Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09

lain, Mrs. Betsey Underhil; secretary,
Mrs Grace Bixby; treasurer, Mrs Frances
Blxby; guide, Mrs. Mary Hayward; inside
guard, Mrs. Louisa Cloughi outside guard,
Mrs. Nellie Lucas; trustees, Mrs. Louisa
Clough, Mrs. Grace Bixby, Mrs. Mary
Hayward.
The grange at Washington had a ride
here last Friday night with a banquet at
Orange County hotel. There were 25
couples in the party and all were highly
pleased with the menu and everybody
seemed to have an enjoyable time. Dur
ing the banquet at 9 o'clock music was
furnished by l.. ID. Parkhurs,, cornet,
Fred Parkhurst, violin, aud Dan. Dic!lin-
son, piano. After the banquet there was a
social hop in the town hall with music by
Densmore's orchestra.
At the annual meeting of the Cong'l
church, held on Saturday last, the follow
ing officers were chos en:-Clerk, j. NJ.
Comstoek; executive committee to serve
with the pastor and deacons, Mrs. 5. +.
Dearborn. Or. NJ. II. Corwin VII. Emery;
business committee. w. p. townsend, A.
". Powers, A. W. Whitney; treasurer. w.
$. Hatch; trustee for three years, DR.. ). N.
Goss: chorister, w. 5. Hatch. A large
company participated in the annual din
ner and al the roll call 100 members Of the
church responded either in person or by
message.
Waterson Post. No %, G. A. r., have
elected the following officers for this
YEAR Commando G. o. slack; seaior
vice commander, Fifield Bonolol junior
vice commander, Nathan Noyes; cha 1laiu,
Geo r. ceed surgeon, S. n. Goss. "a. d.
adju,ant. q. o. Smith quartermaster, A.
l.. Skinner officer OF the day, =. +. smith;
officer 81 the qua d, g. w. Dursee; SER
geant malor J. b. Atwood; quartermaster
sergeant, Leroy Goodell; delegate, j. Il.
Atwood: alternate, Nathan Noyes; trus-
tees. Geo. r. Reed, Nathan Noyes, Fiteld
Bohonon.
seiectman A. II. Powers has just pur-
Chased 30 new seais for the town pail.
q'hey very noply match those already
there and will fln long-telt want, SWING
toe trouble OF obtli ling cha 5 outside as
has Deen necessary whenever any impor-
nj enter nment has been held in the
hall. These nice, new seats VIII be placed
in the auditorium. without any eStia
effo We can now seat 40 people in the
hall, No town of this sZe N the state can
boast OF a better equipped hall than ours
furnace beat, electric lights. nice scats,
good scenery, etc. All the people VINO
come here have only words OF praise for II
and for our hotel.
The attorneys who prescott d and de-
Tended he respondent in the intoXicat.on
case tried before Justice Emery week be-
fore last did not ayree upon the question
OF how drunk a man must be before be
becomes amepable to the law. In recent
number OF "Iaw Notes this question is
discussed, and after giving the law as II is
laid down in Oregon, the writer says;
"We are indebted to an eminent New
England Judge for test somewhat IN line
with the above, applied by the late Dan.
Rogers, lawyer at Wells River, who SAID
that man was never considered drunk in
Wells River so long as he could lie ON the
ground and hang on TO the grass. we
conclude that drunkenness iscomparatlve-
ly unknown in Oregon and Wells River
The annual installation Of officers in II.
e. X. Hall Camp, No. 2S, Vermont Dl-
vision, Sons OF Veterans, occurred IN their
hall Wednesday evening Jan. J, with
Hale X. Darling as installing officer The
elected and appointed officers are as tol-
lows:-Captain b. II. Adams, Jr.' first
lieutenant, l.. \. Lucas, Jr. secone lieu
tenant. Harry IL. Lyford; camp council,
II. q. biNby, r. +. Wallace, r. q. Reed
delegate. Hale X. Darlingj alternate, II.
II. Iyford: chaplain, Fred V. Tulleri first
sergeant, VIII A. Reed; qulrtermaster
sergeant, Geo. l.. Hayward color sergeant,
Elmer T.. Wallace; sergeant guard, Elmer
q. Reed; corporal guard, II. q. BlNbyi
principal musician, II. X. Darling camp
guard, f. G. Eastman; picket guard, A. =.
Kingsbury.