Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-02

Harper Pitkn has left the employ OF
the Pavilion and is now c!erking for Fred
X. Stevens.
Remember Denman Thompson in Josh
IA Whtcomb at Capital Hall next Monday
evening" May 9TH.
James Smith of Montpelier started on
Thursday for Lisbon, Dakota where A.
G. Dewey is located,
Engine company No. 5 hold their regu.
lar meeting this Wednesday, evening at 7
O'Clock, at engine hall.
Thomas Gsmon has rented the y. W.
Swasey house on Court street and removed
his family from Boston.
Geo. W. Durfey has given up his job at
Bellows Falls and is now running
peddlers cart for Denison Dewey.
John Rowell has removed from st.
Adams into the Hyde block and is in the
employ Of the Sabin manufacturing COM
pany.
Hiram Scott intends going to South
Rovalton next week 10 set up in the watch
repairing business in Sargent's drug
store.
J.. Bart Cross is erecting a large and
elegant finished veranda on the front OF
his residence. Fred II. Barnes of Burling-
ton is doing the work.
Engine company, No. 4, will meet at
the engine house at o'clock tomorrow.
Thursday evening, and will probably take
the engine out for practice.
d. l.. Sanders has got his house on
Barre street well under way and Mr..
lIutchns commenced preparing his ground
for a new house last Monday.
The posts have been set and wire is
now being strung to connect Waitsfeld
with Montpelier by telephone. There are
to be Intermediate stations at Middlesex
and Moretown.
The railroad woodshed at Jonesville
was burned Saturday morning, with 250
cords of wood and saving machine
Loss about $500; insured. Fire supposed
to have caught from freight engine.
Geo. w. Colby moved into his house on
Tuesday, Just six weeks from the day the
first shovel full of snow was thrown out to
make way for the digging for the founda
ton, George" just pushed things.
Albert C. Brown, machinist in the
employ of the Lane manufacturing COM
pany, started, on Monday for Wadena,
Mimi, where he is to take charge of
machine shop.
"Grandma" White of South Newbury
will be one hundred years old next July.
She retains her intellectual faculty to a
remarkable degree and remembers events
that occurred in her youth and can repeat
poetry by the hour.
J. F. Watermn has bargained for the
NJ. S. Goodwin house. on First avenue,
which he now rents; price 5000. Mr..
Goodwin will Immediately commence the
avenue.
We see that an earnest effort in favor of
moving Lewis College Qately Norwich
University from Mortified TO Brattleboro
i, being made by the latter place and 1t is
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accomplish the result.
The Philadelphia illustrated World
gave away with their number last week
a beautiful cart plate' picture, entitled
"Grandpa's Pet" copied from painting
of T. w. Wool of 1882. 1t was very
interesting picture for Montpelierites, the
principal character, "Grandpa" being no
other than the familiar face of our we'll
known townsman Kendall 7. Davis.
Last Thursday Albert Cutler sawed on
the farm of VIM. Templeton, in East
Montpelier twenty solid cords of wood,
with crosscut saw, in 7 hours and So
minutes Fourtee1 men assisted him and
the wood was all split and piled up in this
time. 1t was done on wager of ten
dollars between Cutler and Sherman
Caswel that it could not be done in ten
hours. Cutler won easily.
GooD TEMPLARs.-The past quarter
has proved prosperous one for Capitol
Lodge. Under the captaincy of Miss
Nettie Daley and Elmer Z. Bancroft, the
interest has been maintained throughout
the term, and an addition TO the member
ship of tifty-seven (5O persons-among
whom are many of the church going
people from different denominations, thus
showing an interest in the work Captain
Bancroft raised his credit list to about
seventy-three hundred, VIII lie his opponent
surpassed him by one hundred and 81 xty-
nine credits, the forfeit agreed upon is that
the side beaten shall pay per capita tax
of five cents into the Lodge treasury. The
choice of officers for the coming quarter
resulted as follows: w. c. T., Aland G.
Fay; w. V. T., Sarah Laughrey; w. s.,
Sadie Sheridan; w. +. s., N. C. Peck;
w. f., T. j. Keegan; w. c., George c.
Dunning; W. NJ, Amos Hartwell; w. l.
G., Ida Lindsay; w. 0. G., Fred W.
Strong; w. o., Emma Boyce. The com.
petilive system will not be used the com.
ing quarter. The regular temperance
meeting will be held at the church of the
Messiah, next Sunday evening.