Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-25

| PARDoNED.- E. Flanagan was
on Friday pardoned by Gov. Converse, and
Saturday was released from Jail. The par
don was procured by his counsel H. X.
Field, Esq, on affidavits showing Mr.,
Flanagan's health to be poor and that he
has no means to pay the fine against him.
The three months for which Mr.. Flanagan
was sentenced, on conviction of third
offence of liquor selling, would have ex-
pired the 18th of March we believe.
A full house turned out at the Baptist
church, Saturday evening, to hear Rev. P.
N. Granger, the Agent of the State Tenn
perance Society.
Deputy d. E. Boyden will lecture at
Worcester Corners, Monday night. March
Cd, at 81 o'clock. At Berlin Corners, Fri
day night, March 9th.
Mortified Graded School closed Friday
evening, February Goth, with prize speak
ing. Six ladies and six gentlemen partici-
pated. The first prize for the ladies,
Longfellow's Poems complete, was award
ed to Miss Carrie Hayes: the second,
Irving's Sketch Book, to Miss Carrie
Hutchins. The first for the gentlemen
Shakespeare's Plays, was awarded to JEFF
ferson Averill; the second, Wonders of the
Deep, to George W. Metcalf
Mrs. Thomas L. Salisbury who was with
her husband, at the time of his death in
Indiana last week. has since died. The
bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Salisbury will be
brought to Mortified for burial and it is
expected they will arrive to-day.
WEST RANDoLPH.-The store of A. w.
Tewksbury and Sons was entered by a
couple of burglars last Sunday morning
about o'clock. The safe was blown open
but about the time of the explosion the
Boston express train arrived and alarmed
the robbers, who thereupon decamped
without getting any money from their
operations. The store was set on fire but
it was discovered and extinguished without
} The burglars no doubt thought from the
: immense business done by Tewksbury &
Sons, probably the largest done in any re-
tail store in the State except that of the
Fairbankses, that they would get rich
haul by opening that safe after Saturdays
trade. Instead of that, the new faller
snow enabled the people to track Mr. Bur
glar, and he was found in the fields and
taken
Quite business has sprung up in Wa
terbury, within about two years, in heel
ing and toeing Shaker stockings. Mr. Al
, fred York has paid out, for knitting, more
than $1,000, and this has gone mostly tc
I those who have usually had a rather har,
time to get along; he now pays about 800
per month.
Mr. Hill of the hotel at Waterbury was
fined last week, at a second trial. for tw,
first ofenses of liquor selling. Mr.. Hill
we believe is a man who pleaded guilty to
; being " common seller last fall
WORCESTER.-The number of marriage.
in this town, rs reported at the Office o
. the Town Clerk, C. c. Abbott, Esq, 70
the year 1873 was II. Number of births 90
~ males and s females) Number o
deaths u, 6 males and females.)
Deputy d. E. Boyden organized Grang
at Shady Rill, Middlesex, Feb 18th, will
90 members Name, Middlesex Grange
: The officers are as follows:
Elijah Whitney. Master: George s. Her
( rick, Overseer; Marcus Gould. Lecturer
a Putnam w. Daley, Steward; Otis n
Rublee, Assistant Steward; John w
Markham, Chaplain; John p Flint, Treas
urer; Leroy A. Flint. Secretary; John d
Flint, Gate Keeper: Miss Almina A. Flint
Ceres; Miss Nellie f. Minott. Pomona
Il Miss Alma Post, Flora Miss Ella Minott
/, Lady Assistant Steward.
He also organized Grange at Williams
town Feb. Goth, consisting of 50 members
Name, Williamstown Grange The fol
lowing are the officers:
H. D. Abbott, Master; George Denny
Overseer; Lucius S. Simons, Lecturer; J
t c. Briggs, Steward; J. F. Bailey; ASS
/ Steward; John Farnam, Chaplain; J. NJ
Palmer, Treasurer; II. F. Erskine, Secre
tary E. C. Smith, Gate Keeper; Mrs II
' D. Abbott, Ceres Mrs. j. Jetford, Pomona
e Mrs. Dickerman, Flora; Mrs George Den
t ny, Lady Asst Steward.
VERsHIRE.-A couple of dogs demol
ished seventeen of John Daggett's sheer
l one night lately, and the owner of the can
ines paid 800 for the privilege of havin.
> kept them, and slew them.
THE RUTLAND SEIZURE.-The liquoI
seizures in Rutland, Saturday, amounte
: to $4,000. Monday the work was renewed
. A mob collected and pelted Deputy Power
e with missiles. The sentiment of the mol
:, was expressed by one of its excited mem
e bers, "whisky'll prevail" The crow
: hooted at Mr.. Grogan, who stopped an
b told them that be was not to be driver
h from Rutland The mob of course will
not be allowed to rule Rutland, and tn
It sellers are likely to wake to the fact tina
: laws are made to be observed. We con
II from the Rutland Herald.
The complaints upon which these seiz
=, ures have been made are signed by som
o. of the best business men in the town. an
f they say they mean business, and have al
. ample fund pledged to carry out the move
ment they have inaugurated. We are nc
in the secret and do not know how power
/ full the organization is, or how PERSISTENT
s it will be carried out; but we do warn al
} persons who are displeased with the move
4 ment. that they should not do any illega
- acts to show their disapproval, for th
e State is strong enough to execute her law.
and a few resolute men can enforce Their
at the public expense, and from the char
; acter of the men who appear to be in th