Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

yennor, the Canadian weather prophet,

Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet,
is To give US frost this week.
Frank Adams has gone on pleasure
,orr to Nova Scotia and vicinity.
Mr. Amasa Alexander, n prominent citi-
ION Of Berlin, had the misfortune to break
his wrist few days ago
While we are enjoying a comfortable
temperature here, the people out west are
suffering from torrid wave.
The water in the branch " has been so
Low Is TO compel the Lane Manufacturing
,ompapy to use steam in their works.
Rev. c. c. Vinal of Kennebunk. Maine,
is to supply the pulpit of the church of
fine Messiah for the next two Sundays,
The third annual picnic of the Foster
family will take place at the old home
,,oad NJ North Calais on Wednesday, the
9th ipstant. All friends and acquaint-
,nres of the family are cordially invited.
Inst Friday evening as Mrs. Frank
Felt was driving rapidly up State street
her horse stumbled and fell when opposite
the State House, throwing Mrs. Felt out,
and ipiuring her somewhat. though not
seriously.
Gen. Wells of Burlington was in town
Yesterday to see what arrangements could
be made for holding the soldiers reunion
here next month. The outlook is that the
reunion will be held here, but that the
muster will be al Burlington.
On Thursday of last week Messrs
Kimball & C,rter shipped the Harspter
monument, costing six thousand dollars,
and of which we gave description last
fall to Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 1t took
four llt bottom cars to carry it.
The house. burn and stock of IIeman S.
Winters, ut Waterbury, were burned at 3
o'clock Thursday morning. Winters and
wife barely escaped, and without their
colh'ng. Loss $4,000 Supposed to be
the WORK Of tramps who slept in the barn.
On the 29lh Of this month the man in
the moon will put his hand over the sun
and give us u partial eclipse. Nine years
ago an almo>t total eclipse chilled the air
SO that the evening was frosty and proved
serious to early vegetables and late lovers.
There is some talk of having series of
horse trots at St. Adams, Rutland, Mont
pc ier, Bethel and Woodstock. 1t is pro-
posed that each of these places offer ST.
/ in purses-four of 5000 each, and one
Of 500. The time proposed for holding
the races is the last week in July and the
four weeks in August, commencing Mt
Rutland and closing at Woodstock.
Last Tuesday Mr. Horace Mills of this
town was quite badly injured at Worcester,
where he has been for some time at work
erecting n barn forErastus Hubbard of this
place. He with the other workmen were
on their way to dinner, riding in lumber
wagon, when tug breaking, the horses
started and ran. throwing Mr.. Mills out
iniuring him quite severely about the head
and shoulders, but he was able to be
brought home on the stage that afternoon.
The picnic of the Congregational Sun.
Jay school societies of Montpelier, North
field and Berlin came off last Thursday at
Queen City Park, Burlington, and wa:
much enjoyed by all who attended, one
of The pleasing features of the entertain
ment being delay of three hours at Rich
mond which was caused by n fir light trar
having been " dumped" there that morn
inc. Without this delay some of the ex
cursionists might never have known OF
the beauties which nature and art have
combined to produce in this inland village
Lust Sunday Warren Kibbie's little buy
horse, which was standing hitched in from
of L. w. Bailey's store, became veXed by
the flies, and breaking away made dash
for liberty, breaking off one of the stone
hitcAing posts in its flight, and when OPP
po>ile the Caldwell house collided with The
team of Mr.. Chase of Mortified. over
mming it, and throwing out Mr.. Chase
wife and child, who were in the wagon
Mrs. Chase struck on the granite curbn:
and Was quite badly hurt. Both wagons
We're badly damaged, Kibbie to the ex
tent of about $50, and Mr.. Chase's abou
half that sum.
II. NJ. Harrington and wife of Bridge
port, Ct, are in town stopping at, T. j
Deavilt's. Mr.. Harrington is brother {
Mrs. Dtavitt and is a well-known educs
tor. After he resigned his place at tn
he ID of grammer school in Worcester
MISS, he was elected ny our committee t
take charge of the Union school in th
village. which offer was not accepted, 4
Mr. Harrington had accepted the positio
Of superintendent of SCHOOLS at Mort
Adams before the action of the cummitte
ere was known to him. He is no
superintendent of schools ut Bridgepor
CT.
An Independent battery company ha
been organized in town the past week, an
is co imposed of veterans of the late WI
to the number of thirty-three men, whic
compose the first section of two guns. o
Friday evening the following officers wei
elected Captain, j. o. Livingston; Fir!
Lieutenant L,wis Wood; Second LieI
t'nant, Alexander Jangraw; Sergeant
First Gun. Andrew Glysson; Sergeant
Second Gun, Wallace II. Noyes. A sull
Gent number of men are now being raise
to make second section, increasing Il
company to sixty-six men. This won
be composed principally of raw recruit
As soon as the I'm Der is raised the So
tion will be Differed and the compat
named. The company is made up of 60,
mtlerial, over thirty of its members ha