The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-02-03

on the southern division.
A valuable horse belonging to Hec-
tor Blondin of Isle La Motto, was
drowned last week as Mr. Blondin
was driving across Lake Champlain
to a point on the Alburg side where
he was cutting wood. In the snow
storm he lost his bearings and drove
into open water near the railroad
drawbridge. 1t was with difficulty
that he got out himself, but the
horse drowned.
At the recent annual meeting of
the Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum COM
pany, George Edmund Milne, who is
at present a student in Yale uni
versity, was elected a director of the
corporation and James M Boutwell,
was reelected president. Mr. Milne
is son of the late George b Milne,
we'll known in the Barre granite in
dustry and of Mrs Caroline Milne
who, with her son, retains the hold
ings of her husband in the quarry
ing corporation.
Wellington Chu, nephew of the
secretary of the Chinese delegation
at the disarmament conference in
Washington, is to enter Middlebury
college at the beginning Of the
second semester, it is announced. His
work during the remainder OF the
year will be of preparatory nature,
as he will enter formally next
September with the class Of 1926.
Chu was born in Ten Tsin and came
to the country some years ago to
secure an English education. He
comes to Middlebury from the Hunt
ington school, Boston.
The annual meeting of the Green
Mountain Mutual Fire Insurance
mpany took place Jan. "a with
practically all of the directors at
tending, while there was also quite
a number of the policyholders pres
emit. The gain in amount written
over 1920 is S577,073. The balance
on hand amounts to $33, 141 "A. The
assessment for the year was four
per cent. The officers were re-elect-
ed. Hugh J M Jones is president;
George L Blanchard and Charles E
Schoff,s vice-presidents; William A
Ellis, secretary and Edward H Dea-
witt, treasurer Five of the trustees
were reelected: Sanford A Daniels of
Brattleboro, William E Harlow of
MONTPELIER, A Barber Moves of St.
Johnsbury, Max L Powell of Burling-
ton and H Julius Volholm of Mont
pelier H1
While at play Clayton, two-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs Harry Harvey,
put a celluloid comb into the fire in
the front of the stove and drew it
out ablaze. The child was burned
considerably on the hand and about
the face. The child had convul-
sion, resulting it was thought, from
its nervous condition following the
burns. The child, however, was re-
ported gaining.
Everett Smith, aged go years and
AZ years continually in the employ OF
the Boston & Maine railroad, with
the exception of four years when he
was engaged in farming, dropped
dead in Newport Jan. 21st as he was
undressing. He had gone home with
Bert Human, a fellow employee on
the railroad, at the end of their
nights work. i'f'1'@ "}f's "'E a.
Fred s Pease, deputy commissioner
Of industries, who recently returned
from Ludlow, Proctorsville and Cav
endish, reports that the wooden mills
in that vicinity are doing good
business. Most Of the mills are run.
ming nearly full forces of employees
The lumber interests in that section
are not very active Wood-turning
mills are fairly busy.
o Hamburg, a wireless operator
from New York, was recent guest
of R H Downer of Waitsfield. He
walked into town on skis, coming
from Stowe. Mr. Hamburg started
on skis from North Adams, Mass
and walked by way of Brattleboro,
Keene, Lake Sunapee, Newfcund lake
to the White mountains, going
through Franconia, Crawford and
Pinkham notchos, then took little
turn into Canada and south again by
way of Newport and Waterbury. He
has walked 440 miles thus far and
still at it, He thinks it will be
close to $50 miles before he gets
through.
Two valuable hounds, hunting dogs,
owned by B and Hiram Wingate Of
Orleans were found in traps Jan. 81.
They had been missing since Monday
previous and their feet were badly
frozen, and had evidently been held
prisoners all this time. Wide search
had been made by the owners for
the hounds, and they were discover
ed in Bloomington on the farm of Y
G Marshall, caught in traps set for
fox by Hiram Allen of Orleans, who
was arrested and appeared in NUM-
cipal court in Newport before Judge
w M Wright, Jan, %. He was
charged by States Attorney Albert
w Farnum with. not visiting his
traps once in every "a hours, as the
state law provides. Allen pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined
500 and costs.
An attack against the public health
activities of Vermont which char
acterized them as paternalistic was
launched at the conference of state
medical men and public health work.
ers held on the roof garden of the
Hotel Vermont recently. Charges
were made that the public health
workers, especially the Vermont