The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-16

tional Museum had shot bird, and
as he stopped to pick it up, his gun
was accidentally discharged.
DR.. j H Gaines of Newport was
tried in Derby court recently on a
charge of disregarding a traffic Off
Ger in the latter place when he ac-
costed him, as he was on duty, for
driving his car at a speed greater
than 20 miles an hour, which is the
speed regulation in Derby village.
The officer claimed that abusive
language was used to him when he
addressed the doctor. The latter In
court was fined 500 and costs of $l9.-
IS. He handled his own case and
was not represented by an attorney.
Albert F Gollnick, 20, captain of
the Middlebury College football team
in the season just closed, received
Dec. 3 the appointment as Rhodes
scholar from Vermont at Oxford Uni
versity for the period of three years.
He will take up residence at Oxford
in October, 1922. The appointment
carries a scholarship of $1,75O an
nually. Mr. Gollnick was selected
from a group of nine candidates, OF
whom three were from Middlebury
College, one from Dartmouth College,
and one from Haverford College. In
addition to his exceptional record as
a student, Mr. Gollnick has been a
leader in athletics and in the life OF
the college throughout his four years
He has played on the varsity foot
ball team for four years and was this
D,,f1orI unroII nhnina For
all Vermont fullback.
A real estate transaction of much
interest and Importance is announced
in the sale of the mansion at Speed
we'll farms, the former residence OF
the late Theodore N Vail, to ID l
Grapes of Lyndonville. The price
named in the transaction was large
one, but small when the original cost
of the property transferred is taken
into consideration. The property
sold includes the house on the hill,
with it's magnificent pipe organ, the
valuable water rights, the green
houses and 100 acres of land. Mr.
Grapes has acquired splendid piece
of real estate, for many years one OF
the show places in Vermont and the
MECCA Oh NlSlDOIS IL al tliA iiS~i
1t was formerly owned by Calvin ID
Bigelow, one of the substantial far
mers of Lyndon, and when the prop
erty was later purchased by Mr. Vail,
the Bigelow homestead was made the
nucleus of the big mansion as it now
stands, the staircase and hall and
front rooms of the Bigelow house be-
ing reserved in their original form
and one of the cosy rooms was APP
propriated by Mr. Vail for his office
and den.
Bounties amounting to S832.10 on
hedgehogs, bay lynx and black bears
were paid by the State auditor Dec.
6. Payment was made for 2,126
hedgehogs at 35 cents each, nine bay
lynx at So each, and two black bears
at $40 each. The payments were
made possible by the transference OF
81 900 from the contingent fund to
the money available for bounties by
the board of control at its last meet
ing. The last Legislature appropri-
ated the sum which has been custom
airy $4,000 and raised the bounties
from Is cents to 35 cents on hedge
hogs and from SIS to So on bay lynx
or bobcats. The raise was not con-
sidered in making the appropriation
and consequently the appropriation
was practically used up by October l.
The raise in bounties stimulated
hunters and large number of boun-
ty applications were received which
could not be paid until the conting-
ent appropriation was made.
William H Tracy, observer in charge
of the Mortified station of the
United States weather bureau, re-
ports a mean temperature of 81 de-
grees in Mortified during November
the normal for the month being 81
degrees. The highest was sc degrees
on the 10Th, and the lowest was
eight degrees on the 9Th. The great
est daily range was % degrees on the
goth, and the least daily range wa:
four degrees on the Goth. The pre-
cipitation (rain and melted snow
amounted to 466 inches, the norma
for the month being 2.60 inches. Tht
precipitation included 1856 inches Of
snow, of which 11.9 inches remained
on the ground at the end of the
month. The prevailing wind wa
from the south, the total movement
4,7S2 miles, the average hourly veloc
ity sc miles, and the maximum veloc
ity % miles per hour, from tn,
southeast on the 18th. The montl
was made up of one clear, four part
ly cloudy and % cloudy days. Pre-
cipitation in quantity sufficient Z
measure occurred on 10 days. 4
solar halo was noted on the Sth,
lunar halo on the 18th, sleet on tn
18th and oath, and fog on the 18th.
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