The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
- Childrens day will be observed at
the churches next Sunday.

- Children's day will be observed at
the churches next Sunday.
East Corinth.
Mrs. BAGLEY of Manchester, N. H., Is in
town visiting friends. - Emma Corliss,
who has been in Sommerville for few
months, returned home recently. -
moved into the house occupied by Burgess
as hotel. - Decoration day was OBJ
served here May 31st The procession
formed in front of the church and marched
to the cemetery. After the soldiers deco
rated the graves they marched to the
church, where Rev. f. Il. Herrick delivered
an address.
West Randolph.
The graduating exercises Of the Normal
School take place next week Friday fore
noon. Twenty will graduate from the first
course and two from the second. 60
large number of Congregationalsts are in
town attending the annual convention of
that denomination. - Charles Wheeler
is very i'll. 80 Ernest Fish has a job
firing a locomotive. He will soon move his
family to st. Adams. - Mr.. Booth is
going into the poultry business on large
over one hundred feet long. -. Levi j.
SWEET of St. Adams will have charge of
building Albert Chambers new house on
the Lombard site. We expect it will be
grand affair. - Several of our Good
Tempars will attend the Windsor County
Good Templars' Union at White River
Junction this week. - Several of the
Braintree soldiers have joined the West
Randolph Post G.. A. r - Mrs. f. NJ
Lovejoy of Royalton is stopping in town.
- Charles, son of Hon. w. II. Dubois
went to Chicago last week to visit his
cousin, Harry Gilbert. He will be absent
six weeks. - DR.. ID. A. Whittesey of
this place has been appointed delegate to
the American Institute of Homeopathy.
- Professor Wbitehill and wife will
have charge of the graded school another
year. They are now spending their summer
vacation at their home in Peacham. -
A. f. Kathan has hen that makes prac-
tice of laying eggs measuring seven and
one-half by nine and one-half inches.
- Mrs. J. w. Carleton will soon visit
in Troy, N. Y, and Massachusetts, -
George Whitney has enlarged and painted
his house, corner of Pleasant street and
Railroad avenue. 1t is greatimprovement.
| =J j. X. Lamson is building bank wall
! in front of his new house on South Pleasant
| street. - Rev. Mr. Bradford, father of
the editor of the Jericho Reporter, is in
town.
West Topsham.
LAST week Monday morning Mr.. Hood
| living in the Magoon neghborhood, found
that some one had stolen his goslings, ten in
number. He came to the village and pro-
cured search warrant and an officer and
| went to Asa Magoon's where he found ten
goslings shut up under the barn correspond
ing in size and looks with his, which he
claimed, but Magoon forbid the officer TAX
ing them. The officer took them, however
carried them to Hoods and put them with
the geese, which to all appearances, recog
nized them as their own. Magoon was ther
arrested and taken before Charles Poole
Esq. for trial. jury was Immediately
summoned and, after hearing the evidence
brought in a verdict of guilty The cour
fined him $50 and costs, amounting to about
S35 in all. Magoon had for a witness one
Loren Williams, who was so drunk that h'
made some disturbance, whereupon he was
arrested for intoxication and disclosed tina
he got his liquor in Woodsville, n. H., anC
was fined So and costs, which his employer
II. A. Jackman, agreed to pay. This did no
close the eventful day. Loren Magoon wa
so intoxicated that he detied all West Tops
ham to arrest him, made some threats as t.
what he would do etc, when the officer wa
directed to arrest him. which he did, and h
was fined the usual So and costs, which
ended Mondays proceedings. - Me
mortal day was observed here. A detach
ment from Post Ransom met the Sabbath
school at the church and marched to tn
, cemetery, led by band of martial music
where the graves of the soldiers were deco
rated by members of the Post. This wa
followed by singing by the choir, recitation
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by Elder Davis.
r Tunbridge.
4 THE Orange County Womans Christa
( Temperance Union Institute was hel
here last Wednesday and Thursday. TIL
,, attendance was large and the meetings wer
very interesting. Mrs. j. L. Perkins of s.
Johnsbury, president of the State Unior
and Mrs. Esther 7. Housch of Brattlebort
secretary of the same, took active parts i
the work. The reports from the severe
: unions in the county were very encoural
: ing. - Mrs. o. A. Gay and her childre
are at home for their summer vacation
- NJ. X. Griffith was badly bitten by
dog last week Tuesday. - Geneviey
e Brigham of Lowell, Mass, is here visitin
1 her mother, who is an invalid. - A. N
: Dean, who has been working in Barre fC
some months, came home for visit la
Saturday. - George Diamond has il
flammation of the bowels and is very sicl
- Rev. David Adams, former res
! dent but lately of st. Johnsbury, is visitin
n his old-time friends in town.
. Williamstown.
y WE are told by ID. T. Averll of Nortl
- field a life insurance agent, that our e.
q townsman Daniel RacOu insured with hiI