Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-04-04
VERMONT ITEMS.

oRCE OF OLD hARIT.-It IS tQld OF a
Connecticut field officer, better acquainted
with farming than soldering, that when Cit
cumstances placed him in command of his
regiment at Hatteras, he wished TO oblique
his column in marching order, he said. "Haw
around that mud puddle"
This reminds us of an anecdote of the gal
liant Lieut.. Dan Raxford, so well known to
all who navigate the waters of Lake Cham
plain for his thorough sea-going qualities, but
who is now attached to the Vermont Sixth
Regiment o.! Volunteers as Lieutenant in one
Of its companies. Having occasion to order
his men to unhx bayonets, the proper term
not occurring to him, he called out " unship
bayonets P' and presently after they were
amused by another order to " tghesl 10 the
stdrboard. As quite a number Of the Lieu
tenants men had served as sailors, the orders
we're quite Ineligible and were properly
obeyed.-Bar. Sentinel.
A KIND Acr.-Dr. Higginbottom the
surgeon Of the federal prisoners at Richmond
last season, preserved the watch and five dol
lars in gold, the property Of Corporal Elisha
Keables, Of Company c.. 2nd Vermont Regi-
ment, who was wounded at the battle OF Bull
Run and died in consequence Of his wounds
at Richmond few weeks thereafter, and sent
them to his friends in this village by the
hands Of Rhode Island soldier The sics at
Richmond speak in the highest terms of his
kindness 20 them, which was so marked as
to excite the displeasure of the rebel authori-
ties 1t gives us great pleasure to record this
commendable act of one whose interests would
evidently have been better promoted by pur-
suing widely different course PhnRir.
We learn that Capt J. w. Jones, who has
since the illness of Lieut.. Col. Morris, been
temporarily acting as general superintendent
of the recruiting service for this state has been
relieved by Maj. VIM. Austne, of the Sd u.
S. artillery We are also informed that the
Marine Hospital and its adjacent grounds
will hereafter by order of the government be
used as the general depot for the reception of
recruits. The hospital is eligibly situated
for the purposes to which it is hereafter to be
devoted. The number OF recruits now in our
village has reached the formidable number OF
350.-Barlington Times,
Lieut.. ]. b. Smith, who graduated at the
last commencement at Mddlebury, aud is nov
with Gen. Burnside in Massachusetts regi-
mont, reoonty sont to prooidont Larabeo a
musket, cartridge-box, cap pouch. ETC., which
he took at the battle of Roanoke Island
The cartridges, of which the box contained
several, were with round ball and three buck
shot. The musket was of Richmond manu-
facture. and rather a rough specimen.
Curtis NJ. Lampson of London, England, a
native Of New Haven, recently donated $500
to Middlebury College, to be expended upon
a new park which will be specially devoted to
exercise. Considerable has been applied TO
plot in the rear of the college buildings, and
the design is to make very perfect play
ground
In Tarbell's rake factory at Mt. Holly is a
blind man named Warner, who is the best
workman in the establishment. He bores
the heads and turns handles. He oils and adj
Just his machinery, goes all about the build
ing where he works, aud is quite as much "at
home there, apparently, as the keenest-sight-
ed individual in the factory.
FIRE.--A barn belonging to a Mr.. Cilley
of Calais, was entirely destroyed by fire on
tho evening of the 25lh inst. All the hay
and grain in the barn was destroyed. The
fire is supposed to have taken from lantern
which Mr.. Ciley left hung up in the barn
while he was watering his horse freeman.
MELANoHoLY.--On Monday last daugh-
ter Of Greenleaf Webb, Esq, Of Guildhall
fell from beam in the barn and broke hol
neck, causing Immediate death. She was
nine years old
Messrs. b. a. j. Washburn, Of Woodstock
w. have bull calf three-fourths Durham,
one year old on Monday last, which weighs
1910 pounds.