Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-05-01

See new advertisements, Oh JeIsey ca'es
for sale.
To-day is the third anniversary of our
second great fire.
Lawn mowers have been brought into
rse at this early date.
The frog singeth, and the boy of the Pc
.iod is in search of suitable places to 60 in
swimming
Oscar Warden of this town has removed
his family to Groton, and will start for
California in few days.
Four years ago this morning those at
tempting to 60 out doors had the plea sure
If wading through over foot of snow.
Mr. J. Phillips has been engaged to
take charge of musical instruction in the
Union School during the remainder of the
present term
The best tomato plants may be found at
the Argus and Patriot store. Montpelier,
when the time comes to set them out, and
don't you forget it."
Mark NJ. Cutler sold his matched pair
If horses last week. They are to 60 to
Cleveland, Ohio. Report says that the
price paid for them was $1,000.
Samuel Prentiss, of New York. has been
spending a few days in town. This is his
first visit to his native town since his re-
moyal from here twelve years ago.
The spring poetry crop is pretty nearly
harvested, and will pan out forty bushels
to the acre, and this hasn't been particu-
larly good year for spring poetry either.
We understand that Mr.. Cobb is to erect
a brick block on the site of the one burned
in our second great fire, the work of ex-
cavating the cellar having already COM
menced
Ulysses w. Goodell, a Middlesex young
man of twenty-one, was killed recently
while al work in saw mill, by piece of
wood which was thrown from the saw and
crushed his skull.
CoRRECTIoNs.-I last weeks notice of
the Walton building John Ripley should
be George Ripley. In the account of the
runaway Sherman Caswell should appear
as Thomas Caswell.
Julius Knapp has traded his house on
Prospect street, on Berlin side, with Mer.
rill Coffrn, for his farm in Burlington,
MINI. Mr.. Knapp will soon commence
the erection of another dwelling on the
same street.
Bear in mind that the largest stock of
writing paper, envelopes, box paper, and
the like to be found in Vermont, is at the
Aryas and Patriot store, opposite Bethany
church, Montpelier, and at the very low
est prices, too.
Among the ten undergraduates at Dart
mouth chosen to speak before the Trus-
tees at Commencement we note the names
of A. r. Willard, of Montpelier, G. H
Smith, of West Brattleboro, and l.. A.
Smith, of Norwich.
The road CD Spring street from Elm
street to the bridge is being macadamized
with granite clippings from the works of
Kimban & Carter. This is much need
ed improvement it being one of the worst
pieces of road in town.
The meeting of Engine Company, No.
5, was postponed from this evening for one
week, on account of the bad condition of
the roads. The boys" are DESTROYS OF
taking the engine out and having a
squirt " at the next meeting.
This morning the sun came out bright
and nature was seen in one of her
loveliest aspects but this was too fine to
last and the sky soon became covered with
the heavy, damp clouds that have hung
over us for couple of weeks past.
Eddie w. Cove of Berlin has handed us
three eggs laid by buff cochin hen that
measured seven inches by eight and one.
fourth in circumference, the three weigh
inc eleven ounces, said hen averaging
four of the same size per week. He does
not propose 10 sell these eggs by the dozen
and if any one can furnish larger ones we
would like to be the Judge as to size and
quality.
On Monday evening the hook and lad
der company made their appearance or
the street for the purpose Of testing thu
use of u new extension ladder recently
purchased by the village. 1t proved to b'
all that could be desired, it being perfec
IN its construction, In just sixty seconds
from the time the word was given tt
raise it from the ground where it was
lying, it was raised upon the Hazen block
extending some fifteen feet above the roof
with Wallace Noyes at the top of the lad
der thus showing the efficiency of it at q
hire, and that the boys" know how tc
handle it, 1t was made in Bangor Me
and cost $3.50
On Sunday last Abner Fowler, n paupe
on the Montpelier town farm, attempted
to stab Luke Nee, the overseer of III,
farm. Nee had requested him to assist il
doing the chores, which Fowler refused t,
do, and began to use abusive and threat
enlng language to him, closing the door t,
his room and locking it, shutting Nee out
who' In attempting to force an entranc,
INTO it through the windows. was Stable,
oy Fowler with jlckknife. the blad
gong through his clothes and cutting tn
skin trife. By watching Fowler
movements and jumping from the win
dow Nee probably escaped sever
wound Fowler formerly resided in thi
Vlllage-on the "Meadow for sovera
Sears-and has the reputation of being {
an ugly disposition.
The people accommodated by the ma
service of the Montpelier & Wells Rive
route will be pleased to learn of the re
appointment of Albert II. Bailey as ma