The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-02

applicable act Without apparently
any cause, young Mr.. Read, aged
twenty two, shot himself with a gun
in the brain, and killed himself in
stantly. The funeral was had on Sun
dey last and was largely attended.
The sympathy of wide circle Of
friends is extended to the family which
is made desolate by this sudden ca
lamity.
Tho st. Adams Cavalry Company
are to have splendid supper at the
St Adams House, on Tuesday eve
ming, Dec 9th. Mr. Willard Pierce,
himself one of the members Of the
cavalry company, will do his hotel
and himself credit on the occasion
The man arrested for putting OBJ
structions on the track of the Rut-
land and Burlington railroad hung
himself in the Middlebury jail, Nov
2Sth. He was insane. He called
himself Francis OHara, and repre-
scented himself as having worked in
Milton.
"A cavalryman was accidentally
shot in st. Johnsbury last week by his
revolver going Of in his holster
Capt Nickerson's ST. Adams Com
pany of veterans is now full, by rea-
son of large accessions from various
hospitals The barracks and ness
room at St Adams, not being ready
for use, the Railroad Company has
put at their disposal, the large and
well built boarding house on Hough-
ton Avenue, which has just been paint
ed and made ready for occupation.
The exhibition Of Miss New
march pupils at Academy Hall, st. Al
hanson the evening Of November 18Th,
to which few persons were invited,
was remarkably interesting and at
tractiye. Miss Newmarch is an expe-
nenced teacher of system Of gym
nastics which seems to embody the
best ideas of physical training for chill
drcn and for adults. In her efforts to
introduce the system, Of which DIR.
Lewis, Of Boston, is the chief expo
nent in New England into Montpe-
her, Burlington and ST. Adams, she has
been highly successful and worthy of
commentator and patronage. The
exercises are calculated to promote
muscular fexibility, agility endurance
and gracefulness, and apparently are
q great aid in securing an elastic, Wig
Orous condition OF the nervous system.
The exercises Of the other evening
were accompanied with instrumental
music, which we understand is a char
acteristic feature in the new system of
physical culture which Miss Newmarch
seeks to introduce. They cannot casi-
~ he described 70 be thoroughly
appreciated they must be seen II
this exhibition could be repeated on
the occasion Of the meeting at st. Al
bans Of the Vermont Teachers associa-
ton, January 10th, it might be both
pleasant and profitable
We are under obligations to MIR
j. d. Clark, of Montpelier, for a copy
Of Walton's Register for 1865 1t is
published by S. NJ. Walton, and con-
tains great variety Of useful matter
and business directory and tables
valuable for reference. This is No IS
Of the series OF this indispensable an
nual. A complete set is hardly attain
able for love or money.
-Four more numbers Of the Yer
mont Gazetteer, under the editorial
supervision of Miss. A. NJ. Hemenway,
are ready for the press. and VIII be
published when the price of paper sub
sides.
In our business capacity as local
editor Of this paper, we have used or
tasted all the different bitters which
now flood the country, and among the
many kinds. we find the celebrated
Wahoo and Caisaya Bitters, put up
by Mr.. Jacob Pinckerton, Syracuse,
and 6 Dey street New York, a superb