Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-08-28

The citizens of this place held basket
picnic in unison with the Waterson Post.
u. A. R.. of Chelsea, in the grove Of Mr..
Alba Banks. The programme was.-first.
singing by the Corinth Corner choir;
prayer by Rev. Daniel Field of Williams.
town; speeches by several prominent men
oil Chelsea. also by Miss Hall of Chelsea; ;
also speeches by Mr.. Alba Banks of Cor
NTH Corner and Mr.. George Dearborn
all making the young and old glad.
NORTH FERRIsBURGH.-But very few
OF our people attended our camp meeting
at New Haven.
The greenbackers of this town are in
full exercise of duty, and are good deal
elated over the fact that one of our ablest
citizens, c. c Martin. has been nominated
as the chief magistrate of our common.
wealth. upon the state greenback ticket.
Miss Hattie Langdon has been engaged
TO teach the fall term of school in district
No. 3,-school to commence on Monday
next.
Three of our young men. Messrs. Stod-
ard Allen, Wilbur Higbee and N. Allen
Martin go to morrow Thursday to attend
tile Troy Conference Academy. Miss
Abbie Palmer also ompanies them.
VIM. Brownell and wife started last
week for the west. They intend to locate
in the western part of Iowa.
Absalom Upper is being proposed as a
candidate to represent this town ut the
general assembly.
Potatoes are very small crop in this
vicinity, and are COOL deal affected with
the rot.
The live stock market, under the effi-
''ent and fair dealing management of Jas.
Squier, is very successful.
The greenbackers of Addison county
propose to put in nomination county
ticket.
NoRTHFIELD.-Let the republicans of
Northneld turn out en- n, tsSc. to attend the
dominating caucus, to be held at Concert
dtll.next Stturd y afternoon,at 3 o'clock
Let there be full expires sion of indlvidu
Il preferences. as reg ,rtls the different
nen talked of for candidate for town
representative. Having selected honest
ind competent candidates for representa-
i've and justices, let them move forward
With determination to elect them, and thus
secure honest representative in the lecis-
lture and an honest administration of
ustice within our borders.
Lust Friday was 4 glla day with u.s.
The circus brought out our people. almost
10 ma1sse. Nearly every one with their
itmlies seemed to be on hand. AMI the
general verdict WAS that the show and
performance were good. The only com.
,laint heard was of the persistent attempt
m the part of the showmen to draw few
Extra dimes from the waiting crown. But
What is most worthy of mention was the
,ntire absence of drunkenness or sem.
'lance of it. owing to the vigilance and
irInness of our authorities Having
worked so nicely on this occasion, we
'nggest to them to keep up the exercise of
Ill the p'wer the law gives them for the
suppression of the liquor traffi; and the
'enedictions of many shall rest upon
hem.
WAITsFIELD.-The directors of the Mad
river Valley Agricultural Society have
.dded three minute race to their list with
purse of $4,000 to be trotted the last day
# the fair.
Raw. Jacob Boyce of Waitsfeld, died a
few days since aged 40 years. He was an
.ctive business man, and at the time of
lis death WAS engaged in successful
mercantile enterprise in Waitsfed, and
or several years had not been regularly
Employed rs preacher.