Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

1 out enough to fill the =" tea kettle"
Will Terry of Bethel is now reading
{ medicine with DIR. c. L. Stewart.
1t is reported that Justin Holman is
y going to Alaska this spring to build q
church and dwelling houses.
Albert Salisbury is now in the west for
healthy recreation. We hope he will be
, much improved on his return.
;, DR.. Beemis has moved his family from
the house of DR.. Whiulesey. who is soon
Ia take to himself student of the fairer
sex, SO they say.
Lemuel Richmond has sold his interest
in the saw mill to Henry Booth, and
henceforth the mill will be known us
Robinson g. Booths mill.
There is now more talk and some hope
that the late new skeam will develop
enough to build new mill and machine
shop on the old site the coming summer,
and that, with the new depot we are to
have. will make things lively here another
season.
The old board of officers have been re-
elected in the Christian Church Sabbath
school-Austin A. Smith as superintend
ent. The school have added nearly one
hundred new books to their library the
past year. which now contains seven hum
dred volumes.
II. II. Bean moves his ladder manufac-
tory TO East Granville this week. where he
will have larger and better facilities for
making and earring his ladders, which are
in great demand. He has lately received
an order from parties in Massachusetts for
ten thousand feet.
There have recently been held iu Du-
Bots s. Gays block two travelling auctions
One of boots and shoes, and the other of
buffalo and sheep sleigh robes, harnesses,
etc. The latter auction, we understand,
was quite successful in di-posng of a
large quantity of the goods. What'll
come nextp
Our worthy postmaster. j. Hutchinson.
Jr., was chosen one of the vice presidents
for Vermont. by the national womans
suffrage convention, at Washington, De.
cember 80, 1880. We do not know
whether this was New Years or
birthday homer conferred upon Mr.. Hutch
inson, as we understand that he enjoyed
his ifty.fifth birthday on last New Years
day.
At this writing very heavy snow storm
is visiting us. and piling down. filling the
chimneys, and oh. how the stove smoked
this morning; and it's the general excla-
nation that, rs no rain fell last summer,
it is coming down now, all popped out
white! Well, it is no more than might be
expected, for most of the time for two or
three weeks they have been " shaving up
ice," and getting ready for big snow
storm.
We made visit to Pomfret recently,
and while there we saw large house Cat
at Mr.. Henry Hewitt's. Mr.. H. noticing
our attraction to the big cat said: THAT
cat has brought in all kinds of game
squirrels and mice without number; and
IA few days ago she brought in large
rabbit, and | expect rext she will bring
In a cub or small bear"
The week of prayer was observed by
the churches in this place. Some of the
meetings were unusually interesting; for
example, Friday evening, at the Christian
church vestry, the time was devoted most
| ly TO the temperance cause, and Kew. Mr..
Goodell of the Baptist church gave a short
address on the subject of temperance,
which WIS deeply interesting and was
worth going many miles on foot to listen
to.
John Gorham goes to Boston this week,
where he has job. He is very fine
workman. and was one of the best hands
in tho Salisbury mill lately burned. We
bespeak for him Il good reception by his
Boston employers. Others of the Sails
bury help" have found and are finding
employment quite rapidly, which is very
frrtunate for some of them, ut least.
The third school lecture is to be Friday
evening of this week, by Rev. w. Bar
rows, d. D., of '1oston. His subject will
be, Out West-Where and Whatp" 1t
is to be illustrated with the stereopticon,
and will doubtless be very interesting and
Instructive; so if you wish to take trip
out west you can do so Friday night for
the small sum of twenty five cents-take
your conveyance at Dubois & Gays opera
house. We would also mention that Rev,
Edwin Wheelock of Cambridge will de,
liver very interesting address at Masonic
hall Thursday evening, January 18th
subject, martha and Mary" admission
: free.
Matthew Ryan, living in Glead for a
good many years, died few days ago
after long and painful illness. He was a
" very old man-no one knows exactly how
: old. The writer has many times heard
him say that he came over from Ireland
when he was thirty years old. and it is moi
l. far from sixty years since he came to this
country. He married Rhoda Howe. sister
of Stewart Howe, who died in Rochester
- Hollow few Yeas ago. MIR. Ryan s
wife survives him, and seems likely to live
many years, and five sons and daughter
one daughter died several years since
One of the sons now works for George
Wood of this place, one is in Braintree
another in Boston, one at the insane
asylum ut Brattleboro, and the Oldest sor
# and daughter are in Bethel with the
: mother, on the farm where their father
! died. Mr.. Ryan was man of excellent
education. A few years ago he plead and
won bis own case over one of the smartesl
r lawyers in this county.
WoRCEsTER.-Charley Brewster is YER,
: sick and not expected to recover.