The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1920-12-17

A. Clyde Engel, ex-Red Sox player
has sent in his resignation as base
ball coach of the University of Yer
mont, to take effect Dec. %. 1t i
conditioned upon action of the presi
dent and college authorities. Ange
has been coach for two years ant
has won an enviable reputation.
Several of the big hotel men o
the country are beginning to dis
cover that Vermont has possibilitie
as a summer recreation ground. 1
syndicate of Boston hotel men he!
lately purchased tract of land alp
proximating 100 acres of lake shore
land with about IL acres of virgin
forest at Watch Point in the towr
of Shoreham, and intend to put up {
modern hotel there in the neal
future.
John L Byard, one of the foremost
authorities on bee culture in New
England, who died at Southboro
Mass. November 20, was native Of
Peru, but had resided in SouthborC
for so years. He was president Of
the Worcester County Bee Keepers
Association and superintendent oil
the apiary of the Massachusetts Agri'
culture college at Amherst. He con.
Quoted research studies on bees anc
their culture in all parts of Massa.
chusetts and wrote extensively or
the subject.
Lack of business on the Boston G
Maine railroad, in both passenger and
freight business, has cost many en-
ployes in all departments, their posi-
tions. At Newport about 20 men
have been dropped at the transfer
platform and rs will be laid of
there this week from the machine
shops. St. Johnsbury has not been
affected as yet, owing to the fact
that the Fairbanks Scale Co. is being
rushed to fill large orders.
Realizing that the temporary tying
up of the funds in the Christmas
Savings club of the Barre Savings
Bank and Trust company which re-
Gently went into the hands of a re-
ceiver, will work hardship on many
of the LOO depositors in that de-
partment, the other three banks of
Barre have generously offered to adj
vance sufficient funds to allow the
payment of one-half the amount due
each Christmas savings depositor of
the closed bank before Dec. 25. The
total amount paid in by Christmas
Savings club depositors up to the
time of the closing of the bank was
approximately $4,000.
Asking Curtis S. Emery what would
be an adequate fine for his client,
George c Rolfe of Littleton, N. H.,
to pay for smuggling from Canada
204 quarts of whiskey in his auto
Federal Judge Harland B
Howe was told by Mr. Emery, who
believes in the enforcement of the
act, that $1,000 would be
about right. Rolfe, who is a we'll
known Littleton business man, paid.
He is said to have been executive
officer of a syndicate organized to re-
lieve the drouth in that town. The
case against his companion, Edward
Cardinal, was mol pressed.
That granite is not immune from
attacks is borne out in a
letter to Paul Hedwall & Son, granite
from one of their Gus
toners when he gave duplicate
order for die cap and explained
that the original cap had been struck
by lightning after being set up in a
cemetery. Other parts of the monu-
ment came out of the encounter un-
scathed, but the seven-foot cap was
shattered by the bolt. Barre granite
has safely withstood most of the
elements, but in view of the forego-
ing incident it cannot be held as be-
ing exactly lightning-proof.
The Montpelier & Wells River pas
senger station in Montpelier was
opened recently, having been closed
since the government took over the
railroads. The trains will start from
the Central Vermont station as they
have been, but will stop at their
own station, thus Irving the patrons
of the company more service.
The weather report for the month
OF November, recently issued by Co.
operative Observer George H Ross.
shows that the mean temperature
for the month was 34.10 degrees Fab
renheit, as compared with 35.5 de-
grees for the same month last year.
The maximum temperature was 80
degrees on the 10th and the minimum
was IL degrees on the
Goth. There were two clear days, 10
partly cloudy days and nine cloudy
days. For the same month last
year the maximum temperature was
81 degrees on the first, and the mint
mum was IL degrees on the 21st.
The number of Gear days was six,
with seven partly cloudy days, and
IL cloudy days. The total preclpi-
tation for November this year was
1883 inches and the total snowfall
was 9.S inches. The total moisture
for the same month last year was
3,7l inches, and the. total snowfall
Ia inches.