Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-12-17

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HOLIDAY GooDs.-The finest stock OF
Chromos, Engravings,s Photographs, lStereo-
scopic Goods, Gift Books, Toys and Fancy {
Goods ever brought to this market is now
opening at Phinney s Book Store and will be
sold at very low prices. Those in want of
anything for holiday present will do well
to give him a CALL
At Ricker's Mills, Monday, a train of the
Montpelier & Wells River Railroad was de-
layed having undertaken to run on the ice
and frozen ground instead of keeping to the
iron rails. No damage was done, however,
and the train soon went about its regular
travelling business. When accidents must
come We hope they will always be as harm
less as this one.
The Judges of the County Court last week
determined the amount of alimony in the
case of Mrs. Mead VS.. A. A. Mead, in which |
a divorce was granted last spring, There
is to be paid to Mrs. Mead the sum of one
thousand dollars in installments for the sup
port of the children, three hundred dollars
a year for the next eight years, this is to be
in monthly payments; and five hundred
dollars additional accruing from the home
stead to be held in trust for the children.
TwENrY-THREE CHICKENS ALL IN ROW.
erly old hen, which Matched out, last July,
a brood of twenty-three chickens, brought
them safely down from the great beams of
the barn on Mr.. Langdon's Berlin homestead,
without the loss Of single chick. Last
week one of the brood strayed from the
maternal oversight, and had its leg broken
under the foot OF an OK, and now that care
full hen mourns the first bereavement in her
slightly numerous family.
The lectures of Prof Richards last week
were we'll worth attending but the g panic -
seems to have seized ths lecture business in
Montpelier and the lectures were to small
audiences
THOSE WHO ENJOY Sunday evening
"sing'' in the family circle, land they are
many, will be interested to know that the
hour of evening service in the Church Of
the Messiah will be devoted, next Sunday
evening, to the singing by the congregation
under the direction of Mr.. Simeon Cheney,
of the old standard tunes that we all love,
The Annual Meeting of the Montpelier
Young Mems Christian Association will be
held at their rooms, Tuesday evening, Dec
f 30th, at IA o'clock.
NEW RAILROAD TINE TABLE.-The Winter
g arrangement of train-running went into effee
e on the Vermont Central one week ago las
! Monday. The cars now leave Montpelie
for the South and East at 8,55 A. NJ, 90!
, and 955 P. NJ; for the North and West a
e $40 and 7.45 A. NJ. and at 4. Is and 6 Is P
N. The full corrected time table will b
y given in our advertising columns next week
q The MONTPELIER LIBRARY AND READING
, Room ASSOCIATION held their annual meeting
in their Reading Rooms, On Wednesday even
e ing of last week We understand the fol
lowing Board of Directors We're chosen
q Mrs E. P Jewett, Mrs. A. G. Brown, Mrs
q Joel Foster, Jr., Miss Amanda Clark, DI
A. g. n. Brigham, General P. P. Pitkin, Fred
If E. Smith, James S. Peck. c. II. Heath
q Ii. K. Field was reelected Clerk, and Mrs
% Georgianna Bailey, Treasurer. The report
not being ready for presentation the Assc
;, citation adjourned tor one week, and thi
n evening will meet to act upon the report
l. and other business.
It DESERVING PATRoNAGE.-Arthur 7. Blu:
" well, talented young painter of Barton
,e has canvassed Montpelier to secure az
,s vertisements for village directory to
% painted on some sixty-four lights of glass
and hung in the depot or Post Office. II
es specimens of sign painting shown US al
truly elegant, and artistically arranged. Nj
r Boswell should, and we doubt not, will T
d. seive most liberal patronage. He mny
a addressed at Barton.
of The following changes have recently be'
-, made in Vermont postofhces; Calvin Ba
rett to be postmaster at Buck Hollow (Fai
lie fax,) vice John Wanser, resigned; Geo.
NJ harrington to be postmaster at West Da
e. vile. vice F. O. Batchelder, not c0mmissio
ed. and Cyrus May to be postmaster at Pc
Mills Village, vice D. g. Carleton, not col
w missioned.
BREACH OF PROMIss suits are plentiful
this section about these days, probably O
ing to the hard times, and the fact that it
net easy to get money in any other way tn
nd through the law and the courts. As thin
=" now look, the lawyers are having me
profitable and rushing business than are
I'm preachers.
W1LLIAMsrowN.-The Methodist Chur
in Williamstown is enjoying the ministr
IN Mace of Rev. j. w. Bemis, now at wo
busilv in the interests of the Vermont Bill
ave Society.
vi. Amasa Cummings of East Montpelier is
wv model farmer, and a close observer of h
Ia to do everything just right. We have
ne ways placed him in the front rank as SUI
~ maker, and a lot of nice grated fruit, c.
aac sisting of Rhode Island Greetings and VI
I'll, nice sweet apples, recently brought us, pr
ano that he is a little ahead as an orchardist.
the Cabot people complain that as the r.
road nears them, the later they receive tt
daily mail IF they will build a bra'
oat- track to the Bemis school house in Maj
> In field, they can be within an hours rid
ght Montpelier. When this awful panic
our DER, they will think about that thing
Vermont News.
me. ADDISON COUNTY.
Ann1soN COUNTY CoURT.-In the ceebrs