Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-19

Considerable sickness is reported about
town.
They have sixteen inches of snow in
Canada.
Captain L. j. Coffey and wife of Wind
sor were in Montpelier last week.
We have had few nurrics of snow the
past week, but rot enough fer sleighing.
Last Wednesday Ira Andrews and wife
Of Moretown celebrated their golden
wedding.
Daniel Fay !or has given up the barber
business ard goue 10 work on farm in
Worcester.
The Montpelier telephone exchange is
now conrccted with Mortified. The wire
was s!ung last week
The Windsor county grand jury have
reported forty-nine true bills; one of
which is against Stephen c. Wyman for
the murder of his infant child
The next sermon in the course on Paul,
at Trinity church, will be, paul at
Ephcsis, or the Gospel in Contact Nth
Hcathen Worllliness and Vanity"
There will be a Christmas concert at
Trinity church next Sunday evening and
Tree Monday evening at the vestry, when
the children will have good time.
MIR. N. p. Brooks has so far recovered
from fall received some weeks ago in
Amherst, Mass, as to be able TO return
home. He is expected to arrive home to-
day.
The basement under Bailey e. Co.'S
flour store, recently vacated by Dan
Taylor, is soon TO be occupied by John
Chimney, now in the basement of the old
arch block.
The Union House is soon to be re-
opened, George Wheeler having leased it
of Irish & Sparrow. He also has the old
stables in the rear, B. L. Young having
leased the new one.
Charles Burnham of Burlington, pho
tographer, has removed 10 Montpelier
and entered the employ of A. N. Blan-
chard. lie is to occupy one of the
tenements in the Col. Randall house on
Elm street
Some three hundred were in attendance
at the sociable given Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
Bancroft at the Pavilion, last Wednesday
evening, netting about forty, five dollars
for the benefit of the ladies' society of the
church of the Messiah.
December 23] is the tenth anniversary
of tho crusade from which the womans
Christian temperance union is the out
growth The various local unions
throughout the country intend to celebrate
by making Sunday a temperance day.
This seeming impracticablc in Montpelier,
the two organizations here will commem-
crate The event. by sociable nj the home
of Mis-. ID. L Fuller, on Saturday evening,
Tie 22d. There will be refreshments and
II literary and musical programme, and
al al u lIIflltN ~ CDlilt I'tSo ~ pltuS-
ant evening.
la the sale of tickets for the school
library entertainments EIerton Washburn
won the fest priz' & Waterbury, watch }
he sold thirty four tickets. The room
prizes were It vard4d to
No 4. 176; Cara Webster 5 Id 80
/ 4
,, al; Anna Phinney sold II |
on. ! May Poland sold II
- 00' { Bessie Farwell sold II |
l., 81; Nina Magoon sold il
6, 80; Gertie Clark sold 8
Grammar School, 81; Bell Mead sold 8
Twenty tickets were sold at the door,
making a total of 700 tickets sold.
At a meeting of young men, called at
the vestry of the Trinity church last Sun
day at o'clock, it was voted to organize
a Young Mems Christian Union for the
religious benefit of the young men in
Montpelier. The organic ltion has for
presiding officer, Mr.. Hayes of the Baptist
church; secretary, Mr.. Thatcher of the
Seminary; treasurer, Mr.. Hopkins of the
Congregational church. A committee
was appointed to procure room in which
prayer services may be held on Sabbath
Afternoons. This is II movement in the
right direction and ought to be heartily
supported by the citizens Of Montpelier.
1t is hoped that comfortable room may
bo procured and comfortably furnished
for permanent place of meeting.