Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-01
Vows and GOSSIP.

The reunion of the society of the Army OF inc
Potomac will occur this year at Philadelphia.
II is announced as strange fact that IN me
in 1879 the sexes were about equal
Clara Morris is very ill with bronchitis, an d has
,iven M all of her engagements for the present.
..ralLing to her husband in a loud tone of voice
ia enough to send 4 Persian wie TO Jan ior 'i' y
days.
Daniel Murphy, of Tularc, Col, h - bought s"V'
souare miles of land in Mexico at Two cents an
acre.
Cen Caleb Cushing becomes by the 'isath OF
peve1v johnson, the oldes: Cabinet Minister
living.
General Butler will deliver The principal address
=, the sami-centennial celebration OF Lowell TO-
morrow.
A shin is reported to be on its way to England
loaded with gifts received by the Prince OF Nales
in India.
The London underground railroad carried 20
SOC, 900 passengers last year ana e"he "''i'
of four per cent.
Carl Schurz according to Gen. Fitzpatrick, viii De
a delegate from Missouri to the Republican, Ma
tonal Conventlon
Boucicault and hi. wife have lett London for
the Continent, to try what change oil scene Will &c
to restore their broken spirits.
During leap year young ladies' have perfect
right to ask any of their gentleman visitors u take
u walk. without going with them.
Secretary Chandler has just discharged ioriy-two
male and female clcI KS IN the pensl N OH e on c
count OF the low state OF the funds.
an advertisement in 4 newspaper in England
announces that "a grant pianotorte Will be eA'
chan sed for three or four small PIGS"
Mr.. Alexander A5assiz tia, been elected member
of three Natural History Societies ia Europe 10
ill vacancies caused by the death OF his father
The Republican members Of the Legislature OF
kentucky have prepared an address iavoilh5 the
nomination OF Secretary Bli-tow for President
There seems to be a bad Tendency toward long
wmded political platforms thu, year. Use ao-
stracts, and save the fun taxes for Centennial
matter.
The bones Of SIX savages. with pipes that would
hold pint of tobacco each. were recently uncarth
ed near Gosport, Ind. One OF the skeletons was
seven feet long
David 4. Wells has no further u,e IN the present.
Connecticut campaign tor his " Hard Money
spelled with big IL and capitals throughout,
The type i, distributed.
Senator Robv. ofMissourI, in his eulo-E on Vice
President Wilson, pald hun this remarhthl tribute
s Here a VINO never stru - his co.or- MI
he had secured a victory"
According to the Reading PAD EIJie. many OF
the women OF that city get drunk tNice or thr zee
every week AMI even girls of thirteen have been
carried dead drunk 10 tie lookup.
4 nitro .lycerne magazine. at s.. Peter burg, III
Clarion county, Pennsylvania. eNplp on
Weinesla lay evening. The building an one man
who was in 1t, were blown - atoms.
1t looks now as ii all the republican papers IL
kansa. would declare for Blaine in few weeks
suppose all other candidates WITH !r,w AMI make !
unanlnous for the man from Name
Queen Victoria VIII not be disappointed mex
summer, II seems, in having lee from Wenhan
Lake AS usual for they now storing il rapllly
and is Thickness Is seventeen inches
The failure Of the >'urevAlt Manufacturer,
Company will De :. severe plow I, the hIiheIt
thriving village ofLe1anpn, y H. If wht:A II ha-
been the HE, c!nploy me some - han !.
Late Wednesday night a lie IN E.e MAJ. I,wa
DESTROYED large buIlim- cgpcI bY lout fam
lIic.. a wontn AM three su4tu chiliren wer,
burne 10 death. The husband l. u ravlns mania,
The Nation saws: We notice that some hlr /
money papers have been encI -etca.!r L wing II rc
fat. Ju i.cne!ley but they NAV save Themselves til
trouble. They might wei Try to iciCtc a prlula
donna IN an opera.
The latest report concerning the dynamite man
Ster i, that his real name WAS Alex Ier Heath
Jr., and that he was a native OF ii d.itN \. :.
where he resided up II i 4 He then aJ~c H.
from that city with a la~gc amount OF money.
Nt.b r.a1 n
hope,e>ely divided. One faction Ia, organized a
have from the enc; vor OF the trI>tocrtt-
IN the Grange carry the or-u!zl;Ion i,r llci
personal ends.
The cold wave that struck u. lat week. eaten,
el all oven New England and came ,InectIy fio'
the We-t, following the general III Z of tins lntel
rhe wind reached A high lat Of -peei a SOFA
points, being !cportc at ij1 mics an hnu. on Ia
Top OF Mount Washington.
Luciu- W. Psni, the recently cont IctvI WoIcc-
ten, Mass 1orScr. was taken from the house
correction N Worce-ter, I, the states Prison q
Boston, in palace car. special steamer Will
ban of music on board VIII probably be charterc
10 bring u>low across the Atlantic.
The Concord N,u.t,r challenge, the f..,u..~
u inlet Mary, the Democratic can IiIttc ior C,Jv
- pro III Z >lIl IL t.lNttt' Wal l4! VI ttCN
year, Consrc-s where III III not we :,-tln-
every proposition II pay the ~'lli,r wA1 WAS ign
ing for the Union, an crc:y appropriation = ~
down the rcbcllInn.'
Mr. EIaine is SAIL 10 be getting hl- Mae fire al
>hcct-uon thunder ready l,r another -rAnd spc
tacular performance III the House. It i t. bc
one-act extravaganza, entitled >ttte>' Rights
ami Nj. Tucker OF vl:-inr, AMI al tie ScL:her
Democrat. are a., te,fr,l .,n, r. IN. itt,t.1-
HeraIf Special.
The father Of the condemned murderer E;Nel
stem, awaiting the execution OF his sentence
New York, has issued a plea 10 the Polish Gernl-
Israclites throughout the country II aii HIM
secure second trial for his alleged innocent chl
Jamnett, one of the illnesses Tor the defense. a
rested for alleged perjury. Ia. he en- admitted
blh. Other indictments for pcljitv un the san
I nal are be .ng prepared.
BRIsTow's PHrSlQUE-!Ie stands about Il,
feet eleven inches in height and weighs over
pound, without appearing in any way unwicll
His heal Is large an well evcloprd. bcin- Spr
illly well rounded above the ears. The face is n
that of Il scholar o. a divine Its rather that
the manager of a great railroad or the proprietor
| 4 great manufacturing bu> mess. AMI at the pre>e
crisis of affairs il Is a most conson- countenan
/ to upon the Secretary of the I-ult.l -, !.
| Irea>urA The firm sweep OF the jaw gives pro,
! Use of aggressive perseverance, and there l. aho
the whole man lii of one engage in n >eyt
contest with all the means OF winning 1t within
contro'.-N. \. World
There Is living in Perry county. Tenn Jan,
| ii prner. the Tennessee giant. At l. wears he w
well grown man. six feet high, and weighing
pounds. At II he was SIN inches taller IN
wti@ii~'i 10 rounds. ANY ;titer Init w
not noticed until he was II years Old. and then o,
| by the SmillneSs of his clothes an,, he then me-,
uret IN his stockings six feet nine inches SIN
then-he Is now 81 years of a.e-he has attain,
the height OF seven feet nlne inches and i St
growing; this being an increase of al,,1t tx, inch
annually. Some years he grows more. and s,n
! less, out tins Is his average. While he ought
weigh at least 800 pounds. he weighs only -
Is excessively 1ank and saxky ana pnsscs>
only one quality in a large degree AMI th3t j.
alb iii Y to walk
CALAIs.-The many friends of DR. =,
Mrs. Idle were glad to see them in town
few days last week. The DIR. has rot full