Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-08

BARRE.-The post office at Barre has
been raised to be a salaried office, the
salary to be 1000 dollars year, to COM
mence Jan. l, 1881. Postmaster Perry
has received his commission for the next
four years. which will be somewhat
quoting to some who have been looking
anxiously for change.
-Four hundred and twenty-five bottles of
beer were seized and condemned as a
nuisance by the town authority. Justice
Reed fined the parties rs dollars each, but
they appealed, and so the matter stands
for the present. Certain men are willing
to pay literally for beer, while their
families are in want of fuel and provisions.
Willie Bradford has sold his farm to II.
G. Jones for $1,000; it cost $1,000.
A new paper is to be started here soon,
by l.. p rhayer, to be called the Enter
prise. The outside will be patent and the
Barre part printed at the -4rgus office.
Since the first of January, 1880, Mr..
Allen T. Wood has made and sold 2700
lbs. of butter besides furnishing his own
table and making cheese one week, all
from nine cows and three of them heifers
Mr. Wood sends his butter to customers
who have paid on an average over 80 cts
per pound.
John Wheaton was badly hurt by falling
from the high beams of his barn or
Thanksgiving day. He is improving, but
is likely to be long time in getting we'll
Over twenty tons of turkeys were sent
from here to market for Thanksgiving
and there are lots left. William Mears has
six hundred.
Stillman Wood has five brown Leghorn
pullets that have laid 99l eggs within
eleven months -l99 EACH lacking one.
A party of Barre ladies have cards out
for sleigh ride and leap year ball at
Planfeld, December 9th, Stray ganders
not admitted
Rev. l. Tenney gave a temperance
lecture in the town hall on Sunday even
ing to fair and appreciative auLiance.
CHEZ sEA-The Methodist quarterly
meeting was held at their church on Sat
urday and Sunday last, under the direction
Of Rev. G. p. Tapln, assisted by Rev. G
M. Brown.
| Mrs. Hayward, widow of Enos Hay
ward, died at Hydepark, Mass, Nov. 81
aged "a years. She was formerly IL res
dent of this village. At the time that she
removed from the town, twelve years ago
she made a special arrangement with on
sexton, j. Norris, that when she died he
should see, if he outlived her, that her re
mains were brought to this town for bur
ial, and that the pastor Of the Methods
church should attend her funeral, all o
which was accordingly done,
December LIST will be remembered as
the day of a great snow storm.
The old lady Hinckley of Vershire
grandmother-in-l to Hon. l.. G. Hinck
ley of this town, fell few days ago and
broke her hip. AS she is very aged, being
SO years old, it is hardly probable that sh
can recover from the accident
Numerous cases of the measles AM
some of the mumps are reported; Oh,
new case of diphthera.
The December term of Orange count
court will commence on Tuesday, Dec 81
We learn that the man who was frozer
to death recently at Tunbrdge was an in
sane pauper by the name of Abijah Hatch
and belonged to the town of Norwich. Hi
body was removed there for burial by the
authority of that town.
Sylvester Little has repurchased his ole
farm on the east hill of j. B. Bacon, an
removed on to it, Price. $1,000.
P. w. Roger, of the upper village, ha
put new water wheel into his planin
mill and carriage shop which is decide
Improvement, enabling him to do
greatly increased amount of business.
We learn that John A. Twiss, tailor
has obtained situation in Woolson Broth
ers talor's shop at Montpelier Hope h
will be successful.
The early and severe grip of winte
was broken by rain of the 9th inst.
S. H. Scribner recently killed no!
that weighed 513 lbs.