Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10

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Pavilion is done. Won't there be Il scat
terin~ of rats and cockroaches, though.
After a month interval, another Tenn
! perance meeting was held Sunday eve
ming.
Col. II. d. Hopkins presided. and offered
prayer. He WAS glad, he said, to meet
aga tie men and women interested in
temperance, and asked if the large audi
ence before him was indicative of the
" Peter-ing-out Of the cause, rs had been
predicted. A text of scripture was re-
called. asking What mean We by this ser
vice." and although answered 10y the
chairman in several interesting statements,
WIS passed over to other gentlemen for
their consideration.
| Judge Chase followed, giving further
answers, and n;,rrating some stories in H.
lu>tratlon. The definition Of pct,r-ing-
ont had been sought for by Mr.. Heath
Web-ter's Unabtidged' did not furnish
it. Shakespeare. Longfellow. nor Whittier.
gave any hint of it, meaning But turn
| ing to the scriptures, lie found that Peter
was called 4 rock, against which it was
promised the gates of hell should not pr
! vail, and this assurance of the sure fourdn-
ton. and prophecy of the certain triumph
of temperance, he joyfully accepted
Mr.. Poland desired to hear from his
friend. Mr.. Moses Cheney. Mr.. Cheney
declined the invitation to speak, but fail
in. TO be excused by the audience. said
in his inimitabIc way, he came to he enter
tuned rather than to assist However.
if that fell house of talent. and beauty, too.
w:s the result of - Peter ing-out." then
his advice totemprIncc Pc ople was-to 90
OH . Pctcring." Confts~ing this to be his
first temperance Speech he closed hv some
good words and capital stony of cold
water.
The career and defeat Of Senators Car
pcntcr and Chandler were referred to bv
w. \ Lord. Remarks We're also made bv
Me~srs. \. c. Brown and Poland.
New INSURANCE BJILpING.-Thc di-
rectors Of the Farmers Mutual Fire In
surancc Company celebrated the twenty
NTH anniversary Of the issue of their first
policy Yesterday. by unanimously :,~sing
a resolution authorizing the build,ng com
mitfcc, consisting of Mcs-rs. f. T. Wales.
of Burlington; Geo. 5. Shaw, of st. Johns
bury; j. {. StcIrns Of Bradford; F. F.
Pitkin and Samuel Wells, of Montpelier,
to purchase 4 Site and erect 4 new building:
cced twenty thousand dollars This action
was taken in view Of the absolute Necessity
which exists for providing a safe place for
their books and records, and it i though.
that The building can be erected. and sutl-
cient room in it rented, to pay btcka GOOD
rate of int-rcs: on the ull investment.
LEcrURE.-NcNt Monday evening No
ses +. Cheney of Barnard, the mimiJal,lc.
will give his Lecture CA Music in Village.
Hall 1t will repay all our citizens for at
tendance 1t has been of late claimed that
the first Musical Convention in this coun-
Try WAS held in Boston. MI Cheney j.
,nfhn.itv for tLa statement that mi. ! il,
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that kind WAS held in Montpelier, in 1859.
+. Z. Walton printed the circulars. and
Charles Reed sent them off without money
ami ,vithn,t ,ri,., iyLi n ,...,,;,,I-
I that We once heard "Joe'' Cheney, who is
brother OF Moses and like unto him.
;,stound 4 ftnciy dressed gentleman To-
I whom he w s introduce |. and whose name
WIS Price, by asking ii he was the pearl
of treat price" Mr.. Chcney'> lecture
Will a-surcdlv be worth the price asked
for hearing it.
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,ro,,b.r ,h.. mast ,,..,.t, tI.,. :, :. i,,ro.i-
BILE to do it instice-or Injustice. for that
matter. One morning. if not more, the.
thermometer was down to % drrrrcs Inc
low zero. There is no d,nbt bat the last
month has been taken ,',oonthD,. the mo.r
severe wi. hin The recollection of ,b. ..oII-
est i,I,,I,it.nt The winter * s,id hv ,ho
r,,,.r. tn hath. cnI,In,, Of In. canrnr,.
There have not been such sudden sp,sln.
of cold weather aS are sometimes known
but good steady work has been put III by
the clerk OF the weather. and he has kept
the upper h'h''9 Oh me mercury loi Il luII
MONTH
IHE BAND-lho>e who heard The Mont
pelier Band ut its promenade concert liSt
Saturday evening. We're delighted by il
rendering of some of til" best music. We
don't wish to "sl"p over IN praise Of any
body, but ii there IS Il better band in the
state of Vermont today, We are mistaken
MIR. Grant may we'll be proud OF his sue