The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-04-06
M(iooIeburp 1tgister
WEDNESDAY, APRIL G, 1853.
The ExourSInn.
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enough TO fill the three cars which Super
intcndant Chaplin had caused to be il,
readiness TO take our citizens to Brardon.
on Tuesday evening, oil last week. The
pouring rain, which would have been an
sm-le excuse for ncglectiDg an unpleasant
duty, we presume made not the differenc,
Of u single soul on board that night. II
so. the tickets were nearly all sold for the
accommodation Of young men and maid
ems. We quickly found ourselves it
Brandcn. and after short walk, in the
Church, and found that all due prtpara.
tons had been made four coming. A
portion Of the house was reserved and
every courtesy shown US that could b,
desired. even to lighting us back to the
cars, on our return. May our good friend.
Of Brandon sometime be- induced to make
us a visit; and DO it sooner or later VI,
will rot forget to rcciprocatc.
The house was Gllel to it's utmost ca.
racity; probably six or seven hundre
we're present. The subject of the Icctur,
was Life in tic North. II vus ,ci,
graphic description of the phy>ical MI
social condition OF the extreme moth o,
Europe. Mr.. Taylor is very pleasin.
speaker, and the lecture was prepared
from the most interesting material, OF thi,
the most interesting Of his travels, and de-
livered without notes. lie is Il man o.
very fine personal appearance with an ex.
celent voice sn delivery
On our return. On approaching Whiting
Station, the whistle gave the ulIrm for
breaking up suddenly. but without excl.
ting any apprehension with the passengers
an the train came t. stanl 10 the bridge
After . time it became known that the
engine was partially off the track-iudeed,
that the whole train had bssn in tho mos
imminent peril Of being thrown into the
river, the in v,ry nigh sts.a Of wAte',
"a catsstrophy which had it happene' (,
woud have c4us'd an appalling loss oil
life. At shou. twon'y rods from the
bri lge th, i 'iv, WI :els Of the engine wore
thrown from thu trick. Al mans wore
taken to chez, the force Of the train, an |
as VIC have said, its momentum had near J
oeasad when entering tho bridge; had
shcr, bnen any cons le1abe sessd on. the
timbcrs under the track would have Of
fered little resistance to the ponderous
engine, and the whole train. with its living
freight, would inovitsbly have followed /,
into some twenty or thirty feet Of water.
The engineer AMI fireman, fully conscious
OF the peril lcaped of before entering the
bri lgo and were the only ones whose
nerves were at all disturbed. We wei
told that tho tn.in, WAS ohe which g
known to be prone to rln OF the track
a rep ,rt which W. dislike To cra lit. but
which if trus 81, pos oflnlntl Thought
les ness, TO say the least, on tho part
those who dire,teI tn, EXCURSION. The
implements for replacing no ensi.ls wer
not on board an there W a. no ALTERNATIVE
but to remain Just as VIZ w're, until al
express could be dispatched 70 Rut'an
anlsr,lief corps brous 1t t, ar assistance
which cume ut sunrise. llJw we mad
ourselves as comfortable as We coalu
through the long night it is not necoes
sary to sly, but what with singing jokin.
anil the numerous devices which nike,
compsny Of young people will invent, an.
with wondering what anxious friends a
homs thought; the nj hit wore away, anf
on our arrival we were fully convinced tina
our situation hsd been euyiou' compared
With that Of those WHO n I'D s!ee ,iles>
watched for our return. Long to be re-
,aembered Is tho Night on tho Raj
through the State Of Whiting.
Since the above was in type, We have
learned. authoritative'y. that the unfor
tuuats engine had just boon taken from
the shop. and there WAS no "play" to TIT
drivers. The cause Of tho departure wa
the slight displacement Of rail on thu
chair which caused the flnse Of the vince
to strike the end Of the rail. This fact
taken in conn, c,ion with the closenels o
the bearing, suf6 ,isn,ly explains the caus
Of the accident, AMI should fully canoe
tls i'm. ,utatiOns which We regret to "a.
have been cast upon the responsible. ofh,e
of the road. We take P easuro III col
rscting the Misrepresentation.
Toreign.