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the present from giving a list of tlieir names.iFToilin:ellliepaInof despairing friends.. Eugene G. Snydeb had been a soldier. His brief history belongs with the thousand “ boys In blue,” to the nation, and as such deserves more than “ the passing tributo of a sigh.” ' Among the first to respond to the call “To Arms! he enlisted in accompany then forming in this village, and which was afterwards assigned as Co. B, 23lt;yfcgiment, N. Y. Volunteers. Kind and jPherous, he won the hearts of his associates, prompt and efficient, the respect and esteem of his officers. He met danger with fortitude, and dispelled the fatigue of n weary march with a laugh. Long, indeed, was the march, and hard the fare when Eugene found faultHe served honorably the period of his enlistment, when the mustering from theService broke the tie* that united the UtUeCompany—ties strengthened by common dangers and hardships. Yet no matter what new ties may hate been formed, the pews of the sad fate of an old comrade will 8tir the fountains of grief In brave hearts, and tears of sympathy wiU flow from manly eyes for the young wife In he? sad bereave-CHcHitatHurriim.k Accident.— On Friday last Eugene G. Suyder, a cousin of Dnnkiu Snyiler of this village, met wtyh an accident near Hinsdale, by which he was instantly killed. He had been down to Hinsdale and was returning to his home on the Haskell, riding one horse and leading another. He reached the railroad crossiug just as the mail train was approaching. He crossed the track safely in advance of the train, but at that moment the engineer blew' the whistle, frightening the horses, and they sprang back in front of the cDgine, which struck ! them. The entire train passed over Mr. Snyder, mangling him almost beyond recognition. One of the horses were *also killed, and the other had a leg broken.—A death, even when heralded by a lengthened illness—when day by day the lamp of life fades and grows dimmer— awakes in our bosoms earnest sympathy for mourning friends. But when a young man is struck down in the morning of brightmanhood^vwV— ~'z'. ,amoiuous.hopes of future usefulness orecrushed by some sudden and terrible accident—woirisofsympa^aiDCKUahcttcflt;cB'dmeat.£iBiatfc0111tDiatPUf.itttMreclguolD3miito
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Cuba True Patriot
Cuba, New York, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1867
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