The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-11-14

THAT sand Amos nj the llfno oil nihhiHS SoH'
tract was possessed Of very little property oil any
kind-That in October 1920, said Amos being dis
satisfied with the bargain ho had made, and dispeas'
ed with This part OF the country and convinced thn'
lie should lie uble 10 support his parents and pay
off his fathers debts and DESTROYS Of abandoning said
contract, suddenly left TIE town of Cabot, and WEN
to reside in the state of Pennsy lvania in winch State
he has continued TO reside since without having
even made II visit TO his parents or other numerous
relatives in Vermont, declaring before and nj tlie
time he left Cabot,to his father and mother and broth
ers ters&othes publicly that he did not intend 10
abide by the contract he had entered into with his
fn,hei, but intended abandon it and consider il the
if il had never been made that said Amos
up the time of his leaving Cabot hnd neither paid
nor assumed any his fathers debts except 10 some
small amount - That said Henry conlidng in the hon
esty and sincerity of the declarations OF his Amos,
and willing consider said Contract annulled and at
end, ussented To the Same aud thereupon said a.
handed back to his father, or left in the care oi
other person in Cabot the identical original quit
claim deed which he had received from. him nj the
time stating that such delivery 10 be for the
and benefit of his father and tantamount TO re-
conveyance of said promises TO his ather by formal
deed duly executed by him the said Amos
That the said Henry being credulous, believed that
such declaration, together with the redelvery Of the
said quclaim deed and the abandonment Of the pos
session of said premises by said Amos was equVa-
lent in law to formal re conveyance thereof and
thus by the fraud and deceit Of said Amos or by
accident and mistake induced TO forego such lormnl
re conv e. vance and lenvu the legal title TO said farm
said Amos-That after said Amos left Cabot he
did nothing directly indirectly towards the sup
port of his father nr mother, nor towards the pay
ment of his fathers debts, did he in any way in
terere with the possession or profits and income oil
said iarm-That said Henry continued in possession
Of said farm, taking the profits and without claim or
hindrance from said Amos any one else until about
May 1882, when he removed 10 Lowell Massachu
sets, wherc he resided till his death which occurred
about the I'd December, 1882, leaving alive Ly da
WaIbridge, his widow, who still survives, and ten
children.
That on the 10Th December, 1892, John Wal
bridge then oil Calais took out from the Probate Court
for the district of Caledonia letters of administration
the Estate Of said Henry WalbriJge deceased ,du
ly represented the same nsovent and proceeded TO
settle the same that the personal property of raid
Henry was appraised at $49I 90 aud inventory
accepted and recorded by said Court: that Commits
sloners oil insolvency were appointed and reported
the clunis due from said deceased to be 500 60
which also ncceptcd-but that sad farm not
included in the Inventory appraised part Of
slid fenry's propetyThat nearly all Of said claims
allowed by said Commissioners were due and owing
to the several creditors named in said Commissioners
report at the time when said Henry and Amos enter
cd INTO said contract, and constituted the debts of said
Henry which said Amos agreed Ia pay rs before re-
ced1hat the said John, administrator being thren-
encd with prosecutions by said creditors because he
had inven,oried said farm the property of said
Henry, having first conferred with several Of his
brothers and sisters and obtained their sanction the
measure resolved TO sell said farm and pay said cred
itors Of tho avas il there should he sufficient af
ter paying the widow for her interest by dover there
inThat the Orator being apprised Of such resolution
O! the said administrator aud DESTROYS of purchasing
said farm finally closed bargain h him and agreed
pay said administrator 81 lOO,OO for said farm
And thereupon said administrator by his deed dated
the 10th day of Septcmhcr A. ID. 1884, duly execut-
ed conveyed said farm herein before described 10 the
Orator. f.st 1-. .at.|r
That said admnis ator paid five hundred dollars Of
the said purchase money to said .yda Wabrdge Wild
Of said Henry for her claim said farm aud said
Lydia quit claimed the TO him. And TINT said
administrator paid most Of the remaining six hundred
dollars Of said purchase money TO Hector Mclean,
John w. Dana and others, creditors Of said Estate,
whose claims had been allowed as aforesaid, in full
satisfaction of their several denands-and that all the
claims allowed aforesaid with few trifling excep
lions. paid and satisfied in full of the money
thus paid TO said Administrator by tho Orator Thut
ut the time Of executing said deed of John Walhrdge
TO the orator. all the heirs Of said Henry then
living, except said Amos had knowledge Of said con-
veyance, and nrquesced in and npprn, ed ,hereof--
That said John Wabidge is aid has been for
two or three years past insolvent and Bankrupt
The Orator further says that he entered and took pos
session Of said farm Immediately after the con- vance
fronf Jonn Wabrdge TO him, and has ever since
peaceaby possessed aud enjoyed :he sumo being for
the term ofnbout nine ,ears-rhat all supposed ead
Amos TO be dend, until about ONE YEAR since il was
ascertnincd that he was still living in the State of
rennsy 'vania-hnd II was rumorei that said Amos in
with Henry Walbridse his brother WINS pre-
pairing TO assert claim to said farm under color of
his deed from his father. That on the Il,h Of April
1913, the said Amos executed and delivered TO said
Henry Walbrdge his pronissory note of that date
therein promised pay him the sum Of s. 900 with
out defalcaton on demand and affixed TO the sisna-
ture Of said note scrawl marked l.. s. as SEAL
The said note purported TO be for whine receyed bnt