The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-08-31
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fee was spilled into the cart This John
II. Stonebreaker gathered up and brought it
into the shantee. He asked me 10 use this
dity coffee for the state hands, and tske the
same quantity of clean coffee out of the bag
we were using out Of, and put it into his
bag, TO make up for the dirty coffee. Ire
fused, saying his woman had as much time
10 clean dirty coffee as had. The chest
of tea was very large one, but / cannot
tell its weight. This tea and coffee remain
ed in the shantee about a week, after that
John Conrad's wagon went home and John
II. Stonebreaker put it upon that and sent
1t away. This was at night after Mr.. Tay-
lor (the boss carpenter) had gone off. Iun-
dersiood these goods belonged to the state.
A load of Flour was brought by Mr.. Mat
tern from Nef7s mill. Eight barrels wers
unloaded al the shantee and John II. Stone
breaker had the residue hauled 10 his house.
There never was any -four, or ary other
provisions, brought back again from the
house to the shantee. If it had been, l
must have known it. At another time, in
the fall of 1888, after we got new potatoes,
John H. Stonebreaker had an emptied -four
barrel filled with them. 1t was placed on
Conrad's Wagon and sent away. Stone
breaker assisted in loading. He also filed
several bags with small potatoes, which he
also sent away on John Conrad's Wagon
at the same time. He SAID the large ones
he would use and the small ones he would
keep as seed for the following year. They
had been brought from Clear6eld county
and paid for by the state. They were ve-
sy scarce and brought 81 l2a per bushel.
They were never returned from Stonebreaks
ers. John II. Stonebreaksr also brought ,
the same keg of which first spoke to the
shantee, filled ii second time with molas-
ses out of another barrel which we then got,
and sent it home by John Conrad's team,
or in the dearborn of Old Mr.. Stonebreak-
er. John filed it himself and paid me
quarter of dollar for cleaning the head of
the cask, funnel and other articles he had
in use TO GlI it. The first keg he filed not
long after we took the shantee, the last just
before we left it. Two hogs which wers
fattened at the shautee, John II. Stonebrssk.
had killed towards the latter end of Decem-
Der and taken home. This took place after
the men had left the works excepttwo whom
StOnebraker kept there to assist in the Kill
ling The men were Peter Shafer and
Samuel Shatfer They did not work on
the public works at that time, but were kept
back by John H. Stonebraker 10 assist him
in killing the hogs. 1t was shortly before
christmas when they were killed. John
H. Stonebreaker told me after the election
that this was the last chance he had to got
something, the opposite party had elected
their governor and he would make good use
of it. | know Of no one calling himself
John Williamson who worked at the lob of
Wnlch SLonebIeakeTs was foreman. There
was no sale of lumber at the shantee after
the work was done. John II. Stonebreak-
er had large load of boards taken home to
his house. John H. StOnebreaker sold flour
to my husband after the hands had left us.
He had to take it for his pay.
MARGARET #. WHITAKER.
Sworn and subscribed, at Water Street,
Huntingdon county, July 27, 1889, before.
Geo r. E8py, Aud. Gen'l.
ElEsz911 sssA.Egszsa
The Yellow Fever is on the increase in
Charleston. During the week ending on
he 18th, there were 35 deaths--l3 by the
ever.