Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-28

There will be the usual union teHper-
ance netting at Bethany chapel Sunday
March 4, at 7P. NJ.
William Moves, of Mishawaka, Indiana
formerly of Montpelier, is in town on a
visit of few days.
John w. Peck has gone to Barre to
work few weeks making sugar tools Tor
Tilden s. Reynolds.
The chicken pie supper in Trinity vestry
last Thursday evening was success, and
nearly $50 was cleared.
On account of days delay in posting
the warning, the town meeting for Berlin
is called for Wednesday, March z.
On Monday Mrs. VIM. Edward Hubbard
started for the west to be absent year on
visit among relatives in Michigan ana
Minnesota.
Geo. S. Hubbard returned home last
Saturday from a three months visit IN
various parts of Massac husetts and
Con necticut.
Owing to press of other matters the
report of the meeting of the board OF
agriculture at Washington is deferred to
our next issue.
Geo. w. Colby has sold his residence
on Putnam street to Charles Fields for
$1,000. Mr.. Colby will erect in tho spring
another house south of Heath's LEDGE,
Mrs. MEAKER, THE MURDEREss. Three
weeks from next Friday Mrs. Meaker'
the Waterbury murderess, will be hung at
Windsor. She is now in solitary contine'
ment.
Last Friday, Nathan M. Parsons in
attempting to board the Montpelier branch
train while in motion, near the Shepard
crossing, slipped and fell beside the car
when he was hit by the trucks and
considerably bruised, but is now doing
WELL
w. A. Stowell of the B. G. & NJ, and
M. g. w. R. railroad was carried by last
Saturday OH Pullman sleeper on the
Central road the porter failing to call
him as requested. On arrival in st.
Ahans special train was sent back with
Mr.. Stowell and he arrived here about 2
o'clock Sunday morning.
On Saturday afternoon, Sheriff D. w.
Dudley arrested one Buchanan, who lives
in the Shady Rill neighborhood in Middle
sex, for intoxication. On Monday he was
brought before Justice O.. d. Clark and
fined the usual amount with costs, which
amount be was unable to raise and was
remanded to Jail until Tuesday evening
when friends paid the fine. He disclosed
on the town agent.
On Monday evening Franklin Hoyt was
surprised at his home by visit from
numerous friends. who reminded him that
it was his 65th birthday. A very handsome
easy chair was presented him, and also a
smoking pipe with case and pocket knife.
The evening was made pleasant one for
him. as well as happy surprise. He
returns his heartfelt thanks to the partici-
pants and donors.
The town report this year makes very
pleasant reading for the tax payer. The
selectmen' have drawn orders amounting
to $ll,920.99. The expense of the street
department, under the management of the
selectmen. has been S3,341 ,25; and the
expense of the poor the past year has been
$t,G90 81, to which is added S49.53 from
the previous year. The selectmen estimate
the amount to be provided for next year
at 81, 500 .O2 and recommend tax of only
80 cents on dollar.
Mr.. Joshua Bliss, who died on Monday
evening at the residence of his son. S. N.
Bliss, on State street extension, near
Seminary Hill, was born September 8,
1893. Since boy, he spent nearly all his
life in East Montpelier and the edge of
Calais. In 1874 he came to this village
and erected house for his son, with
whom he has since resided. Mr. B liss
was very esteemable citizen. The
this "wednesday afternoon, at o'clock
On our first page we give a short antl
official report of the farmers meeting in
Berlin last Wednesday evening, when Dr..
H. A. Cutting lectured upon "Plant Growth
and Fertilization Taking into consider
alton the weather and the bad roads, a
large audience was in attendance and
listened with the closest attention to the
very interesting lecture. After the lecture
the doctor gave his hearers chance to
ask questions, which they improved, and
for some time kept him busy on sever al
topics of interest. After long time spent
in discussion, Chairman Andrews inter-
posed for the doctor and the meeting
adjourned with vote of thanks for the
lecture, and all went home taking with
them some new ideas to think over and
feeling we'll repaid for their attendance.
Capt. A. Sydney Needham, died at his
residence on Barre street, on Friday
morning last, of pneumonia. after an
illness of only one week. He was born in
Mount Vernon, N. H., October 25th 1916
being son of Thomas and Elinor
Needham, who removed to Montpelier
in 1919. In 1886, at the age of nineteen
years Mr.. Needham went 10 sea, which
life he followed for twenty three years;
was master of vessel for seventeen years,
and was engaged in the whale fishery
business most of the time making Sydney,
Australia, his home when in port, and only
once visiting any port in the United States
during his long period of absence from
home. After abandoning sea faring life,
in 1859 he returned to Montpelier where
he has spent the remainder of his life,
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