The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-31
DljlD fireman.
MONTPELIER, DECEMBER 81, 1862

rsnd Of the LIST Vermont Brigade has lately been
,rnolnted to the command of Gen. slocum's old
ai,son. The Gen. is a notoriously rough man
N sneech and was wont formerly tocharacterize
the Vermont boys when things did lot 60 to suit
him as ID cornstalk militia Onthe occasion
# bis taking command of this new division re-
.ntly, there was grand division review, in
which brigade of New Jersey troops in span
new uniforms made a very fine appearance.
Lieut.. Parsons, Vermont officer on Gen.
Brooks staff, accordingly remarked to him,
d." Those are fine looking troops, Gen. Brooks.
Thew look rather better than the Vermont brig
sje." " Not by id sight, sir, said the
the bluff General. 81 would give you to under
stand sir, that consider the Vermont brigade
next to the regulars !"
The sons and daughters Of temperance IN Rut-
land held a Christmas Festival at their hall, on
Christmas evening last, the receipts of which
were over 70 dollars. An excellent Glee Club
furnished singing. nice supper was served,
after which remarks were make by w. A. Bur-
net, Esq., Rev. Mr.. Metcalf, John Cain, Esq,
and Dr.. George Dutton.
Two deaths have recently occurred in one of
the towns Of Windsor County, from disease
pronounced by physician practising there, to
DO dp,heria in the lurgs. Its first symptom
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makes rapid strides, proving fatal in two or
stree days, without any sign of sore throat
being visible.
On Saturday, 10Th, Mr.. Josiah d. Jackson,
ofCiuidhall, was found dead in the road near
the old Westinghouse 10 Guildhall. Mr. Jack
son, was driving an OK team loaded with coal,
and when found was lying dead under the sled.
The accident is supposed TO have happened by
bis falling from his load and being caught under
the ,le! The team stopped with one side Of the
sled across his body.
King Herrick, Of Middlessx, had his valiso
stolen from bis sleigh, at West Fairlee, recently.
1t was afterwards iound broken open, on the
road between West Fairlee and Bradford $40
in silver, etc, having been stolen from it.
ATTEMPTED ARSON IN RoCHRsTER.-Ths new
gri.s mill, in Rochester, owned by Messrs. Chat
lee, was, about o'clock Sunday morning, the
18th, discovered to be on FIRE, but fortunately,
before it had done great damage, the fire was
utinguished The fire was the work of an in
esnliary. A Mr.. Andrus, of Rochester, has
been arrested, and circumstances are strongly
against him Two mills have been burned on
the same slte-one only . little more than q
year ago. }. A. >
Two hundred and twenty FIVE dollars has lately
been raised in the town of Wallingford to e.
tablish an Agricultural Library. A commiss &c
appointed to select books have purchased the
be,. works e1tant upon each department of az
rieulture, including every description OF fam
,ock, fertilizers, fruit culture gardening, ao'i-
culture, draining, geology, botany, rural aroh'-
lecture, natural history, domestic economy, &C.
&c. Also, that valuable work, Appletons Ner
American Cyc!opedia, in ls volumes,
The furniture shop Of Charles Baxter, IL
Norwich, was entirely consumed by fire. VITA
contents, about noon, Monday 22d. The los
in furniture and building was about $4,000, In
sured
Peter Gougis, of johnson, sold out his inter
ost IN the shoe business. and had $4O6 in hi,
wallet. He lost his wallet from his pocket, anc
ere lie found it again the money had been taken
iAerefrom, leaving him S4OG "ons y