Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-11

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EAST CALAIs.-Therc are few moro
boys that ought to join the temperance
club before going to another convention
The ladies aid society, will hold has
ket picnic, in A. p. Hicks woods Aug. 90:
admission five cents. The entertainment
will consist of music, speaking. etc. lem.
onadc, ice-cream, and prize cake will be
for sale on the ground. Everybody is in
vited, proceeds going for vestry under
church.
Frank Gray and Clarence Tempt ton
have bought threshing machine, and are
about to start out threshng,
CHELSEA.-Aaron Davis and his wife
returned last Saturday from their trip to
Saratoga Springs.
In the absence of the pastor. the Con-
gregational church has been supplied the
last two Sabbaths with lay readings of
sermons
Measles and whooping cough have made
their appearance in the town, and typhoid
fever prevails in some families.
The haying season is nearly over and II
much larger crop than usual has been
harvested, Notwithstanding the cfoakcrs
prophesying but half crop.
Only n few persons went from this town
last week to the temperance camp meeting
at Queen City Park, Burlington.
The two leading sheep breeders in this
town, j. f. Hemenway and Edward
Douglass, attended the meeting of the
sheep breeders association at Middlebury
last week.
Rev. Mr.. Herrick, with his family, has
boon spending his vacation at the Cush,
man House on Rochester mountain. A
very fine view of the White mountains of
New Hampshire is obtained from that
point
The democrats raised their Hancock and
English campaign flag on Saturday, the
9TH, over the street opposite A. Davis &
Co. store.
In response 10 u call the republicans
met at the town hall ut 5 o'clock last
Saturday aud formed Garfield and
Arthur club. A. S. Austin, Esq, was
elected president, and John G. Clark
secretary and treasurer A vigilance
committee was appointed in every school
district in the town.
Tho grasshoppors have nearly disap.
peared from the West Hill. The pastures
present the appearance of early spring,
when tho grass is first starting.
A. Noyes got up fine turn out of four
in hand, last Friday, and carried nine or
ten young ladies to the west part of the
town 10 witness the closing exercises of
Miss Grace Noyes' school, near +. B.
Stanley's.
Hon. L. G. llinckley and John b. At
wood and his wife left early in the week
on tour to Saratoga Springs to recuperate
their health.
S. b. IIebard, Esq, returned last Mon
day, after n seven weeks visi ting tour in
the western states.
A wonderful freshet occurred here on
the 9th instant-a frcshet without rain.
AT about 6 o'clock p. NJ, flood of water
came rushing down the river, overlooking
its banks and flooding the meadows more
than they have been before at any time
this season. II caused great surprise,
as there had not been rain enough here to
lay the dust. The secret OF it was there
had been fearful and prolonged thunder
shower about four miles north of this
place. The river rose four feet in about
twenty minutes.
CoRINTH CORNER. Our farmers are
closing up the haying business. The hay
crop this season is better and of larger
quantity than usual. The wheat crop is
good in this town.
We think VIC can boast of the industry
of our ladies'. Almost every farmer has
from Sc to 20 turkeys, and any quantity of
chickens, of which the women principally
care for. Poultry buyers will do well to
call ut Corinth Corner.
NoRrHFIELD.-I was large audience
that greeted Col. Waddell last Saturday
evening at Concert Hall.-largely ladies
and republicans, however. The Col. is
rather pleasing speaker; his manners
being gentlemanly, his speech fluent and
his words well chosen. There is no clown
about him and he impresses one quite
favorably. He treated Gen. Garfield as
one gentleman should always feel bound to
treat another. lie said of him that if he
had committed any mlsdemeanors- which
did not attempt to prove, or even charge
he had no good excuse, therefore, because
he had brains enough to know better. Col.
Waddell assumed one position, which the
success of his party in the coming presi.
Dental election will demonstrate to be q
false and untenable one. In abiding to
the limitations or charges that if Hancock
is elected and the democrats again get full
control of the government, the rebel SOL
ders would be pensioncd, and the claims