Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-19

fenced to four years at the Reform School.
STATE Moses Bouine.-Burglary. Two
years hard labor in State Prison.
State George Neroton and Z. o. Moulton.
sbOr 10 State Prison
David B. Lyman, Esq of Chelsea, Orange
5unty, student in c. w. Clarke's office,
admitted to the bar Tuesday. Mr.. Ly-
uaL lie a graduate of Dartmouth College, and
,.o of Cambridge Law School.
FREKDNkN's AID SocErY.-Mr. O. w Cliff
ord of Boston, she agent for the Freedmen
MON Commission, spoke last Sabbath at
2sinfied, to an interested audience. A COM
nlttes was appointed to organize 20 ,iety.
-hich will probably be done at once. Mr..
clifford also spoke at Waterbury Monday
evening. at Warren Tuesday evening, and he
vii speak at Moretown Wednesday evening,
and at Barre, in the Town Hall, Thursday
rening at half past seven o'clock After
v,rds he will visit other towns n the county.
ENGINE COMPANY No. 5.-This company
vss present al the Fire nen g muster at Platts-
burg last week, and competed for the prizes,
winning the third one. When contending for
ihis przs they threw a stream of water 1S9
feet inches high.-the highest stream thrown
4 BY any engine. When they were competing
4 for the first and second prizes, for some reason
ile boys did not do as well as on the last tri-
a. The first prize was given to the Potsdsm
lJefsrs) machine, throwing 186 feet, and the
econd prize to the Seth Warner Company,
Waterbury, using the Button Machine, and
ihrowing l69 feet.
CURIOUS CoRS.-We have been shown a
sunch of NINE ears of corn, grown on one stem
u the garden of Mr.. E. d. Washburn of this
Village. 1t is sweet cora, and the ears, al
though of course not perfect, We're yet dis
unctly defined The same patch of corn has
developed several specimens of from three to
Eve ears on single stem.
Hon. Justin 5. Morrill, will deliver the an
1ual address at the Fair of ths Rutland Coun
4 ~ Agricultural Society, TO be held at Ru tland,
| Sept. 20 and 9th. We indebted to the
| :1urtesy Of Henry Clark, Esq, for quite
4 trmidab!e pamphlet, which sets forth the
II
i nittees and premiums.
The OLD MUTuAL--The Burlington Free
Press, noticing the recent report of the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance company,
Justly says:
This thirty ninth annual report of the old
2" Vermont Mutual" like its predecessors,
may challenge scrutiny for Its accuracy and
tulness. The Company has from the first
steadily increased IN its business and in the
confidence of the public. We attribute a
arge measure of this success to the fact that
the same able Industrious and accurate chief
Ofhc'rs have been for SO long period kept at
the head of its affairs.
MIDDLEgURY CoLLEGE.-Rev. George III
Webter of Lowell, Mass, formely of ST.
Johnsbury, has been elected Professor of In
'ellectual Philosophy in Middlebury College.
On Friday, Aug. 81, fou T horse cam
containing a part of the Groton Brass Band,
| With two ladies' was returning from Sab
bath School Festival at East Topsham, and
decending hill hear Groton, the ring OF the
neck yoke broke, letting the carriage upon
the horses which at once became unmanagea-
pie and ran furiously down the bill, throw
ing out the whole party numbering eleven
and severely injuring nearly all of them
d
RIBS crushed in and it is feared is fatally IN
jured.
+. Weber, OF Derby, on Monday the
2nd inst, brought before Justice l.. q. Bates,
On complaint for selling liquor contrary to
| law, fined $50, which, with S6.4O costs
he paid, and promised to cease his illega al and
Improbable traffic.
Russell Cummings, of Newport, has JUS
.areshed POP bushels of nice wheat, the pre-
duct of seven acres, an average of 2s
bushels per acre.
CaIrTESDEN COUNTY FAIR-President An
gel Of the University of Vermont, deiivere-
the address at the Chittedden County Agri
cultural Society on Tuesday of this week, al
Burlington.
FIRE--Eiliot Frink's barns at Swanton wer
burned by an incendiary fire Sunday night
Loss $500 insured tor $500.
The farmers mechanics and citizens gener
ally of Weathersheld will hold Town Fai
on the l9sh of September.
Lieut.. NJ. L. Poland, U. 5. Ordinanc
Corps son of Senator Poland, has beef
brevetted for faithful services.
KILLED BY LIGHrNING- shee
belonging to Mr.. Jonathan Seeley of Middle
bury, were killed by lightning On Saturday
| Sspt. lst.
According to all reports the Passumps-
railroad had quite q noted passenger on tn
down mail train Wednesday, it being no les
apersonsge than Mrs. JEFF. Davis. She wa
accompanied by two daughters (so said) an
aman. They were severely stared az,
night D. expected.
DHsR SHoT-Mr. George Ii. Graves,
young man seventeen years of age, shot de.
10 pasture IN the edge of piece OF woods !
AscurneS ville on the 20tn OF last month
there was another deer in company with tn
one shot, and the two were probably the sal
that were seen IN lymouth few days oefor
Ihe meat weighed 100 pounds, and supple
The neIghborhood with quite rarity. Ii
event was certainly worthy OF note, as occu
ring IN one Of the oldest portions OF W lnos1
county.
IsJUScrIoN.-An injunction has bee
served on the directors OF the Connecticut an
paseumpsic railroad company, to prevel
men issuing new stock below the par vail
oil 500 per share The cause with 9th
points Of difference between the old and ne
stockholders will have a speedy trial IN cour
A tree in Vergennes, tied to which ms
Vas publicly whipped fifty years ago oy
magistrates order, has just been Gus down.
Mrs. Monroe Abbott of Bradford had
nos broken and was otherwise severely oru
"a oy being thrown from . wagon in Thetfo
hef LAT