Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-08


i'll for a few days but is reported to be
out of danger.
The young people who visited Fairlee
pond last week report very wet time.
E. S. Peaslee and wife arrived home
from Chicago Friday, ED" looks as
though Chicago life agreed with him. He
comes on business for Mr.. Woodward
returning in few days.
Several Of our citizens propose to take
the advantage of the cheap ride to Lake
Memphremagog this week Friday. $l.25
for the round trip, with the privilege OF
stopping over night.
Mr.. Stafford of St. Johnsbury, has been
in town during the past week looking over
the place with view of starting bakery
We hope he found suffi Gent encourage.
ment to influence him to make the move.
Haying drags heavily owing to the
frequent rains. f. P. s. J. w. Bliss had
some fifty tons laying out during the rains
of the past week.
We notice no change in the appearance
of G. G. Doty since the arrival of that
grandson at Montpelier. He seems as
young and lively as ever.
BELLOWS FALLs.-Hon. w. A. Russell
has bought the toll bridge over the Con-
necticut and opened the Fall Mountain
railroad.
John T. Moore is building Il stock house
west of his mill 81 by GA feet. 1t is to be
timed all over, making il fire proof.
Messrs. Hapgood & Aldrich have open.
ed grocery store in Lovell's block on
Rockingham street.
The steam mill on Green street is run.
ming nights this week, in order to get
wood ahead for the mills and give them
time to make the change in engines, to
the new so horse power engine, which
has been put in.
The water is to be shut out of the canal
next week in order to put in the new head
gates. The Vermont farm machine COM
pany and Osgood's machine works will be
run by steam during the shut out
Workmen are engaged upon the last
floor of the new five story brick building
upon the site of the one burned last winter
1t is to be occupied by the Vermont farm
and G. w. Osgood machine works.
Our temperance grand jury man pro
tenn has been making sad havoc amongst
the dealers in the ardent the past week
which resulted in the closing of both
hotels; but our people stand ready to
furnish board and lodging for travellers.
II seems to be crisis, and the issue is
rum or no rum. There has been call
made for town meeting TO elect grand
jury man. Temperance people to the
front now. We are sorry to see so many
of our business men putting their names
to the petition for that call; yet there are
some that stand out staunch and strong
for temperance.
A rousing temperance meeting was held
at the M. E. church Sunday evening and
some came to the front who have been quite
backward in the past. Waen the monster
comes in to our door then it is that we
begin to realize how terrible q thing
inlempersnce is.
Miss Emma Manson of Scituate, Mass,
is spending her summer vacation with her
friends in this place.
WEST BERLIN.-Bro. Worthing and wife
have been visiting his parents in the
north part of the state for the past two
weeks.
CHELsEA.-W. D. Lee, of Newark,
Ohio, was in town last week.
S. T. George, the marble dealer of
Bradford, called on his friends few days
ago.
Mrs. Ruth Hill OF Manchester, N. H., is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mills,
and other relatives.
Eugene Darling of New York, former
teacher in this place, was in town August
1st.
Sidney Allen has removed his shoe shop
from Corwin's building, to much more
desirable location, in the room in Tarbell's
building, form erly occupied for a grocery
by G. L. Hayward.
Mrs. N. w. Braley of Barre, former
resident of the town, called on her old
friends last Wednesday.
DIR. Frank Mills of South Royaltop,
visited his parents last Thursday.