The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-11

suffered from disease Of the kidneys and
was treated for that by the asylum physi-
clans. Cross-examined, said he thought
patient was in bed only few days before he
died. THE healing adjourned to four clock
Tuesday afternoon.
THE Montpelier correspondent OF the
bennington Banner has the following
pleasant reference to three prominent cti-
zens at the capital: "In coming down Main
street to-day, met trio of Vermont men
who enjoy national regulations, and OF
whom the stale is proud. They were Gen
eral Stephen Thomas, Col Fred Il. Smith,
and Hon. Charles Dewey. AS | saw them
pass, my mind went back to the early win
ter OF 1861, when, in this same village and
not far from where 1 met them, first saw
Stephen Thorn AZ. He had recently been
appoin ed colonel of the Eighth Vermont
regiment. He had come here accompanied
by p. L. Washburn, then adjutant and in
spector general Of the state, to be resent at
the election Of officers for u company that
was raised here to go out with the regiment,
of which Fred K. Smith was quartermaster.
1t was my lot to serve under Thomas three
years. and the sight of him always recalls
many events in the career OF this brave sol
der. l see him at the old camp in Brattle-
boro; at the head of his regiment when it
marched through the sand on Ship Island
leading his regiment to Irish Bend in
Louisiana; on the Red River expedition,
when his regiment had the lead, day after
day, and again in that memorable battle in
the Shenandoah when, under Emery, the
Nineteenth Army Corps stood the brunt of
the battle and earned for Thomas his star.
No wonder that Vermont veterans revere
him, and pray that he may live many years
to come. Col Smith looks better than he
did when | was here two years ago. AS an
insurance man, his record is of the best
All the boys remember him as a quarter
far uyh N oil xya IN
interests Of his men. Charles Dewey is
known here and through the state as gen
erous public spirited citizen, one who ably
guides the affairs Of one of the best-known
life insurance ompanies in the country"
Ex-GovERNoR URBAN A. WOODBURY.
was on the stand Friday afternoon in the
asylum investigation. He was a member
of the legislative commission which did the
first work toward the erection of the new
state asylum at Waterbury, aud while gov.
ernor he was, ex-officio, president of the
board of trustees. He did not appear tc
know much concerning the actual work
ings OF the institution, but went out OF his
way to praise DR.. Giddings,-so much SO
in fact, that Mr.. Bates, who was conducting
the examination for the committee, was
obliged several times to direct him to keeJ
to the point on which he was being ques
toned. Governor Woodbury. denied that
any person had ever complained to him
concerning DR.. Giddings' management Of
the institution, and, when the testimony in
the hearing vas referred to- he declared
with emphasis that he did not believe 9
word of it. Whereat Mr.. Bates remarke cd
that the committee intended to weigh ths
evidence on its own account. Dr. r. s
Johnson Of West Concord, one OF the board
Of supervisors, testified that he had assisted
in making many inspections of the ylum
but that the supervisors were always &C
companied in their inspections by DR.. Gid
dings or his assistants. He said that the su
pervisors always intended to see as many
patients as possible, but never went intt
the minute details Of their management
They paid little attention to food, bedding
or temperature Samuel D. Hobson of ISLAND
Pond, another OF the board of trustees, wal
examined by the Investigating committee
Like the other witnesses, his testimony wa,
chiefly negative. He did not even know
whether the superintendent had given the
bonds required OF him by law, but said hi
duties related chiefly to the management o.
the finances of the institution. At the
close of the afternoon session, the hearing
adjourned until Monday evening at sever
O'CLOCK