The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-28

cry in Montpelier and another in Barton
to j. c. Trumbell q Co., Orleans, and or
the 10th, before assigning, sold one in
Stowe to HI. G. Belden. His assets and
liabilities are not yet known.
Col Thomas Harmon, superintendent OF
the Vermont Soldiers home, Bennington,
was 20 years old November II, and at the
morning assembly he was summoned to
the dining room of the home where in
behalf of the veterans, Jerome Smith
who enlisted from Rutland in Company
G., 9TH Vt. Regt., presented the superin-
tendent a handsome Shriners' badge
Colonel Harmon has been superintendent
Of the home since 1901.
Two persons were killed in head-on
collision at 1920 o. clock Sunday afternoon
Nov. 10th, on the Central Vermont rail-
way between extra freight trains at a
point two miles north of Georgia. The
dead are Walter Kimball, aged 25, fire
man, and Daniel A Tietbohl, aged IA,
both of st. Adams. The cause of the &C
cident is said to have been the overlooking
Of an order by the crew of the northbound
train to meet the southbound extra at the
Georgia station.
A search is being made for Tracy Will
son, oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Wilson of Poultney. The young man
left home Sunday morning, Nov. 10th, at
II o'clock, and was last seen in Whitehall,
n. Y. He is about IA years old and when
he left home wore dark gray suit, brown
cap and yellow leather mittens. He has
dark brown hair and eyes, small scar on
the left side of the chin, and is about 4
feet inches tall.
The Army and Navy Journal contains
the information that the Second cavalry is
due to arrive at Fort Ethan Allen Deem
Der to relieve the Tenth, which will at
once proceed to Arizona. This is taken
to mean that the war department does not
anticipate trouble with Mexico as it is
said that if United States troops were to
60 there it is not likely any cavalry would
be taken away from the border.
While on his way home from taking his
son to the railroad station Nov. 18th,
Eugene Bickford of Barton, was thrown
from his team and killed. The horse be-
came frightened at a passing automobile
and ran two wheels up on a bank, throw
ing out Mr.. Bickford. When the driver
of the automobile, DR.. +. r. Hastings,
reached Mr.. Bickford, he was dead. The
son, who had just been home to bury his
wife, was stopped before he got to Boston
and notified to return to the funeral Of his
father.
The Rutland Clerical Club, the member
ship of which includes most of the C)n-
gregational ministers of Rutland county,
at a monthly meeting in Rutland, discuss
ed Marriage and Divorce" and went on
record as favoring more stringent laws,
particularly as regards marriages. The
ministers declared themselves in favor Of
publishing marriage banns as is done in
the Catholic Church, in order to give a
minister time to ascertain fitness for we'd
lock before confronted with the marriage
license.
The Vermont chapter Of the Red Cross
Society at its annual meeting in Burling-
ton Nov. 18th, elected the following Off
GERS: Dr. Henry ID. Holton of Brattleboro,
chairman, Redfeld Proctor of Proctor,
vice-chairman; Charles S. Forbes Of st.
Adams, secretary; Harry S. Howard of
Burlington, treasurer; +. S. Billings Of
Woodstock, ex-Lieut-Gov. Nelson w.
Fisk of Isle La Motto and Mrs. W. S.
Phelps of Burlington, executive commit
tee; delegate to the national convention,
eX-Goy. Urban A. Woodbury. Of Burling-