Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-22

VIZ" iONCHNi1 NaCdtcu Dy IT. n. ID. omltl.
A little flock of beautiful English SPAR
rows, so-callel, are wintoring in the vii
lage. They live and forage around the
horse sheds.
DIR. Charles Parkhurst has removed to
West Randolph where he will practice
his profession as an eclectic physician.
The cornet band meets semi-weekly for
improvement by rehearsals. II embraces
"A company of fine young men. The brass
band at Bradford has disorganizcd.
j. W. Cleaveland has recently opened a
new, and peculiarly arranged livery stable.
The carriage room is over the basement,
and the stable directly above it, on the
second floor, and reached by taking the
horses up an inclined plane. The hay loft
Is in the attic.
The Congregationalist church continues
to have but one sermon on the Sabbath,
which must be great relief to their pas
tor.
Green four-feet wood is selling from
$500 to 2.5O per cord, and sixteen inch
wood from s. 90 to $3.50.
NORTH FERRIsBURGH.-Tho highways
in this vicinity are nearly blockaded with
snow.
Considerable sickness still prevails.
Avery excellent religious interest exists.
A. L. Keller few weeks since killed a
black Berkshire hog. seventeen months
old, that tipped the scales at five hundred
and sixty-five pounds.
Many of our people are discussing the
question whether they will attend the
poultry exhibition to be held at Burlington
on the 2Sth-3ls: instants.
The farmers are busily engaged in
getting up and chopping their wood piles.
The business of our mechanics is quite
dull.
Our pastor, Rev. J. w. Bennett, last
Tuesday evening was called to attend
quite brilliant marriage ceremony at B.
T. Smiths at West Charlotte.
The attendance at the NJ. f. Sunday
school last Sabbath was one hundred and
fifty-one, and the penny collection at the
same one dollar and eleven cents.
GoULDsvILLE.-The Gouldsville lodge
is prospecting finely. An addition of ten
new members has been made, and more
are coming.
MoNKToN.-Gen. Stephen 7. Atwood,
who was so successful at the Black Hills
last season, expects soon to return to that
region.
Through the imprudence or want of
care of the pastor, the interests of the NJ.
E. church are not, maintained as they
should be.
Rev. D. F. Brooks of Star ksboro is very
popular in this town.
SOUTH NEwBURY,-The circular saw
in the mill of futile & Son caught on one
of the dogs and was broken and the pi eces
thrown in every direction.
MIDDLEBURY.-The Lord has been for
the past two weeks very gracious TO His
church here. Mrs. Hammond began SER
vices in the Methodist church the first
Sabbath of the new year and they are
still kept up. Through Gods blessing
upon the labors of this good woman,
believers have been strengthened and
many sinners have been brought to Christ,
and still they come. Old gray haired men
bow at the altar beside little children,
both seeking for salvation. There is no
excitement, every one is cool and collect
ed, but sinners seem to be thinking what
they must do to be saved. Will Christians
throughout the state pray for Gods further
blessing upon the work?
NEwBURY At the late annual meeting
of the stockholders in the National Bank
W. II. Cummings, w. r, Shedd, f. Dem.
ing, John Bailey, Jr., and A. Cochran
were elected directors; w. II. Cummings
president.
STARKsBoRo.-E. w. j. Hawkins, the
engrossing clerk of the proceedings of the
last session of the legislature, has been
suffering from sickness. but is now better
and busily engaged at his copying.
Revival services have been held by thu
Methodist and Baptist churches in unior
for several weeks. More than thirty per
sons have acknowledged conversion.
Observation-Disclosures Durkee lost val
liable horse recently by sickness.
Fred E. Smith, son Of Richard Smith
and another young man were tipped over
in a sleigh in consequence of a Siding
road. Fred held on to the lines, deter
mined to stop the affrighted horse, until h
was thrown against Il tree, striking his
head and cutting fearful cash, which
rendered him unconscious for time. The
horse ran and fell on stone so as to breal
one leg, and had to be killed.
! WILLIAMsTOwN.-C. w. Adams feel
down some chamber stairs recently ant
broke one shoulder and sprained wrist
SOUTH WooDtuRY.-Hiram Jewell i
having an attack of rheumatic fever, to
gether with some trouble with his liver.
At the present writing nearly all GU
citizens are suffering to greater or les
extent with severe colds.
Another of our old people has been re
moved by death--the widow of the lat
Elias Drew.
The singing school in this town is pre-
crossing finely, under the direction c
Prof. ODER, and a convention here Mt n
very distant day is talked of.
Those who attended meeting at Wood
bury Center last Sabbath had the privileg
of listening to we'll arranged and highly
instructive sermon by Rev. Horace Her
rick; subject-The Resurrection of tn
Dead. The Sabbath school was reorgan
lied with nearly all new officers.
We see by various accounts that Their