Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Hall, Bradley " Co. and American pure
white lead at Fuller & Sons for Is
cents.
The village is erecting new engine
house for No. 4 near the old one on
Franklin street.
Colleen Rhee is the play to be given by
the O,bornes Thursday and Friday even
ings in Village Hall.
Clark Roberts is again running his job
team, William j. Reed having charge OF
it for the present.
The Bethany church fair at Village
Hall was in every way a success and had
large attendance.
The place to buy pure white lead is al
Fuller & Sons. They are selling it for
s 1-2 cents per pound.
The woman who has turned her silk
dress twice, is commonly opposed, on
principle, to third turn.
Captain C. A. Curtis of Mortified has
gone to Fairibault, MINI, as military in
structor in the Shattuck school.
About dozen of the old employees are
now at work in the cab shop, and as many
more are to go to work October LIST.
The appearance of the Ballou block has
been greatly improved by repainting a
color to match Howe's block adjoining.
Smiths 99-cent store and the Singer
sewing machine agents have removed
from the Walton block to the Ballou
block.
Ed. Lawson has bought the David
Sanders house on Prospect street, on
Berlin side, paying $500, and has moved
into the same.
Thursday afternoon the double carriage
of Jas r. Langdon was run into by
another team on the fair ground, using up
one of the wheels badly.
Envious st. Louis people try to make
out that the mastodonic remains unearthed
at Chicago are only the cheek bones of
prehistoric Chicago hotel clerk.
E. d. Putnam is to commence at once
the erection of new house near the
chapel on Seminary hill. franklin Hoyt
is to have charge of the work.
The new bell for the court house ar
rived last week and was raised to position
on Friday. Its weight is three hundred
pounds more than the old one, and its
tone is very fine.
The Free Press says of the Osbornes
who appear at Village Hall in Montpelier
on the evenings of the 23d and Oath,
that the company is an excellent one and
that their plays are good.
Bro. Thayer has given up the patent
inside" business, thus improving his
paper, the Vermont Farmer. The Farmer
and the West Randolph Herald have both
raised their subscription prices.
The tenants in the Nicholas block on
Berlin side have been notified to vacate
Immediately, it being generally under
stood that the Central Vermont railroad
have purchased it for its removal.
Louis Amcll, for several years in the
employ Of the Lane manufacturing com
pany and later with Medal Wright &
Son, has secured IA good job in Burlington
aud removed his family to that place.
We call attention to Gen Pikin's adj
vrrtisement of the store and rooms in the
Arch block which are now to be rented,
and which have SO long been occupied as
furniture store and furnishing rooms.
Gerster's baby has at least one advan
tage over the new Spanish baby--it is
sung to sleep by much more expensive
melodies At the rate its mothers music
brings in the market, it must cost $500 a
day to sing that baby to sleep.
Two new millinery stores are soon to
be opened in Montpelier. both in the
Walton block; one by E. r. Meader in the
store formerly occupied by Chas Keene,
Jewcer, and the other by S. S. Towner,
who has recently returned from Massa-
chusetts, in the store formerly occupied
by Geo. Jacobs.
The annual muster of the First Regi.
ment, National Guard of Vermont, will be
held at Montpelier on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, October 5th,, 9th and 9TH.
The camp will be known as Camp Farm
ham. There will be review before His
Excelency Gov. Roswell Franham on
Wednesday.
The new clock in the new Central depot
is now giving the time of day and night.
There is not enough contrast between the
dial hands and figures to show the time at
any great distance, except when illumina-
ted at night The bell is a nine hundred
pound one and of soft, fine tone. but the
construction of the tower is such that it
can only be heard in that part of the viii
lage.
The subscriber desires to rent the vacant
store and rooms in the "Arch Block" in
"onlpeHer, tlnt Tor more imam thirty
years have been occupied as furniture
store and finishing rooms. The location,
convenience and former occupancy of
this property renders this a rare oppor-
tunity for business in the furniture line.
P. p PITKIN,
Admir-.
Montpelier VT, Sept %, 80.
At a special meeting of the village
held on the evening of September 10th
the baIiffs were authorized to expend
1928 in remodeling the front of the Viii
lage Hail, and also putting in new win
dowS which work has been commenced,
Mr.. Barnes having the job. At the same
meeting they were also authorized to
purchase II $3.50 clock to be placed in the
new court house tower. The clock has
been contracted for and will be here in
few days.
Sunday mornino flyers were thrown