Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-15

source of the trouble.
BRADFoRD.-Judge II. Strickland will
spend the winter with his daughter al
Lockport. N. Y.
There was an alarm of fire recently at
the depot, occasioned by fire in large
pile of old ties in the woodshed. After
two hours work by the fire department the
fire was put out.
On Wednesday of week before last an
attempt was made by two men by the
name of Merchant, on the Rowell brook
road, to rob II. A. Fessenden, foot ped
der, by blows, threats and the use of a
revolver. Mr.. Fessenden escaped with
some blows OH his head and the loss of his
trunk, which was afterwards recovered.
The would-be robbers left for parts I'M
known.
A large three-story frame building was
wholly destroyed on Tuesday morning of
last week. 1t was owned by G. f. Brown,
/ who occupied it for q carriage shop, and
by Messrs. Davis for blacksmith shop,
and G.. c. Field for paint shop. The
whole loss was about $3000 insured fol
81 500.
EAST BRooKFIELD.-C. II. Bigelow had
ten COWS made quite sick by eating apples
EAST CALA1s.-W. S. Pierce says be
can beat the county on stoves. He has
ten different patterns of cook stoves, be.
sides a fancy lot of parlor stoves.
The old wooden bridge near I. S. Dwi.
neli's has been taken away anu stone
one is being built.
Widow Leonard is suffering with lung
trouble.
w. c. Peck has about two hundred
turkeys and geese that he is feeding.
G. r. Dwinell is making a change in
the mail deposit in his office.
CuELsEA.-Frank Godfrey, who has
been studying medicine for the year past
went to New York September 30th to at
tend course of medical lectures. He will
probably be gone five months.
B. f. Hyde has hung out nice street
lamp in front of his hotel, for which his
customers and the public ought to be
grateful.
Chester Sanborn, now of South Royal
ton, but formerly Of this town, had {
severe attack of paralysis on September
30lh.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Roberts had II very pleasant reunion week
before last. They have been married
forty-six years and have six children, all
of whom were present. Two of his son!
are clergymen. The youngest son is thirty
four years old. Aud what is little un
common there has been no death in the
family during the whole forty six years o
their married life.
One of the prisoners in the Jail by thu
name of Robinson Of Post Mills has beer
sick for long time with typhoid fever.
The Ely cornet band visited Chelsea a
week ago last Saturday and entertained
the people with their music from
the balcony of the hotel, and also from the
band stand in connection with the corne
band of Chelsea. Such occasions are ;
treat to the public.
A white dove has indulged i'll curious
habit for some months past of lighting oil
the hour hand of the town clock about
o'clock in the afternoon, when the hand i
Level, and remaining there an hour o
more until the inclination of the hand in
clines her TO leave. Is she studying tn
science Of time keeping?
Deacon Franklin Dearborn and his wifi
had reunion of their relatives and friend
on Thursday evening of week before last
it being the twentieth anniversary of thei
marriage and his fitch birthday. A YER
large company was present and the occa
sion was most enjoyable.
1t is reported that Abner Gitchel 9
Orange has recently been committed t
Chelsea jail in default of paying for stor
that he bought of man by the name @
Page of Hyde Park.
October 10th the thermometer stood q
$50 in the shade, and October 1lth it wa
50 cold that overcoats and fires were i
requisition.
A bitter complaint is being made by tn
farmers about their potatoes rotting i
their cellars, SO that they are obliged t
carry them out. 1t appears as if Their
would be a large failure in the crop afte
all, SO that prices will rule higher.
While Mrs. Mary Smith Heath wa
picking apples from the limbs of ire
that stood on the edge of high ledg'
she lost her balance and fell about fiftee
feet and struck upon her head, causn
two fearful wounds and other seriou
injuries.
Charles Cross lost valuable horse o
Saturday October 18th. He has had i
luck in horses and COWS having lost thre
horses and two cows within few years.
A game of base ball was played las
Saturday between the Chelsea and Brook