Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-17
The snow is five feet deep in the woods

Some people are sanguine that the Jan
uary thaw is near ut hand.
II. NJ. Bryant, of Maine, is to give a
temperance lecture in Plainfeld, Friday
evening.
Don't forget that the Flyers sisters give
Out of Bondage" on Monday and Tues
day evenings, january 20 and 80.
Do not fail 10 attend the meeting of the
Reform Club tonight at halfpast seven
o'clock. A more enjoyable hour cannot
be spent anywhere.
Alexander Jangraw has re-opened the
"Pigeon Hole" under the Ar0uS Office.
recently occupied by Mike Slattery, who
closed up month ago.
Lawrence Preston has sold out his stock
OF goods in French's Block near the Arch
to John Gravein. Cigars, ETC., can prob
ably be found there us heretofore.
The Montpelier dry goods merchants
have agreed among themselves to close
their stores at half-past six o'clock every
evening during January and February, ex-
cept Saturday evenings.
The change in the weather, Thursday
night, was extraordinary. The evening
was mild, and at ten at night it was thaw-
ing. At midnight the wind came round
to the northwest, and ut seven o'clock
Friday morning the mercury stood at
eighteen degrees below zero. This was a
fall Of fifty degrees.
PROMENADE CoNCERr.-The concert
given this week by the Montpelier Cor
net Band will be given in Village Hall,
Friday evening instead of Saturday even
ing as has been usual. All who like good
music should take pains to attend as the
receipts help to sustain the best band in the
State of Vermont.
A large company assembled Saturday
evening ut the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
D. w. Dudlcy, in this village, the occas-
ion being the twety-fifth anniversary Of
their wedding The party was u very
pleasant one, and one of the guests made
it quite as much his reception as that of
the host and hostess. He was the third
generation.
DR. CUTTINGS LECTURE.-The biz snow
storm of Monday night came pretty near
depriving us of the lecture last evening
but DR.. Cutting arrived about six O'Clock
and had Just time to get his apparatus in
order for showing the " Wonders reveal
ed by the Microscope" There was II
very good audience notwithstanding the
bad condition ofthe going land all who
were there were highly pleased with the
The opening lecture of the Reading Room
course was certainly II success.
The series Of Temperance Lectures, of
which we gave notice in our last issue us
to be given in this place the last and the
present week, have been postponed until
some time next month, Mr. Frost being
unable to come at present. But Mr.. Bry.
ant put in in appearance" and addressed
COOL sized audience ut the Village Hall
last Thursday evening. He was assisted
by Messrs. Heath and Dnrant who made
few very earnest remarks, which all to-
gether, m .de tia very enthusiastic meet
ing.
Big snow storms and cold weather ant
cold weather and big snow storms till W,
can't tell which is which, and folks spcn,
their time in digging their houses out o
snow-banks and themselves out of lhei
houses only to be sorry they are ont afte
all. Five weeks and half since we hat
our first snow, and there must be abou
four feet of it on Il level, if it is level any
where, and the thermometer can't shoy
its head above zero without getting read
for another snowfall of foot or more
Twain is not humorist; and if he vii
come up here he won't think he is him
self.
Pat Hasoett, one of the "characters
who lives on Berlin side, purchased Ion
of wood on the street last Thursday, of
colorcd farmer who lives up in Bea
Swamp, agreeing to pay for it rs soon a
delivered. The wood was duly delvere
and the pay demanded by the man, br
Hassett had got The wood and did not pr,
pose 10 pay for it, and Immediately ordc
ell the man to leave the yard, which W;
quickly done, as Ilassett made for lii
with II stick of wood. A complaint WI
made to Berlin officer, who proccedC
back with him after the wood, but llasse
was too much for them, and they wei
forced to leave. They came over to H.
street and got renlorcements and the Il
sstance of Police Officer Wood, and I
turned for the wood again. On alrivir
they proceeded to load, when lIasse
rushed ont Of the house and made #
Officer Wood with Il ptchlork. Woo
"admonished " the violent man, makir
him return to the house, but he swo
vengeance on all concerned. The wo,
being loaded, all hands departed. HassC
was under the influence of liquor at t
time, and is Il dangerous man when So
SEMINARY IIILL.-The written examin
tions occur upon Thursday and Friday
this week.
On account of the lecture Friday evenil
the regular mia-lerm reception will
postponed until Saturday evening, '
have not learned the names of the host a
hostess.
Middlers are getting out orations Il
essays for their exhibition. The MIDI
class is quite large this winter.
Remember President IIulbert's lectu
in Trinity yestry, Friday evening. Pr
Hubert is an easy and pleasant speal
and his lecture is new and fresh one
was named as one of the lecturers in