Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-06-27


cent.
Four persons were confirmed at Chril
church last Sunday, Bishop Bissell of1icia
ting.
The Episcopal Sunday school will hol
no services during the months of July an
August.
The First National Bank has declared
semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, paya
BILE July End.
Ensign T. J. Dewey, son of Edward
Dewey of this place, is taking short
vacation at bone.
platform has been built beside the
railroad track, by the residence of James
R. Langdon in Berlin.
The Country Week" children are to
come this summer on the 2lst Of July,
and remain till the 30th.
A union temperance meeting will be
held in the vestry of Bethany church nex'
Sunday evening, at 7:3O.
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the union school last evening, was well
attended and enjoyed by all.
Owing to too small house the reading
of Prof. Huxley, at Capitol Hall, last
Thursday evening, was given up.
The Central Vermont Methodist camp
meeting is to be commenced August 20, on
the camp grounds at Mortified, and is to
last five days.
w. c. d. Grannis, former resident,
but now president of the Union National
Bank of Chicago, was at the Pavilion
the first of this week.
Several of the employees of the Lane
manufacturing company will spend few
days testing the fishing qualities of Ma
guam Bay, in Swanton.
Last Friday five years old daughter of
o. T. Dodge was run over by team near
the head of State street, but fortunately
was not seriously injured.
The family of V. w. Bullock of Bur-
lington, Iowa, arrived in town last Friday
to spend the summer. Mr.. Bullock is ex-
pected the last of this week.
Quite number of our citizens, together
with a goodly sprinkling from Barre,
attended the unwilling of the Lafayette
statue at Burlington, yesterday.
J. j. Richardson, native of East
Montpelier but now one of the owners of
the prosperous Davenport, Iowa, Demo.
crat, was in town Monday and gave us a
call.
The union school closes this week for
the long vacation. 1t was never in better
condition than now Mr. Bracket is
model principal and and he has efficient
teachers with him.
A change in the running of trains on
the Central Vermont went into effect last
Monday The time table on tho foul tn
page of this paper is incorrect but that on
this page has been corrected.
Inc OF. AlUduS MSoSefyef h"o oohO W.
appreciative remarks relative to some
monumental work that has recently been
erected in the cemetery there by the firm
of Russell & Kelhher of Barre.
Rev. H. +. Hill leaves to day for a
months stay in Chicago where he will
attend the summer school for the advanced
study in Hebrew. Regular services will
be held at Christ church during bis
absence.
The ladies of the Church of Messiah
are to hold "lawn" party this Wednes-
day evening, at the residence of G. II.
Heath, Esq. Ice cream and cake will be
served and Cushman's orchestra will
furnish the music.
A union temperance meeting will be
held in the vestry of Bethany church in
Montpelier. on Sunday, July 1st. 1883. to
commence at 1880 o'clock p. NJ. Under
the auspices of the women's Christian
temperance union and Good Templars.
John B. Doris circus was here the 22d
and gave very good satisfaction. The
menagerie, though not lai ge is we'll kept;
and the performances in the ring were
very good indeed. The trapeze perform
ance was especially excellent. The tent
was well filled.
Cabot is to have a rousing centennial
celebration the 4th. Hon. E. p. Walton
is the ora or of the occasion and the citi-
zens of Cabot have made full preparations
to make great day of it. There will be
fireworks in the evening. On the pro.
gramme for the day are salutes to be fired
in honor of the founders of the town and
others and the Danville and Marsh6eld
bands will furnish music.
Edwin Dillingham; post at Waterbury
proposes to celebrate the 4th of July by
having a basket picnic. The grounds
selected are about a quarter of mile
from the depot The Stowe, Waitsfeld,
Montpelier and Worcester posts and per-
laps others will join 1.-THE Waterbury post
and an invitation is extended to all to go
whether connected with the G. A. r. or
not. 1t is contemplated to have display
OF fireworks in the evening.
If the potato crop should turn out well,
the farmers of the state will have very
prosperous year. Hay cutting has al
ready begun and the crop is the largest for
many years. Farmers are now in favor
OF early made hay, the theory being that
the heterogeneous, or bone making qualities
are much greater than in that which is
made late in the season. Butter is also
holding up well in price. All things
toretell jubilee year