Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-08-31

grove. Inef6 was speaking Dy COM
rades z. M. Mansur, G. H. Gray, n. Fl.
Piper, A. H. Stoddard and friend, r.
P. Stevens; singing by the ladies of
''The Old Camp Kettle That Hung on
the Pole" and other selections, with
male voices on the chorus. Campfire
on the evening of the 18th opened by
reading a letter from r. K. Tabor,
Shelba, Ala, by Com. DIR. j. @. Ruth
erford, an honorary member of Co.
K; speaking by Com. Sargent of New
port; singing of "Marching Through
Georgia" by the crowd; song by Mrs.
Averill and niece, which was well
rendered.; calling of the Co. roll by
the Sec. Some were accounted absent
without leave and others were muster
ed out by death. Capt AveriIl told the
comrades of his southern trip; DR..
J. @. Rutherford told of his expert
ence in army life, which brought back
| recOllections both pleasant and sad;
M. A. Foss related some of his expert
ence in a rebel prison. A letter was
read by the Sec. from the Com. of the
Dept. of Idaho, JudsOn S. SpffOrd, who
expressed his regret at not being able
to be present on this occasion. The
morning of the 18th opened beautiful
ly and fine weather prevailed during
the day. The comrades who left the
night previous missed a good time.
In the afternoon there was speaking
by Com. Sargent, who spoke of the eX-
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and spoke we'll; JIG. Rutherford sane
toned his remarks and told as little
good of Co. K as he dared; Rev. Mr..
Lewis of Barton spoke briefly, stating
that he had two brothers in the SER
vice; Com. Austin said that he was in
''Rebeldom' when the war broke out
and spoke of the hardships he endured
before he got away; Com. Richard
Chaplin gave short eXhOrtatiOn on
the shOrtness of life and the necessity
of being ready for the great change.
A pleasant feature of the occasion was
the tables laden with a bountiful re-
past. Two particular things that Co.
K are very fond of are roast pig and
chicken pie, and who can catch pigs
better or is more used to it than Cal.
Drown, or who can cook them better
than his wife?
The following resolutions on the
death of Comrade Orson Cate, late a
private of Co. K, 10th VT. Vols, who
died recently at St. Johnsbury:
WHEREAS, 1t has been the will of
our Father to call the roll and call
| hence from our Society one more COM
rade, Orson Cate, q true soldier and
friend, a respected citizen and low
! ing husband and father,
ResOIUed, That we shall miss him of
whom it can be truly said: He was al
ways at roll call while in the ranks,
and ready for duty; we hope he was
also ready for the last call. His calm
demeanor and few words, his hand
with a heart in it that found a like
sentiment in our own, has woven the
threads very closely in our hearts.
/ Therefore
ResoIred, That we, as comrades of
| Co. K, extend our heartfelt sympathy
| to the bereaved wife and other rela
tives, and our desire is that they, too,
may be able to enter in at the golden
gate, having on the whole armor when
the last roll call is sounded.
Resolutions on the death of Com
rade Joseph P. Dutton, late private
of Co. K, 10th VT. Vols, who died at
Bloomington Jan. %, 1891:
WHEREAS, 1t has been the will of
our Heavenly Father by death to re-
| move from our society COmrade JO-
seph P. Dutton, a soldier respected by
all comrades that personally knew
him, as a true and faithful Christian
| and a good soldier,
ResoIUed, That we shall miss him of
whom it can be truthfully said: he
was always ready to do his duty man
fully unless prevented by sickness.
| While soldier, his hand with a heart
in it had won the respect and love of
all with whom he had intercourse.
ResOlUed, That we, as comrades of
Co. x, extend our heartfelt sympathy
to the bereaved children and other
relatives, and our prayer is that they
too may be ready when the Lord calls
| us to go hences and be forever with
Him and the loved ones gone before.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
West Burke.
Mrs J. A. Berry has gone to Derry,
N H. on a few weeks visit.
Miss Emily Densmore has returned
to Worcester Mass, where she is at
tending school.
Alice Varney returns to West
Charleston this week to teach in the
village school.
Geo. Marshal has moved to Worces-
ter Mass, where he is engaged to
work for building contractor
WheeIOck.
D. B. Leslie took tramp to Rutland
last week.
w. a. Smith is applying paint to his
buildings.
Mrs. Bullock has returned from her
visit at Greensboro.
R. E. Kelley had his pocket picked
of nearly $50 in the crowd at st. Johns
bury.
Mrs Sias was brought from Hard
wick last Tuesday for burial i'll this
place. Those in this place knew her
best as Mrs. Geo. Heath, who former
ly lived here.
LyndOnVille.
The special town meeting on Tues
day, called by the Grand Army post to
see if the town would build or assist
the post in building a memorial hall in
honor of its dead soldiers, was quite
fully attended and the merits of the
question very fully and ably discussed
by members of the post and others,
but the vote was nearly two to one
against appropriating $4,000 for the OBJ
ject proposed. The Rev. Mr.. Bodwell
opened the discussion, favoring the
resolution with a grand patriotic
speech, and was followed by Principal
Ranger, Lawyer Gleason, w. A. Loomis
E. L. Wells, L. B. Harris and others.
Very little was said in opposition to
the measure, but a majority of the
town by their vote thought it best to
pay up outstanding centennial eXpens-
es, free themselves from debt and
bear these proposed new responsible