The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-11
STARKEY & CO..
HOOKER BLOCK,
HatterS and FurriePs. BFaflebGrO. Vermont.
SONS OF VERMONT.


\ letter was received Wednesday at
the reunion at ShelbunTe Falls Of Go.
L, 52d Massachusetts from the wife of
Col. II. S. Greencaf. the beloved
colonel of the regiment. II was dated
from Guilford farm. Charlotte. \. u.
where the family are on their farm and
spoke hopefully of the colonel's com
plete recovery and stated that he was
/ able to drive an hour each day. The
part of the letter that pleased the
boys was the personal message from
/ the colonel, Give my reagrds to all
the boys, especially Capt. Richmond. -
/ \ telegram of greeting and sympathy
was sent to Col. Greenleaf by vote Of
/ the company There were about 30
/ veterans present at the reunion and
they re elected the old board of ufii-
! GERS.
/ The late W. G. Belden Of San Fran
cisco, remembered his alma mater III
his will. After bequeathing his val
liable library to his brother and pro-
viding for number of requests and
annuities for his relatives. aggregat
ing some so. 600. he gives the residue
of his estate to the University of Yer
mont, the income to be used for the
purchase of books for the Vermont
University library. His estate is esti-
mated variously at from 800. GOO to
$500, 600.
L. f. Partridge of Gladstone, y.
D., formerly a resident of Vermont.
and brother of II. f. Partridge OF
this place, was thrown from his horse
on Sept Both, receiving injuries from
which he died Oct. Sth. Mr. Par
fridge was born in Pomfret, Vt,
where he lived for a number of years.
He went to school at Woodstock at G.
NJ. p. academy. He studied law some
time with W. W. Stickney, but on ac-
count of sickness went west, where he |
has been engaged in teaching for the |
past six years with good success. he I
was '}6 years Old.
Col. Albert Clarke, secretary of the
Home Market club, has been nomi- |
mated for the Massachusetts, Legislature. +
from Wellesley Hills district. The col !
onel. who is native of Granville. for
years conducted the St. Adams Mes
senger and served in the Vermont sen
ate of 1874, is liable to be candidate
for the speakership of the Massachu-
sets house.
Charles d. Rose, the Englishman.
who has challenged the New York Yacht
club TO race next summer. has Amer /,
lean blood in his veins His mother
was Miss Clara Temple of Rutland.
She died in 1888. Charles Dale
Rose was born in 1888. Lady Rose.
who was a beautiful woman. became
acquainted with Sir John Rose while 4
IN visit to friends in Montreal.
where he was Minister of Finance of
Canada. They were married at Rut-
and and took up their residence in
Montreal, but afterwards went to Eng
and where they thereafter resided. b
robert Temple, the father of Lady 3
lose, was leading lawyer of Rutland,
II arlstocratic tendencies in his bear
ng, family and associations. He rep J
,esented Rutland in the General i
Assembly and was one of the old State 5
,ouncll. lie was for many years presi- k
lent of the bank of Rutland and State
tension agent. He became entangled ,
'lth the government in pension affairs,
mo committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart at his man. ,
ION on North Main street One son. ;
zen: Robert Emmett Temple, was a
eadlng lawyer at Albany, n. Y. and
f"iS PioiiliueHl III political and >
military circles. Some of his descend s
MS s sun reside IN that city. Edward
:. Temple, A. NJ. the we'll known ;,
utnor' and treasurer of the Marble q
'avings bank. is first cousin of t,
,harles Dale Rose, and occupies the
ld family mansion in Rutland.
benjamin Garvin of Fon Du Lac.
Is, VINO is visiting at White River
unctlon, was locomotive engineer in .,
airy railroad days and has little regard Il
pr the stories of fast runs made with n
ne iater railroad apparatus When the
gentrai Vermont road was opened TO
'atefDury he says he made the run ~
rom white River to Waterbury. ~ !"
mes, IN less than so minutes. making
"o Stops on the run, with the locomo,
I'VE " Ethan Allen. which had driving
nee! nve feet six inches in diameter II
loo2 he made the run from Essex 10
unetlon to Ogdensburg, n. Y. with 10
me stops, 4S1a miles, in 65 minutes
! .ie same time another engineer ran
ON Essex junction TO Mortified. run .
ing IN 10 montpelier and backing out.
mites, In % minutes, making nine
o9e Another fast run was between
,sSuenissourg and Houses Point, n. Y
e mites, IN !4O minutes, with four ga ga
upS anu taxing wood and water twice.
II. Garvin made the run from Ronsa. \,
ONT to Burlington, with five stons IL TAI
minutes; from Essex Junction ~
orthtield, 81 minutes: White P;yop tn;
JUNCTION to Mortified, So miles With gu
We stops, in Go minutes. The Larger f.,
I'd heavier locomotives of the nrasee, 20 20
~ Deat that record buf var, Et,I $ q
iit'ie' 20