Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20

with the winter" quite early in February
COFFEE WITHOUT SEDIMENr.-Coffee max
ers like butter makers always make 9 the
best but in order to avoid the bare posi-
bility of producing an inferior ~ muddy arti
Gle, such as they are said to have at country
hotels sometimes, (never at honey, use ar
! apparatus for leeching and fltering the coE
Zee invented by Mr.. o. NJ. Tinkham Of Pom
iret 1t can be used in any coffee pot or urn
as the sizes vary does the work thoroughly
making the extract complete in very few
moments and your coffee is " settled with
out the aid Of any foreign substance, which
Is an important item. Buy pure coffee anc
you have sure thing.
Turn ovER.-Friday morning last, the
crowded stage sleigh Of Bruce & Ladd, while
halt way between Worthwhile aud Stowe, ex.
perienced a sudden overthrow, caused by one
runner dropping off the road while the team
was crossing a high drift There was an
ndIscrlminate mixing OF men, women, chill
dren, babies, birds and bon bOus, accompanied
with some groans and few screams, but
luckily no one was injured. The driver held
u his reins beneath the huge dri't into
which he was plunged, and as soon as the
male passengers could make their exit through
the hole in the SIDE which had fortunately
turned up tOp-most, the sleigh was righted,
and . new departure was speedily in
order.
CALAIs.-Mr. George Ide Of Calais, one of
the early settlers and one Of the Oldest inhab
ltants in town, died March 18th, aged %
years. Mr.. lie in active lie was an excel
lent farmer. noted for his industry, good
habits, rearing many fine horses and fat
cattle, etc.
Mr. Phineas Wheeler, the new proprietor
possession March 18th. He contem plates
making extensive repairs, and putting it in
first rate condition for a country hotel. MIR
James Morse, the former proprietor, occupies
the house ef. by Mr. Wheeler at East Calais.
NoRTHFIELD ITE4s.-S .veral of the lager
two-stOry houses on Central Street, built
some years since by the Vermont Central
Railroad Company, have recently been sold
to private parties. Mr.. \. P Clifford takes
one on the west side of the street, and MI
9. ID. Williams and Rev Mr. Douglass, Sc
cure eligible residences on the Gust side.
while other parties are said to be bargaining
for the remainder
work on the fine new block Of stores now
in course Of erection on the north side Of the
common, is being pushed, notwi' hstandlng
the cold weather, and the enterprising pro-
prietors evidently mean that the business
men of Mortified shall have ample room IN
which to benefit Doth themselves and their
customers.
Drs. q. n. Brigham and Homer C. Brig
ham. well known IN Montpelier as successful
Homeopathic practitioners. have opened
medical Office over Nichols & Williams Drug
Store. Whatever may be the general faith
OF mankind in Homeopathic prescriptions,
the medicines certainly are NOT bad to take.
Rev. w. ;. Hlzsn. who last year, spent
several months in Europe, viii, by invitation
OF the Ladies' Circle Of his Church, deliver a
lecture n HOwe's Hall, Friday evening,
March 22i. The subject will be =. a Summer
10 Europe" and the proceeds Of the lecture
are to belong 10 the ladies for the benevolent
purposes Of the Congregational Church. Mr.
uaz n is a gentlemln OF fine literary culture,
4 keen observer Of men and things, and his
lecture cannot fail 70 both interest and in
struct its hearers.
Last S.,blth the pulpit of the NJ. E.
Church here was acccptably filed by Rev.
Vr Coke Of Mpntpelier-our pastor, Rev.
lIr Stevens, ofisiatins at Montpelier, 10
doubt with ike acseptab5lity. At the Con
zregational Church, R-v. Nj. Haz n ex-
changed with Rev Mr. Ladd o. R,xbury
These ministerial exchanges give relief to the
preachers, variety to the people, and ought
ID be mutually satisfactory as well as benef
;idl.
Geo. W. Gates o f Cady's Flls. Morris
town. committed suicide by shooting himself
last Saturday. lie was unn .rried and pos
ses7es some property, ami ~ the seventh Of
his race that has committed suicide.
AT the recent railroad meeting at Wood
stock, Mss Lucy ColIamer, daughter Of the
late Geo. W. Collaner, E-q Of this village,
gave a practical exempli6:ation of woman's
rights ~ coming forward and subscribing
$1,000 for the railroad
The GREAT INQUIRIES OF The UNITED
oTATEs.-A book Of 1900 pages, and up
wards of 500 illustrations. has recently been
by j. B. Burr & hyde, Hartford,
Connecticut, giving an historical summary
Of the origin, growth and perfection Of the
leading industrial arts of this country.
The writer's whose contributions make up
this vast modern encyloPe liza, (though in
It's arrangement the alphabetical order is not
5bserved) are such men as Horace Greeley.
Leon Case, Edward Rowland, John b. Cough
f. b. Perkins, j. B. Lyman and other well
known names, and the design, to give valua
bic information on large variety of topics,
within the scope Of single volume, even
though it is quite a large one, seems to have
been well carried out. As reference book 1t
must b. invaluable, as the writer's nam'
guarantee it's accuracy. Upwards Of one hun
bred and fifty important inventions and indus
tries are discussed, and the various improve
ments connected Herewith detailed The IL
lustrations mbrace the . Coats of Arms > of
the several states and cuts Illustrative of the
subjects treated upon. Sold only by sub
scription. Josiah a. Person, a worthy
Young man, is now canvassing in the towns
of Berlin and Mortified for this work, and
should receive liberal patronage.
MONTPELIER AND West FAIRLEE RAILROAD
At a special meeting holden IN Orange on
last, the 10Th inst, that town by a
vote of 40 majority bonded to the amount OF