Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

BARRE.-Another telephone has been
put up, reaching from the bank to the
depot.
car load of carriages was received by
Jackson & Townsend last week.
The examination of teachers will be held
April oath, at the school house in district
No. 8.
The listers will meet in the Town Hall,
April 2Sth, to adjust all lists which are not
satisfactory to those interested.
The granite business opens we'll this
spring, with the prospect that verybody
that can handle hammer to advantage
will find employment.
A very small crop of maple sugar has
been made this spring. and the quality is
not the best The farmers are now gath
ing their tubs.
A fine large eagle was caught in trap
set by Oliver Blanchard last week. lie
measures between seven and eight feet
from tip to tip of his wings. He is really
u fine bird, and looks very much like Old
Abe the war eagle, There is no half
hawk about him, but he looks as if tur-
key or a rabbit might be handled by him
with perfect ease. He was caught by one
claw only. and so not disfgured by any
injury from the trap.
| CHELsEA.-At the probate court held at
I1yde's hotel on Thursday, April 18th, Mr..
Major Smith of Tunbridge was appointed
| administrator of the estate of the late
Calvin Andrews. Dea. F. Dearborn and
| William Laird were appointed commits
sioners.
We regret to learn that d. H. B. Allen
has suffered a loss of mental strength so
far that it has been thought advisable to
place him under Il guardian. The probate
court has appointed John P. Bacon to
that office. Mr.. Allen was formerly an
,ctive and useful man in the town.
A large pasture belonging TO Abiathar
Beckwith was burned over II few mornings
go which lighted up the heavens so that
people Mt Il distance supposed that it was
caused by the burning of large buildings.
The sugar-makers have been very busy
he past week. The yield of sap and
sugar has been much larger than during
any other period of the same length this
season.
The superintendent of schools will hold
Il public examination of teachers on Sat-
urday, April 9th, at the school house in
di' trict No. ., at 10 o'clock A.. NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stanton celebrated
the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage
on Friday. April 10th. A good number
of their friends and neighbors were pres
ent
VIM. Hatch, formerly of this town, but
lately of Lowell, Mass, has been spending
II few days in town, on a visit to his faith
er. He goes from here to Iowa.
Mr.. Samuel Crafts lost valuable
Young horse on the 18th instant, in conse-
quence of its being hooked by n young OK.
WORCESTERSHIRE Good Templars mi
tiated two new members at their last meet
ing,
G. NJ. Whitney, while butchering for
C. G. Putnam, had his hand bitten 10y n
hog.
Last Tuesday evening, it being very
dark, two teams ran into each other. Ole
stock was broken and the iron axletree
badly sprung.
The little son of G. G. Putnam fell into
the mill pond of the boom the other day.
His grandfather being near by saved him
from drowning.
} George Wheeler has moved to Barre.
having bought out the marble shop. and
| enters upon business for himself. Mr.
: Wheeler is straight young nan and a
good citizen, and deserving Of success.