Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

How is IT?-That is the question. At
the annual meeting of Washington County
Agricultural Society IA committee of eight
was appointed to locate the County Fair,
which location is to be Il permanent one.
Has Montpelier anything to do about it, or
are the people sufficiently interested to To-
cate Said fair at Montpelier so rs to make
an effort in that direction If so, now is
the time. Other towns are interested and
anxious for the location What will Mont
pelier do to encourage this committee We
believe they can well afford to do some
thing liberal and be none the poorer finan-
cially, besides enjoying the privilege of
seeing the various productions of the hus-
bandmen and the artistic skill of the ladies
in their handiwork. on exhibition at their
own doors. Who is the man that will
start the wheel? This is asked by
COMMITTEE MAN.
HENs.-Charles Ward of Berlin figures
out how hens have been profit unto him
for four months past. And this is the
way he does it: his nineteen hens have
laid 81 dozen eggs which brought S24.OO;
manure made by them is worth 5000;
from these amounts, deducting the cost of
keeping, $3.50 Mr.. Ward finds that the
net profit is S2l. 80, or that each biddy "
has earned more than a dollar for him in
four months. In view of these things, no
one would blame Mr. Ward for praising
the - barn-yard fowl
FAYsToN.-Thc name of ID. s. Stoddard
should have appeared in our list of Select
Morgan. The expenses of the town the
last year were $500. The cost of keeping
the poor, including overseer's expenses.
was $500.
Sugar season not far advanced yet,
though &. O. Boyce has made about $50
pounds from part of his sugar orchard,
The present cold weather don't seem IA
vorable to the business, some way
VERsHIRE.-The new hall at Ely, built
in the large store building by l.. Porter
last season. is now being fitted up for use
BREAKING IN.-One night last week a
drunken fellow broke into (or did the best
he could at it), house in Plainfeld. He
had so much of Il liquid load with him
that he could not make a profitable enter
prise of it, or even give much of an ac-
count of how he came to be engaged in
such business.
WEST RANpoLrH.-Hotel changes are
the order of the day. Strong and Chad
wick having taken the Cottage Hotel, the
Mansion House now takes u new landlord.
Mr.. Dunton has sold out to a Boston man
We understand that the estate of the late
\. IL. Smith does not turn out rs well As
expected and that the assets are far from
sufficient to cover all the debts.
RANDoLrH.-The Normal School has
over $50 students this term. a larger num-
Der than usual in the spring.
Dr. H. II. Mcintyre leaves next week on
his yearly trip to Alaska His wife goes
with him again this wear.
At South Ncwbury Miss Amanda VI.
EIildrcth who is seventeen years ofage does
all the business at the depot. She is the
daughter Of ID. T. IIildreth who is suffer
ing from cancer and unable to work.
Deputy d. +. Boyden organized &
Grange at Berlin Corner, March 9Th 1874
Name, Eagle Grange. 20 members.
j. \ Perrin. Master; F. w. Currier.
Oversecr; II. c. Hayward. Lecturer: J.
f. Winslow, Steward; ID. b. Bosworth,
Assistant Stewards f. f. Andrews, Chap
Lain $. H. Covcll, Treasurer; ). II. o.
Bosworth. Secretary; +. W. Person. Gate
Keeper Mrs. ). II. O. Bosworth. Ceres
Miss Mary Emerson, Pomona; Mrs. A. j.
Roberts Flora: Mrs j f. Winslow, Lady
Assistant Steward.
Also Grange ut Bethel, March 4th. Name
Rising Star Grange.
II. c. Durham. Master; l.. H. Edison,
Secretary.