Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-17

finally drifted into the saloon Of John Divine, and
became so bosterous that Divine called in Officer
Demeritt. Lamb then promised TO go home, but
instead waited on the steps Of the Tapn store fol-
a chance to get at Divine which he did and went
across the street and attacked him. Oficer De-
merritt then arrested him and took him to jail.
The other two cases were one Ramsde and
Frenchman from Groton, who became intoxicated
and disorderly and were arrested-the first by
Officer Demeritt and the second by Officer Ord
way They all had their trial the next day be-
fore Justice Hinckley and were fined The two
Groton men paid their fines and went home.
THE following business was transacted in the
Probate Court for the District OF Washington
during the two weeks ending the 18th instant:
September 2d-Lucelia A. Shepards estate, adj
ministration account referred to September Goth
Lucy c. Tildens estate, G. W. Hall, admnstra-
tor r. W. Pages estate, Mary E. Page, admins
tratrix de bonis non. September 6tb-Gertrude
T.. Hinckey's guardianship, Henry t. Mosher
guardian; Leander Hutchins estate commission
ers' report returned; Jacob Boyce's estate, ex-
tension granted September 9th--Porter PERKINS,
and j. T. PERKINS, estates applications for licenses
to sell real estate referred to September 9th
September 10th-Adoniram c. Hathaway estate,
will referred for probate TO October 3d. Septem-
Der 1ith--Iewis Clarks estate commissioners
report returned; Charles McGlanins guardian
ship guardian account allowed September 18th
-Emeline A. Joslyns estate, license to sell real
estate granted Minors Mears' guardianship, Will
liam Mears, guardian; C. X. Martins guardian
ship order to invest personal in real estate. Sep
TENDER 15th-Artemas Miller's and William w.
Cadwelrs estates, administration accounts re-
ferred to October 4tl lIuldah Moodys estate,
administration account referred to September 22d
REV J. H. HIScKs of Bethany church dscoursed
last Sabbath morning from Mark ii: 27-"The
Sabbath was made for man" lie maintained
from this Scripture that the Sabbath was the
right OF the race-a right that human law
gave nor could take away; divine right, given
and wrought into the constitution OF man. The |
observance of the Sabbath as a day of rest and |
worship, according to the commandment was |
necessary for each one to secure his physical and
moral as well as religious welfare lie consid- |
cred the wrong and violence done TO society, and |
each member of it, by Sunday excursions Such |
excursions publicly and boldly violated, not only
the rights of the individual and general society,
but the rights of the state that guarded these
rights by statutes and penalties Such violation
set at naught all law by setting up, as superior to
the statute or the ordinance of Cod the pleasure or
profit Of a class company. This violation of
the Sabbath law tended to lawlessness. This
law must be sustained to guard the rights of man
and the authority OF the state The statute of
the state relating to the Sabbath was framed In
reference to the prevention OF individual trans
erosion and not to corporate and public viola
tons 1t needed amendment that it would