St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13
Men Women and Events.
vermonr,s Farorite Rn,tle.hip.

Men Women and Events.
VermOnEs FaVoriIe BnIfleship.
outstanding the fact that the
Olympia was the flagship of Vermont's
great admiral, that vessel has never held
the high PLACE in the affection of Vermont
people that has been awarded to the
battleship Oregon. This is not because
we love Admiral Dewey less than Cap
tain Clark, but somehow the magnif-
cent ship is very dear to Vermont and
until that name graces an active unit OF
our navy, we will doubtless claim the
Oregon as our favorite. Captain Wilde
who was in command of the battleship
when it went on the rocks and was
severely damaged last fall, arrivedin San
Francisco last week and in an interview
concerning the battleship said:
"The Oregon is marvellous machine.
There is no question about that. Had
she not been magnificent ship she never
would have got off that rock. Though
the repairs to her hull were termed tenn
porary, they were of very substantial
character, and will be sufficient for regu-
lar service for ten years. There is not
even boiler tube out of order in the
Oregon. She is in a condition to start
tomorrow on record cruise around the
world. | do not know myself, but it is
the opinion of Captain Dickens, who
succeeded me in command OF the Oregon,
that she will start for San Francisco
about May 1, and upon her arrival here
be thoroughly overhauled."
Denth of the Hero of Shiloh.
General B. M. Prentiss died at Beth
any, Mo last Friday. He was 81 years
old, and had lived in retirement for
number of years. The fact that he was
alive was not generally known. General
Prentiss was known as "the hero of
Shiloh" He had joined Grants COM
mand three days before the date of that
battle, and was placed in command of
the Sixth Division. On the first day of
the battle General Prentiss was assigned
to a position, and having no orders to
retreat, stubbornly held his place until
surrounded by the Confederates. He
was captured late in the afternoon. He
was kept in prison from April to October
and when released was made a major
general by President Lincoln. He served
on the court martial that tried Fitz John
Porter. The next year he was sent to
Helena, Ark, to fight General Price,
whom he defeated. He resigned in the
fall of 1868. On the subject of the battle
of Shiloh, General Prentiss was always
particularly touchy. -Four years ago a
visitor at Bethany said Prentiss surren-
dered in the morning. He was dared to
make the statement before Prentiss, and
defantly went to the old generals law
Office to do so. Some of the townspeople
followed to see the fun. The stranger
made exactly the statement he said he
would, and when he was pulled out of
the old generals reach his eyes were
bruised and his face disfgured.
Bust for Famous VermOnter.
At meeting of the New York Academy
of Medicine, Thursday night there was
a presentation of bust OF the late DR..
Horace Green, who died November 20,
1866, at the age of sixty-three. Forty
years ago DR.. Green was member of the
Academy and came very near going to
his grave regarded as a crank with some
very peculiar and dangerous notions con-
corning the treatment Of diseases of the
larnyX. The committee appointed by
the academy that investigated his treat
ment was divided as to its utility. But
there is no longer any question as to the
value of his observations, experiments
and reports. He is now called "the
father of laryngology." DR.. Green was
born in Chittenden, Rutland County,
1902. He was educated at the Brandon
high school and the Rutland classical
school. When twenty-five years old he
was graduated from the medical school
in Middlebury. Soon afterward he be-
gan the practice OF medicine in Rutland
Later he went abroad to continue his
studies on the diseases of the throat and
air passages. When he returned to this
country he was elected professor of dis
eases of the throat and air passages in
the medical college at Castleton. He re-
manned at the college until 1850, when
he went to New York to make his home.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred on
him by the University of Vermont.
The present congress seems disposed to
be liberal with schemes looking to the
preservation of famous natural features
of the country, and places of great his
torical interest. The bill to save the big
trees at Calaveras, Cal, which has pass
ed the senate and now awaits the action
Of the house, authorizes the Secretary Of
the Interior to pay $125,000 for the
famous grove and, if the offer is refused,
to save the grove under condemnation
proceedings. And Mr.. Penrose, of