Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-20

should be entirely satisfied to have Brother
Bingham that man. How so likely IL gen
.leman ever consented, or could endure to
remain inside the Democratic fold filled
Is 1t IS with all manner of unclean animals
and beasts of prey, always surpassed our
acknowledgement though Bro. Atkins
lntlmates that understanding :" requires
No. II to cover it.
IHE VERMONT SOLDIERS REUNION AT
Neutrality-suspicious.. Shepidan and Han
cock have positively promised to be pres
ent at the reunion of Vermont soldiers,
which will take place at Burlin cton the
last week in August Gen. Mcdowell
Will also be present, and there is hope of
seeing Gems. Burns ide and Doubleday. It
IS not positively promised that there will
be three Gen. Doubledays at Burlington.
as there were at Rutland last year: but
from the quantity of Choice Spirits that
can easily be convened at the Queen CITY
1t Is not doubted that the presence of one
Gen. Doubleday can be easily magnifed
to make up the required number.
CENTRAL VERMONr.-The new hoard of
directors elected at st. Adams Yesterday is
as follows: j. Gregory Smith, St. Adams ::
John B. Page, Rutland; Benjamin P. Che
ney, Boston; John Q. Hoyt, New York :;
Geo. II. Brown, New York: John IT.
Shultz, New York; Worthin gton c.. Smith.
st. Adams; Joseph Clark, Milton; James
X. Langdon, Montpelier; Jacob Estev,
Brattleboro; j. II. Kimball, Bath, Me. :;
George NJ. Rice, Worcester. Mass: Jacob
Edwards, Boston.
1t will be noticed the four of last wears
I. w. Park and j. G.. McCul-
Tough of Bennington and W. B. Duncan
and 5. l.. NJ. Barlow of New York retire,
and their places are filled by gentlemen
whose interests are with Boston instead of
New York. The change is to make the
board such an one as believes the interests
OF Boston and the road are more closely
connected than those of New York and the
road can be-
1t is given out that every effort will be
made to carry ont the intent of the charter
of the Central Vermont and to consolidate
on fair terms the stock of the old roads
Every one who regards the interests of the
state hopes this will be done. and the new
corporation put on Il good working basis.
The builders of the Portland and Oedens-
burg Railroad are pegging away at the
Notch of the White Mountains. and will
have one cut through bastard granite $50
feet long and about 30 deep. The grade
at the Notch will be only % feet to the
mile, but lower down it is to be ll6 feet to
the mile for three miles.
\ London business man having become
interested in the arrangement of the Port
land and Ogdensburg and the eastern rail
roads with the Montreal, Chambly and Sor-
ell road for completing a new route fro n
Montreal to Portland and Boston. has been
inspecting the Portland and Ogdensbur 9
and has returned to England. confident of
negotiating loan for the road.
EAST ELMoRE has enjoyed an excellent
winter for numbering purposes. and tn,
mills in that section are better stocked Will
logs than ever before. These logs are now
being rapidly cut into boards, and market
lumber of all descriptions. Large new
piles of lumber are taking the place OF
those which have been sent to market tn,
past winter.
Considerable excitement has prevailed
in the Gale neighborhool, in Elmore
owing to the disappearance of Martin
Wakefield on the 10Th inst He was last
seen in the meadow near Il brook. From
fifty to two hundred persons have been
searching the woods and dragging the
brook without finding trace of him
Sunday word came to East Elmore that
the young man had been seen near Robert
Hills in the west part of the town, but the
news was not fully satisfactory.
EAST ELMoRE is prospecting in a spiritual
point of view. The NJ. +. Church, finished
scarcely three years ago, now numbers
over one hundred members-all united and
trying to help each other onward to a
higher life Weekly new seekers come
forward for prayers. The change from
the old order of thing is one of the most
remarkable on record in Vermont.
ELLA Mrs. Henright, who attempted
suicide few months since, has now car
ricd her way in the act. Last Friday she
sent her family away, fastened her house
took clothes line and confined it to Il
beam over heal, stepped upon an empty
barrel, attached the line to her neck, and
pushing the barrel away, was left hanging
She was dead when her family found her.
She leaves large family mostly out OF
her care. She had been very enterpris-
ing woman in her way. She came to this
country several years ago, and by her la
bors procured money to send across the
water for her husband and family. No
reason is known for her untimely suicide.
HUNTINGToN.-The following are the
officers of Camels Hump Lodge, |. O. G.
T., for the present quarter:
w. c. t, C. A. Higley; w V. T., Mrs
II. III. Pierce; w. S, Mrs. H. w. Judson
w F. S, Romeo A. Norton; w. T., Mrs
d. d. Scofeld; w. c., Benjamin O'Brien
w. l. G., Mrs. w. Wells; w. O. G., II. II
Pierce; Organist Miss Alice Norton.
Chester, Andover, Weston, CavendisI
and Ludlow, which now belong to Wind
sor county, are going to petition the mex
legislature to be annexed to Rutland
county, chiefly because their county seat
Woodstock, is SO difficult of access.
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