The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-15
STATE NEWS.

Brattleboro has a case of infantile
paralysis, two-year-old daughter of MI
and Mrs Anderson being i'll.
Forty-nine "fresh air" children from
New York City were entertained in Enos-
burg Falls the first two weeks of July.
Explosion of copper boiler wrecked
the kitchen of the summer cottage of Prof
Williston Walker of Yale at Brattleboro
the other day.
Cemetery commissioners at Barre have
offered S25 reward for information leading
to the arrest of persons scratching matches
on granite memorials.
d H Moffat, aged 30 years, an employe
of G H Stafford of Morrisville, has a dis
located spine, due to trying to stop roll
ing log.
Among the well-known musicians sum-
mering in Vermont are Alexander Gum,
at North Ferrisburg, Samuel A Baldwin,
at Manchester, and Alexander Bloch, at
Greensboro.
The Mississquoi river at Enosburg Falls
is so low that persons easily cross the
stream with common rubbers on and the
fish are dying in quantities.
Francis Colledge of Mount Holly is crit
ically i'll with congestion of the lungs fol-
lowing a severe attack of inflammation ofEthe
throat, caused by kernal of pop corn be-
ing lodged in his throat.
Edward Foley was arrested recently on
the street in Rutland for desertion from
the United States army. Foley had been
at his home in Rutland for some time but
the officers had Just been notified of his de-
sertion. He had served nearly two years
of three year enlistment.
Judge E G Mower of Burlington, who
has been special lecturer on international
law and other courses in government at
the University Of Vermont since 1910, will
next fall devote his whole time to teach
ing those subjects at the college. Judge
Mower will have a full professorship.
Out of 756 depositors there are 297 I'M
proved accounts with the Barre Savings
Bank & Trust company of Barre and the
receiver, George B Carpenter, has petition
ed for an extension of time in which to
prove and allow claims.
A drive for $780, 600 for the Newport hos
pital is being made this week. A com
mittee is covering Orleans county and it
is expected the effort wall be productive of
good financial results.
Walter Stetson OF Halifax, SO, farmer,
was killed almost instantly June 20 while
driving his Ford automobile from Halifax
to Marlboro. His skull was fractured when
the car went off bridge in South MARI
boro
John Phillips and Harry Clark Of New
York City, on their way from there TO
Quebec, stopped near White River juno
ton to look for engine trouble and Mr.
Phillips took off his diamond ring, valued |
at $3.50, and placedit on the fender of the
car. When repairs had been made, they |
resumed their journey and had gone 40
miles before Mr. Phillips thought of his |
ring Retracing their journey, they found |
it by the roadside just where they had re-
sumed the trip.
The American Wooden company recent
ly had to lay off $50 workers because there
was no water power from the Winooski |
river to run the machines at the plant. |
The company has large number Of orders
ahead and the employees will resume work
as soon as power is sufficient
The rainfall in Brattleboro last week
to more than six inches, accord
ing to Ferris r Vaughan of that place,
who has kept daily weather records with
standard instruments for more than II
years. This exceeds the record Of any
previous week during the II years. The
highways there suffered $500 damage
and so telephone lines were put out of COM
mission.
The condition of DR.. Horace L Watson,
who has form of sleeping sickness, is not
He has been i'll since he
came home from trip to Manchester, N.
H., in which he drove his automobile and
Overtaxed his nerves. He also has kid
ney complication. Recently he slept %
hours out OF "a. He wakes when spoken
TO and then returns to sleep.
The following persons have been taking
the examinations before the State board
Of registration Of veterinary surgeons:
Thomas Brazenall, Bury, Que, Canada,
Grand Rapids Vet. College, Mich; G )
Park, Grand Isle, Indiana Vet. College,
A A Mortimer, Barre, Pa. University Vet.
Dept; George Thomas, Wells River,
Michigan Agri. Vet. Dept; G F Pauly,
y. Y, McKillip Vet College,
Chicago; Alden II Russell, Natick, Mass
Cornell University, n. Y.;Carl W Dwyer,
East Berkshire, Michigan Agri. Vet Dept.
Gerald and Co1ald Kennette, the l3
and nine-yesr-old sons Of Mr. and Nrs
Homer kennette Of Montgomery Center,
Tor whom search had been made in the
nearby woods following the parents dis
covery July 4th Of the dead body Of the
BOYS l1-year-old sister, Doris, emerged
rom the woods later IN the day near q
neighbors. Search had been made for
hem at a greater distance from the point
where the boys came out. Though no
iefnite information can be secured re-
zarding the story by the two young boys,
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