The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-02-11
STATE NEWS

One of the lost barrages on law
breakers taken by States Attorney Z
r Davis of Washington county, who
vacated office recently, was directed
against punch boards and their own
ers. James A Field paid So fine
and costs of $6.05, and Joseph Shad-
roui paid like sums.
The death of Mrs Ida Martell of
Rochester made the ninth victim of
a fire which, starting when her hus-
band used gasoline by mistake for
kerosene in building the kitchen fire,
destroyed their house recently. Mar
tells aged father and five of the
children were trapped in the house
and burned to death and two other
children died later. Martell, who
escaped death by jumping into a
water trough, and three children who
were not at home at the time, are
the only survivors of the family. BY
curious coincidence, Mrs Lillian
Butterfield, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Henry Martell was burned to
death six years ago, her clothing
catching fire while she was starting
fire with kerosene.
AObdi Dl CNipdllOn III OdHudTY IN
Vermont, SO inches, was the small
est ever recorded. While the Their
mometer in Rutland hit IL degrees
below zero, unofficially, on two days,
January, 1918, saw it 33 degrees
below. January, 1921, had an excess
over normal temperature of los
degrees or 3.5 degrees daily. There
were seven clear days and six partly
cloudy.
The Vermont State Fair commits
sion, at recent meeting in Mont
pelier, voted unanimously not to
allow any games of chance on the
state fair grounds during the an
nual fair. The contract which the
state fair commission requires Of
those having concessions is strict,
but il is said that when the officers
backs are turned the games of chance
have been accustomed to flourish.
This move to wipe out all tendencies
coward open games of chance is
along lines being adopted through
'ut the country. The commission !
also looked over plans for a new
barn.
Mason S Stone, ex-lieutenant-pov-
,rnor, and II T johnson, adjutant |
yeneral, attended the funeral of |
Governor Parkhurst at Augusta, Me-,
asst week.
Fire, which broke out in the base
mont underneath the chief engineers |
,ffice az the Central Vermont rail- |
way at ST. Adams Jan IS, Quilted the |
partitions Sand walls while the re- /
nainder Of the building occupied by
he general offices was badly damag- |
ID by smoke and water. The blaze /
proved a most stubborn one and for /
Yearly two hours the firemen battled |
o check the flames progress through |
he partitions Of the big structure. /
The damage is estimated al between
10000 and $4,000; totally covered
" insurance.
The sawmill. owned by George
Daniels and located between North 1
Montpelier and East Calais. was
destroyed by fire recently. The loss
Q the mill was practically total.
here was no Insurance. The loss is
'etween $500 and S3OO0. Very little
lumber was DESTROYED and the logs
we're not touched. Mr. Daniels is now
{ work rebuilding the mill. The
ause Of the FIRE is unknown. but
caught from sparks from
he chimney as the mill was oDer-
ted that dav There is a large
tick Of logs AZ the mill
Rerinning last week the r and T
'sirbanks scale factory at st. Johns
urv Is operating only four DAYS a
eek. the plant closing down on Fri
avs and Saturdays This measure Is