Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-17
each other Is fast As We could 70. Bat he

each other as fast as We could 90. Bat he
never Stacked up, and by this time We wsre
within eight feet Of each other. Ihaltsd And
hollered at the top Of my voice, " Dodder,
why in -- don't you stop"' about then
be did stop, and raised this 10 foot switch. -
If TO strike me. sang out" Mrs DedSsr.
look out You may wollup my COWS, bnt IL
you wollup me with that switch you'll wollup
an animal thatn hook" Here the orator
make an appropriate gesture Of the head, -
- the act of hooking, which was followed
With tumultuous shouts and laughter, that
continued several minutes '-o
Now, gentlemen. if you convict ne, this
Court can fine me $3.50 and jug mo for six
1onths, and if you really think ought to be
convicted of this assault, say so, for am Ia
favor Of living UP to the laws, as long as they
are laws, whethsr it is the Fugitive Slass
Law, the Nebraska Bill, or the Excise Lava
have just seen in book l found here-{the
speaker here picked up law book and read
as follows , Every man has Q right to de-
fend himself from personal violence" Now,
don't knew whether that Is law or not, but
find it in q law book, II veteran member Of
the bar who was sitting near the speaker re-
marked to him that it was good law. Well,
gentlemen, here Is an old man, who looks a. If
be might know something, and he says this is
good law, Now, if you will turn 10 Bxrbour
something, page 399, you ii find that the same
doctrine is applied to cattIe-(great laughter.
Therefore, take il, L had right to defend
my COWS against Dodder's ten foot switch.
Why. gentlemen, nearly all my wealth is in
vested in them three COWS, and you can't won
der that L became little excited when saw
Dodder switching them with bis ten foot pole.
L am poor man, and have q large family,
consisting of wife and six children, which I
| reckon is doing pretty we'll for as small a man
| as am, and L could not afford to let Dodder
| kill my COWS ii-t ..r =
Now, gentlemen, don't believe you'll con.
Wet ne, after what have said But if YOU
do, aud this Court fines me $3.50, al shall re.
pudiste.' because cant pay" And if I'm
lugged for elk months, why these Dodders viii
have 1t all their own way up there But not.
outstanding all this, am willing to risk nv
self in your hands, and if you think ought
to have stood by and not done anything, when
| saw Dodder hammering my COWS, Why then
L am gone in, toll gate and all.
1t is true, L am poor man, but not a snsa,
! one. The name of AIlerton can be traced TO
| the Nay Fososr; when she landed the pil
grims on Plymouth Rock, among the psssen-
gers was a widow, Mary Allerton. with four
| fatherless children, and am descended from
| Puritan stock; and from that day to this, there
| has never lived an Allerton who hadn't Yankee
spirit enough to stop Dodder for polling has
| COWS P0 done. Here the laughing and
shouting were exceedingly boisterous, in which
| all participated, and it was several minutea
despite the repeated cries Of ''order, order, .
by the court, before order could be restored.
Our eloquent and usually unsanquishable
District Attorney, fearing to cope with 90 for
| midable an antagonist, merely remarked. nIt
is plain case, dc, and LEFT 1t to the jury. who
promptly brought in a verdict Of ssNot Guilty"
hr. Allerton certainly deserves Judicial pro-
motion, and we move that hs be appointed crisr
of the Court) -