Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

The Vermont homeopathic medical
society is to hold its semi-annual meeting
at the Junction House, White River juno
ton, Friday, January 30jh.
The Stowe dramatic club will present
the drama The Octoroon," at Hotel hall,
Waterbury, VT, on Monday evening. Feb.
I'd. Admission, 20 cents; reserved seats,
80 cents; children under 10, half price.
Lake Champlaln froze over last week
for the first time opposite Pittsburgh to
Grand Isle, and for a few hours there
was hope of an ice bridge, but the heavy
south wind broke it all up again the next
day.
THE SHEEP BREEDERS. The first
annual meeting of the Vermont Atwood
Merino sheep breeders association was
held at Cornwall, January 2lst. The old
officers were re elected as follows: Presi-
dent, f. S. Stowcll; vice president f. d.
Barton, Vergennos; directors, r. J. Jones,
Cornwall, Henry Thorpe, Charlotte, S. G.
Holyoke, st. Adams. The executive
board appointed Geo. Hammond, Middle
bury, secretary; Chas. Sanford, Orwell,
treasurer. Pedigree committee Geo
| Hammond, D. B. Bucl, George A. Hall.
THE EsrEY ORGAN SUlr.,-The final
arguments before Judges Blatchford and
Wheeler of the united circuit court on the
| renowned Wate-Estey organ suit occur
in New York early next month. Messrs.
Phelps and Stoughton appear for Col.
Waite, and Dckerson and Beaman for
Mr.. Estey. Both parties will probably
appeal from the masters decision in regard
to the amount awarded. Unless it is
ordered back to the master again, this
will be the final argument before this
court, the next step being the supreme
court.
SUICIDE AT HARTFORD. Henry, son of
Benjamin button of Hartford VT, COM
mitted suicide, Monday, the 10Th, by shooting
himself in the head with revolver. lie
recently passed examination at Dartmouth
college preparatory to entering the
Chandler scientific department. Monday,
he informed his father that he pre- fcrred
not to enter college, and during the fore
noon he purchased revolver. Returning
TO his fathers honse, he seated himself at
IA table and wrote brief note to his
parents, wherein he stated that people
we're talking falsely about him, ETC., and
then, without rising from his chair, placed
the muzzle of the revolver to his temple
and fired. The ball passed through bis
head killing him instantly Temporary
alteration of mind is assigned us the cause
of the fatal act
A TEMPERATE EXPERIMENT. The new
proprietor of the Bates House in Rutland,
j. NJ Haven, proposes to try the expert
ment of keeping temperance house, and
it is to be hoped that he will make a
success of it. He appears sanguine, and
said to a Herald reporter the other day
81 have always thought hotel could be
sustained without liquor. have thought
| would be doing the cause of temperance
a great good if could demonstrate this
fact. think n trst-class hotel like the
Bates House is the place to try the expert
ment This was my principal motive in
investing in hotel property. propose to
have no liquor sold in the hotel, set ms
good table and run as good house us
is run in New England, at the old price,
two dollars per day, and desire to see
whether the public will sustain such n
house. | think they will"
Landlord Clark of the American House
has seemingly shown that temperance
house can be kept in Montpelier, and be a
success too.