Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-04-12


recovered from his recent severe Illness.
Col Chas II Joyce of Rutland will de-
liver bis grafton. - The History Of the Ola
Vermont Brigade" at Arlington or the
evening of April 18Th, by invitation Of the
Post OF Grand Army Of the Republic cstab-
Iished at that place
CALEDONIA COUNTY
Col \. NJ Dckey has formed a partner
ship with ". j. Smith of st JOhnshurv.
who was formerly in company with Judge
Ross
Tie oId factory building at Stevens village
n Barnet was burned April p. Loss from
$500 to $1,000, with no insurance The
fire took on the root from a spark from a
bonfire At one time not less than eight OF
ten buildings were on fire from burning
cnders, but they were extinguished without
serious injury.
Thanksgiving Il this week Friday. The
Governor did not get up early enough to get
his proclamation round in season for last
week : papers Vermont Union.
The editor Of the Union must have had
both eyes open when he made that item. OF
Is it all Thanksgiving and no Fast with him I,
cHITrESDEN COUNTY.
\ large barn belonging to Judge Pettibone
located about thTee-quarters of a mile north
of Sunderland was burned on Sunday after
noon. The barn contained about two hun
bred sheep, valued at $1,000, and some
twenty tons of hay. No one was present,
and the building was burned to the ground.
making a total loss, and sad to say the sheep
were all consumed.
The Free Press notices a large block ofthe
Mailet's Bay marble, weighing six tons and a
half coming into town. 1t was drawn by
fourteen horses, and is TO be shipped to
Messrs. Hanson & Son, the owners Of this
valuable quarry, at Philadelphia.
At Richmond on Monday, 1901 boxes Of
old cheese sold for l4c. and "a tubs Of but
ter, fair p to 30, and extra 80 to 3Se.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Messenger reports seventy-three as the
number Of marriages recorded in St. Adams
during the year 1870 The number Of births
one hundred and forty-nine, and the number
OF deaths lorty-six.
During the month Of March there were
built at the freight department Of the Cen
traI Car Shops, fifteen box cars and nineteen
platform cars, making one hundred thus far
this year.
len tons of iron are meltei. every day,b
the foundry company
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Mr.. and Mr. Ii. W. Griswold Of Cam
bridge celebrated the fifteenth anniversary Of
their wedding on Friday evening, March
3Ist.
Rev. Mr.. Bailey of Stowe preached his
farewell sermon at the new church last Sab
bath week.
The new factory of Wells Il Adams at Wa
tervIlle is expected to 20 into operation as
soon as the first of May. The machinery IN
this mill is that formerly run at Barre by
g. W. Tildcn, who sold it to these parties.
About thirty hands are to be employed.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The inhabitants Of West Randolph have
decided to have a graded school, and APP
pointed a committee to select a building,
spot. also instructing them to erect com
modious building suitable to accommodate
200 members.
Curtis Newman is keeping a hotel at
Washington, and few weeks since, being
crowded with company, he let stranger
occupy his private room. and the next morn
ing his memorandum book with $l56 in
money was missing.
;. A. Kendall has closed his hotel at New
bury, and refers transient sojourners in that
village to Harvey \. Albee, Joseph Akin
son, Freeman Reyes, Edmund Hale and
others
Jessie Burditt, Of Arlington, has been ap
pointed Superintendent of the Rutland Rail
road.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Nearly 20 citizens of Bellows Falls have
petitioned the liquor-selers 10 stop their
damaging traffic, and add that if their re-
quest is disregarded, they will prosecute
them to the utmost limit of the law.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Mrs Abel Howard of West Hartford, fell
down stairs Wednesday Of last week, and
received injuries from which she will prob
ably never recover.
Frank H. Drew of So. Woodstock, a
Young man Is years Of age, has-within
few years-collected a large number of Gu
riosities, including nearly all the birds found
in Vermont, which are carefully stuffed and
ARRANGED in a neat museum.
Wednesday evening Whittemore a Clark 5
troupe closed their winter tour with a con-
/ cert at Flechville, the entire proceeds to be
devoted to the Library Association, Mr.. CLARK
paying all the expenses
The special election for Congressman IN the