Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-12

MAD RIVER VALLEY ITEMS On Tuesday
ev ening of last week, the Rev. James Nor
row of Montpelier, lectured at the NJ. E,
Church to a very appreciative audience,
though not so large an one as there would
have been had the weather been more favor
able. His subject was g Ireland and was
skil(ulIy handled by the lecturer. 1t is to
be hoped that we shall be again favored with
the presence of this fine speaker among US.
The weather for the past week has been
lovely; very sugges tive of the g ethereal
mildness y which we usually look for some
time in March, and are ap. to get in April.
But on Saturday : change came DER the
spirit of our dreams" as the thermometer
began to show a downward tendency, and
Sunday was decidedly oerOlsh, with a cut
ting wind, which rendered exposure uncom-
Portable, to say the least.
The Waitsfield Lodge |. o. of G. 7. have
prospered finely, during the last quarter,
and now number one hundred and seventy
one members The officers installed for the
the next quarter on Friday night were as
| follows:
W. c. T., William NJ. Strong W. V. T.,
Mrs D. S. Stoddard W. c., George O..
Boyce W S, Seymour Kneeland 4; W. A.
S. Ida L. Boyce; W F. S, II. 0. Skinner
W. T., Mrs H. 0. Skinner W. M, Clar-
ence Davis w. D. NJ, Minnie Parker ;
W. l. G., Ellen Dart; W. o. G, Fred Car
roll; W. R. II. s., Mrs. William Strong
W. l.. II. s., Abbie Whitcomb.
The canker-rash epidemic is abating some
what we trust we have heard of no new
cases for week.
ANNUAL FESTIVAL AT WAITsFIELD.-I
ladies of the Congregational Church and So
ciety announce that their Annual Festival
will be held in the vestry of the Methodist
Church on Tuesday evening, February Is.
As is usual with them a good time may be
expected by all who attend Music and APP
propriate remarks will enliven the occasion
and the wants of the inner man will be sat
isfed with oysters and other eatables, always
for reasonable consideration.
Cancels Hump Lodge of Good Templars
located in Huntington, which was organ
lied in April, so, has over one hundred
members and is good example of success
full temperance work. A fine musical instru
ment forms part of the furnishing of tn
/ lodge room and the financial condition of tn
NoRTHFIELD.-Mr. j. c. B. Thayer ha
moved into his new and commodious room
l in Metcalf's Block, whittier his many friend
and their good wishes will follow him.
1t will be seen that improvements are t.
q be made in the Insane Asylum at Brattle
: boro, and that a new superintendent is ap
: pointed. It is well that the most correctl'
g managed institutions be looked after once il
, a while; they always say they are ga
right" with the vehemence of drunken
man, but nevertheless soon manage to begi
i, improvements. The testimony before
d committee last fall showed plainly the neces
# sity of enlarged quarters, whatever may hav
been thought of its revelations as to tn
J. treatment of patients.
y The friends of Rev. R. Pritty of Sheffield
II made pleasant donation visit to their pa
Of tor on the evening of the 4th at his residenc
1T the NJ. E. parsonage.
The new officers of the Grand Army of IL
OF Republic in Vermont, are Commando
is Wheelock 6. Veazey of Rutland S. V. c
ot Theodore S. Peck of Burlington; j. " c.
n NJ. B. Carpenter of St. Adams medic
lg director, Dr. H. Ii. Langdcn of Burlington
lie chaplain, Rev. Harvey Webster of We:
&c Berkshire. The next encGmpment will
&c held at Brattleboro.
1t is now believed that over three hui
st dred persisted in the terrible snow-stor
a which swept over Minnesota on the 9TH
January.