Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
MONTPELIER Town ELECTION. some

upon themselves to make radical change in
the board of officers. Instead of two Democrats
and one Republican. for Se!ectmen, as last
year, and who would have nothing to do
with the Liquor business, they elected three
live, staunch, Temperance Republicans, and it is
now expected that with the amount of business
which town, situated like Montpelier, might
be supposed to command. we shall be able to
pay for the State House, build Eagle Ledge
Road, and furnish good surplus for election
eerng purposes. Really, it may be economy to
look after this. One thing is unfavorablO we
believe that so much of strychnine is now mixed
with Liquors, that people will not drink them,
SO the Selectmen must see to it that they get
pure spirits.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Our friends must
find no fault with us for calling upon them for
strict advance payment. There are many upon
whom we should be pleased to wait, but in Or
der to get rid of dishonest subscribers and bick-
erings, we must adopt the system entire. No
one is compelled to take the paper. But our
list is so large that our own safety compels us
to insist upon $3.50 per year, strictly IN adj
vance, of those who do take it. We are aware
of publishing the best paper in the State, and
intend to make it still larger and better, but we
have something else to do than looking after
those who have no aim but to cheat printer.
ADVERTISE Your BUsINEss.-There is one
great reason for the stagnant condition of busi-
ness in this State, in the fact of a want of in-
formation as to what is for sale or wanted to
purchase. The produce dealers do not buy be-
cause it is not presented, farmers do not offer
their produce because it is not called for There
is a market for produce of all kinds, if the far
mers only knew where to carry it. There is,
also, produce enough to be sold, if the dealer
only knew where to find it, Business makes
business, and there are thousands of articles in
trade, which would find ready sale, did peo-
pie only know the things were In existence. 1t
is duty of every man to increase the business
of town in which he lives, and this can be
accomplished in no better way than by adver-
Using. Get up an excitement of some kind
stir about, and your neighbors will catch the
fire, and stir too.
OLD TYPE METAL.-This is the best and cheap
est material now in use for filling boxes for ma
chinery to run upon. 1t is just as good as Bah
n,.A ha had az ho1f kho oh EnN
sale at the Freeman and Messenger Office.
MR. PRocToR' S CONCERT. The lovers of good
music among our towns people will not, Of
course, fail to attend the concert Of MIR. II. I.
Proctor, at the Free Church, this wednesday,
evening Mr. P. offers pleasing and well-se-
lected programme, in the performance Of which
he will be ably assisted. See circulars. ~
The March Term of Washington County
Court, commenced its session at this place on
Tuesday.
DoNATIoN.-The friends Of the Congregation
al Society in Braintree, made their Pastor, the
Rev. A. Nichols, a donation visit, Feb. 9th, in
which he received about 5000 mostly in cash,
thereby showing that his labors are still appre-
ciated although he has preached in that town
more than fifty years.
Fourteen divorces were granted at the recent
term Of the Supreme Court at Woodstock. Ought
there not to be common law that couple
who were " sick of their bargain could 60 to a
magistrate and get unmarried, the same as to
get married.
The ALPHABET OF GEOLOGY The above is
the title of primary Geology, by Rev. S. R.
Hall, author of The Geography of Vermont"
&c., &C., now in press, and soon to be published.
Mr.. Hall has devoted much time to the study
of Geology, and the people of Vermont will be
surprised to see how much really useful and i'm
pOrtant information little volume from his
pen contains.
1t has been stated that the Democratic Ma
tional Convention was to meet ON the birth
days Of Buchanan and Douglas the Union
Convention on the anniversary of Henry Clay'l
birth and the Republican (as originally called)
on Gen. Scott's birth day. We have not seen
the fact mentioned that the last call of the Re
publican Convention comes on Stewards birth
day, he having been born May l6, 1901.
There is just now an alarming disease pre-
vailing among cattle, in some parts of Massa.
chusetts. 1t is called PleurO pneumonia.
A Mr.. Darling of Rupert fred upon crowd
who were making night hideOus with tin horns
mans &C. 10 call ont a Young MN inst mar