Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-15

accep, or not.
Mr.. {. N. Aver, Of Berlin bis left Us q
branch Of a crab apple tree which at this
time is filled with apples. and, stranger .
STILL blossoms. Persons DESTROYS Of seeing
lhi, curiosity can do 50 If they will call .
soon enough. II not early they may have to .
content themselves with finding Us with .
the cholera morbus
CALAGs.-The picnic in Benz. Whcelcr's
woods last Thursday was quito a success
full affair. some ten or twelve hundred peo-
pie participating in the festivities, two
hundred and ten carriages passing in at
the main entrance before halfpast ten
O'Clock. A greeting and welcome was
rendered to all by Ardin Martin, president
of the Temperance Club of Calais, under
whose auspices the picnic was held; then
an address by i. Warren was listened to
attenliyely, some considering it the best
delivered during the day. Mr.. Mctcalf
delivered a short address, followed by Mr..
Bradshaw of the New York bar, who
made, in the opinion of your correspon-
dent, the most able speech of the day.
After Mr.. Bradshaws address came din.
ner, in which all joined. Then came Mr.
Durant followed by Mrs. Molloy, who
spoke in her usual forcible manner, and
held the attention Of the audience during
her speaking as though spell had been
cast over them. Thanks are due Mr..
Wheeler for the use of his beautiful
grounds, and to Miss Thorne for the use
of her organ and the pleasure she gave by
her skill in the use of it.
CuELsEA-The Grand Army Post have
made arrangements, for purposes Of drill
ing, to occupy Tarbell's Hall in connection
with the Changers, each occupying the
Hall separately, of course.
The rust is blighting the potato vines
very much in some places, and will no
doubt affect the crop considerably.
II. S. Bixby has the longest cord or sting
telephone of which we have heard. 1t
extends from his house across the fields to
one of his neighbors, the distance of one
hundred and forty rods, or nearly one-half
mile. Conversation is carried on by signal
Sounds instead of words. An al phabetical
scale of four or five sections is used, and
so graduated that communication is render
ed very easy and readily understood. In
this respect it is said to be superior to
Prof Morse's system of telegraphy.
A severe hail storm passed over the
south part of this town on Tuesday, the
9TH instant. In some places window glass
was broken and garden vegetables and
corn We're badly damaged. The hail
stones were large and could have been
gathered up in large quantities.
| Quarterly Meeting was held at the
Methodist chapel last Sabbath.
George French was badly poisoned by
ivy in the fore part of the haying season,
which SO affected him that he has not beer
able to labor since. The disease has as
sumed a chronic and obstinate form.
The glorious uncertainties Of going tt
law were seen in the result Of a tria
: that recently came off in an adjoinin!
town The plaintiff sued the defendan
c for eighteen dollars house rent. The cas-
S had been tried once before, but the iur
t disagreed. Each party employed two ator
>. neys, and about two days were consume
t. in the trial, which resulted in verdict &c
Y the plaintiff of two dollars and seventy
n eight cents.
l. The rain was So abundant and tn
!. showers SO frequent the past week TIL
Il the farmers could do but little towards Fl:
n ishing hnying or getting up grain that W;
cut. Hay and grain that was ont has nee
badly damaged.
u Rev. Mr.. Mason, pastor of the Bapti
II church at Senneit, n, Y, preached at Il
ID Congregational church last Sabbath. He
SC son Of Mrs Josiah Douglass of tn
" town.
- FAIRLEE.--lt is beginning 10 come
y, :, light tina. Capt. Samuel Mary,thcn of tn
" town, was the inventor of steam navigate
in America, and not Robert Fulton. 1t
OF stated upon the authority of nm cX-may
k, of Worcester, Mass, that Capt. Mary a
he piled steam to Il small boat on the Come
90 ticut river in 1892 and afterwards on Fa
lg lee pond. He took out Il patent in Ia
lg but the records were burned with the I
re tent Office He showed Mr.. Fulton
ne model in about 1890, who offered him
on great reward for it. 1t is stated that Fult
stole the invention from Capt. Mary Il
obtained letters patent in 1908.
IT. NORTH During the p
re. week there have been attended two VI
as interesting and profitable meetings Mt
it'll NJ. f. Church, namely, the Burling
hat District Sunday School Convention Il
,ss. the Burlington District Ministerial ASS
en- alton There were present from abrt
the about twenty clergymen and forty dc
AIS gates from the Sunday Schools.
Frequent showers have prevailed dur
the week, and the farmers have founC
'ool very difficult to secure their grain harry
.on Camping out at Thompson's Point
noo quite extensively engaged in by our |
Of pie.
aaI The butter market at this place is
" exceeding its business of former yet
.nr Prices ranged on Saturday and Mon