Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-11-25
CHITTENDEN COUNTY

church, now bal Ing 1t NlaDt,i OF WllcA XIV.
A. l.. Royce Is rector. Will be nett Gothic struc-
urc, 30 by 81, built fto plans draw b. Rev. D.
J. II. Hopkins Jr.. of Plattsburgh y. y. The roof
will be zen tin5crel l. al | lie with alicante
strips of lick ash all pine, ol3,. II. Ell rccl,
II by II, will b. scptratel f'on the nlve by n
rool screen" of black ash, with black walnut
trimmings, surmountci bv the rood" or crop.
The organ Oh amber will he On tn s,uth Shl II the
chancel. \ beautiful chtnccl window costing $50,
deisn Il by Rev. Dr. II pkins, has been gwen the
church by Jackson stevens, of the m of Edwards
& stevens, in memory Of his d::elscl sister. life
of Rev. Within Hopkins 1t is to b hoped that this
church, which will cost 500, will be ready for
consecratiol some time before Easter.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
IIighgate Center is now connected with the outer
world By telegraph wires, put NJ few days since.
NJ. G. Elliot late general agent of the Vermont
Central, is to ttke up hi permanent residence
in Minneapolis, MINI.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
johnson is happy in the possession OF the oldest
,nhabtant. Mrs. Mary Pike completed her one
hundreth year on the 10th inst. large humber OF
the friend, al relatives of the Old lady met at tie
vc,try of the Baptist church in the afternoon,
where bountItul supper was spfca |. lie eNer-
clSCS were speeches, music an oil5lntl poem by
Miss Porter of New nanp ,hir>, Of tnc : eat
grand children, an i sketch of he lie OF MIS-
Pike, by Mis-, It,ymonl, of No rr5own. sh; was
BON Nov. l0h l..l, iii Ham LEM Conn. her IN len
name being Mary Flint. She emIsratci Il Run
dolph w. IN ISL, anl afterwards moved t. stowe
in Lam pile county, where She lrriel Seth Pike
and became the mother Of twelve chl'drcn,
eleven of whom grew t. man and wonInhooi.
She last spring We'd to Johnson to spend the re-
mainder OF her days with her soA, Seth b. Pike.
The Old lady IS fully as smart a most women It
eighty, getting about and ret Inn5 all her iAcultes
neatly perfect. To all appearances she IS good
for large part of an ,thar century.
snow fell IN thr, count on the 2',h inst, to the
depth Of five six Inche-. AMI II AL appca ances
winter ha, set H. though the streams are extreme
ly low.
! Lady Temperance lecturers ,uc ii hc aScenlant
Just now, and 1t INST be a1n't.cd that they are
better than the average mule OF tlat profession.
Mrs Dr. Kent. Mason lettured in Johnson, Nov
- to a yooi au Hence, AMI hell her hcler> +
over hour by her c 'qucnt present ttI'n OF the
cau-c of temperance. She is a graceful an hucn
speaker and is dong a good work. 1t under
stood she is supporting. herself anl blind moth
er, and educating herself l,r thc. mni-try
The citizen say, VIM. Me.nn l. i the champion
farmer Oh Cth 'Ill5t. no lt'h - 40 "1''9' "'
keeps 'o COWS II o"'nc' "c7I - i l" - i'''' W
young 81 Oh iie ">c7 Il ? ," . '''' van ~
-to Pount i vi gu '7e' " me- "' Il '''0' ~ =
200 trees, and is hitting up HI, new auEar hous
min, oil ,h -, , ,..,, ,,,,,,y.,,.ot an rvtuortt,
VILE AL Tue III ''c' II iioN GU '"'N' 81" " 'i'''
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8 Lamonle valley rItlrptl.
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On FRIDAY evening, ",h, IN, ot'h ol Mt-.l tat'
of E,,lhnlt,rl With coll-ut- VT, tntaI'y Il,
stoFet OH ne IL w. ''i>" E l. ~ '' '''' '''
cr,In which belonged t, .lg.>t,r Pu-lcc. ihcl
was no insurance.
WAS no
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