Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-19
Around the Campfire.

/ National headquarters of the W. X
G G. have been established at syracuse
t n. Y.
! The W. r.. C.of Essex junction give
0 a character party at their hail Iuesda,
: evening, Oct IL.
Senator Proctor was presented VIII
: n cane. made from a portion oil Inc
! stockade at Fairfax Courthouse, while
attending the reunion of the Fifteenth
Vermont regiment last week. In ac-
ceptino il from Corporal Eggleston,
senator Proctor said that he would
not sell it for 81, 900.
, Memorial hall was dedicated by post
10. G.. A. II. department of Vermont,
at Cambridge on tine afternoon OF OcI.
Ito. Services in the hall at l:3O p. IN.
were followed by short addresses from
distinguished visiting comrades Inc
Cambridge Cornet band furnished
music and the w. II. c. furnished
meals at the hall. The Sons of Veter-
ans gave dramatic entertainment IN
the evening.
Jarvis Post, "a, G. A. R.,of Spring
field, held rousing campfire Friday
night at the townhall, which was filled
10 Overlooking with the members OF
the post. Milan Parks ;. of ", Jarvis
Relief Corps and invited guests, max
ing an audience of 600 people. Speech
es were delivered by Hon. Adna
Brown. Comrade Dart, Gov. Fuller,
and Hon. Robert NJ. Colburn. The
w. r.. c. afterwards furnished lunch
con
Col. Jacob L. Mcclure, IA well-known
stone contractor AT Barre and Brook
| line. died very suddenly of heart disease
"Wednesday Of last week. He was in
Brookline attending to his business
and ran to catch q train for home.
On his arrival home he was taken i'll
and died within short time. Mr..
Mcclure was veteran Of the war. hav-
ing served four years in the Second
Regiment L. :. Sharpshooters. He
rose from private,to the rank ofcolonel
by meritorious service.
The reunion Of this society was at
Putney, Oct. 1, Companies 4 and G
uniting as one-l0 members from Co. |
+ and IA from Co. G were present as
follows: Co. Armstrong, Carpen-
ter, Frizzell. Hubbard, Harvey, Nc
Clure, Patch. Park, Pellet and Toby. |
Co. G-Bond. Dinsmorc, Dutton. !
Gould. Higgins. Howard f., Howard |
NJ. r., johnson, Jones, Mack, Rhoades,
Willard. Scott and Upham. The Of
iieers chosen by the society for 1894
are as follows; president. G.. II. Hub
bard; vice presidents, IL. A. Scott,J "A.
Jones, 4. Patch and III. \. Bond; ex-
eeutive committee l.. Frizzcll. A. IL.
Mack and John Pellet; secretary and
treasurer. II. \. Carpenter. Voted to
hold the reunion next year at the time
and place of the Windham County /
Veteran society which viii be at New
fame. A short but pleasant reunion
was held. with some remarks from
comrades present TO remind us Of old
days.
Co. |, I'd Regt VT. Vol, held its sth
annual reunion at Ludlow the sixth
with public campfire in the evening.
Twenty-Five OF its members were pres
mt during the day to shake the hand
Df eomradeship and to talk over the
lays of ls6l to 1865. Two Of its MEM
Ders have died during the past wear,
Lieut.. Ethan Allen Priest and Whit
ley Tenney. The company had dur
ng its service ls9 men. l37 native
pom Nernonters, 33 from other States.
3 Canadians; from Ireland. from
scotland, ! from England and 4 that
rave no residence. The average height
u these men was five feet.eight inches.
The talleSt man was six feet, three
inches, the shortest live feet. fao
nches. The average age was a -
ears. They represented II different !
occupations: III were farmers. 3s me-
hanics.6 railroadeis. each Of carpcn- /
erS, painters and shoemakers. 3 each a
I statesmen. clerks and printers. each
! lawyers. butchers and millers. each
I school teachers. students.
MYERS, smiths, tinmen. silversmiths.
shers and sailors, with one who rep
scented no occupation. The complex 4
~ OF these men was 9 light.59 sandy.
dark, , fair. Willie one. native of :,
ne Emerald Isle, had blue ewes. brown
air, and a ruddy complexion. The
'lor of the mems hair was 90 brown. :
dark, 20 light, 20 black, l6 sandy.
red : auburn and | gray, the regu-
non color among the old soldiers of :
-day. The colorof the mons ewes
rs l4O blue. Is gray. L. black IL
lzel. dark brown. 3 brown and
sht The company is the first in the :
ste that has published an individual ID
story of these men. which other
mpanies would do well to initiate
this very important respect