Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-06
f w. Bliley of Chicago is in town on

+ w. Btley of Chicago is in town Oh
business.
Sumner Kimball arrived home on Sat
urlav last from a two months business
trip in the west.
Rev. W. j. Johnson preached las
Sunday at Trinity church on exchange
with Rev. Mr.. Miller.
Joseph Yatter has bought of the French
estate the double tenement house in thu
rear of the arch on the east side; prico
$3.50.
Joseph Memo for several years past il
the employ of George G. Shepard. ha:
removed to Windsor where he has ;
situation.
Jefferson Bruce has removed his car
riage shop from the Trow building, or
Elm street, to Il shop recently fitted up il
rear Of Union block
Teachers ia this county will be interest
ed to knew that the 1911 annual meeting
Of the Vermont Teachers Association viii
b. held at Montpelier on Dec. 2Sth, 29l
and 30lh A very instructive order o
exercises has been prepared for the occa
sion, Of which we shall have more to say
anon.
At the annual meeting of engine com
plny NJ. 5, held on wednesday evening
Nov. 20, the following officers were
elected: Foreman, Janus Crossett; frs
assistant, Patrick Slattory; foreman o.
hose, Mlrcus Lynch; secretary and
collector, Chas. De +. Bancroft; treasurer
Robert j. Htrgin; steward, Lucus S.
Goodwin. Az the annual meeting of the
hook and ladder company, held the same
evening, the officers elected were
foreman, Wallace w. Noyes first
assistant, John Anderson second assistant,
John d. Cummins; secretary and treas,
uror, Mahlon c. Kinson; steward, Lewis
Rodney, At the annual meeting of engine
a5mplny No. 4, held at their engine room
November s, the following officers were
elected for the year ensuing: Foreman
Charles +. Collins; first assistant foreman
Thomas j, Keegan; second assistant fore
man, Fred Emmons; clerk, f. w. Brown
.casuror, Hiram Atkins; steward, D. G
Niles.
TnANKSGIVING SERVICES. --They were
h'll this year at Trinity church and the
pl,tor preached the sermon TO a crowd =
.bl Cighty fce- in in audience room
which will seat seven hundred. This was
eunion meeting made up of Congrega-
tionlists and Methodists, and enough
others came in to swell the numbers to the
Wtp.rlions indicated. The sermon dealt
with the "Raligiou] aspect of Civil Gov
crnm mt" The speaker showed that the
whole political history of our country has
been at work directly or indirectly on a
religious question, viz human freedom !;
that the question before i'll, social pref
uJice 2, iliteracy; 3, temperance-are
Of like religious import and must be dealt
with on high moral grounds. The party
Of the future will be the one which
embraces and champions these ideas
There is no party to-day rallying around
principle-it is simply scramble for
Office. When we see the aim and object
Of cIyi! government to be religious we get
aa idea of the dignity of citizenship and
/ the need Of intelligent, virtuous citizens
TEMPERANCE MEETING.-The temper
snce organizations of Montpelier some
MnL over year and n halfago instituted
aSeres Of monthly Sunday evening union
meetings. They have been kept nj
icgularIy, except in the summer vacation
S'N,on, ever since. The Methodist and
Unitarian churches omit their preaching
''yc on The evenings Of the meetings.
The Bnpts, Episcopal and Congregation
W Nuut tHtS NO HI tbu3 Ollit oCl FlCOo
Ior the meetings, but their pastors and
most Of their people are in sympathy with
0Vr object of the meetings and often
attend aad aid IN the exercises. Tho first
oo0dly Of each.month, ut o'clock p. NJ ,
' Inc temperance evening. During the
""'9n of the legislature extra meetings
were held at 5 o'clock each Sunday after
noon, when valuable aid was received
nom prominent members of that body,
us the purpose Of the temperance people
/ "Eiyc this town " line upon line, here n
. "VI', there little" in this matter, SC
"''' neither tippler nor rumsoler shall
. ~ 70 perditon unwarncd
Last Sunday evening Rev. w. j. John
sun OF Waterbury addressed the meeting
" trinity church in his best and most
vigorous style, lie was attentively listened
i " ny SoolIy audience mado up from
'" several congregations in town. The
"''tng was presided over with dignity
' j. i. Gordon, Esq, and tho singing,
. " Ter DE-. Whitncy's direction, was OK
H'.ut
''"1 meeting, will tell for good on the
''.'2 generation Of The community.