Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-09

Rev, DIR. Hamlin of Middlebury spoke
1t the session of the American mlssionar,
association ut Worcester.
Castle G trden received 1929 immigrants.
saturday. The total arrivals for the week
foo'ed mp 967S.
President Arthur had designated Thurs
lay, November 24lh, as day of national
Thanksgiving.
Last week the St. Gohard tunnel
though the Alps WAS thr ,wn open to
uplic use. 1t is title short OF nine miles
IN length. and has cost about 800 600. 900,
which was shared by Italy, Germ my and
SWITZERLAND. 1t is the greatest tunnel
Enterprise thus far pushed to successful
completion.
A large amount of the Minnesota rail
road bonds which the state has so long
refused to pay, are owned by Selah Cham
nerain of Cleveland. Mr.. Chamberlain
" as one of the contractors who built the
tutltnd railroad and made Rutland his
u,ne for some time while building the
'oad through that town.
j. D. Carmichael, cashier in the United
States and Canada express company 5
iii e at Montreal, is defaulter and has
,b-conded. The amount of his embezzle.
rncnt is stated 10 be over $4,000. He Is
| Believed TO have escaped INTO the states. A
| lolxy bo had I,na int,
also disappeared.
CANADIAN ECoNoMY.-It is regarded as
certain in Canadian CIRCLES that at the
coming parliamentary session motion
will be introduced to do away with SOM
of the useless appendages of government
1t is proposed to have parliament elect n
Governor general vt S20, 900 year instead
OF $4,000, as at present; to reduce the
minister's from IA to 7, at a salary of So l0u
Zach and TO reduce all civil off .ers 70 u
maximum salary of $500. These changes
are likely o be but matter of time.
The Montreal He, aid discussing thu
question of separation from the mother
country, maintains that there is no cause
COR the divorce 1t holds that the move
ment can not be very prevalent, because
while - popular idea is rs certain to have
IL conspicuous exponent ~ the sun IS t.
give for h light not one prominent per
son in public life has joined the movement
Besides, the HerItd remarks, the senti
ment Of Canadians is really one of strong
loyalty and of pride in the British connec
ton; and that connection is advantageous
IN that it gives Canada an open money
market where funds for the development
of the country can be had.
The OLD NAN OF THE MOUNTAIN. The
famous profile in the Franconia Notch
threatens to crumble and fall Mr. A. E.
Scott of Boston, the Appalachian club S
c. unclllor of improvements, has m tde two
visits to the mountain to inspect its condl
ion. He says that the large fragment OF
rock which forms the upper part of the
forehead is now poised on the outer edge
u the mass of rock upon which the fore
mead rests. Some fifteen or twenty feel
back is a huge crevice. This is filled with
0ose gravel and water, and the action o.
frost the CO ming wi ter, it is feared. will
50 ,r the upper forehead fragment, fifteen
feet long and four or five in width and
lepth, hat 1t will fall. The proprietor,
Of the Profile House, who are naturally
,olcitous TO preserve this most attractive
advertisement OF the Franconia Notch
guarantee everything which is feasabIt
hall be done to save it before winter set
IN Cementing the rocks solidly ,ogether
was first suggested. but when the difficult
climb up the steep mountain side was
fully considered ana the fact brought tc
mind that man could not carry more
than pailful OF cement to the cliffs ut Il
time, the idea was abandoned at once. I,
IS now proposed to prevent the widening
OF the assure by iron clamps. The scheme
will BIZ but temporary salvation of the
face, in Mr.. SCOTS opinion.