Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-07

beautiful weather. large attendance
fine music. good speaking ana most en-
joyabe time generally htungly describes
the annual reunion of the Windham
County Veterans association held at
Townshend. on saturday, August lst'
and it was one of the best in the history
of the organization.
Some anxiety had been felt lest the
weather might prove unfavorable TO OUT
door exercises, but as the sun appeared
i'm the early morning, the clouds broke
away the fog lifted, leaving the atmos-
phere beautifully clear and transparent
grandly displaying the gorgeous scenery
of the hills and mountains-tne pride and
glory of Vermont.
The special train that left Bratueboro
at g15 was crowded and passengers
from the intermediate stations had
standing room only. Reaching the depot
at Townshend the soldiers were FORMED
i'm line under direction of Col y. B.
Franklin. and headed by the Wardsboro
| Cornet band. Charles T.. Morgan leader,
marched to the village square where the
! exercises of the day were held. NO VII
| lage in the state can boast OF more
| beautiful spot.
col Kittredge Haskns, president of
! the association. called to order ana
these officers were elected Tor the ensu-
! ing year: President. Col. y. b. Frank
| lin of Townshend: vice president. Barney
! Cannon of Bellows Fails; secretary and
treasurer. c. NJ Russell Of Wilmington
| executive committee. l.. +. Bailey, {. f.
| Brown and NJ II. Pember. The meeting
in 1894 will be held at Putney and We
all know that a hearty welcome Will be
| extended.
Dinner was then served in the town
| hall and the executive committee. con-
! sisting of Col. W. II. Miles, II. II. Hol-
brook and n. NJ. Twitchell. together
with the ladies of the Relief Corps and
others, deserve great credit for their eff
forts in tins direction.
The line was again formed and reg
ular dress parade was held, Col. Geo. IL
Bond acting as adjutant; l5i soldiers
were in line and as the band marched
down and back. II seemed quite like ole
days. Col. Haskins asked that all ole
veterans that We're not receiving pen
sion to step to the front. Nine respond
ed. Breaking ranks the speaking eNer
cises were held from the rostrum erected
for the purpose in the delightful shade
of the spreading naples. Fully so per
sons were in the audience and there wa
not a single instance Of disorder; every
one was deeply Interested. The chairman
took occasion to congratulate the com
mittee and all others upon the unquali
fled success of the meeting.
lie extended a hearty welcome to tn
!
present and urged all to attend futur
mectings-thus strengthening the tie
that bind old soldiers together.
An earnest prayer was offered by Rev
George +. Baker pastor of the Congre
gauonal church. followed by fine Voca
selection by Mrs. Dale. We were sol
diers together in the days of war.
Col. Haskius addressed the comrades a
a remnant OF the great army that ros
up in the DAYS of the rebellion, in de
Tense of native land to uphold the fla
Of freedom and To maintain the institu
lions of the republic Imagine. If yo
can. what the result would have bee
had the confederacy succeeded. Toda
the whole country. East and West. Mort
and South. rejoices that the verdict wa
IS it was and such leaders as Gen RIOS
seau Cen Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. JOSEF
Wheeler declare that # was the YER
best thing that ever happened to tn
South: though the ordeal was terribl
the result was glorious. Mr.. Haskin
spoke at length upon pension matters
lie said that since he became "A membe
Of Congress. $40 cases had been placed Il
his hands that he had succeeded in hay
Ing l25 allowed. lie related his expert
cnCcs in bringing matters before tn
House and before the proper committees
not forgetting To say a word for " Cncl
Cy. SullowaY of New Hampshire. Hi
remarks We're replctc with information
and were listened to with much interest
Rev Mr. Royal sang very effectively
shoulder. shoulder together
In introducing Capt. w. II. Taylor o
Bellows Falls. the chairman referred Z
Gen. L. II. Stoughton. after whom III
post was named. as one of the most bril-
liant officers that went out from IN
state; but owing To the unfortunate I'm
cidont at Fairfax Court House on Marc
| 9Th. l,63, Gen Stoughton died from
, broken heart Capt. Taylor espresso
his great pleasure that he could be pres
ent and hoped he should have equa
, pleasure in future meetings.
Ransom +. Hathorn of Ludlow was tn
next speaker. Commander lIathorn Wa
department commander in 1902. He spok
, of the hearty receptions that had bee
accorded To him wherever he went an
declared that once Nermonter, Away
| a Nermonter.
: Col. Franklin said that as he stood be
fore his comrades, it brought back mem
cries of 1862 when he drilled his compan
on the same ground. He rejoiced in In