Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-07-02
NO. ~.
General Vermont News.

Bennington claimed TO have the oldest
veteran Of the Union army, who was a MEM
ber Of the Grand Army, In the person Of the
late Dr. b. Morgan. SAYS Dr.Day, in the Troy
Times. The doctor was born in 1893 and died
+ in 1887. Since the death Of DIR. Morgan
the mantle of seniority in age and
membership has fallen on Rev. sam
uel B. Willis Of New Jersey Mr.. Willis
was the chaplain Of the One Hundred and
Twrntv-seyenth New York Volunteers under
Colonel Burney and joined the regiment az
Hilton Head in 1867, serving with II In all
I the battles and skirmishes in that vicinity.
/ lie was also in many of the ritls during
Sherman's march TO the sea. Peculiar
interest attaches to Mr.. Willis distinction
in being the oldest member Of the Grand
Army from the fact that he was one OF the
old time ministers of Bennington, having
been for ashort time pastor OF the First Bap-
tist church. Mr.. Willis was born in Massa-
chusetts in lS0S and graduated from Union
/ college in 1884. He was ordained Con-
gregationalist. but Immediately accepted
/ the creed and dOctrin : Of the Baptist de-
nomination. His first charge was in Ben
ningtOn, commencing about the middle OF
! the wear 1888. For some years it was thought
that the present department commander,
Colonel Norman VI. Puiler Of Bennington
was the Youngest member Of the Grand
/ Army but it is claimed now that member
has been found who is a few days
younger than the colonel. Colonel Pufer
| was mustered into the United States ser
vice as a member of the Second regiment
! band in June. 1861. and was mustered out
in September of the same year. but was i'm
! mediately mustered in as drummer for Com
! pany f. Tenth Vermont volunteers, and
served until September, 1864, at which time
he was transferred to the Veterans Reserve
Corps and served till June. 1865. Colonel
Purer has just passed his iiftieth birthday.
The [. V. VI. Varsity base ball team has
ended its season with a record Of IL games
won out of - played. Johnson leads the
team in batting with an average Of .44S. The
other averages are: DinsmOre 81. Aldinger
324, Miner .3O6. AgOn .30i. Farr .295, Nhel-
an IA. Emery .273, Richmond .272. Stiles
2j6, Weaver .2l5. Murray .140. Raymond
| l33. The fielding averages are: JOhDsOn.S64
Dinsmore .s6l. Aliinger .783, Miner $40,
Agon g2j. Farr sos. Whelan .SJi. Emery
.g25. Richmond $50. Weaver .615, Muir
ray 70S, RAYMOND .6G7. Victories were
one over Dartmouth. Cuban Giants. twice
over Union. once over Manhattan, Fordham,
Seton Hall Harvard second and the Epis-
cUpal seminary Games were lost to Dart
mouth 81. Wesleyan. Virginia 2, New York
university, Georgetown. Washington league,
Princeton, Pennsylvania, Harvard. Brown,
HOLY Cross Newport New London. A. g.,
this wears team DinsmOre is the only one
who will not return to college this fall this
being his last year in the medical depart
mrnt Miner and Richmond will prove
strong in the box another season. Aldinger,
A.On and johnson will make strong trio
Of backstops.
The case of state VS.. Francis 4. Eaton on
trial in Orange county. a prosecution Of
Barre druggist for fishing in Thayer brook "a
private stream in Braintree, which had been
stocked and posted by the state fish and
game commissioners. was ended on respond
ants motion to direct verdict. Judge
Thompson decided that section 456S OF the
Vermont statutes, giving the commissioners
the power TO stock private streams, and by
posting the same to prevent fishing therein
for three wears, to be unconstitutional as
To waters not boatable, which the evil
dence in this case showed Thayer brook
to be. Judge Thompson considered the
effect of the statute to be the taking OF pri-
vate property from the owner without COM
pcusation. In directing the verdict for re-
spondent ne said the question was so simple
aud plain and the answer so evident that
| the respondent ought not to be put to the
expense of maintaining his contention in the
supreme court. state : Attorney H. X. Dar
ling and VI. VI. Wilson for the state; j. ID.
DennisOn and J. II. Watson for the respon-
dent.
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i,j ',' 1','ii ',T Ti,,btsof tha nnI Crnso
OF Constantine and appcndant orders held
in Burlington elected these officers Sir
Daniel \. Nicholson. grand sovereign. Bur-
n,,Sii, u,l o. II Th,7s ,,ra{ So,
80 e,i ,ite ptIn,l 81 IIlorT peas, ,,ro,15
iot Gir H.. IT,.
!"m''' s,.n,,H hi',h mrnIata narrn' Sir
w.. pnTno15s Grand ,.hopcaI.
Inr 'Pli Pnr,in,,,,n. Sir SoyIes VirboIs %rand
l,, ;t,,,, . H. nTSsnII l., TilIa,,
Grand rerorde~ Burlington. The NJ. grand
Sovereign aploipted the following named
officers. intpndant generals: Sir {. C. Miller,
grand hirh almoner: Sir f. E. Taft grand
engineer and arch Sir O. w. Whitcomb.
grand orator Sir J. u. Whiteside grand
standard bearer: Sir c. L. Abbott. grand
marshal Sir A. McGilyary. grand herald !;
Sir G.. f. Morse. grand sentinel grand in
tendent generals. Sirs q. O. Tyler, s. W.
Cummings. &. W. Wing, NJ. o. Perkins, D.
NJ. Bacon.
Cvrus 4. Booth of yergenncs aged "A
wears and months, has Just died after a
lingering illness Three sons. William w.
Booth, Captain Charles A. Booth, United
States army, and John II. Booth of Platts-
burrh. and one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Booth
Clark, wife of Rev. Aaron Clark of Rosebud
agency. North Dakota survive him.
lie was head of the hardware firm of c. A.
Rootb Ga, G. 10 vae movor of Var.
rrunns in 1sgi-5 and held at yarions time,
) many important offices. He was born at
Newton, Conn. October / 1922. and was for
several years previous to 1870 IA member OF
the firm of &. 4 w. T. Parker. He was twice
married, each time to Il daughter of the late
Captain William White. Funeral services
were held at the Episcopal church OF Whlc1
ne was member tuesday afternoon at