Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

A'uius "heeier, they went on a new
iarm and commenced clearing it up and
providing for their little ones which num-
bered seven when Mr.. Wheeler died.
With the small amount of property she
saved from the sale of her farm she man.
aged TO provipe for herself and family,
until Joel Wheeler, a brother of Rufus,
married her. She had two children by
him. when the messenger of death called
him away. Mrs. Wheeler has been failing
gradually until the past year and is now
helpless, having lost the use of all her
muscles, although her vital parts appear
10 be sound enough to carry her through
many months in this condition. Her COM
plant is said to be rheumatic.
Ida Bemis and Maud and Charley Tabor
Pierce were baptized under the Univer-
salist order of baptism by ElderForbes last
Sabbath.
Z. S. Bennett has an orchard of about
two hundred trees, most of them gratis of
his own setting. His trees are young and
thrifty, having many varieties of sweet
and sour apples Of large size and splendid
flavor Mr.. Bennett says he is apt to eat
too many apples when passing among his
trees they look so tempting
CHELsEA.-Rev E E. Herrick exchang-
ell pulpits on recent Sabbath with Rev.
ID. Kilburn, pastor of the Methodist church
on the West Hill. Mr.. Kilburn is a young
man, and reported us doing a good work
and as being very successful.
Typhoid fevers still prevail. 1t is now
eight weeks since the disease first made its
appearance in the family of ii. w. Dear
born. He and his wife and all five of his
children have had a run of the fever
circumstance that does not often occur.
Several school districts are having fall
term of school. Miss Dana OF Mount
Holly is teaching the school in district No.
(vilIage). She is graduate of the state
normal school at Randolph. We think
the district is fortunate in securing the
services of so competent teacher. Miss
lanora Hobbs is teaching the school at
Foss Corner
Mrs. Adah Dodge, formerly of this
town, died at Hot Springs, Arkansas. on
Friday night of last week. She was the
widow of the late DR.. A. M. Dodge, and
daughter of Amos s. Hatch of this village
Her remains were brought to this town
for burial.
We learn that N. w. Bradley, NJ. D.,
died suddenly at his residence in Barre on
Saturday morning, Sept. 18th. He prac,
tlced medicine in this town about twenty
years and secured an excellent reputation
as IA physician. He removed to Barre a
few years ago.
The long and severe drouth was broken
on Friday last by moderate rain most of
the day. The drouth had been so great
in some places that the corn did not ear
out.
Chauncey Bohopan lost very valuable
horse last week. 1t died suddenly; cause
unknown.
The corn harvest has commenced and
is generally quite hard and good.
Rev. G. p. Tapln preached at Corinth
last Sabbath on an exchange with Rev.
w. H. Dean.
EAST ELMoRE.-A COW belonging to A.
j. Morse had her leg broken few days
since.
w. S. Silloway is driving Towards
big horses.
Mrs. Loren Swift's mother from Massa-
chusetts is in town making her Il visit.
Fred and Edward Silloway are cutting
down large slash-they mean business.
The harvesting is nearly over, and the
grain is good in most portions of the
town.
L, A. Gale is making preparations to
stock up his mill heavily with logs the
coming season.
Mr.. Almond Swift is at home for short
time, He is away most of the time selling
his patent ditchers.
That is a good hen of William Sllo-
ways, which stole her nest and Matched
out twenty eight fine, healthy chickens.
Freemen s meeting is over and SOME of
us feel better and some don't We
couldn't all get the chance to go to
Montpelier
The brooks and springs in this vicinity
are low, and it is very dry. We need
rain very much. The lumber mills are
very short of water.
w. c. Carlton and wife, employees of
S. F. Bailey, having completed IA year S
work in six months, have returned to
Waitsfed, their former residence.
School district No. 9 had pleasant
time at the close of the school, The
teacher and scholars, with their parents,
turned out to grove near by, and held a
picnic. They had speaking and music,
vocal and instrumental, Miss Ella Ohm
stead presiding at the organ. All had a
good time, and, of course, swing was
provided.
CELEBRATION OF REPUBLICAN VICTORY
AT WAITsFIELD.-The republicans of Mad
River valley gathered at Waitsfeld in
large numbers, variously estimated at from
ten to fifteen hundred, on Saturday even.
ing last, for a sort of Notification over the
victory gained at the polls in the recent
election.
The Waitstield brass band, Moretown
drum corps and a quartette of male voices
furnished an abundance of good music
which was also supplemented by a song
or two, which were we'll rendered by {
Mr.. Fassett, of Moretown, while the torch
light procession was on its long marcel
from the hotel to Irasville, nearly a mill
distant. From hundred and fifty to two
hundred torches were in the procession
which paraded through the streets for ar
hour or more, including the march t,
Irasville
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