Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-12

Somebody says three weeks to spring"
It is safe 10 call it six weeks.
An English doctor says that men who
don't sneeze don't enjoy good health.
The president has nominated Benjamin
d. Hopkins to be postmaster at St. Al
bans, Vt.
The pulpit Of the church of the Messiah
will be occupied next Sunday By Rev. J.
B. Green of Montreal
No date has as yet been decided upon
for the last Pavilion assembly. Due notice
will however be given.
Clark Roberts, who works for j. G.
Smith & Co, broke the outer bone of his
leg saturday scuffling. He now lieth in
bed
Edward Il. Cushing. native Of Royal
ton and graduate of Dartmouth College,
died recently in Houston. Texas, ut the
age of forty-nine years.
Edward Whitney, a West Randolph lad
Of IS, has been arrested for robbing
Providence (R. H. iewelry store, where he
was employed. and requisition has been
issued for his return to Rhode Island.
GEyEvGEvE-Dont fail to hear this
operetta Friday and Saturday evenings.
It will be given under Mr.. A. J. Phillips
direction by twenty-five young ladies' of
this village. Tickets caa be had at Phiu-
ney's.
The fifth anniversary OF the opening Of
the Pavilion will be celebrated BY grand
ball on Friday evening, February 2ls..
Music will be furnished by Carriers band,
OF Boston, and the affair will undoubtedly
be = brilliant and enjoyable one.
G.. H. Kenas:on of East C4las hls been
elected superintendent of schools at South
Toledo, Ohio, at salary Of $1,000. w.
:. Montgomery Of Townshend has been
chosen professor of ancient and modern
languages in Alcorn university, Rodney,
Miss, at = salary of $500.
The Swedish Lady Vocal Quartette will,
together with String Quartette, give q
concert in Village Hall, Monday evening.
This quartette gave q concert here last
fall which was pronounced by those who
heard it is Of the very highest character.
Those who like good music will be sure to
attend.
On Monday Dominique St. John Of
Willamstovn, but formerly of this town
came to The capital with 4 load OF grain
after disposing Of which be partook q little
too freely Of liquor. and caused disturb
auce in the vicinity of the arch bridge. HI
was taken in hand by Officer Demerit
and lodged in jail and on the following
day brought before Justice Wing aud
fined.
On Friday evening of last week Officer.
Oriway and Demeritt arrested Johr
Ewing, Jr., for drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace, and lodged him in jail
On the following morning he was brough
before Justice P, II. Huxley and fneC
five dollars ard !costs, and was dis
charged after disclosing on Joseph Lamor.
rs furnishing him the liquor. Lamor.
was arrligued before the same justice an,
fined .eu dollars and costs, or four month
at the work house, Lamory took n
appeal and furnished bail.
The Boston Journ u Of Monday contain
elan account Of one John McGowen, c
Montpelier, VT, having hired liver
team At a stable at Claremont, y. H., O
Thursday Of last week for a few hour:
drive aud had not since been heard Of an
that the officers were after him. On Tues
dly he arrived home and explained ma
tiers by stating that after hiring the tear
b, met friend and drove to Windsor to
dance and was about to return with tt
tam when an officer arrived for it. \
explanation WAS hal and he was above
to g..
Last week five and hall ton stfe a
rive here for the National Life Insuranc
Company. Thursday and Friday we
spent IN moving it from the depot NJ
hosting it into the second story window
the Ins france building, where it WAS SAT
" landed on Friday noon, the only acc
dent being tia. it was dumped from Il
sled o. its way from the depot. causing
delay of several hours in its re-loadiu
Owing to some Arrangement about it,
required Ia! skill of all of the compa
from Friday noon 70 Tuesday night to 2
it open, but it is now ia drst-rate workil
order.
Mrs, Luc M Ktttredge Of Gro.on, V
has beea granted q pension AMI receiv
sj75 on the frs. payment last week,
the widow Of L. kjttredge, who served
4 Massachusetts regiment during the
belliou and del in 1873 OF disease &C
tracted in tue service.
Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom of Worcest
VT, received $40 on her first payment
pension as widow of Matthias Folso
who served in the war Of 1872 She
pied for pension under the act Of NJ II
9th, 1873, but her attorney informed
that she WAS entitled to pension under
act of February 14th, 1911 and when
pension was paid it commenced at tt
date.
Both Of the above CASES were ptJsecI
by T. J. Deavitt, Of Montpelier, Vt.
D. B. Bosworth respected and pro
ncnt citizen Of Berlin attempted suic
early Friday morning. He has been
Of health for some time and being out
bis head was watched. Thursday nj
he made a crazy attempt to choke his '
to death but being weak was easily
strained Etrly Friday morning he v
to the barn and was going to do the eho
The boy living with him watched him
tried to have him 90 into the house
Nj Rosworth ordered him to anol