Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-12
CAMPFIRE NOTES.

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Thirty thousand Canadians served in
the Union army during the late war.
The Detroit Journal estimates that G.
A. R. visitors left s2, 100000 in that city.
w. w. Lapoint of Barre has been ap-
pointed on the National Press Committee
of the Sons of Veterans.
Col. U. A. Woodbury., Camp, 5. OF V: OF
Barre will realize over $3.50 from the fair
that was held last week.
The war drama, 'sThe Blue and the Gray
was presented by Chamberlain Post, q. A.
r., at st. Johnsbury, Nov. 6, s, and 8.
The Rutland Grand Army posts and
Womanis Relief Corps expect TO have a
fair in the town hall during the winter.
Ladies' Aid Society, No. of Burlington
celebrated the third anniversary of their
organization last Thursday evening. There
was a musical and literary program,
speeches by Col. Foster and members II
Sons of Veterans and the Society. Ice
cream and cake were served. 1t was a
most enjoyable affair.
1t took 300, 900 feet OF lumber, As 900 yds.
of canvas and one and one-half tons Ct
tacks to construct the cots for the use of
the veterans at the Detroit encampment; I;
Il, 900 mattresses and 1000 towels were al
so furnished.
Maj.-Gen. Truman Seymour who died
in Florence, Italy, Nov. 30 was native of
Burlington and a graduate from West
Point in the class of 1912. He served with
distinction in both the Mexican War and
the Rebellion.
Twenty-Five out OF twenty seven mem
bers OF the VIM. A. Loomis Camp of the
Sons of Veterans OF Lyndonville have pro-
cured uniforms. They are soon to give a
dramatic entertainment entitled, "The
Spy of Atlanta" for the benefit of the
camp.
Jackson Sargent OF Stowe, late lieuten-
ant of Co. ID, 5th Reg. Vermont Volun-
teers, one of the original members Of that
company. is the recipient OF medal OF
honor from the War Department for dis
tnguished services at the battle before
Petersburg, Va, April, 1866; he having
been the man who planted the first Unit
ed States coiors on the Confederate works
on that memorable morning. The medal
is a handsome one and has the following
/ inscription on its back
"Presented to Jackson Sargent ,of Co. ID,
9Th Reg. VT. Vol, for meritorious conduct
in action before Petersburg, Va, April 2,
1866, under act of Congress approved Mar
3, 1S63.''
L. II. Bostwick post, no. SO, G. A. R.
and Custer camp Z, 5. of ", OF Underhill,
had hunt Wednesday that demonstrated
the superiority OF the battie-scarred vet
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I long the barrel. Ten were chosen from
each organization, and they took various
paths in search of game in Underhill and
vicinity. On their return an oyster sup
per was served by the Ladies Relief Corps,
] after which the game was inspected and
the party having the smaller score paid
| for the entertainment. The veterans had
,s35 and the 5. OF VS.. nearly the same.
After the closing of the regular meet
I tnt, Of f.an Wn Wells aap1p of RurlinU-
ton last Friday evening a campfire was
I held at which Gen. w. w. Henry read his
interesting and instructive paper "From
the Rapidan 10 Cold Harbor.n There was
large attendance of Veterans, Sons of
Veterans and Ladies' Aid Society.
The new hospital for the Vermont Sol
d;ers' Home was completed October 25
and is now in use and six members of the
home are now occupying IL. There are 53
members at the Home, seven having been
admitted during the past quarter. The
members received pensions during the
present quarter amounting to 1924.
The board of managers of national
homes, disabled veteran soldiers at the
last meeting on October Is, passed resolu-
tions forbidding any members of state
homes who have voluntarily taken their
discharge or left on account OF any rules
and regulations from being admitted to
any national home until after the expira-
tion of six months from the time of said
discharge; also recommending that con-
gress pass laws to help the state homes to
enforce the rules in regard to pensions.
The following vermonters have been
granted pensions: Original, Richard d
Wheeler, Joseph Bean, Edwin III Slayton,
James II Aiken, David Jillson, Frank A
Perkins, Reuben Thrall, Lyman Rhodes,
Hiram ID Ayers, John Patterson; widows,
Eliza Severy, Ann Corbin, Emma Moore,
Elizabeth l. Sanderson, Maria Z Paris,
Jennie Z Edison, Rhoda NJ Wentworth,
Susan o Chase, Mary H Bryant, Elizabeth
Murphy, Sarah II Turner; mothers, Ly-
dia Sibley; minors of Almon Goodall
and Calvin E. Seaver. Additional, Henry
Parkhurst. Nathan w Dennison, John
McGrath, William Riley Dodds, Joel A
Mason, Richard Fadden. Increase, Frank
NJ Davis, | Harlan P Elithorp, Luther
Leach, Charles Sun, Martin Pope, Charles
Putnam, David r Platt, James ID Per-
kins, Isaac w Abbott, Unite w Keith, AS
chel NJ f Dean, Uric T Ross, Fabrian An
thony, Henry g Chase, Arnold Morton,
Charles ] F Cushman, Harvey Rowell,
Edgar ID Midget, Lucian A Witt, Newell
Stevens, Charles w Peck, Julian Dumas,
Jr., George Labardie, John d Eastman,
Henry r Brannerck, William A Reynolds,
Allen C Truax. Reissue, Jasper H Fuller,
GeOrge fiaHggI HGIh5eg SeoEgew woa9 a99ung & Ben'a-
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Brown, Alfred A Webster, Carlos S Clark,
Micaael O'Neil, Lyndon Arnold. Reissue
and increase, Ira Sherlaw, Austin Barnum.
Catarrh, Not Local, but Constitutional.
DR.. Dio Lewis, the eminent Boston
physician, in magazine article says: "a
radical error underlies nearly all medical
treatment of catarrh. 1t is not a disease /
Of the mans nose; it is disease of the
man showing itself in the nose-a Local /
exhibition OF a Constitutional trouble -
Therefore, he argues, the use of snuff and /
other local applications is wrong, and
while they seem TO give temporary 4
relief, they really do more harm than
good. Other leading authorities agree 1
with Or. Lewis. Hence, the only proper
method of cure for catarrh is by taking
constitutional remedy ike Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which, reaching every part of the
body through the blood, does eliminate
all Impurities and makes the whole man
healthier. It removes the cause of the
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