Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-06-19
Rrading-ROOm and Lectures.

Reading Room and Lectures.
The citizens of Montpelier. interested IL
forming a Rcading-Room Association and e.
tablishing course Of Public Lectures til,
next autumn and winter. are invited to NEE
N Village Hall, Wednesday evening. Jun,
10Th Mt eight o'clock \ general attendance
j. desired. a. prompt action Will be nec-ssar,
90 secure a very desirable room which is nov
offered for the purpose Of ReadingRoom.
We give this notice at the request of gen
rIemen earnestly Interested in the proiect
and We trust the ncctin. will be we'll at
tended by persons anxious t. give our yillag
the benefit Of the literary profit and enter
tainment to be found in Reading Room ant
a course Of LECTURES.
TuE REFORM ScIooL.-We print elsewhere
4 report of the annual examination of III,
state Reform School at Waterbury last We'd
nesdav- We were prevented from attcndin.
hy other engagements. which we much re-
GREETED. as the institution l. one to who's,
progress and success the press cannot con
tribute too much. Every boy saved from
life Of crime by the discipline and education
Of the school, viii repay the State hundrc
fold for all the cost Of biz reformation. III,
school should have the warmcst good wishes
and the hcarrie~t cooperation If every frien,
Of reform
BARRE Ac,DENl.-Thc anniversary cXcr-
cizes Of thi. vcIl-kuown and popular in-ti-
tuition will commence ON the 9TH of July by
an examination Of the Graduating Class
The meeting Of the Associated Alumni vii
he on the afternoon of the tn, when an ora
ton viii be delivered by Rev. \. b. Das-
comb of Waitsfeld The Rhetorical Exer-
ciscs Of the Graduating Class viii occur on
the afternoon of July 18th.
Mr.. EDITOR The last temperance meet
ins held at Village Hall ON last Friday even
IN was n more perfect success than the frs
one There was good audience. and the
meeting was proftably addressed by Reys
cooper. A.ln and Taylor " the close Z
constitution and bylaws were adopted ant
the following officers were elected viz
Joseph Poland President: David Fuller anc
Joel Foster. Vice Presidents j NJ Kent
Secretary and Mr.. Culver Assistant Secrc
tary: Managers. /. NJ. Wright. W. +. Bry
ant. tco Watson. Mrs. ID. Fuller. ard Mrs.
Fred f. smith Treasurer, Mr. Keith
calI for new recruits was then made. AM
fortv-eight came forward and signed til
pledge Tie rcxt meeting will he held il
Village Hall on next Friday evening. com
mencing at precisely so'clock and closing a
. 4 large number of oil paintings will ,
exhibited as Il part IF Mr. Taylor's lectur
on that evening. Tie cause goes toIwar
though the rninions Of darkness. and dens ,
iniquity howl Cow.
Boy Drowned II Berlin. a young Ia
named Melcn, some - or Il years of age
who has been working for Mr.. John Beed
of Berlin. was drowned on Tuesday after
noon. while bathing in Dog river. some w
miles from this village
FIRE At BrGLINGroN.-A destructive fiji
at Burlington, Tuesday night. destroyed ii
Old and wcll-known . Howard House m
few adjoining buildings were also consumc'
The loss cannot be- less than $50 900, partl
covered by insurance The fire originated
the stables connected with the hotel Tw
Of the Hook and Ladder men were seriousl
injured during the fire
RAILROAD MEETI>o.-As We have stat,
hitherto. the people in the Lamoille Vale
are becoming Interested in railroad con
munication through their towns. \ mertir
was held at Hvdcpark recently. Calvin Mo
rilI, Esq of It .Johnsbury, being presen
The object of the meeting was to see VIII
could be done direct the proposed rout
from Portland west. down the iamoille rive
instead Of permitting il to 20 down the Wi
ooski AZ has been hitherto proposed and
this end 10 learn how much could he offer
by the towns along the LamoIlle az an j
ducement to thoee in Eastern Vermont Al
New Hampshire and Maine u seek the We
along that route. \ committee OF five. con
-istinc of Il. &. Benton. Y. W. Watcrma
H. H. Powers. Waldo Brigham and g. V
Hendce was appointed TO serve as commit
Of correspondence, and local committees we
also appointed, as follows: i. f. Jddevi
and John H. George, Hardwick Horace lie
rick and - Abel. Wolcott II. II Powci
:. NJ Pennock ard q. W. IIendee. Morr
town r. 5. Page and Waldo Brigham, Hyd
park l.. VI. Knight and II. ii. Waterma
johnson j. ;. Whitcomb and Chaunc
Warner. Cambridge: f. H. Shattuck. W
tervilIe James Brown. Eden; Emory u
vison, Craftshury and b. 8 Wilson. Greer
boro
Theee gentlemen will probably can'a
their respective localities and ascertain VIII
amount of stock can be taken along the pr
posed route.