Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-30
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Vermont. All quiet. neat and clean.
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The Burlington Free Press saws it did
not 90 and do any such thing Us to abuse
Montpelier, and especially Montpelier sol
lirrS And certainly the Free Press. whose
long practice is courtesy, ought to know
the meaning Of its own language; we
therefore dr.ty our own cursorv remarks
ont of the arena. and shake the sand from
our feet. If any PARTICLES of war paint
rem un on or cpuntenance point Dat their
location and they shall be removed The
PickWickian method between individuals
and journals was always our admiration.
With a little extension, expansion and. Is
It We're in1ttiOn. we htve-Gcnrva The
Pckwickian sense is the germ from which
international arbitration develops.
Bio FLEECE-I f Wheeler Of Worces-
ter recently sheared one of hi, vearling
Sheep which yielded a fleece of twelve
pounds. The sheep is a Co;t>wol | eve,
bought of the late Allen Toby, Ed, of
Calais, and if any body can beat this true
story Mr. Wheeler would like to hear from
the lucky man.
The dedication of the new Congre-a
;ional church a Wti>;icld occurs on Wed
mes lay. July 9TH, 1874; sermon bv Rev
W. II. Lord, ID. ID.
Deputy d. T. Boyden, (P O. Address
Waii>tield, Nt..) org .nzed Il Grange at
LIME, y. IL, June 2lth-N w Howes
Master; X. y. Lambert, Sec
PATRONS OF IIusBANDRY.-Th Patron,
Of Hu>brndry of Bath, \. II, invite the
n"irhboriny oranges of Vermont and New
! Hampshire. AMI the citizens generally. to
participate with them in 4 festival AMI Gel
ebr,tion July 9TH. d. T Bovden of Waits
field, Vt, Deputy of Vermont and New
{ Hampshire state oranges, has accepted the
invitation TO give an address. and Col. d.
/ VI. Clough of Canterbury, y. II. treasurer
of the New Hampshire State Grange. will
also address thc people upon the OCCASION
! The Patrons o; North II ,verhll. n IL,
will hold 4 festival upon July 9th, ami have
engaged the same speakers Come one,
| come all
Per order of committee.
The Sophomore class of Mildlebury Col
legc have decided t. absent themselves
from reci;atipns until one of their number
who WAS suspended for 4 college trick be
taken back.
TIE FIRST SETTLERS OF WATERBURY,
| Our friend, G.. W. Kennedy, Esq, writes
under Il Ne of Waterbury, June 23I. rs fol
lows:
In recent is le of the Free Press a,4a
TtnltS, the report Of the Old Folks Meet
inc 1T Stowe referred to the time when
Waterbury had no preacher. and was sup
piled from adjoining towns. This must
be u mistake. rs the first permanent settler
in this vicinity WIS himself 4 preacher
Ezra Butler, the father of Russell Butler
md Mrs II. T. James. of this place. He
commenced his gospel labor> in 119l, OF
about that time. He was the first town
clerk, a member of both branches of the
State Legislature for many years. and also
chief Judge of the county court and after
wards governor. Whether it he any adj
iitional honor or not he found time t,
serve As member of Congress. Gov. Van
Ness once said that the only time that he
WAS ever embarrassed. was in the Leris-
lature, with Ezra Butler for an opponent
With such a man in the pulpit, a town
could hardly be said to be without resi-
dent preacher.
Go to the Union House, Montpelier Yer
mont. Good livery connected with the
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