Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

been paid By the plaintiff to the defendant
by mistake. Carleton, Clio ugh and Palmer
for plaintiff; Heath and Fisk for defendant
On trial
WHERE WAS THE BLOCK ?-B. s. and Oscar
Scribner have purchased the Henry Y. Barnes
property adjoining Bishops Hotel, and we
understand propose to improve and remodel
the building in such manner as to allow
two stores in front, a meat market in base
ment, with sundry rooms and Offices in other
parts of the block. 1t is not true that the
parties buying this property, or those en-
gagged in the sale, have 1" blocked " or sought
to '' block any public improvement by
this purchase. The building has been freely
offered for sale for year or more, and at a
low price. The Episcopal Church proprie-
tors had proposed to do everything that could
reasonably be asked of them; and the paltry
sum of $500, desirable even as it always is
to save that amount, should not have had
sufficient weight to eternally :" block " a
{. great public improvement, such as we
are asked to be lieye the sale of this property
to other parties would have secured to the
village. We believe in public improvements,
but not at the expense of widows.
AN OLD FRIEND IN New QUARTERs.-L
W. Jones, Esq, has secured the lease of
abundant and convenient rooms in the new
block of stores just erected by j. G. French
Esq, on the old Charles R. Wood property,
South Main Street, into which he will soon
remove his extensive business. Mr.. Jones is
taking deseryedly high rank as dealer in
general merchandise, butter, cheese and all
kinds of country produce. The excellent
facilities he has now secured will enable him
hereafter to transact his business much more
acceptably to himself and to the sati sfaction
of his customers.
CITIZENS LECTURE AssoCI ALTON The
eighth lecture of the course will be given by
President N. Ii. Buckham, at Village Hall,
on Wednesday evening, March Goth. Sub
ject-'' The Philistines be upon thee
President Buckham is one of the best and
most finished speakers in the State, and the
lecture committee could have gone farther
and done much worse. We are glad til ey
cOntented themselves with doing well
On Monday evening last, William Par
sons of New York delivered lecture u pom
George Stephenson, the father of railways.
His account of the struggles which Stephen
son made to bring his great thought into
successful practical results was most inter
esting; and it seems that he had more oppo-
sitiOn IN getting the first charter for rail
way than Prof Morse encountered in our
own Congress IN obtaining an appro priatio
for the first telegraph line. For three days
Stephenson underwent a strict cross exami
nation from such men as Baron Anderson
backed by the hostility of the landed pro
prietors TO the new project.
/ A VOICE FROM THE COUNTY JAIL.-We hav
received for publication, letter written b.
one of the prisoners in the county Jail in thi
village: but have no room for it this week
? The letter-which is evidently written in al
sencerlty and under deep sense of benefit
received-relatesp principally to the good worl
inaugurated by the Young Mems Christian
Association of this place in holding Sabbath
services and prayer meetings within the Jail
1t must be encouraging to the young me-
engaged in this humanitarian enterprise t
know that the seed sown has not fallen upo
stony ground, but that it has been receive
into thankful hearts, and in due season bid
) fair to produce rich harvest.
A notice of the excellent concert by th
Barnabee troupe, on the evening of the 9th
was crowded out of our columns last week
GOING BACK ON HM.--The Argus is re
sponsible for the story that a young man i
Barre while returning from dance, was 81
frightened by seeing @ lot of small snake
wriggling in the bottom of his sleigh tha
he foreswore thencefJrward ever to indulg
in a nip. That promising young man no
declares the . fifty rats, he is credited wit
seeing, were all in millinery show case, an
the small snake scare was only lady
chignon which found it's way in some una(
: sleigh. He is ehary of promises now, an
AYERS he was so " derned sleepy" that h
shouldn't be held responsible for what
' saw
WATERBURY, Home Lodg
/. o. of G. I. of Waterbury, is a live an
4 healthy temperance society, promoting tt
: object of their organization in every avail
able way. 1t has Dramatic club conneete
with it, which gave their second entertain
7 ment at Hotel Hall, Friday eve, March 14tt
d, Presenting Geo. NJ. Bakers new play, en-
. titled 90 Bread on the Waters" followed b
t the farce 80 A drop too much" to larg
: and attentive audience The Hall was s.
e crowded that numbers were obliged to stand.
!. HARDwIcK, despite all it's old-time steadi
e ness, is given to changes in these latter days
The druggist firm of Hoyt & Wells has bee
J. dissolved, Messrs Wells and Webster retir
. ing, and their place being filed by A. "
y Davidson. The new firm will still dispens
is pills and potions, drugs and medicines, a
e the old stand.
q Mack, the marble man, has been prospere
in his monumental business, to such dc
d gree tina. he has now moved his business il
e to new shop, opposite the NJ. E. Church
= Mack says if he could induce few mo-
70 doctors to settle in the Lamoilie valley h
business would be still more lively.