Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-05
Around the Campfire.

There was a sociable in G. A. r..
hall. Montpelier, last Tuesday evening.
The w r. c. of Lyndonville gave a
box supper at the hail Saturday even
ing, March 81.
Gen. VIM. J.. Greenleaf of Burling-
ton is to deliver the address ut Essex
Junction on Memorial Day.
Over 30 of the staff officers of the
Vermont department have signiiied
their intention of visiting Detroit.
The box sociable for the w. r. G.
Of East Middlebury, on Wednesday
evening, March ., was quite a sue
c%ess,about As tickets being sold. Birch
ards orchestra furnished the music.
Cosgroye Family q Company gave
one of their musical and dramatic en-
tertainments at Billiards. hall, Swan
ton, Thursday evening. March %. for
the benefit Of the G.. 4. r.. of that
place.
The Orleans County Veterans asso-
citation win hold its annual reunion at
Barton Landing, Tuesday, june 10.
a number Of good speakers have been
secured and a grand time is guaran-
teed. All veterans are cordially in
Yitcd.
Ara VI. Carlisle, late Go. d, 9th Vt.
regiment, died Al the Vermont Sol
dicrs' Home, March %, aged &C years.
lie was admitted To the Home. An
gust %. 1898, from Chester. Death
No. 30. The burial was held at
Chester.
The report of the superintendent Of
the Vermont Soldiers Home for the
present quarter 10 date will be as fol-
lows: Admitted, II; discharged, A.,
died, 3; furloughed, 5; returned from
~furlough, >; gain, ,; total, 50; present,
"A; in hospital, l6.
The veterans 1t Albany have formed
a G.. A. r. post, which win be called
Geo. +. Phelps posi-. with the follow
ing officers: commander. John Kelley;
senior vice commander, VIM Start
well; junior vice commander, G. l..
stone; quartermaster, James Me-
George; chaplain, 4. Sargent; officer
Of the day, II. Marcus.
Joseph Robinson, late COD, 9Th Vt.
regiment, aged 6l years, died at Brat
tleboro Retreat. March -, 1894. lie
was admitted TO the Vermont Soldiers
Home, July s, lss9, from Bridgewa-
ter. In April, ls9p, lac was taken TO
the retreat at BrHttleboro for care, hav-
inc become violently insane. He will
be buried in the soldiers Home ceme-
terry at Bennington. Death No. 40.
a remarkable case is that of a. IL.
Sutherland, a G.. 4. Il. man Of Sau-
gus. Mass, who last Friday coughed
up 4 bullet which wa, shot into his
lung Oct. III, 1868. By Mosby's guer-
rillas. i the battle Of Culpepper
Courthouse. For years he has suffer-
ed from hcmorrhage of the lungs, but
was ignorant Of the cause, and was on
ihe point OF going to a hospital for
treatment.
The G.. A. r.. and Woman's Relief
corps of Ncrgenues enjoyed n pleasant
reception at the State Reform school
chapel and dining room, Saturday
March p. Comade :. A.An-
drews left nothing undonc TO make
the occasion gratifying. Dcclama-
tions, music and singing were render
ed by the scholars, and speeches were
delivered By Rev. Mr.. Carr and G.. r.
s. Pierce. The exercises were brought
to a close with a supper.
Congressman John c. Black. for
merry commissioner Of pensions, is
quoted ms saying that the high water
mark of pensions was reached last
year. This years appropriation il. in
round numbers, fourteen millions less
than hat Of last year, and he thinks
the decrease viii continue increasingly
account Of the death Of the old sol
dicrs, the remarriage Of the widows
and the fact that 50 many of the sOl-
licrs children win reach the age OF lG,
the age at which the pension TO nil
nor children ceases Vermont stand
ard.