The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-05-21
From the Saint sLodis Reveille.
SETTLE AlENT FUN.
BILL sAPPER's LIE TIERS TO HIS COUSIN
BY SOLITAIRE.
LIBERTI Miss SURY,l
Mai Is forty 2.


Deer Sin:-Thar hes ben CRATE trial
risn' out OF he WHICH ess tv5fftss rllS:
Neson-he sed he'd marry her, and not
keepin' his word Mays daddy hauled Jess
up 10 cort, to gin his reason why he wouldn't
finish cortin' his darter. The lawyers called
it an aggravated breach Of promis.--Well, |
reckon he had tied right strong to Mag
cause she looked so. Tina hev no squire
down in the bottom, so tina sent up lur old
Squire Wilson TO cum and hold the cort-he
wanted 'em TO cum up to town, but tina
wouln't do it, cause, tha sed, jestls couida'!
be got fur bottom fellars in the settlement
Well, to please EN-, the Squire started down
and when he arrv thar, the hull collection,
of both families war gehered round the old
log school house, whar tha'd fixed table
fur the Squire, and bench fur The jury. Jess
war among his kin outside. rippin' and swar-
in he wouldn't marry Mag, no how onyearih
unless the lawr made him do it, and he war
goin' to hev trial fust anyhow. Some OF
the Nelson felars told him he'd he'd trial
and war already sentenced on good evil
dence.
"Jest perduce it, that's all" ses Jess, "and
then I'll gin i'm
Tha pinted at Mag, whar she war stan
| in!
/ Squire Wilson tuck his seat and called
the court TO order, and then selected jury
of fellars present. He picked out old Nelson
as one, but the Norris lellars objected agn
him, cause he war prosecutor, so TO make II
even, tina put Jess's daddy on. The Squire
sed the. prosecutor ought TO be on in such
Al
difficult case, to explain the maTter TO the
Jury. AFTER tho case war opin'd, and the
pints of law sot down, The Squire gin TO take
in evidence, and while it war goln' on, Mag
and some OF the neighborin' wimIn got Jess
off by himself, and got talkin' to him, and
AFTER another spell the wimin lett Jess and
| Mag, together, to talk the marter over. ANY
Quantity of evidence war gin in, Stain that
/ Jess he'd ben continooally hanging AFTER lhe
Gal. Oae man sed tia he'd ben courtin' yer
sence he'd been resident OF the bottom
eff Jess hadn't promised the gal, 1t war al
eternal shame on his part.
Hevin' get through with the men, Squire
Wilson ordered the Sheriffto clar the cort O.
all but the Jury, and bring the wamin TO CIR
in thar testimony. Ii war did, and the dooI
shetin' down and left hole lellar coulo
walk thTouSnj dCioSS iuio WV va viz J"'
hung thur coats. All bein' reddy now, the
fust womn war called up, and the Squire so
, TO questionn' her; while he war Percedln', al
the men leers war leanin' agin the outside
| of the house, with thur ears 10 The chlnks
t ween the logs, lisienin' to what war sayIn'
and when she would say suthin' that please'
| one side tina d hollerI'good! bysclssors;" ant
: tother side 'ud say it war caused no secl
f thing, Some ielIers 'ud rip and tarr agl'
: the Squire, and.olhers md gin thunder to tn
: jury.
}, iDid you ever see Miss Nelson" aske
y the squire ofthe witness, "sittn' in Jess MOI
i" ris's lap, and he a hugglng and k'ssln' o
e her,"
g "That's cumin' to the pint" see fella
out side, who he'd his ear sticklu, through
L chink.