The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-10
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, Mar. 10, 1922.

We were reminded last Saturday
afternoon of one of the Globe Mans
Daily Stories, when we observed
several of our young married women
wading in the snow clear up to their
knees, and beyond, to attend card
party. 1t is an old story about
some mariners shipwrecked on a
South Sea Island who were half dead
with hunger and terrified at the
thought that they might fall into the
hands of cannibals. Looking cautious
ly about, they caught sight OF a
wisp of smoke curling up beyond a
ridge, but were afraid to approach
for fear it might be cooking fire.
Desperation, however, drove them to
invest. They crawled painfully up
the slope until they were barely be-
low the rim which concealed the fire.
There they paused for breath and
courage, their hearts pounding
against their ribs. Suddenly an angry
voice was raised from the direction
of the smoke: "You blank, blank
idiot" they heard, "What the hell did
you play that card for 2" and one OF
the shipwrecked mariners raised his
hands thankfully to Heaven and said:
"Thank God, they're Christians "
A stranger standing on the plat
form of one of our morning trains
asked small boy at our station,
"What town is this 2" and was
promptly informed Newbury. SIS it
a farming town ?" eyes, SIR what
do they raise here ?" and the boy
replied with a tinge Of disgust, "Why
don't you know, we raised the Carl
son Brothers here" Perhaps the
New York gentleman did not have
the time to find oft just what kind
of animal the Carlson boy is, but it
is quite evident every small boy who
is basket ball enthusiast in radius
of fifty miles of Newbury have heard
of these five brothers. born athletes;
who have made Newbury's basket ball
team famous Last Monday night in
Chadwick Hall was a close game won
from Woodsville by 81 to 25 in New
bury's favor.
Hon. E A Bayley of Boston was in
town, Friday.
Some twenty-five or thirty of our
young people enjoyed snow shoe
hike last Thursday night with Does
Corner as the terminal. Here they
were fed up on a lot of Esther's good
cooking, and came home in Perkins
ambulance all safe and sound, and
ready for another hike as soon as the
bugle blows.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Stiles and
daughter are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs Walker Woodbury..
The list of town officers are as fol-
lows: Moderator, Richard Darling;
Clerk and Treasurer, M C Knight;
Listers, Scott Fellows, c Miller, H
D Fulton; Selectmen, Geo. Lackey,
John Smith, E E Avery; Overseer of
Poor, Ralph Burroughs; School Di-
rector, Warren w Bailey.
Death Of a Granddaughter of the
American Revolution.
Newbury loses one of her Oldest
citizens today in the death of Mrs
Mary S Wallace, the widow of the
late Rev. Charles C Wallace and the
only survivor of the large family OF
Abner and Betsey Bayley. Her death
occurred Tuesday at noon.
Mrs Wallace was born Sept. 10,
1886, and was the Great-great-Grand-
daughter of Gen. Jacob Bayley, and
Great Granddaughter of his son Jacob
Bayley, both of these ancestors dis
tinquished themselves in the War of
the Revolution. Since the death of
her husband, which occurred over
thirty years ago, Mrs Wallace has
made Newbury her home.
Funeral services were held at her
late home Thursday, and from thence
her remains were taken to Westfield,
N. J. for interment beside the re-
,,oo;or of her husband