The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-11-15


eanday. 1 MAS iEyiss % ny l0ssge IN
M hoase, xhen ny wife said 10 me that
Dodder vas chasing nv cows. lump
ed up aud pulled an my boots and went
nst If dDors. and sss Dolder and the
cows coming up the road. II i irue he
saws Ne was MT driving them. bat SAYS
he and the COWS xss bath going along the
rusd in one direction. and this vas as
near as ! eould get him 10 Inc cows or
the truth bat Il is proved that the
Cows were going ahead Of him. and he
Was following after them. striking at
them with this little switch. ten feet
long and 5 inches across the butt. and
I reckon You'll think he vas " driving"
them. I sung out 10 him. /. Dodder.
stop" but he didn't obey my order.
and Just threw a stone in that d.
rection. which went about ten feet
over his head; at the same time going
coward him, while he was coming To-
ward me. lie paid no attention. and
l sung out again. " Dodder. stop" still
he didn't mind me, and then I just
threw another stone but on he came.
and on I went. and threw the third
stone. which he says hit him in the back
of his neck, but which | think is rath-
er strange. as we were going toward
each other as fast as we could 20. But
he never Stacked up. and BY this time We
we're within about eight feet Of each
other. l halted and hollered at the
top Of my voice, Dodder. why in
- don't YOU stop" about then he
did st p, and raised this ten foot switch,
as il 10 strike mel sang out" Mr..
Dodder, louk out You may wollup
my cows. but if you wollup me with
that switch, you'll wolIup an animal
that'll hook !" There the orator made
an appropriate gesture of the head. as
in the act Of hookiag. which was fol.
lowed with fpmultnous shouts and
laughter, that continued several mi.
nntes.
Now, gentlemen, IL you convict me,
this Court can fine me $3.50 and jug
me for six months, and If you really
think ought to be convicted OF thi'
assault, say so, for | am in favor Of
living up to the laws, as long as they
are laws, whether il is the Fugitive
Slave Law, the Nebraska Bill or ihs
Excise Laws. | will read you a little
law, however. which | have just seen
in book / found here-(the speaker
here took up law book and read as
follows y every man has a right t.
defendhimselffrom personal violence
Now I don't know whether that is Law
or not, but find il in a law book, r.
veteran member Of the bar who wa,
sitting near the speaker, remarked Il
him that it was good law. Well, gen.
tiemen, here is an old man. who looks
as ifhe might know something. and h
says this is good law. Now, it yol
will turn to Barbour something, pag,
500. you'll find that the same doctrin,
is applied TO cattle (great laughter.
Therefore, | take it, l had a right TO de
fend INV cows against Dodder's ten foo
switch. Why, gentlemen, nearly al
my wealth is invested in them tire,
cows, and yns can't wonder that be
came little excited when saw bod
der switching them with his ten foo
pole. | am a poor nan, and have
large family, consisting of a wife AM
six children, which | reckon is duin;
pretty well for as small a man as am
and | could NOT afford to let Doodle
kill my cows!
Now, gentlemen, I,lon'tbelieve you'll
convict me. after what have said
But if you do, aud this Court fines M
$3.50, 81 shall repudiate," because
"can't pay And If I'm jagged 70
six months. why these Dodders vii
have it all their own way up there
But Notwithstanding all this, am vii
ling to risk myself in your hands, AM
&c You think | ought TO have stood b,
and not done anything, when | say
Dodder hammering my cows, why the
| am "gone in" toll gate and all.
II is true, am a poor man, but no
a mean one. The name of AllertoI
can be traced to the MAY Flower; whel
she landed the pilgrims on plymouth
Rock, among the passengers was a wi
dow, Mary Allerton, with four father
less children, and am descended iron
that Puritan stock; aud from that da,
10 this, there has never lived an Aller
ton who hadn't Yankee spirit enougl
to stop Dodder for polling his cows
I'm done. Here the laughing ant
shouting were exceedingly boisterous
in which all participated, and it wa
several minutes. despite the repeated
cries of "ersler, erter," by the court
before order could be restored. Gu
eloquent and usually unyanquishabl
District Attorney, fearing to cope wit
so fwshidable an antagonist, merel,
remarked: ut was plain case" sc.