Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-04-29
For the Standard
The Regimental Election.


Mr.. EDrroR,-Allow me, through the !
colums of your paper, to tell "our side"
Of the story. l happened to be one of
the "plain gentlemen in citizens dress,"
mentioned in your editorial Of last week,
who were present at the late election of
field officers in the third regiment
will pass over the well known fact that
the election was called at St. Adams, on
the extreme confne of the regiment, and
some seventy-three miles from our place F.;
and, also, that it had the remarkable /
happen-staace Of its being at a season OF
the year when travelling was almost i'm
possible, and journey of seventy-three
miles a great undertaking, even when
pushed on by the true military ardOr,
that happens to have been given to those
residing on the eastern slope Of " the
mountains" and come more particularly
to the question.
We we're informed that an election Of
the kind was to take place, and it excited
much surprise in our minds that the con-
venience Of three companies in Orleans
county were utterly disregarded in that
instance and being men who are unfor-
tunateIy obliged to labor for livelihood,
and in consideration Of the travelling, &c,
had concluded not to attend; when there
came a messenger, an old and true soldier,
veteran in the militia Of Vermont, who
"let the cat out Of the BAG" that /. B.
Bowditch Of Burlington, was to be the
Colonel; T. +. House of St. Adams, 1t
Colonel, and one Of the Charleston Com
pany, Major. This, surely, was a fail
division Of the Offices" no doubt, in the
minds of the Ransom and Howard
Guards, but not in the estimation Of Ger
tain military organizations in Swanton
Enosburgh, Lowell and Coventry. Th,
same messenger also informed Us tina
this would-be Lieut.. Colonel had mad
the remark, "that the Orleans count
boys had Mt spunk enough to attend tn
election This, of course, had the effeC
Of trying the aforementioned ~spunk,
and the conclusion was, to 90. And the
went, they saw, and they-elected the
officers. If they had not the spunk I
attend, three noble fellows from Lowe
had the endurance to travel TWENTY-FIVE
miles on foot, over the mountains, eve
then covered deeply with snow, and n
a track to guide them; and the messe
ger have spoken Of, had sufficient
the same necessary quality, when trave
ing in any other manner was utterly il
possible, to walk from Enosburgh
Charleston, a distance Of about six
miles, and back, all for the good cause.
We started from Coventry, on Mond
morning, fully resolved, that had 0
messenger stated falsely, to return, b
on our arrival at East Berkshire,
were informed by a gentleman VIII,
none may doubt, that be had told I
truth. We then determined to talk /
matter over.
We arrived in St. Adams in a luml
wagon, drawn by four horses, one Of tn
being of that over-polite kind that mai
bow at every other step. We stopy
at the place appointed for the elect
and had the pleasure Of seeing the &
GERS Of the Howard Guards escorted
the Ransom Guards into town, ard a
ioasIy waited oar escort. but reeei
none. We were strangers IN a stra
place, surrounded on all sides by stra
faces. We bad cum deown" TO see
sights, and expected that . the officer
the Ransom and Howard Guards"
"are gentlemen in every sense Of
word, and scoFn the idea Of doing 9