Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

There will be negular meeting of the
Rand of Hope Monday. September 3Oth. al
40 o'clock. A full attendance is re.
quested.
Il looked yesterday as though it was t.
hs hid weather for the Mortified fair, bu
,bis morning is bright and clear and better
,,oather could not be asked.
The young peoples society of the churcl
If The Messiah expect to present the wei
Known comedy, Still Waters Run Deep
., their vestry early next week.
Webster has Just returned from market
with a lot of new goods, cheaper thai
ever. If you want anything in his line.
don't fail 10 give him call before buying
Mr.. ASA Andrews, who died in Berlil
m the 18th, was 81 years of age and ma
five of SYNDICATE. He had lived in Berlin
over seventy years and was often placed
by his townsmen in places of trust.
On Saturday the Saratoga & Whit,
Mountain and the Portland & Montreal
trains made their last trip for this season
and new time card came out Monday OF
tbe Montpelier & Wells River road.
On Wednesday night of last weel
Charles Miller and Edmund Yatter, two
Montpelier boys, took their departure fol
Manchester, N H., where they have foun
employment in the locomotive work
there.
Abiiah Herrand of Moretown had sever
al trees of fine Bond of Jersey pears il
his garden Il few days ago and does no
feel exactly right toward the sneak THE
that relieved him of the trouble of gather
ing them.
The yellow fever continues its dead,
course, though it is abating at New o.
leans and Vicksburgh. At Memphi, it l.
as fatal as ever, though fewer die each d;,,
as the number OF living persons subject t,
many because there are not so many 10 kill
1t is reported that one of the democrat
ic candidates for assistant Judge is electe
in Orange county, lots of republicans hav
ing voted for some other Cleaveland THAI
the one whom the republicans nominated
and that the democratic candidate f
sheriff is elected in Caledonia count
through some technically.
Thursday noon q man was found dea'
drunk in the barn of Best & Hornbrook
in the rear of the arch. Officer Sweet pro
cured Job team and took him TO Jail; tn,
next day he was taken before justice II
K Fields, and proved to be one Bard, o
Mortified, and h, disclosed on one Sell
SlIloway who was clerking it for I. j
Hunt.
The work Of demolishing the Contra
freight depot, which is to be replaced by
new one on the same site, was begun las
Saturday. The new depot will be on
hundred and fifty feet in length and tn
cars will not be run in to it as in the oil
one, but will be unloaded upon the lei
hand side of the depot, the right hand sid
being reserved for teams.
Last Thursday Constable A. A. Swee
searched the saloon of T. j. Hunt, result
ing in the finding of only about
pint of the critter," but from the al
pearance of the saloon and its inmates.
was plainly to be seen what had becom
Of the rest of it. Mr.. llunt was out
town at the time, but his business wa
found to be in charge of very comp
tent " clerks.
Tie concert Thursday evening was NJ
only " benefit" to Mrs. W. A. Brigg
tu. TO all lovers of good music who atten
ed. The hall was filled with an apprec
awe audience, and the singing of Mr.
Briggs and her sister, Miss Whitney, w
especially commended. Messrs. A.
Phillips, Fred Bancroft and c. II. Pitk
also had prominent parts in the pr
gramme.
On Wednesday afternoon, tho last d.
of the Washington county fair. James
Bowers, engineer on the Central brant
here, met with a severe accident viii
uotling in one of the races. His sull
came in contact with another when sec
ing. The wheel of his sulky went ov
the axle of the other, throwing him
and breaking both bones of his leg belc
the knee He was Immediately taxi
home, where his leg was set by Dl
Chandler and Macomber, and he is nc
reported as doing we'll.
A FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Thursday
ternoon of last week, Mrs. Sarah Eastma
aged sevenly-seven years and six month
mother of Mrs. L. A. Bisne.t, with who
she resided, went out for pleasure ri
with her son-in-law, Mr.. D. w. Mower
Barre When nearly opposite Whittier
| Slaughter house on the I" Branch roa
the horse suddenly became frightened, II
turning, jumped into the ditch, owe
turning the wagon and throwing the occ
pants out. Mrs. Eastman was picked
lnsensible and carried home. Death {
sued at 3 o'clock the following mornin
she remaining unconscious to the la
Mrs, Easl man had only recently come
resi- e with her daughter here, she havl
been u long -time resident of Barre, whit
4 Ter remains were taken for interme
i We understand that Mr. Mower was !
Injured
BAHRE.-Two carloads of hogs left Ba
last Saturday, and potatoes are bsing sh
pea IN large quantities from day to d.
Mr' knson, the new station agent see
10 be giving very go,d satisfaction.
Mrs. A. Packard new house is nea
completed, and with its highly ornamen
front, adds one more fine residence TO
street. That the hard times are not VI
serious damper on improvement is furtl