The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27


Stevens house in that place. He was
retired grain dealer.
Prof. G A Meigs, for 10 years con
nected with the state agricultural
school at Randolph Center, has ac
copied a situation as horticulturist a
the Essex county agricultural school
Hawthoren, Mass.
George H Waldron, aged 70 years, {
veteran of the Civil war and for ovel
! 20 years president of the Vermont
Humane society, died at his home il
Springfield May 18th of pneumonia.
The decision of two Montpelier mill
dealers to drop their retail price tC
10 cents quart is expected to start
others in the same direction. The
price of milk has been Ia cents q
quart.
There will be dedicated in Sharon
Memorial day monument to the sol
diers of all wars, to be located on the
common. A Hurd of White River
Junction will give the address of the
day.
June and have been set as the
dates for the auto show at Newport
to be held by the Newport Chamber
of Commerce. 1t is expected that a
street carnival will also be held. All
auto dealers in Orleans county are
cooperating.
Frost damaged the apple and berry
crops in central Vermont May 10th.
From some of the nearby towns came
the report this morning that the
ground was white. 1t is hoped that
Ia Io1 ann,,nh -
that a partial crop will be obtained.
The drive of the Barre Board of
Trade in it's membership campaign
has resulted in a total of over $4,000
and is still going on. Fifty dollar
memberships continue to predominant
among the business houses, with a
considerable number of 500 annual
pledges.
Patrick H Lynch, 65, retired, died
May II from injuries received late
yesterday afternoon when struck by
an automobile driven by Mrs Sadie
(Turner) Hapgood of Brattleboro, for
merly of Turner's Falls, Mass. Mr.
Lynch's skull was fractured. and he
did not regain consciousness. Mr.
Lynch had been sitting in the park
at the foot Of the Main street hill
and started to cross as Mrs Hapgood
drove down Canal street hill into
Main street. He hesitated, stepped
back, and had started forward again
when he was struck and knocked
down. 1t was thought at the time
that he was not hurt seriously.
Edward Joseph Garrow, the 40-year
old Franklin farmer who has been on
trial in the Franklin County court
since May 9 charged with the murder
of his wife, Matilda Garrow, on
80, last, walked out of the
court shortly after 8 o'clock a free
man. The jury after celebrating for
three hours through it's foreman, A M
JENNIE of Berkshire, reported a YER
dict Of not guilty.
The wool carding mill of Henry C.
Gay in Barton has been sold to f R
Cook. This is the only mill of the
kind in Vermont and one of a very
few in New England. Mr. Gay oper-
ated it 46 years and the past season
200 different families were among
his customers.
Sunday evening, May s, as an auto
party was passing from Addison to
" a Iillt Ddll lItu IIOlll
some unknown quarter struck the
of the auto and passed
through the car, which had four
Had there been a fifth
one, the person would have been in
range of the bullet.
Mr. Finnette, driver of the milk |
-ruck Of C A Peck of Westminster, !
n trying to go around a large touring |
,ar on a narrow street, went over |
bank toward railroad track, and as
he truck struck the track Mr. Fin |
lette was thrown out This saved his |
ife, as the car was practically de- |
troyed by the impact and the whole |
Dad of milk and containers was de- |
troyed.
Allen Fletcher, adjutant of the
american Legion has received from
he American Legion Weekly a re-
Iuest for a story of about 1000 words
EXPLAINING how Vermont obtained the
irst place in the country relative TO
membership. 1t appears from the
etter that the State has made a rec
I'd and that now the above paper
wants to give il credit for the task
y a publication of the way it was
CCOln DllSneQ.
After AZ years of married life, Mrs
larry Ann Mann, 81, has secured a
ivorce in Washington county court
rom George w Mann, aged "a. Mrs
lam charged her husband with in
severity, neglect and re-
lsal to support She said he kept a
evolver and that he made a state
tent that some day / shall 90 and
hen | 60 you will go too" and that
e said he would never be happy I'M
] she was put under the sod and he
1uld dance on her grave.
An Overland sedan driven by trav-
ling salesman from Troy, n. Y, be-
anne stalled on a hill in Orwell re-
entity. While a new start was being
tempted, the engine back-fired.
'nitirg the gas. The driver, break
e the glass in the window, jumped.
riking the ground just before the
IS tank exploded. The car was com
etely destroyed with the exception
one tire.
The discovery Of two cows dead and I
Veral others sick in the pasture Of i
ebert Heath, az East Ryegate. led ,
a thorough search Of the premises
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