Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-28

education.
!. through the courtesy of Hon. !. w
Is Hobart, general manager of Central Yer
f. mont railroad, free return checks bav,
a been granted 10 the students of Greer
N Mountain Seminary of Waterbury.
Policeman Keegan made five arrests fo
intoxication in three days last weel;. On,
OF the victims. Robert Vance of Barnet
was unable to pay his fine and went to
Rutland for ninety.six days.
! On Saturday John Ewing, Jr., wa.
arrested for stealing wood from the
Montp elicr and Wells River railroad
. woodshed. He was fined with costs, $40
JOHN says be shall buy it hereaft or because
it is cheaper and also says it his first and
last steal
"Aunt" Polly Gould who is in her 93d
year, widow of the late David Gould.
and who has resided nearly all her
days on their old farm in the Gould hi
neishborhood, East Montpelier, has come
to Mon tpelier village to reside with Ed.
ward A. OrdwaY.
AT the annual meeting of hook and
ladder company No. l, at their hall on
Tuesday evening. the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Fore.
man. George M. Felt LIST assistant, T.
Allardi I'd assistant, Juan De Collains.
clerk and treasurer, Maholn G. Kinson
assistant clerk, w. Scott George.
George, a IS years old son of Geo. O
Brown, who lives in the John Hill neigh.
borhood, was severely kicked in the face
and stomach on Monday morning BY
kicking horse of Ezra Perkins which he
was assisting in embarrassing. 1t was
feared at first that he could not live. bu,
hopes are now entertained of his recovery
Charles Taisy who was arrested last
week Wednesday for intoxication, made
two disclosures at his trial on Thursday.
swearing on Frank Gravlin and Theopile
Champeau. Taisy was fined and dis.
charged. Gravlin and Champeau, who
were fined by the court, gave bail and
took an appeal to county court.
On Monday evening Il set of unoccupi ed
farm buildings consisting of house, bs I'm
and stable belonging to Horace Stewart of |
East Montpelier, near the center, inolt,d |
ing five head: of cattle, were consumed bv
flre. Stewart claims that the barns
contained thirty tons of hay and estima tes |
his loss at $1,000 with $500 insuran CO
The fire was ncendiary.
Hermann Jauch, young German
attendant at the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary, has shown. us specimens of his
work in crayon drawing that he may well
be proud Of and which evince decided
talent for the work. He has executed
several commissions for parties in this
village, who are much pleased with the
work. and would like those who desire
good work at very low figure to give
him an opportunity to show his work.
The fall term at the seminary closed
Thursday and Friday and the senior exhi-
bltion on Friday evening. AS usual, the
examinations and the exhibition were
very satisfactory to all who attended
The prospects for the winter term are
excellent, the indications being that the
boarding house will be filled to nearly its
complete capacity, and that the self |
boarding halls will be we'll filed. The
winter term commences on Monday, De.
cember 10Th.
Mrs. Laura d. Andrews, the wife of Ira
Andrews, of Moretown, was granted a |
pension of IS month, and about $500
arrears last April on account of her son,
Martin Andrews, who served in Company
Z, 18th Vermont volunteers, and who
died in July, 1864, upon whom she claimed
to have been partly dependent for support
T. j. Deavitt of Montpelier was her
attorney The pension was duly paid, but
since the payment was made the pension :
office has been informed that this was
fraudulent claim; that Ira Andrews, her =
husband, was worth $4,000 and able to
support his family, and that their son !
Martin never contributed toward the
mothers support. On the strength OF =
those statements, made by several per.
sons, the government sent Alonzo Weeks,
a special examiner of the pension Office +
to investigate the charges. All the
witnesses who had testified in the case Il
were subjected to rigid cross examina
ton by Mr.. Weeks, who also examined n
the town records and took the testimony u
of number of neighbors and others vino
did not testify in the case at the beginning d
and submitted it to the pension office. We {
understand that the department at Wash Il
ingon has adjudged that Mrs. Andrews is
rightfully in receipt of a pension and will Il
continue to draw it,
The Montpelier preachers meeting will
hold its next session on Monday next.
December Sd at 10 A. NJ, at Trinity
church vestry. l.,
The semi.annual reorganization by /.
choice of board of officers will occur ;,
after opening the session, and
a full attendance of members is desired.
Rev j. D. Beeman will then give an
address outlining the missionary and -
church extension work of the church, as :,
observed by him at the recent annual :,
meetings of the general committees at :,
New York and Philadelphia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ;,
SEMINARY HLL.-The sixth musical
recital by Prof. Hadley's pupils, was l
very pleasant affair. The audience in
attendance would impress one that these p
roo;t.lc ypera heoominr ,opnlor Tho |