Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-27

A little child of Charles S. Bean of New
port was nearly strangled the other day by
tying to drink some kerosene oil. The Ear
press thinks kerosene isn't any surer poison
than struggled Canada whiskey.
ORANGE COUNTY.
BRADFORD, W., Feb. %, 1867.
EDITOR FREEMAN Professor Moses E.
Cheney of Barnard, entertained and instruct
ed our citizens last Friday and Saturday
evenings by giving lecture on Music, in
terspersing the same with specimens of sing
ing from the first settlement of our country
up to the present style. Any attempt to
describe his lecture must fail to give good
idea of his original manner in presenting his
subject A glance only is all g i've
Commencing with the earliest account We
have Of music, and giving a short philosophy
cal treatise on that science, he proceeded to
show that our most popular tunes are drawn
from nature, such for instance, as the old
popular air = Dan Tucker" being taken
from the cackling OF hen.
After showing us that Old Hundred in the
hands of a skilltul violinist is fine dancing
tune, he joined with the whole audience in
singing it to the words, :. Be Thou o God
&c, with what effect can better be imagined
than described. If he had stopped there we
should all have been well paid. But we soon
found that was only the first dish of a rich
feast of good things which it is impossible
to enumerate. The originality of his man
ner together with his rich and powerful tones
in singing his illustrations, and accompany
ing the whole with racy and humorous stories,
kept the large and appreeiative audience
completely spell-bound more than one hour
and half, including few moments inter
mission.
/ His singing x Northfeld' y and g New
Jerusalem " was heartfelt that it touched
chord in every heart. He has most Won
derful power of interesting an audience con-
tanning all classes, and holding them under
his magic influence. After paying most
glowing and eloquent tribute to the heaven
inspired masters, such as Mozart, Handel
HAYDEN and others, he closed in tribute of
praise to the simple melodies of our child
hood-those simple, heart-stirring tunes
composed by our own New Englanders, in
Guiding many of our old Green Mountain
boys, which deeply affected every heart.
The best enconium on Mr. Cheney 5 lecture
is the fact that the people who first heard
him would not - let him go : until he had
repeated it. And let the public be assured
that no one after hearing Mr.. Cheney will g
away saying d" humbug'' D.
Hon Henry Clark Secretary of the Sen
ate of Vermont, will deliver lecture at Brad
ford. on Wednesday evening, Feb. 9th
subject .. Chances at the Resources of our
Country" Also, on Thursday evening. Feb
28th, public Masonic lecture.
The levee which came off at Bradford OF
Thursday last has been pronounced a success
They realized over 800 which will be pre-
seuted to Rev. }. Britton pastor of the | nj
versalist society of that place
There has been a new Congregational socie
ty organized al West Newbury-
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Horace Barney's house, Rutland. was en-
tered Feb Goth, by burglars, who stole S4Ot
in 80 bonds.
The Rutland Co. Fair will be held sept
25th and Goth.
\ Miss Goodnow of Brandon has been ali
sent from home for several DAYS and hun
dreds of people have been searching for her
At times she has been insane.
Joseph Tower, ESD, of Rutland made OF
the 9th and l4th insts., siXty-one pounds o
No maple sugar from sap gathered from
100 trees in his sugar orchard.
The Herald states that there is an inter
estino revival in the Methodist congregation
at Rutland.
wINpHAN COUNTY.
There are 2S5 voters in the village of Bel
lows Falls.
NJ : Rawson Of Winhall and c. b. Raw
son of South Londonderry have received I
patent for improvement in machines for rak
: ing and loading hay.
John 5 Steele Of Rockingham, for improve
ment in sand-bo for carriage axles-
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Last week the proprietors of the hotel a
Cavendish and Proctorsville. on complaint 0
Grand Juror Ira Morse. came before Josial
; Gibson, Esq. and plead guilty t. selling al
l (otherwise) respectable citizen of Chester,
glass Of liquor. each. on one of those coiC
DAYS in January The liquor was too mucl
for the man. who was found capsized an
/ scnsclcss, half a mile out of Proctorsvllle
and but for being found just nj night, AM
4 carried home hv ncighbor, would certalnl
/ have frozen TO death The proprietor Of tn
/ Cavcndsh hotel was fined so and costs. an
of Proctorsville hotel it being the secon,
offense. $50 and costs. and the intoxicated
man So The authorities say they intend t
D repeat the dose-not the liquor, but the I'm
= if the occasion requires
Only two houses III West Hartford villag
are vet occupied, the rest being too niue
damaged BY the flood. The damages are no'
i, estimated to be $4,000.
Prisoners in the Vermont State Prison, a
r Windsor January Dist, 1867, 1920 male
;. and II females Committed in January,
. males and > females. The aggregate numbc
d is larger than usual.
A meeting of the friends ofthe new count
was held at Chester on the 18th inst. II wa
thought that the necessary buildings woul
cost S25 900 of which Chester would be e,
> pected to furnish 10000. The meeting wa
f addressed by several speakers most of whoi
were in favor of the new county. After II
structing the committee to call a future NEE
ing the convention adjourned
= About twenty-five farmers in the town ,
Y Westminster, Windsor County, have forme
. an association for the purpose of introducin
= the Aldernev breed of cattle in that vicinity
f Their example is worthy of imitation.
STATE At LARGE.
The New England Agricultural Society
to have its next fair at Stanstead, Canao
e East.
The expenses ofcollecting the internal rev
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