Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-03-02
VICINITY ITEMS.
Postmasters at St. Johnsbury.

SOStmaSterS al St. JOhnSbury.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Fourth Glass Postmasters' associa-
ton was held at the St. Johnsbury
house Tuesday. President Bracket
of West Charleston presided. The
meeting was an enthusiastic one, and
plans for the Improvement of the SER
vice were discussed. It as voted to
change the time of the annual meet
ing from February TO July, and to
hold the next one at White River
junction.
Fast Basket Ball Next Year.
The basket ball enthusiastics at st.
Johnsbury have organic I'D for anoth-
er season and subscribed nearly $500
TO furnish the sineWs of war for next
years team. At a mass meeting the
organization was perfected by choos-
ing board of directors and the latter
have elected John Rickabee presi
dent of the new association and Gil
bert E. Woods, secretary and treas
urer. The meeting heartily endorsed
the retiring directorate and Mr.. Gray's
management Of the team and eE-
pressed the desire that the new board
hire this years team for the next sea-
son. Of the 10 games played at home,
Company d. won all. Of the q
games away from home, six were lost.
The teams record will compare with
that Of any professional team in the
country.
Col A. S. Tracy Dead.
The death of Col. A. S. Tracy,
deputy collector of United States GUS
toms, occurred Wednesday at his home
in North Troy, after an illness dating
from last September. Col. Amasa S.
Tracy was born March IS, 1929, at
Dover, Me-, and in his 10th year took
up his residence in Uxbridge, Mass.
| After short period he came to Yer
mont where he worked as carpenter
until the breaking out of the civil war,
|
ganized in Vergennes, of which he
was elected first lieutenant, and
assigned to the second regiment, Yer
mont volunteer infantry. He was
mustered into the United States SER
vice June 20, 1861, and left with his
regiment for Washington, D. G., in
July. His regiment was brigaded with
the three Maine regiments under COM
mand of Col. o. o. Howard, and
Lieutenant Tracy was detailed as pro
vost marshal on Colonel Howard's
staff. In February, 1862, Lieutenant
Tracy was promoted to be captain of
Company H, and April 81, 1864, was
commissioned major of the regiment
and in the same year was commits
stoned lieutenant colonel and com
mander of the regiment until the END
of the war. Colonel Tracy was
treveted colonel of volunteers fol
gallantry in the final attack on the
rebel line at Petersburg, Va, April 2
1865, and he was commissioned colo
mel of the second Vermont regimen
from that date. He commanded tn,
old Vermont Brigade at the battle o
Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah val
ley. He was severely wounded in thu
charge on Marye's Heights May 3
1868, and at Cedar Greek, October 10
1864. He served in the civil war fou
years, one month and five days
, Upon his return from the war, Colo
mel Tracy was engaged in the mer
camille business in Middlebury an,
also acted in the capacity of post
master for II years. For the follow
l ing elk years he was engaged in tn
manufacture of carriages and for tn
> past IS years had been employed i
t the United States customs service a
Burlington, Windmill point, N. Y
: Alburgh, Richford, st. Adams an
North Troy. He had been a deput
collector of customs at North Tro
: for IL years. Colonel Tracy marie
p. Miss Helen Sarah Dow, of Leicester
. in February, 1910. Mrs. Tracy died i
. August of the same year. Colone
Tracy six years later located in Mid
dlebury, where he married Miss Sara
M. Crane in March, 1858. Six chill
dren were born to them