Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17


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LARGE SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Mr. j. r
Langdon has recently sold and conveyed t
Mr.. Denison Taft the water power, and the
mills and buildings connected with it, on both
sides of the Winooski river in this village
for S37 900 Mr.. Taft also takes the bu sines.
of Mr.. Langdon in the manufacture and sale
of -four, feed, &c, from which Mr.. Langdon
retires, and will continue it, we presume on
as extensive scale as that on which it has
been hitherto conducted We understand
the purchaser also contemplates some i'm
provements upon the property, and the
addition of machinery for other manufactur-
ing than that hitherto carried on. Mr.. Taft
is active, energetic, courageous, yet safe
and sagacious business man, and we hope to
see manufacturing, with his corporation
commence new and enduring growth in our
village. The town has been hitherto mainly
commercial in its business activities. therein
achieving a fair success and if it can now
add large and growing and healthy manu-
featuring industries, it will enter upon a
new era of pro sperity.
ALMOST FIRE-On Saturday last, the
dwelling house of Joseph Slattery, on Berlin
Street, took fire in the roof about the Chin
ney, and for a few moments the fire
threatened 10 make quite an extensive
spread. but by prompt and efficient action
the devouring element stayed, and but
slight damage to property resulted therefrom.
A RIGHT MovE.-The Congregational So
ciGty of Mortified are now busily engaged in
repairing and improving their church build
ing and when these repairs are fully com
pleted they will add much to the comfort
and pleasure of those worshipping there.
PURE TEAS AND CoFFEEs.-The Oriental
Tea Company of Boston have constituted
Messrs. Rcdfeld and Crooks of this village
special agents for the sale of their pure teas
and coffees at low prices. Give them call
and see what they offer you.
The CABoT ADVERTISER is the title of q
small folio paper, four columns to a page
Just started at Cabot, and to be published
monthly by W. II. Fletcher. The publisher
evidently labors under some embarrassment
IN issuing his sheet, but time and patience
will overcome all these vexations
OLD PAPERS FOR WRAPPERs.-We have
now on hand several hundred old newspa-
than wrapping paper can be bought. Price
40 cents per hundred.
Mrs Margaret Cobleigh, who died at
Hydepark on the 10Th of May, 1868, at the
age of &C years, left a legacy to the Home
Mission Society of SOL, and one of $500,
to be used toward building Congregational
Church in Hydepark. Doing what good she
could while living, in death surely her
works do follow her.
J. G. Stimson, Esq, has presented the
Norwich Classical and English Boarding
School with an elegant and valuable Globe
Clock
FATAL ACCIDENT One day last week Mrs.
Barnet Of Moretown. was boiling kettle of
tar over the fire in her house, when it took
fire, filling the room at once with smoke.
Mrs. B. seized the kettle, and threw the
burning mass out of doors and in doing so,
poured the scalding tar over little two
years old daughter, who, attracted by the
smoke inside, had left her play in the yard,
and was running for the door just at that
moment. The child was so badly burned
that she fingered along only few hours
when death ended her sufferings
An APPROPRIATE AND DESERVED TESTING
SIAL.-The following correspondence, which
was intended for our last weeks issue sufi-
GENTLY explains itself Miss Witt was
most excellent and successful teacher and her
pupils will not soon let her or her instruc-
tions pass out of mind
MONTPELIER, May 30 1858.
MISS wITT-Bet0ref Teacher:
We, the undersigned pupils, feeling DESTROYS of
making some slight expression of our sincere re-
gard and esteem for your many and untiring
labors for our welfare and development, offer you
this small but substantial gift of Easy Chair as
souvenir of your many friends in Montpelier
Also signifying our most earnest wishes that your
present life may be borne upon the highest wave
ease and comfort that kind friends and the love of
our Heavenly Father can possibly render you.
Charles ID. F. Bancroft, Florence f Huntington,
LIZA Green wood, Mary f. Cooper.