Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

ion,
C5,anc, W. Town of New York is stor
4, town for = few days.
Col 4. c. Brown and wife are enioyin
, few DAYS vacation at the beach.
Remember the temperance mass NEE
I'M, a. q ieen Guy PARK, Burlington. ne1
weca
Mr.. f ;. Whtcomb is to have clan
,s,e On the state fair grounls on Thurs
iar. September LIST
The Ltmoille county supreme court con
vanal -. Tuesday. Judges Royce, Ross
Ye,z y and Taft presiding.
Tas week the crowd in the Whit
Nlna.ns will be the greatest. and tn,
wees l.er the season begins to wind up.
Ye, erlay'> weather was certainly no
1.Ers,.ve Of the Polar blasts and wither
b iro,.s which Nennor predicts for thi.
E.ck.
Through the courtesy of Rev. G F
Arms Of St. Adams Bay we publish thi:
rsra letter which he received from ;
visionary in China, which our reader.
: find interesting
R.v. J. p. ABBOTT, of Medford, Mass.
vii preach in the Btptist church Sunday
n1.a.aL. AMI in the even ing at 80
Ii. ,oi &c. Of the evening sermon:-ThC
Evil, Of the Liquor TT affic.
Thursday evening abou, o'clock fire
Va, discovered in the wood shed of the
Nnp-ler and Wells River railroad at
PAtia.i, but was easily extingushed. A
.ay o.. few minutes liz the discovery
Wi. proved disastrous to several build,
7.s in cose proximity.
As A d. Davenport, a Massachusetts,
horse J1:er, was returning from Wafer
by to Montpelier lea ling four horses the
hose, became manageable at the sight
oia IRAN On the Central and ran into a
u,) wire fence and SO me Of them were so
sever 8 scratched as to necessitate sewing
sg the wounds.
On Friday last, Henry. sixteen years
o,lsyn Of Ferrin L,fountain, was thrown
ron a ear on the gravel train on the
Nn'p"ler and Wells River railroad, re-
.g..lL n the breaking of his leg below
,- ,n.e It is feared that he was also
rilel n-rrntlly. The broken limb was
s., BY Dr. Chandler.
Sergt Charles Il. Fuller of the "Capi-
@ GIul has been promoted to the
ofts Of 4Inrermtster for the LIST Regt.,
y =. '. Charlie we'll deserves promo.
lion, an We are glad to see his good quail
lies appreciated in the regiment, and we
H4 wiling to bet our hat that no member
o: the re- ment will have cause to COM
plain Of any scrimpage in allowances that
come in his department.
JAMS MUsh, 4 few days since, found
b, ils yeIrIin9 Jersey helfer dead in his
Pslr. on he plains under peculiar cir
cln,.An.a> Ole amin Il dies there every
year Last year Mr.. A. Elmer lost a
.?lr.n-. He found it dead, with one of
H leg elt or torn from its shoulder, and
lying some distance from the body, and
nl inIct.jols of wild anim lis to be found.
The whole hing is a mystery.
During he past week three arrests were
made for intoxcation and disturbing the
peace W f Hubbard, by OH ;er OrIt-
way on Wednesday; John (Polly) Zero,
By Oiiarr D.meritt on Saturday; and
Rol.er Kelley from Mortified, by second
unstable Leonard Lawrence, on Berlin
side. The three arrested were all put
through the course of law to the tune of
goo apiece. No available disclosures
we're made.
A picnic party of some seven or eight
Mn}nl persons fom Montpelier, Water
'o7 MiIdlesex and vicinity held picnic
NH -h-a,o springs last Thursday. The
l'y 81, a. ine a one rs they could wish,
m'aIlLu' LoJd time was enjoyed by all.
During the day Arthur Allen and couple
O. friends undertook TO swim out to the
'sHnI and back, but before reaching
ae "l,pnI' his wind gave out, and he
va, ,aaen into boat completely tuckered
out,
The AUGCsr METEORs.-The celestial
event vi tln~ week is the annual visit of
Ie AM I>t noteors They should be looked
hln he northeast These meteors are
sn'rN 'o'" TO- leaving trails of light be-
NoI th'm. Astronomers count upon
'7rng 40 % than a hundred in night at
's tine Of their nnutl visit. The casual
aFg z.r is likely to see several in half an
l'lr observation, and some of the larger
1r' are worth watching for merely their
beauty
Inc Onion School district meeting held
aCtmt,l iIallou Wednesday last was not
V''"d'd. only ten voters being in attend
''c4 1t the opening of the meeting. and
''7'r ftl1,ing for the choice of the first
V'0nN'"e. resulted in the reelection of
oe OH board consisting of Fred E Smith,
d. I. HonImon, S, c. Shurtleff, Chas. A.
Neel 'ud FL, VI. Guernsey. Quite a long
ue''e wa, had on the legality of the meet
a! IS to votnI money for the extensive
'sPi' being made on the school house
VOL oi lwenty-One cents on a dollar
va hHa..r carried, which will raise about
'''' sufficient to pay all the running
expenses II the school for the ensuing year
11l 'so tor The repairs. c. j. Gleason,
N>i" WIS made moderator and Hiram A.
'"e'9n was elected clerk. Sixteen voters
we're HE highest M nber in attendance.
IHE FIGsr REGIMENT. The first regi-
I'hI National Guard of Vermont, Colo
'9. w. l. GroonIeaf com handing, will
" INTO camp near Rutland on Tuesday.
''p tmhpr u h and RAM in until Eridau