Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-04

David curry, OF This village, has oouSut
farm in Worcester anLl moved on to it.
Eleazor E. Dodge is now travelling
salesman for the MONTY 'elier carriage
company.
Regular meeting of engn ne company
No. 4, will be held tomorrow (Thursday)
evening, at 7 o'clock.
Engine Company No. 8 hold their
regular meeting this "wednesday even
ing at G. A. r. Hall.
Jerome Gould. on Friday last, while
chopping for David R. Gray, cut his right
foot badly across the instep.
Chas. G. Stewart, for two years in the
employ of Sumner Kimball, has left and
gone to St. Johnsbury to work.
The annual session of the grand lodge
of knights of honor hold their next ses-
sion at St. Johnsbury next Wednesday,
April IL.
A Woodstock man who has kept rec.
ord, reports that the thermometer has
been below zero fifty times during the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Snow celebrate
their 25th anniversary of their marriage
with silver wedding this, Wednesday
evening.
A Waterbury man claims that inclu-
ding Thursday of this week, that locality
has been favored with 10 weeks of sleigh
ing this winter.
At Woodbury.. one Voodry, man
addicted to drink, in drunken carousal
fell from second story piazza and broke
a leg in two places.
The market vacated by Frank Newcomb
has been leased by the loves who will
run -four and feed store in connection
with their present business.
David A. Sanders, who recently return
cd from Colorado, is among the number
who has purchased lot on Barre street,
and intends building soon.
George Buchanan of Burlington, who
got 10 years. sentence, left state prison
the Goth, on Gov. Barstow's pardon, after
serving eight and one.half years.
On Friday of last week. as Franklin |
Hoyt was descending the hill in the rear
of his house, he slipped and fell, striking |
upon his face in such way as to cut and i
bruise it severely.
The selectmen of Berlin have purchased
the large safe of the Montpelier savings
bank which they used in their old quarters
and yesterday the safe was moved into
the Berlin town clerks office.
We understand that George w. Par
menter, for several years in charge Of the |
Whittier meat market, has severed his |
connection with the firm, and intends to |
90 west some time this summer.
For week past the weather has been |
more what the time Of the year demands |
and the snow has melted rapidly. Wheels |
are fast getting to be more popular than
runners in the village.
Frank Newcomb went out of business
on Thursday .of last week. William o.
Standish, for many years with him, has
opened market in Frank Correy's block,
in the rooms recently occupied by Ed. A.
Roleau, Ed Alexander goes in Mr..
Standish's employ.
Yesterday forenoon rs the neon train on
the Barre branch was coming into Mont
pelier truck on the freight car broke
when:opposite the Pioneer works in Berlin
and the passengers had to be brought in
on the engine.
The many friends of Ed ward w. Thomp.
son. formerly of Montpelier, will be pleased
10 learn that he has been appointed New
England passenger agent of the Canada
Pacific railway. Ell always meets with
good fortune. and he earns it too.
One day last week, as Storrs Noyes was
turning some work in his lathe, the bal.
ance wheel, weighing thirty-6ve pounds,
suddenly became detached from the shaft
and falling struck upon his foot, causing
him to be counted with the cripples for
time.
Harry Guelo and Charlie Evans, tensor.
al artists, have left the shop of Oughtney
Jangraw, the former having gone to
Boston. and the latter to Northfield |
Henry Yatter, from Felix Pratt's shop,
fills the place made vacant by Evans in
Jangraw's.
About 70 of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs
Janus Crossett gave them a surprise at
their residence, on Wednesday, evening of
last week, and on Friday evening Major
S. Goodwin and wife were given surprise
by some thirty of their friends.
Monday of last week being the seventy
first birthday of Curtis Carpenter. He
was reminded of it by a goodly number of
his friends who gave him surprise in
the evening and made him the recipient of
some handsome presents.
Bennett 3 Moulton's comic opera COM
pany give exhibitions in Capital Hall,
Montpelier, Friday and Saturday evenings,
April 18th and 14th and on the afternoon
of the 18th they give matinee for chill.
dren. The Boston Herald says of the
company:
Bennett & Moulton's comic opera com.
pany began weeks engagement at the
Novelty Theatre yesterday, and gave one
of the most enjoyable entertainments of
the season. The audience, which was
large, were generous in their applause,
there not being single song that was not
redemanded, and if the satisfaction of an
audience is any criterion we bespeak a
succession of crowded houses during a
balance of their engagement.