Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-30

The firm o: Peek x Colby, painters,
have dissolved, Mr.. Peck purchasing the
interes: OF Mr.. Colby and continuing the
business.
ELP. T5hnsoa has given up his Job as
nigh: wa.chman a: the cab shop, and i;
now in the employ of the Union Card
Company.
Daniel Carr wishes US to state that Mr.
LII. Nicholas has never been interested in
his establishment, and that he is no: now
employed there.
A committee OF members OF St. Angus
tines Church were appointed on Sunday
las. to solicit funds to purchase q new
organ for the church.
Tuesday morning there were 2lQ stu
dents booked for the fall term of school
a, the Vernon: Methodist Seminary. The
term commenced Monday.
The fall term of the Orleans county
cour. will begin Sept. 9Th, Judge Il. H.
Powers p.esiding. The session promises
10 be the longest held for some time.
There are l2j cases on the cour. and 81
on the chancery docket.
William Carpenter, general ticket and
passenger agent Of the Dotroit, Lansing
and Northern railroad, Detroit, Mich,
accompanied i'll his wife and son, paid
his father, Curtis Carpenter Of this place,
q flying visi: Is. wees.
In Washington county the acreage Of
corn and pota,oes i a little larger than it
was last year, and both crops promise
well Potatoes are better than last year
in qualify. The hay crop was Of average
size ana better than ordinary quality.
Another temperance meeting OF the
series will be held under the auspices Of
the temperance organizations Of Montpe.
lier in the chapel OF Bethany church
Sunday evening, September Sd, 1882,
commencing at o'clock P. NJ. The prin.
ciple speaker for the evening is W. W.
Prescott, A. NJ. He will be succeeded BY
others,
Last Saturday morning a: aboss 1880
Lanes steam saw mill At Marshfeld was
discovered to be on ire and was entirely
consumed together with considerable
stock. The entire loss amounts to about
5000; insured in Browns agency for
$3.50 The fire is supposed to be incend.
iAry and is the third time the Lanes havs
los: their mills By fire in the past two
years.
Walter A. Shaw. son OF George S. Shaw
Of S. Johnsbury. and for the past six
years a member Of the firm Of Shaw &
Co, insurance agents, left home recently
and has no. been heard from since. 1t Is
now reported tina: be is iefaulter, but to
what amount is unknown. Il was stated
in some papers that tho Farmers Mutual
Of this village was loser BY him, but we
are informed tina. the company is abund.
antly secured.
Committees will be appointed this week
by the Sunday schools to solicit entertain.
ment for the state Sunday school conven.
ton to NEE: here September 18Th and
18th. We are expecting very profitable
time. Prominent Sunday school workers
will be here from all over the state, besides
Dr.. ]. H. Vincent, who is a hest in him.
self. His lecture. probably in Trinity
church, Thursday evening September 14,h,
will be Of great interest.
COTTON on FIRE About midnigh, on
Saturday, carload OF cotton en- route to
WinoosAi wss discovered, at Waterbury,
10 ne N fire. The alarm was sounded BY
the locomotive, and in shor. time there
Was help enough on hand to pull the
burning cotton from the car. Nearly
every bale was scorched to some extent,
while some Of the cotton was badly burned.
The car was somewhat damaged. The
fire originated, it is supposed, from loco
motive sparks
HE RAILROAD LTTIGATIoN.-An ad.
j3urned hearing before Judge Royce Ga
The petition of he Central Vermont rail
road company, receivers and managers
praying for the appointment Of special
masters to audit he.accouts ofthe petinon.
ers as receiver, and managers from JulyIl
1873, was held at ;: Adams, Friday, and
resulted in tae appin,men. of the follow.
Ing gentlemen a, special masters: J. M,
Tyler OF Bca:tieboro. W. P. Dillingham;
OF Waterbury, and w. II. Walker of Ind.
low.
The oyster season commences on FRI
day. September the date being fixed
by the old time tradition which holds tia,
oysters should no. be eaten in any month
the name OF which does not contain the
letter ~. Some Of the dealers say tina,
many people are 50 "nolional" and su.
pors.i;ious a6ol, this oil tradition tina,
they will not par;ale of oysters on the
last day Of August, bat freely eat them
On the following day. And yet the oyster
tr'de is much larger in the spring and
summer months than the public generally
suppose The busiest months in the trade
are September, October, November and
peceuber