Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-17

convention of the friends of tax reform at
Montpelier, to deliberate on the subject,
and appoint competent committees TO pre-
pare and mature bills to be presented to
the next Legislature
Kimball & Carter have now several
thousand dollars worth of monumental
work about ready to be shipped and set up
which goes principally to Ohio and Penn
sylvana. They also have about $4,000
worth of work ordered to be finished this
winter. Orders to the amount of $4,000
were taken last week alone. Among the
monuments nearly ready to be set up are
two to be placed in Green Mount Cemetery
one to the memory of the iale Charles Reed
and the other to the late Ephraim Gary,
both being very beautiful in design.
CALAIs.-Mr. II. E. Burnap, of Calais,
was severely injured one week ago last
Sunday evening, while driving down the
hill, just below W. " Pecks, of the same
town The wheels on one side of his
wagon dropped into u gulley which the
darkness prevented him from seeing,
throwing him out, and badly bruising him,
he was carried into the house of Mr.. Peck,
where he remains for tho present, under
the care of DR., Gray. No damages done
to anything except himself.
There will be a quarterly meeting, held
at the Christian Church ut Calais, COM
mencing the 18th of this month, and
holding over, Sunday. Ministers from
abroad will be in attendance. All are
cordially invited to attend.
CHELsEA,-Accordins to reliable report
there are burglars prowling around our
village. The store of j. A. B. Corwin
was entered IL few nights ago, by way of IL
window on the back side, and several dol
lars distracted from the money drawer.
Ed" Brown of this town WIS arrested
last Monday morning by officer Perigo,
and examined before Justice IIinckley,
charged with committing the forenamed
burglary. He was held by the court in the
sum of $500, for his appearance for trial at
the county court. Failing to obtain bail he
was committed to Jail.
On the 10th Of October Mr.. s. p. Buz-
zell of this town picked ripe and green
Strawberries, and strawberry blossoms, OH
high hill in Washington.
A young man by the name of Peck,
about twenty years old, was arrested at
the late fair at Tunbridge on charge of
robbing an Irish picture peddlar. 1t is said
that he cut the breast pocket out of the
coat which contained his pocket book and
about twenty dollars. Sheriff o. p. Cely
placed him in the custody of jalor Dickin.
son to await the action of the county
court.
Our dry goods merchants have returned
from market with their supplies of goods
for the fall and winter trade.
The butter dealers are paying % cents
per pound for choice butter. They have
recently shipped large invoices of butter
to Boston.
Mrs Dodge, widow of the late DR.. AL
bert Dodge, went with he two little sons,
several weeks ago, to visit her friends in
Iowa and other western states. While
returning her eldest son was taken sick at
Cleaveland, Ohio, and in few days died,
aged seven years. She arrived at her faith
er's, A. S. Hatch, Esqr,, last week, with
the corpse of her son. Funeral services
were held on Thursday, October IL.
Mr., Jacob Norris stands at the head we
think, for raising remarkable corn and
beans from 4 single Seed A bean came
up, spontaneously, in his garden last
spring. AS it began TO run he set pole
to it, and it made about thirty feet of vine,
on which there were 1913 pods and 22OO
beans, which measured nearly two quarts
He gave the bean no special care and has
no knowledge from whence it came. 1t
appears to be u new variety, resembling
the butter bean, so-called. lie also once
had, (not this YEAR,, a kernel of corn come
up in his onion bed, which sent out about
Il dozen stalks. On them, at harvest time,
there were sixteen elrs of sound corn that
measured in the aggregate, seven feet and
eight inches.
NORTH FERRIsDURGH.--Du During the
week there has been rain and mud in
abundance. There is II fair prospect that
Our wells and cisterns will have good
supply of water for winter use. There
fore we do not complain.
Il. b. Collins, our assistant postmaster,
has rented and is about moving into the
new house. owned by Hon. N, J. Allen,
that has been so long unorcupiod.
Mr.. Burnham, IL wheelwright, formerly
from the Center, has rented and moved
into the tenant house belonging to George
ID. Webb, He Burnham) works in the
shop with Joseph Stone.
A slight sensation has occurred during
the week. Messrs. Moody Il Sankey came
ont from Burlington on Friday 10 the quiet
town of Charlotte and held meetings there
in the afternoon and evening, A very re-
spectacle and appreciative audience were
in attendance. a goodly number of per-
sons from our place attended the meetings
and declare now that more than ever before
they desire to hear Mr.. Moody preach
1t is well understood that The latest, most
systematic and best book treating of the
life words, work and workers Of Mr..
Moody is published by Nelson & Phillips
of New York. The book is sold only by
subscription. 1t is now on sale by II. G
Day of this place, who isagont for Addison
and Chittenden counties. Let every one
procure copy, it is worth much more
than it costs, No one will weary in its
perusal, 1t is live book.
Messrs. Martin A Taft are buying up
and shipping potatoes very extensively
from these parts: Prices paid thirty and
thirty-fve cents per bushel.