Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-19
Gbc Nous GIrancr.
Notes and Commen.s.

barre PoRKERs.-We saw, last Friday
oalr Of purkers, which bad been brought to our
village market by Mr.. Lemuel Farewell, of Bar
re, by whom they were raised from une litter and
faltened together IN one pen, weighing $50 lbs.
each, without the variation of single ounce, in
either, ana atfording as handsome specimens of
that product as ever we're seen, we will venture
10 say, III any market In New England. We
understand that len last spring pigs have this
euge weight OF $50 lbs. each, the largest, raised
by A. NJ. Jackman, Esq, weighing $40 lbs
Barre is mouel VI farming town, having fur.
nished President with II pair of carriage hors-
os the taIrs with the whItest maple sugar, and
the markets abroad with beef, pork, butter and
cheese winch few towns in Vermont have been
able 10 Surpass
The KING FIsHER's ANNUAL REPoKT.--M.
Aurora Mallory, Of Esst Montpelier, of whose
success in trout catching, we last year told sto-
ries, which We could make f0w of our cotempo-
raries Of the press believe, with all the afirma-
tons and re affilrnatlons we could make, author
ICES to report, as the fruits of his single hook
and line, the past year, twenty hundred weight
of trout about FIVE hundred of which was taken
during the session oc the Legislature. PeachAm
Pond, from which they were mostly caught, is a
great place for trout but 1t takes our King Fish
er t. get them out in any quantities worth brag-
ging over.
MONTPELIER VILAeE.-Tl,ose who complain
that the progress Of improvement in our village,
ls not what it should be, IN place possessing
so many natural advantages, and who wonder
why 1t should be So need wonder no longer, if
they would consider that nearly three-tourths
OF all the solid capital Of the plsce, is locked up
in norgaeed securities, or bank stocks, which
help on the improvements of the town about as
much as the reported treasures in the inap-
pfoachable Gold Mountain OF California. If the
owners OF this capital, instead of hugging it to
themselves and lying dormant, like clans in
the bottom of the river, that open their shaIIa
only to nip the toes Of those coming in contact
were to throw out reasonable port on of their
money for the erection Ofiactories. and other es-
tablIshments, requiring the employment of ope
ratives and others, Montpelier would increase IT
population and general thrift, like Brattleboro'
st. Johnsbury, and Mortified, whose capitalists
unlike many OF our own, have conceived the idea
tina, G d has given them wealth with which Il
benefit the public as well as themselves. Blu
we have some honorable exceptions to the clas
of capitalists whose policy we have called ii
question, aud we took up our pen but for tn
purpose Of noticing an evidence OF it,that has ap
peared the past season in our village, In IN
shape of two beautiful cottages. erected BY tn
Hon. Daniel Baldwin, in line with the Stat
House. on the West. Mr.. B. is one of our re
tired CAPT alists whose funds we're oil safely il
vested but not being Of that class whom tn
possibility Of losing dollar would drive distra'
ted, he has commercially thrown out five or 81
thousand dollars in these fine samples Of cottaG
building, that have not only afforded employing
to our mechanics, but really added ornaments
our village. His example, under the circnT
stances, is worthy public vote Of thanks at o
next village meeting.
FrENDIsH TREArMENr-The Democri
at Marshall ILL.,, gives the most revolving
tails Of case of fendish wickedness in III
county. A man named OmStead aud
wife are in prison for starving TO death II
ofhis children, Thy former wife, AID hi
ardiny the life of third. The COrone
iurv exhnmed the bodies and reported I
facts. 1t was proven before them that Oh
stead is wealthy, that the children w
kept tied in all clubhouse in cold, wet wea
er, without fire, and only had little c.
corn bread to subsist upon. One of
witnesses stated that she was there when
step-moiher took some meat and bread, a
went into the room where they were to ft
them, as she said the witness watch
her, and instead Of giving it to the child
she put it into vessel where they CO
not get il, and returned, saying with
oath, to the witness, that they had eat it
up and licked the plate.
Judge Lynch ought to hold court
that district.
A TRAGIcAL AFFAIR. Our readers
reccoIect that last May, returned Cali
man, by the name of johnson, of Bang
on his way thIther in the steamboat, LEFT
bout $500 dollars of his gold upon
wharf al Belfast, which was found and
turned t. HIM MIR. Johnson was cOnslC
ed to be a very lucky man, not only IN
covering his gold, hut in bei"g aba t" br
hume so large a pile" considering
shortness nf his absence.
Last Friday, THIS fortunate Mr.. John
was arrested by an officer from New Y
on a acquisition from the Governor OF
ifornia for the r)bbery and murder OF a
in California, some time last winter
sprlna. The most horrible part OF the
fair is, hat two innocent persons were
cused AS the murderers, convicted and !
while Johnson was in the States
recent Developments, however, came
connecting him with the murder, whIct
no Doubt as to his guilt, and caused III
resi- Bath (Me.) Tribune.
FATAL AccIDENT.-Two lr'shmen
killed, Tone Instantly and the "'her
but few h. urs) Tuesday morning last
the ground of the VI. Central Railroad
pot, in this village, by the falling of