Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-04-29
For the Freeman

thirty thousand dollars and then not be
what the village wants for Il hall That
may be all so, the argument against new
hall on the old site may be unanswerable,
but if so what need of more than n fair
statement of the question before meeting
of our citizens? Citizen assumes that :" Il
few citizens" aided By nearly all the
non-tax paying voters" are going to
foist cunningly devised plan upon the
taxpayers of Montpelier. Will he figure
out the number of' non-tax paying voters
In any village meeting and give the public
the result in a supplementary hand-bill.
If Citizen means by :" -tax-paying "
those who pay small tax it is time to re-
member that the poor man who comes
within the legal requirements, has us good
right to vote upon any and all public
questions as the rich man has. His right
to vote is absolute and is not a fit subject
for slurs 5.
Those people who rejoice in all things
hyperborean and religiously keep to the
doctrine that there are only two seasons in
Vermont, nine months winter and three
months mighty late in the fall, need not
tlatter themselves that sleighng is going
to continue forever. They may bring on
their snow in quantities that suit their per-
verified desires and then get out their sleighs
for a May Day jingle of the bells, but theil
t;tvorite goes as quickly as it comes. In
fact they that put their dependence on
runners at this season find themselves very
much in the condition of the Montpelier
boy who few weeks since undertook tC
bite the patent cartridge, and their aston
lshment Is like to come upon them rs sud
denly rs his did upon him when, with open
mouth and singed face, he wondered what
had become of what was his late pride
and delight.
DUXBURY.- under the shadow OF
Cancels Hump they continue to enjoy the
blessings OF Il rare sugar season, and the
season Is good to that extent that they
Son consider the unexpected sugar snow
of saturday night ont of proportion to il
ut all.
1uNBKiDGE.-I The snow fell here on
Saturday night, and Sunday morning be
fore nine o clock it was fifteen inches deep
and very heavy snow, too. and the people
are making II quantity OF sugar.
NOT GolNG.-We are glad to know th;t
- .tf.
Lynue has sold out his store III Marlbor,
with tine Intention of going west Is no
true. He hats sold out, but has, though
still Ot an age ut which the lamented Hor
ace would have addressed him rs youn.
man, no Intention Of leaving Vermont
Gen. Lynde has purchased :: residence il
Brattleboro, but We do not know that Ii,
intends moving there
The listers of Franklin county met il
consultation discussed at considerable
length the matter Of the real-estate APP
praisal about to be made, and finally
adopted a resolution that in performing
their duties they would exercise theil
best Judgment, and not attempt to be gov
i erned by any arbitrary rule other than til,
law. The meeting was characterized b,
good understanding throughout, and will
doubtless result beneficially.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKEr.-April =
the market was firm, with an advance il
prices of the better grades. Prices: Com
mon to fair, SO to 32c; medium to good
80 to soc; choice, Sc to SIC; selections
3sc
Senator Edmunds has reported bill fol
, the payment of the Alabama claims, whicl
is the same bill reported by him last year
1t excludes war premiums and INSURANCE,
companies.
Generals Grant, Sherman. Sheridan
: Hancock, Burnside, Mcdowell. Bclknap
Franklin, and other distinguished men, ar,
2 expected at the Grand Army reunion a
lIarrisburgh, in May. Excursion ticket
l will be issued by the various railroads
) Arrangements are made for ut least 800,
visitors.
President William Orion of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who s:llet
: for Europe few weeks ago to recruit hi
health, will probably return within TIVE
weeks, having been recalled by heavy do
mestc affictiOn in the death of his fivorit
child, Samuel, whose funeral takes plac,
to-day. The latest advices from Mr.. Ortol
described him as in too shattered a con
dition to perform any mental labor what
ever. Mrs. Orion had suffered so severel'
, on the trip out, that had it continues
another day it was doubtful whether sh
could have survived it. Their intention
was to have gone to London and thence t
Paris, but the sad necessity for a return t
the United States will prevent the carryin!
out of the programme.
NEARLY FATAL EXPERIENCE WITH Gas
: Geo. S. Drew of Groton, Vt, arrived i
Concord. n H., on Wednesday, and regis
tered at the Eagle Hotel. He retired earl
II in the evening, and the next morning
{ porter traced Il strong smell of gas to hi
> room and bursting the door open, foun
i Drew unable to speak and nearly asphyx
lated. A ventilator over the door save
Drew's life. A physician was summoned
: and in short time Drew was resuscitated
While George Rochester, of Rouse
Point, was fishing in the swamp, about
: quarter of a mile this side of the Canad
. line, he found a mans body lying betwee
some bushes in the water, with nothing o
e except his boots. His hat was found clos
: to where he lay. His name is not known
: and he is supposed to have been browne
b some time since and loated into tn
swamp
, The Chicago Tribune says that sine
March, 1869, the United States has bee
employing Col. Whitley, chief of tn
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