Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-01

.+u rance, on FrltEty evening last.
Frnch's new block is up and is SPLEEN
I'LL addition to Main Street
The HYDE Block is rapidly going up and
Bacon i, also progressing with the ground
work Of his new block.
Burrows ana Peck have moved into
their splendid new store which will be the
lest arranged for their kind of business of
.uv store in the state we think.
Tie Rialio is to be Il fine looking block
IL. iron front which the builders are put
,.r.. on this week, Icing one that will
make Il very fine looking building of it.
VERMONT Mutual FIRE ms. Co.-The
18th annual report says that the business
ofthc Company. for the year Just closed,
Ira, been large; the number of policies is
srlrl being G,372. which is 371 more than
fir the preceding year. The amount in
-urcd during the year is SS,9i1 ,239, and
ih,. premium notes taken are $500, O23.72.
The amount at risk. August l, 1S75,is Sill
Io4. 80; notes in force 24,100 1868 a net
Increase in notes. for the Year, of Sl63, $50
IS. The number of policies now in force
: 3s.319
The past year has been unprecedented
f,r the great number of fires in this State !:
mi the losses sustained by this Company.
IL we'll As by other companies doing bust
Ms, in Vermont, have been exceptionally
heavy. The assessment this year, in con-
sequence of the severe losses 6 81 per
,.ont). is about ID Of one per cent, above the
average. but the losses are all settled and
paid excepting about $500. not vet ad
ll~trd, and there is no reason to anticipate
another wear of such extraordinary losses.
\ COOP STANDARDIZATION keeps hotel
and he knows how to keep hotel.
H. has table in his hotel which he
manages some way to furnish in a stvle
that makes folks talk about him. He
who said. =" | cannot eat but little meat,
NY stomach is not good" should keep
away from Bishop's-the temptation would
be too great for him to resist. The band
after their out door concert Friday,,evennr,
was invited into the hotel and found them
elves confronted with that table in its very
hest style-just the supper for summer
evening. fruit cake and the best of ice
cream. We don't propose to give the bill
Of ftr", i'll the first place, because there
wasn't one, the host having Just invited the
boys i'll for good time; and secondly be
cause lie had things on the table too nu
mcrouS to mention. The boys thanked
B-hop.and he returned the compliment il
ii happy manner.
Bishops Hotel has the repution of set
my the best table in all the country round
and the way it got that reputation was
simply by setting the best table.
TIE IOrNG AMERICAN, is the title of {;
h"v monthly newspaper, just issued |,
Masters Newcomb u Merrill, couple o
young ametuer printers of this village. The
first number is small but spicy. and if those
lows llaYe the encouragement they merit
il will deveolpe into a paper of large size
and abundant wit and point in the years to
come. Specimen copies. three cents. ma
ie obtained by addressing the pu blishers
IT yearly subscriptions, which are onl
twenty-five cents each, if sent in befor,
sept 10Th. may he forwarded to them a
Montpelier
BASE BAIL.-The RcSolutes of Mont
r-.irr We're beaten the second dav of the
!ilvin. at Bethel. last week by the clos
~-'re of l. to ~, by the Central Club
They were also beaten Fridav.at Williams
town. 10y the Olympics, II to %. but the
didn't have their full first nine at the lat
r.. place. In fact the boys are rather c
'hr opinion that for the last week the,
have been beaten all around
Tn" Wnoo>ki Club of Plainfeld play
"a .l~t week with the Pcacham Club. an
ar. the latter 81 to 9, which was goo
'a.of a disappointment to the latter clul
Trey had beaten another club tina
l-.rl.in-, 80 TO ?.
OR ScHooL-The fall term of tn
.i.n School. begins next Monday. tina
II the Vermont Methodist Seminary
"..h began last week promises to be
f.. onr, there being now considerable
..-. one hundred students present
I'M ENrII;>IoN To MONTREAL. adver
'-.! in another column. will afford Il chea
opportunity to visit one Of the most inter
.-.1r cities of the Canadian Dominion
l." i'm" i long enough for parties desil
Ing 70 do 50 to make side excursions t
t.'a up the Styucnrv then down for
5ty or TWO 1T st Leon Spring, or to visi
my oithe mtny p )ints of interest in tin
dominion.
HEEnIL'- BELL RINGERs.-This trour
-.l." au excellent entertainment her
Mf''av evening, and had n full house
"'t they deserved The audience wen
@r.E well pleased with the performance
'N.p, that portion which at one time tn
".ll-h clement in the back part of tn
}. afforded. The idea of charging I'll
opacity of Village Hall, by allowing
Hl To climb up to the platform owe
.. h'raHrr doors. is one that we new,
'.i 80" The beauty of. If rowdy, g;
a"r iull-grown, gets into the Hall, h
pretty sure to seek that perch and t
"-.F' tn enjoyment of decent peopl,
IF last. Tia. locality should cithe
inhibited or Il sufficient police fore
....-'' keep it quiet.
.'''.Nt,II'S GRAND Suow-sail to b
---' hing now on whecls-i,
.'. H Montpelier on the 18th ins
'. .t'" secured fine ground for II
30 I'll Barre street in the " Wido,
N'a!ow. row owned by Mcssr
Ak Heath. Ii is a much better IN
.t.' ui"ut location for a big sho