Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09


Stowe adds the following postscript to private
letter
" Last week | saw paragraph IN the Free
man, saying that Mr.. Stearns, q jew peddler,
had been killed and eaten by bear in Stowe.
| never heard of it before, and 1T must be a
hoax, for saw Mr.. Stearns go past my place
yesterday Some weeks ago a story was in cir
culation that bear had killed Jew in Belvi-
dere, but that was also hoax. think Bruin
will not venture out in 'Spunky Lamoille, ut
this season of the year, or waylay men when
sheep and smaller animals are plenty, and hay
scarce to feed them on.
Very truly yours, M. I.
TEMPERANCE FEsTIvAL.-The following resolu-
ton was unanimously passed at the meeting of
Capital Division, No. "a, of Sons of Temper
ance, on Friday evening last
ResOlUed, That our grateful Acknowledgements
are hereby presented to the ladies of Montpelier
and vicinity, who so cheerfully and generously
nlversary Festival With no motive of avarice,
appetite, or business policy to extinguish their
sympathies, or palsy their hands, how prompt
ly they respond to the demands of the Temper
ance Reform. Would to God, our noble cause
were committed to their hands.
In the verdict of the Coroner's Jury, to in
vestigate the cause of Tthe Lawrence disaster,
they attach no blame to the insufficient manner
Of building the Mill, excepting the iron posts
used to support the floor, which were found
wholly inadequate to support the immense
weight of machinery, &C.. upon them They
attach the whole blame for this upon the ar
chitect, Mr. Charles II. Bigelow.
New MUsIc.-From the extensive Music Pub
| lishers-Messrs. o. Ditson & Co., of Boston,
we have inst received the following new music,
which together with every thing in the music
line, may be had of G. W. Wilder, whose
rooms are at this office
| Love the Summer Blossoms Oh I'm the
Elm Vespor Bell ; Daylight is Fading: The
Autumn of Our Fears Like the Song of Birds
in Summer; The Grave of Little Nell; Oh !!
Bright and Fair with Golden Hair Home of
| My Childhood; Jennie was Our Dearest Pride;
| Lily Lye; Gentle Minnie Bell The Vesper
Chime The Rose and the Vow The World is
| full of Beauty; Sunny Memories | Have no
Mother Now The Absent One Midnight Ser
enade. Also, Richardson s new method for the
Piano, and new method for the Melodeon. Al
SO for sale " The Golden Wreath, choice COL
lection of favorite melodies designed for the use
OF schools, seminaries, select classes, &c.
We learn that man in Marshfed was killed
by limb falling upon him, while telling tree
in the woods, one day last week. Why don't
our friends send us the facts of such incidents !
Eight lives were lost at a fire in New York, on
the I'd.
An axle broke on the Western Railroad near
Wilbraham, Mass, on the LIST, throwing car
from the track, and severely injuring several
passengers.
Eight men were killed by the explosion of a
hat factory in Brooklyn, on the Sd.
There is now continuous Railroad from
Bongor, Maine, to New Orleans, except four
short ferries at Hudson River, the Snsquehan.
nah, the Potomac and James rivers.
There was an eclipse of the moon on Monday
evening last, the principal events of which one
of our poetical contributors has wrought into
verse and given us for publication at future
time.