The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
LamOille County.
Hyde Park.

ABOUT twenty-five OF tne surviving MEM
bers of Company A, Eighth Vermont Regi-
ment, held a reunion in the Town Hall in
this place last Saturday. That day was
chosen for the reason that 1t was the twenty
sixth anniversary of the battle of the Cotton,
an engagement in which the regiment took
conspicuous part, and this company es-
pecially. Thirty-tive of its members charged
on the rebel rihe-pits, drove out the rebs
and captured eighty-fve of them and two
small field-pieces. The hall was nicely
trimmed for the occasion with flags, badges,
etc, by members of Aaron Keller Post.
Colonel e. b. Sawyer welcomed the vet
Grams in a short and appropriate address,
which was responded to by Captain McFar-
land of Waterville, after which Mrs. G. w.
Blake OF Eden read an excellent poem. The
principal speaker of the evening, General
Stephen Thomas of Montpelier, was then
called to the platform and was listened to
with close attention by the audience, who
were much pleased with his remarks
Captain Mcfarland then gave short ac-
count OF the battle of the Cotton and Hon
G. S. Page made few appropriate remarks,
after which the veterans voted their thanks
for the kind reception which they had re-
ceived and then adjourned. The Hyde
Park band furnished music for the occasion
- G. S. Merrill and wife of Craftsbury
have been visiting friends here the past
week.
Morrisville.
Hon. A. E. RANKIN of st. Johnsbury died
at the residence of Hon. p. X. Gleed on
Saturday morning last. A more extended
notice will be found in another column
- The Ladies' Circle of the Congrega-
tional church spent Friday afternoon with
Mrs. e. Pinney. The Methodist Ladies'
Aid will spend next Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Souther - concert for the
benefit of the Methodist church. building
fund was given by the Wizard Oil Com
pany on Monday evening, on their return
here from Stowe, where they had been
for week. - j. A. Bunday is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Gray, in Worcester,
Mass. - The Academy students held a
very enjoyable sociable at Town Hall at
the conclusion of their lyceum at the
Academy on Friday evening last. The
annual musicians ball will undoubtedly
attract good many from here on Friday
night - Sixty young people from the
village spent last Wednesday evening very
pleasantly at the Bugbee farmhouse ON the
Wolcott road
JOHN CARY and family are sorely afflicted
with malignant diphtheria. They buried
one son, aged nineteen years, on Friday last,
and others of their seven children are now
sick with it, - Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Churchill, who went to Fargo, Dakota. last
spring, have returned and are to abide in
Vermont. - George Dixie is greatly
troubled with pink-eye among his livery
horses, seven already having been sick with
it. - The death of Mrs. Monroe Dodge
occurred on Monday night of last week.
The funeral services were held on Wednes-
day, Rev. Mr.. Douglass officiating. -
Mr. a. l.. Parsons of Burlington will hold
revival meetings here this week and next
the first week at the Methodist church and
the next week at the Congregational church.
- Mrs. Samuel Reed while on her way
to church on Sunday evening of last week,
had the misfortune to fall upon the ice and
break the neck Of the hip-bone. She is as
comfortable as can be expected She is
under the care of Dr. Grout. - Fifty
couples attended the masquerade ball at
bikes Hall on Friday night. - Mrs.
George Buzzell of Waterbury Center has
moved into the house with her son n-law,
A. S. Kellogg. - Clarence Lamson of
Chicago is at home on a visit. - Henry
Warren has recently received $685. arrears
and pension of Sc per month - Miss
Ella Blossom of Winooski is stopping at o.
G.. Harris.
Wolcott.
WILL BENNETT has moved back to VOL
colt. - Edgar Downing and Chaffee
have gone to Hyde Park to work in the
| lumber woods. - George Guyer from
Massachusetts is here on a visit - Ly-
man Whitcomb has sold his horse to Mr.
Crawford for S160. - Arthur Stoddard
and Effe Woodmancy were married last
Wednesday. - S. III. Peck is very low
and no hopes of his recovery are enter.
tanned. - w. w. Gates engine has
arrived.