Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-05-21
Orange Co. Temperance Conven-
ton.

S~H6O W. 4S1u pei dnCe OOQVSu-
ton.
There will be Convention of the Orange
County Temperance Society, at the Congre-
gational Church, in Bradford, Wednesday,
May 9th, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
and continuing through the day.
Speakers from abroad may be expected to
address the Convention.
BA-A-A-A.-Mr. Loring Frost of Coventry,
wintered the past winter, twenty four eve
sheep. From which he has raised the pres
ent spring thirty seven lambs.
FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR.-We learn from
the St Adams Messenger that on Satur-
day night last the residence of Solomon
stebbings, who had for some cause become OBJ
noxious to his neighbors in the town of Ba-
kersfeld, was surrounded by party of men
and boys, and armed with guns, tin pans,
horns, &c, and having quantity of the az
dent with them. They broke in the windows,
and fired their guns into and around the
house. In retaliation, Mr.. Seedlings dis
charged gun heavily cha rged with shot, up.
on the party, and a young man Perley Childs,
some Is years Of age, had his right arm
completely severed, and some of the shot
pierced his body. He was SO badly wounded
that he died on Sunday. Others of the riot
ers were injured, but none seriously. Mr.
Seedlings was arrested, and gave bail for
trial.
AFTER HIM-The reward of $4,000 Of
fcred by certain New York print for the
discovery of the murderer of DR.. Burdell,
has stimulated the public spirit of that city
to extraordinary efforts, and if the guilty
party is not discovered, it will be cause
"moncy is not objected" Timothy Kecfe
distinguished peanut Merchant, has with
commendable liberality offered reward of
foe thousand peanuts for the detection,
conviction and punishment of the murderer
:. or murderers and daily paper offers S10,-
r 600 for the same purpose, to be paid the day
l. after the fellow is hung.
!, ONE OF THE Owrs.-Some days ago, Mr..
4 Charles Kennedy skot, on the hill West Of
the village, the largest owl ever known in
= this part of the country. Its extended wings
I measured six feet from tip to tip. 1t was
shot while on its nest in the top of a large
If Birch and at the same time one of its two
;. young ones were killed. The other was cap
"a tured and brought home by Mr.. Kennedy,
who is undertaking to tame and rear it. The
:. young one is about the size of yearling
ID chicken The old one had mate as large or
nearly as large as itself, but Mr.. Kennedy
" could not get shot at it.-Caledonia.
Rev. J. P. Huntington has closed his la
70 bors at Newfane and Malboro, Vermont, and
&c has accepted unanimous invitation to be-
d come pastor of the Baptist church in Lon
donderry.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMoNT.-We are glad
'e to announce that the corporation intend, at
vel the coming commencement season, to insti-
to tute a new professorship of languages, CIV
De ing separate chairs to the Latin and Greek
Or languages, and to fill the vacant professor
" ship of the Chemistry and Natural Philoso-
n ply. This addition thus made to the pres
ent board of instruction will of course, COR
respondingly increase the efficiency and scope
c. of the course Of study and add to the repu.
e. tation of the University.-Eee Press
=. A SHOOTING CAsE,-A Miss Elvira Stod.
~ dard, living with Elias Wakefield, in that
u II part of East Montpelier known as the Horn
" of the Moon, was brought before Charles
Lyman, Esq, one day last week, charged
o. with an assault on Mr.. Smith with an intent
!, to kill 1t seemed that there was quarrel
= and sharp words between Evira and Smith
y She says Smith threatened her life, she threat.
f, ened back again, and retreated to another
Is room got loaded gun Smith followed her
10 but she got the gun which contained charge
n. of shot, cooked, and aimed it at his breast
e. Smith caught hold of the muzzle of the gun
81 with his hand, and raised it so high that
~ when she fired, the shot only took off part
:" Or the scalp. Evira pleaded sef-defensc in
i, justification of the act, but the Court bound
d. her up in the sum of $500, to await trial at
g the County Court She is out on bail.
p Smith has nearly recovered-Repos,tmy.
!. AN $4,000 TRoT. The owners of Young
Morrill,, have accepted the challenge of the
Ethan Allen" Young Morrill's owners
H. in their card in the Manchester Mirror, say
IF that they do not wish to make with the
" Ethan, Allen" Accordingly they except
the challenge, viz: Ethan to 90 to wagon and
NJ driver weighing three hundred pounds, young
T Morrill, to harness ); mile heats, best three il
e. five. The races to come off sometime tn,
on latter part of next October, over the Uniol
o. Course, Long Island. The money is to b.
put up by the LIST Of June, and Young Nor
ribs owners name $4,000 as the sum the,
as are willing to risk on their horse Ney
ar. Hampshire is now fairly matched agains
:, Vermont, and both horses will be called up
~ on to do their best.-BoSton Journal
OF They are both Vermont horses, by tn
10. way.
PIoUs TH1EF.-We learn from the We
the gennes Citizen that young man of Wa
the than, who has made himself very promnel