Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-25


week, Tuesday, is the first of the two day
Institute at East Calais. All who can
should attend, for they will find it time
well spent.
PATENTs.-Joseph 2. Hill of Barre has
been granted Patent on his Champion
Clothes Dryer. Joshua Sawyer and E. W.
Cochrane of Mortified have received Il Pa
tent on IN improved Wagon Jack. J. w.
Steele and Joseph Boyer of Northtield have
been allowed a Patent on a process for
Marbleizing surfaces. All the above cases
office, by T.J. Dcavitt. Solicitor of Patents.
Montpelier, Vermont.
Mr.. Scribner's new house on Prospect
Street, on the Berlin side of the river, is
being pushed rapidly forward and will
soon be ready for occupancy. 1t is large,
two story flat roof building. and from its
altitude commands fine view of the vii
lage.
This is the fourth house built upon that
street within short time, and we under
stand that others are in contemplation.
BEECHER-The excursion to the Twin
Mountain House, Sunday.was we'll patron
lied. a goodly number went from here
over the Wells River road. When the
multitude gathered at their place Of des'i
nation it was found that they more than
filled Mr.. Bcccher's big tent. He preached
quietly and without any oratorical pyro
technics. taking for his subject the " new
BIRTH We hear there We're thirty-eight
car-loads of folks there to hear him, but
will not vouch for this measure.
NARROW ESCAPE.-There came near
being serious accident in the Central
railroad bridge just below the Montpelier
depot last Saturday evening. 1t had been
concluded to make 4 new arrangement
about the transfer of passengers and
baggage from the evening train on the NJ.
& w. r. X. to the Central. A shift had
been previously made at the depot in this
village, but on Monday evening the new
arrangement was to go into operation. by
which the Wells River baggage and pas
scnger car We're to be attached to the rear
of the regular train between Montpelier
and Montpelier Junction. This would
save one shifting of baggage and pa>>en-
gers Saturday evening rs there was a
good deal of baggage and quite large
number of passengers on the Wells River
road, and the train was 4 little late besides
it was concluded to inaugurate the new
arrangement that evening. 50 the Wells
River cars were shackled on behind the
| Central passenger car, and engineer Mer-
rill, about htli-past six. started the train
from the Wells River track for Montpelier
junction. Whether the engineer WAS in
:. hurry for supper, OF the iron horse had
an unwonted attack Of freshness we can
not say, but the cars took on good deal o
speed. and when they passed to the Contra
track, the forward wheels of the Well:
River baggage car got OFT the rails. Ihl:
was Just ut this end of the long covere,
railroad bridge. One wheel went hunting
along over the foot walk for any stra,
pedestrian, but the pedestrian happened yer,
fortunately not to he there. The othe
wheel of the forward truck went to cuttn!
ties. and before the train was stopped thu
car was within its length Of the west en-,
of the bridge, and seventy ties had beer
cut or lmmcd in two by the track wheel
OF course the passengers We're mucl
alarmed and it is 4 wonder that with Sc
much crushing of heavy timber there W.,
nothing thrown from the track except tina
} one truck The car was got on the track il
time for the ten o'clock train to pass TIL
bridge.
The torcll-lyht procession that close,
Wednesdays exercises at the Brattlebor
Reunion was a grand success, cxcccdin:
in display even the Rutland procession @
, two years ago.
Brlttleboro has more military thi
week. the muster of the Vermont militia,
- the National Guard" beginning Their
We sterday.
\ L II
q upon fourteen year old son of Harr,
: Gray, while they were working togethc
: in the hay field of Charles Burt at Water
t bury. He struck the boy with his han
b and hit him several times with 4 pitchfork
t The boy fell senscless, and says that whe
: he came to himself Parcher was pullin
him by the ears. The boy was injured 5
$ severely that he had to be under the doc
! tors care for several days. Parcher W;
{, arrested and found guilty. and the cas-
5 was appealed to the county court. MI
: Kennedy has also brought Il private SUI
:. in favor of the boy, for $1,000 damages.
d RANDOLPH NORMAL SCIOoL-T I'll
! fall term began yesterday, with an attel
IS dance of over one hundred, which will |
largely increased in a few days. III
a School building has been greatly enlarge
&c and all the rooms are now ready for o
n cupancy. They will give ample room f
v school work. A large boarding house
ell needed, which would save good deal
d. hunting for rooms on the part of studcn
ID and principal. and add to the size of Il
at school.
" The Bethel Races.
t. The races at Bethel yesterday result
er rs follows:
L. MINUTE GLASS.