Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-30

over and made as good as new.
Thanksgiving evening the police ar
rested Charles Huntingt N for intoxiea-
ton. Ga Friday afternoon he settled with
the Justice for FIVE dollars and costs.
contest took place in Huntington this
season between G. A. Baker. A. NJ Poet
and NJ. |. Ellis. AS to which would raise
the most potatoes on half an acre. The
result was thlt on l0l rods G.. A. Baker
raised $50 bushels, A. NJ Peei on 80 rods
$50 bushels, aud NJ Ellis on 80 rolls 2l5
bushels. Tue variety was the Burbank
seeding.
The annual villag" meeting is to he held
At Capital Hall next Monday evening. The
village orders for the year will amount to
about 50 $40 of which some $3.50 were for
expenses belonging tn last year. The police
cost the village ST. 1866, and lighting the
streets and repairs of lamps. etc., 1923.
The receipts FIR Capital Hall have been
IN ore than double the expenses connected
with it.
The second hunt of the Nimrod sporting
club WAS more successful, as regards the
mount of game captured, than the pre-
cedng. Thanksgiving morning saw guns
md dogs AMI amateur hunters vending
their way out of town to the infinite dan.
ger of the world at large AMI one another;
nut sad and slow was the return of the
majority. The count, on which depended
The game supper, resulted in victory for
he winners of the fist match. About
twenty of the hunters sat down to the
supper Friday evening at the Union House,
and Messrs. lrih & Sparrow fairly outdid
the mselves, and served up a collation.
which was probably never equaled in
town.
PAINTERS IN VERMoNr.-A huge fe
male panther was killed in Btrnard on
Thursday last. Thanksgiving day. The
large tracks in the light snow were dis
covered by boy, who called Mr.. Alex
Crowell and son 10 his aid Mr.. Crowell
had an old shot gun and his son had a
rifle. The animal had taken refuge in a
clump of dwarf spruces of very dense
growth, and when Mr.. Crowell ventured
in he found himself close to the animal
before he discovered it. She was crouched
under the thick brushwood with head
erect, ready to spring upon any antagonist.
The dog was divertlng its attention for the
moment, and he lost no time u putting
charge of shot into the creatures breast.
The dog sprang upon it as he fired. and
enabled him to end its career with ball
from the rifle. 1t proved to be one of the
largest, if not the largest, ever killed in
the state, weighing one hundred and
elghty-two and one-half pounds, and
measuring seven feet from tip to tip. The
usual weight is from one huulred to one
hundred and twenty five pounds. 1t was
on exhibitian at Woodstock for two days
where more than fifty d)llars were taken
1t has been purchased by w. c. Danforth,
Esq, of B .rnard, who has made prepa-
cations to put it on exhibition in adjoining
towns. Everybody will want to see the
largest panther ever killed in the state
Mr. Crowell showed great bravery and
GOODNESS and we'll deserves the generou>
reward that comes from the state-twenty
lolars' bounty-and otherwise, which
must amount to seventy five dollars
BRADFORD. H. A. Winship, of the firm
Of Wln,hip & Co, is in Boston buying
goods to supply their heavy trade. which
extends largely into northern Vermont
and New Hampshire.
DR.. Doty is still confined to his house,
With but little prospect of recovery.
DR. Hanson is not vet settled in hi,
nome among us, having been waiting for
he house in which he is to live to be
thoroughly repaired throughout
Thanksgiving services at the NJ. F..
church on Thursday next, Sermon by the
pastor,-a genuine Thanksgiving treat in
store for those who may attend
J. H. Watson, E g., is spending a few
days in Wisconsin. upon important legal
business in which our wealthy men are
interested as well as the poor tax
payers.
The social tea at the parsonage on
Wednesday last, though thinly attended,
IN account of the bad condition of the
roads, was reported to have been very
pleasant gathering.
Sargent & Co., at Piermont station or
familiarly called Calcutta station is
quite convenience for the people com
ing from Piermont and the "lower plain"
John reports good trade.
DR.. Paine is pleasantly domiciled in his
office over the bank, where he seems as
cheerful as wild bird just released from
its prison life in a cage, he now being
Independent and wholly relying upon his
own resources.
J. A. Sewell has moved from the house
owned by DR.. Dnty INTO the brick house
on Pleasant street owned by S. II. Merrill.
d" Lon AS you have now got located on
Christian avenue we hope to see you in
side the church walls now and then.
School at the academy closes this week,
Wednesday, with public examination to-
gether with other public exercises. Prof.
Cummings has proved himself to be one
of the best if not the best teacher we have
had since the two village districts were
united and formed union school.
We noticed u very nice pig of the York
shire breed hanging in Andross' slaughter
house one day last week. We learned up
on inquiry that it was raised by Master
Verne Doty, aged eleven years. The pig
was little over six months old, very
small bone, dressing 300 pounds. Master