Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-25
STEPHEN THOMAS,
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its proud old FLAG.
BY command of
STEPHEN THOMAS,
Department Commander
j. q. LIVINGSTON,
Assistant Adjutant General
ALWAYS ABOUT HIS WoRK.-On our re-
turn from tn West last Friday afternoon
we had the pleasure to welcome at st.
Adams the first Nerm snterwe have seen
in ten days in the person Of james G.
French ESD, the indefniglbIe AMI live
man9ging director of the Montpelier AMI
Wells River Railroad. He WIS in st.
Albums on business connected with his
road Of course, striving to make arrange
ments. we understood, to bring the summer
pleasure travel direct from New y ork over
mountains of Vermont and New IIamp-
shire Success to him and TO his endeavOrs
to advance the financial interests of the
Montpelier and Wells River Railroad, and
as a consequent the material pre-, perity of
this section AMI the towns along its line.
ADMITTED 10 THE BAR.-On Tuesday
last CHARLES W. PORTER Esq, Deputy
Secretary Of State, and for some time
past law student in the Office of Hon. b.
f. Fifield, WAS admitted as practicing at
tornev ut the Washington County Bar.
/ His legal examination was highly credit
able to himself. and gave promise that Mr.
Porter will become one of the able and
influential practitioners in our Courts. He
+ las made for himself many warm friends
since his residence here, and we are pleased
to know he contcmplates making perma
ncnt soioun in this village. Coming from
good stock, and possessing integrity anc
brains Of hi own. he is just such MAJ
. rs j. needed in every community.
SUNDAY EVENING TEMPERANCE MEET
lND> are spreading, \ series has beer
inaugurated ut Berlin Corners. and decI
interest in the cause of temperance i
manifested The meeting two sunday
since WI held in the Congregations
Church, Last sabbath evening it met il
Good Templar- Hall. which was wei
filed. Brief but stirring words were
spoken by Rev. Mr.. Seabury, 4. y. Per
son. E. Z. Andrews. d. b. Bosworth
S. H. O. Bosworth and others The meet
inc next sabbath evening will he held il
the same place, and it is expected to keen
the good work progressing 80 long Il
there shall b. Il demlnl for temperance
effort.
We learn that Col \. c. Brown, for tbs
past ten years the leading Insurance Agen
of Montpelier, has resigned the Presidency
to the Montpelier Board of Under
WRITER'S" and withdrawn from the Board
He has secured the Agency of a line 0
goat non-B Board Companies, and pro
poses hereafter to transact an Insurance
business u51sPeu3enf of the espionage t
which he thinks he has been subjected 70
the past few months, and responsible onl,
to his Companies and his customers.
COOP CARRIAGEs.-We invite specia
attention to the advertisement in anothc
column of f. G. Gilman, which sets fort
f where to get the incest and cheapest WAC
ons, carriages. &c. Mr.. Gilman is a vet
erln carriage-maker, albeit his head is nc
vet heavily frosted with silver, and he la
al the fact tiles and the workmen needle
to give anybody the finest . turn out " t
be found in this section. Give him Il cal
and be happy in the possession of cal
riage that will out-last even the Deacon
wonderful - One-hoss shay"
\ WESTERN JOUKNEY-The editor
this paper was called West on Monday
the 9th inst, and after hurried busine:
trip to Waynesville, Mo, 100 miles soutl
-, west of St. Louis, reached home last Fl
: elav afternoon, in rs good health and spiri
as could be expected after Il continuous rid
of four days and three nights. He mac
the trip with no accident, and with but or
detention by failure of railroad trail
to make connection. He had hoped
1 have written out for this weeks pap,
some iottings of the trip and the COUNT
> he visited, its crop prospects, its desirabi
: itv as residence, and for business inves
i ments, &C., &C., but he returns to find h
assistant on the sick-list. and the necessit
thereby imposed upon him of giving h
entire thoughts and labors to the routir
> duties of the office and editorial work
getting out the paper" He is hard
V able to . get his hand in . to his own So
n isfaction this week, so thoroughly was
: isolated from thu newspaper world durir
:. his journey. But he has done what
could, under the unfavorable circur
: stances, and hopes to be able to settle mo
J. Systematically into the work after Il lit
: needed rest, ,and reading up of cure
news.