Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02

r winter meeting of the Vermont
Davmon's Association is to be held al
Milton
'' town meeting has been called for the
-" Gil thc vacancy in the office of over
seer of the poor
Il Alexander of Berlin killed last week
,,ao Chester County Pigs, weighing res
, nDctveIy, SIS, 1888, 1872 pounds
u.nt,olicr has been rather fortunate as
. fires the past year, not one occur
IVY ", in town purng the year of 1877.
Toecn dwellings were erected in town
roor and five buildings for other pur-
nS' The outlook now is that this num-
r, will be largely increased the coming
season.
+ was u kindly philosopher who said:
.yoor Happy New Year ought to come
,,n, the heart when you are talking to a
.oh man. and from your pocket when you
,ro talking to poor one"
Several large orders for heavy machiney
t,ro compelled the Lane Manufacturing
romn,ny to run part of their works sew
a,I hours into the night, for a few days
VAST Evidently business is picking up
somewhere
cJ = Y. Randall of Montpelier is de-
rro,ine his new lecture on the " Old
Vermont Brigade" to large and appreci-
alive audiences. There is an increasing
interest manifested by the community in
,be subject and Col. Randall's lecture is
we'll calculated TO crafty that interest.
Several of our citizens are daily visiting
,ho c,s house with their children having
,bo wboopng cough and inhaling the gas
n tho rotort room few minutes at a time
!. claimed to break it up in a short time
uneb benefit is reported to have beer
derived from it by some of the parties.
IN Ketchum of Barre has made thu
mast season from seven cows, one of then
tvo.year old heifer, 1882 pounds of but
for besides furnishing milk and cream 70
aMmily of six persons. He has fed abou
40 worth of extra feed during the abov
mentioned time. The COWS were full blood
Jerseys.
The skating season has been of unusua
encth this winter and our young folk
have Just enjoyed the benefits of it. Boil
the mill ponds" being covered dali.
with Skaters Our merchants have re
mrtel large sales of skates, four firm
firms having sold two hundred and twenty
five pair of them the present season.
On Saturday night about II o'clocl
Levi Pearson horse in some way becam
unhitched while standing i'll front of Blake
jy's DRUG Store, on State Street, made
dash around the corner, up Main Stree
across the Union House bridge, up Coul
street, and down the avenue to to Stat
Street agaiu, where it was found about d
hou after without much damage havln
having been done.
The Christmas festival held at the room
Of the Reform Club on Wednesday ev
nmg Of last week, was II grand success.
consisted of singing and recitalions by I'll
Younger members, and aplay was re-
d,rcd by twelve young ladies and gent
men, members of the club, entitled III
Reward of Benevolence, which was We
carried out, each one sustaining their pa
finely. After the play the presents we
distributed, and the poor were not forge
ten, many Il needy one receiving prese
that came in the hour of want. All in
j. WIS Il Christmas not soon to be torgC
ten.
The total number of deaths in MONTY
lier during the year 1877 was forty-hy
Of this number twenty were males a
twenty-five females. Nine were HUSBAND
seven were wives, four were Widow
and seven widows. In age, six We
under year,-(bctween the ages OF l
lGno deaths occured), six were betwC
l5 and 90 five between 20 and 30, six
tween 80 and 40, three between 40 and
five between 80 and CO., four between
and 10, two between IS and 80, one
tween so and IS, four between IS and
and three were over 90. Average age
the whole, Al years; average age of
len oldest, sc years. Eleven died of C
sumption, five of heart disease, six OF
ycrs, lom of cholera infantum, three
old age, three of kidney disease, two
dropsy, one suicide, ard twelve from SC
twelve other causes. One died in Janus
one in February, four in March, three
April, five in May, five in June, two
July, seven in August, five in Septem
TWO in October, five in November and
IN December, Fifty-six deaths occu1
IN town in 1876, and seventy. light in
thus showing by the falling off in nun
That last year was very healthy ON
town.
Prof. a, A. Cecil gave his expose
Spriualism u second time in Vii
Hall last Wednesday evening. Since
lie has been giving his performances
Aor,hIield, Barre and other villages rol
about to full houses. His audiences
very well pleased with the entertain
and his tricks are very well done
SRIIl in the rope business being espec
noticeable. He docs great many tn
mat proiessed mediums do and 'appaI
y under conditions more favorable
detection.
But as for his performances being a
PLANTATION Of many things that are rep
10 he done by mediums, and reporte
pretty good authority, they are not.
never happened to see medium do
thing that Prof. Cecil does not do an
Sothai his trick of doing it is not Diet
until he gives his explanation. Bu
have heard of things being done v
his performances and no explanation
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