Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

Pierpoint, for settlement, the road con-
tract of the town of Ferrisburgh with Al
len P. Beach.
Steady and quite extensive sales of
fruit trees are being made from l.. NJ.
Macomber's nursery of this place.
Stephen Balls sales of vinegar and CT
der are quite large, as are also George B.
Kimball's.
The quarterly meeting services at the
NJ. E. church last Sabbath were very in
teresting and quite fully attended. Several
united with the church in full member
ship.
The attendance at the NJ. Z. Sunday
school last Sabbath was one hundred and
forty .iivc, and the penny collection at the
same one dollar and four cents.
At the annual meeting of Friendship
Lodge, No q, +. and A. NJ, held at Char
lotte January 9TH, 1879, the following Off
GERS were elected and installed: NJ. f. |
Allen, w. NJ; James Burton. S. W; w.
II. IL. Varney, j. W.; w. w. Langdon,
T.; j. P. Kehoe, S.; E. B. Collins, S. d. :;
e. G. Sherman, j. D.; d. C. Gllett, I. /;
George D. Edgerton and J. A. Baldwin,
Stewards.
NORTH MoNTPELIER.-Col. Nathaniel
Davis of East Montpelier died Monday
evening, the 9th instant, Mt 0:30 o'clock,
at his residence, aged seventy-six years.
He erected the factory at North Mont
pelier, and for years was one of the lead
ing and most enterprising men in town.
He was colonel in the militia of Vermont
in early life, and made an efficient officer.
His father, Major Nathaniel Davis. emil
grated from Worcester county, Mass,
and settled on the farm where the colonel
was born, lived and died. Col. Davis
health had not been such as to permit of
active business for three or four years
past, and has been gradually failing until
his death. On the Sd of December he had
a partial paralysis, but was about again in
a few days, and continued so until the
time of his death. He was up and talked
freely not more than thirty minutes before
his death. He died with his watcher, and
to all appearance was rs well as he had
been for some days past, when his attend
ant noticed his heavy and labored breath
ing, and going directly to him found him
unconscious, and before his son, who was
in the next room, could reach his bedside,
he was dead. He leaves widow, one
son, Nathaniel Davis, Jr., and one daugh-
ter, the wife of Rev. j. j. Lewis of South
3 Boston.
= NoRTuFIELD.-Miss Susan B. Anthony
$ will speak in Howe's hall Thursday even.
l. ing, January 23d; subject" Woman
n Wants Bread, not the Ballot" Miss An
). thouy stands in the foremost rank of public
It speakers. Doors open at 1880 o'clock
G lecture commences at 8 o'clock, promptly
V Tickets fifteen cents; reserved seats TWEEN
d ty-five cents; to be had at Nichols &
o. Williams store.
:, RANDoLPH.-Mrs. Alexander English
e fell on Tuesday and fractured one hil
,e bone. Her recovery is very doubtful. a
6 she is ninety years old.
. WEST RANDoLPH.-Miss Haley CLOSED
her labors in this place Wednesday even
ing of last week. Her work has bee
crowned with good success, adding i
one evening twenty-five members to tn
'e Christian church. Among the man,
: conversions are some of the first men Jam
/ women of the place; and "still there ar
1t more to follow. Miss Haley left on tn
Wednesday night train for Clutches
u county, N. Y, where she will resume he
IL labors so we'll performed here. Ma
oi success crown all her eff )rts in this diree
W ton.
H. Quite a large number of Good Templal
'e 90 from this place to attend the Gran
II Lodge at Mortified this week. We expec
10 to hear glowing reports on their return.
40 Two very old men died last week in tn
" south district, namely. Mr.. Squire Bower
~ eS aged go years, 10 months and 10 days, ar
II, Mr.. Antoine Gilbert, aged about IS year
hu Mr.. Gilbert died instantly with hea
l. disease. Mr. Bowen was an old and wei
nc known resident. He had shock of par,
W. ysis, about week before he died, whic
'o' caused his death.
, RoxBURY.-A Roxbury canary, viii
"o raised five broods of singers last summt
has just Matched out another family.
in. SHARoN.-An old man by the name
mo Flanders had one leg crushed on Mond
in by a tree falling on to it while he W
chopping in the woods.
, is TorsHAM "A son of |. A. Perkins
hat from horse on Saturday and broke o
NOT arm.
WAITsFIELD.- of Ainswo
,,a Post, No. SO, G. A. r.: p. c., o.
my Wilder; S. V. c., E. G. Butterfeld; j.
is G., l.. C. Berry Adjt., d. S. Stoddal
@. NJ, II. P. Stoddard; Surg, G.
arc Fisher; Chap, E. A. Trask; o. D.. L.
~ Savage; o. G., o. NJ. Eaton; S. NJ,
my W. Parker; Q. M. S., c. f. Spaulding.
The Post Will play Culvers thrill
war drama, 1.-The Loyal Mountaineer
y" the second week in February, playing il
w" Waits6eld and Warren.
md WoRCEsrER.-A musical convention
,our to be held ut Worcester Corner, &C
mencing on Tuesday. the 2Sth of Janua
on under the direction of Prof. +. r. Oh
on and will continue three days, closing
with grand concert. Help from abr
ex. is expected, and a good and profitable t
ing. anticipated. For further particulars
lany hand bills.
anita Mr.. N. A. Kelly lost valuable h,
with last week by sickness. He had
,eful drowned last spring-rathcr hard luck
ton, G. N. Irish lost n work horse rccc,
by sickness.
cold Horatio Templeton had COW badly