Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-03-22

are quito sick.
Col. C. 3. Wilson returns TO Colorado
the early part Of noxt week.
Our tin manufacturers report large
sale of sugar tools this season.
The Montpelier Union school closes for
t.o weeks vacation Thursday.
Notice the very low prices at which the
new Gospel Hymns are sold by Geo. W.
Wilder.
Judge S. S. Kelton was Frustrated by a
stroke of paralysis last week but is now
on the gain.
The bill providing for the erection OF
public buildings Mt Augusta, Concord.
Montpelier and four other places. passed
the Senate on Friday.
A great modists issues the following di-
rections for wearing n new style of head
gear: with this Lonnct the mouth is
worn slightly OPEN
Samuel, or bold obedience" will be
the subject of tho next sermon in the
series of Old Testament characters at
Trinity church next Sunday evening.
Owing to the scauty snow the past win
ter only about 80 900 OF the 100000 cords
Of wood contracted for by the Central
Vermont have been delivered along its
line.
On Monday night tho lamp post at the
corner Of Barre and Putnam streets was
torn down and the lamp and globe broken
by being run into by heavy wagon driven
by u man living in East Montpelier,
Z. S. Whitcomb, now living at the Cof-
fec house, has purchased of George w.
Spencer his house and store at Wrights-
villo, paying 500 lilo takes possession
on April LIST, and will run hotel in con-
ncction with his store.
n Thursday, March 23d.W. w. Dawloy &c
Co., commence series of auction sales in
the rooms over Huntington's saloon recent
ly occupied by tho savings bank. The goods
are open for inspection ard private sale
in tho forenoon and are sold at marvellous
~ low prices for first class goods. Give
them call
The Molly Stark concert to be given
at Capital Hall on the evening of March
G0th will be the best entertainment of the
season, and will no doubt bring out the
largest audience. The violin and cornet
of the troupe are the best going and of
the vocalists aro Mrs. Carter and Miss
May.
Tho entertainment at Capital Hall
Thursday evening was very good. 1t
was given under tho management of the
ladies of Bethany church, and the various
burlessues were well received. Mrs
Briggs, who has returned from her
Boston musical studies. sang to the great
pleasure of the audience.
ANOTHER COMET DISCOVERED On Sat.
urday morning Charles S, Wells Of the
Dadley Observatory, Albany. discovered
a bright comet in Hercules, right ascen.
sion, II hours - minutes north, declina-
ton 80, 80 minutes. The comet has
tail about five minutes in length and n nu-
cleus of about the eighth magnitude.
John II. Brown, q brakeman on the Cen.
trail Vermont road, fell Off the mixed train
between Rutland and Bellows Falls near
Bartonsvlle. Saturday evening, and was
terribly crushed beneath the wheels. He
was missed, and the next train found him
lying on the track dead. He was known
TO many railrc cad men.
The case of Charles +. Wood and John
Al Harris VS.. the probating Of the will Of
Lydia NJ. Warren has been decided in
favor Of the contestants, the probate court
holding that the intcstate was in passive
stuto and incapable of any tcstamentary
act at the time the codicil to the will was
made. An appeal was taken to the county
court. G. II. Pitkin for the estate; G.. w.
e J, G. Wing for contestants.
TIE SMALL PoX IN BRAINTREE.-Ros
Ford, one of the Brantrce small pox vic.
Tins, died Friday night. His wife and two
children arc sick with the disease. The
selcctmen have ordered the compulsory
vaccination Of the towns people. There
arc no new cases in that town. and there
are and have been no cases in Randolph or
any other town in that part of the state
except Braintrce. There is very little
danger Of its spreading from Braintreo.
One would have said that John r
Morse, Dr., couldn't have found n dryer
or colder subject to write book on than
Adams. But his John Quincy Adams"
one of the series of American States
men" now publishing by IIoughton.
Minlin ~ Co., is not only a very valuable
but entertainiu. biography. The author
gives u' the real man Just as lie vas. I'M.
companionablc and no maker of friends,
hut great figure in American history.
\ Mr.. Adams's long contest for the right Of
petition. part OF that most important
part of his life work which began after
his retirement from tho presidency, is
perhaps as fascinating as any part of tho
well told tale, though tho boyhood and
early manhood and political life are clear
~ shown. The presidential term of Mr.
Adams takes but small space, though not
so small that it should have been left under
chapter head which reads only "Secrc.
tary of State" Probably Mr.. Morse found
as he went on that the services In the
presidential chair did not make so large a
figure as he had before thought and so
gave up an idea of devoting separate
chapter TO tho presidency. And really
being president is Of littlo moment In tho
life of man as szablc as Mr.. Adams.
1t is always good book that makes ono