Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-21
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on tae 18th. We have full report of it. to
eeOnef with the able and highly creditable ad.
ure'' OF Hon. A. P. IEunton on the occasion
Out the press of other matter will prevent pub.
lcatlon at this time. The address we shall he
pleased to give at future day,i desirable. We
await instructions.
"LLAMsTowN Town FAlR.-Wc learn that
aside from the little rain the Town Agricultural
fAlr at Williamstown was very successful, and
pleasing to those present.
NEW MAGNEr.-All of Mr.. Pitkin's old and
many new customers will be glad to see the
chaho1 and great Improvement in his new
quarters on State Street We should not be
surprised if the neat and convenient look about
the market should entice the fowls and tender
lambs to general rush for dress
COOP IlELD.-DAyid Clough of West Albany
raised one hundr9I and sovonty-fvo bushels of
corn from one and ono-half acre of ground the
past season.
y sad accjden; occurred at NorthGold on
W edncsday evening Of last week During the
firing of salute to the Fusileers of Boston, u
cannon burst, by which Mr.. James Lewis lost
IN arm, his nose, and one eye, and two other
persons were severely injured.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. Goo. j. Colby
OF Waterbury has received Patent on his ma
chine for pccling willows.
MAPLE SUGAR.-If any one of our subscrib-
ers who have quantity OF maple sugar to dis
pose of, will call at our Office when in town, We
will try and purchase,
SAD ACcIDENT.-Mr. Putnam Newton of Ira,
was killed last week by being thrown from his
wagon and drawn by getting ontangled in the
reins His age was 80.
PAY THE PRINTER AS we have said before,
there is the best opportunity to pay up for the
past and present year, by sending by the mem
bers, and as We can 81 n, Conditions IllJw Any
account to run over on1 year, n)w is th9 tim. to
do it.
BACK NUMBERS We have added threo hun-
drcd new subscribers to our list during the
last months time, but can sill furnish back
numbers of the Historical TALL t. all who wish.
REPUBLICAN. Will correspondent sign
ing himself Republican give us his name?
CHANGE OF TIME.-The readers Of the Free
man will notice the change in Railroad time,
in another place.
Thanksgiving Day in New York is appointed
for Nov. 18th.
FIRE IN RANDoLpH,-0n the night of the It'll
inst, a house and barn in West Randolph be-
longing to j p Kilder and j. A. Mann,
were entirely consumed by fire. Loss about
5000. The Fire is supposed to have caught
from smoking pipe.
FIRE.-The dwelling house on the Morrison
Farm in Plymouth, owned by r. p Pollard
and occupied by Thomas Barker, was destroyed
by fire on Friday the Sth inst, together with all
the furniture and clothing, about 1900 lbs of
,hesee, 200 lbs. of butter, 200 bushels Of pota-
ioes 80 bushels of wheat. The house was
insured in Windsor Go. Mutnal for S27o-no
insurance on the produce. Tho loss OF Mr..
Pollard is estimated at $50 over and above
the insurance. Mr. Barker's loss is nearly as
great. After the fire 1915 were subscribed for
Mr.. Barker at the fair ground although most
had left.
Mr.. Ioring Edson's house in Grafton was
burned Saturday morning A portion OF cloth
ing and furniture was destroyed. Loss from
800 to $500, and insured in the Vermont
Mutual for 5000
Eighteen persons were confirmed by Bishop
Hopkins, in Northfcld on the LIST inst.
A new Methodist church was dedicated in st.
Johnsbury on Wednesday last The church
cost over $4,000
About eight hundred Sabbath school schol-
ars, with their teachers held picnic in Lyndon
on the 9th inst.
On and after Monday October 10, the pas
senger train South, will leave Barton at 8
o clock, and all stations below, forty-fvo minu-
ties earlier than at present
On the Sd inst, barn belonging to Mr.. Ry-
land Turner, of Chester, was destroyed by fire.
Supposed to be the work of an incendiary Loss
800.
Sons person entered the Presbyterian Church
at Barnet a few days since and shametully mu-
tilatcd the building. The Selectmcn OF the
town have offered a reward of fifty dollars for
the detection of the perpetrators
The oldest and at the same time the smallest
city in New England, is that of Vergennes, Vt.
which was incorporated in 1898. 1t is the on
ly city in Vermont and in 1850 contained 1873
inhabitants.
To make up the Grand Tist-Sylvanus Ripley
of Montpelier and Gilbert a. Davis Of Chester
On Saturday night last week, The Bellows
Falls Hotel was entered and lot of spoons
forks, &C., stolen. They were plated, and th'
burglar did not get such a haul as he supposed
The same night the house Of MI. j. II. Will
Jams, was entered, but the f9llow for some rca