Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01

Gail Hamilton is apout to write the
"reminiscences of her girlhood.
Moody and Sankev have declined an in
vltation to labor in Virginia City, Nevada.
Among the government estimates for
New England are $4,000 for BURLINGTON
harbor and $40, 900 for Msquam Bay.
George c. Gorham says, after an hours
talk with Gen. Garfield, that he doubts if
the president elect has single member
of his cabinet fixed. 1t will have mem
Der from the south, but no democrats
need apply.
A squaw has just died in the Indian
Territory who was supposed to be one
hundred and fourteen years old. The
cause of her death is attributed to the
immoderate use of tobacco for one hum
dred years and cold she contracted in
1880.
There was union Thanksgiving ser.
vice in Vergennes, in the Baptist house of
worship, the pastor, David Foster Estes,
delivering the sermon Among the
occasions for gratitude in that city was
the fact that Redfield Proctor is no longer
governor. -LuGlloW Tribune.
The CHECKER CHAMPIoNsHIP.-The
retui n match for the state championship
checker board, to which E. N. Hyzer of
Barre has challenged A N. Bailey of
Rutland, is not to be played this fall,
owing to the i'll health of Mr.. Hyzer
This leaves the presant possessor of the
board, Mr. Bailey, open to challenge.
Never since the Central Vermont rail.
road was built has there been 81 great a
demand for cars as at the present. With
the great number of cars owned by the
company, and all the cars possible to be
obtained from foreign roads. still! the
demand is increasing. This will give an
| idea of the business done on the road. -
Bedford Times.
The Rutland railroad directors recently
considered the offer of Boston national
bank to become its depositary and transfer
agent A legal difficulty was found in the
fact that the stock was liable to attach
ment in Vermont. If stock We're attached
IN Vermont and afterwards transferred to
Boston, the company would be liable to
legal action. The question will be con-
sidered Naturalization TRANSCRIPT.
The reporter is the best temperance
preacher, and he is never out OF sermon
Witness the case in Paterson, where a
workingman, when crazy with drink, five
weeks ago, stabbed a boy for looking at
him On Thanksgiving day the boy died
In the meantime his assailant has become
soDer-and is likely to remain so, for
obvious reasons to numerous too mention.
-Neao York Tribune.
The department of agriculture has issu-
ed report on the prevalence of diseases
among farm animals in which it appears
that Rhode Island, Vermont and Massa-
chusetts have been almost entirely free
from these diseases. Hog cholera has
been prevalent in Connecticut. The farm
ers of New Hampshire have suffered from
diseases among sheep and minor diseases,
and small losses from various diseases are
reported from Maine.
Almont Barnes, whose appointment as
consul to Curacao is credited to Vermont,
once lived in St. Adams. He went there
! from northern New York and was for IA
time connected with the Messenger. and
afterwards associated with Wilbur P.
Davis in the management of the Tram
script He was there about there about
three years and then went to Washington
to a clerkship in one Of the departments
and has not been in St. Alhans nor in the
state since. For the past year he has
been consul to LaGuayra.
Imagine shaft as tall as Bunker-hill
monument, and of the same proportion all
the way up as at the base-dig square
hole in the ground just big enough TO drop
the monument in, and you have perfect
idea of mining shaft. Then put Is mon
uments of that height each upon the other,
and you have fac-simile Of one of the
Comstock mining shafts. Down every so
feet of this shaft are long tunnels running
from it into the earth, each about us large
as the shaft itself, through which the ore
must be wheeled, and then raised to the
surface by elevators. 4. Simmons.