Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

Caledonia county court commences its
session at St. Johnsbury, Tuesday June
Sd. The docket contains 155 civil cases
and 81 state cases, 7 for larceny, 8 for
forgery, for assault, 2 for procuring
abortion, 3 for adultery, for selling
liquor, l for assault with intent to kill
and the rest for less noticeable offences.
IF the late Asa Packer, who left an
estate of over twenty millions of dollars,
the New York Tribune says that when he
celebrated his golden wedding last year,
among the splendid evidences of his recent
fortunes two or three brightly secured
copper pots and pans hing on the wall;
they were those with which the newly
married couple had cooked their humble
meals when they set up housekeeping in
the cabin Of the canal boat; and were
preserved in no Bounderby spirit of boast
fulness, but simply as mementoes of pleas
ant years when they wandered up and
down with youth, hope and little money.
Bennington is nothing if not litgious.
The latest suit is one in which the select
men have commenced an action against
the First National Bank of Bennington Ct.
w. Park's) for failure to return to the
town clerk list of the stockholders of the
bank and the amount of stock held by
them respectively. The action is brought
under the statute, which also imposes u
penalty of five hundred dollars for each
violation. No return having been made
by the bank for four years the complaint
demands judgment for two thousand dol
ars besides costs. 1t is said that the
stockholders of the bank have threatened
that if the suit were brought the bank
would be discontinued
CROP PROSPECTS, report of the crop
prospects of the country shows that New
England will contribute at least ten per
cent more of hay and butter, cheese and
stock than last year. The general con-
illusions are that our agricultural products
will be larger this year than ever before.
We shall have Il heavy surplus of wheat
and corn to export. With the fattering
prospects as to corn and grass it is safe to
surmise that the surplus of provisions
beef, lard, butter and cheese-will also be
considerable. Reports as to the rate of
wages and of the condition of general
business all agree that while wages are
low, employment is more uniform and
business more active than for n long time.
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