Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-03

Mile Maloy, Charlie c. Paine and
Francis IIassett; No. 4. Miss Lucy A.
AveriIl. teacher; whole number Of schol-
ars, fjrty-four; neither absent or tardy
six-Mamie Dooley, Louise llOughton,
Mamie Fly, Mary Howe, Inez Kent and
Josie Moriarty; No. 5, Miss Mary NJ.
Dole, teacher; whole number of scholars,
forty-four; neither absent or tdrdy. three
M. Alice Cox, Angie L. Badger Susie
Z. Richardson. The spring term begins
Wednesday. March 10Th. aud continues
eleven weeks. Prof. II. II. Shaw has had
large experience as teacher. and is doing
thorough work in the school.
Frank Plumley gave an address before
the Northgeld Lodge, No. us, I. o. of &,
T., last Friday evening; subject-Tem-
perance Legislation in Vermont. He gave
Il synopsis of the temperance legislation
from the organization of the state govern
ment to the present time. The attend
ance was good and three were initiated
into the order and one joined by card.
limitations are in order now at each meet
ing of the lodge.
The town. at its March meeting, voted
to raise 10 cents on the dollar on the grand
list to pay town expenses. and 10 per cent
discount if paid before October Is, 1880,
and Is per cent extra highway tax, max
ing 40 per cent highway tax. Last year
the town voted so per cent town tax and
10 per cent discount and the money raised
was not sufficient to pay the town expenses
by several hundred dollars. This year the
selcctmen estimated it would take 90 per
cent to pay expenses. The Indebtedness
of the town will necessarily increase more
than one thousand dollars during the year
Seine people are penny wise and pound
foolish.
WEST RANDoLrI.--Tuesday was one OF
the most pleasant spring days we have
had this year; no sleighing, but wagons
answer very well.
Town meeting to-day, and all is quiet
down Broadway.
l.. j Paige has some of those beautiful
Mason e Ilamlin organs on exhibition and
for sale, ut his rooms, on very reasonable
terms to any one who can raise the
wind" They are perfect beauties, say all
beholders.
Austin Smith is finishing off some very
pretty tcncments in his new block.
The receipts of tie ladies' & boiled
dinner at the Christian church vcstry
last week was $lS.G2 aboye all expenses,
and the ladies of the Congregational
"ways and means society realized ST.
from their supper.
Rev. A. B. Truax of Bradford, will de
liver II temperance lecture here next Tues
day evening.
SrRAFFoRD:-U. G. Hatch, merchant,
is receiving daily forty dozen pairs o
mittens that are manufactured by the
ladies in that vicinity.
WoRCESrET.-The members of Hal
Post, No. 80, e. A. r., will remember
their regular meeting the second Slturda,
in March, rs important business will com,
before the post.
A very bright rainbow was seen On
morning last week.
Robins were singing to us here las
week, and crows have been with US prett
much all winter.
Evening meetings are being held il
different parts of the town with good re
suits.
Edwin Kellogg drew with his team t.
Putnam's upper mill II load of hard woo
logs measuring eight hundred and twenty
seven feet.
Miss LlurA Pike, of Pntnamsville, ha
butterfly thpt Matched out in February
lie is lively rs Il cricket.
Frank Sanford has run away, leavin!
his family here, and it will be u blessing
20 thr,a and to community if he nNe
should return.
The Young men that went west II shor
time ago report success, AMI several NOR,
in town are mrkin. proportions to q,
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