The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-02-03
Bradford.


John Strong is working in the
veneer mills.
j. M. Warden is on the sick list,
being confined to his bed.
Miss Strickland asks the "Well
Wisher' and Official of the town"
to sign his or her name hereafter.
Mrs. Burnham Cowdery was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. j. K.
Edgerton at Mortified last week.
Capt. Burnham Cowdery is an
other victim of the epidemic
which seems to have us in its
MIR. and Mrs. Charles R. lCraig
spent Tuesday and Wednesday in
Littleton with their daughter,
Mrs. H. H. Barrett.
W. w. Oliver, of Lisbon, N. H.,
was in town Friday on electric
light business, as he controls an
electric light plant at Lisbon.
Mrs. H. A. Winship is spending
the week in Manchester, N. H.,
with her daughter, Miss Marcia R.
Winship. Mr.. Winship is in Bos-
ton on business trip.
Mrs. F. II. Clark and Margaret,
who have been spending two
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Burn
ham Cowdery, returned to their |
home in Windsor. Monday.
We see by the advertisement of |
K. Falkenburg in Walla Walla
paper that DR.. Healey is doing |
good work in the optical depart
ment, as the business is constant
ly increasing.
Rev. E. A. Legg spent the day
Wednesday in Montpelier, and in
cidentally saw one of the most
stubborn fires the city has had in
years. 1t is presumed that other
matters of business called him
there, however.
Miss Eta Davis is reported as
resting comfortably at the Cot
tage hospital and seems to be
gaining. Her courage looks for
ward to a complete recovery,
which all her friends hope will be
vouchsafed her.
The water rights of the Porter
Mill at Bradford Center have been
purchased by H. w. Eaton and
others associated with him. This
is a valuable power, and we hope
some day it will figure in the de-
velopment of this section. These
are days when we are beginning
to appreciate the economy of wa
ter power in its relation to in
dustry.
E. Z. Mum received a very nice
registered COW on Monday, not
named Sweet Marie" but Marie
w. And now he has a fine heifer
calf which will be called Melba.
We hope her musical abilities are
equal to her pedigree. We are
getting quite a respectable num- {
Der of registered cows in this vi :
cinity, which shows an increasing
interest in the grading of herds.
Bradford is indebted to her rep
H. w. Eaton, who put {
his bill through the legislature, y
getting the state to pay half the
expense of the abutment for the "
Bradford end of the Piermont
bridge, a matter of some $4,000
being the amount received from
the state. Bradford paid S1,10O at :
the time when the bridge was
made into a free bridge about ten a
years ago. AS Bradford has more 3
than it's share of bridges to keep ]
in repair, the town will appreciate c
having this help on the interstate
bridge.
A half snow and half sleet fall
ing seemed hardly the proper
setting for a thunder storm, yes
terday morning, but we got one
sharp flash and one tremendous
peal of thunder all the same. The
evidences of the visitation were
found when the Bradford Tele- i
phone Company reported thirty ]
1ne lines out of commission, the
electric light company, fuses burn
I'd out, and from Haverhill came
he news that the barn on the
Judge Westgate farm on Court
street, rented by Charles White,
vas a total loss, including thirty '
ons of hay. The lightning struck h
t and it was impossible to save il
t or it's contents except the stock T,
bout twenty-five head of cattle =
,eing led to safety. =