Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY,


| The Vergennes Musical Union are preparing for
| grand concert, to be given June 9th. under the
direction of Mr.. A. j. Phillips.
| The Senior class of Middlebury College have
secured the Mendelssohn Quintette Club. and Mrs.
Anna Granger Dow, of Boston, to furnish music
| for Commencement Day and for the concert follow
ing.
There were shipped from vergennes, ON Tues
day the 2sth, SAP pounds of butter, and one bar
rel of eggs. Butter 25 to 26c; eggs, sc potatoes
| 10 to IS cents per bushel.
The new hotel at Leicester Junction, in which
| the postofhce is kept, was entered by burglars
Friday night last and the money drawer rifed of
its contents, amounting to something over ffty
dollars. No other damage done. No clue to the
| robbers.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
| A party of five business from New York
city are making a pedestrien tour of the state.
They left the cars at Manchester and struck for
Rutland, and, having visited Brandon and Mount
Mansfield, they will go to Bellows Falls and walk
thence home.
| The Hoosac valley mills at Pownal have started
up again with part of their force.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
| Four carloads of shotcs have recently been
|
among the dairy farmers, who will probably buy
| Western corn to fttten them next fall.
Frank Leavitt, VIII is in Jail at St John sbury for
going throu n couple of houses at Lyndon and
providing himself with good assortment of cloth
ing, 81 in money AMI harmonicon, says he was
obliged to resort to theft to keep from starving.
Tie ice disappeared from Joe's Pond, Dauyille
May 25th. Snow drifts along the p. & o. X. X. will
be in sight this year till after the LIST of June.
Jerry and Simon Emery of Groton purchased a
barrel fielder of VIM. Mclaughlin, and after takin
it home drank of it to ntoxcation and abus ed
their families so that complaint ma lie by A. NJ
Heath, Town Grand Juror, and they were fined
81 each, and Mr.. Mclaughlin paid 81 for selling
cider to common drunkards, Benz. Kicker was
fined $40 and costs for sci lug liquors contrary to
law.
Notwithstanding the business prosperity of St.
Johnsbury L. W. Rowell, Il job printer who kept
stock OF toys and fancy goods for sale. had them
seized for debts which he cou d not pay, last week
and on Tuesday the store of Charles 5. Hastings
was shut up by The she if for the same reason.
Iformation is wanted of Harry o. Russell, VIII O
left his home in Gaysvi!le 10 20 to Grotton, Yer
mont, the Goth of April, and has not been there
or been heard from by his friends since. Any one
giving information of him will confer 4 favor upon
anxious friends. Address Mrs. 1. j. Russell,
Gaysville, Vt.
A Calyinist Baptist church has been organized at
st Johns bury.
Mrs. Campbell, Il member of Rev. Mr.. Hyatt 8
| church at 81 Johnsbury, recently published an
article against his character in the Caiedonian
he having moved to starksboro, but on Sunday
week she sent letter expressin sorrow for what
she had done, and it was read in the church.
9 W;
not long since, for Chcopee, Mass, without her
husbands knowledge, has returned, and peace
again reigns in that family. She says she did not
go on a visit but went to stay, though she has
| thought better oft since.
CHGrTENDEN COUNTY.
Van Sicklcn Il shedd of Burlington have sod
their well-known herd of short horn Durham cows
numbering about p, to a Kentucky
Mr.. II. c. CasseI of Essex is the owner of
three horses, whose combined ages aggregate
eighty-one yearsl We do not know the age OF
each horse respectively, but all three are in good
condition, and doing work every day.
Sergeant pomeroy Loomis of Company c, lst
Vermont Volunteers, attracted general attention
on Saturday by wearing his old army uniform
throughout, which he has carefully preserved
since his mlstar-oItof service. The Sergeanrs
cantcen was filled with the choicest cold coffee
which he dispensed freely to his thirsty comrades
of Post otannard- Another veteran carried his
KNAPP ack-Free Press.
| There was shippel from Burlington, over the
Central Vermont Railroad for the week ending
May goth. 100 of lumber and Isl of coal.
RICHMOND MARKEr.-One hundred and hf,v
tubs of butter at market Monday and sales have
been made at % to 25c for good and choice and
few selections at 2jc. Cheese milk at 10 to
> l2c.
The pocket book containing $500, lost by Solo
mon Norton of Huntington, the other day, was
found by five year o'd-b)y, who was rewarded
with a whole doarl
FRANKLIN COUNTY
5 The Vermont Iron Car Company at st. Albans ha,
voted to sell its entire property the National Car
Company for $1,000 600 in the stock of the latte
company.
Friday night, tenement in Richiord, owned by
y. e. Patch, and occupied by Alexander Jacobs
was burned Mrs. Jacobs was awakened by the
cracking of the flames, and the family had only
barely time to save themselves and little clothing
Insured for about 5000 in the Farmers Mutual
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
+ Thursday, the 2sth nit, Willard .Grswold Esq
of Cambridge, while attending duties in his store
e was Frustrated in a fit, the nature o. which tn,
l. doctors not to be of one opinion. and for;
: time his life despared of but after great exer
tons he revived aud taken TO his re sidencf
. and is now convalesccnt. though pretty low. Mr.
q G. has been in the trade in Cambridge for fort,
# years, which is longer than any other since tn.
days of Nathan Smilee.
4 RUTLAND COUNTY.
: The annual convention of the Episcopal church
in the diocese of Vermont will be held in ST. john
t church, Poultney the second Wednesday i,
r June, and the Missionary sermon on the evenn,
? previous to the convention, viii be preached b,
l. the Rev. W. IL. Collins of Vcrgenncs.
Owen Owens, 4 workman employed at the slat
l quarry of E. d. Jones, in Fairhaven, met with
= narrow escape from death. lie working Their,
when he missed his footing and fell the quarry
: distance of about forty five feet striking first OIL
his feet and then falling on his face. Provitleu
70 TALLY Tor him no bones were broken, but he expo
:, rienced terrible shaking up and was pretty bad
ly bruised.
" WINDHAM COUNTY.
' The annual parade of the Bratueboro firemel
- takes place June 6th.-Thomas p. James of '' Ed
IL win brood notoriety has begun the publication O
- new monthly paper, The Summer Ttarel Messen
ger, anu Claims subscription lSt OIL already.
g Ex-Governor Holbrook, who has been connects
IL with the Centre Congregational Church choir a
Brattleboro for abont forty years has resigned hi
lie charge as choriser.
n SO3 COUNTY.
The Windsor County Court commenced its Sc,
d sion on Tuesday morning, May Goth. On call O
nj docket forty put down for jury tris
to out of the three hundred and five the docket
u majority of the rest being continued, and set TO
,e court hearing, with few marked settled and di: