Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-29

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The exercises AT the reform ,,ub l..,
week consisted Of shor, addresses bv Alrs
y. w. Barrett, Rev. \. CLARK. pr.efler,
D. u. Pickett, Dr. w. J.. Paine. T. T.
Aidrlch and tho reading Of a n,n.r h,.
Mrs. j. X. Squires and Mrs. Fred Keniop
all oil which We're quite instrucling. A.
the winter evenings gather upon us we
hope to see better attendance upon these
cub meetings. more especially of the Dnsi-
ness men of the place If the farmers
and their sons, who gather at the stores and
groceries for an evenings entertainment
would spend one evening 10 two weeks at
these meetings we venture to say their
morals Will sustain no i'jury at least.
Possibly some words might be dropped
that would tell for good in after years. l.
is barely possible that that Young man
who has Just been led to take his frst
glass OF beer at the grocery will be able
to decline the next profered glass if he
was to listen to some of the lectures and
remarks heard ut these meetings and thus
save TO the world man. Teach ,he
boys that there is poison in the cider and
beer and the next generation will know
no drunkenness.
j. NJ. Warden has purchased the I'd
ward Prchard house on Pleasant street.
Joe purposes to eat his Thanksgiving
dinner" under his own roof.
Mrs. James McDulfee met with a ser
ious accident last week in falling down
the cellar stairs. 1t was feared at lirs.
that her injuries would prove fatal
owing to her advanced age. We are
pleased to be able TO report her rs out of
danger.
Miss Sheptrdson. only child OF VIM.
Shepardson, Esq, has 50 mnch improved
as to be able to sit up little last week,
the first time in ten years. We hope this
improvement in her case may continue.
portion of the personal property
belonging TO the estate of the late John
Main, was sold at public auction last Satur
day bringing good prices. j. b. Pickett,
auctioneer, made about one hundred
and seventy.fve sales in three hours BEN o
almost a sale minute. We know of no
auctioneer who can equal him in getting
good prices and dispatching business.
f. Shervin, Esq, of Wells River, has
been secured AS book keeper for the large
hardware house of Winship Il Company.
We hear it reported that S. A. Morse
is TO succeed j. A. Warren as sales.
man in the same house. The latter being
obliged to give up the situation owing to
injuries received in the late war.
The Bradford correspondent of the
Montpelier Daily Journal, intimates that
it would be equally proper to petition the
legislature TO change the name Of Brad
ford to Partenay, as for Vershire to contin,
ue the name of Ely. We think if there
were o'be any change in the good old
name it should be Part GeUerS
BARNARD.-Rev. II. A. Webster of
East Barnard has been seriously i'll for a
week past, but it was not the result of the
generous harvest festival recently given
by his parishioners. There is a good
spiritual interest upon this charge
BELLOWS FALLS, NOVEMBER, 2j.-Rev.
R. I, Polk, of Mlrlboro, N. H., preached
in the Universalist church last Sunday.
The first snow Of the season appeared
last Friday morning, nearly two inches
md it has been SO cool since that it has
remained in the shady places.
Union services in the Blptist church
Thursday November 80. Preaching by
the pastor of the Methodist church.
l. C. Day & Co. request the ladies to call
and examine the handsomes. line of silk
and cloth dolmans and long ulstcrottes ever
shown in this place
a large addition has been built by the
Fall Mountain Paper Co. to their steam
mill at the upper end of Green street.
A. c. Moor and George 0. Guild have
each bought lots on the B croft terrace
on which both will build next season.
The '.New Terrace" west Of the Metho.
dist church is among the busy places i'll
this village. About the first of July no.
a spade had broken the ground; now
there are eleven dwellings either so far
completed rs to b. occupied or are in
process of erection.
There has been on exhibition in the
window of Hayes & Holden the past week
a crayon of DR. Allen of White River juno.
ton, finished by Charles NJ Walner of
this place, and in the window of w. A.
Holden's store one of Mrs. N. II. Cook
These pictures are copies from photographs
and both are specimens Of fine art and
cannot fail to attract much work for the
artist.
Chase's crockery department Is pltting
on holiday appearance; lovely things in
the variety line are being arranged with
reference to their greatest attractlVenGss.
The same feature is noticeable in all of
our merchants windows.
D. & c. w. Butterfeld have sold out
their fish and oyster market to Frank
Randall who. with d. /, Snow, will form
a CO. partnership in the business.
The Vermont academy fair at SaXton's
River last Friday evening, far exceeded
any of its former exhibitions and was
a very interesting occasion. They realized
100000 net which 60 towards defraying
the expenses of worthy students who are
poor. Truly noble object.
The expectations of the most sanguine
we're more than realized last Friday even
ing, it being the occasion of that "Pie
Festival" at the NJ f. church, given under
the auspices of the committee on church