The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-07-14
touched.

touched.
The driver of milk truck found a
package containing about 300 quarts
of the best Canadian whiskey under
small bridge in Fairfield a few
days ago. He Investigated and then
told all his friends about the pack
age under the bridge, with the re-
suit that while he was telling the
last of his friends, the first were busy
removing the liquor. So the finder
was about the only man in Fairfield
without supply of whiskey for the
Fourth. The quality was the best
and the whiskey would have brought
from $1,000 to $4,000.
FB Smelling of Bethel is driving a
Concord express wagon at least 100
years old, the first of it's kind ever
brought into Lyndonville. 1t was
then the property Of the grandfather
of John B Chase, the newspaper man
of that place. Mr. Smelling has had
it 25 years and has equipped it with
new shafts, but otherwise he be-
lieves it to be practically the same
as when new. 1t is of antique style,
including an iron whiff1etree, nearly
the whole structure being of oak
lumber.
Accumulated gas in the federal
building furnace in Rutland, which
had not been in use for weeks, near
ly caused the death of the janitor AL
bro L Frost by asphyxiation few
days ago. Mr. Frost was cleaning the
fues when he suddenly felt dizzy.
Just as he got onto the floor of the
cellar he tainted and in falling
struck his head on grating, cutting
the side of his face and one ear
quite badly. After medical treat
ment he recovered.
Wheeler's Bellows Falls band and
its predecessor, the Bellows Falls
band, have been in existence ever
half century, and one man, Harley
J Huntoon, has played in it continu-
ally for over 48 years. Now comes
the distinction to him in addition to
his long service of having son and
a grandson as well as a granddaugh-
ter playing in the same organization,
three generations. Miss Laura Hun
toon is the first woman musician in
the history of the band, which is one
of the best in this section of New
England.
Twenty-Five men are at work at the
st. Johnsbury fair grounds, erecting
new buildings to take the place of
those destroyed by fire last year. The
new grandstand will stand a little
above the site of the old one and will
accommodate 1000 people. 1t will
be six feet above the Level of the
race track and under the stand will
be located the floral hall. A con-
crete overpass takes the place of the
old bridge on the race track and
everything about the grounds not
entirely new will be thoroughly
renovated.
An informal luncheon was rendered
Henry O'Malley of Washington, the
new head of the Bureau of Fisheries,
June 81, by members of the Gale
donia Forest and Stream club and
friends, p. of st. Johnsbury. Mr.
OMalley began with the department,
in his home town, rs years ago, and
spoke enthusiastically after the din
ner of the York Pond station for
the progation in the White Noun
tains forest reserve, which is under
the direction of the St. Johnsbury
hatchery.
DR.. Charles H Swift of Rutland
has been granted a permit by State
Fish and Game Commissioner Harold
P Sheldon to conduct a fish and
game propagation farm in East Pitts
ford. DIR. Swift and Egbert R Will
lard of Rutland have started an ex-
detrimental proposition for raising