Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-13
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president; Col. +. T.. Smith. secretary and
treasurer: l.. w. Shedd, j. III. Lucia and
Eli Holden, executive committee. The ad-
dress before the society Will be delivered
by Gen. ]. G. Mccullough. the senator
from Bennington county, in Representa-
tivcs hail, Wednesday evening. 1mmedi-
ately following this will be the banquet OF
the society at the Pavilion, and the toast
master on that occasion will be Col. Geo.
w. Hooker of Brattleboro. With this ar
ray of talent these events are sure to be
some of the most important of the season.
The browning social event of the week
will be the reception given by Mrs. Smith,
wife of the governor, at the State House
Thursday evening. This will bring to n
close the social functions of an interest
ing capitol.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
paragraph which will be of interest
to people of Vermont appears in the re-
port of the railroad commissioners and Is
rcpublished here, that it may have Il
wider reading. 1t says:
mo serious disaster upon the railroads
in this State has occurred during the past
two years. There have been IS fatal acct
dents five of them being at grade cross
inps and 20 were persons walking on the
track Injuries and fatalities among en-
p;oycs arising from the operation Of
uains may be expected to gradually di-
m!nish as the work of equippng engines
and cars with train brakes and automatic
cuuplcrs progresses, but the habit of
walking upon railroad tracks and driving
upon crossings in front of approaching
trains seems to have become firmly fixed
continue until grade crossings are abol-
ished and firm legislative restraint is
placed upon trespassers.
THE members of tho board have fire.
qucntly observed in the railroad yards OF
our larger towns considerable volume Of
travel upon the tracks where danger at
all time exists; even the riding of bicy-
clcs along we'll worn paths between
double tracks Is freely INDUCED in at GER
, tain points. Repeated warnings and not
infrcquent casualties fail to diminish the
dangerous practice. The duty which the
I railroad owes to even a trespasser upon
its tracks must therefore require the I'M
renting care and watchfulness of those
having in charge the operation of trains,
and 1t is at the expense of largo physical
and financial loss that this unlawful prac-
tce continues. If Legislative action can
reach and remedy this evel, it ought TO
be exercised in no uncertain way"
EIGHTH VERMONT REGIMENT.
! The 25th reunion of tho Eight Vermont
Regimcntal Association will be held here
Tuesday, oct. 25 1898. at o'clock y. m.
In the q. A. r. hall.
! Gen. stephen Thomas (SS years ODD Is
now more than ever anxious to meet his
"Oid Boys" to whom he will have some
thing to say which will interest each one.
At 1880 y. m, the comrades will assem-
bic at the g. a. r. hall and spend an
hour in Misunderstanding and exchanging
fraternal freetngs.
An address will be delivered by Mai.
II. NJ. Pollard of St. Louis, Mo-, and a
poem read by Prof. j. Il. Wheelock, writ
ten for the occasion.
The annual banquet will be served by
the Indies of the Women's Relief Corps
in their hall, followed by a camp fire, at
which Capt. s. Il. Howard of Newton,
Mass. will act as POSTMASTER. Col. A.
F. Franklin will deliver Il short address
Speeches are expected from Mai. j. L.
Rarstow Capt Fred Il. Smith, Capt
Moses Mcfarland, Lieut. w. H. II. Hol-
ton, and others of the faithful and true. "
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
| w. w. Russell, recently of the National
| bank at Newbury, Is to be clerk for
! Treasurer Bacon. Mr.. Russell is at pres.
ent serving as lieutenant in a company In
the New Hampshire regiment, but ex-
poets to be mustered out soon. Until he
Is released Mr.. Mcintyre, who has been
clerk for Treasurer Field, will aid Mr.
Bacon,