Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-17
L. Patricks day in the morning of this

day.
Mark French has sold out his restaurant
to Lewis Wood.
Mr.. f. w. Bailey of Chicago is in town
on short business trip.
Are you owing for your paper? If you
are please remember we need the money
and remit al once.
Capt. Jed Pressey who has been stop
ping 1t home during the past winter, left
for Boston on Tuesday.
Hon. c. w. Willard is going to build a
new Ell 10 his house this spring, George ii.
Guernsey doing the work.
Willard Putney, of Montpelier, has
leased the Emery Hale farm in Berlin,
moving on to it this week.
A village meeting has been called on
the 24th instant to see if the village will
vote to enlarge and remodel the Village
Hail.
The latest thing in Easter ornaments is
handsome horse shoe constructed of ar
tifiolal flowers and called the Easter
Horse Shoe
The sugar snow that came yesterday
enables folks to 90 about with sleghs once
moro, and it is u pretty even run between
wheels and runners to-day.
The Randolph Normal School has one
hundred and fifty-one scholars. There
will be eight to graduate from the second
course at the close of the term.
The Good Templars hold sugar and
noek-tie festival at the vestry of the church
OF the Messiah this evening, and invite all
to the enjoyment of Il sweet time.
About fifteen hundred dollars worth of
books were sold during the past week at
the book auction store in Howes block.
They left for ST. Adams on Tuesday.
The residence of the late James G..
french is to be sold at auction to. morrow,
and some one is going to have IS thor
oughly built house us any in Montpelier.
Recording TO the old saw. March snow
flies till the March moon dies" If so we
shall rot get clear of winter this year till
April 9, when the moon, which is new
March TO- finishes its course.
Henry Reed, night watchman at the
Lane Mlnufacturing Company Works. liv-
ing in the Joseph Rowell house on Main
street. moves this week into the old Den
mis- Lane house ON Franklin street.
The meetings held during the last week
al Bethany church under the auspices Of
the Young Meas Christian Association
were attended by IL large number of peo
s. pleand much interest was manifested.
Dn Tuesday forenoon VIM N. Peck wa
out hunting for rabbits among the alders
neal the tannerv "up the branch" whel
he had tie misfortune to slip and fall il
such II manner us to break his collar bone
which was set by DIR. Macomber,
Henry, oldest son of Henry Barnes. o
WaveIand, Iowa, bias returned to Montpe
lier to live with his grandmother, Mrs
Henry Y Barnes. VIM Ii. Barnes, he
son, now living with her having closed II
bis business here leaves for Iowa in :, fey
days.
Howard Arbuckle and his father Phi
lander had trouble at East Montpelie
Thursday and had II hammer thrown IA
him; and claims this was followed by "a
assault with an AK His father was arrest
cd yesterday by Sheriff futile and at tn
hearing will probably put in his side of III
case.
j. V. Morrow and his express wagol
ware shocked yesterday forenoon nea
State street bridge, II team belonging t
Mrs. Calkns taking II sudden start nm
running into Morrows wagon whic
stopped everything but the runaway hors
and harness James took it very calm
ard his wagon didn't seem to be injured.
The book auction closed Monday ever
ing. The elections that made it rattle
Interesting last week resulted in the choiC
Of Miss Fanny Sheldon as the handsome
girl; Jed. Camp us the homeliest man an
III Bascom us the handsomest marie
faan; and each received book as "a pre-
cnt. They least lots" for a SIS Bib
ard viii Herrck got it.
Last Saturday afternoon II jury trial b.
f,re Justice llinkley was held in Heaton
Office, the parties involved being Eleaz
III Dodge against his brother-in-la,
}oseph Yattar, Dodge suing Yatter f
damagos for using unnecessary force
ejeciing his wife from Yattar's hous
where she had heen forbidden to enter;
clt upon the head being the injury su
aimed. Verdict of one dollar and cost
plaintiff
On Monday forenoon Clark King Il
bis horse standing unhitched in front
Die Central depot The horse, becomir
frightened, made dash up State sire,
running on the side walk from the Pavili
10 the post office. Turning at the head
State street. it went up Main and dov
LOOMS stree cts. When turning the corn,
On to School street the carriage overtur
ed. badly demolishing it, With the CT
riage overturned, the horse was unable
get under much Roadway again and "
caught by Will Rivers.