Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

Thomas Conner of White River juno.
ton has horse thirty-five years old, and
z. p. Shattuck of Quechee has one thirty
two years old.
C. C. Curtis, clerk in Crump's shoe es-
Enlistment at Richmond. Va, was fatally
shot four times Monday, by Geo. Poindex-
ter for using improper language to lady
on Saturday.
A notable reunion was that at Factory
Point. tho other day, Of John Moran of
New York, and his mother, Mrs. Stephen
Kelley. Mr.. Moran and his mother had
been lost to each other for p years, each
thinking the Other dead, and it was only
two weeks ago that. through mutual
acquaintances in Troy, Mrs. Kelley learned
of the whereabouts of her son, whom she
supposed had been lost with the ship he
sailed in when Il boy of Is years. The
young man has had varied experience,
having run away from home and taken to
the sea where he was shipwrecked several
times. For several years he was deputy
under Sheriff O'Bren in New York city,
and is now connected with the police
force there. lie ut onco recognized his
mother, but she would not believe that he
was her son until he showed her n well
remembered scar and related many cir
cumstances of his boyhood which could not
fail to convince her.
The fish commissioners Of all the New
England states except Rhode Island met
in Boston on Tuesday, and voted that in
their opinion there ought to be no salmon
fishing in Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts or Connecticut until July /,
1882, and that the attention of the legisla-
lures of these states should be called to this
matter, in order to get suitable enactments.
The opinion of these experts rs to the I'M
porlance of the salmon culture in the Con-
necicut ought to be of weight. The
Massachusetts law now forbids salmon to
be taken before April, 1880. In Vermont,
salmon fishing is prohibited up to Novem.
Der, 1879. The Connecticut commissioner
stated chat the people of that state had
been inc;edulous rs 20 the return OF salmon,
but since their return has been concluSlvely
proved they are willing to cooperate
heartily with Massachusetts in re stocking
the Connecticut river and its tributaries,
A report was lately presented to the
French academy on Venezuelan vegetable
milk. Samples have been carefully ana
lyzed, and the chemists report that the
fluid in not only very like COWS milk but
in some respects lisa positive improvement
on it Its relative proportions of fatty
matter, sugar, phosphates and casino are
such us to give it the richness and nutri
tive qualities of cream. The fluid is
Welded by trees on the mountains Of
Venezuela The native goes out in the
morning with his bucket, and instead oil
milking q COW makes IN incision into g
milk tree The fluid is Il staple article Of
food for young and old. 1t is suggested
that possibly this very useful tree can beal
transplanting to and will flourish in oul
northern climate. If so, our dairy interest
may md the competition more trouble
some than they now experience from the
olemargarine product.
| BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT -
There will be Il meeting of the directors
of the Bennington Battle Monument Asso
citation, at Boston, on the 4th of Marcel
next. The meeting will be held by invita-
ton of the governor of Massachusetts, il
the executive chambers at the state house
Governor Talbot, in accepting II place il
the board, expresses his interest in the
work of the association by saying: 81
accept the distinction us Il fitting compll
nent to the commonwealth whose gallant
sons did so much to win the victory whicl
the association is formed to commemorate.
Governor Proctor, of Vermont, and Gov
ernor Prescott. of New Hampshire, have
signilicd their intention to be present
The meeting will be an important one, II:
measures will be considered tending t
push forward the completion Of the monu
ment project Governor Fairbanks, in {
recent letter to u member of the association
urging an energetic prosecution of The
work says: ' The policy already adopted
by the association is, | understand. to bt
vigorously and persistently followed
This policy and no other is worthy The
sons of so noble an ancestry, the fame o
whose heroic vaor and historic glory is tt
be pcrpetuated. Prof. Perry of William!
College writes to another member, after
recountng Berkshire's share in the battl,
of Bennington: Take time, get ready
plan IN elegant, permanent and costly
monument, and Berkshire will not b,
wanting in her sharr of the responsibility
any more than she proposes to forcgo he
share of the repute Of the great victory.
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