The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-28
STATE NEWS.


of Middlebury, VT, won fourth prize
in the recent 300 mile endurance test:
The 25th anniversary exhibition or
the Vermont State 6ortlcuitHrai So So
Plans are under way for the cree
ton of a new 100000 Methodist church
The SIX beaver caught in New York
state, which are to be used to start
a colony in Vermont, nave peeh pIdceu
in the reservoir at Red Mills, Woou-
ford. ,4 so,,r
acres of land and purchased by the
town of Chester as memorial TO It's
soldiers of the World War, was dedl,
Gated october 7th. 1t is to be devoted
to community purposes. , .,+,,
Mrs Patricia MCGUIRE, charged with
heing an accessory after the TACT TO
the theft of an Oakland automoplle
owned by j Lenton of st JohnSDuTy;
was sentenced in Caledonia munlcipai
court to six months or not more than
a year in the women's state prison at
Rutland $40 ,,oo;as
WAS shot last week by Walter Medor
at the mouth of a river U sWanton
He thought the bird to be an ORDINARY
lake duck and shot 1t on the win nSestl
nut breast, hook bill and dove tan II
resembIed very much the shoVelln, d
kind of river duck to be found a. IN some some
sections of North America out dul'e
Waterbury has the state champion
school speller. She is Miss DORIS -. Jud 40
Mr. and Mrs Luther M Graves. and
freshman in Waterbury hlgh sehoo1
Miss Graves won the DISTINCTION at
Rutland, the contest being held IN con
innction with the state teachers con
yention, Besides the distinction, sne
was awarded a gold badge, lnse Sahoi
"First Prize, vernon TPtI gf Speh cnSnty. as
fine result of her work, will get the sL-
Yer cup offered to the winning county, my
The spelling contest lasted an nun
'al Sbe .ri p Ravin of the telephone
company of Burlington mas given n
very fine Indian mortar to the ChIttei
sity of Vermont museum. rms MOI .h
like most of the mortars used by the
former occupants of Vermont Is mace
from a granite boulder by eXcaVatinB
the surface with or filh h6,6 9U3is was u' pro-
duced on one side. Corn, or whatever
was to be ground, being put INTO me S
hollow, was crushed by a IolleI ,,,Ga |
nestle In this case a large peDple
weighing several pounds, was appar-
emily the grinder used. as such stone
was found with the mortar III Gol-
chester. The boulder Is 70 lH i
long, about Is inches wide and 8 men
es thick. The hollow is nearly as
large as could be made on a suriace
very desirable addition to the, large
collection of Indian stone implements
III Henry Agostines, for many years
one of the best and most widely
known sculptors and statue modellers
in this vicinity, died Oct. 10 at ms
home in Barre. He was ~ years 1lu
and had been i'll about nine weeks
Mr. Agostines was born in Venice, |
Italy, and came to the United states
when about 80 years old. one OF Mr
Agostines best works was was the n IloaT,t
ling of the statues on the non9,lle.e
erected in Yorktown, Va, in 1881. 10
commemorate the surrender or the
British in 1881.
the insane at Waterbury was a mon
ey making enterprise during the year
from June, 1920 to June, 1921, the net
Droft being S22,531 .39 according TO the |
balance sheet just made up. The gen |
eral expense of the farm totalled ST. |
1885 and there was a return OF saw |
2 3Gsss. reG 4ides iF and talow si1i8s
dairy livestock $4,000; machinery ana
equipment s219S.27; dairy .ppro@di1 d rs
S1a8i n0 o fqF@ f2om the piEgerS
was $363O.27; from the hennery
S214.6S.
last week by National Guard officers |
from Adiutant General Herbert T..
Johnson of Montpelier indicated that
according to the last report OF the
Militia Bureau of the War Department |
in Washington, dated September 3Oth'
1921, Vermont is credited with Sc Of
fcers and 1115 enlisted men. 9. total |
OF IN who are Re, members members OF One the
states that this is the largest number |
of federaly recognized National Guards
men of any state in the United States
according to population.
Colonel Spencer e Borden, we'll
known manufacturer ana chemist OF
Fall River, Mass. died suddenly of
heart trouble at woodstock a,a Inn To,o Oct
Borden, who gained his rank as an
aide on the STAFF Of Governor w p
Russell was associated with Thomas
A Edison i'm his early work and or
ganized his New England business.
He was an inventor OF mechanical, ell |
ectrical ana chemical appliances. As
breeder Of Morgan and Arabian horses
Colonel Borden was prominent. He
promoted the first endurance race ever
held in New England.
Employees OF the American Accumu-
1ator Co. under the direction of a Mr.
Merrill are at work making locations |
for the ~ highway lighthouses to be
installed at dangerous points on the |
state highways. Locations near Mont
peiier already decided upon win in
clude two ut DOdge's crossing, one at |
the intersection Of roads in East |
Barre, one at what is known as the |
three mile crossing on the Central |
Vermont railroad west Of Montpel err. /
and one at the MiddleseX underpass.
Deputy Highway Commissioner c NJ
Brooks is assisting the company's en-
ployees in locating the signals. These |
devices are not patented, according TO |
State Highway Commissioner T w Dix |
Fred S Pease. deputy commissioner |
OF industries. who has returned from
an inspection Of factories in Newport /
Orleans and Barton, states that the /
lumber industries there are quiet for |
the most part. Planning and dressing |
mills are fairly busy with redressing /
western lumber. The firm Of VESSEL |
Nickel & Gross OF New York City is |
installing machinery in large plant in /
Barton for the manufacture of piano
action. People who think hand manu- /
facture is n dead letter in this state /
should visit a wool carding shop in a |
town in the northern part OF the 4
state where the product OF more than 1
500 lOcks OF sheep is carded and re- /
turned TO the farmers for spinning. /
The wool carder has customers in /
northern New York as well as in |
Vermont.