Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

John Gerard, ST., has gone to Massa-
chusctls to look for work.
Theodore Fisher has taken George Fitz
gerald's place ut Fred L. Smiths
One thing is pretty sure, the Chicago
convention will nominate somebody.
Tie gospel meetings will be continued
through the week at Bethany church.
Mud slides on the Central Tuesday de-
llycd the trains some two or three hours
yesterday.
The Springfield toy factory has shipped
1900 gross of the - puzzle, making four
tons of freight.
Mrs j. &, French and daughter propose
taking rooms and boarding at the Ameri
can house soon.
Thomas L. Prentiss, formerly Of Waits
field, las been transferred from SaychellC
Island to CONSUL AT Port Louis.
.yWill our subscribers in remitting
fractional parts of Il dollar by mail send u:
one cent stamps instead of the threes?
The partnership of Dewey e. Cayhut
is dissolved, Mr.. Dewey having sold GU
his interest in the business to Mr.. Cayhue
Ell. Nichols, who has recovered from
his long lines, has moved to the farm in
b Rim occupied for some years by Ed.
Barton.
Eli Boycc, of Waterbury, about forty
years of age, was taken TO the asylum for
the insane ut Brattleboro on Wednesday
the 9th ult
Geo. Atkins has purchased Of Ben
Daley the Austin Paine house on Mechanic
street which he has occupied for two year,
pn,t; price, Sl375.
The farm and personal property of Ir;
Trow of Barre is to be sold by Joel Foster
Jr, assignee, as will be seen by reference
to our advertising columns.
Mr.. o. d. Scribncr has enlarged hi.
store by adding to it the rooms lately
occupied by w. II, Barnes, giving hin
the whole front of the building.
Alexander Dingwall of East Montpelie
was considerably hurt Saturday by falling
off staging on which he was at work OF
the roof of Dudley's new stable
The Pavilion anniversary Wednesday
evening was attended by sixty-fve couples
The last assembly Of this winters scenes
at the Pavilion last evening was ATTENDED
by forty-Gve couples.
Chas. Ferrin, now living in the Bacol
block, is to move into the Stratton houS
on Summer street, TO be vacated by hi
brother, A. w. Ferrin, who moves int
the house lie recently purchased.
Gov Proctor's excellent Fast Day proc
lamption, elsewhere printed, contains tn
apt suggestion that it is good time 70
each man to pause and consider his polit
ical duty in the light of conscience ant
divine obligation.
The Montpelier post office has bee
designated us II french intcTnationC
money order Office Money can now b
sent from this Office to any post Office i
France, Algeria, England, Scotland, Ire
land, Germany Switzerland, Italy an
Canada.
Many farmers consider the sugar seaso
over and some are gathering the sap pail
But sometimes tho season "drizzles along
to use Il familiar cxpresion-a week {
two after the frost is out of the grount
Unless this occurs, the make in Vernon
this year will prove 10 have been less tina
half the usual quantity.
The funeral of Engineer All d. San
son, killed at Richmond on Wednesda
morning last, was largely attended at Ro,
bury, his former place of residence, {
Friday at one o'clock, Rev. Geo.
Guernsey of Rochester officiating. |
WAS the last of his fathers family, and W
buried near the old family lot. A lar!
number of his fellow workmen, neighbo
and friends were present to join in Il
solemn selyices.
The meeting of tho democratic sta
committee Mt Waterbury last Thursd;
evening was made the occasion of n lar;
gathering Of prominent Vermont dem
Gratis The sentiment for Gen. Hanco
seemed yearly unanimous and the opinit
prevailed thai his nomination would he
dssonsions in the party in other state
There was strong feeling in favor
heading the state delegation to Cincnn;
with Gen. w. f. Smith, the well know
commander of the old Vermont bri.at
The convention to nominate delegates
Cincinnati will be held here April 22d
KILLED BY TIE CARs.-A brakem
named Alyaro Richardson, belonging
Middlesex, was killed on the cars, Mond
morning under the following circul
stlnccs He was breaking on train N
and was standing on one of the weste
cars (Which are higher than those of t
Central Vermont and other eastern road
when he was struck by tho highw
bridge near Waterbury, and knocked fro
the train, the cars passing over him,
was found between the rails, with
skull fractured and both legs sawed {
Richardson was formerly wood sawy
and had been breakman only about ii
weeks. His age was q years and he "
unmarried.