Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-24

choice music.
The examination of school teachers will
take place April 9th.
Last Sabbath was Easter Sunday and
the day was appropriately observed by
the Congregationalist church. Their house
OF worship was well supplied with floral
decorations.
Friday has been called an unlucky day.
1t proved to be SO to two young men last
week. Henry Rogers, while at work with
circular saw in a mill in the north part
OF Stafford, had his hand drawn against
the saw, and two fingers taken off near the
knuckle joint and the thumb badly lacerat-
ed. The wound was dressed by DR.. S. N.
Goss OF this town. Leroy Sleeper was tax
ing down an old building in the west part
of Corinth. when the middle finger was
caught between some timbers and was tax
en- entirely off near the first joint.
NORTH FERRIsBUGH.-One of our mer-
chants. M. F. Allen, has been TO market at
New York during the past week.
The farmers in this vicinity have COM
menced to make their gardens, and to do
their early field planting.
E. Daniels is making quite extensive
repairs upon his factory, previous TO en-
gaging in business.
Spring pigs are very plenty and cheap,
selling from Sl.00 to $3.50 each.
II. G. Day is receiving quite extensive
orders for white Brahma eggs. They
are new, choice. and very popular fowl.
School is 10 commence at district No. 8
on Monday next-Edgar Haynes, teacher.
Revival meetings conducted by Mrs.
Hammond are to commence ut the NJ. f.
church at the center on Thursday evening
of the present week.
Rev. j. w. Bennett had so far recovered
his health as to be able to 60 to conference
on Friday of last week.
| Services were conducted at the NJ. E.
church on last Sabbath by Rev. II. G.
Day.
The attendance at the NJ. E. Sunday
school OF Sunday was ono hundred and
sixty; penny collection at the same Sl.41.
Foliage has developed rapidly upon the
forests during the week; also the vcrdure
has become quite abundant upon the
meadows and pastures.
NoRTHFIELD.-"Ou American Cous-
in " is not, in and of ITSELF play espe-
cially meritorious; but manner, some
times, is almost equivalent to NATTER and
herein lies the wherefore " of the delight
with which this play was received by
those in attendance upon its rendering at
concert hall, last Friday and Saturday
evenings. Where all concerned do so very
well us they did on this occasion, justice
and fairness will not allow OF comparisons.
No description can give an appreciative
idea of the entertainment; to get this it
needs to be seen as well AS heard, OF heard
of. This last remark is especially true of
the part in which L.. A. Howes personated
lhC EChtSoi pue ciuplO tllhOSt luOtlC,
Lord Dundreary. 1t can be held as no
trifling compliment to say that the mantle
of success, SO proudly borne by the North
field dramatic club of old, seems quite
fttingly to rest upon those who take the
places of the ones so widely scattered by
time and change. But one, we believe, OF
the old players is to he found among the
new company.
Monday morning brought some surprise,
no doubt, to some of our people, when
they found our postoflice had travelled
since last they knew of it, across the com.
mon to Nos. and 8, hotel block. While
some are displeased with the change, we
believe Il brief acquaintance with the stu
alton will make even the disaffected ones
quite well reconciled to the new order o.
, things. The waiting room is much more
commodious than the old one. The mos
important point. after all, is for people to
get their mail promptly.
Observation-Disclosures Child of whom
we spoke week or two ago, we are glat
to say, at this writing is so as to be out OF
the street again. He thinks that the bone
, was not broken in his leg rs reported, but
, the doctor says that the small bone wa:
broken. At all events it has been very
"lame and painful hnrt." So Mr. Chile
says.
| School district No 8 have completed
dedicated and accepted new schoo
house at cost of nearly $1,000. 1t is
t very pretty building and will stand ar
8 honor to the ambitious ones that built it
S Aside from school purposes, it is open t.
: literary and religious meetings, and al
meetings for the advancement of intellect
I ual and moral truth. Mr.. II. II. Vail O
' Cincinnati and Mr.. Elmer Adams, former
! students in the district have presented the
school with book of reviews, n globe ant
IA clock. The district have published n vot,
of thanks.
Mrs. John Barrows died suddenly, Apri
f 18th, while getting ready TO go to ride
Strengthened up in her chair and died i'm
, mediately, evidently from rupture of I
~, blood vessel.
n WATERBURY. The services at the Con
gregational church last Sunday, being
Easter Sunday, both morning and evenin!
we're appropriate to the occasion and yer,
interesting, the pulpit being decorated
with profusion of flowers; the singin!
y and sermon being even exceptionally good
and tho attendance both morning an,
evening unusually large The reading o
the goth chapter of John and 2lst lesson il
:, the Hymnal. Text, John 2G9-" Fo
i. as yet they know not the Scriptures
that He must rise again from the dead.
Nh. Wheeler made fclicitous comparison
of the seasons of the year to the dif
ferent periods of human life-spring