The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-24
Annual Reunion.

The Eighth Regiment, Vermont voun-
teers, held its reunion here on Thursday, the
18th instant Colonel II. E. HILL wife and
son, of Somerville, Mass, came on Wednes-
day and were the guests of General Stephen
Thomas. Colonel g. n. Carpenter of Bos-
ton, Captain S. +. Howard of West Newton,
Mass, b. f. Parkhurst of Worcester, Mass,
Ira NJ. White of Warren, Mass, with Cap
tain George L. Danforth of Concord, N. H.,
also came Wednesday evening. Next morn
ing these gentlemen, with Ex-Governor
Barstow, DIR. Ferrin and some twenty 9TH
ers, met at the state-house and spent sew
eral hours in consultation upon the pro-
posed history of the regiment and examn-
ing the records in the adjutant-generals
office, At two o'clock, p. NJ, the reunion
assembled at Grand Army hall, and was
called to order by General Thomas who
greeted " his boys" with timely and char
acteristic speech. The annual reports of
the secretary and treasurer, with the usual
opportunity to replenish the treasury"
were given, and all were duly approved.
The society has no indebtedness, but has
money in its bank. The following officers
were then elected President, General Ste
phen Thomas; secretary and treasurer,
Surgeon G. M. Ferrin; vice-presidents, Cap
tain NJ. Mcfarland and Colonel II. f. Hill;
executive committee, Wheaton Livingston,
Seth Hill and w. II. Gilmore. Mr.. Living
ston was appointed marshal and Fred f.
Smith as toastmaster for the evening. The
subject of the second excursion of Sheri-
dams veterans to the Shenandoah Valley in
September was fully discussed, and gen.
eral intention to join the excursion mani
tested. Captain f. ii. Buffum of the Four
teenth New Hampshire (now of the Boston
HerdidD was made a member of the associa-
ton by brevet, on account of his efficient
services in helping to defend the regimental
colors at the battle of Winchester. On mo-
ton of Ex-Governor Barstow, Messrs. Car
penter, II. E. Hill and S. E. Howard, with
. | Stpnlpn Thomas chairman mada
a committee to secure the publication of
the history of the regiment. On motion
of Fred E. Smith, the faith of the as
sociation was pledged to the committee,
and it was declared to be the duty of
every member to aid the enterprise in every
way possible. A further and more sub
stantial pledge and guarantee was made to
the committee for the expense of publishing
one thousand copies of the history. Cap
tain Mcfarland read a very interesting
paper on the Experiences on the Bayou
Teche in Louisiana, which was heartily ap-
plauded AT eight p. NJ. the Montpelier
military band courteously placed their SER
vices at the disposal of the society, and to
their excellent music, under direction of
Marshal Livingston, it marched to the Pa
vilion and Immediately sat down to the an
nual supper. In due time, the inner mans
desires having been satisfied, General
Thomas called to order and announced the
programme of vocal exercises" which
were to follow. He first called upon Col
Onel Fred K. Smith, who greeted the COM
rades with :" words of welcome" calling to
their minds some of the scenes of the past,
with many striking comparisons between the
"then and now" Captain S, E. Howard
was introduced, and in very able manner
gave the account of the destruction of the
gunboat Cotton and the " Battle of Bisland."
To see the CLEANS of pleasure upon the faces
of these veterans, as the details of those two
earliest battles of the regiment were so
graphically given, was a perfect delight,
and the hearty applause at its close fully at
tested the correctness of the description.
Brisk recitals of some of the side-shows of
these battles followed by comrades whose
souls were stirred within them. The excel
lent paper of Colonel H. K. Hill of Boston
on :" Our Flag at Cedar Creek was read
) by the POSTMASTER, Colonel Hill being
obliged to deny himself and his comrades
: the pleasure of meeting together in the
evening, on account of a feeble condition of
, body. His paper, however, had no sign of
, weakness, but dealt most forcibly with the
) subject, and was in many parts eloquent.
! The points made in maintaining the great
r valor of the men, and the remarkable ac-
complishments of the regiment on that day,
were completely sustained. And now what
can be said of Carpenters poem, which fol-
/ lowed, entitled Humors of the Camp " !?
; Its mirth-provoking rhymes its personal
' hits and fresh illustrations of camp scenes,
were simply indescribably funny and en-
joyable. Some of the boys squirmed under
the electric light turned upon those almost
forgotten experiences, and laughed anew at
their ludicrous appearance at this later day.
The boys voted unanimously request that
- copies of the papers by Mcfarland, Smith,
Howard and Carpenter be furnished the
committee on the regiments history. Then,
voting to hold its next reunion in the au-
tumn of 1885, and singing John Browns
Body" another reunion of this gallant old
regiment was at an end.
East Montpelier.-The evangelist, NJ. V.
b. Goodwin, has an appointment at the
Center for tomorrow evening. - There
will be a singing-school Friday evening.
S - A number of singers from out of
: town are expected to assist in the singing
Y Saturday afternoon and evening, and we
e hope our people will take notice and give
: them full audience. - George Pray
e and Villa Kelley were married last week
l Wednesday. 80 And now our list of pros
/ pective voters for 1905 has received another
y addition. This time it is Mr.. and Mrs Frank
2 Kelton who are the happy parents. -
r DR.. Charles Templeton of irasburgh, who
, was visiting at his brothers last week. re-
| turned Saturday - Mrs. Lyman Orms-
e bee and her daughter We're visiting in War
b rem last week. - Calvin Goodwin of
e Chelsea was in town over Sunday. -
g DIR, Percy Templeton of Craftsbury has been
1 visiting relatives in town. =- Miss Eva
g Darling, a teacher from Antioch College, is
! expected to spend her vacation with friends
4 mere. w lllla1n SIdnuleN is DullulnB an
4 ell TO his house. Sylvanus Angel is doing
:, the work. - Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
: Mack have gone to work for two months for
{ A. Holt at the Lake View House.
l Moretown.-Mr. and Mrs George Dale
i were in town last week. - The sewing
1 circle meets at Mrs. G.. b. Evans this
e "wednesday afternoon. - Mrs. Curtis
: Carpenter is visiting in East Montpelier.
- Mrs. Abbott is visiting in town.
e = The quarterly meeting has been post
$ poned until next Sunday, and Rev. j. X,
Bartlett of Northfeld is expected TO be
D present. - The road-machine has been
S sent back untried because the knife was not
. sent with 1t. = Mr., and Mrs. Aaron Goss
= are rejoicing over a son which has been
g added TO their family. - Frank Carpen-
= ter and Jennie Corliss, both of Montpelier,
: We're married at the Methodist parsonage,
n last Saturday, by Rev. L. II. Bartlett.
. MiddleseX.-J. III. Holden was in Boston
G last week, returning with his family ON Sat
t urday last, .-= j. Harry Holden is now
9 at home, haNfng completed his college course
l at Tufts College. == Mrs NJ. A. Powers
e and children, recently of Lawrence, Mass.
G are now stopping with her parents, Mr.. and
. Mrs. j. b. Hills. =- barn belonging to
+ the farm occupied by James Mackin in
:, Moretown was burned last Saturday. -
S One of the finest specimens of Vermont
e pearls ever found in this vicinity was found
: day or two since by William j. Pike. 1t