Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-12

CALAIs,-The school in district No. 5
closed last week, after term of eleven
weeks The school opened with seventy
scholars. which number increased until it
reached ninety-one. The aggregate atton-
dance was four thousand and forty-three :;
average daily attendance seventy.nine.
those having no absences were
Alden Brown, Ernest Brown, Maria
GS1llley, David Fuller, Jay IIersey, Charlie
hent, Byron Marsh, Kate Morgan. Ellen
morse; Gertie Ormsbee. George Slayton,
asa asa Wheeler, Luther Wheeler, Flora
Wheeler, Clarence Wheeler, Bert White,
Elmer Blake, John Bates, Henry Bancroft,
Leonard Drown, Lovina Goodel, Chas.
Iiolt' Myra Jacobs, Clara Pike, George
Brown, Hattie Hawkins. Eddie Wheeler
Mary Watson, Charlie Gurnsey. Dora
Kent, Glee Kent, Vaney Persons. SAMMY
need Inda Robinson, Ina Robinson, Win
ME Voodry,Abbie Steward, Cherrie Morse,
Everett Morse, Mary Coke, Leon Sanders,
Lucy Sslayton, Jennie Jacobs, Charlie Kel-
1hose having one mark each were
=, FRED Ainsworth, Frank Fuller, Bert
Harris, Ella Vincent, Evie Wheeler Mary
Wheeler, Jane Wheeler. Elmer Jacobs
M MI, Liiley' Maggie Lille, Lila Voodry,
son-14.
The same teachers have been secured
Tor the winter term which opens Dec. 10.
NoRrIIFIELD.-Ihe last ladies' evening
temperance meeting was held at the Uni
versolist Church, Dec. 9th judge Car
penter occupied the chair, and D. r.
Ayerill favored the audience with Il broad
and comprehensive temperance address.
which was highly compimented by those
who listened to it. Mr.. Avcrill was not
at all mealy mouthed " in his structures
upon the use of tobacco, as we'll as intoxi-
eating drinks. His concluding words to
the unmarried ladies were, that " they had
better, thousand times better, live and
die respected old maids, than to marry
and suffer, through long years tue agonies
and the tortures Of the drunkard's wife"
Rev. j. E. Wright will conduct religious
services in the Universalist Church in
Northficld next Sunday at 10: 45 A. NJ, and
1P.M.
The fire bells broke the midnight SUM-
bers of our villagers about one o'clock
A. NJ. Tuesday. 1t proved to be an out,of-
town fire-Bethel being, this time, the
sufferer. Our engine " Water Witch"
was hastilyspaced on "n4t bottom -
and started for the relief of her suffering
neighbor. We are sorry to hear that
Bethel comes out of the fire u great suffer
cr; loss very heavy for her
NoRrHFIELD GRADED SCuooL.-The
following scholars were neither absent nor
tardy during the term
Room No. l, Miss Alice A. Averill
teacher; Fred Butler, Jennie Dohenv,
Willie Larose, Katie Paine. Whole num-
Der 81.
Room No. ., Miss Carrie S. Boane
rC"NilOi Ncol 90 DduSCI, Cutllle ClOuGn, |
Patsey Dolan, Luther johnson, Saml.
Maynard, homas OGrady, James Suli-
van, Fred Hedges, Lizzie Cook. Whole
number &C.
PLANFIELD,-Mrs. Rebeccn Perkins
bought pig the 9th day of May, which
weighed IA pounds, killed it the 9TH day
of December, when it weighed 337 pounds.
Mrs. Perkins also has COW, half Durham,
from which she has made 800 pounds of
butter since the 18th day of March, besides
using milk for q family of three, weighed
before sailing, also six pullets Matched in
May, which have laid ten dozen eggs.
Who can beat Rebecca with big COW and
pullcts?