Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-06-22
THE COUNTY SOLDIERS REUNION

The annual reunion of the Orleans
County Veterans Association was
held In Odd Fellows building, New
port, last Wednesday, June II. The
weather was favorable and about 100
veterans were present. A drum corps
of three flies, two tenor and one bass
drum made it lively around the cor
ner of Main and Coventry streets
during couple of hours in the fore
noon and around headquarters later.
The business meeting was held in G.
A. R. hall, and was called to order at
11:00 O'Clock, by the president of the
association, Nixon Morse of Derby.
After the reading of the reports of
the secretary and treasurer, the place
for holding the reunion next year
was talked over. Comrade A. B.
Hancock of Coventry invited the
association to meet at that place, and
it was voted to accept the invitation.
The president then appointed a COM
mittee to nominate a list of officers
for the ensuing year, and the follow
ing comrades were named and
elected: President, A. B. Hancock,
Coventry; vice-president, A. w.
Lyon, West Charleston; secretary
and treasurer, @. g. Wheeler, North
Troy; executive committee, Daniel
Skinner, Barton Landing, Albert
Webster, Coventry, @. w. Cook,
West Glover; drum major, B. F.
Moulton, Barton Landing. Comrade
Lyon tried to wriggle out of serving
in the responsible position of vice
president, but could give no satisfac
tory reason why he should be excused,
until Comrade Hamilton came to his
relief and said it needed somebody
for that place that knew something.
Lyon then intimated that Hamilton
would be a good man for the place
and said that his coat was all tore out
thing he couldn't get. Hamilton then
retaliated with more left-handed
compliments until Lyon agreed to
accept the position if he would sit
down and keep still, but said if the
boys would meet him at 400 O'Clock
he would tell them what he knew
, about Hamilton. On motion of Com
: rade Mansur recess was taken unit
1870. At Has the ladies of Baxter
. Post Relief Corps notified the boy
: that dinner was ready and there wa
, a stampede for the dining room
, below, where three tables capable o
accommodating sixty persons at on
q sitting were found, spread with linen
g tidy and neat, and loaded with every
# thing necessary to satisfy the cage
q longing of hungry soldier. If W
q were to say that sample justice" wa
done to the dinner some one woul
very likely accuse Us of stealing tn
phrase from Shakespeare, and so W
will only say to the ladies that tn
% boys from out of town greatly appre
>. ciate your efforts to satisfy the inne
:, man and offer you this toast: "You
Mothers Learned You How to Cook.
, (Also stolen.)
: BY 300 o'clock in the afternoo
= Odd Fellows Hall was pretty we
:, filed with comrades and the peopl
:. of Newport who had come to witnes
: the exercises, which, as near as W
: can remember, were about as follows
= Music by Blair's Orchestra; prayer b
Rev. w. c. Newell; address of we
= come on behalf of Baxter Post, b
!. Col. z. NJ. Mansur; address of we
" come on behalf of the citizens {
:, Newport, by G. II. Prouty; respons
by Col. j. w. Currier ard Mrs. A. {
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