Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-09-26
Reunion of Co. G., 11th VT.

Co. q, llth VI. volunteers assembled at
Engine Hall, and one of Co. III and one
of Co. Il, of the same regiment, making
twenty-eight in all, and the weather did
not appear to impede their now historic
anecdotes of army life.
The president, Capt. L. A. Howe of
Ludlow, being absent, vics president
Lieut. s. l. Daggett, of Saxtons River,
called the meeting to order and presided
through the day. Mr.. II. E, Hathorn,
the past and present secretary, was I'M
firing in his exertions before and on the
day of the reunion, to make it a success
and pleasant for those present. But for
the storm the number would have been
larger, and included ladies. As it was,
several were present at the Island House.
AT the morning meeting the officers
for the year ensuing were chosen as fol.
lows:
OFFICERS FOR 1884
President-A G. Bean.
Vice Presidents-S. L. Daggett, A.
II. Mack, A. II. Burgess, j. G. Jones,
Z. A. Stebbins.
Secretary-R r. E. Hathorn.
Treasurer III. Upham.
After some interesting social inter-
course, several letters of regret were
read, some of them very excellent, from
Rev. N. Glazier of Montpelier, Rev. f.
M. Sherman of Fort Plain, Montgomery
County, New York, Col. j. S. Peck of
Montpelier, L. r. Campbell of Fitch
burg, Mass, Capt. Pat Diggins of
Worcester, Mass, and others. A few
spicy speeches were made, especially ex-
cellent was that by Mr.. Stebbins of Shell
burne Falls, Mass, and the meeting ad-
journed to
THE ISLAND HOUSE,
where at two o'clock in the afternoon
the company were RECALLED with sump-
tuous dinner, b. Mr.. Fleming, the cour-
teous and attentive landlord. The bills
of fare we're got up specially for the
occasion, the title page in scroll, marking
the historic date of the anniversary on
which they had assembled, and calling
forth many expressions of appreciation
for the thoughtfulness OF their host,
while the tables, beautifully decorated
with flowers, fairly over flowed with num-
berless choice viands, both substantial
and delicate, and Mrs. Jennings deli
cious strawberry ice cream was pro-
nounced the browning Wand of the re-
past. 1t could not be excelled, and it is
hardly necessary to add that the COM
pany voted to have their annual reunion
dinner at the Island House in 1874.
REAssEMBLING
at Engine Hall, while the rain was pour
ing in torrents, sentiments and short
speeches were the order, and among them
the following:
Our Fallen Captain-who fell at Win
chester nine years ago to-day.
This sentiment, as most of our readers
will remember, refers to Maj. Charles
Buxton, who fell at Winchester. Sept.
18th, 1864, and responses were made by
E. A. Stebbins and VIM. f. Cronin, who
spoke in high praise of their fallen COM
mander The next sentiment was" The
humorous side OF camp life" to which
A. G. Bean of Montpelier, responded.
There seemed to be very unanimous
feeling that j. G. Jones of Windham,
had peculiar qualifications for respond
ing to this sentiment, and he was called
upon, and brought down the house by
saying that he could mt speak in pub
lie either standing or sitting"
During the afternoon Mr.. Bean made
some very excellent general remarks on
the present morale of Co. G. as compared
with what it was, at the end of the war,
saying it had greatly improved and
hoped it would continue to do so.
ANDERsoNvILLE.
Rev. Charles ID. Stafford of Co. III of
the 18th was present and called out.
He went from Royalton into the army,
but now resides in Lempster, n. H.,
having retired to his farm there, though
he has been engaged in the work of the
ministry much of the time since the war
He mad served six months in Anderson
Vile prison and with some feeling he
rehearsed few of the scenes of that
darkest page in the history of the rebel