Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-22

Burlington for a number of years
after the war, but lost his situation
last winter, and since that time has
been respondent and unhappy, which
added to domestic intelicities is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
sad act.
OFFICERS REUNIoN-The eighth
annual meeting of Vermont officers,
was held in Burlington Thursday of
last week, Gen. George P. Foster of
that city, presiding. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President, Gen. Stephen Thomas !;
Vice President, Major n. p. Bowman;
Paym aster, Albert S. Kenney, of Unit
ed States Navy; Treasurer, Gen. P.
P. Pitkin; Recording Secretary, Adj.
J. G. Stearns; Executive Committee,
Capt. John w. Clark, of Montpelier,
Lieut.. Kittredge Haskins, of Brattle
boro, and Major John W. Newton, Of
St. Adams.
The next meeting of the Reunion
Society will be held in Montpelier.
"At the funeral of James Fisk, Jr.,
at Brattleboro, Chaplain Flagg of the
9th regiment pronounced a warm Gu
logy upon the deceased, saying, among
other things, that he believed he died
coniding in the Savior, and that a
prayer was heard in the courts of
heaven and accepted at the throne of
the Almighty" Really, it does seem
es if this sympathetic nonsense about
Fisk came with but sorry grace from
the pull which is presumed to have
a higher standard of decent manhood
than that erected by "fash" reporter
for sensational city daily. The con-
servatism of "Mark Twain's" Nevada
friend who simply remarked over the
body Of one whose life had been most
uncanny, that he ''made a nice, quiet
corpse" is about rs far as Fisk's eulo-
gists can carry the public with them.
-Burliugton Free Press.
A PLEASANT LITTLE ELoPEMENT
AND MARRIAGE.-The Troy Times
says: "When the fall term of the Fe-
male Seminary commenced, a young
lady from Clarendon Springs, Vt,
was accepted as one of the pupils Of
the institution She was a girl of I'M
spotted charter, but like most young
ladies a little fond Of romance, and as
they all would be (and perhaps are)
deeply, desperately in love. The OBJ
ject Of her affection was a young gen
tleman employed in one Of our whole
sale iron houses. He is very estima-
BILE young man-we never heard the
breath of suspicion raised against him.
When the Christmas vacation at the
seminary occurred, the young lady
went upon visit to her home. In
the interim between her departure
from the school and her expected re-
turn, it seems matters had been so ar
ranged that an elopement and marri-
age might naturally be expected; and
when she came back from the paren-
tai roof sister, who was in the secret,
accompanied her, and assisted in the
subsequent operations of the young
couple. The gentlemen met them at
the depot, and upon the wings of love
and the Central railroad the trio flew
to Utica, where a doctor of divinity
was called in and made the twain one.
An announcement elsewhere may
give clue to the names of the par
ties. Though perhaps trife too
young to fully realize the responsible
tiles they have taken, we sincerely
trust that the pathway Of the now
happy couple may always be bright
and cheerful, if not absolutely strewn
with all the roses that their glowing
VISIONS may see in the distant future.
A GUILTY PAIR SURPRISED BY A HUs-
BAND.-NEw YORK, Jan. II. Officer
Murray called this afternoon at 229
| West Thirty second street and desired to
know if John Hanson was in. ''No, y
replied the person who opened the door,
''but his boarder is" The officer was
accompanied by a tall man looking like
a countryman. and dressed in light
colored frieze coat. They went up stairs
to the second floor, and knocked at the
door, which was opened by Hanson. The
officer and his companion entered. A
young woman Of 20, neatly and tasteful
ly dressed, sat on chair, looking out Of
a rear window. She was the wife of the
man who accompanied the officer, anC
her name was Henrietta Matthews. She
seemed petrifed as she looked up anC
saw her husband. Neither, however
spoke word for some moments, whe1
Matthews addressed his wife through
his nose: "Well, now, Henrietta; ain
you ashamed of yourself?" 'No,
amt, John not one Bit" 'I'll neve
live with you again; never You ar
too much for me- During this colloqu,
Hanson stood quietly twirling his nous
tache and smiling sardonically at Mat
thews. Officer Murray then said: "Mrs
Matthews, I'm police officer, and wan
you to come with me to court" I"
will sir, she replied. On her way Their
she told the policeman that she lived i
Munroe, Pa, and was married to Mat
thews when she was 16. She neve
liked him. He was mean, stingy, jea.
Gus and unfaithful to her. She begge
the officer not to do anything to Hanson
as she would 60 to the State Prison fc
him. Hanson is well-to-do and hant
some. Justice Hogan did all he coul
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