The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-08-11
STATE NEWS.


The 250th anniversary of the town
of Colchester will be celebrated by
"old home" week beginning Aug. 81.
Every telephone in the United
States and Canada were silent for one
minute Aug. 4th, while Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor of the tele,
phone, was being buried.
Mrs Mary Palmer recently observed
her oath birthday at her home in
Wallingford She retains all her
faculties, is able to read without
glasses, and is well posted on all
current events.
Dan Milford, a railroad engineer
for As years, died at st. Johnsbury
Aug. 1. He began railroading on the
old Portland & Ogdensburg line.
Thirteen cows of herd of "a be-
longing to Mrs Arthur j Cose of
Castleton were killed by a Delaware
q Hudson train at private crossing
| near Mrs Cases home last Sunday.
A policeman for eight years in ST.
Johnsbury, Gerry w Coburn, with Mrs
Coburn and MIR and Mrs Edgar Brown
of Elmira, N. Y, hit the automobile
trail for Pasadena, Cal. They plan
to camp out during their western trip.
Mrs G w Hitchcock of Derby has
been awarded $4,000 for damages to
her farm caused by the building of a
dam and pond for the Newport Elec-
trio Co. five years ago. Mrs Hitch
cock originally had farm of ZIG
acres but the water fowage cut off
lao acres of pasture and left only Sc
acres of tillage and 20 of pasturage.
That is the fourth claim settled
against the Newport Electric Co.
Henry H Miller, aged 10, harness
maker for more than half a century,
died Tuesday in his home in Brattle-
boro after an illness of seven year.
He was Civil war veteran, and
Helen F Prouty of West Brattleboro
in 1869. She survives with one daugh-
ter, Alice, also three sisters. He was
past chaplain of Sudgwick post, G. A.
r.
The committee appointed by the
Vermont Press association consisting
of Otto R Bennett of Manchester,
John T Cushing of st. Adams and
Howard L Hindley of Rutland to
name the best preparatory school
paper in the state, met al Burling-
ton. The prize of 500 scholarship
to the University of Vermont was
awarded to the Brattleboro high
school, The Dial. The Honorable
mention was awarded the Riverside,
Waitsfeld, the Cabot Chronicle and
the Academy Student, st. Johnsbury.
AS Jesse Honsinger of North Troy
was working on his automobile July
%, the auto being steamer, the boil
er exploded, throwing fire in such a
way as to badly burn his arm and
set the building on fire. Shortly the
house, ell and barn were consumed
The buildings were owned by the
Frontier Electric company and were
in excellent repair.
Mr. C w Fitch of East Montpelier
has been appointed a member of the
State Farm Bureau Federation Ex-
ecutive committee to fill out the un-
expired term of Mr. E H Hallett of
ST. Johnsbury. Mr. Fitch will be the
committeeman in charge of the CO.
operative marketing project. He is
director of the Washington County
Farmers exchange and is president
w
Bureau association. He served as
member of the state federation COM
mittee on relations between the state
federation and the county farm
bureau, and is now serving as a men,
Der of the state federation committee
which is making study of taxes.
A large Colonial dwelling in the vii
lage of Cambridgeport owned and oc-
cupied by Oren Smith and known as
the Cotton place was destroyed by fire
recently. Help was called from Bel
lows Falls and Saxtons River. The
fire department succeeding in saving
the barns and other exposed build
ings. A part of the contents was
saved. The loss was between $4,000
and $4,000, with small insurance.
The cause of the fire which started in
an upstairs room is unknown.
A E Martin, for many years mana
ger of the Equinox House at Man
chester, who resigned last spring, has
been chosen manager of the new Bon
Air-Vanderbilt hotel at Augusta, Ga,
which when completed will contain
about 300 rooms and be one of the
finest hotels in the South. Mr. Mar
tin was for many years connected
with the old Bon Air, which was
destroyed by fire about two years
ago.
Both American Jersey Cattle Club
gold and silver medals have been won
by Oxford's Handsome Pearl, I'd, 401;-
331, owned by John G Rowland of
Quechee. She started test at 3 years |
and z months of age and produced
1851 pounds of milk and 1929
pounds of butterfat. For eight con-
secutive months Pearl yielded milk |
we'll in excess of the 1,000-pound |
mark, and for IL consecutive months |
she produced above so pounds of fat. |
If the town of Wilmington will re- !
lieve the New England Power Co.
from the necessity of re-loc ating that |
section of the Hoosac Tunnel & Will
railroad which runs between
Wilmington and the big earth dam
being built by the Power Co. in the
town of Nottingham the Power Co.
will give the town of Wilmington
100000 in cash and will put on a
boat service between the dam and