Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-28

ANDovER.-A. A. Davis dog, Rover
has killed forty four woodchucks this sum
mer.
Mrs. d. NJ. Barr and daughter were
badly hurt by the running away of a pair
of oxen on the 23d instant.
Mrs. j. o. Sawyer was badly frightened
by tramps recently. Mr.. Sawyer being
away from home, Mrs. Sawyer retired for
the night at about o'clock. Soon after
some one tried to open the front door,
but failing in that they broke into the
back kitchen, and M tle Il big racket,
and from there they went to the sugar
house and seemed to be making things
lively there. When morning came the
tramp proved to be large hog owned by
Mr.. Sawyer, which had broken out of his
pen.
WEST BERLIN.-Mrs. Hurley is building
barn some 30x40 feet.
Mrs d. Stebbins has raised her house,
pun III HoW "luuONo, auucu I'LL gil anu
piazza and covered the whole with new
coat of paint, adding very materially to
the appearance of her house.
Miss Marge Colby has improved her
house with Il fresh coat of paint.
George Patterson has taken the Hewitt
farm.
Henry Hewitt has hired George Patter-
sons house and gone TO work at his old
trade of stone cutting.
Chas. F. Dewey the other day found a
fine yearling hefer dead in his pasture,
supposed to have been struck by lightning,
G. NJ. Ayers lost good fve.year old
horse the other day by sickness, worth
$l25.
Farmers are about through haying and
have well filled barns.
CHELsEA.-A large number of young
people had select picnic last Saturday in
Il grove owned by Mr.. Perkins, half a
mile east of the village, and pleasant,
good time was enjoyed.
Hon. b. Martin and his wife left town
on Wednesday on their annual visiting
tour to Vergennes.
E. r. Hyde was the delegate to the
democratic convention at Burlington last
week.
Miss c. j. Peck of Wellesley college,
Mass, gave select reading at the Con-
gregational church on Wednesday even
ing, July 2lst.
Sumner Tarbell, son OF the late Rev. s..
Tarbell, formerly of this town, paid his
friends here a flying visit last week. He
is now the superintendent of all the pub
lie schools in the city of indianapolis, Ind.
Sanborn Skinner has rented the shop
formerly occupied as a harness shop by
the late j. H. Hobbs, where he is pre-
pared to clean and oil all kinds of har-
nesses.
Cold blooded-a man with Il heavy fur
overcoat on July 80.
Rev. E. +. Herrick and his family left
last week on their annual vacation of a
few weeks.
Edwin Robbins. with his family, of La
Crosse, Wis, is now in the place on visit
to his father, Philander Robbins and other
relatives.
Eighteen young ladies and young gentle
men took an excursion ~ Fairlee lake on
Monday, July Goth.
At the caucus held at Hyde's hotel on
Saturday, July 25th. J.. G. Hinckley, A. S.
Austin and L. II. Sanborn were elected
delegates to the I'd congressional district
convention, held at White River Junction
on the 2sth instant.
EAST ELMoRE. Flora A. Morse
and others are taking lessons on the organ
of Prof. E. r. ODER.
The hay crop is good in these parts, and
most of the farmers will finish harvesting
it this week.
We don't hear much about the potato
bugs, but we have few that we could
spare If our neighbors would like some.
The people around here are getting the
music fever, and quite number of organs
have been sold in this vicinity.
We notice that the democratic papers