Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-02-07
Farmers Meetings, under the direction
of the State Board of Agriculture, will be


Putney, 1928.
Windsor, March 1-2.
! Barnet, 1914.
Wolcott, ALB.
Glover, 1916.
BELLOWS FALLs.-The thaw has come
now look out for the 9th of February.
Nelson Davis lost finger one day last
week by having it caught in the machin.
cry of one of the paper mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wymrn Flint are in
Washington for week or more.
Ed Lucia, an employee of Russell paper
company. had a leg broken at their saw
mill, Tuesday, by log falling on him.
Frank Tidd lost a finger in number one
mill, Monday. He got caught in calen-
ders.
We are almost in speaking distance
with Claremont, N. II. Over thirty lines
have been subscribed for at that place.
A very pleasant time was that last
week at Rev. A. B. Dascomb's in West.
minister, as over 100 of his people made
him visit. The party carried refresh
ments which were served and very
pleasant evening spent.
Avery enjoyable and successful evening
was that last Mondays supper at the
Methodist vestry, given by the sons Of
temperance, at which time the following
toasts were responded to in a happy
! manner "Our Division" John o. Spring;
1.-THE Ladies of Our Division" Geo. A.
Brown; "Oflice seekers" Rev. s. II.
Emery; "Public Sentiment" G. F. Eddy;
and the Future Prospects of the Order"
Rev. FL. f. Austin.
The Ludlow cornet band favored us
with a telephone concert, last Monday
event g, which was pleasant affair and
proving thot Ludlow still has good band
who are credit to themselves and their
village.
Mrs. John Billings bid off the Capt.
Taylor homestead on School street for
SO $50.
CHELsEA.-We learn that w. D. Laird
has returned home from Massachusetts.
Miss Mary S. Bacon, only daughter of
Dea. j. B. Bacon, died February 1st. aged
II years and months. She commenced
to attend school at St. Johnsbury academy
during the winter term. But her health
50 fat failed that she was obliged to leave
and return to her home. Having partially
regained her health she went back to
participate in the closing exercises of the
school. She took severe chill which
resulted in the disease with which she
died. The funeral service was attended
at her parents home on Saturday, Febru-
AIRY Sd, Bro. E. E. Herrick officiating.
Rev. ID. Kilburn will close his pasorate
on the West Hill next spring at the end
of three years service.
A convention of Orange county tenn.
perance society has been called by the
secretary OF the society, to be holden al
the court house in Chelsea, February 18th,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, for the purpose of
nominating suitable person for county
commissioner and for the transaction of
any other business.
Eben B. Jones has secured the services
of Miss Abbie Dickerman in keeping
house for him.
Alonzo Jones is receiving visit from
his grand daughter, Miss N. Kinson of
Montpelier.
1t is said that Miss Jennie Moore is
going to attend the normal school at
Castletou, VT, the next spring term.
There was an oyster supper at Whitney's
Hotel, Friday evening, February End.
In consequence of the extreme difficulty
in getting corn over the railroads from
Chicago, A. w. Whitney & Son have
obtained supply from Boston which is
very gratifying to their customers,
The great snow storm on the 81 inst,
has rendered it very difficult to do all
kinds of freightingHespecially on the hill
roads.
ElijahsR. Barnes and his wife visited
their son, Walter R. Barnes, NJ. D, last
week at Lynn, N. II.
Miss Hattie Cleveland celebrated her
fourteenth birth day, February Sd, with a
large company of her young friends and
associates.
The w. c. T. U. held their regular
monthly meeting with Mrs. M. II. Corwin
last Thursday.
MoRRIsvlLLE.-Monday morning, at 9
o'clock, our much respected neighbor,
Mr.. ?. w. Judd, took his horse and went
into the woods one-half mile from his
house to get load of wood. Not having
returned at noon his wife became alarmed
at his moi coming to the house as usual,
and with some of the neighbors went to
to the woods. They found him in front
of the house lying across the road on his
back dead. 1t is supposed that he had
heart disease or fit; as the sled was not
loaded he must have lain there from 9 A.
M, to 2 p. N. He was &c years of age,
much respected and we'll 10 do farmer, no
children and formerly of Middlesex.
NoRTHFIELD. Morrill, Gilman and
wife have gone to Boston 10 spend several
weeks with their son John Gilman,
q. H. Houston, who has been for some
weeks mentally deranged, was on Friday
last taken TO the Vermont asylum for the
insane at Brattleboro.
Tho conversational club met Monday
evening, at "Avery's Hotel, and discussed
the province of Journalism"
Mrs. Amos Plastridge lies very i'll and