Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-24

interest In 1t has reached nearly all classes
vi men and boys. There are now five
nlnes well organized. The 9th nine. or
urenadiers rs they are called. is composed
Oh business men. some of them nearly fifty
years old. The 4th nine is composed of
boys to 10 years old. On Tuesday the
1renadiers played game with the Sd
nine; the score stood for the Sd nine 81
Tor the Grenadiers g. On Wednesday the
urenadiers played a game with the 4th
nine Cutie boys); the score stood 81 for
the Grenadiers, and % for the little boys.
Oh Thursday the ID and 81 nine played
game; the score stood, Sd nine 81, and ID
nine 20 On Saturday the Chelsea 2d nine
ana Vershire LIST nine played game.
D b. Hebard, Esq, returned last Satur-
day from his western tour.
Rev, A. Webster, DID,. of Orangeburg,
5. g., was in town last week on a visit to
his brother, Rev. H. Webster
Eugene Ii. Sanborn returned last week
to Central Illinois, where he is engaged in
extensive farming operations.
CHESTER. The building occupied by
j. A. George as blacksmith shop and
carriage mandatory was burned the 18th
instant.
LoNDONDEKRY.-Avery Stowell of this
town sold to d. f Way of Rockingham
his Durham oxen for two hundred dollars.
They weighed forty hundred pounds and
were IL splendid pair of oxen.
LYNDONvILLE.-Part from here to
Burke Mountain are quite numerous and
the splendid view from the summit well
repays one for the tiresome climb.
The Good Templars are in the work yet
TL----aw number one hundred and forty,
Gncluding five clorgymen)-a gain of
twenty two over last quarter.
Freight business never was better on
the Passumpsic railroad than now. With
eight regular freight trains and from two
TO six extras, they draw about three hun
dred cas over the road every day.
Camp meeting opened with IL very rainy
day, which doubtless kept many away
There were no services at the stand. In
the evening Rev. II. T. Jones preached to
good audience, in West Burke tent from
II. Peter 10.
PUTNAMsvILLE Sadie Parker is teach
ing the school at this place this fall.
G. &c. Putnam, Dr., is away with his
family. spending few days at Camp
Watson.
A small gold cross was lost between
Putnamsvile and Worcester last Sabbath
Any one finding the same and returning
it to Mr., Putnam's store will be suitably
rewarded
EAST ELMoRE.-F. B. Morse has tn,
genuine Singer sewing machines for sale
Call and see them.
Frank and Harrison Ainsworth, will
their wives, are visiting their numerou.
| friends here.
Geo. A. Morse took u trip to New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode IslanC
and Connecticut last week, looking afte
his lumber interest.
Rev. IL. w. Flint has been engaged tc
teach select school at this place. TIL,
school will commence the second Monday
in September.
Geo. A. Morse has moved his machine
over to Slayton's mill to finish the lot o
lumber he bought of Slayton.
Frank b. Morse and b. f. Morse hav,
taken the boarding house at the cam
ground at Morrisvile to run throug
the camp meeting.
We were pleased TO see Rev. Rpber
Chrvstie here with his mother, Siste
Chrystie, last Slbbath Bro. Chrysti
preached here for three years past and tn
people miss him very much for he is
faithful worker
ST ALBANs BAY.-Rev. w. r. Daven
port of Camaridgeport has been spendin.
Il part of his vacation with our pastor
Rev. G.. F. Arms, accepta ly filing tn,
pulpit for two Stbbaths, to the instruction
and edticaton of the people.
The young peoples society have availe,
themselves of the generous offer made b
Mr.. Davenport in gard to subscriber
for The P'opie's Monhly, and have Car
vassers out.
The annual Sabbath school picnic give
August l7th, ut the Point, was an enjoy;
Bile occasion, with good attendance.
Last Stbbtth closed Il series of sermon
, given by our pastor on the Lords praye
which have been both interesting and il
structive.
> ST. ALBANs. Gen. r. d. Cuts. chief
the New England depart ment of the U
$ coast of geodetic survey, with three asst
= ItTtS llplll VIC u'lNVi sSNhtlhS oSh't
Harvard and Vermont universities, h
established station on Bellevue mountai
Gen. Cuts is engaged in necessary ba
A, lines for the purpose of determining the pa
+ alleIs and meridans, and OF securing INC
, perfect maps He is pow measuring t
a blse line from New York to Monte;
O The work is at once very dlt1icult a
valuable since upon it depends all accura
r. geography. Measurements from point
, point are made, heights of mountains a
a determined and astronomical Observable
it are taken. By means Of heliotrope,
, telescope with combination of miro
light can be reflected upon similar instr
ments on distant stations, ten of which c
to be seen from Bellevue. We dstinctlys
'f the light flash on the instrument at z
n ROYAL. Montreal, over fifty miles dista
Gen. Cuts very kindly explained to us
81 object of this expedition and its manner
" ,uorkin0 and showed us over the ca