Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

The workmen at the court house are
rapidly progressing and in few days will
have the roof so that il will keep out the
water. That was the matter with the old
roof the last of 5 existence, it kept out
water but admitted fire.
Mining for platinum near pnttsburq
has commenced in earnest. Prof Peter
Collier was there few days since. and set
a body of miners Mt work under the direc-
ton OF his brother. John A. Collier of
Chittenango, N. Y. 1t is reported that
considerable quantities of material have
already been sent away to be assayed.
LET NE A-LooN,n was probably the
unexpressed wish of that wild goose ="
on the Winooski that engaged the attention
of score or so marksmen and an audience
ranging into the hundreds, from u o'clock
till dusk on last Sunday, and which sue
cessfully "dodged several pounds of lead
on that day. but when on Monday morn
ing Janus Crossett started out with the
determination to get a shot at the bird, it
must have come to the same conclusion
as SCOTS coon, for Crossett came home n
few minutes after starting out with one
bullet less and a twelve-pound loon shot
through the neck.
The fam Gus curiosity, the Brandon
frozen wcll-the work of man played
upon by a freak of nature-was dug in
November, 1858. First was ten feet of
gravel, then four feet of clay. then de-
post of ten or fifteen feet of frozen
gravel, then about two feet of gravel not
frozen, when water was struck, and the
well was dug to the depth of about thirty.
five feet. The water is about two feet
deep-never more nor less. The ice
was cut through last week and found to
be twenty-five inches thick. There is ice
on the wall some six or eight feet from
the water.
The chief feature of the sports at Lyn-
donville Monday was the wrestling match
between II. NJ. Dufur of Marlboro, Mass
achusetts, and George w. Flagg of Brain
tree, Vermont. This match was the de-
cisive contest, each having previously won
a match. Dufur won two falls and Flagg
three. The match wasiclosely contested
and was very interesting. In the race for
the three-minute class, first money was
taken by Dan Young's Trump. In the 2: 40
class, first money was taken by C.P Shop
herds Joe. Best time 2:45. In the open
to-all, first money was taken by John
Utton's Amy. Best time 1928. In the
bicycle race L. III. c. Daloreau of Boston
took the medal. Best time, 2:01, half.mile
course.
REPUBLICAN MEETNG.--A republican
ratification meeting was held in Trinity
vestry, Montpelier, Friday evening. Some
three hundred were present although the
weather was rainy and but few hours
notice was given. Hon. L. 2. Walton
presided and introduced the speaker of the
evening, Hon. Roswell G. Horn, member
of congress from the Sth Michigan district.
Mr.. Horr who is serving his first term
in congress was born in Waitsiield in this
county Nov. &c, 1880, and his father, who
soon after died, moved to Ohio in 1884.
Mr. liorr spoke an hour and half and
was enthusiastically applauled to the end.
The meeting closed with three cheers for
Garfield and Arthur and three for Mr.
Horr. Preliminary steps were taken for the
formation of Garfield and Arthur club
the first meeting of which for organization
will be announced hereafter.
Mr.. Horn is the most effective campaign
speaker we have ever heard here He
goes straight to his point and mingles so
much humor and wit with his argument
that his hearers do not tire, but like o
Twist, call for more. The line of his ar
gument was over the republican record in
finance and in the preservation of the
Union, and those who heard him went
away with the reasons we'll stated why the
contest is the same contest in which repub-
licanism has before triumphed renewed.
In addition to this the speaker eulogized
Gen. Garfield whom he has personally
known for n quarter of q century. We
would be glad to give some of the witty
hits of the evening but they were so many
that it won't do to begin. The republicans
will fail in their duty to themselves if they
don't keep Mr.. Horr on the stump till
November.