The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-30
Stray Shots.

The President has vetoed no bill
granting pensions to Vermonters.
FROM 5000 to $4,000 month is
required to pay the pensions procured by
T. J. Deavitt, Esq, of Montpelier.
THE state of California pays $50 per
annum each for the care of destitute
and disabled Union veterans in the
Home at Youtville.
THE state of New Hampshire author
ICES the proper county officials to care
for the sick or destitute soldiers and
their families without their becoming
inmates of public poor-houses.
THOMAS O'BRIEN of Barre, a desti-
tute soldier who went to the Soldiers
Home in Maine few weeks since, has
returned to Barre, being unable to re-
main at the Home on account of the
climate.
GENERAL TOOMBs once met an Off
Ger who helped to uphold the stars and
stripes. "Well, general" said the Off
Ger, loosely, eve licked you, anyhow"
clicked us; no, sir; no such thing.
We wore ourselves out whipping you"
THE special examiners of the pension
office in Vermont are bringing their
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fact that the Office is sending out fewer
plenty of claims now pending in the
pension Office that ought to be sent out
Immediately.
SENATOR SAWYER from the COM
mittee on pensions reported favorably
Senator Edmunds' proposed amend
ment to the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill authorizing
the President to appoint not exceeding
seven special assistants to the secretary
of the interior for the consideration of
pension cases coming before him on ap-
peal from the commissioner of pensions,
the assistants to receive salary of not
exceeding $40 day for a period of
twelve months.
AT the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia,
some men who were posted in rail-
way cut INDUCED in game of cards
during lull in the fighting. Occasional
stray bullets excited but little attention,
until one dropped right among the play
ers. ooh, that fellows up tree, ;" said
the one most disturbed. Picking up
his 4" buck" the ball and his musket,
he watched until he saw the branches
of tree some fifty yards away moving,
when he tumbled the Johnny out, and
then turned to his cards again, with the
simple remark: " It's my dale"
THE senate committee on pensions
has reported in favor of the bill grant
ing pension to Mrs. General Stannard
of 800 month. Senator Edmunds
had referred to the committee the affi-
davits of the following named gentle
men, in addition to the testimony on
file in the pension office in General
STANDARDS own case, in support of the
claim: DIR. l.. M. Bingham, DIR. Walter
B. Carpenter, General William Wells,
General p. p. Pitkin, Hon. f. r. Hard
Hon. John l.. Barstow, Mr.. John A.
Arthur, Mr.. Sayles Nichols, Hon. G.. G..
Benedict, General Il. S. Peck and Gen
eral w. w. Henry.
A SOLDIER in Barre says the case of
Thomas Maxwell, published in last
weeks Budget, reminds him of Robin
son Templeton, who was granted q
small pension and afterwards sustained
severe injuries to his person by reason
of defective highway in Montpelier
He brought an action against the town
for damages, and after running his
case several years in the courts recov'
cred over 81 900 damages. He ther
applied for an increase in his pension
and succeeded in getting it raised tC
$50 month. This correspondent il
of the opinion that the rate of pension