Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

now clerk in the Office, and a young man
amply qualified for a more responsible posi-
| ton. We predict for the g Old Mutual " a
still higher measure of success and public
confidence than even that it has heretofore
enjoyed.
The ladies of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold Festival at the Vestry of
the new church on Friday evening, the 9th
inst, to which they cordially invite all their
friends, and everybody else. Fruits, cakes,
confectionery, ice-cream, and other delica-
cies will abound, and good social time may
be expected. Be sure to 60, and take your
wife, sister, sweetheart, or some one else,
and secure an hour of rational enjoyment.
The hours of Sabbath service at Trinity
NJ. E. Church will hereafter be Preaching
at 10 80, a. NJ. and 7. P. NJ. Sunday
School at u NJ. The congregation expect
to take possession of their new house of
worship rexs Sabbath
FIRE N EAST MoNTPEL1ER-The barn be-
longing to Charles Tabor, at East Montpel-
Ter, was burned on Saturday morning, the
2lst inst, together with almost the entire
contents, comprising all his hay and grain,
his farming tools, and four horses-two b
longing TO Mr.. Tabor, and tie trotting horse
s. Happy john" and another belonging to
Mr.. Dwinell Of Morrisville. There had been
a trot the previous afternoon on the Fair
grounds, and Happy John" was com
petitor for purse Of 500 The trot was
not concluded but adjourned until Saturday.
There is a suspicion that the barn was set
on fre,-possibly to get rid of any further
competition for the purse by the Morrisville
trotter. The fire was discovered about four
o'clock in the morning, too late to save any
thing in the barn, and only just in season
to save the house which was several times
on fire.
HORSE TRoTs At EAST MONTPELIER Thurs
day and Friday of last week were devoted to
trotting on Wizards track at East Mont
pelier. The track was heavy and not favor
able for great speed but tolerably good time
was made. The first race was sweepstakes
for three years old colts, and was gotten up to
test the relative speed of E. II. Gilman colt
- Torment" and O. A Cummings colt
" Dagger, - although c. W Bailey's colt
was entered and trotted on the first heat.
The first heat was easily won by Torment in
.3.3. The second and third heats were taken by
% Dagger" in 3.l3 and 8 9-this colt being
so well driven by Henry Town, that he fairly
distanced Torment " on the last heat
On Friday the race open to all horses that
mad never trotted less than ;. So was won by
Gilman's 3" Reindeer in three straight
heats. There was also a race sandwiched in
between :. Bob Riley" and 3. Grey Eagle. -
which - Bob Riley - won in three straight
heats. For the race in the afternoon, open
to all horses. Farwell entered his bay marc.
80 Nellie Baker - the Utton brothers entered
Dwinell's " Happy John, and French and
Washburn entered Scratch Gravel 80 Three
heats were run, Z. Nellie Baker winning
the first, Happy John the second, and
% Scratch Gravel the third. Owing to the
Iatenes- Of the hour, further racing y a. post
poned until the next morning. The burning
Of " Happy John p in the fire that consumed
Mr. TabOr's barn that night, and the with
drawal of Nellie Baker " BY Mr.. Farwel
the next morning, put an end to further rae
ing.
A Coon LooK-Col \. c. Brown, whose
Insurance Agency in this village represents
seventeen companies, says that but two Of
his companies have been compelled to sus-
pend business on account of the Chicago fire
This Is certainly lucky thing for the
insured hereabouts, or else it shows that the
Colonel has been remarkably shrewd and
careful in his selection Of companies for
which to act as agent
LARGER POTATOES AND MORE OF THEN.-A
subscriber in Jonesville writes us that Mr..
Howard must try again. Ar. 5 Robinson
Of that place raised an Early Rose potato
that weighed three pounds when dug He
also filed a bushel basket with sixty-seycn
Garnet Chill potatoes, picked up just as they
were dug, taking all that were large enough
for table use. Thirty hills produced six
bushels. We don't think any body viii be
likely to beat tins