The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1912-10-11

nected by birth or marriage, incfud.
ing three from New Hampshire
three from Massachusetts, and two
from Rhode Island, beside the two
from Vermont. The supper con-
sisted of baked beans, steaming
hot, brown bread, apple pies, berry
pies, squash pies, and donghnuts
"like mother used to make" The
gathering broke up with the singing
of =" America" 8 Yankee Doodle, "
and "Auld Lang Syne"
The freshman class of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, Burlington, in
cludes three Chinese. two Of whom
are sent there by aid of the Chinese
indemnity fund. The other, C. S.
Su, of Kwang Tung, in the leading
province of Southern China, is the
son of a powerful nobleman. Mr..
Su can talk only in the dialect of
Southern China, while Kah Chink
and Shang Yam, his classmates, are
from Canton and can talk only in
Cantonese. The three, however,
manage to maintain intelligent con-
verse by means of signs. The class
registration numbers 1876 represent
ing 1876 applications. The total en-
rollment of the university for this
year is GIG, the largest in the history
of the institution.
The Mortified weather bureau
reports mean temperature for Sep
TENDER of Sc degrees, which is one
degree above the normal for the
month. The highest was 70 de-
grees, on the 4th, and the lowest
was SO degrees, on the 30th. The
greatest daily range was 6 degrees,
on the End. The precipitation
amounted to 3.94 inches, the normal
for the month being 2.76 inches.
The prevailing wind was from the
south, the total movement 1925
miles, the average hourly velocity
6 miles, and the maximum velocity
% miles per hour, from the north
on the 9th. The month was made
up of four clear, nine partly cloudy
and II cloudy days. Rain in guam
tity sufficient to measure fell on Is
days. A solar halo was noted on
the 9Th, fog on the 9th, 9TH, 18th,
10Th and 10th, thunderstorms on
the 9TH, 10th, 18th and Goth, light
frosts on the 18th, Goth and 28th,
and heavy frost on the Both.
Amos Batchelder was burned to
ieath Wednesday, Oct. End, in
ire that destroyed the buildings on
he Donaldsville property at Sutton
| quarter of a mile from West
Burke. The Batchelders and
amily named Switzer lived in the
louse. Most of the contents were
aved. Children playing with
in the barn. attached to the
louise, set the hay on fire. Mr..
Stakeholder, at work in the woods,
aw the flames and ran to help
AIRY out the furniture. No one
Missed him, but at noon when the
Wind shifted, blowing the smoke
way from what was once the front
f the house, his body was seen in
he ruins, face downward, his head
foot from the front door, where
c had evidently been overcome.
IT. Batchelder is survived by his
'ife and twelve children.
Lying in the highway with bull
t hole through the heart and the
ockets of his clothes turned wrong
de out, the body of Eugene E.
arr, who lived three miles from
'hite River Junction on the Hard
lex road, was found early Tuesday
orning, Oct. lst, by men on their
ay to work. A revolver was
und a few feet away over a fence
I'D because the man was known to '
ave had some $50 in his possession
lie day before robbery may have
zen the motive of the crime. Mr..
lrr had been in Montpelier Monday
I'd was returning to his home. He
rived at White River Junction
onday night on the 1870 train
Id evidently started to walk to his
RIM. The body was found about /
% miles from the station, in the /
idle of the road. The mans
and papers were scat /
red in the mud nearby and one i
Mt, evidently overlooked in a cor
r of a pocket, was all that was
t. Murder and suicide have both :
en- advanced as theories. Mr..