The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-10-12

S drops OF swea! steod upon his face. He
II drew checked cotton handkerchief from
l. his pocket and wiped and rubbed his face
till il was asred as boiled lobster Then
}. he stepped up to one ofthe judges and be-
n gan 10 whisper in his car. Presently the
d Judge rolled up his eyes and looked astonsh
e ished Mr.. Davis put his hand down into
d his righ-band coat pocket and pulled out
W stone as large as his two fists. And then he
e drew another from his eft.hand pocket lit
n lie larger, and handed il to the Judge. And
-, N hey whispered together again. The
III. m.. :. -ktd wild, and tie rest Of the
peap.e psp TO- At last the Judge tur-
a round and Whispers, 10 Nav 'o " AnJ ND
.ln.u he space of Two mln~~ % imd
court for H.. MIR. Constable Fro.. a''N
then tbey calleu "avis into the room
told him to show Mr. ~
with the grand jury. Jury
After Mr.. Davis has retired into the 1
room, the court seemed restless and united
10 go or with business. One of the Judges
goi up, and putting both hands into hls'coa
pockets, walked grayely back and forth from
one end Of the table TO the other. Two
more sat whispering very earnestly 10 each
other; ind the rest we're tipped back in their
chairs, with settled flown upon their brows,
and locking uruterable things upon the mul-
titude in the courtroom. The people IN
, low whispers began TO speculate upon the
mysterious business of Mr.. Davis in The
t grand jury'room.
One guessed somebody chad been throw
ing stones at him, and he was going to hIlng
'cm ND 10 the ring g-boli." Another "didn''
! believe bu, what somebody had been break
= ing his windows, ard il they had, they'd got
TO buy it, And some guessed that ''sG,ne-
y body had been s,oning his cattle; and iftheey
r. had, they'd got to hug il, for there was moth
= ing would rouse Mr.. Davis dander quicker
y than that, for he was very particular about
:, his cattle" In all their speculations, how
~ ever, the imaginations of none of them rea'
q chcd the height of the enormity that had oc'
=. cured.
" " After tho lapse of about half an hour, the
q door of the grand jury room was opened, and
r MIR. Davis walked out and took seat OH
bench in trout Of the court. In about three
,d minutes more the gland jury came out IN
!, body, with long and solemn faces, and ar
- ranging themselves upon the benches appro
- praled for their use, the foreman rose with
u niece of paper in his hand and read us fol
pt lows:
-. ~ awe present Jane, the wife of John An
y" drews, for selling OF Firkin Of Butter unit
!. Mr.. Mic. Davis, that had two stones IN II
~ ~ which contained fourteen pounds, wanln
w. W. two ounces, in weight"
W. " This came upon John Andrews, who wa
NO. NO. sitting there right in the middle oil the cout
W. w. room with the rost of tke folks, like a heav
M ,,,o thundel-clap Everybody turned and leol
,"J ed a, him, and in half a minute his face 'ur
Wv ~, ed cs red as coal of fire.
.un .u "Mr. Andrews" said the flst Judge,
w., M yeur wife al home" ....
NV "Well-ah--I don't know" said Joh
>" dyes, believe she is; I'll go and seei'' al
-" he rose to leave tho courthouse.
~ "No, you needn't 60 and see, SAID u
"a iud yde; ;"come back to your seat again.
"0' John returned TO his seat
"How far Is i, 10 your house'" said Il
U"s ',aIs jndge: .,,,
'ese 81, is TOO far" said the Judge, "to bril-
nGr tulO CDult tulb ni'SihOoh'
In YOU do, come under bonds OF Ten poun
isn' 10 bring her into court tomorrow morning
'fov, trial. or have two cons,ables 80 and ia
'eFsi charge of her to-nightF'
ling, "fll come under bonds TO bring her ii
gcd, court, if she'll come," said John.
sr TO "But you must bring her, whether she
gov, come or not" said the Judge; "or else
and officers must 60 after her Immediately,
s. nut her ints confinement tonight
Bay, dwell, then" said John, "l'll ceme un
ltter, bonds. rather than have the constables 60
good to the house to frightsn the children"
o4u,' The bonds were accordingly taken, IN
iol- sum of ten pounds, and acknowledged
The John, and he was ordered TO haze his wlf'
prov court the next morning at nine O'Clock.
cous- Nicholas Davis was ordered to be pres
ines, a, the same hour with his witnesses.
nper- After adding up few mere accounts,
IAN, ana court adjourned till next morning. In
liam meanwhile John Andrews went home
:" break the matter to his wife.
;ourt, /" Now, Jane, " said he, "here's pr
pow kettle of Ash we've got 10 fry. What VI
Cor the sun could inudce you toput Il
vince stones in the frkin Of butter you sold to
'e' ai, Davis?"
court "Hang his old picter," said Jane, 81
1910; L,ow any thing about the stsnes."
IT fol- "Nov what's the use of denying il :"
John; "you know you did it. You kn
q that sec YOU putting Of 'em i'll ence, and made
rt was take 'em out again and throw 'em ava
kin Of And yeu went and put 'em in afterwa'
sssisn, know, or else he'd never gene ln,o me
their eral Court about it, and swore 10 It,"
round "He hainl been into the General