The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-08
STATE NEWS.


N. H., carrying teams, automobile
and other vehicles and passengers.
For disturbing the slumber of resi-
dents in the vicinity of The Randall
a Morrisville hotel, during a recent
night, three MorrisvilIe men and &
Burlington travelling man were taxec
S25 each in court.
The University of Vermont has
purchased the Buell. estate in Bur-
llngton, including the house which
is known as RedStone, the lodge,
garage and more than Sc acres of
land and will make the place the
central dormitory home for women
students.
George Beaulieu, 10, who was ar
rested following an attempt to wreck
a train in the Central Vermont tun-
mel mile north of Burlington re-
Gently, waived examination in Bur-
lington city court and was bound
over to county court in the sum Of
! $500.
H P Sheldon, fish and game COM
missioner, has received the bronze
badges which the men who are deputy
and county game wardens in his de-
partment will wear. Up to this time
the wardens had to furnish their
own badges and the new badges will
eliminate the possibility of any per-
son who has been formerly warden
wearing one Of the old ones.
Robert j Roy, who died at the
Mary Fletcher hospital in Burling-
ton June IA, had lived since May =,
1915, with a broken back. On that
day he fell from a telephone pole
and received injuries which ever
since had impaired his physical con-
dition.
Peter Chase of Brattleboro, compar
ing the weather of June, 1921, with
that of other years, says that in 1868
the hottest period of that summer
began June II and lasted for five
days. During those days in the day
time thermometers registered 100 in
the shade and the nights brought
little relief in sleep.
P C Dodge, formerly postmaster at
Randolph, for the past several months
a resident of Lakeland, Fla, where
he has been employed in the Morn
ing Star. newspaper and printing
office, hes leased the job printing
plant of the Lakeland Evening Iele-
gram, securing an option of purchase.
1t IS a l0,000property, equipped
with three linotypes, cylinder and
Job presses and large amount OF
new material. Mr. Dodge is printer
of the old school and familiar with |
Just this type of business.
An Overland automobile, driven by .
r Il Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs Ed
ward Rogers of st. Johnsbury, plough
ed right into a heard of cows owned
by Alcide Leclerc on the Danville
road in Fairbanks village recently,
two of the cows being so badly in
jured they had to be killed. The own
err of the car then sped on without
waiting to see what damage he had
but the affair was seen by
several persons in autos, so there
was no difficulty in learning the
name of the diver of the. car. He
was fined S25 and also settled with
Mr. Leclerc foF the loss of the cows.
Eber Huntley Palmer of DuXbury
son of Mr. and Mrs Edwin F Palmer,
who was graduated last month from
Waterbury high school, has had a
most unusual record of school attend
lnce ever since he started to attend
school in Duxbury. He has attended
school eleven years, six in DuXbury
md five in Waterbury, and in that
line has never had an absent or tardy
mark although in the past five years
lie has had two miles each way to
ravel to and from school. The young |
nan is 16 years of age and expects to
inter Norwich university in the fall.
The fish at the Bennington hatchery |
re the best ever raised in Vermont, |
ccording to those who have watched |
ne propagation of fish in the state
atcheries the last few years. The
rout which were fry a month ago
ave attained the length of from one
nd half to over two inches in
ength in some instances. Supt Hawks
tated a few days ago that he had
bout 100000 brook trout ringer
ngs on hand at the present time
nd although they are still called fry |
hey have already attained the fin
erling stage. These are being put
ito the streams of the state almost
very day of the week. He also has
few troughs of lake trout.
Eugene Stone, a prosperous farmer
East Concord, holds the undisput-
! bear hunting championship of that
eek of the woods as a result of a
lip into the thicket which he made
gently and emerged with three
embers of the family of Bruin, the
other and two cubs. Only the fact
lat his ammunition supply became
yhausted prevented him from max
e a 100 per cent killing, the father
sar making a successful getaway.
s a result Of this very productive
Inting sojourn the residents of Con- :
nd village have, for the past few =
lys, been enjoying bear meat with
1t any expense incurred.
About 80 members of the Rutland
sachers' association and several of
e board Of school commissioners
ct at the Rutland Woman's club
oms the evening Of June % and
nderd Supt. of Schools d b Locke
farewell reception. Principal Ed
ard 5 Abbott Of the Rutland high
cool presided and presented Supt.
)cke and Mrs Locke, who was also
guest Of honor, a leather travelling
x as a token of the esteem in