Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-27
Fast Day April 5.

pelier April I'd.
From all parts of the state comes the re-
port that the recent run of sap was the
best known for several years.
The Fairbankses, and several other bust
ness concerns in different parts of the
state, are paying their employees in gold.
The Morrisville Citizen puts it thus
Six days shalt thou labor, gather sap, split
wood, and on the seventh, well-sugar off
The liquor seized from the saloon of
Mark French last week was last Saturday
CONDEMNED and emptied into the gutter on
Main Street.
Some of the. purest and incest maple
sugar we ever saw was shown us by Fuller
G. Son last week, made by Roswell Childs
of Moretown.
We derive hope from the remark Of a
sable brother that 81 he had mos alters
noticed, if he lived fru de month of March
he lived fru dc year.
Hiram Atkins of the AryuS book store
offers great bargains in stationery in our
advertising columns and what is more the
goods will be found as represented.
Patrick Healy, alias Henry d. Weldon,
of Allegany City, Penn, was arrested at
the railroad depot in Montpelier, the other
day, for forgery, and taken back to Penn
sylvania.
Pneumonia is quite prevalent about
town at the present time, several cases
being reportcd-among them George w.
Reed, Sidney p Redfeld and William II
Clark being quite sick
On Monday of this week George G. Guy
cite of this town started for Bismarck,
Dakota. He intends to take up soldiers
claim in that vicinity or Western Iowa,
when he will return for his family.
John Roaks the well known hotel
porter in this town, has engaged himself
to Bert Bishop who has leased the Ameri-
can house Of Burlington, as porter of
that house and leaves in a few days.
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the reform club last Saturday evening was
a success, about one hundred being pres
emit all having an enjoyable time, and the
club realizing handsome profit at the
same time.
On Wednesday last tinsmith named
Beatle in the employ of Geo. NJ. Scrbnor
severed one of his fingers in the square
shears. This is the sixth man who has
lost the end of 4 finger in those same
shears in the past four years.
Last Saturday night some of the enter
prising ones busted themselves in chang
ing the places of business of several of
our business men and succeeded rs far as
the changing of signs, &C., were concern
ed. where were the police?
Charles F. Robinson is to baild pas
senger car for the Wells River railroad.
He has the frame up and we predict that
he will turn out Il Car of which any one
might be proud; as he is accustomed to do
and do well anything he undertakes.
On Saturday night the hen roost of C.
V. Lane residing on Gould hill was visited
by sneak thief and six of the finest fowls
were stolen. On Monday suspected
party offered some fowls for sale at one of
our markets. The end is yet to come
The past winter gave us few days
rougher than was Sunday and Monday
with its driving snow storm from the
northwest; and with nightfll the storm
4 increased 10 winters tempest. Some
five or six inches of snow must have fallen.
The Rev. j. NJ. C. Fulton, pastor of
Trinity M. f. Church baptized six persons
and received seven on probation, Sabbath,
March q. These were all young persons
who have lately been converted Others
are expected soon to follow.
The Listers of Washington county will
meet at the Grand Jury room in the Court
House at Montpelier on Saturday next at
10 O clock A. NJ, to make arrangements
for cqualzng the appraisal of property
for the April Grand List. 1t is hoped there
will be Il full attendance
Mr.. Thomas W. Wood was last week
elected president of the American Water
Color Society; which shows the estimation
in which he is held by his fellow artists in
New York. We notice that three of his
paintings 60 in the American exhibit of +
paintings to the Paris exposition. The
April atlantic has u New York CORE
spondcnt who occupies column or two
in talking about some of Mr.. Wood s work
and plan of work in Disconnected and ,
rather unintelligible way; at least it is not i
made clear to the average mind what il is ;
that he is worried about-his " expressive. ,
ness not being adequate to convey his
idea if he had one
Mr.. Anderson d. Dieter of this village
died Monday forenoon in New York CITY. c
after very brief sickness Mr. Dieter |
who was fifty-three years of age, was G
born in Baltimore, Maryland, and from C
there went to New Orleans where he was in S
business as a cotton broker The war de- '
prived him of most of his property and he A
came to Montpelier where for some years n
he has resided with his wife's brother, Mr.. l
Timothy j. Hubbard. Mrs Dieter and a A
son survive him. The deceased has for n
years suffered from dropsy, and this dis Il
ease we understand was the cause of his Il
death. His body was brought to Mont L
pelier yesterday afternoon and his funeral Il
services were held at Mr.. T. j. Hubbard's 81
at 10 o'clock this forenoon. 81
The old firm Of Fuller e Howe have n
dissolved partnership, Mr.. Howe retiring, :,
and in company with Mr.. George Turner u
continuing the dry goods trade at the Carl :,
ton store on Main street, where they pro-