St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-23
RECENT DEATHS
Julius @. Gray.

Julius G. Gray, aged So years,
died at his home on Spring street
Friday after a severe illness of 10
days with heart trouble and harden
ing of the arteries from which he
had been suffering for the past two
years. The funeral was held Mon
day afternoon, Rev. Peter Black
officiating, and the interment was at
Mt. Pleasant cemetery. The grand
army and masons were represented
as he was member of both orders.
The pail bearers from the two
orders were Arthur Taplin, DIN
H. ROBBIE, C. P. Carpenter, and
Charles Heyer.
Mr.. Gray was born in Sheffield
and in few years moved to Ben
nington. In 1862 he enlisted in
the 18th Vermont and served for
two years and nine months and was
wounded in the battle of Cold Har-
Dor. After the war he moved to
Sutton and married Miss E1vira Ball
of that place, then moved to ST.
Johnsbury with his wife where they
have lived for the past Al years. On
first coming here he was employed
by the E. and T. Fairbanks and Co.,
but year later went into the meat
business with G.. A. Sylvester in
which he was engaged for II
years. He next worked in the store
now occupied by Frank Spaulding
and later did the delivering for the
Berry-Ball Company. In the past
few years he has been delivering
spring water and attending to his
large hen farm.
Those that survive him are his
wife, Mrs. J. G. Gray, and son, Carl
E. Gray of Chicago.
The following anecdote of Mr..
Gray was contributed by one of his
friends in town.
He was wounded at the battle of
Cold Harbor and was sent to the
Montpelier hospital. His wound in
capacitated him from active service
SO he was detailed as hospital
guard. While there, Captain Drew
had charge of it. One day there
in the window of the
Argus. sensational pic
ture, Illustrating the confederate
forces capturing the capital. At
dress parade one morning Captain
Drew alluded to this and said that
he wished that the paper was all
torn up. This suggestion was
enough for julius and after they
he as corporal of the
guard, called out four guards, to
fall in. Already, right face march, =
and they marched down into the
street. 1t made considerable COM
armed, going down through the
streets, and it was whispered
around that the obnoxious sheet in |
the Argus window was to be cap |
tured Mr. Gray marched his squad |
down to the head of State street |
Right wheel march," then marched |
up Main street. When opposite the
Argus Office he cried out Halt, left |
face, unfx bayonets, now boys
want to take that picture on the /
inside of that window. Charged"
The boys obeyed orders and charged
the glass, smashed it all |
out, took the picture out Of the win
dow and tore it up on the street. /
By that time there were several
hundred people gathered round the
Argus Office, with quite sprinkling
If Copper Heads. The cry was rails
I'd Hang those soldiers, shoot those
soldiers, shoot them!" julie an
icipating riot ordered Fall in,
shoulder arms, march They
marched back up to the barracks
1T the hospital and disbanded. This
act caused a great commotion at
he capital Hiram Atkins, editor of
he Argus, in order to appeal to the
public for sympathy, boarded up
he glass and it remained in that
condition until the war closed. Mr..
tray was very enthusiastic in relat-
ng this incident but the sequel of
his he never said much about, but
Is he has passed over to the great
the soldiers and others
nay like to hear about it. After
he war closed, Atkins brought suit
against Julius Gray and collected
he whole amount for the broken