The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-05-28

70 Vie pension eIce, bss bfen presented
by the var department With 3 medal - .
,sccgoi,iob 81 his superior ssiisnlsy Oar
ing the battle Of Salem Height, 10 May.
1868. be be,og ., The time on the staff Of
Geo. l. A. 0sni
Laundering !. shove par ia Sberburne.
More sfders bsvr been received than can
b. tillei.
Formers oilBaipstd are shesiiog their
sheep aud sellihs the sool for % cents per
pound
Tue George Z Lyons company Of Brat
,lebofo has iu.t qnarried single block Of
granite 100 feet long. 80 feet wide and ~
isei thick. Their woikmen are nov en-
gagged 90 an order from the Connecticut
River railroad besides. they have an order
iiola tie Ns~ York snd Mes Haven road
sud ior the Troy. N. Y postoflise A bou,
100 hauls will be employed during the
.Unmef.
Clinton Smith Of MiddIebory has accept
ed The position Of supervisor OF buildings
erected by the war department II seems
that the erection OF structures Of one sort
and another for tho use Of the army has
hitherto been supervised by an army oil.
Ger stationed ct the place whore the build
log wss going mp. Secretary Proctor saw
the need Of general supervisor in bis de-,
psrtmsnt and so suggested the creation of
the Office which Mr. Smith has been cbos.
en to fll.
The Vermont Marble company Of Proc.
tor has recently made six Of the largest
marble columns ever turned out 10 the
Uoited States The columns are 10 feet 7
inches long aud feet 10 inches 10 dsme.
ter They are each made from one solid
piece Of bile turned in lathe, N uch as
wood and metal are turned. These six col,
umns are for use 10 the construction OF
Wing Hall, Princeton college.
Judge John b. Hollenbeck, one OF the
Oldest Masons in the country. died Sunday
OF Burlington. He was born 10 Richmond
VI. 10 1882 and was 3 soldier OF the war
1912 and fought with distinction 10 The
battle OF Plattsburgh. 10 1924 be was sheY.
i'll and from 1928 10 ls4l was deputy col,
lector OF customs. He became q Master
Masons iu 1914 and Knight Templsr in
1850. He held 9 number OF officers in the
Vermont grand lodge.
There is woman 10 Bethel with sn his.
toric ancestry. Her name is Mrs. Ruth
Carter Rowell and she is q great,greaii
granddaughter ofthe famous Hannah Dus
tin. who was captured by the Indians in
1897 at her home in Haverhill, Mass, aud
who after weary march Of several days
encamped with her captors, 10 in number
near Concord, n e., and arose in the,
night and with the aid oil two companions
killed all the Indians and returned home.
Mrs. Rowell has 10 her possession the
original cloth in which her brave ancestor
placed the bloody scapS Of the 10 Indians
and conveyed them to the government off
cials, for which she received a large sum Of
money.
Some OF the western states claim they
sent the youngest soldier TO the war, but
tho honor belongs to Vermont. Francis
V, Randall, son OF Col. +. v. Randall, was
the youngest boy in the army. He was
born at Mortified, April 8. 1851, and went
out with Company F. 3D. Vermont volun
teers. in May. 1861. being 10 years and one
mouth old He also served In the 18th and
18th Vermont, and was discharged July IA
1865. Ho ia nov ouly 40 years old. and
has never seen well day since he left the
army. He was at the battle OF Getty sburg
and WAS the only drummer Of bis regiment
thu. remained on the field during the
three days fight, carrying water to the
wounded and running for stretchers, for
which he was personally thanked by Gen.
Stapnard on the field.
A special meeting OF the Vermont Far,
mers' League is to be held at Montpelier,
on Friday, June 8. The executive CON,
m ittee will meet at the Montpelier House.
the evening before to consider important
business.
Nothing has lately been heard from the
men who thought Blaine would be an IN
safe man for secretary Of State. The whole
nation recognizes bis tslprt for treating
With foreign powers In diplomacy. as in
utber public affairs, Mr. Blaine has shown
himself statesman OF the highest order.
John w. Hobart. general manager OF The
Central Vermont railway, has rendered hi.
resignation to President Smith, to take Fl,
feet June |. Mr. Hobart has been 10 the
service 81 the company 43 years.
A God send is Ey's Cream Balm | had
caiarfh for three years Two or three
times week my nose would bleed. |
thought the sores would never heal. Your
Balm hss cured me - Mrs. NJ. A. Jackson,
Portsmouth. N. II.