Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-10
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.

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the favor of one and then the other
Their commands were camped on either
side of Lick creek, large and sluggish
stream, too deep 70 ford and too shallow
for ferry boat; but there a bridge
spanned the stream for the convenience
Of the travelling public. Each of them
guarded this bridge. that communica-
tion should 90 neither north nor south,
as the railroad track had been broken
up months before. After fighting each
otEer for several months. and eontesting
the point as to which should hold the
bridge. they agreed to fight duel, the
cOnqueror to hold the bridge undisputed
for the time being. Jones gave the
challenge. and Fry accepted. The terms
were that they should fight with navy
pistols at 20 yards apart. deliberately
walking towards each other. and firing
until the last chamber of their pistols
was discharged. unless one or the other
fell before all the discharges were made.
They chose their seconds. and agreed
upon rebel surgeon las he was the
only one in either eOmmand) to attend
them in case of danger.
Jones was certainly a fne-lOoking
fellow, with light hair and blue eyes,
FIVE feet ten inches in hight, looking ev-
cry inch the military chieftain. He
was man that soldiers would admire
and ladies regarded with admiration. l
never saw a man more cool, determined,
and heroic under such circumstances. l
have read of the deeds of ehIvalry and
knight-errantry in the middle ages, and
Of brave men embalmed in modern po-
esy but when saw this man Jones
come to the duelist's scratch, fighting,
not for real or supposed wrongs to him.
self, but, as he honestly thought, for
his country and the glory of the flag, l
could not help admiring the man, not
withstanding he fought for the freedom
of the slave which l was opposed to.
Fry was man full six feet high,
slender, with long. wayy curling hair,
jet black eyes, wearing a slOuch hat and
gray suit, and looking rather the demon
than the man. There was nothing fe-
rocious about him but he had that self
sufficient nonehalanee that said, Il will
kill you" Without a doubt he was
brave. cool and collected, and. although
suffering from terrible flesh wound in
his left arm. received week before, he
manifested no symptoms of distress, but
seemed ready for the fight
The ground was stepped off by the
seconds, pistols loaded and exchanged,
and the principals brought face to face.
l shall never forget that meeting
Jones, in his military, boyish mood, as
they shook hands, remarked that
A soldier braves death for fanciful wreath,
| When in glory's romantic career.
Fry caught up the rsst OF the sentence,
and answered by saying:
Yet he bends Ger the foe when in battle laid low,
And bathes every wound with tear.
They turned around and walked back
to the point designated. JOnes's second
had the word fire !" and as he slowly
said, ''one-two-three-6re !" they
simultaneously turned at the Zone, and
instantly fred. Neither was hurt They
cooked their pistols and deliberately
walked toward each other. firing as they
went At the fifth shot, Jones threw
up his right hand. and, firing his pistol
in the air, sank down. Fry was in the
act of firing his last shot; but. seeing
Jones fall, silently lowered his pistol
dropped it to the ground. and sprang Il
Jones's side. taking his head in his laI
as he sat down, and asked him if b
was hurt | discovered that Jones wa
shot through the region of the stomach
the bullet glancing around that organ
and coming out to the left Of the spina
column besides. be had received tire
other frightful flesh wounds in othe
portions of the body. l dressed hi
! wounds, and gave him such stimulant
? as | had. He afterward got well.
. Fry received three wounds-one break
ing his left arm. one in the left. and th
/ other in the right side. After month
Of suffering he got well. Neither {
them asked for discharge. but both n
J sumed their commands when they g
well. and fought the war out to the bi
I ter end, and to-day, are partners IN
wholesale grocery business down SOutl
: doing a good business, and verifying Il
sentiment of Byron that "a sOldi'
: death" etc.
It Trusting that the above truthful ma
5 atiye will be lesson to some peop
y North and South. that stayed on the on
= side and yelled. Seek dog" and a
still not satisfied with the result of Il
war, let me subscribe myself reeO
structed CONFEDERATE SURGEON.
of NORWEGIAN ENIGRATIoS.-Norwee
ans are pressing toward America
lg the present rate Of emigration the cOu
20 try bids fair to be almost depOpulat
- in two or three centuries. as there a
AT less than two million inhabitants. a.