Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-10

preliminary 10 Il more protrac,ed effort at
Vergennes.
james A. Fadlen has nearly completed
his carriage and furniture shop, and has
begun to furnish it with ready made cot
fins, &c.
A. +. Bell has removed from town.
Mr.. Drake is doing quite an extensive
job of upholstering for Hon. N. j. Allen.
The farmers in this vicinity have COM
menced their ploushing and early sowing.
Some sickness prevails.
o. E. Stone has returned from market,
but with what success in the sale of horses
we are not informed
The quarterly report of our Sunday
school shows an aggregate attendance of
1884, or an average attendance per Sab
bath Of l2j Oil; also an aggregate penny
collection Of $ll.70, or an averags collec-
ton per Sabbath of Sl.179.
The attendance at the M. Z. Sunday
school on Sunday was 1877; and the penny
collection at the same was seventy -four
cents.
NoRTHFIELD.-Mrs. Livermore drew Il
fair sized audience on Friday evening of
last week notwithstanding the decidedly
bad state of the travel and the unpleasant
weather. Her lecture was changed from
" What shall we do with our Daughters?"
by vote of the audiencc-to THE Com
ing Man. Mrs, Livermore spoke for near
ly two hours and it would be only waste
of words to say her lecture was most de-
cidedly good, was not only highly enter
tanning; but very instructive.
RANDoLpH.-Con. John B. Mead is
abont to erect a large three story boarding
house on the vacant lot south of the Nor
NAL School building. This is much need
ed improvement and will be of great adj
vantage to the school, whether it proves
an advantageous investment of capital or
not.
Harvey Pember's little girl died of diph-
liberia last Saturday evening. She was an
only child.
Mr.. William G. Burnham, formerly of
and now residing in Newark,
New York, has been appointed supern-
tendent of repairs on the Wayne division
of the Erie canal; II responsible position
and an excellent appointment.
EAST RANDoLpH.-Three sugar houses
have been burned in part, or wholly, re-
Gently in this part of the town. They are
very uncertain property.
SIMoNsvILLE.-Pollard' cheese factory
are fitting up Il branch factory in
the west part of Chester to accommodate
the farmers Of that section. 1t is intended
10 work up the milk of one hundred and
fifty cows, and to be managed by Mr.,
Orange Dunn, and be in working order by
the first Of June next.
Mr.. p. Hannum of Weston is going to
start n cheese factory in that town this
season, to work up the milk of two hum
dred COWS.
have received inquiries from parties in
county in regard to the price
of farms here, which | will answer
through your paper, AS | think they will
be of interest to many readers of the
FREEMAN. Andover is located in the
southwestern part Of Windsor county,
seven miles from Chester depot, and nine
miles from Ludlow. The soil is good
mostly hard wood land, with splendid
groves of maple, from which large guam
titles of sugar are made each year. APP
pies and plums do well here with proper
care. The soil is well adapted to the
growth of corn, wheat, potatoes, barley
and oats. One drawback we have here is +.
our pasture lands are not good dairy pas
lures, Sheep and young stock do well,
however. Quite II business here is raising
and matching steers and growing oxen,
for which we have good markets. In fact,
we have good markets here for everything
we can grow. We have two postofficeS in
town-one at Simonsville and one at An
dover; Il union church, hotel, store, steam
saw and grist mill, and expect II black
smith will settle here this spring at ST.
monsvillc. At Andover there is Baptist
church, steam saw mill and blacksmith
shop. Society is good. Price of real es-
tate varies rs 10 location. buildings. etc.
Hill farms can be bought very low. For
example, one farm here, owned by non
resident, located two miles from postoflice,
contains one hundred acres, has good
buildings, large sugar place of seven hun
dred trees. will keep ten COWS and team,
on good road in good neighborhood, with
in one-thrd Ct II mile from school, is offer
ed for twelve hundred dollars $4,000,
which is less than the cost Of the build
ings. This is Il fair sample of the prices
of hill farms. Land on the stage road is
held higher. think the opening here is
better for poor man than it is in the far
west.
Observation-Disclosures Perkins, formerly
of Plainfeld, celebrated his seventy-ffth
birthday the 28th of March, by sugar
party.
WATERBURY.-Fast day services this
year took an unusual form. After the in
teresting prayer and singing, Rev. Mr.
Wheeler, who conducted the services,
which were in the vestry of the Congrega.
tional church, improved the occasion to
state quite freely his doubts, or perhaps
more correctly his objections TO our public
annual fhsts, as of late years they have
been so dicreditably observed. This fact,
so potent TO all our citizens, may have sug-
gested the propriety of thorough exam
nation Of the grounds on which this Gus
tom or usage Of our governors appoint.
ing fast days rests. The Bible has been
examined for its teachings relating to fass