Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-20

1uR GREEN MOUNTAIN FARMER.-This is the
title given to our Agricultural Department, to
which we wish to call the special attention Of
the Farmers of this State. Look at tho Third
Page, and see if the Farmer Department should
not DO sustained
" THe UNKNOWN MOTHER, This charming
story, now publishing in the FREEMAN, is pro-
| ducing moro than we promised for it, Its read
ers say it is the best we have ever published
Remember, back numbers to its commence
ment will be furnished gratis to all new sub
scribcrs.
New SUBSCRIBERS Remember that we cred
it any new subscriber twenty five cents, for each
new name he sends US. So sec your neghbor,
or find and ask him to take the FREEMAN, you
may make quarter in SO doing.
New FURNITURE Snop-We sec that a new
Furniture Store has bacn opened in our village,
in the new and b autiful block Just built, by
| Thomas Reed. Mr. Babcock is young man of
good business habits and education, and deserves
suScess, and We wish he may havoit
CHRISTMAS PREsEyTs.-Capt. A. A. Mead al
ways does the nice thing, by way of Christmas
presents, and we learn that he will have bet
ter assortment for st. Nicholas this year than
ever before.
The LAMoILLR County TEACHERS AssocIA-
TloN will hold its next regular session at Nor
risville, commencing on Thursday, December
Goth, OF ten o'clock A. NJ. and continue two
days.
HENRY NJ. BATES, late State Treasurer Vsr-
mont has returned to his residencein Mortified ;
and he expresses his conviction of being able to
arrange all matters connected with his admins
tration of the Troesury Department! to the full
satisfact Of tbs State " trust that both
for his own reputation and the credit of tho
State he will b. entirely successful -Ph.oa ir.
Tie PARAGUAY EXPLORING ExpEDrIoN.-A
BuenOs Ayres letter remarks
Z" Commander Page, officers and men have re-
turned home in good health, having completed
their luxurious ana difficult work of surveying
he principal branches Of the Rio de La plata
the distance Of over two thousand miles above
Buenos Ayres, Leading to many very impor-
tant towns, located in a rchan fertile country,
which will in future prove great benefit to
the public at large. Already we can see the
effect of it in many different ways; one of which
is that few years ago there was hardly known
a steamer in those waters now we see them
threading their way up the extensive rivers
thousands Of miles, where short time ago, no
one supposed them navigabe"
A German who had $500 in gold deposited
in one Of our city banks, stepped up to counter
yesterday, presented his certificate, and demand.
! ed his gold. He was paid, when he said to the
banker, " Vot you gif for golf now, ell ~
" Five per cent" was the response. Oh,
yaw, dat ish goot. sell you dose for goot pa
per monish >" All right was the reply, and
| 1915 in currency was handed the ex-depositor,
who took SIS from his roll of notes. and hand
ed back $500, saying deposits dat NIT
new certificate he departed with his $l5 pre-
mium,-SpringfeM (M) Register.
THE ERF QUESTION IN RRss1A.-A late mum.
Der of the Brussels Nord reports from st. Pc
tersburg that the Superior Committee instituted
! for the definitive examination of the plan for
omancipating the scrfs, is actively at work, IN
der the Presdentship of the Grand Duke Com
stantine. to bring that important reform to Il
successful issgc, and one that will probably be
carried into execution at tho beginning Of the
next yeai, Al least it is hoped that the full
scheme may be submitted to Che Counch of the
Empire in fonr or five weeks Other reforms of
not less Importance, as, for example, Of the iu-
dicial tribunals and Of the provincial police,