Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-29
The ladies of Christ Church parish give an

Montpelier, vermont
The ladies of Christ Church parish give an
entertainment this evening at Village Hall
consisting of tableaux, ice cream, coffee,
oysters, fowls, cold meats, salads, cake, etc.
Admission, 25 cents. The entertainment is
for the benefit of the fund for furnishing the
new church of the society.
SUNDAY EVENING LECTURE.-Rey. Mr.
Allen will deliver lecture on the Book of
Job, next Sunday evening at O'Clock, in the
Messiah Church. Montpelier.
PUBLIC LEcTURE.-The Rev. Samuel Dunn
of London, England, who has been preach
ing for few days and evenings at the NJ. E.
Church in this village, to the ediication and
instruction of all who heard him, will give a
Free Lecture in the NJ E. Church on this
Wednesday, evening at o'clock. Sub
ject - Old England, and New England. -
All are cordially invited to attend.
FATAL CAsUALrY.-Mr. Alfred French of
Mortified, while at work in one of the slate
quarries in that town last Monday was struck
upon the head by large fragment of slate
falling from the upper part of the same quar-
~, the blow producing conclusion of the
brain, and causing instant death.
Mr.. French has resided in Mortified about
two years, removing there from Fairhaven,
and was superintendent of the quarry in
which he was killed He was quiet in
dustrious and much respected citizen, an
earnest and devOut christian, and a member
of the Congregational Church in Mortified.
He was about thirty-fve years of age, and
leaves wife and two children. Mr. French
was a brother of Mrs c. w Morris of this
village
TEMPERANCE MEETINGs.-We have a com
this week, announcing temperance meetings,
as follows Tunbridge, commencing Mon
day evening, Feb. 10th, and continuing
through the next day; at West Topsham,
Wednesday, Feb. 18th, commencing at 10 4.
NJ, and closing in the evening and at New
bury, commencing Thursday evening, Feb
18th, and closing the next day The meet
ings are to be held under the auspices of the
Orange County Temperance Society, and the
call, signed by John B. Mead, president,
urgently calls on the temperance men of the
county to make these meetings successful.
We shall publish the call in full next week.
Hon. Leonard Keith, of Barre, died on the
2lst inst, of lingering and distressing dis
ease-cancer in the face. He was in his
73d year. He was the second son of the late
IIo, CHARM, Eaitb Of parra and bro+bar Of
Hon. Rawsel r. Keith of Montpelier Long
in active life, ne was well known and much
respected citizen, and had served his town
and country in both branches of the State
Legislature and in other honorable Offices.
In politics he was Democrat until the par
ty proved faithless to all the principles upon
which it was founded in following pro-slavery
leaders, and he then parted company with it,
and gave his Influence heartily to the organ
ization of the Republican party and the adj
vancement of its principles. He has gone
TO his rest full of years, the manly work of
a long life well done
AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON Il esterday
morning,-which was very cold-several per-
sons in BroOkfeld, saw, just after sunrise,
beautiful rainbow toward the south easterly
horizon. The rainbow however, was not
rainbow at all, as there was no rain, and no
bow, but the colors of the rainbow took the
shape of pillar or column. The sky was
clear and there was frost in the air. and the
spectacle was certainly as uncommon as it
was brilliant
We call our readers attention to the ad-
vertisement in another column of the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Hart
ford, Connecticut.
The principal and trustees of the Classical
and English Boarding School take pleasure
in acknowledging, as a contribution towards
the purchase of bell for their school, the
sum of one hundred dollars from Hon. Greg
DRY Smith, of St. Adams.
This generous and timely gift, prompting
an increased liberality of our own citizens,
has secured for US the greatly needed instru-
ment.
May such success crown our efforts to pro-
mote sound learning as to reward abundantly
the generosity of our friends.
VIM H. GILBERT. Principal.
WIN. SEwALL, for Trustees
Norwich, Jan. IA. 1868