Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

during the day.
1t * of course too early to make any
report of the fair, but our readers may ex
poet a full one next week.
Governor-elect Farnham was in town
last week.
Rev. j. IL. Ilincks has returned from
his vacation.
John Chimney has opened a saloon in the
basement near the arch.
Remember the fair of the Bethany ladies
next Tuesday afternoon and evening at
Village Hall.
A general term of the supreme court is
ordered to he held at Montpelier, on the
26 day of October next.
The Episcopal church choirs of the
state hold convention at Burlington,
Thursday, September 30.
I. j. Deavitt has purchased the house
aud lot belonging to the estate of George
Jacobs. paying "a 800 for the same.
The lamp posts in this village have
been Strengthened up and otherwise
improved and several new posts of an
improved kind put in.
The fair held at the Village Hall on
Thursday evening last, under the auspices
of the St. Augustine Catholic church
Melted profit of S3l5 to the church.
Captain Charles A. Curtis. U. S. A.. late
president of Norwich university, has been
detailed by the secretary of war as profess
sor of military science and tactics in the
Shattuck school at Fairbault, Mimi, and
will enter Immediately upon his duties.
Owing to the session of the county court
next week, the excitement of the political
canvass and the number of fairs held this
month, the reunion of soldiers, under the
auspices of the G. A. Il. Posts of Wash
ington county, has been postponed until
June, 1881. In the meantime the posts
will meet with Brooks Post at Montpelier
for camp fire some time in September
Notice will be given next week of the
time.
DIR. Norman w. Braley, president of the
Barre National Bank died of apoplexy in
Barre Saturday morning. He was born
in Pomfret, Aug. IA, 1928; studied medi-
cine, part of the time here, and began
practice in Washington, VT, in 1915. In
1851 he went to Chelsea where he had a
large practice. In 1872 he moved to Barre
where he has been very prominent in bus
mess matters. In 1852 he married Ar
NINA Calef of Washington. DR.. Braley
was man of great energy and attained
position Of wealth and influence.
Our readers are reminded that the au-
tumn months are here, when the uncerta in
weather renders the putting on of heavier
llannels and the warmer clothing of the
person II necessary preparation if health
is expected to be enjoyed. And there is
cred and that is to have fires in our
dwellings. We talk of the unhealthy
month of September, or the trying eli
mate, and seem to forget that now is the
time of all seasons of the year when the
body should be protected from sudden at
mospheric changes. For various reasons
dampness is apt to accumulate in our
dwellings, and whatever the weather out
ol-doorS may be, a fire during some part
OF the day to warm the whole house, will
save many a doctors bill
Mr. Arson Davis died at his residence
on State street Saturday afternoon, after
an illness of two days. Mr., Davis was
born in Montpelier. August 10, 1909. his
parents then living in the old, then new
Pavilion, where that hotel now stands.
His father, Thomas Davis (who was a son
OF Col. Jacob Davis, built hotel on that
site abont three. quarters of a century ago.
Mr.. Davis was Il cabinet maker by trade,
but was for many years jailer and deputy
sheriff. He was married in 1888 to Miss
Fanny Staples of Brookfield, who died in
January, 1879. Mr.. Davis was an esti-
mable citizen and a good neighbor. He
leaves one son, james W. Davis, for many
years teacher in New York city, who
had spent the last few weeks in Montpelier
with his father.
The September moon, now in its first
quarter, is the harvest moon of the far
mers At the end of this week it will be
nearly full, and will rise for several nights
in succession very nearly at the time Of
sunset. Thus its light appears to lengthen
out the day and so it favors the late labor
ers in the fields. As the harvests in this
country fall in July and August, the full
moon in those months is sometimes enron
eousIy called the harvest moon; but thu
only true harvest moon is that of Septem
BIER, Near the autumnal equinox the plane
Of the moons orbit makes so slight al
angle with the eastern horizon that thu
daily advance eastward in her path causes
comparatively little difference in the time
of her rising. This occurs on both side
of the equinox and so there are every yea
two full moons that for several nights to
gether rise at nearly the same time. Th
srcon OF ihes,, which comes Il month late
than the harvest moon, is called the hun
ter's moon
NORTIIFIELD. j. Ward Pardo, tn
matchIess character delineator, is to pla