Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

DeniSon Taft has taken the contract TO
build c. J. Gleasons house on Hubbard
street. Franklin Hoyt has charge of the
carpenter work.
Joel Foster gave the teachers in the
Union school an excursion to Owls head
on the Montpelier and Wells River rail-
road last Saturday.
The commissioners to appraise damages
caused BY Stale street extension have been
in session since Monday taking evidence
as to the value of property.
This cold. wet summer is Just what the
worn out meadows need, The fact that
the grass crop Of Vermont will be a very
heavy one is already assured.
The ladies of St. Augustine church will
hold strawberry festival at Capital Hall
Thursday of this week, June 22d. To &C
commo late business men a supper will
he served at $50. All are cordially in
rited.
A couple Of Montpelier Nmrods went
woodchuck hunting on Tuesday and killed
twenty-thrre besides shooting other smaller
game. Wallace Noye.. who hunted n
the same locality With them. shot eleven
woodchucks
Peter Revers, molder IN the shop OF
.he Lane Manufacturing Company, met
with a severe accident one day last week
by ladle Of melted iron being partially
spilled into his shoe, burning bis foot very
severely. Hopes are entertained of saving
he foot.
Ia hi. vicinity The storm which visited
some sections of Vermont Monday was
very mild in comparison. About noon it
grew very dark and high wind struck
Up. but in Montpelier no damage is re.
ported, though in Barre quite an amount
Of fences were blown down.
Several very handsome monument.
have recently boon placed in the Catholic
cemetery Among the number. three on
Saturday, one 4 granite on tba lot Of Peter
u " wy tAtt TIC OtuGiS vi lnil Uits QUE
On the lot Of Peter Narcotic, the other
10 the memory Of Morris Mayotte
On Thursday evening as John Hill was
tying up the cows in the barn of C. T
Sabn the door suddenly gave way, drop
ping John, with five cows and all the
milk down into the cellar, twelve feet
below Five cans were demolished, spill
ing ffty quarts Of milk. The cows were
more or less bruised or injured, but John
escaped without injury.
CHrLDRENs Children's dav was
observed At Trinity church last Sabbath
The ladies and young people exceeded
their former very successful efforts in
ornamenting the church with sanks and
mounds Of flowers, potted plants and ever
greens. Cages of canaries dscoursed the
sweetest music from every part of the
room. The exercises of the entire dav
vera devoted exclusively to the children
President BeemUn of the seminary aided
the pastor in the morning with a talk of
twenty minutes to the children and Young
people on the Importance of Christian
education and the facilities our ohurcb
affords the INDECENT worthy to secure the
same. A blackboard exercise and a mir.
ture helped the pastor to impress two les
sons; the danger of falling in sin. and the
power of evil habit The little people
gave good attention TO all the exercises,
The evening conoert was success every
way. The m1sio was fine and the parts
taken BY the children and young people
we're well sustained The wet weather in
tho early part of the day kept many awav.
doub less. 7rsth@rs was good audience.
Wills the cnarch was well tillsd In thu
evening. A good collection was taken for
The 'ohildren's fund"