Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-19
Apple blossoms and dandelions.


IL Remember that all trade dollars dated
1850 are uesnterfeits.
.& This is the hundredth anniversary of
The famous dark day"
Col. j. B. Mead is to deliver the address
on Decoration day at Brookfield.
81 The season has arrived when oysters
should be allowed to retain their overcoats.
II CD. Gleason. Esq, returned from his
visit to the Hot Springs in Arkansas, last
Monday.
Il Robert Alexander OF Berlin has come to
& Montpelier to reside with his son. Hiland
Il Alexander,
The increase of Sabin & Stmson's spring
business has necesstated the employing of
L several new hands of late.
4 On Friday VIM. T. Dewey arrived home
1 from his European tour, and John w.
Page from his western trip.
The one hundrelth anniversary of the
incorporation of the town of Mortified
will be appropriately observed June 10.
Rev. j. Edward Wright is expected to
preach in the Morse school house, East
Montpelier. next Sunday ut 2:3 O'Clock.
NJ. Andrews. Barre, will sell at auction
nsxt Saturday, at the Avenue house Il
quantity of furniture and personal pro-
perty.
Herbert Sullivan, for several years the
popular clerk at the American house, re-
tires this week. Hosea Patterson of Barre
take, his place.
The Central Vermont railroad is trying
the experiment of using Nova Scotia coal
on its locomotives running to St. Johns.
This coal is delivered there via the Inter-
colonial and Grand Trunk at low figure.
The popular firm of Bailey s. Newcomb
is no more, "a will be seen by our an
nouncement elsewhere, Mr. Bailey retires
from the business, but Frank will sell
lust as good beef as he ever has, and will
have as good trade.
Capt. Z. Ely-Goddard is stopping at the
"capital this week for the purpose OF
drilling his company who are to take part
in the decoration exercises on Decoration
day, and also are to attend the reunion of
the Army of the Potomac at Burlington
June 10Th.
REMovALs.-OrvilleD Dewey has remov-
ed from Cross street on to Seminary hill.
II. B. Cross has leased the Geo. Watson
house on Hubbard street. E. r. Meader
has gone to keeping house in Ed.
Hutchins' house on Berlin street, and
Will IIanaford in Geo. Ainsworth S
house on Cross street.
Mrs. Urbane l.. Bixby, of East Brook
field, committed suicide Saturday by
drowning herself in watering trough in
the barn yard. She had been suffering
two OF three DAYS with headache, and
only Il short time previous to committing
the act she was on the bed, and the act
was altogether unexpected.
Central Vermont Pomona Grange W il
hold its regular meeting at Shady Rill
Middesex, on Tuesday, May 25th, te
commence at 10 o'clock A NJ. The fifth
degree will be conferred in the forenoon
and public meeting in the afternoon
Mrs. Athea Bacon will have declama
ton, and Mrs. Luna Peck will read :
poem, and u question is to be discussed
The public are invited to attend the after
noon session. A full attendance of patrons
is expected.
KILLED BY THE CARs.-An old gentle
man, named Kellogg, was killed at Essex
junction early Tuesday morning by thu
express from the south. He was driving
cattle across the track just below the
station, and after getting them acros
fingered on the track, unaware of the APP
preaching train. He was so deaf that h
una uOI IlGil luO la ScllIu- llC Gil
gineer saw him standing there, but sup
posed, until it was too late, that he woulC
get Off before the train reached him
Another illustration of the danger of lott
ering on the track.
Rev. George H. Vibhert, of Boston, j
announced TO give three temperance lee
lures in Montpelier, the first to be il
Village Hall Gf that is in condition to b
used, if not, elsewhere,) on Sunday even
Ing next at O'Clock.
Gen. Neal Dow wrote to the governo
Of Kansas: II have great pleasure il
commenting my friend, the Rev. Georg
II. Vibbert, to your kind offices, as
thoroughly reliable friend of temperance
and very able advocate of prohibition
He is, in every respect, such an ally a
our friends in your great state need JUS
now"
The editor of ZtOn's Herald, Rev. DR.
B. X. Pierce, said " take great pleasur
in recommending Rev. George H. Vibber
to all the friends of the temperance re
form. He is by far the ablest lecturer il
New England. Having had Legislative
experience and made himself, by persona
observation ard intercourse with th,
leading reformers of Gre.t Britain, famil
iarly acquainted with the whole history o
legislation on this vital subject, he is pre-
pared both to instruct and lead forward
those who are seeking to abate and destro,
this terrible evil"