Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-17

NEhAOST MEDICAL SOCIETY.-Nc are IN
debted to DR.. Clark of this village for copy
of the " Transactions of the Vermont Medi-
cal Society for the year 1866" 1t is
pamphlet of seventy-two pages, printed by
r. S. Styles, Burlington, and contains the
proceedings of the semi-annual session Of the
society held at Brattleboro last June. includ-
ing the Presidents address, and the papers
read by Drs. NJ. o. Porter, A, NJ, Plant, A
j. Hyde, S. Putnam and G. B. Billiard :,
also, biographical notice of the late DIR
III. T. Stevens, by DR.. o. F. Fassett, and
notice of the late DIR. 5. p. Danforth, by DIR.
III. \. Crandall, and notice of the late Dr.
l.. f. Simons, by DR.. ii. d. Holton.
DRAMATIC AND MUsICAL.-We commend
the following notice to a liberal attention
The North Montpelier Dramatic and Mu-
steal Club will appear a second time on
W cdnesday and Thursday evenings, May lst
and I'd. at the Union Vestrv Hall in that
place The object being to raise a fund
through ticket contribution to assist in fur
nishing the new church and vestry hall now
under process of completion, selecting for each
evening entertainment, dramas of sentiment
and farce, interspersed with appropriate mu-
sic. tableaux and song, purposing also to add
materially to the scenic effect through the
excellent genius of Mr.. Snow. now ofMont-
pelier, whose striking and appropriate per
spectives added so much to the beauties Of the
stage and the pleasures of the entertainment
on their former appearance, and the fiattcrlng
appreciation every where expressed, encour-
ages the Club to again assure their friends
hot tho Iit.Io II,t rod ..t ha door
shall not tail of finding Il peasurable cquiva-
lent i'll the evenings entertainment through
anv lack of excrtiOn on their part to render
everything at once beautiful and true i'll de-
lineatiOn A. j SHELLEY. Manager
BASE B,LL-A Base Ball club is being
started in this village. \ meeting for organ
ization will be held at the engine room in
Village Hall this, Wednesday, evening. A
general attendance of those interested in
this manly sport is desired.
\ patent has been issued to Levi II.
Thomas of Waterbury, for improved cur
tain fixture
ADDISON COUNTY.
Incendiarism appears to be prevalent in
' tFgtnIte- IL y NltlN III : grocery store
was discovered to be on fire about midnight
on Wednesday last. The alarm was given
and the fire extinguished. \ box of shay
ings soaked in kerosene was poured
around and fired. The flames did not get
through the door before they were cxtin-
guishcd however had the fire got hold in
side bad confagration would have resulted.
as a barrel Of kerosene stood but a few feet
from it.
BRIDPoRr-A hotel has been opened in
Bridport and is kept hy y B. Phelps, Esq
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
( Milo Canedy charged with an assault upor
Mrs. IIosley with an attempt to commit muir
der, was bound over at Hartwellville on sat
urdav in $1,000 bonds.
Bennington 1925 .000) Manchester $50
0O0) and Dorset $50 ,00O) have assumed
/ their proportions for the extension Of the
Rutland and Bennington R. K. by vote Of q
MAJORITY Of taxpayers in both number anC
amount.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mr. Brainard Coveny of Danville ma,
lately been visited by several strokes of IL
luck week ago last Saturday his sugar
house was entirely DESTROYED bv fire together
with $50 lbs of new sugar and considerable,
wood. He had but a short time before, los
a horse valued at $50. it having droppcC
dead while III the harness.
Officer Streeter. last Saturday. committee
F. G. Dresser. of w est Burke for refusing [,
paw his taxes. Dresser was about 10 lcav,
the State for parts unknown, and the bes
reason that he could assign for not paving hi
taxes, was, . that he hadn't a mind to. =
QrERr-A F Rowland of Lyndon, Will
saving log recently. two feet in diameter
found in the middle of it stone four inchc
long. two wide. and one thick. 1t wa
about nine feet from the roots. The question
is how came it there?
DOES FARMrNG PAY.-One of our Lvndol
farmers has illustrated this question fol
lows In the spring Of 1868. he broke up tel
acres Of pasture land from which he raise
that season 1900 bushels of potatoes. whic
he sold for 50c per bushels, or 5000. Tn
next wear, 1866, he raised from the same 81
bushels of oats, which he sold for 5Sc. pc
bushcl, or S3sS 90, and twelve tons of straw
valued at 800 making the two years in
come : .3SS 60. Deducting for interest an
expenses S2SS 90. which is a high estimate
leaves a net profit of 81. 100, from the L
acres of pasture land. Who has done better
Calcdonion
HOTEL CHANGE.-Timothy K. Streeter ha
purchased the hotel at Upper Waterford @
Warren Ross and took possession on the Is
inst
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Rev. Asher Moore. a well-known Uniyei
salist clergyman Of Springfield. recently fel
and broke his left leg severely.
George A. Thatcher, a young lawyer die
in Burlington last week, ofconsumption. Ii
had practiccd law in Lecsburgh, Va, and q
the time of his death was on visit to hi
mother in Burlington.
The store of F. A Towsley, Of Shelburn
Falls, was wholly destroyed by fire last week
with all its contents including Mr.. Towslev
t books and papers
4 Young man named DALEY, an eInploy'
of the Burlington Manufacturing Compan.
had his right hand caught under the big han
mer of the rolling mill, Friday Afternoon
and 50 badly injured that it became necessar
10 amputate three fingers, at the first upp'
joint.
Two men have been arrested at Cutting
' Vile suspected Of thcvng at the late fire
4 Burlington They acknowledged being
that city on the night of the fire and mm
= diatclv after fled They have been lodged
Jail
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
;, ACCIDENT Charles Beach, of St. Alban
brakeman on the cars, was caught betwe'
: two freight cars Thursday morning, at ;
d Johns. and suffered a serious dislocation
Y the thigh
: LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Walter Wheelock, of Gan
bridge, on Tuesday the I'd inst, while sa'
ing wood, fell down and fractured his M
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