Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-03-02
Montpelier Town Meeting.

Montpelier Town Meeting.
The annual March meeting, held in village
hall yesterday, was in some respects one of
the most sharply contested and remarkable
campaigns Montpelier has passed through
for long series of years. 1t had been an i
ticipatei for some weeks that there would be
sharp fight in filling the office OF Grand
Jurir lately held by Mr. Geo w Ripley,
bu- the extent of tn organization Of his
opT0scrs and their determination To SPOT -
every man suspected 90 any sympathy for or
support OF the acts Of Mr. Ripley IN the
liquor business, we believe was not under
stood until tic day before election But.the
opening of the meeting disclosed the fact
thar il was prudent for everybody not within
the ring 10 " sand from under" Town Off
cials who hafliterllly grown grey in the pub
lie service, and against whose official record
not breath Of uspicion had ever been raised
were displaced, simply because they could
not mouth the new Shibboleth' With
the exception Of the very excellent and eff
cient board Of Seectmen Of last year, and
Of the Overseer Of the Poor, the new party
made clean sweep. And it IS but fair to
say that the strength of the new combina-
ton was sufficient To have elected every
officer Of the town to be elected, had they SO
willeI il They had the votes, and could
use them in such manner as they desired
The young men elected to the various
Offices are, with scarcely an exception, we'll
qualified to fiji them acceptably to the town
and credirably to themselves The heat of
the contest having passed, let all good citizens
gracefully and good-naturedIy accept the
result, and both privltes and officials address
themselves % the duty before them, Of work
ing tremendously together for the growth
and prosperity Of Montpelier and the we'll
being Or the community all about Us.
The list of officers will be found in another
column.
TIE YoUNG MEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
will hold their first regular meeting at the
Baptist vestry on Friday evening, at eight
O'Clock All interested in the success Of the
association, of both sexes, are solicited to at
tend
J. POLAND, President
Prot g. W Wilder. TIce President
= = SpIccrs heCOTdIng SeCTefdFE-
Truman Best, Corresponding Secretary.
5. s. Towner, Treasurer.
J v Babcock Registrar.
&. H. Farnsworth, f. 5 Hibbard, II. {.
LulI, Directors.
POsrPJSsMEsT OF Rev. DR.. CHAPIS's Lee
ruzE--The Chairman Of the Lecture Com
mittee is in receipt Of telegram from DR..
Chaplin stating his inability to meet his en-
gage ment here this "wednesday evening
Sickness of near relative is understood to
be the reason
The next lecture Of the course will be given
BY the great humorist " Josh Billings on
Tuesday, the Sth instant
A NICE Coffee PoT.-For he past two
weeks we have been luxuriating on coffee
made in a patent coffee pot, manufactured
for US by GEO. NJ ScRTBNER Of this village.
It is constructed on an ingenious and sensi-
bic plan, so that boiling water is filtered
through the coffee, and kept warm and nice
without boiling, or loss Of the peculiar aroma
Of the berry. We had previously "run =
the .. old Dominion, " and thought that the
best thing out But this new patent gives
u better coffee at less expense than is posi-
bic for the Old Dominion - to give.
Lovers Of the best cup of old Java possible
to be produced, should call at E. Scribner &
Co.'S, and have . George . explain the prin-
ciple upon which this patent coffee pot is
constructed.
BERLIv AHEAD on EGGs-We have been
made the fortunate recipient of an enormous
hens egg laid by Brahma hen belonging to
A. C. hathaway, Esq, Of West Berlin, which
we Will wager a dozen cannot be beat in the
country. II is a true Republican egg, with
not bit Of bogus Democracy within its
shell. Ii measures nine inches the largest
way around it, and seven inches about the
middle, and weighs five ounces. When any
body's hen gets ahead of Mr. Hathaway
specimen, they will please q show their
hand" We propose TO keep this egg till
the success Of the Montpelier and Wellf
River Railroad is assured, and then manu-
facture it into egg nog for the Berlin friend
Of that project. We don't expect to be com
PEELED to wait till 1t becomes stale; for
friend Hathaway's hens persist in such doing
We shall soon find him going in for anothe
railroad to enable him to get the product o
to market without unnecessary delay.
DRANATIC AND MUsICAL.-The citizens {
North Montpelier were favored with fin
exhibition of dramatic and musical talent 0
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of las
week, by Miss Nina f. Gregory and Mir
Ellen J. Nye Miss Gregory read q Th
Bells, - Z. Sheridans Ride, y . Lore an
Latin and other productions, much to tn
gratiicl ion Of those present She has con
mand OF her voice which few have, and reaC
very finely. Miss Nye is at home at tt
piano, and rendered some very fine piano sole
during the exhibition. We think she canno
be surpassed BY any lady pianist in this pa
Of the country They will visit Montpeli'
March 9sh and 10Th, and give two entertain
1nents Let the citizens Of Montpelier tuI
out and fill the house, as they are Vernon
girls, and deserving much praise l.
no one who likes first-cIass entertainme
TAIL to attend. &
The net profits realized at the Carbol
Festival in this village last week, was S33
a handsome sum and handsomely deserv,
BY the ladies Of St. Augustine Church.
Mr. o. :. Bliss, Secretary OF the Vt. DE-
Iynan's Association, will read an essay
butter making at the meeting of the Cuun