Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-04-15

TEMPERANCE MEETING.-Sunday eve
uiuo there was a full attendance at Village
Hall. Mr.. Dan Worcester presided and
Mr.. Poland opened the meeting with
PRAYER. }Ir Mutt read an extract from
western paper concerning the women'S
movement. Mr. Poland, Col. Hopkins,
Mr.. w. A. Lord and Capt. j. w. Clark
addressed the meeting, which exhibited
the usual interest in the subjects discussed
The ladies' temperance prayer meetings
are now held twice 4 week. The mass
meeting at Trinity Vestry Friday was
very interesting one. Yesterday a COM
mittce of ladies again visited several places
and endcavored to obtain pledges that no
liquors should be sold as beverage. They
met with no great degree of success, how
ever
4 SILVER WEDDING WITHOUT BRIDE
eEooM.-It isn't often that a man has
silver wedding and knows nothing about
it himself, Is in fact - left out in the cold )"
until the thing IS all over. But that pre-
dicamcnt was one in which Samuel Chand
Ter. Esq, of Berlin. fonnd himself on
reaching home late in the evening Of the
18th of March last Samuel was 4 jury
man at our recent county court, and on
the anniversary of the day on which he
took his first sip of matrimonial bliss
twenty-five years before. he was one of an
obstinate panel of twelve jurymen who
couldn't agree if they would, and wouldn't
if they could Mr. Chandler had issued
no e. cards" and was bliSsfully unconscious
of any intended invasion of his domestic
hrarth,tone and castle. But his friends
thoughts were not As his thoughts. They
auhercd. that afternoon, at his residence,
Il Jolly company of some thirty souls,
bringing their gifts with them. They
rhatted and gosSipped, ate. drank. and
We're merry Then they departed their
several ways. Meanwhile, Samuel, all
innocent of the feast of good things set in
array at his ewn board. fed on the dry
hlskS of the law and the testimony, as
di~hed up in Judge Redfeld's court. But,
reaching home that night, he found to his
.mazement that his friends had been cele-
bratins his silver wedding in their own
way. and he afar Off 1t was provoking.
They had left with Mrs Chandler Il nice
silver cukc. basket. beautiful castor, II
dozen silver knives. &c, &c. Mr.. Chandler
Is resigned, but declares the next time he
hls silver wedding. he will be there him.
self, Jury or no jury, TO see and be seen.
DISSOLUTION AND \ New FIRM-The
coartnership heretofore existing between
Redtield and Bascom is dissolved by mu-
tual consent. All accounts due the late
trm are in the hands of F. H. Bascom.
Mr.. Albert c. Dewey is associated with
Mr. Bascom under the name of Bascom
and Dewey, and will carry on the Drug
Trade exclusively on cash basis. The
new hrm Is composed of reliable, perse-
Verlng young men, and we wish them
abundant success.
NEW MILLINERY GOODS have just ar
IFel and are now open for inspection at
me store OF S. S. Towner on State Street.
MI lo"ner knows just what the ladies
oesire IN that line Of goods, buys with rare
taste and sells to the satisfaction of all
HIS customers. Give him call
y Ine article on our first page this
week, headed Precedents and Results to
0e needed should have appeared two
weeks since, but was misllid. 1t comes
rom one of " the boys in blue who knew
zen Pltkln on the tented field. and who
l"s seen enough of him in army life to
1--we confidence in his Judgment and faith
.'i'' What he undertakes to do he will sat
!siaetorily perform
oCGAR PArY.-There was IL pleasant
e"lherlng and q sweet time in the Vestrv