Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-15

brother in law who was hopelessly
sick.
Charlie Burroughs is spending vaca-
ton Mt home. lie has been at workat Lit
Teton, N. II for the past seven months.
Joseph Akermau, formerly OF this town,
died At Vershire last week.
The committee in the village, district
No 2, have commenced to make extensive
repairs and improvements on the school,
house and also to build large addition to
the same, some twenty feet in length.
The hay harvest is nearly closed. En-.
glish grain, corn end potatoes promise
large crops. Apples and other fruit will
be very abundant.
Mrs. N. S. Bixby is very dangerously
i'll with paralytc disease.
Henry Country of South Royalton is
visiting his aged mother.
Edward Douglass and Mrs Z. r.. Hyde
and daughter went 10 Saratoga springs
Aug. IA.
Dr. N G. Tale and his wife of Windsor,
are visiting her father, DIR. Gu.lin, who
is very seriously i'll.
WEST ENOsBURGH.-Quite a number OF
young people will attend the Brigham
academy this fall, a. Bakersfield. L iward
Bushnell goes back TO Montpelier semi
nary.
Mrs. ii. A. Bushnell came near loosng
an eye by being struck by ball, while
passing, where company of young men
were engaged at play, at Enosburgh Falls,
on Saturday night.
The hay crop. which is heavy, is nearly
all secured, Notwithstanding the great
amount of rainy weather the past few
weeks.
The new M. e church will he dedicated
to tho worship of God on Wednesday Sep
TENDER 9Th, at P. NJ. 1t is expected that
Rev. B. Il, Pierce, ID. d., of Boston, will
preach the sermon. Arrangements are
being made for II reunion of former pastors
in the evening. The church would have
been dedicated ten days earlier, but for
the camp meetings OF the district. which
open on the 18th, and continue to the 20 h.
1t will be dedicated free of debt, and is a
great credit to the sacrifice and benevo
lence of the people. For convenience and
thoroughness of workmanship it will
compare favorably. with any of the small
er churches of the district. The frescoeing
was done by Mr.. Charles Andrus. of Enos
burgh Falls. and speaks we'll for Mr..
Andrus as a workman of ine ability. A
more full description will appear in due
time.
WHITE RIVER JUNcrIoN.-Dr. S. j.
Allen is away for rest and quiet for IL few
weeks.
The post Office at Claremont, N. H..
was entered Wednesday night and the
safe blown open. The burglar got about
$500 in money and stamps.
w. H. Vanderbilt and party passed
through this place on Monday in the
palace car, Vanderbilt, to the White
Mountains.
Mrs. VIM. r. Robinson is visiting friends
Stapstead, p. @.
j. D. Wheeler and family returned on
Wednesday from Greensboro where they
have been camping out.
Parties have been camping on the camp
ground at Claremont junction for several
days. Nearly hundred persons visited
the grounds on Sunday last and score
spent the night there. One new cottage is
being put up by man from Keene.
Rev. A J. Hough will not be present at
the temperance camp meeting at Morris
vile, VT
S. l., Farnum took his little daughter,
aged seven years, to Hanover last Thurs
day to have invisible cataracts removed
from her eyes.
Over one hundred from the Methodist
Sunday school and society attended the
picnic at Olcott's Falls last Thursday and
enjoyed it much.
Quite a number from this place are to
attend the camp meeting at Claremont
Junction, commencing on Tuesday.
Holy communion will follow the morn
ing service at the Methodist church next
Sunday.
Rev George Dutton preached at the
Congreg ational church last Sunday.
Rev. /. s. Bryant is to return ifrom his
vacation this week and will preach to his
people next Sunday.
W1LLIAMsTowN.-M Monday was quite toe
showery for good harvest day.
Report says that Fred Martin of North
field visits in town quite frequently OF late
business calls.
The Universalist society are to have ;
basket picnic at the Gulf Springs, Thurs
day, 10th inst.
The young ladies who visited at Water
bury last week report having had splen
did time.
John Walker from Washington. d. c.
who has been visiting his parents. lief
here for Plattsburg, N. Y. last week oil
his way south.
A memorial sermon was preached at tn
UniversalisL church last Sunday for Rev
Moses Marston OF Minnesota, lately de
ceased, who was formerly resident here
Ruhamah Erskine commences this weel
a term of school in Washington. She laugh
the same school one year ago.
Oliver Martin is at home sick.
Memorial services we're held at the NJ
E. church, Sunday afternoon. in honor c
Rev. D. Field, Mrs. Edison Martin and {
II. Merrill. Papers were read by Mrs. /
II. j. Merrill, Mrs. john Farnham which
with appropriate singing intersperset
made the occasion both interesting an
profitable.
Rev. o. D. Clapp is still visiting