Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

two bottles of whiskey. The body must have
remained there nearly all night, the coolest
night Of the season
EssEx County,.
The West Concord Wooden Mills are II
successful operation, and in addition to it,
present machinery for making fancy cassi
meres, two machines to make knit jackets
the finishing of which viii give employment
to some fifty women, are soon to be put il
operation.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The increasing business of the Vermont
Central had made it necessary to extend the
side tracks. at many of the stations on tn,
track were laid down at Milton last week, t.
facilitate the meeting and passing of traini
between st. Adams and Essex Junction
LARoILLE COUNTY.
The beauties of the law were illustrated
at Hydepark the other day, when an indict
ment against one Champeau was quasheC
because the lawyer who made out the indict
ment spelled his name Mam-bedu.
ORANGE COUNTY
Wells River village now has three street
lamps. 1t was in much need of them-as
one knows who has poked around in the
The furniture establishment of Wells &
Jones at Wells River, employs twelve per
sons in the manufacture of furniture, and
their sales have doubled in the past ten
menths.
Miller Richardson Of Corinth, widower
OF some forty years, has been sued for eight
thousand dollars by Julia Mead for breach
of promise.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A man in East Bloomington recently sold
a tub Of butter, and claimed the butter
weighed one pound moro than the buyer
made it, In testing it the knife appeared to
strike hollow place, and brine commenced
to dow freely, until five pounds, according to
weight, escaped.
Landlord Cook 6f Greensboro, has been
Of for furnishing liquor to the
employees on the railroad, and has created
much feeling among the temperance men in
town. Mr. Cook stoutly denies the charge,
and it is said that the liquor on which the
men got sizzled, came from quite another
quarter.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Baptist society at Rutland have pur-
chased the site northwest of the new County
Court House, OF Hon. d. E. Nicholson, on
which it Is the intention 70 erect a church
edifce the coming year.
ANNUAL MEETING The time Of holding
the annual meeting Of tho stockholders Of
the Rutland Railroad Company has been
postponed from December 29th until Thurs
day, Januar526th, 1871.
The new road from Rutland to Walling-
ford, on the west side Of the Otter Creek, is
now open to travel.
wINpHAY COUNTY
SMALL Pox.-The dreadful disease small
Pox is prevailing to some extent in the town
Of " estminster.
ANNUAL MEErING.-The annual meeting
OF the Vermont Horse Stock Company will
be held at the Island House, Bellows Falls,
January 10, ISL
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Harvey Taylor of Cavendish seeks u re-
cover by law $4,000 damages Of Jeptha
Page, because he brought mali naut small
pox into his family last winter.
There is a child now living in Woodstock,
which Is a representative Of the fifth genera
ton. It's mother is now 3 years Of age, it's
grandmother 40, it, grea; grandmother IS,
and its great great grandmother 90. All are
now living within nine miles Of each other.
Harvey Leonard Of Sharon has dog which
has taken or caused To be taken the past
fall forty-fye coons OF these, one weighed
.wenty-seyen pounds, and quite = number
weighed over twenty pounds. Mr.. Leonard
does not propose 70 kill the dog on account
Of the dog tax just at present.
On Saturday night, W Hunt the brake
man on conductor Reeds freight train over
the Rutland Railroad, while endeavoring to
get into the cars a Cavendish, made a mis-
step and caught one OF his hands between
he wheels Of the car and the rail. entirely
'ere1ia,ss z.so Of nae Cnssls srola .a, hand.
At South Woodstock on Sunday eve, De
cember 4th, the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION were denied the privilege Of hold
ing their meeting in the school house, for
the reason that they were burning out too
much wood. The person who was the prime
mover in this act pays about one dollar tax a