The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-08-26

secretary to Mr. Vail. The court
denied his claim for $4,000 which he
said had been promised him by Mr.
Vail in case the Vermont estate was
disposed of while the secretary was
still in Mr. Wallis employ.
A committee of the business men
of Barre have Investigated conditions
relative to the Barre Savings Bank &
Trust company assets and it is their
opinion that the old bank could be
reopened under new charter and a
new arrangement, and that by that
process the depositors of the old bank
could in a short time be paid in full.
A representative of the w H Nc
Elwain company, big shoe corpora
ton, has been in Bellows Falls look
ing over the situation with a view
to locating there a stitching shop en-
ploying at the start some 100 girls
He is seeking 1000 square feet of
floor space for the installation of
machinery, and the Merchants asso-
citation is cooperating with the cor
poration.
Rev. Paul Dwight Moody, youngest
son of the late Dwight L Moody, the
evangelist, Aug. 10 was elected presi-
dent of Middlebury college. He sue
ceeds President John M Thomas, who
resigned after Is years to become
president of Pennsylvania State
college. The new president is at
present the associate pastor of the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian church
in New York. He served ovehseas
as a chaplain of the 26th division
and later was appointed by General
PerShing as the assistant to Bishop
Brent, senior chaplain of the Amer
lean expeditionary forces and sue
ceeded the latter upon his retire
ment. He was decorated by the
French government.
Elizabeth, the eight-year- daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs George o Boyles
of Montpelier died Aug. 18th as the
result of an accident when her skull
was fractured by weight used in
the Hazen block to hold up the stairs
of the fire escape. The little girl
was getting her bicycle from under
meath the fire escape when the rope
holding the weight broke, allowing
the $50 pounds of metal to fall. 1t
struck her on the head.
Information has been received by
the Agricultural Extension service of
the University of Vermont from the
Bureau of Public Roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture to
the effect that $4,000 pounds of picric
acid, high explosive, has been allot- |
ted to Vermont. This explosive is |
for use in clearing stumps |
md ctopoy froro aoriou1tural lands |
No land owner can secure more than |
1000 pounds. The details concerning
plans for distribution are now being |
sent to the Vermont county agents.
In accordance with the present pol
icy of the postoffice department to
provide firearms for the use of rail-
way postal clerks in the various mail
trains throughout the country, ar
have been made where
by the clerks may have the privilege
If receiving instructions in the use
If the 45-calibre Colt automatic
'evolvers provided by the depart
nent, as well as practice in the use
If the same. 1t has been arranged
hat clerks may practice and receive
Instructions at Fort Ethan Allen, VT,
oPl iHSHCiu al IhOly, ppi ihShSlu, "dSS'
md in the rife range in the post
,ffice building in Boston, and it is
that there will be con-
iderable rivalry between the various
Jerks for the best craftsmanship.
Since firearms have been issued to be
arried by clerks in mail trains the
lumber of mail train robberies has
decreased, and as the
Jerks become accustomed to the use
# firearms it is presumed that the
lumber will be still less.