Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-24

EAST CALAIs.-Kelso Gray is going tc
make cider in his red shop this fall.
The foxes are making bad work will
the poultry in this vicinity.
l. N. Bliss has hen that lays eggs
measuring eight by seven and one-fourtt
inches around. Four of them weighed 8
little over one pound.
CHELsEA-The great frosts of the sea
son came last Saturday and Sunday nights.
The frosts have held off remarkably, still
a large proportion of the corn will be
quite seriously injured. The farmers say
they never knew corn so late and slow in
maturing.
Mr.. Martin V. B. Davis has recently
prepared very interesting lecture enti-
tied 1.-THE Battle of Bull Run and the
Home Cavalry" He speaks from expert
ence and his own observation in. ts..c bat
tie. This was the first battle that the
Vermont Cd regiment was engaged in.
The Methodsts have introduced literary
exercises into their church sociables.
An undivided half of the Simeon Skin
ner place, so called, was sold at auction
recently to Eliab R. Skinner for $500.
A fire proof vault for the preservation
of the county records is being built in the
addition to the Court House. The brick
are drawn from Post Mills.
Mrs. Mary Moody Heath fell down the
chamber stairs recently and was quite
seriously injured.
Mrs. Warren S. Russell had large
tumor removed last week. The surgical
operation was performed by Prof. Dums-
ton, aided by the physicians of the town
She is reported as doing very we'll with g
good prospect of q complete recovery.
A new tailor by the name of Twiss has
located in this town and taken rooms in
Tarbell's building.
Mr.. H. Perigo was quite seriously hurt
last weel, at the Bethel fair. He wa.
standing in the crowd about three rods
from the horse race track. One of the
horses, with his rider, under full speed
dashed from the track into the crowd
knocking Mr.. Perigo down and stepping
on him, rs he thinks, which caused sever
al severe bruises. Another man was still
more seriously injured.
Isaac III. Merrill, q we'll known ant
prominent citizen of this town, is yer,
seriously i'll with disease of the head, and
with but little prospect of his recovery.
EAST ELMoRE.-There will be quarterly
meeting services here next Saturday an,
Sunday; Saturday at 2 p. NJ, Sunday a
10Y A. M.-September 9th and 2Sth.
Rev. Jason Hatch, of North Prescott
Mass. supplied Bro. Chrystie's desk a
this place last Sabbath. Bro. Hatch wen
from this place to Massachusetts and h
has host of friends here. He is maj
that breaches and lives full salvation.
Come out to the Wednesday evenin
prayer meeting and make the pastor
heart glad.
George A. Morse has bought one hun
dred acres of timbered land known as tn
Hatch lot
f F. B. Morse goes to Wolcott with G.. A
Morse's machines, to dress out two hun
bred and fifty thousand feet of spruc
lumber which G. A. Morse and Austi
Howard purchased of N. Boyington.
: We shall have good potato crop, dies
} pite the bugs. The hay and grains crops il
t this vicinity are also excellent
= Russell johnson lost one of his horse
t last week, making the second horse b
f has lost. Mr. johnson is a poor mar
S and the loss comes hard upon him.
7 Mrs. Frank Slayton is very sick wit
| the typhoid fever.
f NORTH FERRISBURGH.-Rev. j. "
@ Bennett and family have been attendin
;. camp meeting at Silver Lake during tn
/ past week.
:, James Cook and family start from hei
: to-day (Monday) for Holyoke, Mass
:, where he expects to make his futul
n home.
# Mrs. Abner Fonda of St. Adams is VII
9 iting relatives, etc., in this place.
S Mrs. Caroline Breckenridge of Cha
IS lotte had n shock of the paralysis n
e long since.
j. Miss Ella Higbee, who for sewers
IS months has been quite sick, is gettin
10 better.
Q A lady by the name OF Tabor will lectul
l, at Academy Hall Thursday evening.
S MARsHFIELD.-The farmers report p
l. tatoes as yielding well and of excellel
: quality. Fall apples are in pretty goo
II demand about now, but the demand is
L. know where they have gone to- and
n made by the man who raises them.
g The preachers meeting of the M.
l. church is to be holden at this place Mo
d day, Tuesday and Wednesday of tn
5 week. All arc cordially invited to atten
h That splitting machine of George
Davis ought to have guardian. Alva