Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

sept D. Isaac w Brown s eState-Wlll
referred for probate to Sept. %. T. n.
Courser's cstate-C. G. Putnam, Jr.. adj
ministrator de bonis. Ida and Mary Dan
lel's neutrality-suspicious. for license
to sell real estate referred to Sept. %.
a HERD OF CAMELs, harnessed to
an deliberately constructed and superbly
ornamental grotto chariot, filled with
four hundred beautiful birds, is an ttrac-
tive feature in Forepaugh's grand street
procession. The exhibition will be here
on Monday, Sept. ID.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, SEPT. 7.
The general quality of butter offered
shows a little improvement over last week
Prices; common to fair 10 to 20 cents; fair
to good 20 to % cents selections 81 to %
cents; gilt edge 80 cents. Very few
diaries are fancy" that are selling at 80
cents two or three choice lots have brought
81 cents.
EERGENNEs.-1t is eXpecte that the Re-
form School buildings will be completed
and everything in readiness for the whole
school-some ninety odd pupils by the
last of September.
:" CP IN A BALLOON, BOYs."-Immediat-
ly after the close of the street parade Of
Forepaugh's Colossal Aggregation, free
balloon ascension takes place at the show
ground.
FIRE AT CAvENDIsH-Robcrt Fittons
wooden mill, at Cavendish, was struck bv
lightning early Monday morning. and
burned, together with the machinery and
most of the stock. The main building,
which was struck by lightning, was of
wood and four stories high and the flames
made rapid progress. The Waterman
gave q prompt alarm, and there was an
excellent force pump on the premises, but
| in the excitement of the moment it was
broken. There We're pipes extending
! through the building, but when the force
pump WAS broken they were useless
There were no other appliances at hand
except 4 few fire eXtlngushers, which
awaited nothing. There was but a small
amount of finished goods on hand, large
shipment havin. been made on Saturday
The mill was erected in 1860, and was
considered the largest and best appointed
in the State. employing 100 operatives.
The original cost of the buildings and
machinery was one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, and some ten to fifteen
! thousand dollars have been expended on
improvements during the last two wears
The value of the stock destroyed is esti-
mated at thirty thousand dollars. Insu-
rance, one hundred thousand dollars.
FOrepaugh's Great Travelling Museum.
\ WORLD OF WONDERS. TALKING AM
MAILS AND MOVING MECHANICAL FIG
URES- ELVES, FAYS AND UNDINES' THE
ENCHANTED LAND. ROYAL MORIONET-
TFS. HEATHER IDOLS OF WOOD AND
STONE INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE
FOSSIL REMAINS-SrATUARY- CHINESE
AND JAPANESE CURIOSITIES MRS. JAR
LEY 5 GREAT WAX-WORk SHOW BELL
RINGERS MECHANICAL TEUMrETERs
AND DKU MMERs-IN ALL 10000 WON
DERFI l. OBJECTS.
Our readers Will bear in mind that the great Fore
| paugh Aggregation, which Is to exhibit here on
NJ onday, September 18th, in addition to its enorm
Gus menagerie of 800 beasts ami 1000 birds, and
the Two clrcuSeS, exhibit also the most maRnl IL
| cent
TRAVELLING MUSEUM
presented to the American public. 1t is quite
common now a-tlays for showmen to afiiX the word
museum to the title of their exhibitions, but it'll
a single exception there is but travelling muse
I'm in the United states. some liea of the mag
nitude OF Forepaugh's museum NAV be formed
from the fact that go have been expended in
organizing It, For a single piece of mechanism.
called the
ENCHANTED LAND,
the of $50 900 was expended; it represents the
tabled and legendary aboaes of woodland deites, a
stream OF real seen, and nymphs, IA ,rlcs,
etc, dancing, and tiny cuplds emerging from buds
and blooming flowers.
AN AUTOMATIC ORGANISE,
manufactured at Paris, represents an "organ
grinder turning the crank of his organ, producing
music, and actually smoking pipe.
THE FEMALE BELL RINGERS,
| a group of six young ladies PLAYING upon silver
| bells with perfect time and harmony, is another
wonderful piece of mechanism. The famous
ssLEEPING BEAUTY,
| breathing precisely as if alive, is a remarkable
| specimen of The art ahtomatque. collection of
the Instruments of torture and relics from the Holy
| Land, Pompeii, Egypt and other ancient countries
cannot interest the student of history. Heather
idols dis lands VIII give the scholars in
the Sunday School an idea of the benighted con-
| dItOn of those beings who bow down to wood and
| stone.
| 300 BEAUTIFUL BIRDS,
rendered life like by the skillfu hands of the taxi
lerrnis con sttute attractive feature the Muse
um and in these days of temperance reform, moth
ing can be suggestive of the evils of ndulging
| IN spirituous liquors than the tableaux represent
ing :. The Temperate" and Incorporate Family )"
| For the especial qualification of the
JUVENILE PUBLIC,
| Manager Forepaugh has purchased from those
( celebrated French mechanicians, Alphose Giroux
| & Co, "A variety of doramc, fantOcni and trans
! formation scenes. One of these represents
travelling show lin miniaturc) moving over the
country. An endless train of cages is n, drawn
| by pigmv horses and ponies. Elephants, camels
and chariots appear in the ion and at in ter
| walls performers appear and enact their various
| PARTS The wonderful precision with which all
| the movements of the myriad figures are regulated
and the grotesque appear of the!rders, eapers,
etc, fill the youthful mind with wonder and de-
light
PAIR OF FIGHTING BOOSTERS
represent couple of game fowls in fighting att-
| tudc, necks extended and dartlng at each other,
precisely is the custom of that ancient fowl The
victor flaps his wings and crows trumphantly as he
beholds his adversary rctreaitng. 1t should be
remembered that these effects are the results of
wonderful mechanical ingenuity. All the mechani-
cal moving figures are operated by
STATIONARY STEAM ENGINE,
pronounced by all who have seen it, to be the most
perfect piece of mechanical ingenuity ever con-
| structeu.
! AFoUNTAIN OF REAL WATER
! is seen rising in the museum pavilion and sending
forth its refreshing GOODNESS. 1t may interest
some of readers tolearn that Manager Fore
paugh in the hopes of aiding in the restoration OF
the
LOST CHILD, CHARLEY ROSS.
has secured correct model of this child who was
some time since abducted from his home the city
| of Philadelphia.
OTHER CURIOSITIES.
Snace will not permit to make further allusion
to the pumberless rare, strange aud wonderful
curlosities animate and Inanimate, contained in
this great travelling museum we are assured that
il * we'll wort all that is asked visit the entire
aggregation, to behold any single curiosity in the
| 10 900 which the museum contains; and let II be
borne in mind that enormous menagerie. two
clrcuses and gigantic performing animal show,
all under a combination of eight mammoth tents,
tknia hn ClG Tod
for the small sum of 50 cents, children IS, on Mon
day. September 18th.
MARINE WONDERS,
exhibiting specimens Of the different classes Of fish
found in The bays, and lakes in all Parts OF
/ the world are tastefnv arranged for the inspe
ton OF all interested in the study OF ichthyoloSy
THE TwO.HEADED GIRL,
born in North Carolina, in 1852 Two African 81 rls
L.. l..i.I. Lain farxo thar