The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-02
STATE NEWS.

Deer hunters in Worcester secured
16 bucks during the season, accord
ing to the game warden in that town.
Two does were found dead in the
woods.
The Groton Manufacturing COM
pany has received an order for 2,O0O,-
900 pipe stems from one firm, be-
sides smaller orders, and business
prospects are brighter than for some
time.
Mrs Frank Lawrence of West Mil
ton has yellow chrysanthemum
which has 100 blossoms. The plant
is one year old and 81 inches in
height. Each blossom will cover a
silver dollar. She also has tuber
rose which measures 38 inches in
height and has 20 buds.
A former student at Derby acad-
envy has recently presented that
school a six-acre field to be used as a
playground and athletic field. 1t
lies directly back of the academy and
adioins the campus. The presenta-
ton is in memory of Elizabeth Bis
bee Hunt, who was the wife of Judge
Nathan P Hunt of Manchester, N. H,
Proctorsville weather prophets see
in the removal of large numbers OF
pine grosbeaks from the forests to
that village, seeking to build nests
near the shelter and food supply OF
houses, an augury of hard winter.
Only once before in the memory OF
old residents have the grosbeaks been
seen to desert the woods and come to
town, and that was the severe winter
of 1888.
To provide funds to take up the
100000 of water bonds coming due on
Jan. l, 1922, it was voted at special
city meeting held in the Barre opera
house Nov. 21st to issue 100000 re-
funding bonds. Only small num-
Der of voters were in attendance
James Mackey was chosen moderator
and City Clerk James Smart served
as clerk. Under article of the
warning, it was unanimously voted
by ballot to bond for 100000 and
under article 3, resolution was in
troduced fixing the amount, nature
and terms of the bonds.
The silver loving cup which the AS
ISOLATED Industries of Vermont won
at the recent semi-annual convention
of the national organization for the
largest increase in membership in the
preceding six months will be brought
to Montpelier as soon as it is suit
ably engraved. The organization
must win two legs more on the cup
to retain it. l. A Kelly, the secre-
tary of the organization, also attend
ed the annual session of the National
Founder association while away and
heard Governor Allen of Kansas,
Judge Speer of the circuit court of
New Jersey, and E H Edgerton of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers speak.
Morris Savage of Grand Isle was
fined $40 and costs for failure to turn
out with his automobile when a ma
chine in the rear signaled repeatedly
for him to turn out. The car behind
happened to be occupied by two state
inspectors. Three times he blocked
their way and almost forced them in
to the ditch.
Vermont is rated fourth state in
the Union in number of accredited
herds by the United States depart
ment of agriculture's bureau OF
animal industry in its October re-
port, recently received at the de-
partment. Vermont has 725 herds
Vermont is led by Pennsylvania with
743. accredited herds, Wisconsin with
1893 and Minnesota with 1,216. Yer.
mont is seventh state in number OF
herds on the waiting list for tuber-
culin testing, having 1,063 herds or
the list.
The Vermont Y. NJ. C. A. has pur-
chased Camp Hochelaga, girls
camp on Lake Champlain, and has
taken a 2O-year lease of the camp
site. The Y. M. c. A. has operated
girls camp there the past two sum-
mers. Miss Julia M Thomas of New
Haven, Conn, formerly of Rutland;
will be the 1922 director, as last
summer.
The itinerary of Marshall Foch's
tour of the United States and Canada
as announced Nov. 81 by the Ameri'
can Legion shows that on Dec. IL the
marshal will be in Ottawa and Mont
real; Dec. IL, in Quebec; Dec. IL
through Sherbrocke. Que, White
River Junction and Windsor, VT, and
Springfield, Mass, to New York.
The authorities at Fort Ethan Al
len are now in communication with
the army air service headquarters al
Washington in an endeavor to have
airplanes established permanently al
the post. This is in addition to the
corps of aerial photographers who are
to map the state of Vermont from
the air for military purposes, it Is
understood. Colonel George Williams
commanding Fort Ethan Allen, said
this morning that he hoped to have
aviators at the post in the neal
future.
A peculiar animal was shot last
week by Oscar Vance on his farm al
Westville. The animal was about the
size Of a large dog. resembled foS
in color and was thought by some tc
be a cross between some animal and
a fox. It had fiat. bushy tail, with
long coarse hair around its neck like
a wolf, and some thought IL was
species of the wolf. 1t was seer
several times before Il finally came
out into the open when Is was shot