Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-20


The increase of orders has compelled
the running of the cab shop several hours
extra each day.
It is noticeable that the shoulders of
ladies who hold up one side of their dresses
are becoming very uneven.
The members of the Reform Club will
hold sugar festival at their rooms on
Saturday evening of this week.
There will be a mock trial ut the next
temperance meeting in the town hall at
Worcester Corner, March 9th.
Silver quarters are now briging - and
10 cents apiece.-Free Press.
Well take all you've got at the higher
price.
One day last week Mrs. w. E. Best who
resides on Liberty street, slipped and fell
on the door steps of their residence break
ing her arm.
Il Leonard Lawrence, who resides on Ber-
lin side, has purchased the Batcheder
& ldTIu III EitSU III tAo ioS"iily
known as the /" Horn of the Moon"
Henry Silloway, for many years we'll
known carpenter residing in this town,
left on Monday afternoon for Fort Worth,
4 Texas, where he intends to locate.
Il On Monday, Eleazcr Dodge, an en-
ployee in the cab shop had two fingers of
his left hand badly smashed by being
caught and drawn into the bufling ma
chine.
On Monday afternoon officers Tuttle,
Dudley and Wood searched the saloon of
Mark French, resulting in the finding Of
about two quarts of liquor and II few bot
q ties of cider
Our tinsmths report that there has been
larger demand than usual for sugar
tools this spring. Some ten Or eleven
thousand tin sap tubs have been made and
sold within the past few weeks.
The aid society of the church of the
"a Messiah held n sugar festival in the vestry
& of their church last evening, at which n
large number were present, This was
the last of series of sociables they have
held this winter.
COUNTY CoURr.-This morning the
docket was called and cases remaining
after the very feeble jury term either set
for trial by the court or otherwise disposed
Of Tba
to begin the trial of such cases as were
set to it.
1t is an old saying that "clothes make
1 the man." of course it must follow that to
be q good man, one must wear good
clothes. We would suggest that the good
clothes can be had by leaving your order
at Woolson's, and then you can be good
man, we'll clothed, for the small sum of
/ twenty-five dollars.
The farmers in all the country around
are busily engaged making their maple
sugar. The prophets are busy foretlling
the sweetness to come from the amount of
snow and the depth to which the ground is
frozen, but as n matter of fact good sugar
seasons have been known with four feet of
Snow, with no snow at all, with no frost in
The ground, and with the ground frozen
like n rock for several feet
About half past six on Thursday even
ing of last week, fire WAS discovered by
The Waterman in the steaming room of the
Montpelier Manufacturing Company. The
fire department was called out and respon-
ded promptly. The fire being in the base
ment Of the machine shop, it was with
difficulty got at After about half an hours
playing on it with several streams of water
II was extinguished, after doing damage
Of about three hundred dollars, the greatest
loss being the running of the betting in the
room. Had the fire broken out several
hours later in the night it would probably
have resulted in the loss of that section of
4 the works.
u SEMINARY. The term opened last
"Wednesday and recitations commenced
8 Thursday. Miss Farwell is again an active
member Of the faculty. Some old friends
"happened around" at the beginning of
Il the term.
The lyceum met and organized Friday
evening. The officers are as follows. uiz
President, Mr.. G. S. Adams secretary,
4 Miss Ida Z. Hanson; chairman of board,
Mr.. F. II. Page; second, Miss A. | Pres
ton; third, Miss N. T. Vance.
y A German table has been formed in the
dining hall and Low Dutch " is quite
common.
The school taught by Mr.. NJ. L. He'd
ding "a student of the Seminary in dis
trict No. IL. Barre, closed Feb, 9th, with
an exhibition on the following Saturday.
after very successful term. Prizes were
awarded to Miss Fannie A. Bates and Mr..
81 Walter L. Granger
The entertainment: at the vestry of the
Church of the Messiah, last Friday even
ing, was one of the best which has been
given this season. The characters in the
burlesque, Lady of the Lions, were well
taken, and especial mention should be
made of Miss Florence Wing as Madam
II Dishabillc, Miss Eulie Eaton as Polly Ann,
and Miss Minnie Bailey as the Widow, all
these ladies acting their parts with much
i spirit and with credit to themselves.
Among the gentlemen we have space to
speak only of Mr.. Eaton MS ClOd Meddla-
not, Mr.. Wing as Beausanter, and Mr.
Hubbard us Sargent Damme, each one
presenting his impersonation in very
satisfactory and appreciative manner. The
farce, More Blunders than One, was by
far the best given here for long time.
Mr.. Merrill's rendering of the part of Lar
ry' the Irish servant, was as near perfect
as anything but the original could be. He
| fairly outdid himself on this OCCASION, and
to him is due large share of the praise