Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

The MENDELssoHEs.-We take especial
pleasure in calling the attention Of our home read
ers to the fact that the "Mendelss ohm Quintette
Club" now SO well and iavorably known here,
will give one Of their concerts at tho Village
Hall on Saturday evening next. Everybody who
know these distinguished and a ccomplished gen
tlemen will be on hand to give them a cordial
greeting those who do not know them cannot
do better than to accept our advice and be pres
ent On the occasion.
The Club will be assisted by Miss Houston,
a Soprano Of high attsinments and deserved
popularity. Boston has many beautiful and &C
compIi,hed singers but we deem it no dispar
agment to others to rate Miss II. as the best Of
them all.
The programme to be performed is not wanting
in good things, but embraces compositions OF
incest quality. We therefore do not hesitate to
bespeak a good house.
RAILROAD FROM WATERBURY TO STOWE The
project Of a railroad from Waterbury to Stowe 10
again being agitated. The feasibility OF the route
is admitted, bat whether sufficient. capital can be
enlisted to put The road through isa question yet
to be determined.
A daring attempt to rob the Express Messeu-
ger Of the Vermont and Massachusetts, Railroad
was made in the streets Of BrattlebOro on the
night Of the l7th inst. lie was struck at and
stabbed by two meo, but knocking one down
ran away from the other and raised an alarm
which frightened of the miscreanis.
Jerry Drew the woll-known Stage proprietor,
has established q daily line Of stages between
Newport and Essex junction.
VERMONT FARuSG.-Rice Davenport, of Will
Jamestown, sold eleven hundred pounds Of butter
from five cows, made from April LIST, 1864, to
April LIST 1865, besides what was used in the
family OF five persobs, besides hired help.
The clothes Of the wife Of stephen Brown.
residing in Montpelier near the " Furnace
Bridge took FIRE the l6,h inst, and ere the
flames were * inguished she Was horribly
burned. One arm was burned 10 a crisp, one
hip 70 the bone, her abdomen TO a blister. She
is still living, but 1t is thought she cannot long
survive.
A special meeting Of the Vermont Historical
Society is to be held at Bennington on Wednes-
day, August 10th az 10 o'clock A. NJ, 10 con.
tinue two days. An Grafton is expected from
Rev. +. II. Chaplin, D D., OF NV York, and
addresses from other persons, Of which notice
will be seasonably given by the committee Of
arrangements. The courtesy of FREQ return
tickets will be extended to all persons attending
the meeting, by the different railroads in the
State.
Cap. Geo. n. Carpenter, A. Q M.. has been
honorably discharged from the service and il
now at his home in Mortified. Capt. Carpen.
Ter was graduated at the University Of Vermont
In 1861 and served more than two years in the
ssh VI. Vols.
SIR. b f. Dewey, Of Po%uliney, has SHARED
2o IL los wool from an American metino buck
three years old. Weight Of carcass with the
wool Of, l0l lbs.
On Monday July 10, the passenger train on the
Vermont Central road, running al a rapid rate,
narrowly escaped collision with the cattle train,
near the Woodstock station. The engineman
saw the impending collision, and reversed the
engine-tbe sudden stopping nearly throwing the
passengers over their seals-a fearful sacrifice Of
life and properly vas luckily avoided-one minute
more Of delay, and fearful suffering would have
been the inevitable result Of such cArelessness.
Rev Sias McKeen, Bradford, has been in the
ministry sixty years, and has preached fifty one
years IN Bradford.
The dwelling house and barn, owned by Mar
tin Perry Of Dover, were burned on Thursday,
July 9TH. Loss $500.
Adjutant General Washburne is 10 prepare A
report this year similar in scope and plan To bis
last, which will complete the military history
of the Stale in connection with the war lust
closed. 1t will embrace ever ythinI of interest
relating to Vermont troops from their entry into
service to their muster out.
Mrs. Moses Hubbard of Wheelock, Vt, aged
so years, woye, on the frs, day of this month
Two and a half yards of linen, double work, in
two and a half hours. She tarries 10 this gem
GRAFTON as an example of what women used to
be.
Mrs. Moses Somers OF West Danyllle, and a
daughter of Moody Boynton Of Peacham, were
thrown from a wagon last week. Mrs. Somers
broke a bone near the left wrist, aud received q
very severe confusion of the knee JOINT, and was
otherwise bruised. No injury occurred to the
child.
An alteration occurred between a Union
soldier ard q returned rebel, near Miller Sta
ton, Mo-, on the Pacific Railroad, last Sunday,
when the latter shot the former, killing him
instantly. The citizens caught the murderer
and with little ceremony hung him.
PROMOTION IN TUE l7rH REGIaENr-The
Governor has made the following promotions 10
the l7lh Regiment Major l. L, Knapp to be
Lieut.. Colonel. Adlt. James 5. Peck to be Maj.
Major Peck since his return has been presented
with a very elegant corps badge, the gift Of a
number Of his old iriends, who wished to rtcog-
niEe in this way their appreciation Of bis services
TO the country.
The Editor Of the Rutland Cou rier offers to
sell out bis paper,
A package of letters evidently in the original
wrapper, was received at the post Office in this
village on Thursday the 18Th, which was
mailed at lrasburgb, VT, on the "a day Of May
1874, having been over twenty one years in
trayersing the distance Of about one hundred
miles. The letters Of which there were thee
IN the package, were accompanied by a post
bill signed by Timothy Z. Redfeld, 7. NJ, and
were addressed, one to Norman Williams, ESQ :,
one to Hon. David Pierce, and one to Haskell
& Palmer. The several letters we're OF con.
siderable importance, and there is of course no
means OF knowing how much annoyance their