The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-08

when the company sent me up along thi
road to collect tolls this Dodder wa
one ofthe inhabitants | found there il
the woods, and l will say for him tha
he is very fair specimen of the rest o
the population. But there isn't any o
them that seem to appreciate all the ben
Gifts Of this plank rcud,
1t let out to civilization a class of peo
pie who never before realized the idei
that there was such thing as civilized
| life, and this Doddcr is one of them.
IS fact that soon after | moved there
Young woman, ! 7 years old cum dow
out of the mountains on The plank roac
one day and said she had never been ou
before. She fairly seemed surprised t,
see white man, and after asking few
questions went back into the WOO ds
This Dodder was my nearest neighbor
and aTgcod deal nearer than | wanted
him and / hadn't been there long before
l heard he had been lying about me tc
one of the directors, and | soon found
out that he wanted to get his son, who
was sworn here against me, in my place
But he hasn't done it set. and if you
doi I convict nae | reckon he won't very
soon.
+ 1t won't take long to dispose Of Doj
. uer No, lie 'estihes mat lie saw me
throw three stones at his father, and saw
the old man dodge" On his cross .ex
ANIMATION lie says that ne was IN HIS own
mouse IN tue WOODS ana had to look over
NH twenty feet hlgt, and also over
threc FAD fences and Two stone
wa'ls wen, II he tells the truth,
all l wish Is ''at had young Dodder's
eyes ne is certainly a remarkable boy,
anu can consistently .,,i deny his "Jafher. "
all, wing 10 aunt mat did
"ione " ."row STONES al Dodder, aud
aPn.os'lo ~ az 'hc wDrld, ana TINS court
p"'.'o"'a''y' ior IT, me doctors tell US
."at 'llele are Two causes ior all diseases
'u'Sp'S'',',' ana chci'aoiiity' think
!. was 'ne ,"''er cause mat moved me to
''vne ,e pouue., therefore confess my
Io,' eu'''y VI ."e assau't'out Inc battery
, ue'y a"u II you ma me guilty OF the
o"'tery l win appeal from the decision
~ : me Nour' oi nigf Heaven itself be-
'''e 1 Will submit 10 IL.
now' een.'emeh' you saw Mr.. Dodder
anu :ca'u Il III swear against me ask.
ed him great many questions, and |
""' : sa,'f W near nm answer as he ana,
n'e"' ""'c Ishcu n'n II ne d'dht XII
NY I"' anu !, lie u'dht stone my chick
.aa oeeaaso rney 'resp"ssed IN DIS WOODS.
WV, I",'' ,I Ie'ua.y ."e rocks are so timex
. .," .n"' 'nc o'akes can't ma 'heir way
i'"o'" I 'n.'. pu' men knew nc would
I;' IT. IT, ""I !: "ouiu grie'c me 10 near
,la. I'a' Nv aun'. . 'h'' NC was urping my
80 80 .o"' UP 'rc ROAD ana that nc
az o.c,o' EN- mt says II was with
e''iI'i SWITCH i nave proved that tins
S"t'e,' was pole ABOUT ten ioet long
anu 'ooaI ,nree ,nche' across the butt
'hu' n"u nave aiso proved that when he
''.u'h 'ne cow ieii' IL is true my wit
''oss cou'ui. swear mat the stick Int her.
~ ~ ""S cS % Lar OH out take the blow and
.no e '''' ,@ee'hcr anu We can guess the
I':' you' een''cinen' shoaid see me
Pol"' eu" az a man ana pun tho tr'g'
set' S.I '"e iiaSii ana near The report,
,nu ~. ., 'nc same ,'mc sec the man drop
,,h ,n',h YOU wou'! say mat l 'hot INN;
'ou h'e"' no' SEQ Inc Dali
''r,ke MN
WV t"c iact 's' gentlemen, that on
'u"a"y was iy'ne on my lounge IN my
n""s1' nn1' "ncn my W'ie SAID TO me that
n'uuS' ~ S IS WIS snas'ne my cows l jumped
~ any, anu Pu''Gu oh my poo's ana Went out
u e; uoor' a'n saw Douder and the cows
,""s W 'no roau IL Is true he says,
" 'o S M"S , nov Irving 'hcm' Dut he says
H. +ho ""u s ';o oo"s were p''h gong along
,ne '"'' :" Que ulrec'!on, ana 'hls was as
~ 'ea' a' 'ou,u ee' MN TO inc cows or
Nv u" ',' II Is proved 'n,' tile cows
WI. so'Hs unpau .I Oh nun ana nc waa ioi-
IT, S 4, o. I.'.' .;. ;"eI" s''iAne AZ 'hem wi'h
"nba. ,v ."rns" "".,I" ,t Ven ieg' iong' 'hrce
.,,;mt, % ,a .,o's . W, pu''; ana gucssyoui' II
,", ~ ,;, n"' ur'',ne 'hem l sung
~, ~ =" nun, D'duer' stop y but he
''uu oo'y my ofuer: ana l just threw
s'onq ~ 'na' direction winch went a.
I1u' ';n,a ; ~ ao'' @ osci n'S mead, a. me same
,n"'; ,'"J so'"s 'oTaru hi,p' whiic he was
'o"s to%''u me- iie paid no atten-
,."n ,.4' ., ""e 9. sung out again. Doidcr'
,''p 3'''l he didnt mind me, aud then
just 'nrew another stone but on he
'an's '"u on l went, and l threw the
Ih'to SsVne' Wu,ch he says hit HIM IN the
0aek OF MS uecS' but which l think is
rather strange. as we were going toward
'aeh o'hSr as last as We could But be
never Stacked up,~ and BY tbs time
We were within about eight feet Of eacli
DINER halted aud hollcred at the top
't my voice. Dodder, why in don't