Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-22
NEWS OF VERMONT
uofefe Important Events Grouped for
81, Free Press Readers--Sons Of Vet.
b. eeans Conclude Encnmpment-
The Officers.

The 23rd annual cncampment OF tn,
vNermont division, Sons of Veterans, U
IS. A., came to an end Wednesday even
Hng In brilliant campfire in Ayre'.
4ppera house, Richford, after u success
Sful ana enjoyable session. Richfort
ffnirly outdid it's previous records of gen
.erous hospitality by It's treatment of it.
guests on this occasion. and seldom
has the village been called upon to en-
Certain more distinguished visitors thai
came to grace it. Governor Bell and his
staff in uniform were ut the campfire ant
Department Commander S. II. Wood o,
the Vermont G. a. X. was the guest OF
honor the night before reception. Tho
presiding officer ut the encampmcnt was
Capt. j. N. Culver and he discharged
his duties with much tact and skill
Tho speakers were Governor Bell, this
Rev. +. r.. White OF Enosburg Falls
ex-Iicut Gov. Il. NJ. Mansur of New
port. John w. Center of North Troy
II. ID. Pollard OF Richford. the Rev. Mr.
Smith of Richford, Col. a. c. Brown OF
Montpelier Simon Dufur Of Richford and
Frank J.. Greene of ST. Adams. Vocal
selections were rendered by Mrs. Pei
'eon. Miss Edith Shangraw and a male
.quartette and n humorous recital de-
,aivered by Howard Armes. The entire
programme was exceptionally entertan-
t1ng and the largo audience literally
.1pplauded its various features. Perhaps
'one Of tho most unique scenes ever wit
messed at Vermont campfire of this
<kind took place when Captain Culver
rose and said: I'VE will now call the
troll. Sergt. Mark M. Rice stand up.
yMr. Rice Of st. Adams, who was among
ehe guests on the platform. arose. won
deringly. Captain Culver continued:
P'Corporal Bell, stand up" Governor
Bell arose. "Shake hands, old COM
eades," said Captain Culver, and then he
explained to the audience as they did so
shat these two men were members of tho
same company in the Civil War and that
they met by chance that night on that
platform for the first time in DO years.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following officers were elected by
the Sons of Veterans cncampmcnt at
Richford: Division commander. John
o. Riply of Lyndonvillo; senior vce-com-
tnander, c. i. Bliss OF Calais: Junior
Rice-commandor II. w. Lovclette of
Richford; division council, Il. c. Smith
II.
George L. Fisher of Lyndonville; dele
eate-at-largc to national encampment,
ERNEST l.. Lambert of Bennington; dele
gate, II. II. Pollard OF Richford; each
Nelogato TO have power to choose his
own alternate 1t was voted to hold
hhe next cncampmcnt In Lyndonvllc
IN June, at a date to be fixed by the di-
vision commander and his secretary and
treasurer
Post Division Commander r. c. Smith
was presented with the silver cross, in
hicative OF his post honors.
The Auxiliary to the Sons of Nctcr-
ans also held it's division oncampmcnt
eerc and elected their officers: presi-
dent, Mrs. John +. Ripley of Lyndon
willie: vice-presidcnt. Mrs. G. ]. Smith
pf Huntingdon chaplain. Mrs. Emma
Simpson Of Lyndonvile; secretary, Mrs.
Lucy Huntlcy of I.yndonvile; Treasurer.
Mrs Agnes Ruggles of Lyndonvillc: di-
vision council, Miss Susie Connoway of
IHndonvillc. Mrs. G. j. Smith of Hunt
angton and Mrs. Lcnorc Rivers of Bristol.
SPARROWS PULLING CORN.
Farmers in the vicinity of Swanton
Center arc experiencing new diff
Guilty in corn growing. Several fields
have been badly pulled by crows, as
was supposed. scare crows, and the
proximity to buildings being no him
drancc to their dcpra dations. Last
week three men discovered that the
pugnacious little English sparrow and
not the long crow is the Of
fender. the small bird alighting at the
corn row and pulling Il blade vigor-
Ously until successful. then attacking
another. The spirit which prompts
the act seems 10 be righteousness pure
and simple, as the kernel is usually
left uneatcn.
CHICKENS HAD DRUNKEN SPREE.
one day early last week which told how
to raise lettuce in IS hours by soaking
the seed in brandy over night and plant
ing it in sand lime. One reader tried it.
She soaked tho seed and planted it, &C
cordng to directions. Then she watch
ed for it to come up. The item said it
would grow full sized lettuce heads in As
hours. but this didn't come up in that
time. The season being so backward and
several attempts to persuade lettuce to
come up in the garden having failed, the
woman said she'd give it n little more
time. Twenty-four hours were passed and
1t hadn't come through the sand. The
woman began to think she had been fool
ed. More she thought about it the farther
ehe got from that serenity of temper
which is SO admirable In woman, and
finally she threw the whole mess into