Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-05

anu a. JoN ~ H~S $1,000 O-' -
mean it.
Good butter sold at 90 and % cents al
Montpelier last Saturday.
Our delinquent subscribers are again
reminded that we need our dues.
Rev. Geo. S. Guernsey will preach in
Essex Center next Sunday afternoon.
John B. Thurston and NJ. Il. Smile are
spending their summer vacation in Maine.
William Il. Bennett, son of G. II. Ben
nett ofthis place. is in town on a short
visit.
On Monday, Robert Whitney, George
Colby and Henry Wood left for Niger
Head pond on fishing trip Of week.
Quite number of Montpelier people
celebrated the q" Fourth "by an excursion
to Berlin pond, and enjoyed fine timc.
Last Thursday, DR.. Barnes, residing OIL
Seminary Hill, buried his only child, g
son, aged two years, who died of diphthe-
ria.
The members of the Capitol Guards
are requested TO be present at their armory
next Thursday evening and help elect a
captain,
Franklin lIoyt is putting in n foundation
for house which he is to erect this fall
on tho street leading from Ridge street 10
First Avenue.
Tho cab shop has shut down for couple
of weeks for repairs on the boiler. The
nickel works shut down for the same time
for want of steam.
There is to DO an excursion 10 Missisquo
park Friday, July 14th where brief liter
AIRY exercises will take place. A cordia
invitation is extended to all. Tickets for
round trip one dollar.
A number of the employees of tho cal
shop leave, on Thursday Of this week, for
Highgate with their families and invited
friends, where they are to camp out for q
week or ten days.
A new post Office order which goes into
effect TO day announces that "a person
renting a box is entitled to have only tn,
mail for his family put into 1t. Each boz
must DO restricted to the use of one family
firm or corporation"
TIE SECOND DISTRICr.-The oflicia
call has been issued for the second distric
convention, which, as before announced
will be held at Montpelier on Wednesday
July Goth. The convention will consist 0
$50 delegates. divided among the countie
as follows Caledonia 40, Essex 10, Orsng
80, Orleans 80, Washington IS, Windhan
60, Windsor So.
Tho 81 orous fourth in Montpelier wa
begun the evening of the third and scat
tered over all tho hours till it began t
rain on Tuesday evening. There wa,
much fire cracker and not all confined. q,
it ought to be, to the small boy. The eel
ebration did not come 10 n head in any
one place that we heard of, but if it ccul
have been all picked up and put togethe
there would have been lots of it, and a yer
queer medley too.
In demolishing the old sheds on the fai
ground one day last week, Samuel Smt
found seven wallets secreted in crevic
of one of the buildings. They had ev
IDENTIFY been placed there by pickpocket
last fall. Some of the wallets containe
notes which indicated that the parties I
whom they belonged resided in the nortf
ern part of tho state.
The up express on Friday aflernoo
struck team at crossing near Braintre
The horse was instantly killed and throw
back on the buggy, which was overturne,
The occupant OF the buggy was not hit b
the train, but was thrown out and badl
cut about the head by falling among SON
pictures and frames which he had wit
him in the carriage. He was taken
Braintreo station and medical aid procure
for him.
The state Sunday school committee hay
secured the services of that eminent SUI
day school worker, Rev. j. Fl. Vincen
D. D., TO aid in the convention to be he
here September 18th and 18th. Feclr
sure that the people of Vermont will d
sire to hear as much as possible from Il
doctor. they have engaged him TO delv
two of his most sparkling lectures {
nominal price per ticket, in addition
his help In less formal ways in the co
vention. Others of note from within al
without the state will be present wi
fresh thoughts and enthusiasm, and resul
may be expected most profitable. not on
TO the Sunday schools of Montpelier, b.
of the state. The convention will doubte
bring several hundred strangers to IL
capital, from all parts Of the state, who
the families Of the several congregatio
will be pleased to entertain. The sessio
of the convention will probably be divid
between Bethany and Trinity church,
but moro definite announcements will
made later