Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02

inG ftfTutiy -"
ro.lanv Church will hereafter have free
..,,. and raise its funds by weekly col
Iec,ionS-
Col. cmedlcy, letcurerer of the National
cr,ncc. lectured in Village Hall last We'd
no.1av evening on the Aims of the Patrons
rUr,Lanlry He had Il very small andi-
en-c.
services at Bethany church last Sunday
.,.,... conducted by President Buckham. Of
Vermont University; the music being fur
,..b,I Iv the members of the " Boston
rnc]j,h Opera Troope" who were spend
.r,, fine sabbath in town.
,1,,. BROWNSVILLE Bohemian Glass
H,,0r.s give entertainments in Village
l1,u fine last Of this week beginning Thurs
t,v evening. If the audiences that have
,,r,,cJ out during the last two weeks are
W he kept up the performers will blow to
-omc purpose
4, we 20 to press there is one of the
G.rr,-t wind storms here that we have eX-
p.gicnccd this winter.
Last night snow fell to the depth of sew
,rgl inches and about nine o'clock this
,roruinr the wind commenced to blow
anil has continued to blow iicrccly ever
since.
|. Smith claims he is " some" on the
dried beef question, being the inventor, if
8 lo
dried mot -mokedD beef. He is filling
or,lcr- for the same from all parts of the
,.,,.. Int reports little more left, and
more +, ldy when that is gone He also
lu, a L.rgc stock of those small lean fatted
I4,n- which are cured and smoked to u
f.. which he is willing to dispense on the
principle of YOU pays your money and
vrf,kc> Your choicc.'
Mr.. David Russ of Waterbury has just
shown " IN instrument for illustrating
thu trtn>po,ition of the musical scale.
The Instrument is especially for beginners.
AMI I, thick heads like our own it must be
of uc~tmablc value rs IN assistant in the
-.gly If this almost divine art of music.
W learn that Mr. Russ is about COM
r'a.inr Model to be forwarded to the
Patent Office with his application for a
patent:
E>i, >rLF.-Thc concert by the f:lvorite
M.nlbce troupe, Monday evening,was at
tended lv a full house Notwithstanding the
mos, LIBERAL patronage that had been ex-
,.a",l to the Opera troupe which had sung
81" three evenings previous.
IHrntbcc was the same laughter bling
.a- genius rs Of old, and the company was
worthy of the leader, which is enough to
,tr, without going into special praise of
Mr.. Carter. Miss Bell OF any of the
others.
Yesterday morning Prof. Dorchester, of
,ae Seminary at Montpelier, went to St.
Allan, bv invitation of the lecture course
Committee. to deliver his popular and in
tc...-tinr lecture, titled, " Catholicism and
Democracy" The lecture has Just been
ey>c1 and rewritten, and is an honest,
candid discussion Of the questions, can
Catholicism live in Il democracy, and has
the uited States anything to fear from
Tie growing power of Catholicism in
im.gica?
Thu Professor lectures at Enosburgh the
.';h. and sometime the present week will
Civ" g, " reading > at Groton.
Oup FEILowsIIIr.-T elective officers
! IL,
r,ar are rs follows; A. c. Dewey, n. G.. ;
tAl- I . Collins, V. g.; A. w. Ferrn,
4 E,.. >,r'y, II. NJ. Sullivan, Per- Sec'y; c.
" GGrrn>rv, Treas; 7. III. Bascom, ID.
" prl,cy, J. w. Paige, Trustees. The
Ou..r j, IN 4 very prosperous condition.
They have ordered new and elegant furni-
G.r., 'A frames being made by Braman
Saw, X Go. of Boston, and the work of
U.uo.-r4iny in the various colors of office
loiug dome II the furniture establish
a'a' If T.. y. Scovillc, which is guaran-
tr1ht the work will be done in n thor
.-h manner.
II>rp> ENGLISH OrEKA COMPANY
Village Hall was filled Friday evening, t,
Au the opera Of Mariana, which the
Ho, Eugli>h Opera Company gave In
,NrrU,At shape. The music was SO goOC
:At the CDmplny's announcement that
they Wou|d repeat the opera Saturday
evening, wa, greeted with good round
Q; applause. and what was still more indi
c..,,. Of satisfaction with the perform