Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-30
The many friends of Rev. Elisha Brown

illness, he having been quite sick for some
days.
AdjutAnt-Geueral james 5. Peck lies
very sick at his home in this village being
greatly weakened By frequent bleeding
from the lungs.
RICHMOND MARKET. April 2s.-Butter.
fair to good. sold at II to II cents; choice
Is to Is; fancy, Il. Cheese, full milk
sige. 6 to ! cents.
Hiawatha " than usual in the streams
hereabout for few days past. They hal
to " carry by wash-out near Barton on
the Passumpsic roti yesterday, and a
bridge three miles south of St. Jodnsbury
VS. 50 unsafe tha. trains were not run
across it.
The Lane Manufacturing Company ship
to-day to a railway company near London.
England, one thousand dollar mill. it
being one Of their largest sized ones.
Their sales are so large of late that hey
are compelled to run their works till 10
o'clock at night
The Increasing demand for Cooley
Creamers shows that they are appreciated
by dairymen.
Oyer $1,000 dlrirymen have them in
use. The universal testimony is, " We
are making more and better butter, thar
ever before. with half the labor"
On Sunday the barn OF Stephen Bennett
Oh upper Main street was discovered BY a
Lind,ey girl to De on fire and was soon ex-
tinguished. Il was set by some children
playing abou, the premises with matches.
On Friday forenoon last smoke was
seen issuing from the upper windows and
cupola in Benefits block on Court street.
a confagrAtjon seemed imminent, bat in.
vestig.ion revealed that the chimney was
only burning out, the smoke making its
way through into the upper rooms.
On Monday afternoon a young man
WIS seen lettering abou. the tannery of
Peck Il Cummins. Soon after his depart
ure Mr.. Peck discovered that his wallet
containing six dollars. had been taken
from his pants pocket which were hanging
in room adjoining the one in which be
WIS at work.
The Morrisville hotel, A. J. Robbins
proprietor, was burned at ? O'Clock last
Wednesday morning. The house wa,
entirely consumed, the furniture mostly
saved The several guests escaped with
difficulty, sacrificing their baggage in
most instances. E. w. Thorp, ex-state'>
attorney, left a pocket-book under his pill |
low with $40 in cash in it. The loss is
$500; insurance $1,000. Origin of fire
supposed to have been in the ironing
room.
SEMINARY HLL-Mr. J. ". Kent is
teaching the class in peamanshp this
term.
The regular mid-term reception occur
red last Friday evening. As usual. the
programme consisted mostly of pedestri
anism.
Prof Cuykendall's class in trigonometry
and surveying have Just began practice
with the theodolite. There are about
fifteen in the class this term.
W. R. Davenport, a graduate of the
class Of -. has been aking brief visit
on the hill
About oelock Wednesday afternoon
of last week . barn belonging to A. D.
Btncroft, stanliug in 4 vacant lot on
North street was discovered to be on fire |
There WAS strong wind prevailing at the
time. The fire got we'll under way
before the arrival of an engine, stream
from No. only being used to save some !
lumber in the rear OF the building. The
barn, containing some eight tons of hay
anil qli.e 3 qlantity of agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS, WAS soon consumed. the loss /
being about 500; insured in the Vernon
Mutual for $50 The ire is supposed to
have been set by some children who were
seen bot L short time before the discover I
iny OF the fire, playing about the building /
Had the wind been in any other direction |
q1te serious onflgration must have
ensued. as the buildings are closely con
n,cted in the vicinity au at quite dis
lance from any good water supply.
There was considerable excitement Fri /
day over a contest for the possession of u .
wagon, Captain John W Clark and James
V. Morrow being the men who differed I
about it. Clark had sued Morrow and .
attached the express wagon the E.tter
used. Morrow had the wagon receipted ,
and Clark concluded to give up his at-
Iachment and tlke the wagon by reason Of
his ownership of it. Morrow had moved .
piano to Mr.. Harlow's on Elm street
when Mr.. Clark and assistants appeared /
on the scene aud the postmaster dem .nded !
Of Truthful Jane; his wagonr the lat er
WAS about to proceed on his way when /
the captain seized the horse to stop the |
wagon and Morrow made for the ''seizor" !
with his whip to make the wagon go. The 4
captain cast James Victor who rallied and
rolled the captain when Rokes picked the /
Victor from the postmaster recum-
bent Rokes held Victor. thus tempo
rIrily the victim, while the captain .
obtained possession Of the wagon
Mr.. Morrow after beholIing his war
chariot thus removed, reorg 4nized himself /
and as the day further declined he with
faithful friends finding it dragged as it
we're in triumph NJ the " hind end of
another vehicle, accoutred rs he was dis
organized the connecting link, to wit, 4
rope, climbed into his accustomed seat
and evolved that intricate war-whoop with
which aforetime AT Theamopyla he caused
terror among his enemies. Lombard |
alarmed started his team. but alas his !
charge had escaped him, the rope manip-
uItted by the ancient warrior failed 10