Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-05-28

Ethan Allan and George Dewey had arrived
spread through that part Of Jersey City
nearest to the railroad yards. Halt an
hour after the regiment had disembarked
from the steamer a thousand men, women
and children had come out to see them.
After that the crowd increased every min
ute. and when the train started the cheers
of fully 5000 persons babe them good by
and Godspeed.
1t was very practical crowd too, that
did the cheering. Some Of those who
reached the yards soon after the soldiers
arrived realized that the hour was early,
especially for Sunday morning, and they
guessed that the men from Vermont had
not been to breakfast, Nobody knows Just
who made this guess first or what was done
Immediately after, but in a short time the
women and girls were seen coming into the
yards bringing pots of coffee and loaves of
bread and platters Of meat and baskets OF
fruit and all manner of edibles. Flat cars
and freight cars and rough boards and stray
boxes were used for tables, and, cheering
and shouting as they did so, the soldiers
fell to and managed to make very salts
factory breakfast. When they had finished
nearly every man Of them found Jersey
girl who had developed fearful and won
derful interest in everything to do with
warfare.
The most striking thing about the com
| mand was the great height of most of those
who composed it. So far as was noted,
there was only one little man in the whole
regiment, and he was not below five feet
seven. The majority were nearly six feet,
and they looked rugged and strong. Every
man had complete uniform and every man
had his rifle and side arms, so that stories
about the unequipped recruits from Yer.
mont cannot be sent north from Chicka-
manga,
This statement was true when the mer
reached Jersey City, but it must. be stated
further that when the Jersey City girls
cleared away the breakfast things some o
them wore gray campaign hats and Others
had knife bayonets, and those who didn'
have either wore white gloves that they die
not wear when them came to look at the sol
diers.
Roses in North Carolina.
| A despatch sent from Ashville, N. G..
told how handsomely the boys were. treated
in the land of the cotton and the cane. cal
along the line and at the stations girls CAV
bouquets of roses and the cars were sool
full of flowers. Lieut.. Col. Mimms ant
Major Bennett captured the ladies ant
many flowers"
Vermont Soldier Deserted.
A letter received in Montpelier Wednes
day from Sergeant Meigs conveys the in
formation that one Of the men OF Compan,
H of that city deserted while in North Car
DINA. The writer refused to give tbs nam
of the deserter, but said that he was cap
tured and placed under arrest, and con
tinued the remainder of the journey unde
guard to Chickamauga. The escape wa
made by jumping off the train while it wa
in motion. The train was stopped ant
held about an hour while Sergeants Meig
and Jary went hack and captured th
would-be deserter.
New Hampshire Boys in Chains.
Some Of the boys in Chattanooga ar
drinking too much and making themselve
altogether too numerous. Two Of the Nel
Hampshire boys got into trouble. A com
munication to the Keeno Sentinel Gays
!, The members of Company G, OF Lebs
non, who were arrested in Chattanoog
were William Burns and Fred Small Burn
accosted girl of good family at a sod
stand, whereupon the proprietor interfere
and Small upheld Burns. Both we're al
rested later. The town was indignant 6
similar annoyances by soldiers who ha
probably been drinking. The men wer
fined S4.10 in police court and went to ia
to work out the sentence in the chain gang
Major Gen. Brooke, in answer to a tele
gram, expressed his approval of the arrel
and sentence and said further that ever
precautien would be taken to prevent men
bers Of that regiment from going to Chats
nooga. Orders to that effect have bee
! issued.