Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24
An early Indian Summer or something


. to that effect.
The leaves have mostly left their sum.
mer home on the trees.
Walter Cross of Boston and Charles H.
Fish of Palmer, Mass. paid Montpelier
their old home, flying visit the latter part
E of last week.
If was twenty-five rods less than two
acres on which John L. Philbrick raised
three hundred and five bushels of corn on
tbe ear, and not rs we stated last week.
Julius Knapp having disposed of his
bouse in the course of construction up
CLAW Hill to Ashley Hubbard, has com.
menced the erection of another on Pros
meet street, on Berlin side.
A. ]. Bnley's Store has been closed the
mast week, for the purpose of taking an
inventory of the goods, preparatory to the
disposing of the same. The failing health
of Mr.. Braley necessitates this sale.
A bloody fight took place last Saturday
richt near the corner of Main and Frank
i lin Streets, between William Fitzgibbons
and Peter Gauthicr, resulting from the
disciplining by Mr.. Gauthier of one OF
the Fitzgibbon children.
Sarah Spicer formerly we'll known at
Montpelier, who has been living more re-
Gently with Joseph Gale, of Marsh6eid,
committed suicide with n revolver, the
10th, because the young man she loved
proved faithless.
The Imperial Pagoda Tea Company
held their opening at their store in Sabin's
block that has been fitted up for their
business with little regard for expense
last Saturday, A large number of people
called during the day.
Monday morning the first snow of the
season was on the ground and there was
enough of it to whiten all the fields, about
m inch ramaning on grass lands. 1t was
all gone in few hours and since the
weather has been very mild.
Horace C. Balou of Woodstock is stop.
ping in town few days, paying his old
home Il visit, after an absence of more
than eight years, five of which have been
spent in the United States Regular Army,
A frhtinp the noble red man on the Plains.
By late decision of the courts, the
fruit growing on the limbs of tree over
4 hanging lands of one man, while the roots
are on the premises of another, belongs TO
the latter; but the person over whose
lands the limbs project. may, if he sees fit,
4 saw them off even TO the line.
On Monday, rs James S. lTeaton, &C,
vompanied by Moses Kane, was taking a
drive out in the country near Plaintield,
bis horse became unmanageable and they
we're capsized, completely demolishing
the carriage, compelling them to leave it
and return home on the cars.
LAWSON c. Cummins, late of the firm of
Cobb & Cummins in this place, met with
avery severe accident last week while out
hget shooting in St. Paul, Minnesota.
His gun was accidentally discharged and
the ball passed through his right eye and
came out at the top Of his head.
The meetings of Moody and Sankey in
Burlington are so we'll attended and
such interest manifested that Mr.. Sankey
calls them good od-fashioned meetings"
4 CITY Hall as we'll as the churches are filled
to hear the revivalsts. A good many
people from this way have been down to
hear Mr. Moody speak.
The large mills of the Groton Pond
Lumber Company were consumed by fire
last Wednesday. Fire was discovered in
the boiler room about nine O'Clock A. NJ.
and help was telegraphed for to Montpel-
ier No. ) was sent from here and ar
rived in time to save u large amount of
lumber.
Charles S. Lawrence, the Montpelier ice
DEALER has met with quite loss in bust
ness this season. The three lower layers
Of ice in his large ice house, weighing
about fifty tons, having melted and he not
knowing the fact until the ice from above
fell in. In consequence, he has had to
send to Burlington for four car loads Of
hseiea
The Directors of the Montpelier Read
ing Room say their finds are exhausted,
and if none are supplied the room must
close with the end Of this week. They
would be Glad if the friends Of the insttu-
ton would furnish the money to carry it
along, it being well patronizcd and costing
only about one dollar per day to run it.
The final meeting of the Directors is called
for two o'clock next Saturday afternoon.
line boys who ran nit the engine to
HE Gro,on fire last Wednesday Jared rath-
T@rd, They left Montpelier just at noon
without their dinner, arriving at Groton,
'Acy worked until five o'clock without any
Jung to eat except few lurnips that they
found IN garden close by. At this hour,
about one-thirl Of them were fed at the
mouse Of a Mr. Blanchard und another en-
Poyee Of the mill, they setting before
u@ boys all they had on hand, which was
quickly devourcd 10 make matters worse
U@Velum train was three hours late, but
Haeh 1t did arrive the barrel of crackers,
09ol apples and box OF rasins which had
"vAPot aboard for them were quickly
'Ooo1ncod gooj samples.
SUPREME CouEr.-Tho adjourned Au-
oN' Term Of the Washington County
supreme Court began here yesterday.
, " was opened with prayer by Rev,
w.t. IlIncAs, and a few minutes taken in
II'0g the docket when adjournment was
''' III afternoon, the full court being
rye0' Tor final disposition of the great
r % Case The hearing of cases began
D'>''y afternoon and will continue
through The week. Judges Barrett, Royce,
"%''nd Powers are present.