Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
Adjutant and Inspector General

An INTERESTING ExHIBITIoN.-An exhibit
ton of deaf mute children, from the Hart
ford, Conn. asylum, was made in the Repre-
sentatives' Hall Thursday afternoon, by Mr..
Stone, Principal of that Institution. The
performances of the children, in the express
sivc language of signs, translating sen
fences from that to written language and &c
tle language of figures, and their exercises
in arithmetic, grammar. &c We're exceed
ingIv interesting and show the remarkable
success which attends the education of these
unfortunates, under the improved methods OF
instruction. The Asylum, now so years
established. has thus educated 100 dea f
mutes of which 1875 were from Vermont
Ter Vermont children now in the asylum,
most Of them as bcnefciaries OF this State.
THE New CONGREGATIONAL CHURGH.-The
subscribers to the fund for building new
Congregational Church in this village, met
at the Grand Jury room, last week, Monday
evening. The committee reported that they
must have so, 900 to complete the church .
and the following persons were appointed to
solicit subscriptions for that purpose Deni-
son Taft, c. W. Storrs, George G. Shepard,
Chas. \. Reed, and Joseph Poland.
LARGE YIELD OF CoRN.-Mr. Edlfor i
notice in your paper that Marshfeld, Brook
field and Waitsfield, are claiming a railroad
in consequence Of great yield of potatoes
in the hill We think Cabot must have i
railroad to freight corn, for we husked twelve
ears from one stalk, and one hundred bush
els of ears from three-fourths of an acre this
season. L. H. HoPKISs
Cabot Vt 1867
We print the outside of this paper the
appreciative and discriminating paper on the
late Hon William c. Bradley, read before
the Historical Society by Rev. Pliny H.
White. The sketch elected the warmest
commentator at the time of its delivery,
and will be read with pleasure by every one
who knew Mr. Bradley
Senator Edmunds and Representative W God
bridge, with their families, have left for their
winter RESIDENCE at Washington.
HALF FARE.-The Passumpsic and Yer
mont Central Railroads carry to Montpelier
during the session for fare one way.
New SLEEPING CARA new sleeping car
has Just been completed at the car shop in
St. Adams. which for good workmanship and
beauty of finish has never been equalled.
The berths arc almost models of per-
fiction. The mattresses made of the
best of curled hair, and covered with linen
damask. which can be easily removed to be
washed. The bed clothes are in keeping
with the bed. being made of the best mate
rial. At either end of the car is a splendid
mirror. At one end are the ladies' wash
room, conductor S room, ETC. at the other
the gentlemen : wash room, all of which are
provided with the necessary articles of fur
niturc
VERMONT Il CANADA RAILRoAD.-At the
annual meeting of the Vermont & Canada
Railroad, held at St. Adams, Oct. 18th, the
following board of directors were chosen:
Worthington c. Smith, st. Adams John
Porter. Hartford Edward Blake, Boston :;
j. p. Clark. Milton Benjamin P. Cheney,
Boston; Samuel Atherton, Boston John
W. Newton. St. Adams.
The evening of October 9, an unoccupicd
house and barn belonging to Walter FL.
Densmore, of Mortified, was destroyed by
fire. 1t was doubtless the work of an incen-
diary as no one else had been near the build
Ings.
Messrs Lane, Pitkin & Brock, of Montpe-
lier, have recently made some very impor-
tant improvements in their Lever Set Circu-
lar Saw Mills, which puts them far ahead of
anything else in the mill line. One OF
these improved mills is in operation
near their machine shops in this village,
and is well worth being looked over.