Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-17


u minute and one-hal Gay.
Charles O. Estes, for merly OF Montpe
,;or ia now resident of New orleans
La.
Marvin 7. Hall of Montp elier has recelv
od . ne,siop of 81 a month with an arrears
of $500.
Stone is being delivered for the loun
a,,ior of Asa Blanchard's new BLOCK Oh
,ho old Caldwell lot on Main street,
GP. Hardy Of Hyde park has bought
A Smiths entire stock of dry goods al
West Randolph, and takes possession
March 1st.
nGeorge Cayhue for two years past reSi'
i've in Indian Orchard, Mass, ana
Rrooklvn. N. Y. returned to Montpelier
on Tuesday to again become u RESIDENT
Tho sociable of the church OF the
Messiah was held at the residence OF
Row J. Edward Wright. A large attend
,nce was present. Music was furnished
hr crshman & Gilson's orchestra.
Thomas w. Bailey has been relnstated
a. conductor on the Montpelier ana Barre
railroad assuming his duties on Monoay
morning of this week. PERSONS .ne
engineer. has been set to hrlng on the
main line and Mr.. Moody retired from the
road.
The Orange county agricultural society
held its annual meeting at Bradford. w.
II Gilmore of Fairlee was elected presl'
dent. Henry Whitcher of Newbury and
Nat. II. Bailey of Haverhill, vice presl'
dents. and J. P. Jones of Bradford, secre'
tary; and J. P. Peters, general saperln'
tendent
Constable T.. NJ. Irish distrained bank
stock Of James r. Langdon in the Mont
pelier national bank for payment OF taxes
and on Tuesday 50 shares were sold at
auction, being bid off by B. Smith Hale al
$3.50 and $1S4 per share. The amount
realized from the sale of Al shares was
sufficient to pay the taxes in full. MIR.
Irish wished to deliver to Mr.. Hale only
that number of shares but Mr.. Hale
demanded all he purchased.
The drought is general. through all this
mart Of the state and northern New Eng
I,nd Farmers were the first to feel It's
effects, in parched and curtailed crops,
and they are suffering, for water Tor
domestic purposes and for the use OF their
stock. In many localities manufacturers
and lumbermen have been subjected TO
embarrassment and loss, and only in
sneeav and extensive thaw can they see
relief from the difficulties with which
those of them who depend upon water
power are surrounded.
At q meeting of the corporators OF the
Vermont accident association OF Rutland,
Hon, W. H. Dubois, Hon. Geo. Nichols
Hon. Redlield Proctor, J. w. Hobart, j.
3. Mead, and M. j. Francisco were pres
ent. The charter granted by the legisla-
ture was accepted and adopted and the
guaranteed capital of 100000 was all
subscribed.
At the organization of the American
Lection of Honor at Montpelier, last
Wednesday evening, P. H. Hinkley was
elected commander; j. W. F. Washburn,
vice commander; F. II. Bascom. orator ;
George w. Wing, post commander; Il.
d. Blackwell, treasurer; j. L. Sabin,
secretary; c. Burton Martin, collector
D. S. Wheatley, guide; Janus Crossett'
warden; d. A. Guptil, sentry; E. d.
Blackwell, A. w. Ferrin, trustees. The
next meeting is to be Friday evening.
The scenery which is used in the first,
second and fourth acts of "Young Mrs.
Winthrop" at the Madison Square Theatre
is constructed of wood and brass. The
metal was cut by hand in India for LOUIS
Tiffany & Co., who imported it. In India
this metal is used for decorating rooms
dedicated to special ceremonials. ,Ihe
walls and ceiling of the scene at the Madl
son Square Theatre contain over two
hundred oriental designs. Its full beauty
can only be appreciated by aSminute in
spection through an opera glass. 1t shows
the kind of house decoration which the
more wealthy are now introducing II
New York city homes. A duplicate O.
this scere will be shown with the compa
ny which is soon to appear in thslplace.
Rev. Rufus Smith, retired Baptist
minister, died at Bratteboro, Jan. z, agec
&C; born in jamaica and had preached
in Brookline, Weston. Sharon, Wes
Randolph, Montpelier and Georgia. VT.
(1S68.70) and Swanzey, N. H. He wa'
the state missionary of his denomination
several years.
Jonas Goodnough died at his home ir
Berlin, December Dist, Of pneumonia,
after a short illness, at the age of 81 years
Mr.. Goodnough was born in Sudbury
Mass, in 1875, and came to Vernon
with his father in March 1899. The family
coming from Sudbury, with all thei
effects, on an OK sled and settled on the
then. Governors Right" in the towr
of Berlin, where the subject of this sketcl
lived Tor 81 years. He married Lucy
Doten in 1922, who died in 1888, leaving
four children none of whom ure now living
In 1850 he married Relief Bailey wht
survives him. He taught school man,
years in his early life, and many middle
aged people in Washington count,
remember him kindly, rs teacher, whit
for his time was second to none. Hi
tastes were scholarly, and to his last day
his mental faculties were unimpaired
His rccollections of the events of the early
settlement of this part of the state wer,
vivid and the trials and struggles of thu
early settlers were shared by him, an'
they found in him kind neighbour an,