The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-24

gathered In Arm0ry hall Monday evening.
An organization was effected by the cleo
tion OF r. A, Rowland chairman, and John
2. Adams secretary. Harlan W. Kemp was
placed in nomination for representative by
E. A. Mutt and his nomination was made
unanimous by acclamation. On motion of
j. g. Brown the chair appointed commit
tee OF five to present to the caucus list of
nominees for justices OF the peace. This
committee was composed Of j. G. Brown,
Q. II. Richardson, j. w Brock, g. f. Col
lins and George o. Stratton. They pre-
| sented the following for justice ticket: M.
e. Smile, A. j. Stone, j. II. Lucia, John
Mooney, II. A. Huse, Thomas Marvin, f.
L. Laird, G. w. Wing, j. H. Senter, T. J.
Deavitt, @. Def. Bancroft and Dayton p.
Clarke. These gentlemen we're nominated
| collectively and the caucus adjourned, after
session of twenty-five minutes.
The private clam bake given last Friday
| afternoon by the r. @. Bowers Granite
Company was very much Of a success not
| withstanding the inclement weather. About
one hundred and fifty guests were present,
many of whom had never attended genu-
| inc Rhode Island clam bake Professor j.
| E. Wilson of Providence, Il. l., with an eff
| cient corps of assistants had charge of the
| bake which was served under a large tent.
| The bake given Saturday afternoon to the
bosses and polishers Of Montpelier and
Barre and invited guests was attended by
about two hundred people. The Mont
pelier Military band was present and en-
| llNbu6u Jub dlJbTUOOn WltD d CDOlCe pro-
gramme. The bake was served under a
| huge tent and was thoroughly enjoyed by
every one present. After dinner, sports
and athletic contests took up the time until
nearly sundOwn The weather was de-
| lightful and no unpleasant feature marred
the enjoyment of the day. Mr.. Bowers has
established an enviable reputation as a host
and these annual events given by the COM
pany OF which he is the head are long and
pleasantly remembered.
In the presence of large and deeply in
terested company Miss Mary A. Phinney
and Mr.. Sidney e. McIutre of Rutland
were married last Wednesday morning at
nine o'clock at Christ church. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Arthur w.
Stone, assistant rector of Trinity church,
| Rutland. He was assisted by Rev. A. N.
Lewis, rector of Christ church. The in
terror of the church was very prettly dec
Grated with cut flowers, palms and ferns.
The ushers were Robert e. Phinney and r.
A. Rowland of Montpelier, Frederick w.
| Bancroft of Boston and John W. Titcomb
of St. Johnsbury. AS the wedding party
marched up the aisle the Cecilia Quartette,
of which the bride was long member, sang
the wedding march from Lohengrin. At
ter the ceremony wedding breakfast was
served at the home of Mr.. Phinney and the
newly married couple took the ten o'clock
train for Lake George where they expect to
remain week or ten days. AS the train
pulled from the station Mr. and Mrs Nc
the Cecilia Quartette again raised the
strains of Lohengrin. Mr., and Mrs McIn-
tyre will be at home at Rutland after Sep
tember1 !.
A MEMBER of the WATCHMAN staff was at
Fort Ethan Allen last Sunday when the
First Vermont Regiment arrived from
Chickamauga Park, after journey OF more
than fifty hours By electrics, steam cars
and vehicles of every description fully 1900
people gathered at the fort in the early
h.rrr of fh0 nivrr No1
until haf-past one, when the hospital train,
bearing two hundred and fourteen men and
the dead body of Corporal Harry B. Lam
son of Barre, who died of spinal meningitis
enroute, was slowly and carefully switched
to the side track on the ground. Twenty
one of the men were dangerously sick.
They had to be carried to the hospital on
stretchers, while the others were able to
ride to the barracks near by in ambulances
and four horse wagons. AS the men were
carried from the train or feebly alighted the
feelings of the thousands Of spectators could
not be restrained. Women and men wept
like children, while in response to piteous
appeals for water from the sufferers, scores
OF men threw off their coats and hurried
brimming pals, buckets and pitchers of
cool spring water to parched lips. Not
cheer was heard. The appearance of the
men was shock and surprise to every
one. Had they just returned from six
months starvation in Spanish prisons, they
could not have been more enfeebled or
emaciated. Their sunken cheeks, CLASSY
eyes and sallow, unhealthy compilations
told more eloquently than words what they
had suffered. 1t took nearly two hours to
transfer the occupants Of this train to bar
, racks and hospital, where corps of phys-
, clans and trained nurses at once began re-
lieving the wants OF the men. Assistant
Surgeon Joseph w. Jackson of Barre was
in charge. Fifteen of his thirty assistants
and nurses were Frustrated with disease
! and the strain to which he had been sub
: jected since the train left camp, with loss of
sleep, had left their marks upon him.
! Several Of the sick men with whom the re-
! porter talked spoke in terms of the warmest
praise of DR.. Jackson. With scant food
! and little sleep he was constantly watching
the sufferers, going many times each day
from one end Of the train to the other, aud
with medicine and cheerful words, doing
> much to keep up the spirits of the men.
? The death of young Lamson was keenly
3 felt by Dr. Jackson, as they were personal
friends. In conversation with the WATCH
3 MAN representative, DR.. Jackson said he
, had seen no water in camp that he would
offer to horse or dog in Vermont, and to
, the impure water he charges very much to
: the prevalent sickness and disease in the
} regiment. The following members of Com
pany H were on the hospital train: Corpo-
r raj William Theriault, Oliver Gsborn,
l Elmer Town, Samuel Wing, Frank Jary,
) w. j. Moore, E. w. Lynton. Alfred Du-
4 cette, Jerry Sullivan, William Duffy, R. A.
L
Pickering, Q. g. Smith, Harvey Reed, w.
: j. Putney. None of these are dangerously
r i'll. Corporal Theriault was brought to his
, home Sunday night by his father, and
/ several others have obtained furloughs.
The train bearing the first battalion, made
up of companies NJ of Burlington, A of Rut-
= land, and G Of Brandon arrived at the fort
shortly after Ave o'clock Sunday afternoon.
. Cheers from a thousand throats with wav-
ing hats and handkerchiefs greeted these
boys as the train was run on the siding.
They quickly formed up, stacked arms and
marched to the canteen where Quarter
: : master General Gilmore and Caterer Coon
, Of Burlington had hot coffee and sand
wiches in abundance for all The stock
and baggage train arrived at ten O'Clock
and the two remaining sections shortly be-
fore midnight. Early Monday morning the
3 regiment went into camp on the State mus
ter ground, from which they took their de-
parture in May. Nearly all the sick are
convalescent. Bracing air, an abundance Of
pure water, and wholesome food are work.
ing wonders among them.