Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

Dairyman's Association is to DE mel" a'
Milton.
A town meeting has been called for the
9Th to fill the vacancy in the office OF over
seer of the poor.
II. Alexander of Berlin killed last week
three Chester County Pigs, weighing res
pectively, 37S, 1888, $50 pounds,
Montpelier has been rather fortunate as
regards fires the past year, not one occur
ring in town puring the year of 1877.
Fifteen dwellings were erected in town
last year and five buildings for other pur-
poses. The outlook now is that this num-
Der will be largely increased the coming
season.
1t was kindly philosopher who said
Your Happy New Year ought to come
from the heart when you are talking to
rich man, and from your pocket when you
are talking to poor one"
Several large orders for heavy machiney
have compelled the Lane Manufacturing
Company to run part of their works sew
eral hours into the night, for few days
past. Evidently business is picking up
somewhere.
Col. F. V. Randall of Montpelier is de-
livering his new lecture on the " Old
Vermont Brigade to large and appreci-
alive audiences. There is an increasing
interest manifested by the community in
the subject and Col. Randall's lecture is
well calculated to crafty that interest.
Several of our citizens are daily visiting
the GAS house with their children having
the whooping cough and inhaling the gas
in the retort room Il few minutes mt time,
is claimed to break it up in Il short time
Much benefit is reported to have been
derived from it by some of the parties.
in. Ketchum of Barre has made the
past season from seven cows, one OF them
n two-year old heifer, 1882 pounds of but
ter, besides furnishing milk and cream fol
family of six persons. He has fed abou
$50 worth of extra feed during the above
mentioned time. The COWS were full blood
Jerseys.
The skating season has been of unusual
length this winter and our young folks
have Just enjoyed the benefits of it. Boil
the mill ponds being covered daily
with skaters Our merchants have re
ported large sales of skates, four firms
firms having sold two hundred and twenty
five pair of them the present season.
On Saturday night about II O'Clock
Levi Pearson horse in some way becam
unhitched while standing in front of Blake
Iy's Drug Store, on State Street, made
dash around the corner, up Main Street
across the Union House bridge, up Cour
street, and down the avenue to to Stat
Street agaiu, where it was found about n
hour after without much damage havin!
having been done.
The Christmas festival held at the room
of the Reform Club on Wednesday eve
ming of last week, was grand success.
consisted of singing and recitalions by tn
Younger members, and play was rer
dered by twelve young ladies and gentle
men, members of the club, entitled TIL
Reward of Benevolence, which was we
carried out, each one sustaining their pal
finely. After the play the presents wei
distributed, and the poor were not forge
ten, many needy one receiving presel
that came in the hour of want. All in a
il was Il Christmas not soon to be torgo
ten.
The total number of deaths in Montp
lier during the year 1877 was forty-hv
Of this number twenty were males Al
twenty-five females. Nine were husband
seven were wives, four were widowe
and seven widows. In age, six we
under year. between the ages OF l Al
1G no deaths occurred), six were betwe
l6 and 20, five between 90 and 80, six /
tween 80 and 40, three between 40 and
five between 50 and 60, four between
and 70, two between rs and So one |
tween 80 and So, four between IS and
and three were over 90. Average age
the whole, Al years; average age of
ten oldest, sc years. Eleven died of c.
sumption, five Of heart disease, six Of
vers, fom Of cholera infantum, three
old age, three of kidney disease, two
dropsv, one suicide, and twelve from so
twelve other causes. One died in Janua
one In February, four in March, three
April, five in May, five in June, two
July, seven in August, five in Septcmb
two in October, five in November and f
in December. Flty-six deaths occur
in town in 1876, and seventy. eight in Is
thus showing by the falling off in NUM-
that last year WAS IL very healthy one
town.
Prof. a. A. Cecil gave his "expose -
Spirtualism second time in Villa
Hall last Wednesday evening. Since tt
he has been giving his performances
Mortified, Barre and other villages roul
about to full houses His audiences
very well pleased with the entertainm
and his tricks are very well done;
skill in the rope business being especia
noticeable. lie does a great many thi
that professed mediums do and apparc
ly under conditions more favorable
detection.
But as for his performances being an
PLANTATION of many things that are repol
TO he done by mediums, and reported
pretty good authority, they are not.
never happened to see medium do a
thing that Prof. Cecil docs not do and
50 that his trick of doing it is not detc(
until he gives his explanation. But
have heard of things being done wi
his performances and no explanation
whether these things heard of ever
.