Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-02

Mr.. Wright is to preach in Midllesex
Center next Sunday afternoon at ,; -
o'clock.
John Moriartv. Jr.. has gone into the
employ Of the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad company.
O. w. Daley a student of Dr.. Kemp's
goes to burlington to-day to attend a course
# medical lectures.
james Erwin, who lives near the tame
" up he branch. shot large fox near his
house last sunday morning.
Elon Provost has given up his job at
Files stable and gone to work for the
Montpelier carriage company.
new gravel drive way has been put in
t,lween the Bishop Hotel and Scribner' 5
market for the accommodation of Fales'
livery stable.
An eight.years old son of Mrs. Sturte
want, who lives in the Riker house down
State street, died of diphtheria on Thurs
day Of last week.
Mrs. Garfield has lately received anoth-
er autograph letter from Queen Victoria,
filled with beautifully worded expressions
of womanly sympathy.
December G, 1882, will occur the next
transit Of Venus and the last for nearly a
century and a quarter. It will be visible
in all of the Atlantic states.
Hiram II. Scott of Waterbury is to be-
come a resident of Montpelier. He is to
work for his brother Edward at the Mont
pplier carriage company works.
Edwin F. Hutcins has sold his resi-
ence on Berlin street to Lyman Howe, AN
agent of the Central freight line; posses.
sion given this month; price paid, 81 coo
AS showing the general prosperity of
this place it was stated last week that
every store and tenement owned by tn
French estate or Gen. Ptkin was occupied
Erastus Hubbard has sold the new house
which he has erected the past season on
',he corner of Pearl and Winter streets to
Mr.. j. II. Burpee of the Carriage company
for 81 500
Lovers Of good acting will be glad to
know that a company from Madison
Slare The4ter, New York, will in few
weeks present the pay Hazel Klrke in
Montpelier.
ThA horse Of A l1rew HAYDEN of w tier
bury, took fIgnt It the in wing Of Ia lder
on the 10 II vi holse in Ia ierhil before
which It was Standing, an / ran, sm lshing
thmgs generally.
On Tuesday, November LIST, the Central
commenced running passenger trains over
their new track to Barre and at the same
time reduced the price OF tickets to rs cents
and 40 cents for the round trip.
Prenti,s G. Dodge, the job printer ut
4 Barre, moves this week to Burlington
z where he will open an Office for doing lob
z work. Mr.. Dodge can DO as neat and
tasty printing AS any one, and will get his
slar, Of the work to be done.
| William Spear of Barre has gone into
the employ of the wood department of
the Lane manufacturing company, and
h, removed his family from Barre into
EaS'us IIubbard's house on the corner of
4 SIMMER aud Winter streets.
PASSENGER RATES ADVANCED The
Grant trunk line. Monday, advanced pas
'rnger rates from S. to 1925 from Chica-
60 New York; to 81 % to Boston, and
the round trip from Chicago to Boston,
GOOD for thirty days, to $3.50.
During the year ending September 80
"a $751; 1000 loaded freight cars passed
through St. Adams from the west for Bos-
ton against 64,S00 the year previous. This
number was exceeded by only one New
England line-the Boston and Albany.
Prices for hops range from 25 to p
tents.
Horse buyers, cattle and sheep buyers
pork buyers, turkey, geese and chicken
buyers are now roaming the country buy.
"a ng everything they can lay their hands
upon and paying "war prices" for the
same.
The Vermont Bar Association last week
elected Daniel Roberts. president, for the
/ oming year. Their annual dinner
/ Wednesday, evening, at the Pavilion. was
/ very pleasant aff.ir. Speeches were
made by Judge Royce, Judge Poland
Judge Barrett, Messrs G. n. Davenport
4 + Dickerman, 5. H. Thompson, G. fl
i PItain and others.
4 Tuesday was All Saints day or Al
1 Eaows, festival in honor of all tn
4 angels and saints of Heaven, observed b.
/ Roman Cttholc, Episcopal and Lutheran
churches. In the eastern churches tn
/ i'livtl has been observed since the fourtl
century. In the west it was instituted b
/ Pope Bonftce w. in the early part of tn
seventh century on the occasion of ded
eating the pantheon, a temple built b
Marcus Agrppa, % B, c., in honor {
Jupiter the Avenger, and all the gods, t
the worship of the true God and unde
the invocation Of the Virgin Mary and a
the saints. The feast became general i
the ninth century. To-day is All Soul
day--an anniversary which dates back
the year 1000 and which was estabiShe
N Tor all souls in purgatory.
ABSENT MINDED A leading Montpe
Ter merchlnt, Monday afternoon, left hi
horse in front of the post-of1iae and tn
ar>e after waiting ~ long rs it though
~ Foper. wandered up State street in pursu
Of its master, when, j. G. Spear hitched
IN front NJ Union Block. When the mel
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