Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-10

O"' Ihey will find quite a large deleO,
',On oil Bradfordites there in advance ,
them' land more to follow"
"niie our farmers had great amour
Vi lault finding to do about the dr.
weather the first part of the month an
wished q not prayed. for rain thew nov
"'e iu'ly as much out of patience on AZ
ooun' oil the continued poor weather 70
nSying'" When will men learn to b
con'ented with the doings Of our wis
AT the last meeting of the reform clut
the following officers were elected. pre,i
aen'' d. b. Pickett; vice presidents, Rev
n'eh clark. Rev. I. P. Frost, L. F
ihuroer; executive committee, Miss C. E
strickland, Mrs. E. A. Barrett, Mrs. J. N
DrocK; secretary and treasurer, w. f.
o'oofhe; chaplains, Rev. T. P. Frost n,
Rev. Allen Clark.
sunday last there being no service at III,
congregational church, the Methods,
mousse was filled to overlooking. The pas
Tor gave us one of his excellent sermons
from the one hundred and third Paslm
thirteenth verse. The audience gave the
closest attention all through the sermon
with evident satisfaction We notice The
sabbath school seems to be in a flourish.
ing condition. The genial superintend.
ent' Bro. Lyman j. Heath, seems to
give good satisfaction to the school. We
miss the class in the orchestra. and
wonder what has become of it; possibly
may have retired to some less conspcu-
GUS place.
We were not little amused last Sunday
TO notice the surprise manifested by the
congregation that gathered in the NJ. E..
church as they passed into the audience
room, to see the room darkened by the
shades that had been hung at the windows
during the week. Some whose seats were
upon the sunny side of the house smiled
with evident satisfaction. while others
more remote from the rays of the hot sun,
seemed perfectly disguised with the ''hor-
rid appearance of our new and beautiful
churcl |, window shades in church of the
present day of ground glass. seeming
altogether too ancient One is reminded
of days of old, when our church windows
consisted of about four dozens of lights of
seven by nine glass. Then it seemed verv
appropriate to hang sha DIES to soften the
rays of MONDAY sun. To. day it would
seem more appropriate to be cautious in
selecting glass to obtain that which will
not admit so much daylight as to require
i to be hidden by window shades.
CAMBRIDGEPoRT.-Rev. w. R. Daven-
port has gone to St. Adams Bay for
vacation; consequently there will be no
preaching in the morning for the next two
weeks.
Witherell Brothers pavilion will visit
is next Saturday evening, in form of first
class show.
We are proud to announce that Cam
bridgeport is headquarters of newspaper
he name of which is the PEOPLES Moatlslu.,
CHELsEA.-The great rain of the season
anne on Sunday, the 9TH, causing freshet
hat flooded the low meadows.
The fall term of Chelsea academy will
'e opened on Tuesday, August 30th, under
he supervision of Elbridge W. Goodhue.
While Daniel Burnham was moving re-
emily with yoke of oxen, one of the oxen
became entangled in the machine, and was
'ery seriously injured by having the cords
If both hind legs badly cut by the scythe.
H. L. Bixby has invented a novel and
simple machine for tanning himself while
lifting and at work at his trade. 1t an
wers an excellent purpose also in prevent
ng the annoyance of the troublesome flies
while he is at work 1t is worked by one
foot and a freddie.
Eugene K. Sanborn, only son of L. H.
'anborn, returned last Saturday on visit
o his parents and other friends, after
esidence of ten years in the western
states.
The young peoples mission circle gave
IN entertainment at the Congregational YES
ry on Friday evening, August 5, consist
ing of songs, readings and recitations-all
selected from Winters poems. Ice
,ream was served after the literary enter
.ainment.
The women's foreign missionary society
held meeting at the Methodist parsonage
IN Saturday, August 6.
A rain and hail storm with violent wind
passed over the town August 2, Frustrating
many forest and fruit trees. The storm
vas accompanied by fearful thunder and
lightning.
Rev E. f Herrick and Rev. H. Webster
exchanged pulpits last Sabbath forenoon.
Rev. Frank Hatch of Hartford, c., ar.
lived in town a few days ago.
BELLOWS FALLs.-Quart erly meeting
will be held at the NJ E. church next
Sabbath.
John Slattery, an employe in the Fall
Mountain paper mill, had two fingers
.aken off by getting them caught between
he calenders of paper machine
A temperance concert held at the NJ
E. church, Sunday evening, was well
attended and enjoyed by all. The little
lectures by the children were
good, and the singing was excellent.
The frequent showers of the past week
have done great deal of good in this sec
lion. The little rise of the river was
grand thing for the logmen. They ran
through the Fall some twenty or twenty
five million feet Of logs in six days. The
frequent jams under the bridges were
blasted out with rendrock, with less dan
ger to the men than when they were pick
ed out. There were some hundred and
fifty logmen here and they were a quiet
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