Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-18

The L. A. S. and S. of ", of Man
chester, held a lawn party in the park
Saturday evening, July 18th.
The Woman's Relief corps of Rut-
land will hold lawn party Saturday
evening in st. Paul's Universalist
church grounds.
The annual meeting of the trustees
of the Vermont Soldiers Home, which
was to occur July "a, has been post
poned to the 25th.
One company OF the 2lst U. S. in
fantry, stationed at Plattsburg bar
racks, and one troop OF the Sd U. 5.
cavalry from Fort Ethan Allen have
been ordered to make practice march
to Faillee, and encamp there with the
Vermont National guard next month.
Capt. Herbert E. Tutherly, LIST Y. S.
cavalry, has been detailed by the war
department to inspect and report up
on the condition of the Vermont
troops at muster
Lieut.. F. H. Lawton of the 2lst U.
S. infantry, in charge of recruiting
stations in Bellows Falls and Rutland,
has received orders to arrange and
make a test bicycle run in two weeks,
from New York to Washington, bear
ing dispatches from Gen. Miles to the
war department. He will have pri-
vate make the run with him. Similar
tests of the availability of the bicycle
for army use are being made at differ
ent points.
DR.. Edward r. Palmer of Louis
vile, who was killed in bicycle ac-
cident July 5, was born in Woodstock
in 1912 and was professor in the
Louisville Medical college and one OF
the best-known doctors in the South.
Only a short time ago Il. Cannon, Jr.,
received letter from him, stating
: that he hadmade arrangements to en-
terrain several of the Vermont G.A.R.
He was planning to make the stay OF
the Vermonters in Louisville very
pleasant. His sudden death was both
! unfortunate and sad.
According to invitations issued by
their secretary, NJ. w. Utley, mem
bers of Company c, l4th VT. Vols.
held their reunion at the Utley House
Manchester, July 3D.. Dinner wa'
served at II o'clock and the afternoon
was spent in storytelling and ehears
y ing many of the incidents while at tin
!! front. After supper invited guests be
gan to assemble and the evening wa
IN occupied with speech-making, music
etc. Among the old soldiers not mem
I bers of this company who were pres
a, ent, we noticed ex-senator Houghtol
n of Bennington and Capt. Mum
known as the boy captain from Troy
Ny.
One more name is to be added 4
n the Vermont role of women whose ia
theirs served in the Revolutionary wal
1t is that of Miss Harriet Sawyer o
Norwich. She was born April III, 1906
and is therefore 80 years old. Her ia
Their was Conant Sawyer, who wa
born in Hebron, Conn. He serve
through the entire war, and was q
!. Valley Forge with Washington. A
y the close he took his "scrip" an
bought land near Norwich, whel
at some of his numerous descendant
,rd have lived ever since, while Others al
scattered all over the United State
While Miss Sawyer's body is feebl
her eyesight is good, mind clear an
r. brilliant and she maintains her side {
h. correspondence with numerous rel;
~, tives and friends.
= The Grand Army veterans an
- their families Of Morrisville in coDsit
" cradle numbers went for their secon
annual Fourth of July picnic to Cam
W Bacon, Elmore Pond, where The
]. spent very enjoyable day. The tin
was given up to visiting, loungir
about and rowing on the pond, ten I
:. a dozen boats being kept constant
W moving. 1t was quiet day, quiet
~ spent, "far from the nadding crowd
His excclency, Gov. U. A. Woodbur
~ and his wife, and Congressman
H.. Henry Powers, Mrs. Powers and Mi
TOM Carrie L. Powers drove up to Il
camp in the afternoon and exchange
= cordial social greetings with the part
ness Camp Bacon accommodated betwe'
the two and three hundred people,
Guiding the veterans and other excu
sion parties, several going up late
TO the day and remaining for an cvenil
- boat ride.
- Department Commander Barn
iii Cannon, Jr., announces the comp
=" ton of arrangements for the trip
the annual G. A. II. New England c
oN equipment at Louisville, Ky, Sept.
y" The Vermont department will lea
in the cars attached to the train nor
on the Central Vermont railroad. lei
lrst- ing Bellows Falls at noon via st. !
bans, Rome, Watertown and Ogdel
burg and Big Four, by way Of Ci
cinnati. The return will be made
ices. the same route. The extremely K
rate of $20.50 will prevail from
I stations OH every railroad in Verne
! except the Woodstock railroad and t
Brattleboro and Whitehall railros
,rc TO Louisville and return from 81