Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-25

Mrs. Livermore lecturcd on temper
ance" Sunday evening at IIaverhill. Mass.
She also spoke at Dover. n. H.. Monday
evening; at Derry, n. H., Tuesday and is
to speak tomorrow (Thurs,lay) at Brattie
boro and in Boston on Friday evening.
Mr.. f. Ii. Ball Of Woodbury., who was
tried in Philadelphia for stealing Il bottle
of perfumery. was pronounced not gull
ty' by the jury. without leaving their
seat. 1t was a case of over confident Off
GERS who found in the end they had made
a mistake.
sex, young farmer hung himself last
week.
Saturday afternoon NJ Newell Kent, of
Worcester, hun. himself He was related
by marriage to kelton, and the death
Of the latter said several times that he
should 20 the same way.
The ear Pennsylvania, which has
stood by our depot from Monday evening
till this morning, WAS the private car OF
President Scott of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, which has within the past two
months travelled from Maine to Califor
MIA, Texas and upon the borders of MeXi-
CO.. 1t arrived at Montpelier Monday af-
ternoon, from Boston, to convey Governor
Fairbanks and party to the Centennial.
The car brought with it TO Montpelier,
Cyrus IIaldcman, Esq. New England
Manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
accompanied by his wife aud son. also Mr.
| G.. X. Allen. assistant to Mr.. Ialdeman.
! Governor Fairbanks found that his pres
encc at the Centennial on Vermont day
was not compatible with his duties here
and 50 was obliged to decline the courtesy
extended.
An address was delivered b. Hon. Ell
ward Conant. State superintendent o.
schools. in Representatives Hall. Thurs
day evening, on the educational interests
of this state Since his election. and the
, adjustment of the state DO ard of education
, he has visited 2ll towns. delivered NOR,
than 200 lectures, and held Is institute
: each wear. There have graduated from
t the first course of all the normal school
since their Foundation 60 teachers. H.
: recommended more generous approprla
f ton to be applied directly to teachers sal
aries. A change in the license system b.
II Il certificate in every town. was strongi
5 urged. 4 graduation of certificates dcpcn'
e inc upon experience was also recommen'
=, ed. The matter Of text books, of whIc
' there exists such multiplicity in the stat
: was touched upon. the speaker holdln
Of that the State Superintendent ought not
!, he CHARGED with the duty of their sele,
O ton.
IS The following interesting statistics wen
left at our Office the other day
in Montpelicr furnished three hundred SO
t. dicrs in the late war, of which thirty !
f. enlisted. making Il town credit OF thr
c. hundred and thirty. OF this number. on
10 fifty now reside in town forty-iive died
!, the service and thirty have died since the
o. return. The whereabouts of eighty are n
6 known to the writer. and the rrmalnl
m ninctv-five are scattered All over the col
re try. and twelve years have not yet pass
rs since the war closed, and yet only one
is six remain in the town of their cnll>tme
no This count does not include the three
H. four scores of others WHO had to 90 to o
: 4
or towns to enlist IN We're not credit
to the town. as the town quota was 1
or here. When the war closed the town Ste
-. frtv-cicht ahead of her quota. At a
49,. meeting held in town on the 2'tll OF Ut
1862 thirty men enlisted, tofhihe /
of COMPANY b, 10Th Vermont Regime
N' OF this number only fourteen are Il
~ living, ten losing their lives in the ser'
and six diving since their return home
the fourteen now livin-. ten yet reinilr
town.
,ers SEMINARY UIII.--The members OF
my school we're favored Thursday morr
md. with :, call from Rev. Cyrus ID. Foss'
iJent Of Middletown College, who ga
''' very interesting speech OF lew mint
was
90. length.
'o' Our beautiful Seminary seems te
''",' quite an object of interest," lnasmucli
heu Is daily visited by admiring member
''1n the legislature, several OF whom
d. ,,ombers of the school when situate
= Newbury.
ufal We notice the marriage Of Prot,
anu p,sb our former Latin and Greek tea'
vac and understand that he is soon to Sc
''''' for Germany, to there complete the
,aa,, of the languages
'o'N The Lyceum, Friday evening wa
usually good; the debate was wen
Town ,,;neJ: the music excellent; the panloi
been was fine; while we were greatly
i, P.. tanned by a speech by Professor hoche
k D. subject, What saw at the Ceh'eh'
iIled The sneaker described, in particular
If &c oxb;bits in the Main Building. I'M
the the best Lyceum of the TERM so i'r'
ated. estimation of many.
mcnt Miss Bemis, since she Will be {;
d NJ, from the Hill for some time, reslSne
that office Of President, Whereupoh' MIS-
t Bis man was elected in her stead.
:. and Temperance prospers on the Hi
from, toners are signing the pledge
lat he Quite II number OF the st"oe''.s
A ,,a;d their visits to the Centennial. No
we'd a Preceptress with ancthef I'oy '''' -
e left seeing the sights
ned at Some trouble has been incurred D'
y this students often forget 10 p'ope'
Their letters.