Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-03-29

OIL JOiNobUhl' "A HeW IduHuIy Has
been started on Eastern avenue by II. J.
Perkins of Burlington.
Rev. Mr. Locke's Sunday school class,
to the number of twenty or more. met at
his house last Monday evening for a social
visit, and had pleasant time.
+. Il, Carpenter and wife and w. II.
Ierrick left last week for a trip to New
York and Washington. d. G. They 80
with Raymond's excursion from Boston.
Tho histrionic society of East St. Johns
bury held dramatic entertainment at the
Town Hall two evenings last week. The
proceeds so toward finishing the new hall
at the Est village.
A party Of dozen or moro of the
middle aged people of this place not long
since picked up all the sleighs Of their
forcfathers they could End and took a ride
to Littlcton, N. II, They reported good
time.
Rev. +. B. Phelps Of the East village
delivered temperance lecture in the Old
North church. under the auspices OF the
Good THmplars. He also delivered his
pom entitled, THE second deluge,
which was good, rs was also the lecture.
Mrs. J. B. Soper died very suddenly
Tuesday night. She had been suffering
with neuralgia in the head, which went
to her heart, causing her death. Mr..
Sopor has the sympathy of the people in
his loss. He was expecting to start for
he west next Tuesday. Mrs. Soper leaves
three small children.
NoRTHFIELp.-R.W. Clark recently met
With serious accident, the cause of which
mas been variously reported. The facts are
briefly these: With q pair lof horses he
started to descend quite steep hill with a
large load Of 4-foot wood on the slod, hav.
ng two chains on the runners Of the for
ward traverse and one on the hind. When
part way down the hill, the chunk" split
md let the load pitch down forward so as
o conline the forward sled and tip the
runners, so that the chains did no good
ind the load showed the horses at fearful
rate. Realizing his dangerous situation,
Mr.. Clark jumped from the load, but in
doing so caught one foot in the reins and
was violently thrown against tree and
received serious injuries, from which,
however, he is recovering. The horses
and load were piled on fence at the foot
of the hill. One horse has died form its
injuries.
Some one reported, not long age, through
tina FREEMAN, that Frank r. Bates was
very low with consumption. This state
]ment was mistake or misrepresentation
not warranted by the facts in the case.
is true that Mr.. Bates has been unwell fo
few weeks, but is now in fair way tt
recover his accustomed health. His ap
petite and his resolution are both goot
and his strength increasing, 1t is Frank
destiny, We trust, yet to win an honorabl,
ifnot an enviablc position among the lega
fraternity.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY u Son are I
erect some new tenement houses thi
season.
Ebcn IIurlbcrt, who has been visitiu,
here for tho past few weeks, has rctur ne
to his home in Massachusetts.
ii. j. Brown has returned to his oil
place in the employ of c. G, Putnam
) Son, as has also J. i. Strong; and ALDER
Howerson, who left there a year ago. ha
applied to them for employment again.
WoRCEsTER.-S. Cameron is going upo
the Bowers farm to commence life fc
himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. tWill Conner's SOD, age
. seven months, died on the 22d instant
DR.. Hunt is sick, and Samuel Hall
also in very poor health this spring,