Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-01

friends will then leave us.
CALAIS and grass never were
looking better than now. and the prospect
is an abundance for all
A severe mai storm passed over this
town las. week. Wednesday, doing consid-
erable damage to windows. The hal wa,
quite large and had it come "a little later
IN the season much injury must nave been
done to crops. Ii was accompanied bv
torrents OF ram which washed the roads
badly, and In some places newly planted
nelds were injured from the same cause
1t is officially announced that the suits
brought respectively by Willard and others
against the Northern Pacific railroad
comPany.have been discontinued by agree.
ment Of opposing counsel
CHELSEA .-Potatoe ougs and grasshop-
pers nave appeared in force
The June term Of Orange county eourt
will be opened on Tuesday, June 9TH.
MIR. Taylor, the new stage proprietor.
has rented the Bacon place on Maple street.
The prospect for fine crop of fruit is
now first rate rs nearly every fruit tlee
has biossomed remarkably full
Rev W, H. Davis Of Beverly. Mass.
preached at the Congregational church
last Sunday forenoon
1t is reported that A Davis. ESQ. has
lately received a bavonet that was captured
from the British at the battle of Bennington.
1t is estimated that it will cost about
fifty dollar, TO repair the damage done to
the Methodist church recently by lightning
Rev. Il, Webster preached a memorial
sermon last Sunday evening at the Melho-
dist church preparatory to the decoration
services.
7. Dearborn has greatly improved the
appearance of his front ward Abel Mer.
rilI also mas put new pIcket fence in front
of his house, making it appear much more
attractive.
Arthur Slack, son Of JOB NJ. Slack of
this town, fell from a staging some fifteen
feet high, while Singing building at
Lowell Mass, and broke one Of his legs,
ami received other injuries.
1t Is reported that John c. Clarke and
j b. Bacon have each sold their large
and splendid watch dog. Ifabout twenty
Of the cur tribe would 90 Out by honor
able means a sense Of elief would follow
b L. HYDE mas sold his hotel and It's fix.
lures. and his 10, Of land on the hill west
Of the village known as the Bacon lot. to
L D. Humphrey OF thu west hill. Price,
5000 Mr. Hyde vii remain at the no
Tel as an assistant until after the June term
Of the county court.
William Goodwin shot and captured
large and beautiful penguin last week on
Henry Godtrev's mill pond 1t is very
rare bird IN this section of the country,
and is about As large a COOL sized roos-
ter W. j. Tarbell, Jr., has sci it up. and
it can be seen al Hyde q Twiss' furni-
ture rooms.
Decoration day, May 80, was observed
with q programme Of very interesting
ceremonies Al s O'Clock A. NJ, de
tachment Of Waterson Post, G. A. R.. Wis
tied the cemetery Cd the east hill. an at
8 0 CLOCK, A NJ. they visited the cemeteries
on the wesl hill and decorated the graves
Of their fallen comrades. At II O clock
collation. was served at the town hall.
At O'Clock the procession was formed in
front Of the court house and proceeded 10
the old cemetery where the detail of the
post decorated the graves of fallen soldiers
The procession then proceeded TO the new
cemetery where highly interesting memo
ria services were held Thev then re-
paired to the south common and listened
to the memorial address given by Rev W.
H. Davis Of Beverly, Mass The address
was Of high order, and gave the most
full and complete satisfaction to the large
assembly that listened to it, The cornet
band was in attendance and added much
interest to the various exercises of the day.
EAST MIDDLEBURY We never remem-
Der the nineties on the thermometer in
May as this year-thanks to the weather.
God for the cool nights for the laboring
man and beast. For a few years we seem
to have had radical change in the
weather. and to all appearance we may
get marked changes to the injury of
crops, etc.
Much sickness has prevailed here this
spring Two aged ladies have been greatly
afflicted with cancer. Mrs Tisdel died
on the 25th instant, aged about EIGHTY
seven years. She was "A good woman.
Mrs, Sergeant still fingers Mrs w.
Allen. Jun. is quite low with consump.
ton c. Russell has also been on the sick
list for some time with catarrh and liver
complaint.
The forest never mas shown such a
vcrdure at this time of the year before.
Grass is greatly in advance of former sea-
sons Sowed crops are thrifty, and the
young corn showed itself in n very short
time. Your CORES pondent has corn that
he has boed twice. So far the bugs have
Of possession is nine parts in law they