Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22
Around the Campfire.

the Memorial Day ADDRESS at fcl
gennes.
| Capt. II. G. Lull of Montpelier vii
deliver the Memorial Day address al
Warren, \. II.
There are now 81 inmates of the
Vermont Soldiers Home at Bennlng'
ton, of whom Il are in the hospital.
The w. Roof West Burke held it'
quarterly sociable Saturday afternoon
Mar. II. An oyster supper was served
Rev. Wilmond Warner of Pawlet,
chaplain of the Vermont 5. of ", Is
to deliver the Memorial Day address
at Lowell.
Preside post. GAR, of San Fran
cisco. Cal, gave GOV. Fuller and the
Vermont commissioners grand re-
ception last Monday.
The G. A. r. and its auxiliaries of
Boston are TO have new hall. 1t Is
now being completed and will be very
convenient and suitable for the pur-
poses.
Hill Camp. No. II, of johnson is
prospering finely. The members have
debates At each meeting They recent
| ~ presented drama, which was de-
cided success.
Sixty couples attended the Hunting
ton ;. of ", dance recently. tae net
profit Of same being about SOL II is
rumored that the L. A. ;. will give a
Nav hop sometime in May.
Hon. Hugh Henry of Chester viii
deliver the Memorial Day address at
IIardwick, Hon. Henry Boynton of
W Woodstock, at Chester.and Hon. In.
Reed of Bellows Falls, at Ludlow.
While absent in the West on a bust
ness trip, II. X. Bush, of the Vermont
Granite CO., Barre, secured the contract
TO manufacture ten soldiers monu-
ments for the State of Ohio, which are
10 beerpetcd on the battlefield Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Silas j. Smith of Chester, aged 60
wears. died at his home last Monday
morning, the 18th, after an illness of
about one month. The funeral was
held Wednesday aftcrnoon,an Henry
post. G.. \. r.. of which lac was a past
commander, was out in a body TO at
tend the services.
Gen. O. O. Howard reaches the age
of retiring from the United states AZ
my next fall and viii go TO Burling-
ton to live with his SON, who Is con
,tructing the cavalry post Fort Ethan
Allen. Gen. Howard proposes to
write book on the Civil War and il
is needless To SLY ii will bc read with
interest by all the veterans,
Col. W. 6. Veazey was one of the
speakers al the camp fire in conncc-
ton with the annual encanpment of
the PENNSYLVANIA department, G.. A. |
r.. at Philadelphia recently. and the
Legcr SAYS that he won the hearts of
the audience by his recital OF anec-
dotes showing kindness to soldiers re-
ceiycd at the hands Of Philadelphia
during the war.
4 regular meeting and camp fire OF !
J. NJ. Warner post. No. 4. was held
Saturday evening. March IL. There
were remarks by some Of the past Of /
ferrs. music and songs. and the W.R. !
&. furnished refreshments. 4 cordial
invitation was extended to the ;. of
v. the Ladies Aid. and to all old sol
diers. whether they belonged to the
Grand Army or not.
The G.. 4. X. and W. Il. G. of Col !
chester have recently been recognized !
and Friday evening. March ., they
held box sociablc, which was quite "A
success. Quite number were pres
cnt from Huntington and Essex June
tion. among them were tScns. Henry 4
Gccnleaf, Past Commander J. B. Soul /
ly at Stannard post and DR. c. M.Fer- /
rim of Essex junction.
Congressman Grout of this State
made a strong speech when the pen
sion appropriation bill was before 1
Congress and told some facts that go
TO show that the present administra- /
ton is not So friendly as il should be
towards veterans. The bill appropri-
ates several millions less than the bill /
OF one year aeo.and Mr.Grout claimed /
in his speech that many pensions al |
niady granted are being cut down, and 1
that, of the eases considered by the /
pension Office, many more are rejected
than are allowed. Gen. Sickles, a
Democratic congressman, also severe
~ criticised the pension policy of the
The Confederate generals are fast
passing away OF the eight fun gen
erals, Albert Sidney johnson. Leoni-
das Polk and Stoncwall Jackson were
killed in battle. while Robert +. Lee.
BraXton Bragg, Z. Kirby Smith, Beau
regard and samuel Cooper have died
since the close Of the war. There were
nineteen lieutenant generals in the
Confederate army. and 81 these all are
dead. we believe, save three, Wade
Hampton, Joseph Wheeler and John
II Cpdpu fhp last Ia bip heiuf Iubal