The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Orange County.
Bradford.

CHILDREN's DAY was observed at the
Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday
forenoon. The house was beautifully deco
rated with flowers, ferns and evergreens,
and an arch in the center displayed the
words, Children's Day, 1885, in white dali
sizes. The exercises consisted of singing,
Rotations, ETC., by the children of the
Sabbath-school, which were well rendered,
and the occasion was made more enjoyable
by the presence of singing birds placed in
cages among the flowers. Although it
rained all day, there was large and appre-
ciative audience both here and at the Con-
gregatonal church in the evening at half
past seven o'clock, where it seemed the
decorators had tried to outvie those of the
other house. Displayed as an emblem on
the archway was Suffer Little Children to
Come unto Me-" The exercises here con-
sisted of music, and Rotations, etc, by the
children, who performed their parts equally
well, and an additional pleasing feature was
the presentation of 1.-The Golden Gate"
- The grand jury have been recalled
to Chelsea to consider the Sloan murder
case reported i'll STAFFORD items. Last
week Tuesday j. j. Rennie and wife, Phin
Chamberlin and wife, Mrs. II. G.. Day and
Mrs w. III. Nourse started for trip West.
Mr.. Chamberlin goes TO Duluth and Mime
apolis, with view of making one of those
cities his future home. - Smalley and
Mellen have settled their difficulty about a
certain tract of land in Fairlee, the former
receiving S6l7, each to pay his own costs.
We suppose this ends the strawberry
war;"
Braintree.
JOHN FINS mother, some ninety years of
age, died Wednesday of last week Her re-
mains were taken to Moretown for burial.
- A rape case in the west part of the
town has caused good deal of excitement.
The guilty parties live in West Randolph
and are now in custody. - The dele
gates to the state convention are L. II.
Spear, w. II. Nichols and G. NJ Bass. -
G. II. Hutchinson and wife of Cold Water
Mich, are visiting his parents - Hugh
Thresher and two daughters of Mortified
have been in town visiting friends. -
Jake Flint is building All addition to his
house and repairing it for another tenement
- Frank Archer has gone TO Brookield
to work for John Sprague.
Chelsea.
CHARLES I. Hoop of Lowell, Mass, has
been spending few weeks in town. -
| Rev. and Mrs. E. f. Herrick attended
the State Convention of Congregational
| Churches at West Randolph last week
- Fred w. Morris is absent ON a trip
to Boston and elsewhere. - While Dan.
lei Burnham was trying to settle dog-fght
by arbitration one day last week he was
| quite badly bitten in the hand. - Mrs
a. G. Prince of Valley Falls, h. l., is visit
ing her father, G. F. Moulton. - Miss
Addie II. Allen is at home for a more or less
prolonged stay. - An organization OF
the Sons of Veterans is being talked of
- The caucus Saturday afternoon tC
choose delegates to the republican state con
vention made choice of l.. G. Hinckley, DIR
S. n. Goss and j. NJ. Comstock, with j. X
Darling, e. NJ. Collins and f. Dearborn as
substitutes. Quite spirited debate as tC
instructing the delegates resulted in leaving
them uninstructed. - Frank Thorne o.
Boston is visiting his father, Gilman Thorne
- Children's Sunday was observed a
the churches with appropriate exercises
- The South Royalton stage leaves
hereafter at eight o'clock.
East Corinth.
CHILDREN's DAY was observed last Sun
day. A very interesting sermon was preached
to the young people by Rev. III. p. James
- Frank Haviland recently bought
George Taplin's horse for $3.50. - Tn,
wife of Rev. III. p. James Is visiting her pa
rents in Middlebury. - George Butter
field has moved his livery stable into tn,
hotel barn. - George Dumas of Man
chester, n. H., is in town visiting relatives
- Cooper has not decided whether he
will be school-master or harness-maker
- j. f. Morrison has moved his famil,
to Norwich. 80 Charles Page is improv
ing the looks of his house with coat o
paint
Orange.
THIS town has lost another of its oldes
citizens, Sanford Baldwin who was bori
and always lived here, died last week Mon
day of Bright's disease of the kidneys. III,
had been in poor health for long time, bu
was confined to the house only four weeks
He leaves wife, to whom he had been mar
ried nearly forty-nine years. - TIT