Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21
Several young men in town are to leave
for the west in few weeks.

oscar N CIosS Is commencing " heep
house in the rooms recently occupied by
C. w. Skinner in Babcock & Cutters
block
Mr.. Thomas w. Mckee has returned
from Barre to the capital to reside. hay
ing moved into the Ryan house on Court
street.
Dr. II. T. Whitney, the dentist in
French's new block, has been very sick
the past week, but is now reported us i'm
proving.
L. l., Tanner has commenced the cree
ton of house on one of the new lots re-
Gently laid out by Erastus Hubbard on the
Meadow"
The granite business in Barre is -four
i,hing. There are seven stone shops in
the town and over one hundred men will
be employed this summer.
The store in French's block, lately &C.
cupied by A. II. Bailey, dry goods. is
being fitted up for tailor's shop by a
Messrs. Burke & Young of Newport,
n. II.
Rev. Bezaleel Smith of Randolph, a
native of that town who graduated at Dart
mouth in 1925 and was many years u
preacher in New Hampshire, died in
Randolph last week.
Benjamin Spinnard, who lost a leg in
the late war, and has since resided here,
being an excellent shoemaker by trade is
now lying very low with consumption at
his residence on Court street.
The mail car on the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad, standing on the side
track here, on Saturday night last was
broken into and robbed of about four dol
lars worth of postage stamps.
Wilder P. Huntington, having purchas-
cd the fruit business of Baldwin, on Lake
street, St. Adams, left for that place en-
Thursday last. accompanied by Lucius S.
Curtis, who is to clerk it for him.
Thirty thousand dollars worth of ten
dollar certificates were taken very sudden
ly here yesterday from the hands of |. p
Dana 1t is doubtful however whether all
who invested did so for themselves.
|. p. Dana, at the internal revenue
collectors office, is the agent for the sale
of the ten dollar United States refundine
certificates. These certificates bear foul
per cent interest, and can be exchanged
for four per cent bonds.
SOME OLD COUPLES.-Uzziah Wymal
and his wife Orpha, of Cambridgeport
have lived together in married life seventy
one years. Thomas Wyman, brother o
the above, and his wife Huldah have lived
together fifty-six years.
In less than four weeks time four mel
have died in this town, whose average ag'
was eighty-two years, the Oldest being
eighty-seven, the youngest seventy-seven
Three were residents here for more thai
half a century and one Il quarter of
century.
Memorial service next Sunday at thu
NJ. L. church at 10 - A. NJ, instead O
afternoon, as announced last week. Al
soldiers, whether members of the Post o
not, are requested to meet at G. A. R
hall at 10 o'clock to march in procession t
the church.
The Old Folks Concert for Col. Hopkins
benefit at Village Hall last evening dre'
a large audience, and the whole affair wa
a success. The programme for this even
ing is good one and We hope there will
be full house Notwithstanding the " Pin
afore" excursion to Burlington.
While William Murray of Waterbur
was driving two horses attached to a role
the horses took fright and ran. He wa
thrown in front and run over by the role
and barely escaped sudden death. He wa
badly bruised. One of his ribs was broke
so that it made a rupture in the pleur
and exposed his lungs.
Judge Peck's funeral is at Richmond ;
1880 this forenoon The Washingto
county bar Tuesday evening met, w. {
Ferrin presiding, and appointed Pat
Dillingham;, Ieman Carpenter, j. /
Wing and II. W. Heaton committee
attend the funeral and to prepare resol
tons to be presented by the bar to Il
court.
The annual meeting of the stockholde
of the Central Vermont railroad compar
will be held at St. Adams, to-day. In
medately after the meeting, the directo
will start on their annual inspection of Il
road, going first to the Queen City par
thence by way of Rutland to Bellows Fail
down over the New London road and thu
back to St. Adams, reaching the latt
place about Saturday night.
The following committees and appoir
ments are made by Brooks Post. No.
G. A. R, for Decoration day, May 30t
1879:
Committee of arrangements-C. II. G,
ter, Peter Dewey, IL. NJ. Pierce, w.
Waterman and Ii. G. Lull.
Marshal-Gen. p. p. Pitkin.
Committee on speaker-R. j. Cofley.
Floral ommittee-Chairman Mrs.
f. Smith; Mrs. l.. p. Gleason, Mrs. j.
Poland, Mrs. 7. r. Merrill Mrs. Char
Merrill, Mrs. Luther Newcomb, Mrs.
j. Coffey. Mrs. IL. G. Lull Mrs. Willi'
Andrews, Mrs. Lewis Wood and M
Alex Jangraw.
SEMINARY IIILL.-The room now US
for a reading room is over the mode
classics room.
The Methodist society held Il social
in the boarding house last Friday aft
noon, and in the evening Prof, Southwo
gave lecture on the deliverance of l.
den, in place of the lyceum exercises.
The prize speakers are-gentlemcn-
w C,onrar RnndOlph. w T. Clal