Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-09

claiming that White had threatened
to kill her if she did. Death puts an
end to her misery. A funeral, as best
it could be, was held Saturday. We
understand that the rector of the
Episcopal church was present. The
remains were buried near where she
died
On Thursday last at the reunion of
Co. D, 9Th Vt. Regt. the sad marks Of
the war could be too plainly seen.
Among the twenty presons who had
been most severely injured were
l.. L. Sanborn, who was shot through
the head, the bullet striking him just
below the temple on one side and
passing out through the cheek on the
other side, almost destroying the
sight of both eyes; Capt. C.E. Joslyn,
who was struck by a bullet near the
a on one side, which went through
his head, tearing out one eye; j. G.
Stickney, who lost his left leg; Capt.
A. w. Davis, who received a wound
in the foot; A. J. Miller, who nearly
lost the use of one limb by an injury
received; Hiram Hunter, wounded in
the leg, the wound never having
healed; I. III. Chesmhre, almost help
less from the effects of rheumatism;
Calvin J. Shepard, a disabled hand
from a wound received; Dana Cook,
struck by a shell in the arm; Thos. B.
King, badly off from rheumatism and
other troubles; VIM. B. Drumming,
struck by a bullet on right side, which
passed through near the spine and
remains lodged in the body, causing a
disease of the spinal chord. Of the
others present several are suffering
from broken constitutions from army
service.
A NEW PASSENGER STATIoN.-For
some years the passenger depot in
this village has been a thing of which
nobody has been proud, and there has
been a strong desire for a new build
ing and a good location. The old
building was built more than thirty
years ago, at the time when the rail-
road first reached this place as it
came north from st. J~ohnsbury. The
building has been used ever since for
both freight and passenger business,
with the telegraph and express bust
ness added for the greater part of the
time. To say that it has been small,
inconvenient, dirty and far behind the
fin, oc will not ho c1aolaror11 80 A ftoa
considerable investigation on the mat
ter of a location for the new station,
it was desired to get the site where
the Catholic church stood, and after
long negotiations and several trades
of one sort and another a site was
found, the church moved off, other
lands bought and a place suitable
found for the station and depot. The
railroad company desired if possible
to do away with one Of the two high
way crossings ear the new station,
and at the same time, if possible, to
straighten the line of the railroad
track SO as to lessen the degree of the
sharp curves in the road. To do this
it was necessary to purchase the John
Heating property and the M. j. Smith
property and remove the same. After
much tribulation the property rights
were secured and the buildings re-
moved. The track was then changed
and improved. The work of prepar-
ing the site for the new building was
begun a year or more ago; a founda-
ton was laid, part on the ledge and
part on the earth, which proved to
be clayey and very wet. Before the
building was put up the ground froze
and much damage was done to
the wall and the brick foundation,
while the building was lifted out of
place, much to the inconvenience of
the contractors. The structure is
of modern depot style, the building
being over so feet in length with two
waiting rooms, a baggage room, an
express room, closets, ETC., with a
good basement. The building is we'll
finished within and without; the
inside rooms are highland well lighted,
the finish being narrow, groved ash
sheathing. The ticket and telegraph
office is very conveniently arranged
and has a large bay window project
ing out on the track side. The plat
form runs entirely around the build
ing and extends a good distance along
the track each way. The grounds
about the building will be put in good
condition by the r. r. Co. and village,
and when all is completed it will be a
great Improvement for the town and
vicinity and a credit and convenience