The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

Garity Us. Elias F. Wilder and Elvira ID.
Wilder and Lucius s. Brock ct al. rs. Town of
Barnet (33 and 34), Caledonia county; Reed
Brothers Us. Vermont Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company and Josie e. Bodwell Us.
School District No. 8 in Sheffield, Orleans
county.
THIS community is especially indebted to
two Vermonters for candid and trustworthy
reports of the progress of the efforts to as
certain the result of the national election
last week. Our special dispatches were
from Colonel Albert Clarke of Boston, and
they were distinguished by fairness and in
telligence in reporting briefly and sue
cinctly what was news entitled to consider
alton. To him we make our grateful ac-
acknowledgements. Hon. w. II. Dubois was
also the recipient Of dispatches sent by
another native Vermonter, an ardent repub-
lican. Mr. r.. J. Kimball. Mr.. Kimball was
formerly from Randolph and is now
banker in New York. He has host of
friends in his native state and knowing the
legislature was in session here made the
dispatches to Mr.. Dubois, which were
kindly given to THE WATCHMAN, his
voluntary contribution to the desire of his
former fellow-citizens to know the news.
His dispatches were honest and comprehen-
sive reports of passing events, and to him
and Mr.. Dubois we express our further ac-
acknowledgements.
| Mr.. 2. e. JAMESON of Irasburgh, speaking
of our item of October % in regard to the
| cession of that town to Ira II. Allen, says:
"The item in the last WATcHMAN referring
| to Irasburgh is not correct. Irasburgh was
not ceded to Ira H. Allen and was not
named for him. 1t came into the possession
of Ira Allen by grant of the general assem-
| bly, of Vermont in 1871 to him and his
associates. See Miss Hemenway's Gazetteer,
| Vol. III. 1t came to Ira II. Allen by inher-
tance. He did not reserve a rental on the
farms he sold, and did not sell those he
leased. Some of the farms pay aren't now to
| the heirs of Ira II. Allen, but not most of the
| people in town. After the death of Mr.. AL
| len and wife the estate was divided among his
three children. All three children married,
and, although two have since died, each left
a child, so now there are as heretofore three
| direct heirs of Ira III. instead of one, as
stated. Otherwise the item is well enough" 4"
I The item was copied from an exchange and
we had no opportunity to verify it. We are
obliged to Mr.. Jameson for vindicating the
" truth of history
THE thirteenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Cavalry Reunion Society was held
here Wednesday, Captain Frank Moore of
| Shoreham, presiding. At the business meet
ing in the afternoon, held at the state house,
| the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Warren Gibbs of Burlington secre-
tary, S. H. Wood of St. Albans treasurer,
| W. l.. Greenleaf of Winooslki. One vice.
president was elected from each company.
The banquet and campfire was held at the
Pavilion in the evening. The regular paper
was read by Major Josiah Grout, formerly
of Company |, which was an able produc-
ton. 1t was well received, and copy was
requested for preservation After the paper
came the song-singing and storytelling
and the free-and-easy campfire was par
| ticipated in by the members generally until
after midnight. The attendance was the
largest in the history of the society," and
embraced prominent members of the old
regiment from all parts of the state. The
meeting was of the heartiest and iolliest
in connection with the Officers Reunion So
ciety in the fall of 1885.
THERE was meeting of quite a number OF
the members of the old Eighth Vermont
| Regiment at the state house Thursday even.
ing, Ex-Governor Barstow presiding and DR.
| e. Nj. Ferrin acting as secretary. The matter
of joining in the proposed excursion to the
Shenandoah valley next year was discussed
and it was voted to appoint a member OF
the general executive committee, which will
be composed of member from each regi-
ment to be represented. Colonel Fred Z
Smith of Montpelier was elected member
of the Vermont committee and it was voted
that General Stephen Thomas have author.
ity to appoint the regimental committee
The Twenty-siXth Massachusetts,, Thirty.
eighth Massachusetts, Fourteenth New
Hampshire and osher organizations have al
ready appointed committees. Among those
present of the Eighth Vermont Regiment
were General Thomas, Ex-Governor Bars
tow, Colonel Fred e. Smith, Colonel j. B
Mead, Colonel A. b. Franklin Major Henry
Gillett Captain l.. NJ. Hutchinson, Major
Carpenter, Major NJ. H. Gilmore, DIR. C. NJ
Ferrin, Secretary 'B. f. Bowman, Captain
Foster and Lieutenant Welch.
TRULY Vermont has a case of extraordi
nary journalistic conversion" Our esteemed
contemporary, the Argus and Patriot, is the
Journal and the following are the suggestive
details of the conversion -: The Arqus OF
January 10, 1885, contained the following
speech made by its editor, Mr.. Hiram
Atkins, at the celebrated Butler banquet
January g. a festive occasion designed tc
give the versatile host presidential boom:
The democracy of Vermont wish. and wish w,
could say that in 1854 Vermont would cast Ave elec
toral votes for Benjamin +. Butler for president OF
the United States.
January II, 1883, the Argus and Patriot thu,
again testified to its admiration for Butler:
To say that B. +. Butler is not recognized as Iowa
that men of principle in neither party have apy con
hdence In his political integrity, IS stf worse"
The Argus and Patriot of November 3, 1884
shows that journalistic conversion" fol
that issue at least, has had its perfect work
Our esteemed contemporary of that date
thus denounces its former idol
y, +. Butler has been terribly set down on, and
Will never again be an important factor in American
politics. That million votes that he vain glorious
boasted of before and at the Chicago conventoi
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