The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-04-25

dispute with a catfish, about = pAsties.
!arly choice u,orsel or ,wo, they psoccsa.
cd from words To violence. snd wssU
lighting far;os.ly, when q ecr,sia shsrp
instrument. something vSemhlino ths
sccp'rt Of his majesty King NeP,unc,
was suddenly dartcd down Asnong them,
and pinned the catfish ,hroi,ah the hsad.
II was then instantly withdrawn frosA
the water. and with |, tho unfortunate
catfish, s,fugghns N tho sson~s ef a-sik -
That t,,s ds sInsn, t~,nS extremely WN,SsA
fed l. soane distance sad t.,ra ro0 70 she sur.
face oi the water. and oa icpk,ng ~ u's d.
reoi'on, ~ he supposed, 81 The scene II IL
murder, lee saw the lS,sener al s-dAf stan1.
ing IN ANAL boat, And ia ihe very act OF ~.
treating his murd@ rous weapon from the man.
srd body of his noe ihresa v,e,im, llets .
salIcn marmar Of suppecsscd rage wss heard
throughout the court room and itvsn ths vsa-
n'mity with ~h,eh all joined "a u, Sc~ss e.
pectea not..ng less ,aan ,hsi the jodSv, jusy,
wtaes~s snd spectators, would eli s,tacA saA
hGish hb, ost of hand.
Older Wa, however, restored, ard the wit.
ness proceeded TO state, ths, he he'd ss~n hi,a
repea, this operation srve'sl ,'Ines each t.ase
dcsiroy,lAs . G.h That this dspop.ni Isf, that
part Of the country that night. thereby sosiag
an excellent situation, 10 the great detr,mssS
Of h,s fortune, though, no donli, 10 The sav,He
of Lls akn for he had heard since, that JoAss
had gone the very nsA, night, hy torei.i,ehi.
and g'ggcd squire prkeei himself in HE 6sd.
The neat witness was 4 lively, pert little
club, FROM Ma den Cre~t, who deposed thss
he had frequently scen the prisoner sneseed il
iehing G.h, both with nets snd hooks. SD
on one occss'on, cav hun g'a q large sunAsh
With a sharp snck, unde, circumstances AZ p.
euiar a,t'oci,y This witness having eenciu.
dsd bIs testimony, another ives called,
This WAS an oid.fsshionsd roach. from the
Talpckoekrn, whose iudcrous eonftision, on
being called into such great company. exeissd
considerable merrmrni tn eoutt A. hfss, The
wines spoke - low, that Il vas very difficult
to und~rstsnd hat he said, especially - ~
spoke ~ Dutch
'A,irthoch.,er Richter. he hsgan, 'ieh
kennr drscr sp',sbube r,eht got und'
Speak Engish, nrah, esels,med ths
Judge, or the Jury shall ca, you ~ Eve min.
u,cs'
The poor terrified roach now proceeded %
well an he could IN EngIsh, bu, - I sm not
partial TO the too prevalent practice Of murder.
ing the Kings Englsh,' shall rrpor, his ev
idence in my usual style, merely giving the
exact snhs'n nee nf Il, which was ~ follows -
Tha, he had known the prisoner . long
tir,r, and always heard HIM spoken Of % the
arch enemy o, all the fnny trAr. That he had
often seen him catching and carrying Of lsses
numbers Of H.l. IF all sorts aad sisrs. That
in his nriitlous calling he had seen him u0
hooks, sgs, snares. and nets, end ~ fsw %.
cas,ons, ime and oncalus lnd'cus, That onss
he had himself swsllow~d two pills ofths lsttss
aad would inevitably hsve lost his life, had h.
not taken dozen OF Dutch CHEESE inin,sdietee
", and thus ceubteroeted the effect Of one pot
son by another. On one oeoaaon thc prisoner
had cmp,cd large basket iuIl Of isine into tho
water, wh'ch destroyed vast numbers Of tho
at whch time h- swsl!owed shsss
tadp"ies every morning Tor week, bsiors
breakfast, in order 10 save he Ito.
Question by the court Are you physi.
clan, MIR Roaah''
Yes, replied the witness, gradusted st
the Spring Level College, and studied med,.
cine under the celebrated Or 1yout, of Husti,
Hh!'
DO You CONSIDER Dutch chresc and taApoles
proper medicine 10 administer 10 cases suoh -
you have mr. Rtonrd =
/ do; IN the course Of my long and ssssp.
sivc prsctice | have never found anything
which could compare with either Of them. IL
fact, ! CONSIDER the former a specific In all
cases of poisoning. if adm mustered before the
pat,rDt :urn~ upon hrs back IL 10 . valuable
test o! the strength OF Constitutions, - tho
stomach which can retain - graiBs Of Dutch
cheese oi the proper aye, - proot against al
common po,sons. hs ,o Me tadp poles, their
healing alleIailyeand nutrit,sc properties place
them a, tue head Of the iist Of an,,-coFrosives'
Very WELL sad the Judge Ii we hspprn
at amy time, to need the nid of PHI ysie,sh, we
will call upon you. being thoroughly convince
ed OF your medical abl,t'eL Ia the mesai,ias
proceed with your evidence,
Ting Doctor proceeded 10 state that On th~
the eveaing before the Great Flood, having 10
60 some distance to VISIT = pstwnt, who had
got the ella of q small etsI otovsw,sc N HE
throa, he was surpr,sed on h,p return 10 meet
some oi b." neighbors fleeing from then hosnrs
apparently IN great CONSERVATION. Enqnifiag
the cause Of their strange conduct they inform.
ed INN, that Jones, whom they all knew by
slyhi had attacked tbfn scttlsIneni, sad was
ggsng every fall that came ithin his roach /.
sud hbd already glgg'd the ,cbooImasier aud
three schooi-t nccto v hu had been At din.
nor st lie psnonhge. Filled " ith terrible fare.
Lodng-, le hasten, d opwstd, ~ ypil~ Of the
remOusiisnees Of he friends md the first OBJ
Jeei tia, net h.e eager gaze, ~as hs tender sud
ieioved consort stIueg! n. upon the psongs sf
Jones gIg.
Here the emotion of the wtpess vas 20 vio-
lent, ihp, ot ,lic suggestion OF the y. A., be
was permitted by The conr, to ret'fe. ssYeui
w'inrs"s were now cGlird, who testified that
they knrw Jones tpLr gu'liy Of The murder al
msny h-hes, having o'trn ro~n b,m engaged IN
the prosecution Of hs nefanous puI.uits. .--
Never wss a more ogrtw i.lm,ng s,sSs Of tyi-
dencs produced sga,nt an unfortunate,
SINNER, ti.aD MAS here brought 20 bear sysinst
poor Jones. From, tie sc0v!cr Of the Schuyi.
kl!i u It's mouth, IroiH the TulpeknkeB, tbs
Peislomen, 'be Wssashlcon fSoIa every ersek
sGd nvu@t between PnusYil. and fo.nt no
Point, came ,hnAl. Of w,ine.~s, all of whom
irsi fed 20 have d-tA cird Jon"', time end
sgaln FgSyaah deieia IN ths act Of murder and
piracy
The evidence having brer c'osea 'he psoss .
cGing attorney sToss, aud IN = speech II coa-
siderable length snds.,one u excite the r.
roehy of The !fy sysinsi the pf's and u,
convince them TIA, II they p~fn,tpd hIW "a
escape the Ianishne ~ due 10 his erln,es, thsa
un,s, they ybt nsTer have aBo,ksf opp,,stu.
/ hhy - and besides, he added, Il Jos~s xsta
out Of the water sasn, hr s!l no, fail "a
xvsk bu,oi~ vengesnee upon the inhab,-
tents @ ibes~ stsrs therefore bs WISE, ny
fr,rnos, aud brng m VERDICT that w,l shev
To the world, tina, neither dshgsf nor ssspSass-
/ blhy eau deter you from the dss. hsrgs nf ysos
J du,,, and the, our chsf "lg~e, .. the good oi
Jour fsc- ahd ll.s destruction of your ~h~n 10
Here 'hs sItsf'~y said sn AMID . sso'm a.
SppisDse fr"w all "a ihs room sIcept Jones
and one of lbs hni.ss hshss - 10 xss yet iy,nS
up"n ,hs Jndg-s table
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