead. 1t
is supposed that sparks ignited her
clothing.
At the adjourned meeting Of
school district No at Middle bury
Tuesday evening, March 28th, to
take action on a new school build
ing, 200 voters were present, sew
en- women voting The vote at the
meeting held in February to build
a new school was reopened by bal
lot, resulting SO to "a. Col. S. A.
Ilsley offered an amendment,
which was adopted, to erect the
new building on ground recon-
mended by the prudential commit
tee, and at a cost not to exceed
$4,000.
A. K. Richie, go years old, pre-
sident of the Bennington County
National Bank, died March 9th of
pneumonia. He was a native of
Scotland. He had been in the dry
goods business here for the past
% years, and was one of the Or
ganizers and treasurer of the
Bennington Gas Co. He recently
purchased controlling interest
in the Rutland Dry Goods Co. He
is survived by a widow, and by
four children of a previous mar
riage.
Among the As additionabpost Of
fees designated last week by
Postmaster General Hitchcock to
be postal savings repositories, is
Barre, it being the second in the
state. The Montpelier post office
has been operating a government
bank for three months, during
which time it received % accounts
totaling $500 in deposits. The
statement was made from the
post office department in Wash
ington that it was the intent to
place these banks mostly at indus
trial centers.
Of the two Vermont officers
that will represent Vermont this
month at the army manoeuvers
in Texas, st. Adams will furnish
one. Capt. Charles E. Pell, Co! B.
1st Inf, V. n. g., and Lieut.. Guy
A. Thayer, Co. A., Signal Corps,
of Northfield, have been designat-
ed by the war department as the
fl ON this state. Captain
Pell received very favorable men
ton in general orders after the
at Pine Plains, N. Y,
last summer, and it is not unlike
ly that his Texas detail comes in
recognition of his work there.
With three days receipts yet to |
come in, the income of the Mont
pelier post office for the year
ending April 1, already exceeds |
$4,000 against $4,000 a year ago. |
This entitled the office to be ad-
vanced from second to first-class
and it is expected that this will |
be done July 1. This change will
increase the pay of the postmast-
ter from $4,000 to $4,000, and of
MS assistant from S1,4OO to $1,000.
It also means an increase of sal
iry for the clerks, and Montpel-
err will be the fifth place in the
state to have a post office of the
irst-class, the others being Bur-
ington, Rutland. Brattleboro and
Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Ruth Smith, who died on
March IA at her home in Putney
It the age of 1O6 years, 9 months
md ~ days, was the Oldest wom-
IN in Vermont, and probably in
Jew England. For the past two
II three years she has shown
mental decline, but up to her Tooth
birthday anniversary she was able
o read without glasses and to
ret about without cane unless
he was outdoors. Her hearing
vas rather impaired, but she bus
ed herself with reading knitting
md sewing Mrs. Smith was born
n Royalston, Mass, the daughter
4 Benjamin and Esther Allen, and
anne to Putney to reside when
he was 20 years old. Her grand
ather, James Allen, fought in the
attic of Bunker Hill and was a
in the Revolutionary
7ar. Two of her fathers brothers {
nlisted in-the War of 1912, and
ntil within two or three years {
he remembered seeing them leave I
ONE for Boston, marching away {
nth muskets on their shoulders. '
he was an honorary member OF {
irattleboro Chapter, Daughters OF 1
he American Revolution. 6
Rounding out As years of SER I
ice at the town clerk of Brat
Ieboro and justice of the peace [
DR. that village, after having mar 9
led nearly 500 couples and Off
lated as a trial justice in more 9
han 1000 cases, William s. New j
On, the veteran town clerk OF '
'ew England, has resigned, and Z
is assistant, Carl s. Hopkins, at 6
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