Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20
OUR IAVERSAUk.


Ms Hattie Sargent, president of the
SuuIh Ruyalton Relief Corps, organized
4 corps at Chelsea the l2th inst. The new
corps starts with membership Of II.
Some pensioners assert that they have
been Wronged by the agents" of peualon
attorneys, who nave, they say, eXtOrted
from $50 to 800 for their services in get
ting pension claims through.
Second Lieut.. j, q. Hoyt of the Barlow
Grays of st. Albans has resigned, owing
to the necessary absence from home.
Gen. W. l.. Greenleaf, who Is treasurer
of the Vermont cavalry association re
ports that subscriptions for the monument
are coming in, in an encouraging manner.
IL IS desired to raise $1,000.
Commander-in-C Chief John p. Rea of the
Grand Army has appointed the following
aids, de-camp on his staff from Y Vermont.
f. II. Trick, Burlington; f.. y. Peck,
Burlington; Barney Cannon, jr, Bellows
Falls; George II. Bond, Brattleboro.
Commander :. a. Hale OF Underhill
post has appointed >. ID. l.. Terril, j. j.
MOnahdn, Elijah Porter, w. w. Wheeler
aud G.. w. AIherIOn relief committee Tor
the post.
Hon. James l.. Martin of Braitleboro
VIII deliver the Memorial Day address at
Mddlebury this year, and Col. George W.
Hooker OF Brattleboro has been engaged
to deliver the address next yeGr.
Capt ". II. II. Hall of Chelsea has been
commander of WatersOn post No. -, g.,
a. r., ever since its muster III l9'S with
the exception OF two years and the pres
ent term, a period OF eight and one half
years.
Work on the Bennington battle mOnu-
ment will be resumed about April 10. A
sufficient number 81 stones has been cut
the past winter TO carry the structure up
about $50 feet.
Congressman Stewart of Vermont has
/ introduced bill for the payment Of So 900
out of the treasury for an iron stairway
/ inside the bennington battle monument
and WORK on the ground outside.
| Camp Capt. Linus +. Sherman Sons of
| Veterans, was instituted at Montgomery
/ Centre, Wednesday night by &. a. Searle.
| The camp starts off ii charter members,
| Captain, Frank Buudy LIST Lieut., B. a.
| Lumbra I'd Lieut., VIII Wright.
A campfire Will be arranged soon hy
members OF the Rutland post, RESTING N
Proctor to take place in the Village hall.
Post 10 of Cambridge, ever ready TO rem
der aid to the deserving, showed then
promptness in such matters by being the
| first in Vermont TO answer the call from
Coleman post, sos OF Mt Vernon, H., who
lost everything in the cyclone February
/ 49,
Rev. II. w. Conry of Essex will deliver
the Memorial Day address at Bethe
and Comrade p. H. Kendall OF Rutland
at Ludlow.
Custer post held its annual camp fire
Saturday evening. 1t WAS attended by
Commander Worden of Wood post, Hoos
) lex Falls, and 80 men; Commander Ami
don of Sanford post, North Adams, anc
30 men, together with Col. Cole of Troy
Col. Tibbitts OF Hoosick Falls and gooC
many visiting brothers from other posts
Speeches were freely INDUCED in, anC
singing, with banjo accompaniment by
Charlie Fuller of Hooslck Falls and lsaa'
Brown of North Adams, lent merrimen
! to the occasion. Comrade A. NJ. Downs
read an historical sketch of Custer pos
and paid just tribute to his deceased
brother, L. Spencer Hathaway.