The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-03
STATE. NEWS.


erica, which was located at Concord
Corner, is to be celebrated in 1923.
Rev. A M Marley of Concord is the
general manager of whatever plans
are to be made.
F B Southworth's, of Bethel, rec
ord with his universal corn husker, a
machine of his own invention and
construction, was made last week at
a farm in East Randolph, when it
husked 401 bushels in five and one
half hours.
Richard Bean of Westminster, a
freshman in the Brattleboro high
school, was hit in one eye by base
bal and had to leave school, while a
specialist strives to save the sight.
Bean was not playing ball and did not
know one had been thrown until he
was struck.
Deputy State Treasurer Thomas
Cave, Jr.; made out check Thursday
to the town treasurer of Underhill
for $1,062 in payment of the bounty
ON 4,57s hedgehogs, killed by resi-
dents of Underhill. The money will
be distributed by the town treasurer
to the men who killed the hedgehogs.
Over 200 acres of timberland on the
east side of Williamstown gulf, one of
the most beautiful spots in Vermont,
have been purchased by Mrs Laura
Ainsworth of Wi'liamstown from A A
Reed of the same place. The pur-
chase of the property by Mrs Aims
worth undoubtedly means that the
natural beauty of the gulf will be
nv e. .o ,,n11;Lla
under the control of the new owner.
The Bingham sash and blind fac
tory in Bennington was totally de-
stroyed by fire last week Wednesday
night. The origin of the fire is un-
known. Loss on the structure and
machinery will amount to about
$4,000, with little insurance. Recent
ly the building had been occupied by
E E Palmer, who lost a gaso' inc en-
CINE and finished stock valued at
between $500 and $500, with no in
surance.
Forty-two bird shot have been re-
moved from the left arm, one side of
the abdomen and left leg of Percy
Currier of Greensboro, accidentally
shot Oct. Is while hunting with Will
liam Rollin. Currier and Rollin were
after cartridges and had separated.
Rollin, seeing some bushes move,
fired. Currier, who was behind the
bushes, screamed, and Rollin dashed
forward to find his companion badly
wounded The wounds are not deep,
but infection is feared
Prof. A E Winslow of the Norwich
University faculty. has been appointed
to the Vermont State Administrative
committee, Federation of American
engineering societies, a body organ
lied for the purpose of aiding com
munity, state and nation in engineer
ing matters
A man giving the name of John
Ryan, picked up in Springfield Oct.
81, critically i'll from wood alcohol
poisoning, admitted to the police
later that he was William Doheny
and that he escaped October from
the Vermont state prison at Windsor
where he had served 18 months of a
long term for burglary. His identity
was established by the police finger
print system. He was discharged
from the hospital and brought to
police headquarters to face drunk
enne-s charge.
The maroon Lincoln coupe stolen by
three hold-up men near Danville re-
Gently has been recovered at High
water, Que. by Canadian customs
officials, and George Mill of Worces-
ter, Mass, one of the bandits. has
been captured A boy named Bour-
beau of CRANKY, Que, who was with
Mills, and is one of the trio, escaped
Mills and Bourbeau returned all the
way through the state from Massa-
chusetts in the stolen car and passed
the United States customs officials
without being stopped. The Cadillac
car in which Edwin McGourty., the
other member of the trio, was ar
rested at St. Johnsbury, has been
taken back to Fitchburg, Mass, where
it was stolen.
Grand Isle has probably the small
est church in the country, with seat
ing capacity Of 26. 1t is built Of logs
and wood, even to the candlesticks,
and is a memorial to Mrs Gemont
Graves, whose husband, missionary
of Burlington, pitched the tents Of
the family there in 1902. The sons
and. daughters married and their
families were added to the summer
colony. The children erected the
little church in memory of their
mother. DIR. John Henry Hopkins,
husband of one of the daughters, be-
ing a prime mover and coming every
summer from his parish in Chicago
to spend two or three months. is the
head of the little church. He
breaches and reads the Episcopal SER
vice. There are 25 inhabitants at
the settlement.
Mrs Mary G Hooker. aged rs, widow
of Col. George w Hooker. died Oct
% in the home of her son, James F
Hooker. in Schenectady, N. Y, where
she went to live a few years ago. Mrs
Hooker was a native of Brattleboro,
daughter of James and Love (Ryan)
Fisk. Her father who came from
Bennington. and his son, James Fisk
Jr., half brother of Mrs Hooker. for
merlv had several two horse and four
hourse teams covering parts of Yer
mont. New Hampshire. Massachusetts,
and Connecticut selling silk dress
goods. The father built the old Re-
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