Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-28
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Beiiocs Fats Times has the following.

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| Paul Robins, his two boys, and boy BIZ the
namo OF >lade, went out last Friday, on the
! mountain lttle south OF the eastern exlrami-
ty Of Winhal turnpike Tor the purpose Of coli
/ ecting some spruce gum. lhey hal an axe, a
small gun, ami dog. The list two were to
add lit;lo sport among The rabbits. wlicb
abound in that region While buj,y engaged
/ in the busin 80 Of the day, thc dog which had
HERETOFORE yell ping at the rabbits, was heard to
/ bark IN a loaderand much moro earnest manner.
On coming up, the found Che do5 barking over
q hole III the snow Plul pu. Lls bond d1Wa
q ltta in the hole and said he saw something
/ black. which he guessed was plq7aeg hedge-
/ hog he called TO the ny with The tsu, he
came and discharged his rlJ ,t-shot INTO The
hole, and out sprlng huge bear. Paul struck
at him with the axe, bit missed the dog sprdng
to his head Paul cutched into the long Lair
Of rump with one hand, and hammered with
| she head Of the axe held in the other, the bear
sprngiog for dear life, Pau not daring to strike
al the bears head every time, lest he should hlt
| his dog, nor with the edge OF hs axe for fear of
spelling the skin. The bear would occasionally
! turn a SUNNI rset which would clear him for a
moment from bis antagonists In this manner
they went through the brush at rapid rate
distance Of nearly hundred rods when the dog
threw the bear by lucky grab in his nose, in Il
manner which gave Paul fair clip at his head.
which fully arrested further prof. to bruin
lie was Judged to be about three Yeas old back
as q crow, with splendid coat Of long and soft
hair.
County COMMISSIONERS ELEcTlo-AddisJn
County, Harvey MunsIl Bennington, L5nuel
Bltum; Caledonia. T. j. Cree Chtten1en,
William Miller Franklin, Romeo II IIoyt
Llm1lle. Orlo Cady Orange George P Bald
win; Orleans. q 4 J . Marsh Rutland. James
Rico Wasl4 .ton, Nelson A. Chase Wind
ham, FRI G3odhuc Windsor Crosby Miller
Mrs. W. c. Smith Of St. Alblus. presented
her husband with triplets on the Eth inst Two
daughters and sou weighing each If pounds,
all doing well at last accounts.
SUDDEN BrTn.-Miss Ann tchoflluntiue-
ton, died suddenly on Thursday evening, while
sitting ia her chair, knitting. Miss Fitch bad
reached the age Of G3.
\ Washington telegram stat. that our Con-
OCCASIONAL delegation met on Saturday and voted
unanimously to recommend VIM CApp, ESQ
of st. Adams, as Collector for this district
Z. C. Reddington Of St. John,bury. and John
y. Page Of Rutland, Vt. have been appointed
Pension Agents
The merchants Of st. Adams are dispensing
with gas in their stores, and using kerosene
oil. on account Of the high price OF the gas-
- per thousand feet. Some OF the merchants
in this place find it cheaper to light their
stores with kerosene than with gas, at s. 80
Der thousand feet Uafchmar
Alta = t,wnspellins school in the town Of
franklin, the prize, Webster's Unabrilg d Die
tionary was declared to be won By District No
/. \ second prize offered to the person under
thirteen years Of age "spcllius down, was
awarded t. Miss Emma l. Young, Of District
No. /.
The statement that about $4,000 expuse hpu
been slddlcl upon the town of Woodstock by
the recent decision in pluper case IN Orange
County Court, is pronounced erroneous hy the
Woodstock Standard. fac ease is not fully
decided yet,
Two men named Wheeler and Thompson and
a bay NAMED Smith, wera arrested in London.
derry, Feb. 2Sth fer passing counterfeit money.
They bad with them q valuable mare and sleigh,
robes, blankets, two silver plated harnesses, and
q bag fail Of keys In default OF bail they
were committed 70 .a The same lay horse
was found dead near Chr road IN Wnhali, and
as party answering tie description OF this
ono, had been seen the night before with two
horses il is probable that they disposed Of their
extra horse by killing it.
Emerson S Rowe Of Nendon, and Martin
/ llulctt of Rutland were arrested near Ludlow
On Thursday, the 7th, charged with asslultand
attempt to kill Joseph g Weston OF Plymouth
They attacked him as he was driving through
small piece OF woods the night before, knocked
him down senselrSs in his sleigh. and would
have robbed him. but that his horse took fright
and tore away. Weston came to himself, alter
the horse had run about two miles, stopped him,
gave the alarm, aud tie neighborhood turning
out the scoundrels were caught the next morn
/ ing. They were we'll armed, and confessed that
| they intended to murder Mr. Weston and throw
his body into the pond take the team and make
of. They are both young men between nine
teon and twenty-five years old.
THIEF CAuGnr-A fellew named Robcar, n
late graduate from Windsor prison, was recently
caught stealing IA pair Of boots from Peterson's
store in Burlington, having before this got
collection of flour, salt fish, etc He will 90
back to his old quarters with Col. Harlow.
Horace Sanborn of Mendon, elored with the
wife of VIM. Jakins on the 23d ult, and as
yet no traces of them have been found.
Somebody stole coat from Jesse Bartlett,
conductor on the Western Vt. h. r., last week,
but being frightened, dropped it after leaving
the car, and ran.
TnE FoREIGN Missions -Several of the most
important missions w'ra filed to day by the
appointment of Charles Fransis Adams TO
England, VIM. l.. Dayton to France, Geo. p.
Marsh to Sardinia and James Watson Webb
to Ccnstantinople, and Mr.. Thayer OF the ".
Y Erenmg Post Consul General to Egypt.
MIR. Dayton having been member of the SEN
ate was confirmed without reference according
to the conventional courtesy
TnE SLAVE TRADE.-A letter from the Arric.
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