The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-02-17
STATE NEWS.

four years, recovered her speech
Saturday, Feb. A.
A daughter was born to Editor
and Mrs. Luther B. Johnson, OF
Randolph, Feb. 6.
James A. Pollard, who was SO
the 18th of last November, has
kept d diary for 70 years, and
Hugh Henry has kept one for Sc
| years. Both men are residents of
Chester. When Mr.. Pollard began
his daily diary records, he used
an ordinary blank book, as the
present form of a diary was not
then known.
The Pope received in private au-
dience the Rt. Rev. Daniel F. Fee
Rt. Rev. J. ] Rice, bishop of Burl-
ington, VT, Feb. 1st. His holiness
displayed great interest in the re-
ports submitted relative to the re-
spective dioceses and also on the
general progress of, Catholicism
in America.
Mrs. Arthur B. Pinney of Wood
stock, has been awarded the Sec
ond prize of $125 in The Ladies'
Home Journal contest for an ar
ticle on "How to Dress on $50 a
Year." 1t is expected that the ar
ticle contributed by Mrs. Pinney
will be published in the next is
sue of The Journal.
It has been decided to take up
the wooden floor in the auditor
ium of the new city hall in Mont
pelier and replace it with terraz-
20, which has been used in other
parts of the building. The wooden
floor warped on account of the
dampness. 1t will take between
$4,000 and $4,000 to complete the
building.
Theodore N. Vail, of Lyndon has
given to the Presbyterian church
of Whippany, NJ, between 80 and
40 acres of land as an addition TO
the church cemetery. He has
bought a farm adjoining in order
to carry out his plan. His parents,
his wife and son are buried In
the cemetery there.
Henry w. Spafford, for many
years general freight and passen-
ger agent at Bennington on the
Rutland railroad, and resident
of Rutland for Is years, died Feb.
Oln III OtdLNlO, w dOlis, OF Wv oS
of 20 years. He was native OF
Weathersfield. He was veteran
Co. A, Fourth Vermont regiment.
The white pine and Norway
spruce seedlings which were set
out a year ago in Hubbard park
in Montpelier are growing well.
The annual report of the park
commissioners gives credit to
State Forester A. F. HAYES for his
valuable assistance in exterminat-
ing the white pine blight, and al
SO to the Woman's Club for its
cooperation in improving the
park. The park trust fund now
amounts to $11,366.
H. c. Estey of Southbridge Mass.
who has charge of the Grand
Trunk railroad extension from
Palmer, Mass, to Providence, r.
l., has arrived in Windsor, and
with force of IL men will be-
gin the preliminary survey for
the Central Vermont Railway Co.,
on the new line from Windsor to
Brattleboro. The line will run
through Windsor, Weathersfield,
Springfield and Rockingham to
Bellows Falls and from there to
Brattleboro on the west side of
the Connecticut river.
Vena L. Pine, 19 years old, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Pine of Burlington, was burned to
death at 2.30 o'clock on Tuesday
Feb. 18th at her home.
She was i'll and arose to carry a
lamp upstairs. She dropped the
or it exploded, and the fire
her night clothes and en-
her with flames, Her ia
Their heard her screams and rush |
ed out, put his coat about her, |
but was too late. The girl was
badly burned about the body, head |
and face, and died in a few min |
utes.
The Wheeler estate store, the |
residence, the old court
house and barn>adjoining at r.
asburg, were destroyed by fire 1
Feb. Sd, the flames starting in
the Wheeler store, probably from
the furnace. Everything in the
Of the Wheeler house were large
" saved, as were the contents OF
The courthouse. There is par
-ldl Insurance.. lFdSuuEB mas no
lighting apparatus, and the entire
business part of the village was
saved only by a south wind which
lrove the flames away from the
Seventeen head of cattle on the
town farm at South
were tested by DR.. r.
". Boyce recently. Sixteen OF
hem responded to the test and
we're condemned as tuberculous.
The only animal to escape was
tx months old calf. Two young {
alves on the farm were not test [
d, but the condemned animals in
lude all the mature cattle on the
lace; a yoke of oxen that won
he first and second premiums at
he last two Windsor county fairs,
good bull, two heifers and elev- {
n milch cows. The dairy stock I
ras good, of grade Jersey and {
rade Holstein strains.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has sent '
D President Thomas of Middle '
ury college a subscription OF s20,- s
DO towards the 100000 building '
nd endowment fund which the
ollege is endeavoring to secure.
he fund was started by a sub 2
rription by the General Educa- v