Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-17

Temper .NCE-A large number of our cit-
,qns were present at the meeting Sunday
evsning, Mr. j. A. Wing occupying the
cl air.
Rev. Mr.. Glazier expressed his pleasure at
be.ns present, after an absence of several
u.e.s 1t WAS expected Mr.. Glazer would
sn.ak at length, but in his stead, he desired
- Introduce to the audience, the Rev. Ii. A.
S7,r.of Syracuse, N. Y, who, a, Assistant
Secretary of the Consolidated American Ed
r.srional Association is soliciting help to
assist the Freedmen in organizing and sus-
tanning Elementary and Sunday Schools at
the South Mr.. Ser gave the principal
address of the evening, an address, not only
srr,nely fAvoriDg prohlbltory law, but show
inc its enforcement to be not SO difficult,
after all-only firm determination being nee
es.arv to drive away the threatening bug
hear OF impossl5ility. Nevertheless, Mr..
Sizer believes a greater contest than our
o,ontrv has yet experienced will be waged
bU the liqubI lutClCotJ nuOsC uc6th-SI HyJtc
will be terribly severe.
Col. II. D. Hopkins followed, concurring
in the opinion that this is the great issue be-
fore US AMI must be met, the sooner, perhaps
the better. Mr.. Hopkins related a recent
interview with q companion of his boyhood.
whom he had not seen for more than quar-
ter Of a century. He remembered him as a
remarkably amlable, bright and interesting
boy. lie found him prem lture'y old man.
Feeble. decrepit, even tremblingly infrm,
had he become by habits of excessive intern
perance prolonged through many years. No
spectacle had he EVER witnessed which had
So luly, so overwhelmingly, impressed him
with the terrible magnitude of this evil
And vet, this case is but one of thousands
lie con essed himself ready for the " conflict
irrepressible.'
Col A. Z. Brown spoke for a moment Of
the effect of the liquor-traffic upon those en-
giged in it, an effect almost universally and
entirely harmful. Mr.. Brown announced
byrquest of the committee, that Miss G. NJ
Bishop of Wisconsin, who gave u two lee
lures ON Temperance early in the summer, IL
expected to address the meeting sne1t Sunday
evening The applause following this an
nouncement, seemed to indicate an antici
pated pleasure.
MONTPELIER AND Wells R. R. R.-Th
Engine " Montpelier" with baggage car
one passenger car and six freight cars arrived
in Montpelier last night The company ha
erected platform and established a tempo
rary ticket Office here to accommodate thos
who desire to attend the FAIR at East Mont
pelier this week. Director French thu
tuhlls bis promise to run at this time, an
Goes 1t with good 9 machine - and othe
rolling stock belonging to the new road. Th
who.e thing is g Montpelier and Wells Rive
Railroad clear through. 1t was a goo
promise made by Mr.. French, and well live
up to.
The arrangements are 10 run to-day an
Tomorrow, ua'rs Tor East Montpelier an
the Far at 80 A. NJ and P Tn, s
trans will also run to PIainfeld After tina
time the train will run daily to Plainfel
and back, Harry Boutwell, was conducto
on the first tram over this road.
SAD ACCIDENF.-L,5t NJ 1nday morning
serious acci lent occurred at the Montpeliel
Manufacturing Establishment. Mr.. Cnarle
Tnurston was engaged i'll hosting article
from the hasem mt to the rooms above by
an elevator worked by a rope passing over
pulley and run by water power. As tn
elevator WAS going up with its load Mr.
Thurston stepped thereon to ascend with il
When the plat orm hal reached the secon
story the rope suddenly parted, letting Mr.
Thurston and the LOAD drop distance 0
some eighteen feet with such violence tina
he was picket up FIR dead. Restorative
were applied, and he recovered somewhat
but is 50 severely bruised and stunned tn.
his recovery, if he RECEIVERS at all, will
slow.
1t seems the rope ran off the pulley at tt
first start, and that every succeeding turn {
the windIas5 wound the rope further from
true line, until at last 1t could No longer bea
the strain and snapped in twain.
IN TnREsHING MACaINE.-A young maj
. by the name OF Russell, living in the vicir
ity of Wright's Mills. had the misfortune c
Monday to run his hand into threshin
machine, ald there wasn't much lett OF Il
hand after that. The fingers were torn {
aud mansled s. badly that it was imposSib
to save any OF them. The hand was dresst
By Dr.. w Jodward and Kemp.
Mr. Heman Jersey, wi o has been i'll of
tcrday morning. Mr.. Hersey was troth'
of S. 0. Jersey who was formerly one of t
propretors OF the Pavilion and who arrive
here from H1nellsville, n. Y, some da
prior the the death of his brother.
The attention of the ladies ie called
the meeting of the Ladies' Temperance A
ISOLATION next Thursday afternoon at Beth
ny Chapel, the object of which is to consldt
not the benefit or desirability of a course
lectures, but the feasibility of their unde
taking to procure lectures for the next Sc
son, as the Citizens Lecture Committee ha
proposed giving up lectures.
Miss c. NJ. Bishop will speak on the su
Jet of temperance at Village Hall next Su
day evening, at Piainfeld on Monday al
tuesday evenings. Towns desiring to
gage her for Friday and Saturday evenin
OF shis week can do so by ptlying to
Ladies temperance Association at once.
ms PAVILION HOTEL in this village
winning golden opinions from its que