Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
Monday was the coolest day of the sea.

AFRO Stone has sold out his restaurant
and fruit store to orrin Daley.
Mr.. R. H. Carter. of the firm of Kim
ball q Carter, has removed to Ryegate.
A lengthy report of the Vermont State
Grange was received too late to appear
this week.
DIR. Ii. c. Brigham has moved into tho
+. E. Smith house on Elm Street, recently
occupied by r. H. Carter.
The Boston Weekly and Semi.Weeklv
IrareHer are offered for 1879 at reduced
terms. See advertisement F3w
The change of time in trains is so great
that anybody going by rail had better
overhaul the time tables right off
While skating on Bowen's pond one dav
last week. several youngsters broke
through the ice and got quite a ducking.
D. D. Martin killed sixteen. months
old porker last week which dressed six
hundred and seventy-nine pounds. Quite
hog.
MIR. Joseph LaPoint and Jefferson Bruce
have leased the II. N. Taplin carriage
shop, and formed partnership in that
business.
According to an act passed by the last
legislature boys under 81 must give the
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depot wide berth, unless they have bust
ness there.
Will all our delinquent subscribers re.
member that we are in need of our dues
and do their share toward enabling us to
pass merry Christmas?
Rev. j. IL. Hincks, pastor of Bethany
church, is busily engaged in preparing a
history of Washington county, for the col
umns of the New England Gazetteer.
Christmas eve will be recognized at
Trinity church with Christmas trees for
the Sunday school and an oyster supper by
the ladies. All are cordially invited.
William H. Clark machinist in the EN-.
ploy of the Lane Manufacturing Compa-
ny left town recently. He also left his
wife and. quite n number of creditors be-
hind
Mr.. S. J. Wheeler, for several years a
well known boot maker of this town, has
on account of failing eyesight, given uE
hic chan onI 70 Milton to l.
with son.
There will be regular meeting of the
Band of Hope Monday evening, December
22d, at o'clock. A special programme
has been prepared for that evening and {
good time may be expected.
Let us be exact. Winter will begin on
Saturday next, December Dist, at thirty
three minutes past five o'clock p. NJ, and
will continue until March Goth, at twenty
six minutes past six o'clock p. NJ.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-Bert Macomber
of East Montpelier, aged about IS, VIII
attempted suicide by shooting, Frida
night, has attempted the same before
His situation is critical the ball takin!
effect in the temple.
Geo. N. Tibbetts. of Calais, sold fifty
six turkeys to Warren Bailey that dressed
six hundred and thirty-two pounds, aver
aging little over eleven and one-fourtl
pounds. Mr.. Tibbetts thinks this was ;
lot that would be hard to beat.
George, son of S. M. Walton of thi
town, who is attending the Episcopal In
stitute at Burlington, met with an acct
deaf on Monday of last week. Will
skating he fell and sprained his ankle ant
broke one of the cords of his leg. He ha
returned home.
TIE STATE GRANGE.-The Vernon
State Grange closed its annual meeting a
Montpelier Thursday, when the following
officers were elected: Worthy Grand Mas
ter. A. B. Franklin, Newfane; re-electe,
Overseer, 4. E. Jameson, Irasburgh; Lee
turer, Alpha Messer, Rochester; Stewart
r w. Goddard, South Reading. Their
was quite large attendance.
Victor Shangneau, of St.Alblns,a bridg
employee on the Central Vermont railroad
while passing from one car to another ie
from the down train near Montpelie
Junction, Monday forenoon. Upon tn
train returning for him he was found bat
" hurt, with his skull crushed. and
heavy cut across the face He was PIT
aboard the taan and taken back to Norlf
field. He will probably die.
POULTRY Suow.-Village Hall has in
a steady concert that has been going &c
the last two days and will close to-mo
row The festive rooster turns night I'M
day being evidently impressed "under I'll
gaslight' with An erroneous idea OF VIII
o'clock it is and also being struck with IL
idea that he is in about the biggest he
COOP he ever got into. Turkeys and fov
of all degrees and many kinds add to IL
conversation and altogether there is
very lively time and very good exhlt
tion of domestic birds. 1t will pay any
our citizens to go in and take Il look
what the poultry fIncierS throughout I'll
state have placed on exhibition.
CRArTsBURY. The Congregational PIT
pit was occupied last Sabbath by the he
Mr.. Somervile Of Coventry.
Several couples of young people met
Mr.. Ambrose Chase's Wednesday evenil
for u social party. As might have be-
expected, they had very pleasant time
A rare intellectual treat was the lectu
Thursday evening last by President 8aI
lett of Dartmouth, from the subject, " I
the Track of the Israelites." 1t is needle
to say that from beginning to end Pre'
dent Bartlett held in perfect attention
large and appreciative audience. L
next lecture of the course will be by lie
Mr.. Somerville of Coventry. SubJe
Texas" Mr.. Somervile is very at
speaker and we bespeak for him 4
house.
CoRINTH.-A stage horse that belong
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