Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-30
ADDISON COUNTY.

near Vergennes, has been raised and is but
little injured.
A peg factory has been started in East
Middlebury, which turns out about eighty
bushels per day. /,
The lake is fairly frozen over at Addison,
making a good bridge.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The old Ethan Allen residence at Ben
nington Center. has been burned. 1t was
occupied as a tin shop. Loss considerable.
A young woman has been lectu ring on in
fidelity etc, at SYNDICATE, for a week or SO.
The Banner says she left town with a crowd-
ed wallet and smiling face, but that some of
the boys looked sad.
A fellow in Manchester, the other day,
robbed an Irish boy of a good watch. and
then tried to throw him off a bridge, but the
boy was too smart for him.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Rev. Lewis o. Brastow's Congregational
society, at St. Johnsbury, have voted him a
vacation of nine months, with his salary
continued.
At the recent term of the Caledonia court,
fifteen jury cases were tried.
On the 22d, Mr.. Silas Underwood. of Dan
vile, while leading his horse out of the barn,
fell dead. Heart-disease was the supposed
cause.
C~HITTENDEN COUNTY.
George Murphy. of Burlington, tried to
get into a room where two young ladies were
sleeping. Judge Shaw thought the perform
ance was worth absut S25, and alnerced
him accordingly.
A new post Office has been established at
West Charlotte, and L. R Hubbell appointed
postmaster.
Mary Ward and Julia Lepine, were sent
to Jail for three months, at Burlington, last
Saturday, on a charge Of vagrancy.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. a. j. Sowles, a prominent citizen of
Fairfax, and late sheriff of Franklin County,
died last Friday, aged Is years.
The house of Mr.. Herbert Brainard, of St.
Adams, was only saved from destruction by
fire last week, by the GOODNESS of the inmates.
II. B. Sowlcs, of St. Adams, has sold his
fine residence on Main street, to Bradley Bar
low.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
r. r. Wait, of Stowe, has harvested Al
ID bushels Of good wheat from an acre and
a quarter.
Good hard. - inch stove wood sells at s.
per cora IN llNNclAfh- INC 4d4iIC1N VIII
stop that fun when it is built.
The Hone and Box Company of Wolcott,
are making large additions to their establish
ment.
The State Normal School at johnson, is
ENJOYING a very prosperous winter term
Some fftv-four or five students are in attend
ance. The prospects are that the spring
term attendance Will be large.
More than a mile of the road over Mt
I Mansfield, has been built on Il grade rising
, about one foot in ten. Work has stopped
for the winter.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Mr.. Rufus Nutting Of Randolph, is pre-
, pairing q history of that thriving old town
{ Edgar G.. Graves of Randolph, is tryin!
to ges a divorce in Chicago, because his viii
won't follow him to the prairies.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Two gentlemen in Newport have contracte'
to deliver five thousand cords of wood to tn
Grand Trunk Railway.
k Jasper A. Rollins of Greensboro, has al
rived home after fourteen ye IRIS absence l
California. Oregon, Idtho and Montana
He intends to leave for Utah soon.
d A purp of Ira Brooks of Troy, saved b
d masters money from beng stolen the oths
night, by eating it himself Barely n trtg
ment remained of a $50 and q S., lesa
lie tenders.
Petty thieving is very prevalent in Char s
\, ton. A number of the citizens have suffere
,e in a mall way.
A child of Allen Sharpe, of greensboro
was poisoned last week by swallowing som
so iii Of cedar, which had been left IN It's way
L Work has been commenced on the OK
to tension of the Passumpslc Railroad
ng The Erpress complains that fellows Of tn
IL hoser sort sneak around nights, and net onl
10 steal portable property, but do wantn mi
St, chief.
no The large steam sawmill in Brownngtol
IN owned by Gallup Bros. has been lurne'
Loss $4,000 to $l5 5000, and no inslranc
dv F. S. Woodward of Barton had his IL
- broken last week by a log being tipped oy'
against it.
:, Stephen Peabody, Of Newport, vas r
gently bound up by a l. S. Commission
ral for refusing to afix the proper stamps to
ey, deed.
nd RUTLAND COUNTY.
wo The trustees of the village of Rutlal
We offer a reward of two thousand ddlars t
Cd the conviction of the person who st fire
the buildings burned ON the 10Th int.
oft Two men in Pawlet have paid sl2s, f
sheep killed by their dogs.
The Rutland Railroad Company ha
er' elected the following directors Joha
to Page. Rutland Edwin A. Birchard, Bostol
ing George NJ. Barnard, Boston Peter Butte
lid Boston G.. 3. Chase, Boston James
Williams, Bellows Falls Lawrence Barn
~ Burlington.
The Castleton Farmers Club alter an {
istence of six years has sold it's ibrary q
bot given up the ghost.
and A drunken woman named Eliza Johns
10Th went to sleep the other nightin Rutla
with her head across the railroai track.
" train coming along SO smashed hr head IL
she cannot live.
has wINDHAN COUNTY.
rte They have got a lively debatir, society
ken Marlboro, and after suitable discussion til
-. have decided that the non tax.bie bonds
es the United States should be taxed. Eve
'nds body is glad that the thing is decided at la
ne The Unitarian Society at Bratleboro h:
ga extended a call to Rev. II. R Nye Of
Universalist Church of Sprin.feld, Mas
~ to become their pastor April, 1869, a
nam salary of $4,000.
.neau Mr.. Morris Corlew of Yves minister, '
lnce' thrown from his sleigh Wednesday night
nois, la st week, striking sidewise OF a post Of
fence, and breaking two Of hi ribs.