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

BERTHE Macomber, who attempted suicide
ut East Montpelier a few days ago, is dead.
The Montpelier minstrels are to give an
entertainment at North Montpelier on
Friday evening of next week.
TWENTY-FIVE carloads of poultry passed
over the Central Vermont railroad to
White River Junction, the other day.
John W. Peck. who had his arm broken
4 year or two ago in the splitting machine
in Peck rs Cummins' tannery. had the
misfortune 10 cut one of his fingers badly
in the same machine last week.
"Edn Scott and o. w. Croker, for
many years employed in the Montpelier
Manufacturing Company, left Tuesday
morning for Toledo. Ohio, where they
have work under Mr.. Ropes, formerly of
Montpelier.
There will be meeting of the Vermont
State Committee of the National Green
back Labor party, Mt Montpelier, Tuesday,
January 9TH, 1879, at o'clock, F. NJ, to
receive the report of the committee APP
pointed at the last session of said commit
tie, in relation to the establishment of q
paper in this state in the interest of said
party, and to act thereon.
II has been decided to hold tue tenth an
nual meeting of the Vermont Dairymen's
Association in Pavilion Hall, Montpelier,
January, 22d, 23d and oath. The success
of the meeting as regards the prominent
dairymen and speakers, both at home and
abroad who are 10 be in attendance is al
ready assured and it only remains for the
farmers and dairymen of this vicinity to
derive the full benefit of these meetings by
u personal attendance All, whether men,
bers or not are earnestly invited to be
present and it is hoped that large num-
Der of new names will be added to the
associations list.
During the year of 1878 only four fires
occurred in town and but one of these in
the village limits, that being the barn OF
Louis Barney, which burned on the 26th
day of August OF the others the first
was the fire at Wright's Mills on the
morning of The Sd Of January, when sew
eral buildings were burned the second
being the barn on the Gould farm on the
nicht of October II, and the last one was
the school house burned last Monday night
on the top of Town Hill The cab shop on
Berlin side was slightly damaged on the
NIGHT of the 18th of March Take it all
in all, it was fortunate year for fires
here,
The school house in the Henry Mutt
district was burned on Monday evening OF
this week. The alarm was not given in
this village till the fire had been under
Roadway for some time, but the engines
were promptly brought out on its sounding
and about us promptly re.housed upon the
location and distance 10 the fire being as
certaned. One theory of the fire is that
it caught from the chimney which is re-
ported to have been very defective, anoth
err that district matters was at the bottom
of it. This is the second school house
which has been burned on the sameste
the other burning some twenty years ago
The loss is reported as not heavy.
The annoyance Of having our streets 81
nearly filled as they sometimes are witt
loaded teams is getting too great to be en-
dured, and we understand that the village
authorities have directed the police
regulate matters. Hereafter the first tear
on the ground may take the best place
can find at the side of the street and clos'
to the sidewalk. Succeeding teams mus
take each its place in front or in rear o
those already on the ground, and all team
must be hauled we'll up to the side OF tn
street. The double and triple rank form
alton hitherto practiced is dangerous an(
unnecessary, and we trust that all reasons
able men will aid in enforcing the regnla
tions.
A very sad case of atlliction is that c
the family of Mr.. Charles Morse of Plair
field, who lives about four miles from tn
village, near the Marshfed line, seven {
his ten children having died of diphtheri
within two weeks, their ages ranging froi
one to thirteen years The three OLE
est children survive, though the olde
is lust recovering from the same discas
Of the other two, one is away from HON
and the other has escaped thus far. III
disease is reported to have been take
from some clothes that were given to Il
children by a friend who recently lost tW
children by dph iberia in Barre. NJ
Morse formerly resided in this town, h
vocation being that of shoemaker.
late wears he has been well known MS
breeder of fancy poultry.
The whole number of deaths in tow
during the year 1873 were thirty-nin
Twenty-one were males and eighteen
males. and occurred in each month as fo
lows January six, February two, Mar
five, April one. May four, June four, Ju
none, August six, September three, Oct
Der five, November two, December on
Only one death occurred from the 9th
March to the 2lst of May, that being
the 22d of April, Three occurred on t
sth day of August. Of The causes
the deaths nine died of lung fever, fl
Of Bright's disease of the kidneys, fo
ofheart disease, three of cholera infantu
two of consumption, two of dropsy, t.
of Hphtheria, two of paralysis, and
from other causes. Of the ages-clev
were under three years Of age, one
seven, and none occurred between
ages of seven and twentyeight yea
One was twenty-eight, two between THU
and thirty-iive, one between Lhirty.iive Il
forty, one between forty and forty III
two between forty-five and fifty. three
tween fifty and fifty-fve, one betwt
ffty-Gve and sixty, four between sixty a