Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-29


hundred years old and was once occupied
as an Inn by Rutherford Hayes, grand
father of ex.P President Hayes.
Owen Sweeney died Sunday from the
injuries received from being thrown from
his carriage at Stamford. His vile Is
also in considerable danger from the same
accident. He leaves a large family.
LAMoILLE BAPTIST AssoCfATfoN'-Ihe
Lamoille Baptist association Will hold It's
annual meeting with the Baptist church IN
Colchester, September 9Th and 9th, COM
mencng Wednesday at 10 A. NJ. The
annual sermon is by Rev. w. G. Goucher'
Persons wishing team accommodation
from the depot should write to Mr.. A, A.
Davis, Colchester.
Suicide AT SARATodA.-Mrs.S Susan +
Roberts, about 40 years of age, guest OF
DIR. Srong's Saratoga remedial institute,
committed suicide last week with arsenic,
diving in great agony. Mrs. Roberts
accom- panied an excursion party to Lake
George on Wednesday, and was 1.-THE
gayest of the gay" Upon her return she
procured arsenic and swallowed some OF
the poison. Mr.. Roberts is in the West
Indies, but his home was at Middlebury,
Vt.
Mr.. Bennett H. Young, president of the
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railway, Is very much opposed to any
Sunday work on his road, and in letter
to the RaitUay Age gives his reasons Tor
persisting in hi Saboath keeping policy.
1t is pleasing to observe that Mr.. Young
has grown more conscientious and moral
since he led the famous raid on the st.
Adams bank in October, 1S5i.-MeSsen-
ger.
A kentucky paper printed cut and
biography of Queen Victoria Under the
caption of "Men of the Hour"
He slipped quietly in at the door; but,
catching sight of an inquiring face over
the stairrail, said: "Sorry so late, my
dear. Couldn get car BEFORE" $50
the cars were full, tool said the lady.
And further remarks were unnecessary.
The Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton does magnificent work every year IN
the way of exchanging publications with
foreign government and literary and SCI
entific bodies. This work has now been
thoroughly systematized, so that the insti-
ution has now 1851 agents and societies
with whom it is in constant correspond
ence, exchanging our publications. official
and private, tor those of other countries
Foreign governments have sometimes
been disposed to red tape in the matter,
but Great Britain and others are now
ready to CO operate heartily. Last year
the Smithsonian received for foreign
transmission 1922 parcels, for domestic
1905 and for government 81 SCI Congress
allows the institution so complete sets of
all public documents of permanent value
for distribution to the governments of the
world, through this channel The great
republic leads the world in the patronage
of science and letters.
A STRIKING CONTRAST 1T is somewhat
remarkable that New England should
furnish two editors who, in point OF
fashion, as we'll as in other features, were
so completely in contrast One was
worshiper of ton, and never appeared N
the street except in the very pink OF style
II hand was never seen ungoved, and
his general appearance suggested that he
might have Just stepped out of bandbox.
He was, Notwithstanding this, very
clever writer, though superficial and desti
naturally deficient in the esthetics of dress.
TO him fashion had no meaning. lie wore
such clothes as he might get hold of,
being apparently unconscious of such
trihes as fitting the form and pleasing the
eye. There were times when he looked
tidy, as though he had just been cleaned
up, but he seemed unconscious of the fact.
Generally speaking, however, he was so
slovenly as to be really ridiculous, but this
never troubled him. He was too absorbed
in the great questions of the day to give
any thought to the trifles of dress. Thus
he lived and thus be died, while the other
was till the last literary dude. My
reader has. no doubt, anticipated my
words as give the names of n. p. Willis
and Horace Greeley .-Hermts Letter in
Troy Times.
On THE WANE.-The season of the
summer resort is on the wane, and signs
begin to be breathed for city comforts.
The eternal breakfast of beefsteak and
eggs, varied perhaps with broied chicken,
dry and tasteles, pals upon the appetite.
The ride to the depot, SO delightful at
first, is now tiresome. The dear friends
of the beginning of the season are weary
little of each other. The ladies, bless
| llClI ucdl To- arc Juet u littio anu
begin 10 criticise each others dress, occu
patton, and conduct more closely. The
doctor boarding at the hotel has more
frequent calls, and combines business and
pleasure in an easy way. The servants
get to be lawless, and at night there are
many sleep disturbing sounds about that
you did not notice before. The clerk is
goaded with petty complaints, occasionally
neglects his immaculate make up and
smokes gloomily. The travelling conju.
rer, the reader, the band concert, the hop,
the sheet and pillow case party, the min
slre entertainment, have had their day,
or rather night. The men settle pretty
solidly down to whist and billiards, and
the ladies retire earlier. But little
longer and the summer campaign will be
ended, and the great army of summer
sojourners will 90 into winter quarters
again IL Conn., Bulletin