Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31

the tlrst o! TIE week.
Yesterday the weather would discount
AN April dly in its prime flckleness.
Senator Elmunds and congressman j
W, Stewart have gone to Washington.
Our Canadian brethren observe their
Thanksgiving day on Thursday, November
Slh.
Early Tuesday morning this vicinity
was visited by violent wind aud rail-
storm.
Mrs. joseph Gould and her sister Of
the winter.
ID. w. Dudley has purchased of the l.
w. Brown estate the two-story house u
Clay llill, paying $780,
Mr.. Wright is to preach next Sunda,
at half past two p. NJ in the meeting
house at Middiesex center.
The St. Adams folks expect to have thei
new and elegant opera house ready for
service about November Goth.
Peter Gay has exchanged his farm il
Middesex with Harvey,Freeman for hi
tenement house up Clay Hill.
Eugene A, Smith Of Berlin, has moved
into he upstairs tenement of Edwin F
lIIchins new house on Barre Street,
A son of Thomas Cassaviant, employed
at the Cab Shop, had the end of his thu mi
clipped off in Il sbaper Tuesday afternoon.
On Monday afternoon Dr. Geo. Mao,
and w. L. Best started for the West; tn,
Doctor to locate in Minnesota and Best il
Mandan Dakota.
Captain jed Pfessy arrived home or
Friday, intending to remain this winter
having sent his vessel on voyage il
charge of his mate.
The president has appointed Thanks
giving to come Thursday, November ooh
and the turkeys will be treated to con-
tipuous feast from this time on
A Burlington woman whose premise,
were searched by an officer who found
barrel of ale, was very much surprised b
the find aud would just like 10 catch tn.
party who put it there.
w. II. Lombard has commenced tn
erection of Il new house near the site
tho one recently burned. 1t is to be twc
stories high with n fit tin roof, "Al(-
Lane of Plainfield is to build it.
4 diphthera epidemic is prevailing
South Royaton, and the people are cor
siderably excited in view of its rap
spread. A daughter of H. Hewitt an,
a son of J. B. Durkee have died.
Francis Labashire, Sr., died on the tow,
farm on Saturday, aged sc years. H,
leaves Il large number of defendants, from
children down to grandchildren of the fiji
generation, many of them residents of this
town.
The annual III Getting of engine compan,
No. 4, will be held in tho hall of the com.
pany, Thursday evening, November LIST,
at Z O'Clock, Mt which meeting the com
pany officers will be elected to serve tn,
ensuing year.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE CONVENTIONAL
convention will be held at St. Johnsbury
on the evening of Nov. 9Th, continuin!
through the 9th, to form State Woman,
Suffrage Association. Speakers from,
abroad, including Lucy Stone, II. B
will be present.
There will be a concert at Capital Hal
next week Wednesday evening compli
mentarv to Fred w. Bancroft. Mr.. Ban.
croft will have tho aid of his singing
friends on the stage and of the rest of 'em
in the audience; which will make big
crowd ''well sung to-
Prof A. L. Hardy of the West Randolph
high school has accepted the position of
assistant principal of the St. Johnsbury
Academy. Mr.. Hardy has gained for him
self an enviable reputation as an original
and thorough teacher, and the West
Randolph school will rot soon find his
equal
On Friday afternoon q. H. Cross &
Sons team, loaded with empty barrels
made lively ran from the rear of their
buildings, across the street, and coming to
stop after breaking off granite hitch
ng-p post and smashing three lights of glass
and shash in Bailey & Taft's flour store,
aud one in Dan raylor's barber shop.
TIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY," Ver-
mont historical society have voted to hold
their meetings biennially instead of annu
ally, assembling at the same time with
the legislature. The old board of officers
was elected: President, Hon. Il.
Walton; secretary, G. w. Porter; treasu.
rer, Hiram Carleton; librarian, II. A
IIuse.
In blowing and scraping near @. Fl
IEeath's house, 10 straighten Barre Street,
several whole colonies of little brown
snakes were turned up. The number is
estimated by hundreds or thousands, rs
the case might be, and. perhaps too. de-
pending little upon the condition of the
spectator; but that there were snakes
there is no doubt.
Last Thursday evening in the bridge
near the gas house Julian Estes of Ber-
lin cut Richard Preston. who also lives on
the Berlin side, twice in the back with
knife. The parties were intoxicated and
Estes was prevented by he bystan iers
from INJECTING more serious injuries. Pres
ton, wounds were dressed by DR.. Raid
VIII, pronounced them not serious, Estes
wa, CONC when an officer went to arrest
him.