The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-07-29

started Thursday, July Ia, the ami
versary of the young mans birthday.
National, state and city labor or
CARNATIONS lost July Fl one of their
most diligent and earnest workers in
the death of Alexander Ironside of
Barre.
H S Read has resigned as superin-
tendent of schools in Richmond and
goes to Maine, where he has position
as teacher in a high school. E L Clark
of Orwell, former teacher in Rich
mond, will succeed Mr. Read.
Owing to the unusual fall of rain
in Grafton two weeks ago the river
there rose higher than at any time
in the last 20 years. Some families
lost their entire gardens and much
damage was done to the roads.
Three hundred and seventy-seven
students are attending the summer
school at Middlebury college, and
number of young woman students had
to be turned away because of lack of
suitable accommodations in the vii
lage.
Sharon's 29th annual old home day
will be observed Aug. II. 1t is
Sharon's claim that she originated old
home day, which was started through
the initiative of the late Rev. c M
Palmer, then pastor of the Congre-
gational church there.
Over 100 children from the New
York Tribune fresh air fund have
come to spend two weeks vacation
in Franklin county and over so auto
mobiles were waiting at st. Adams
Friday, July Is, to take them to the
various homes where they will be
entertained.
Military officials of the State are
enjoying no little speculation as to
how the report circulated from Will
der that officers had seized 1000
rounds of ammunition and guns.
These are the equipment which were
shipped from the State arsenal to
the selectmen of Hartford the first
week of the strike when affairs look
ed as though there might be some
trouble at Wilder. They were in
readiness and we're placed in the
lookup at White River Junction for
safe keeping and use if troops were
modified at Wilder.
Millions of elm tree beetles have
descended on Middlebury and that
kind of trees have been practically
defoliated by the little brown worms.
After the recent heavy storms in that
vicinity the beetles were piled up at
the foot of the trees by the quart.
Each year until this, for long time,
the elms have been sprayed by
private landowners or, since 1919, by
the village sprayer. 1t is said the
| 1Ana fhic hp-
cause of the expense.
Seven Morgan mares, valued at
between 500 and $500 each, were
instantly killed July IA about three
o'clock at the governments Morgan
horse farm during the severe eleetri-
cal storm that struck that section
Lightning struck the tree under
which the valuable animals were
standing and instantly every one OF
them fell dead. Six of them were
the property of the United States
government and the other belonged
to E C Stillman of New York City.
Lightning last Thursday afternoon
july ID, struck the barn of L A
Sparks in Middlebury and tore prac-
tically all the boards off one end OF
/ the barn, DeSlueS SpllIllIlB sever al vi
the rafters into kindling wood. A
span of horses had just been driven
into the barn before the bolt struck
but the splinters of the rafters fell
about the horses heads, making them
back out of the building. The
damage to the barn will be several
hundred dollars.
The LOO mark in accident reports
has been passed this season in the
secretary of States office. About l0C
reached the office Monday and Tues
day, July Is and 10, as a result OF
weekend driving. Over two-thirds
of these accidents took place in
towns in western Vermont, a large
number coming from Rutland county
These include State truck 81, which
ran into a railroad train, and the
company wants damages for the ac-
cident.
The railroad station at Concord
was burned to the ground early Sat-
urday morning, July 10th, and very
little was saved, as the building was
in flames when the station agent,
Frank Cobleigh, arrived there. The
fire was discovered at 2.l5 a. m. by