Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-25

last time but one by band of bush
whackers who carried him to Texas, from
whom he also escaped but soon fell into
the hands of Mexican Indians, or
''Greasers, y as they are sometimes call
ed,-Spanish- Indian devils-who held
him captive until last September, when
ne made his last escape, after receiving
a bullet wound in his right breast which
is not now healed up, but discharges
quantity of blood daily. He made his
way, as we understood him. to Canada,
on foot, Che could not ride in the cars on
account of the jar which affected his
wound) where he supposed his friends
resided, but on his arrival there, found
they had moved to Bellows Falls. He
had five battered minnie bullets which
he said were cut from his body by sur
geons. He told who the physicians
were. where they lived, when the bullets
were extracted. and showed some of the
scars where they were taken from. He
also has five more bullets in him. three
| of which are so near the surface that
they can be plainly seen and felt-one
went in at the mouth and is now just
back of the right ear one is in his left
side; the other struck the lower right
rib in front and followed it round to his
back. He has scar in the forehead
where he says bullet struck him and
followed round to the back side of his
head where is bunch where it came
out. His right hand was half gone, it
having been carried away by fragment
of she'll, which struck him while he was
swimming river. We give his story
to our readers the same as we had it
from him; whether it is all true or not,
of course we have no means of judging,
only that his story seemed straightfor.
ward. The bullet part We have nc
reason to doubt, as he carries the evi.
dence with him. His description of An.
dersOnville prison, Captain Wurtz and
his headquarters, and of incidents thai
took place in the "bull pen,' in 1864
we know to be correct, as We were there
and were an eye witness to them. HI
also had a recommendation saying b.
was all right, from prominent genera
of our army. He was out of funds ant
applied to our overseer for lodgings
He is tough customer, at all events
or he would have been dead long ago.
BARTON LANDING.
Cameron & Co. are making repairs o.
the grist mill.
: Several members of the Thespian So
ciety went to see the Dramatic Club a
Burke play the '.Gun-maker of Moscow
and the farce of the Yankee Peddler,
last Friday evening, and pronounced
t a good thing well played.
Between six and seven thousand do
5 lars having been raised for the purpos
D of building new Methodist church &
!. Barton Landing, the subscribers me
5 last Wednesday and appointed Davi
e ellis, William Dodge and William
5 Twombly, building committee. Anotht
. meeting will be held a week from nez
' Wednesday, June 3D. when the con
e mittee will present their plan of Ii
e house. This is step in the right d
: rection and commendable to the Poop
. of the place, who never refuse to lift
g the wheel, when there is a chance fl
n improvement.
: VEST BURKE.
= The Dramatic Club of this place, pla,
IS ed last Friday evening. 1.-The Gum Nal
t er of Moscow concluding with at
IS Yankee Peddler.' Though the wealth
It was unfavorable, the vestry was file
l. The first piece was new to the club al
Is a difficult one to perform and intere
an audience, but was we'll rendered, al
all did credit to the club "The Va
/ kee Peddler" was decidedly a success
u Good music attended the whole. We
- Burke has considerable talent in th
direction. The only thing to regret
i that they have not larger and mo
n convenient hall. They repeat the fl
of piece with new farce, Saturday event.
= May 80.
- BRO WNLNGTON.
+ ]. H. Evans has taken the contra
% to build the new bridge at Evansvil
m for !. 900 dollars.
Oh The sugar house. some 500 buckle
d. several holders, two pans and about 2
-er pounds of sugar belonging to c. B. ]
De- land, were burned on the night of I
Ter 18th inst. Cause of the fire unknown
IN. CRAFTSBURY.
ID We call attention to the ADVERT
do ments in another place, of Streeter
ase Bushway, who have salt and seed VIII
rs, for sale; Mrs. A. L. Streeter, millin
,od large and fine assortment of new GOO
as F. h Powell & Son, new goods in e
Id, less variety. Full particulars in ei
in advertisement, which do not fail to 81
ian COVENTR
ley Mrs. Osias Boynton died very sud-
IRE ly, last Friday. She was member
ION the Methodist church of Newnort :