The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-19

going 10 Joseph Burfses on an errond
ana asked where he lived; she appeared
very pleasant, kind and affectionate; mo-
ther asked when she would return. she
said perhaps Immediately; witness said
nothing. Thought she was with her
friends; went into the mill in the morning:
made some inquiries; and said ms afraid
she had walked off the bridge; not ten
minutes before she went ont Of the mill,
on the evening ofthe 20th, asked witness
to'tend her loom; she said the girl next
would assist; she asked her TO wind the
yarn that she might have some stocking
yarn if the other girl did not; she was anx-
ious to get out her piece as then her loom
was to be fixed. The three letters now
shewn here are the three letters she shew
ed witness. AT times she was mclancho-
ly; the last afternoon more lively. No
resemblance between cotton bog drawing
and the string with which she was hung;
string to tie harnesses did not look like il:
some resemblance both in size and ma
terial.
A week or fortnight from the Sabbath
before her death, in the morning, she ask--
ed witness, If she did not think il possible
Tor girl innocently to be led away bv a
man IN whom she puts much confidence.
and rather looks up TO; witness hesi,ated
and said, don't know; the same conyersa-
ton had been introduced several timesbe-
lore; thought more Of the last conversa-
ton irom'her reply what can a Door in.
nocent girl do in the hands of q s,ronn
man, and he, too, using all kinds of nro,,,
ments;" after making no reply to her ran
down stairs; she was visited by no man ~
the house to witness knowledge was
never out evenings except Sabbath and
tuesday evenings, to 60 to class meet
'ngs; said she had been to many camn
meetings, but would not go again: sbe
looked sad; asked her why she said she
bad seen things there, that would con-
denim them in her mind; asked her whot
1t was; said she could not tell; asked her
again, and she said things that had passed
between minister and a church member.
and then added, a married man too: sbe
complained of being unwell, and ofbav;nr
been so since her return from camn n,.s,
ing at Thompson; told her to take son,s-
thing; she said she had taken bills of H.
Wilbur; never suspected what was her
situation.
Elijah Cole said he removed frou
Bristol to Fall River, the first dav Of
March last. John Orswell delivered him
a letter to Sarah M. Cornell; should know
it by color of paper; THINKS Massachusetts
was not on It; just at night, Sarah then
boarded with him; never received but one
from Orswell to delivered Sarah; do not
think the letter shown is the letter; color
and hand writing appear different; left
letter IN window and afterwards handed il
to daughter Julia; was handed to him he
thinks aeer sun down; saw the letters
there in the evening; thiuks he has seen
the same letter at Captain Durfee's; rec
ognized it there by color Of paper and di-
rection; it was ia the evening; Sarah
boarded with witness eight weeks, and
from wednesday to Saturday; understood
this to be the first place she boarded at:
her things were brought from steam boat.
first wednesday in October; never saw
any thing out ofthe way in the girl; she
had melancholy appearance on her counte
nance. but was cheerful; thought her
cheerfulness feigned; she appeared more
cheerful than her countenance Indicated
never appeared melancholy, but some-
times absent minded; no suspicion of her
situation.
Tn ho continued