The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-06-24

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that Mrs Moore then left to get the
cows and returning found her hus-
band hanging in a shed.
A new steel bridge, being built
across the Connecticut river at
Brattleboro, collapsed June 16. A
working party of % men were on it
when it went into the river, but all
were saved. Those in charge OF the
construction for the American Bridge
company of Elmira, N. T., said that
the collapse was due to the swapping
under water of piles that were set
to carry a much heavier load than
that under which they failed.
Clarence M Brooks of Keene, N. H.,
has been appointed by the Vermont
state highway commission as a
deputy to Thurman X Dix, the high
way commissioner. The highway
board, at recent meeting authorIz-
ed the commissioner to appoint two
assistants, one of whom should have
charge of maintenance and the other
of construction work. Mr. Brooks is
! to be the man on maintenance.
In making a detour near Burling-
| ton Sunday afternoon, June II, q +
Orr of Ferrisburg broke an axle to
his Ford car and requested DR.. h d
Bettinger to tow the machine to a
garage. At the time DIR. Bettinger
left the car, about 8 o'clock, it was
in condition to tow in, but when
he returned for it about midnight,
the machine had been stripped Of
everything movable. The four tires
with their rims were gone, the radi-
or |, fc ho1 ha Oh
tubes and all small tools, also the
number plates, Vermont 1924.
The House of Peers and the govern
ment of Japan have each contributed
forty thousand yen for the erection
Of a memorial to the late Henry w
Denison, at Guildhall, Vermont, where
he was born in 1916, advices receiv-
ed at Washington June Is said.
Denison, who died in 1914, was large
ly instrumental in establishing the
foreign office of modern Japan and
served as legal adviser of the foreign
office from 1880 until his death. The
form of the memorial has not yet
been decided.
Guy Thayer, Jr., 10, only child of
Guy R Thayer of Springfield, was ia
tally shot by his own rifle while out
hunting Saturday afternoon, June IL.
His uncle was with him and Thayer
was wiping off his rife when he ac-
cidentally touched the trigger and
the bullet went through his left |
hand and into his left side, infict-
ing a mortal wound. He walked a |
house, but died three hours later.
The controlling interest in the
Equinox House, at Manchester, and
other property of the Equinox com
pany, but not that of the Equinox
Spring property, has been sold by
Mrs George Orvis to Mrs V H P
Brown of New York. The Equinox
House has been in the control Of |
the family of Franklin H Orvis, the
original proprietor, for the past 60
years.
Mrs Mary Avery of Rutland, a
widow and mother of five children
all living at home, is confined to her
bed with a bullet in her chest as
result of a peculiar accident. Mrs
Avery had put some coal into her
kitchen stove and was standing over
it, cooking, when there was a loud
report and she felt sharp sting in
her breast. Investigation showed
that a cartridge had gotten into
the fuel and was put into the stove
unintentionally. No one in the
house had any firearms so the cart
ridge was probably in the coal when
it was brought. The bullet has been
located by an x-ray apparatus but
it has not yet been removed. The
wound is serious but 1t is expected
that Mrs Avery will recover.
The Vermont Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs which has been in con-
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Mrs Henry A Slayton of Morris ,
Vile; first vice-president, Mrs j l.
Hathaway of Middlebury; second vice .
president, Mrs John A Waterman of !
Burlington; third vice-president, Mrs !
: c Fits of Brattleboro; recording }
secretary, Mrs Erwin Whitcomb of :
Bellows Falls; corresponding secre-
AIRY, Mrs George II Brown of Morris =
lille; treasurer, Mrs f A Lawton Of :
Chester; auditor, Mrs n d Phelps Of !
Barre. Seven new candidates have !
oined within the last year.
The Rev. w Dukeshire, pastor of !
he Methodist-Episcopal Church of
1nosburg Falls, formerly superinten- {
lent of the St. Adams district of the :
Vermont Methodist Conference, died ,
cry suddenly shortly after midnight
night, June IL, after an q
illness Of about two weeks. While /
lis condition was considered serious :
t was generally hoped that it might 4
lot prove fatal. The family was !
realty encouraged Saturday morn q
NC when the nurse reported a con- 7
iderable rest and some decidedly .
improved symptoms. Mr. Dukesire =
vas 50 years of age, and is survived (
" his wife. Harriet Pemmell; two +
ons, Robert Of Concord, Mass, and /
theodore # this place. N
Measures are being taken by cot
age owners on Lake MemphremaCog
nd residents of Newport against the
Dominion Textile Co, the largest
pinning company in Canada, which i
t is alleged has raised a dam across q
he Magog river so that it is at least s