The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-03
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, Nov. 3, 1922.


past few days as guest of his cousin,
Mr. John Goodwin.
Joseph Speare, the veteran sugar
maker, as we'll as prize winner in
many maple sugar contest, was in
our village for few hours last week
Mr. Speare is we'll and husky, and bids
fair to spend many more seasons IN
the sugar bush, and we expect will
win many more prizes.
The Advent Chapel is much i'm
proved by a coat of paint.
Alexander Greer and Jean Greer
gave a Halloween Party last Friday
night and 20 young bloods were pres
ent and report the time of their life;
From latest reports, the family still
survive.
The Home Economics Glass gave a
grand dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Wilmar Perkins last Monday
evening, entertaining the school d.
rectors, their wives and the teachers.
Mrs Harold Freer, formerly Miss
Ada Margaret Hawley, who was so
seriously injured at West Newbury
last week, is we'll known in our VIII
lage and has many friends. who SYM
pathize with her and are looking for
ward to her speedy recovery.
The Vegetable Auction last Mon
dav evening, which was held in the
Congregational Vestry, the proceeds
for the support of the Sunday school,
was we'll attended and about S35 was
realized.
Mr. and Mrs Harley Hood and MIR
and Mrs Charles Harmon are the
happy parents of sons which arrived
last week to bring comfort and good
cheer to their respective homes.
Mr. Brown, telephone man, MIR
Flanders, his daughter Blanche and
his two sons enjoyed ride to Man
chester, N. H., Sunday.
Miss Ellen M Lang starts for Call
fornia today where she will spend the
winter with her sister, Mrs FELTON,.
Mrs C M White and Mrs James l.
George are this week in Boston,
spending the week with relatives.
An automobile acting in rather
suspicious manner last Monday at
tracted the lynx eyed Watson's atten-
ton, and Immediately producing his
note book jotted down the number,
which on consulting his files proved
to be that of st. Johnsbury car. A
rather stoutish built man, with all
the earmarks pertaining to the
"Cloth" was seen to disappear behind
the Methodist church, reappearing
soon with a couple of Fire Dogs OF
antique pattern attached to his per-
son. These were placed in the toneau
of his car.
Now these Fire Dogs belonged to
the party whose property adJolned
that of the church, and had an IN
strinsic as we'll as sentimental
value, as they had been handed down
from one generation to another, ana
for all the writer knows, were the
same Fire Dogs Noah used while on
his VOYAGE to Mount Ararat; conse-
ouentlv the owner did not care to
give them up without giving his con-
sent. and receiving a thank you sir:
AS soon as the Fire Dogs were placed
in the car, the driver did, what seems
to many a most unholy thing. He
drove his car diagonally across the
common, thing that even fly or
crow would not dare to do without
permission, for that common is one OF
Newbury's sacred possessions, and
man who would do such a thing must
have one of the attributes with Uncle
Ira Brainerd, citizen of Newbury,
long ago claimed were the essentials
to make up Methodist minister, "a
loud voice, ignorance and arrogance
There was plenty of arrogance IN
this case AS coon as the car was
seen bv the watchful Watson to DIS
appear down the main street ne teie-
phoned his friend Sherlock Holmes
who. not the son of prophet, is the
son of a noted sheriff of Caledonia
County. Sherlock was instantly alert,
and notwithstanding the hour II 30 a.
M. immedi ately slipped out OF MS
paiamas and donning suit OF heavy
Scotch tweed, called for his pipe ana
tobacco. For Is minutes he sat IN
deep thought, called BY some In,
tense Concentration" Great drops Oh
perspiration rolled off his massive
brow and came down and busted on
the hardwood floor with a reporI
similar to that of soap bubble. All
at once. with great deliberatlon ne
arose. adjusted his tortoise sheliea
eyeglasses, buttoned up his suspend,
ers. slipped on his heavy galoshes ana
his top coat and calling his two dogs,
the one with the long hair, and the
short haired bull dog of English de-
cent, also his bobbed tailed black
cat. ventured out on the moors with
a dare to do or die look on his placid
countenance.
Almost across the street from Sher-
locks residence, lives what a few
short months ago was an old bachelor
but who, getting snarled up in the
matrimonial net lost his freedom am
who has been busy for the last 10
months wondering "How in the dey,l
It happened. In his yard Sherlocks
dogs espied the fire dogs. They were
seated in the car which bore the fate
full digits which Watson had record
ed. and it was quite evident. tna'
with this grand scoop, Sherlock, Sher-
lock had added fresh laurefs to his
name, and thinking perhaps he might
get a little more fun out of the es-
capade, it was his desire to let ms
quarry escape, at the same time noti-
fv his father, and have the gentle
man explain to the Judge how ne came