Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-11-09

important station. and even Il 81 should
receive IS 900 and steal $1,000 .of it
thats between me ard the Company
and ms noneof DdddeF' b business. Nov
when the sComeapy Sent ma nps AlOns
This roadSto collect Tolls. this DoddsrW a'
one Of the inhabitants I found there il
The woods, and 7 viii say for him tAat
he is very fair specimen of tie aest o.
the population. But there isn't any Of
them thar seem to apl iraciAte all the. ben.
efits Of This Plank Road. Y vssa
las 1t Jet Standardization 4 clesaUf peo>
pie who neysr before realized sthB idea
chat there was such q thing Is civilized
life. and tits Dodder i one ct them. Il
ISis a fact. that soon after moved there
young woman, q years old, cum down
ont OF the mountains on the Plank Road
one day and said she had never been Out
before. She fairly seemed surprised 10
see q white man, and after asking few
questions went back into the woods. This
Dodder was my nearest neighbor. and
good deal nearer than I wanted him, and
hadn't been there long before I heard
lie had been lying about me 10 one OF The
Directors, and soon found out that he
wanted TO get his son. who was sworn
here agairst me. in my place. But be
hasn't done It yet. and IL you don't con-
sict me. / reckon he woA't very soon.
1. wont take long 10 dispose Of bod,
der No. q. He tesIifles that he saw me
throw three stones al his father. and saw
ths " old man dodge.S On his cross
examination he says that he was in his
own house in the woods. and had to look
over . hill twenty feet high. and also over
three slab fences and two stone walls.-
Well.if he tells The truth,alI 1 wish is that
Lad young Dodder's eyes. He'll GER
tainly Q remarkable boy. and can't con-
sistently deny his "fathsr."
/ am willing TO admit that / done wrong
TO throw stones al Dodder, and apollo.
gizs to all the world and this county par
ticularly, for it. The Doctors tell 10 that
there are two causes for all diseases, pre-.
disposition and excilability; / think it
was the latter causs that moved me to
stone Dodder. / therefore confess my.
self guilty Of the assault. but the battery
| deny and il you End me guilty Of the
battery. will appeal from che sleclsion
10 the Court Of High Heaven itself be.
fore ! will submit to l.. Il,
Now, gentlemen. you saw Mr.. Dodder
and heard him swear sgaiast me. ask.
ed him a great many questions. and I
wss sorry 10 hear him answer 40 he cid.
I might have asked him il he didn't kill
my eat. and il he didn't stone my chick,
ems. because they trespassed 10 his woods
where actuslly the rocks are 80 thick shat
the brakes can't find their way through
them but then ] knew he woultlssleny
il. and il would g.ieve me to hear him.
He admits that he was diving my three
co up the road, and that be sHuck -.
one ef 'em. but says It was with small
switch. have proved that this switch
was pole about ten fest long, and about
three ioches across the butt end and ]
have also proved that when he struck,
the COW fell. II 10 true. my witness
couldn't swear that the stick hit her, be
was so far of. but take the blow and
the fall together. and We can guess the
restsw IL you. gentlemen. could see me
point q gun At man and pull the trig-
ger. see the fash and hear the report,
and at the same time see .he man drop,
think you would say that + shot him,
although you might not see the ball
sisike him. eAg aa idgae IL aaiaa't
Nov. the fact Is, gentlemen. that on
Sunday was laying on my lounge in
my house, when my wife said 10 me that
Dodder vas chasing my cows jumped
up and pulled on my boots and went
out OF doois. and saw Dodder, and the
cows coming up the read. Il is true,
he saws be was not diving them,
but say he and the COWS was both 60.
ing along the road in one direction. and
this wss as near - ! could &c. him 10 the
cows or the truth but il 10 proved that
the COWS were going ahead oil him. and
he was following after them, striking 1T
ihem, with this lille switch, ten fee,
long and three inches across the butt.
and reckon you'll ihink he was "dri.
siag' them. j sung ont TO him. "Dod,
deras.opr but he .didn't obey my order.
and just threw stone in that direction,
which went about ten feet over his head
ii Tie sane time going toward him. willie
he was'eoming towsfilsme He paidsno
aueniit,n. and l sung out again. Doddee,
sioPl sill be didn't mind me, and then
i,st threw another stone but on he
came. and on vert. aud T threw the
third one. which he Gays Ilit him in the
hnrk Of the neck but (which, 4 think 10
raih.r strange. as We we're goipg iowa,d
each other as rs il, we could 60 Bul
he never Stacked up, and ii this time we
were within about eight festof each
other halted ana hollered at the top
81 my voice. .DCtldsr. why ii z don't
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