Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-05

soldiers in the county, to attend this Re-
union.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY DELEGATEs.-
The following towns have elected dele
gates to the Middlebury Convention:
FAST MONTPELIER. - Addison Peck,
Levi P Mallory, John NJ. Willard. All
for Willard.
WARREN-D. d. Hemenway, H. w.
Lyford, james Cardell. All for Willard
and instructed.
WOODBURY. c. Haskell, and F. c.
Putnam. delegates; 0. d. Town and J.
c. Brown, substitutes. All for Willard.
Hon. DANIEL BALDWIN, the founder Of
the Vt. Mutual Insurance Co., and still
at the age of eightytwo its efficient presi
dent, has been making quite an extended
tour Two weeks ago Monday, accompa-
MED by his daughters, Mrs Reed and Mrs.
Gilman, he started for the White Noun.
t,ins, and celebrated his eighty-second
birthday, July 2lst, by a visit from the
Profile House to Mount Washington The
next morning early the party was off for
Quebec. Afterwards they went up the
Saguenay, and returning by way of Mon
treal, reached home the evening of the
| 25th. 1t is a good thing to see so many
well-spent years resting so lightly on a
man.
One day last week the Central Vermont
train, from Montreal, ran over and killed
an unknown man near St. Alexander sta
ton. He was lying asleep close to the
rails, and was not discovered until the
train WAS close upon him. The brakes
were promptly applied, and the train quick
| ~ stopped, but the unfortunate man was
caught by the cow-catcher and instantly
killed. He had evidently fallen into a
drunken sleep by the track-side.
| esterday Mark French
was driving on Main street, when his horse
and he disagreed as to the rate Of speed
that was advisable, and in the settlement
of the matter made things quite lively for
a few minutes. The whole machinery
with great velocity and some language.
went up the street in the direction of Can
ada but Mark was too much for his equine
j friend and eventually held him in.
ANOTHER PICNIc.-This time it is the
n o l, 6 Il, T.
siah, who go with their friends to L" the
Summit" on the Wells River r. R., mex
Friday if the weather favors.
NJ. & w. r. R.-John w. Page has ac-
cepted the appointment of travelling agent
for the Montpelier and Wells River R. R..
and will look out for the interests of that
route. both at Saratoga and White Noun
tain resorts. Not that he will personally
: appear in both regions at once, but will be
in one and have an oversight of both.
CAMPING OUT.-Our neiglbor of tn,
argus has left his stamping for his camp
ing ground, and is now enjoying himsel
on the borders and bosom of Like Cham
pinin Several others of our citizens have
been noticed taking the cars and evidently
: don't mean business for few days.
The Annual Meeting of the Montpelier
Union District is to be held in the Village
= Hall, Wednesday evening, Aug u, at
o'clock.
On r,.xc>- I,7trr S,.-o,,l ,,arrop
were poisoned at the house of n. Davis. o
East Montpelier, on the afternoon Of tn
18th, by eating custards and Washington
:, pie, that had been favored with a viii
4, compound duly labeled as the extract O
D lemon. Those most seriously attacked
t were three children and their grandfather
The children would evidently have die
. had it not been for the effective remedie:
applied by Dr. d. B. Smith, who was Il
once called The lesson of it is that chem
zeal compounds wendell under the name o
extracts are often dangerous to human life
The Camp-meetng of the Seventh Da,
\ Adventists of Vermont will be held ut VOL
\ colt, Aug. Goth to 24th. Elder Jane
White and wife, from California, and othe
prominent speakers from abroad, will b
in attendance. Free return tickets will b
given on the ground to all coming by wa
= of the different railroads, Reduced far
). has been obtained on the stage betwee
l., Waterbury and Morrisville.
Il A large society has been formed in tn
congregation of St Mary's (R c. Churcl
Ii Burlington called the Association {
u Prayer for the Repression of Intemperance
/ 1t is composed of both sexes, and alread
numbers about 600 members
:. Prof. Charles A. Savage, of Stowe, sail
i for Constantinople next week. where he
|, engaged as teacher of civil engineering
IS surveying, ETC., for three years, if h
e health permits, in Robert College.
The vacancy at the Vermont Asylum fc
= the Insane, caused by the death of d
Tenney, has been filled by the appoin
. ment of Dr. Clark to DR.. Tcnney's plac
. and Dr. Henry I. Whitney has recent
- come to the institution as assistant phys
L clan in the position made vacant by D
. Clark's promotion.
Is Charles Miller, who was arrested at Bo
ton, last week, for the robbery Of Gibson
,e iewelry store Mt Richford, was examine
IS ut the latter place, Saturday, and was he
n in 81 900 bonds for the next term of Il
.e court; but being unable to procure bond
% men, he was escorted to Jail.
Is Ex-Gov. Smith, president of the Centr;
Sc and Mr. Brooks, president Of the Vermo
or and Canada, were in town Saturday I" i
OF terviewing" Mr.. Fifield, counsel for Il