The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-08-31

Stonebreaker in September. was not here
at all in that month. l made nv mark on
one check roll; but received only 81 so up
il. am confident that the $25 so charr-
ed on John IL. Stonebreaker's check-roll
lor September was not received by me nor
any Tor me, nor any part of it, as was not
here in that month. l was chopping wood
Tor Schumacher and Roger at the Co Forge
this side of Williamsburg during that month.
l did not know it until saw it to day, Stone
breaker had put me down in his September
cheek-roll for l3 days. Inever thought the
like that my name was in his check-roll at
all.
WILLIAM SHEATH.
Sworn and subscribed; at Water Street,
Huntingdon county, July 25, 1899, before.
Geo. q. Espy, Aud. Gen'l.
Margaret Wittaker, (being duly sworn)
says:-I was employed upon the public
works together with my husband, Thomas
Whitaker. 1t was on the division of which
John II. Stonebreaker was foreman, We
were to manage the state shantee. Twas to
suPerintend the cooking principally. We
commenced about the 7th July, 1898, quit
the middle Of December. John H. Stone.
braker laid in the provisions. They were
all kept in the shantee or in jeremiah Cum
ningham's ware house. | know of 10 per-
son taking provisions away from the shan
tees except the Stonebreakers. Isaw John
IL. Stonebreaker take a number of things
from the shantee and ware house. Old MIR.
Stonebreaker (the father of John II ) and
the son of John II. took away at one time
barrel of flour, barrel Of fish a quantity
of bacon. These articles were taken away
in one horse wagon. John H. Stonebreak-
er was at the ware room when they were
taken. 1t occurred in July or August
John II. Stonebreaker got the key of the
ware house out of the office kept by his
cousin Jeremiah Cunningham, who was
writing for him. John IL. Sionebreaker,
another time, brought keg to the ware
house and filled it out of a barrel of molas
ses belonging to the state and took it home.
lie also had taken number of potatoes in
an empted flour barrel. He sent them a.
way with the team drove by his son. They
were good potatoes such as we used. |
had never refused cooking them. He plac-
ed the barrel with potatoes upon the wagon
at the shantee door. In September lots of
fresh beef was taken home by John H.
Stonebreaker. He had it tied up in cloth.
Beef was taken away by him frequenly.-I
When John II. Stonebreaker did not take
away the things himself they were either
sent in Old Mr.. Slonebreaker's wagon, or
in the team Of his brother-in.law, John Con-
rad. l think beef then was worth from 6
to 8 cents per pound. We generally got it
from William Love above Water Street,
John II. Stonebreaker also requested me to
save the tallow. This he also took home.
He took away, to my recollection, one cake
weighing % pounds-another weighing 20
pounds he sent with John Conrad's wagon.
| weighed these cakes myself John H.
StOnebreaker also brought a cask from the
ware house and requested me TO fill it with
skinned fat, and said he would send it
home. Towards fall he also took home
several lots Of pork-this was either in Oc-
tOber or November. He never weighed a.
ny of the beef he took away. Mr.. Taylor
(the boss carpenter) and myself, weighed at
one time half hog. / do not recolIect the
weight but it was in good order. 1t was
put into bag and taken away by John H.
am confdentit was never
used by the state hands, John IL. Stone
breaker also took away bag Of coffee and
a large chest of tea. These he had brought
by James Moran in one Of the state carts
from the borough of Huntingdon. They
were placed by him under a table which We
used to knead our bread on. He directed
A.. - -, of "a c. tba stota h.