Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-11-26

That bright dream was his last;
lie woke to die, mid fire and smoke,
Mid basting spoons and carver's stroke,
And bright blades flashing fast"
Red mittcns have reappeared. and the
effect is charming.
Engine Company No. 5 hold their annu-
al meeting tonight,
Wise folks are quietly picking up their
Christmas presents.
Mr.. Ira Pierce has purchased the A. NJ.
Burnham house on Cross street and moved
into it.
Next Sunday morning Rev. l.. e.. Ware
Of Burlington is TO preach in the church
Of the Messiah.
Union services are TO be held at the
Methodist church, Thanksgiving, at II
o'clock, Rev. n. Fellows preaching.
Religious services were held in the
school house on Berlin side last Sunday
afternoon and will be kept up hereafter at
, o'clock.
FURTHER ADJoURNMENT.-Thea adjourn
ed session of Washington county court
will not begin its sitting until the 10th Of
December.
Dr.. Geo. Malloy of Glen Cove, Mimi,
is paving the capital, his former home, a
visit Of couple of weeks. lie reports
well of the west.
Next February viii! have 20 days and
will have five Sundays. They will fall on
the LIST, Slh, 18th, 22l and Goth. This
occurs once in IS years.
Melvin Scribner, who went west about
two months ago, has located for the pres.
ent at Frazee City, Mimi, and is now in
the employ of Jas. A. Philbrick.
We understand that &. Lloyd Clark
VINO went west some weeks ago, has
located at Valley Grange, Cedar Falls Co..
Nebraska, where he is ranching it."
A meeting for thanksgiving and praise
will be held in the Church of the Messiah
on wednesday evening, at half-past seven
o'clock. The scryives will be chiefly
musical.
On Monday several stones thrown from
blast at Shambo' ledge in the rear o.
Berlin street upon the top of Aaron Ban,
croft house caused considerable commo
ton among its occupants, but did no seri
ous damage.
To-morrow's turkey ought to be 4 big
one compared with those that have beer
on the table at previous thanksgivings foI
few years. Times have been 50 CLOSE
till this year that turkeys haven't hat
room to grow.
At the annual meeting of Hook IN,
Ladder Company No. l, held on Monda,
evening last, the following officers wer
elected for the ensuing year: Foreman
Horace Mills; LIST assistant, Henry c
Lull; ID assistant, Mark NJ. Cutler; sec
re,ary and treasurer, Mahlon G. Kinson.
The fall term Of the Union school close
next week. The friends of the school ar
especially invited TO be present OIL
Wednesday and Thursday, when there
will be ora examinations in the Gramma
school and the usual oral work in the othe
rooms. Go and see what your children
are doing.
The Washington County Sunday Schoo
Association will held its annual mcetin:
in the NJ. i church at Barre, Wednesday
December 10th. The pastors, officers an
teachers Of every evangelical Sunda,
school in the county are members of tn
association, and are earnestly invited to b
present, Let every Sunday school in th
county be well represented.
The butchers in town, not liking tn
outside competition which is brougt
against them, have taken the matter j
hand and made u complaint TO the villag
balilIe, who on Monday evening decide
that they would enforce the law forbidden
that class Of vendors from coming int
the village and standing up on the stree
and selling their meat. We understan
that this does not forbid them from gon
from house to house making sale of it.
The sliding of snow from the roof I
Langdons corner block caused the hor:
attached to Il. w. Warrcns milk cart
make u lively run down State stree
When about opposite the post Office it CO
lided with the team Of Judge Redliel
which hld been left standing and IL
started of, ovcrturning it and causing Il
horse TO run, but it soon brought I
against a tree in front of Mrs. Gould
Warren's horse ran against granite pc
by the Bishop hotel and was stopped, wi
the top of the cart broken and badly use
up harness. The Judges carriage ~
harness was 5adly demoralzed Bo
horses escaped with u few scratches.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. John Nee,
laborcr residing on LOOMS street. m
with severe and painful accident viii
loading dirt in the rear of the residence
NJ. NJ. Cutler on Barre street. AS he W
in the act of throwing shovelful of d
into the cart, IL Stone weighing about u t
caved off from the bank above him, stri
him on his right side, knocking him dow
and holding him there. The stone rest
on his right foot until Mr. Cutler, w
was near by, released him by removil
the stone with bar. As soon rs posst
Il team was procured and he was convey
home His head and right arm we
badly bruised, his right side being pr
ayzed. The bones of his foot are brok
but bis ankle is believed by the doctc