Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-22


yesterday.
E. W. Bailey, of Chicago is in town fol
two or three days
Services may be expected in the meet
ing house at Wrights7ille next Sunday at
2P. NJ
The Montpelier and Wells River rail
road give another excursion to Wiers,
y. H., Thursday, September 9th.
Mr.. John Murphy, one of Montpelier
oldest citizens, is very sick at Mrs. limo,
thy Sullivans where he is boarding.
On Monday Sheriff futile arrested
joseph Rowe for intoxioation and disturb
ing he peace. He was fined and released
on Tuesday.
For the accommodation of day scholars
a room in the Vermont Methodist semina
ry building is to be fitted up and put in
charge OF teacher.
Lawrence Pres:on's city life was of short
duration, as be arrived home from Chica,
cago Just one week from the time OF his
departure for that place.
After four months OF Dakota life Lucus
5. Goodwin has become satisfied that
Vermont is the place for him and he
returned home on Saturday last.
While hosting large stone in the
Bellows Falls canal, Sunday evening, a
chain broke and the rock struck Joseph
Rosebush, killing him instantly and badly
mutilating his body.
Freight trains, too, have caught the
fast time infection. One ofthem yesterday
made the run ftom Montpelier junction
to Essex Junction, 50 miles, including six
stops, in 80 minutes.
James McC4ffery, tinsmith for nearly
TWO years past in the employ Of Geo. NJ.
Scribner and latterly with Barrows Il
Peck, left on Monday for Bellows Falls
where he has secured good job.
John 4. Taft the eldest son OF Denison
Taft and formerly well known business
man in this town, arrived home last week
after an absence of ten years in Michigan
where he has been engaged in mbering.
John Yatter, Jr, of Worcester, Mass,
accompanied by his wife and son arrived
in town on Monday for two weeks visit
with his parents. John has many friends
in his Old home who are pleased to see
him.
The Vermont Univefsalst convention
will hold its annual meeting at Richmond,
August 2S.b, 29:h and 30th. As this is
the fitch anniversary OF the organiza-
ton, it is expected to be unusually inter
esting.
The attendance at the Vermont Metho.
dist seminary promises to be very large
the coming term, and will probably reach
or 90 over two hundred. Over one hun
bred students have already engaged board
in the hall.
WASHINGTON COUNTY CoURr.-The
next term of the Washington county
court will open September 1lth, the last
day of service being August 50th There
are 90 cases on the docket, but only a
small portion of these will be brought to
trial.
Mrs. Crosby. wife Of George Crosby,
was drowned on the 18th at Indianola. |
Neb., when she aud her husband were
driving through q creek. Her body has
been brought east and she will Re buried |
near Boston where she lived when mar
ried about Il year ago.
John Miller, who came home from Bur |
lington two weeks ago on a short visit. i, |
likely to make more extended one than |
he at first proposed. as he had the misfor |
tune to make miss;ep in descending the |
cellar stairs the other day, and fell. strik. !
ing in such manner as to badly spran |
his ankle.
Miss Horatia A. Butler OF North Bruins |
wick, Me , has been engaged IS teacher Of |
art at the Vermont Methodist seminary,
for the ensuing year. Miss Butler is a
graduate OF Kents Hill. Me-, seminary, |
has studied under one of the finest teach |
ers in Boston, and is 4 teacher OF expert. |
enee.
The stencil arising from the Sen DOL |
street drain for the past week has been |
almost unen lurable for the want OF water |
to flush it and cleanse it. On Monday |
evening an attempt was made to do so, |
by engine company No 4, who played a
stream of water into It from the school |
house cistern, but the remedy proved |
worse than the disease, the water in the
oistern being so foul.
To keep sweet corn in good condition it
should be husked as soon as gathered, and
then placed in an ice chest until wanted |
for cooking. When left in the husk the
juices of the grain are gradually absorbed
by the husk, and then the people say the
corn is not sweet this year. Market far
mers, generally gather corn in the after
noon, pack it into barrels and load it into
wagons, where /: is left all night ready for
an early start in the morning. Under
these circumstances the corn frequently
heats, and is greatly injured. Corn
promptly husked may be kept in refrig-
orator fer a week without loss of its good
qualities.
Alta regular meeting of Capital lodge,
|, o. G. T. at Montpelier. Aug. IS, 1888,
the following resolutions were adopted: |,
WHEREAS, in his infinite wisdom, God h
has removed from our midst one who By
the uprightness and purity of life, has
endeared herself 10 as all. And whereas,
our lodge thereby loses staunch support
er, brave worker, and beloved sister,