Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-03-08
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ter.
The moon changes every Saturday of
this month,
Rev. Henry &. Howard accepts call to
the Congregational church in Roxbury.
No. engine company are to hold their
meetings in the future in the grand army
hall.
CT. Roberts has rooms for students at
the S. B. Currier house, opposite the arse
nal, Seminary Hill.
Rev. George S. Guernsey will preach in
Waitsfeld next Sunday, March 18th, fore
noon and afternoon.
Frank W. futile. Esq, starts for the
west on Monday, expecting TO locate in
Dakota. He goes TO Fargo.
On Wednesday of last week a daughter,
aged two and one-half years. of Charles
Patterson, living on the Berlin side, died Of
diphtheria.
December OF this year occurs the tran
sit of Venus; no more until 200f. We
nus is now evening star,visible in the west
soon after sunset.
Miss Jennie Whitcomb and her mother
have removed from the Freeman house on
Barre street into one Of Aaron Bancroft's
houses on Berlin street,
James w. Brock has sold his stock in the
Lane manufacturing company to Gen
Pitkin and c. P. Pitkin. The par value Of
the stock thus sold is $4,000.
Rev. j. R. Bartlett preached at Trinity
church last Sunday, in exchange with the
pastor, giving a sharp and practical SER
mon on Lots wife in the evening.
Harry Dewing turns up as smiling a.
ever and more too" He was yesterday
presented with sevon-pound daughter
and he feels as big as our genial collector
The editors of a Boston juvenile period
ical in response to their offer, in Septom-
Der last, of two five, hundred-dollar prizes
for short stories, have received nearly
three thousand manuscripts.
On Thursday morning last, Mr.. Henry
w. Whitcomb started on a western tour
going as far west as Denver on the Unior
Pacific and Bismarck on the Northern Pa
ciic.
The Boston Herald notes that est. AL
bans runs to extremes. A few weeks age
the complaint was of too much damage
done from ram. Now the fear is of great
loss from water"
pon't forget the sugar festival this even
ing to be given by the young ladies
Christian temperance union at Trinity
vestrv. Tho Montpelier band will furnish
music. Admission ten cents; sugar fifteer
cents.
Testimony was taken two days las
week before tho commissioners who arr
to report on " extending" State street by
removing part of the French block il
which is "the arch" Counsel are yet tC
aague the case.
Mr.. Saxe's famous toast on Vermont i
so often quoted and misquoted that W.
give it as written by him;
VERMONT famous for her men, woman maple susa
The first are strong the last are leet;
The second and third TGma IA 81 sweet
A Mars hfield women who cannot NOV
her body without help and whose hand
and arms are all drawn out of shape, has
during the past year quilted 10 bed quilts
having cut out with the scissors placed be
tweenher thumb and fingers 19l3"hlocks'
for each quilt.
One of our Nimrods who took an enthu
siastic part in the lying in wait for tina
panther last week has received the fol
lowing card, which explains itself, an
would like an interview with the writer
Mr.. Crossett rs heard YOU was after
panther would like to Inform you that
will buy it and pay a hansum sum for i
my address is Montpelier Vt II, G, G.
Dealer in hides Of all kinds.
The trial in district No. in Moretow
for disturbing the peace by an assault o.
Frank O'Gorman by which the school OK
hibition was broken up the evening {
February 18th resulted last Saturday i
the acquittal of five of the respondents
Osman T. Smith, Thomas ONeal, Ir
Phelps, Fred Alexander and Dan Hayes
and in fining Cornelius Hayes $40 ant
costs.
There was an ice Jam just below tn
mouth Of Dog river and ono by w. c
Standish's Thursday morning that filled
good many cellars with back water. TIL
jam broke about 9 o'clock and furthe
damage was avertcd Business men los
little as those having goods exposed wer
notified by the police in the night. MI
Fullerton of the Riverside lost four pigs
and there was here and there considerabl
damage done by pieces" The ice ha
to be cut from the roads both sides of til
river in order to make them passablc.
Monday evening the horse of Gil
Emerson ran away and when opposite til
Bacon block collded with the team
Curtis Wing Of Berlin, ovcrturning h
buggy and throwing out Mr.. Wing an
his mother who was riding with hin
Mrs. Wing was at first supposed to |
seriously injured but appears to have bee
pretty badly shaken up only. The shaft
of Mr.. Wings buggy were broken an
some other damage done which Mr.. En-
orson settled by the payment of S.. Nj
Emerson's team was stopped near the re
arch bridge by Hugh Dovine,
At the meeting OF the directors ar
members of Washington county agricu
tural society on Saturday, T. L. Andrew
was chosen president, William Chapi
vice president, G, G, Eaton secretary an
treasurer, and A. q. Cummings audto