Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-10
Reuublican County Convention.
We know it kills the potato bugs. You
,an find it at Fuller & Sons.

ean find it at Fuller & Sons.
New fine calf boots. sole and top with
sole leather counters, are selling for $2.75
nFMnsworth's.
The Church of the Messiah is to discon
tinue its Sunday evening service till Sep
tcnbcr fifteenth.
Take courage. On the goth of July the
sun will be eclipsed, the " duration Of to-
nlltv being three minutes in the north.
Bethany Sunday school scholars, in con-
nee ion with the Congregational schools of
Berlin and Mortified, hold Il picnic in
Queen City Park tomorrow.
Mr.. George Wilson of this town is
about to commence the erection of II
dwelling house on lot recently purchased
Of C.. H. Heath on Barre street.
Men can no longer doubt where is the
best place to buy boots and shoes, after
they 20 to Farnsworth's, Main street,
Montpelier, and see him sell good, nice,
we'll made, double sole and top kip boots
for - 70.
Richard Dodge, of this town, famiiarly
known rs Shack" has been awarded Il
pen,ion for services in the Mexican war,
thu, making him double pensioner, he
having drawn u pension for some years for
wounds received in the late war
Ga Tuesday forenoon st iging in WAL
tons block on which George and Frank
Butterfly were at work lathing gave way,
giving them bad fall, they narrowly es-
gaping serious injury. Frank will be
placed on the retired list for a while.
Mrs Lucy N. Brown, wife of Cyrus
Brown, Esq Of Worce>t ter, died July 4th
at the age of 81 years. Her name before
marriage was Lucy Newton Willis. She
was married to Mr.. Brown forty five years
ago Mrs. Brown was q very estimable
woman and her long life was one of well
performed duty.
We understand that Erastus Hubbard
has purchased OF the G. w. Storrs estate
far $1,000 one half of the vacant lot on
State street between T. J. Hubbarl's
block and the Union block. The other
half of the lot belongs to Chauncev Town
of New York City. Real estate belonging
to Mr.. Hubbard does not stand vacant
long.
BtShoard of the Lpmolle Ne10S mis-.
spells our agricultural editors name But
it is not the only or worst poor spell he
has had lately. He broke down on words
of one syllable and has rashly gone to
work on the two syllable column. That
used to be hradel by Baker, but now he
tries it with Barlow.
An excursion party numbering SOM
over tw" hundred from Lawrence. Mass.
and vicinity, passed through here las
Saturday evening on n special train el
route for the White Mountains. they com
inr via Newport, r. l., New York city
Saratoga, up Lake George and Champlail
to Burlington, and thence by rail. TIL
party took tea at the Pavilion, many tax
a stroll about our village, paying tn
Stre House and churches visit.
Waterbury has mad dog excitement
4 dog belonging to Mr.. &. w. Jackman
recently purchased from down country
begun suddenly one day last week attack
ng both men and dogs, biting Mr.
Wheaton and Mr. Whitney, and severa
dogs, A slaughter of dogs soon com
menced but some of the owners of tn
bitten dogs would not permit the KILN;
Of theirs. they believing the dog not 10 b
mad. Much excitement prevails, watin
the results Of time.
Mr.. Thomas Ainsworth of Montpelie
died very suddenly on July 4th, at Wood
bury. aged 81 years. Mr.. Ainsworth was
native of Woodbury., but for the past fiji
years u resident of this town and the oil
town of Montpelier. A few weeks ago h
went 10 Woodbury. to pay his brother Jc
seph and other relatives there, p vis
Although being feeble for some time h
was about upto the day of his DEATH bein
found dead in his room soon after eatin
his breakfast, having lain down for res
His eighty first birthday was to have bee
on the following Sunday. Mr.. Nathani
D, Ainsworth Of this place AMI Charles
Answorth of Mortified are sons of his.
The county court, yesterday, Judge Re,
heII pres ne, gave II hearing to WiliaI
Mills, Nathaniel Blair and Beaman !
Campbell, the respondents in the Ware
arson case, on motion to set aside IL
verdict Of guilty.
The motion set up, first, that JesseT Per
y"I DuXhury, one of the jurors in th
case, said in the Bishop House, soon aft
'h1 verdict, that the respondents we
guilty dogs, and he had thought 50 all Il
un'. II WIS claimed that the holding
such an opinion rem Tered him incomp
TENT to sit, md that the verdict was Their
fore invalid.
The second point made in the motto
ant the one chiefly relied upon, was til
Toe charge to the jury, the taking the We
net anil ordering the stenographer to re-
non his minutes to the jury, upon the
application during deiberation, were dol
oy Judge Redield sitting alone, neither
'Ae as,is ant judges being present. t
dependents claim that there must be ty
judges ut least upon the bench to make
quorum, and that therefore the final pr
seedlings Of the trial occurred without
regal court and are invalid. The point
novel one and has cansed good deal
"'cassion among the members of the BIZ
The divorce cuse Of Augusta Brown
warren, against Henry Brown for intolt
able severity, was dismissed.
Inc road petition, asking for the lowe
IhS Of the Calkins hill on the Woreest