Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

and store by telephone.
Julius Knapp, who has been west year.
returned home this week.
The steady, soaking rain of Sunday was
much needed and did lots of good.
The Catholics of this diocese have sent
S5S45 to the sufferers in ireland.
d" Joe" has done with his paper and is
now doing business mt his " old stand"
Next Wednesday morning the annual
diocesan convention of the Episcopal
church.
Bishop De Goesbriand administered the
rite of confirmation to number at st.
Augustine's church last Sunday.
Next week the Episcopalans hold their
annual diocesan convention in Montpelier.
Its session begins Wednesday morning.
OrriD Kimbal OF Berlin. who worked
for Brainerd Bosworth last winter, has
gone to work in box factory at Cohoes,
N. H.
c. NJ. Robbins of Hancock lost his
pocketbook and $500 Friday very likely
when poking about among the ruins If the
Court House.
Parties thinking of purcha sing ice cream
freezers can not do better than to consult
the advertisement of the White Mountain
freezer in another column.
Comrade G. w. Colby of Brooks Post,
went 10 Waterbury on Monday and for the
post decorated the grave of DR.. J. B.
Woodward, long the post surgeon.
DR.. Z NJ. Smith of johnson has been
bound up in the sum of 1000 at johnson
for abortion and manslaughLer. He had
not procured bail ut last accounts.
The Rt. Rev. w. II. R. Bissell, D. D.,
Bishop of Vermont, confirmed u class of
fifteen persons in Christ church on Mon
day evening and made an appropriate adj
dress.
AS Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Richardson were
riding to Waitsied village last week, the
horse stumbled and fell. Mrs. Richardson
jumped from the wagon and broke her
leg.
County Clerk Smile can now be found
in the post Office block, in rooms over the
First National Bank formerly occupied by
Tenney & Young. The probate office is
in the rear on the same floor.
The Vermont Baptist Sunday school
convention began its eleventh annual
meeting at St. Pauls church in Montpelier
yesterday evening. The convention will
continue in session to-day and to. morrow
The manner in which the freight bust
ness on the Central road continues is as.
tonishing. On Sunday eleven extras left
St. Adams, carrying freight which came
| by the way of the Grand Trunk from the
| west.
Messrs. Lull and Clark, census enumer.
ators for Montpelier, have divided the
scene of their labors and in the village
Mr.. Clark will have that part west Of
Worcester Branch and Mr.. Lull the, sec.
ton to the east.
Mr., james r, Langdon went to New
York, Monday in the bellevue" and is
expected back to. day accompanied by Mr.
Schroeder and Mrs. Schroeder, his daughter
who will occupy the James G. French
residence on Main street this summer.
Rev. George II. Vibbert of Boston will
lecture on Public Opinion and Prohibi
tion," Friday evening, June 4th, in Trini
ty vestry. at 1880. This lecture taking
the place of the one postponed last week
Tuesday-the time of the court house fire
Through the kindness of Ex-Governor
Smith, the rates for transporting the
militia will be half fare to the reunion IL,
Burlington, and one-quarter fare to the fa
muster, which will probably be held al
the opening of the session of the legsla
ture in Montpelier.
The firm of Park u Robinson has dis
solved, as will be seen by their advertise
ment elsewhere, Mr.. Robinson retifins
after making host of friends in th
vicinity. Mr.. Park will continue to dea
out large or small measure, according t.
the wants of his customers
THE NEW DEPor.-It has been deter
mined in addition to the improvement
heretofore noted to put an iron covere,
platform along the south of the building
This platform will be one hundred an,
sixty feet long and twelve feet wide-th
cost being estimated at $1,000. There i
to be an elegant clock in the tower.
Setting out time has come and alst
Charles P. Hayden with his usual variet
r of plants. Ilayden's tomato plants hav
won an envable reputation for hardness
, and thrift; he also has pepper, cabbage
caulihower, celery plants and over
, thousand verbena seedlings of which he
, making n speciality, selling mixed q
, twenty five cents per dozen and scarlet O
! white at four cents each Or forty cents pc
dozen.
Z On the first day of June, the work c
1 taking the tenth decennial census of th
s United States begun. The census me
4 are now around, and refusal to answe
$ their inquiries may subject one to th
C unpleasant duty of paying a penalty c
). one hundred dollars. But there should /
no unwillingness TO answer in the PLANES
and fullest possible manner whatever que
tions the agents of the government al
!. instructed TO put. 1t is highly desirab
that the next compendium be rs reliab
D. and complete as it can be made. 1t
# said that when the last enumeration WI
9 taken. only two suits grew out of refusa
l. to answer.
10 THE COURT HoUsE.-Judge Redfel
h with Assistant Judges Riford and Cobui