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

BARRE.-On Friday last, ARENAS Mil
Ter, an old and respected citizen living at
Twingsville, returned from the grist mill,
where he had been on an errand, and as he
placed his hand on the door latch to enter
his house he fell back dead. Mr.. Miller
was seventy-seven years of age, and had
long resided in Barre. His funeral was
attended at the Congregational church on
Sunday afternoon.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs &c. Little, to
the number of one hundred and fifty, al
Grange Hall, in Jackman's block, Friday
evening, January 18th, to celebrate the
twenty-ftth anniversary Of their marriage
by a silver wedding. Barre cornet band
was in attendance, and all went merry
as a marriage bell,' while music and So
cial cheer were the order of the hour. Re-
freshments having been served, remarks
were made by George W. Bassett and DR..
j. ii. Jackson, after which DIR. jackson,
in behalf of their many friends, presented
the happy couple with an elegant easy
chair and numerous articles of silver
ware, and also hearty good wishes for theil
continued prosperity. Mr.. Little replied
with thanks and appropriate remarks, and
one OF their daughters, Mrs. Woodbury.,
read u paper prepared for the occasion
the exercises closing with singing and mu
sic by the band.
Allen T. Wood, one Of our many enter
prising farmers, made one thousand nine
hundred and thirty pounds of butter from
seven COWS and heifers Jerseys and grade
Jerseys in ten months during the pas
season, besides making cheese twenty
days during the the time, and furnishing
milk and cream for a family of five per.
sons the entire ten months.
WEST BERLIN.-Thc ladies' aid society
of the NJ. L. church met recently at the
residence of Calvin Farnsworth in North
field, and had good ride and n good
| time.
Christmas was jointly observed by tn,
Methodists and Congrcgationalists ut the
Congregational church on the evening O
December "a. The exercises cons listed 0
prayer, singing, recitatons. etc. Tw,
trees were heavily laden with good thing
for all.
A donation for the benefit of Rev. Mr.
Scoield was held in the vestry of the Con
gregational church on the evening of tn,
9th. Owing to the Indictment weather the
attendance was no. large The donation
consisted of money and other valuabl,
articles.
EAST CALAIs.-NIrs. ID. Z. Blanchar
has sold the house she owned in this plac
to A. Dwnell, and he has bargained tn,
same to L. ID. Bemis.
G. NJ. Gray has exchanged his hotel an,
butter tub mandatory for the Kelso Ora,
farm, located in what is called Pekin.
White q Hall, White recently from
Montpelier, and Hall from MarshfieIt
have leased the A. N. Goodel shop 70
manufacturing purposes.
The Good Templars' Lodge recent,
organized here is making progress.
w. G. Peck and wife celebrated tn
twentieth anniversary Of their marrag
on the 18th instant. a goodly number {
their friends were pleasantly cntertaine
on the occasion. G.
CHELsEA.-F. z. Bixby recently lost
J very fine horse that cost him $175.
Snow is reported as being two feet dee
} in the woods, which makes fine roads 70
! numbering and hauling wood.
The series of meetings still continue n
) the Methodist church. Much interest
} reported, and number have professe
conversion.
: Orange county Jail has been withou
any inmates since the adjournment of tn
. December term of the court.
| Samuel Crafts claims to have killed tw
; of the best last spring pigs in the towr
l One weighed 42l pounds, and the othe
1873 pounds
j. F. Stevens had n runaway, and
0 sleigh demolished, recently, as the resu
} of the snap to the side strap to the harnes
getting unhitched
. The mail stage was about three houl
= late on Thursday evening, the day of Il
, great snow.
The Arctic waves drove the mercur
S last Friday morning and last Tuesda
5 morning down twenty degrees below zert
S The coolest snaps of the season.
S At the annual meeting of the Unto
4 Agricultural Society at Tunbridge, j.
= Hemenway and IL. S. Annis were chose
= directors for this town.
, There has been vacation of about tw
t weeks in the school at the upper village
: in consequence of the illness of the teach
err. Miss A, A, Clement.