The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-07-11

Imprisonment by Judge Robert q. Pike,
in the Keene On H. court, July 2. A
stay of execution of ten days was granted
by the court to permit the filing of a
motion for a new trial for Wren Under
the law no other sentence was permissible
it being necessary for the jury to specify
if capital punishment is favored in first
degree cases. Hamilton was a railroad
construction foreman in charge of work
at Hinsdale and Wren was one of the men
in his employ.
Color Sergeant jackson Sargent,
the man who carried the flag which
was in advance of all others in the last
severe fighting of the Civil War, when
the Confederate lines in front of Peters
burg were broken, April 2, 1865, is still
living at Stowe. Another Vermonter,
Capt. Charles G. Gould of the Fifth
Vermont, the first man, it is believed, to
spring down from the parapet which
defended the works, is living in Washing
ton, D. G. For bravery each received
medal of honor They have not met
since the war, but expect to this summer
D. L. Morgan, for nearly 20 years
superintendent of the house of cor
rection, Rutland, has rendered his re-
signation of the Office to John E. Weeks,
of Middlebury, chairman of the state
board of penal commissioners, the resig-
nation to take effect Immediately. Poor
health is given as the reason for his resig-
nation which has been accepted. Mr..
Morgan has been ill for some weeks and
a recent attack of pneumonia has left him
in very poor health and weakened his
heart Sheriff Frank H. Tracy of Mont
pelier has been mentioned for the Office
but no appointment has yet been made.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson declined to
discuss the report that her daughter,
Jessie, is engaged to Francis B. Sayre.
Mrs. Wilson shows a friendly spirit
to the people of Windsor and is begin
ming to take part in church entertain
ments In the Old South church. which
gave a reception July I'd to its new
pastor, Rev. J. F.. Schneider, Mrs. Will
son and her daughter, Eleanor, attend
ed and appeared to enjoy the party.
There were about 100 people present.
Music was furnished by Miss Jennie
c.. Penniman, piano, and Mrs. S. Arthur
Jones, violin, and ice cream, cake and
punch were served. The Old South
church has been without pastor for
several months.
A deal has been consummated by
which Col. E. p. Woodbury., owner of
the Van Ness House, Burlington, has
leased the property for the winter months
to w. p. Gardiner, manager of the house
last winter, and Meader Martin, for
many years porter at the hotel. As a
result the hotel will remain open for bust
ness throughout the year, although under
different arrangements. As has been
announced, the house will be
operated as a summer resort during the
by Colonel Woodbury. who will
relinquish the management November |
| to take up his duties as manager of the
Hotel Ridgewood in Florida.
As the express train going east over |
the st. Johnsbury q Lake Champlain |
railroad was pulling into the local station
July I'd, the last coach on the train left the |
ron on the curve below the station and |
Dloughed along the ties for a distance |
Of eight rods and finally was overturned
Just as the train was brought to halt,
The passengers in the coach were badly
shaken up, but none of them was
injured. After a delay of an
lour, the train was released from the
overturned coach and proceeded on the
rip to st. Johnsbury. A wrecking crew
arrived on the scene at midnight to place
he coach back on the track and repair
he track. Had the accident occurred
ew rods below the point, it would have
esulted seriously.
John Van Sicklen Mack, who died
une 20 at his home in Shelburne, after
long illness, was the youngest child
Fredick and Laura Wan Sicklen) ,
lack, lifelong residents of Shelburne.
lis grandfather, DR.. Frederick Mack, '
racticed medicine in his entire life,
DING to Shelburne soon after Revolu-
onary days. In the death of Mr.. Mack {
his seventy-hrst year, Shelburne loses
ne of the older representatives of one
its early families Mr.. Mack is sur
ived by one sister Miss Mary Mack
Burlington; a daughter and three sons,
lrs. II. w. Tracy, Walter FELTON,, Ben
min Harris, and John Hurbert Mack
1t is not generally known, perhaps,
lat in Halifax, in Windham county,
farm of 1,200 acres, including
)0-acre pasture enclosed with a wire ,
nee four and one-half feet high, with
which are 100 Coltswold Highland,
nd Irish Smut sheep and ten head of
title; also a 700-acre deer park enclosed
7 lO-foot fence, which contains a few
K and goodly number OF deer Be |
lie the sheep pasture and deer park s
ere is on the same farm trout pond Z
at covers 40 acres, and outside the /,
nee is another pond that covers 90 acres,
llch is well stocked. In one, of these
'nds, a trout weighing 80 ounces was
ught last year. This farm is owned by
NJ. Ward, of New York, who purchased
e property about nine years ago,
-gely as a money-making proposition, 9
It gave up that idea and now uses it as
pleasure resort, where he and his friends q