Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

Force of Impulse which they expect 10
put on the boards early in April.
The Midland, Mich, Republican says;
Among the old papers of the county clerks
office slowed away in the vault, there has
been found the discharge of Drusus
Shumway from company ID. 10Th Mtchi-
gan infantry and his invalid pension GER
tficate, No. 81 sos, calling Tor a per
month from the 27th day of April, 1865,
and an unsigned oath of identity and an
unsigned receipt for pension for the quar-
ter ending September f. 1871. He was
discharged for disability March 90, 1864. at
all in an envelope addressed to Shaun
way from the Detroit pension agent. He
was born in Bristol VT. Who knows
anything of him or his family
The survivors of the 5th Vermont reg-
ment to the number of 25l have promised
to attend a reunion at Burlington, June
20
On the 4th, inst, Joseph Damars, of the
Vermont Soldiers Home, was awarded an
original, invalid, pension. This is the
veteran whose record in the adjutant gen
erals report was recently corrected as
stated in our columns.
G. NJ. Russell will give his illustrated
lecture, BATTLES and leaders of the civil
war" under the auspices of the local
Grand Army post, on the evening of the
22d at the Brattleboro town hall.
The Memorial day committee of Roberts
Post of Rutland has completed arrange
ments for the annual observance. Rev.
| DR.. Phillips will deliver the Memorial ser
mon on the Sunday before Decoration
! Day; the post will attend the church in Il
| body.
The Grand Army Post of Albany pre-
sented a war drama at MOrrisville town
! hall Tuesday evening. The post recently
lost their property by fire and are taking
| this way to raise funds.
Several of the Grand Army from Nor
risville attended the campfire and ladies'
fair held by Post Foster at WocOtt on
Monday evening, March l.
Post Whitney No. q of Tunbridge held
a successful fair Wednesday evening. The
MONTPELIER orchestra furnished music for
a dance that followed the far.
There are 17G veteran soldiers in Yer
mont dependent upon aims either in
private charitable institutions or soldiers
homes State and county institutions or
supported by charitable aid in towns.
Very few OF the inmates of aims houses
are pensioners.
Another campfire was held at Grand
Army hall, st. johnsbury, Saturday even
ing when +. l.. Hovey delivered a brief
address aid Henry a. Bowman told the
story of his experience in the first battle
Of Bull Run, and also at Libby prison.
There was singing by the Gee club and
the new orchestral combination rendered
some selections.
Cbamberlin Relief corps of st. Johns
: bury will give an "orange party at &. A.
r., hall Friday evening, March 10th, to
which all are invited.
Pensions have been granted as follows
Original, Leroy shelly, East Putney
Elisha Maniey, Sheiburn; Hugh Henry,
Chester George w. House, Williams
town original Almon Holmes, Worces-
ter ; Joseph Gaburee, st. Johnsbury
Watson Bean, West Concord; Herman
| ~ - T,hn
mouth Union George A. Cheney, Nor
risvllle Aaron X. Wheeler, Gudehall
,, increase, William y. West Peacham
Lorenzo Wheelock, hayward; reissue,
| Eugene l.. Campbell, Belvidere Wallace
= ". White, St. Adams Almira g.. widow
of Peter Nelson, Danvllle George
England, Bennington original Frank
II; stiles, Bethel Joseph Louis
ellie, David Vance Ryegate, Ed
ward ILy}stq9, 5it Rutland, increase Sc,
son &. Hall, West Bolton; Elisha Manley,
Shelburn, increase Hugh Henry, Ches
ter; g. w. House, Wllliamstown John
c. swan, Burlington, original; G a.
Bridge. Morrisvllle, original; Lewis Tar
, row, Eden, increase Mitchell W escom,
Belvidere, increase Hamilton Stewart,
North Powual, original James VI. Tabor,
jr., SwantOn, lncrase.
"Union Ex-Prisoners of War"
From the Bellows Falls T.me..l
The above association, which was re-
r Gently organized in the State, promises to
become one of cons -iderable imp 1rtauce,
t and there is large influx of names pour
into the secretary, j. ;. Drenan of Hard
l wick, for enrolment With such men as
) Gen. 7. ;. Peck, Hon. Warren Gibbs,
Major d. j. Stafford, Capt. L. A. Wood
! bury, eX-mayor of Burlington, Major H.
= X. Chase OF BratteOorO, and many other
distinguished soldiers of Vermont, who
are taxing an active part in the move
j meut, il cannot tall TO become one OF the
I best organizations In the State, bound to-
gether by the strongest of human ties,
, and much credit Is due Comrade II. {. II.
1 Lewis, y. V. p, of this place, for
his earnest work IN completing the organ
/ iZation in this State. There will be q
2 grand camp fire held by the association
2 some time inJune, when it is expected that
t arrangements will be made TO have Maj.
e Frank f. Moran of Philadelphia deliver
| the address. Maj. Moran is historian for
the national association and the author
: of "Col. Roses Tunnel out of Libby
t Prison, published in the March number
e of the century Mdgd.iHC. The Upper
hudson, y. y, association held their an
nual meeting in Glens Falls, y. Y, on Feb
ruary 2O and reorganZed under the new
= national charter system and elected VI y.
= Dickinson of Ware nsburgh president h.
H. Gordon of Lake George secretary
Comrade Lewis of this place who has long
been a member of that association, was
elected their representative TO the national
- association which meets in indianapolis in
| September. The scheme that Is being con
| templated TO move Libby prison to Chicago
5 is condemned by the eX-prsoners. All the
5 monument required by them in remem-
} brauce of that vile den of horror is en-
, craven on the tablets of enduring memo
ry, ana the thought that a building made
historic by such misery and suffering as
they endured there SHOULD be turned into
money-making scheme and placed where
il Will ever cause pam and unhappy
thoughts, Is condemned. Wipe it from the
, face of the earth is the voice OF all
Fatal Railroad Accident Near Hyde Park.
/ Roscoe Allen, young man about Il
; years of age, was run over by the through
freight going West about five o'clock
Monday afternoon near Cady's Falls, lie
9 boarded the train at Morrisville aud rode