Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-07-03
General Vermont News.

her OF tnt 'iranu Army, IN tne person ol thN
late Dr.f, Morgan. says DIR. Day in the Troy
Times. The doctor was born in 1879 and died
in 1897. Sine. 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 chaplnin "t the One Hundred and
Twenty y-scventh New York Volunteers under
Coonrl Barney aud Joined the regiment at
Hilton laal in 1862, serving with it in all
the battles and skirmiShes in tha. vicinity.
He was also IN many Of the raj l. during
Shcrman's march To the sen. Peculiar
interest ttlrhcs to Mr., Willis distinction
in being the oldest member of Ii. Grand
Army from the fact that he was one of the
old time ministers Of .Brnniugt' II, having
been for ashort time pastor OF the First Bap-
tist church. Mr. Mills was born in Massa-
chusetts in lS0S and graduated from Union
college in 1881. He was ordained Con-
grrgationaiist. Int inm"diatrly accepted
| the creed and doctrines Of the Baptist do
nomination. His ilrst charge was in Ben
ninSton, commencing about thr middle ot
the year 1888 For souc wears it was thought
that the present department commander,
Colonel Norman VI. pGlirr of Bennington
was tn" Youngest member Of the Grand
Army, but it is claimed now that member
has been found who ia few days
! Younger than the colon Colonel Pullrr
wis mustered into the United States ser
vice ;.s II member of the Second regiment
band in jane. 1851. and was mustered ont
| ia : S'ptcmhcr of the same year, but was inn
modiutoly mustered in Il drummer for Com
pany T., Tcnth Vermont volunteers. and
| served until september. 1881. NJ which time
he was tran sferred to tn" Veterans Rcscrvs
Corps ana served till June. 1850. Colonel
Pu!fer has Just passed his !i'ticth birthday.
The L. V. VI. Varsity base ball team has
endri its season with II record Of II games
won out of - played. John'on leads tho
team in batting with an average Of !i', Tho
! other averages are: DinSmorr ~. AldlnSor
.324. Miner BOG. Agon .30i. Firr .29j. Wheel
an ~ Emery .213. Richmond PIP, stiles
.256. Weaver .2i5, Murray .li3. Eiymond
LIB. The fielding avcragrsn are Johnson.S6i,
Dinsm"re .s6l, Aldinscr .7S3, Miner $40,
.925, Richmond $50, Weaver .G75, Mur-
ray .70S. Raymond .G67. Victories wcre
scored as follows: Twice at Wesleyan,
one over Dartmouth. Cuban Giants, twice
over Union. once over Manhattan. Fordham.
Seton Hall, Harvard second and the Epis-
! rupal seminary. Games were lost to part
mouth. 90. Wesleyan, Virginia: l2l. New York
university, Georgetown. Washington league.
| Princeton. Pennsylvania. Harvard. Brown,
| Holy Cross. Newport. New London, A. g.,
Cuban Giants. and the Cuban X Giants. OF
| this years team DinsmOre Is tho only ono
| who will not return To college this fall, tins
being his last year in the med cal depart
ment. Miner and Richmond will provo
strong in the box another season. Adingcr,
| Agon and Johnson will makea strong trio
of backstops.
The case of State VS.. Francis A. Eaton ON
trial in Orange county, 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
ents motion TO direct II 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 years, to be unconstitutional rs
to waters not boatabIe, which the evil
| dence in this case showed Thayer brook
to be. Judge Thompson considered tho
effect of the statute to be the taking of pri-
vate property from the owner without COM
pensation. In directing the verdict for re-
| spondent he said the question was so simple
| and 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. States Attorney II. X. Oar
ling and NJ VI. Wilson for the state: J. u.
Dcnnison and J. II. Watson for the respon-
dent.
The 23d annual assembly Of the Grand I'm
perial Council of knights of tho Rod Cross
of Constantine and appendant orders held
in Burlington elected these officers; Sir
Daniel N. Nicholson. grand sovereign Bur
ington Sir Henry II. Ross. grand yirrroy,
Burlington; SirJesse T.. Thomsos grandson
or general Rutland Sir Allen l.. .Pease, grand
Junior general. Hartford ; Sir. j Henry jack
son. grand high preate, Barre; Sir
Warren q. Reynolds, grand chanrel-
lOr Burlington Sir Sayles Nichols, grand
treasurer Burlington Sir Russell T.. Tiley.
grand recorder. Burlington. Them. I.grand
sovereign appointed the following named
officers. intendnnt generals: Sir &C. Miller.
grand high nlmoner Sir Il. B. Taft, grand
engineer and arch Sir .. w. Whitcomb,
grand orator: Sir J. u. Whiteside. grand
standard bearer; Sir G. i. Abbott, grand
marshal Sir A. McGilvary. grand herald
Sir q. +. Morse. grand sentinel grand in
tendent generals. Sirs G.. o. Tyler. $. W.
Cummings, G.. W. Wing, NJ. o. Perkins. ID.
NJ. Bacon.
Cyrus A. Booth of yergcnnes. aged "A
years and months has Just died after
lingering illness. Three sons. William W.
Booth. Captain Charles A. Booth. United
burgh. 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 G. A.
Booth Son Il Co., was mayor OF Ver-
srnnes in 1s0i-5, and held at various times
many important offices. He was born mt
Newton, Conn. October !. 1922, and was for
the firm of q. Il ". L. Parker tie was twice
married. each time to a daughter Of the late
Captain William White. Funeral services
were held at the Episcopal church. of which
he was a member. Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock, Bishop Hall, assisted by the rector,
Rev. II. =. Gra5au, officiating.
One of the most successful meetings in the
history of the Green Mountain Association Of
Universalists has been held in Woodstock.
After u praise service reports of parishes and
unions were heard. All indicated most sat
isfactory condition OF the association. The
closing sermon WAS preached by Rev.W Walter
Dole of Gaysvin The election of officers
resulted as follows: President Rev. II. D.
Waxham vice president. II. c. Farrar OF
Rutland; treasurer. W. ID. Ball of Ludlow;
secretary. Bertha :. Knapp of Woodstock.
Here is the salary list of the city of Bur
lingtOn for the ensuing year: City clerk and
assistant, $3.50; city treasurer and assist
ant, Sl400: liquor agent, $500; city en-
gineer. $500; chief of fire department, $500;
chief of police. $1,000: oversoer Of poor,
$500: health officer. slOO: and that when his
fees amount to oyer !l0O they shall be fixed
by the board of adermen chairman street
commissioners, $50; other street commits
sioners, 800: water commissioners, 800.
The annual re-a ijustment of the salaries
of presidential p,stmastcrs. ba ied on the in
crease of receipts for four quarters, has beer
increases: Enosburgl Falls. Sll0Q tn. 5l2O0
Fair Haven, $1,000 to :i7lG; Newport. I70d
to $500: Proctor. 5l500 to $1,000: de- a. is.
Bethel. Sl4OO to Sl3OD Bradford. II % To-
$500; Brandon. 5'l700 to ol61r; Rich rd,
$1,000 to Sl1OD Eutland, $3.50 to s27GO;
Springfield, 9lI00 TO $1,000.
The Vermont Christian EGdcavor ronvcn-
tion is to be held in Montpelier. September
2S-3O. Among the speakers alrca 'y engaged
are Prof. Amos r. Wells editor Of thed ioldeu
Rule. and Rev W. T.. Barlow u. D., Of
Sharmont church. Boston. The new state
song. composed by Miss May Lemon OF
Burlington will II" sung.
William {. Spalrord has received from
Gov. Grout his Warrant as serg" mt major
Of the 3d battalion Vrrm mt National
Guard.
Unfortunate &. r.. Trains.
CHICAGO.Ir. July 2-Tbr,e PEI so1s were