Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-26
MISCELLANY.
Cousin Sally billiard Outdone.

Cousin Sally billiard 0utdone.
Scene at Chatham during the session of
the Circuit Court, in the case of Common
wealth VS.. Cassidy, on a 'argc of malicious
stabbing
The vcnirc being impanclcd and the iu-
ry solcmnly charged by the clerk, the Com
monwoalths Attorney called, in support of
the Indictment, the witness, Buck Bryant,
who being solemnly sworn the truth to tell,
testified as follows:
Question by Commonwealth Attorney
Tell all you know about the cutting of
the prosecutor, by Cassidy, the prisoner at
the bar.
Answcr-Wcll, gentlemen it was cleo
ton day twas dark, cloudy, wet sort of
drzzly day; and says | 10 my old woman,
| believe I'll go down to Ringgold and
post my vote. And says my old woman
to me, well, Buck, as it is sort of dark,
cloudy, wet sort of drizzly day, says she,
hadn't you better take your umbrill. Says
| to the old woman, 'spcct | had better
take tho umbrill. So took the llmbrll
and advanced towards Ringgold, and when
| got down thar, Mr., Cole coined, and says
he, uncle Buck, have you seed anything of
odncighbor Harris? Says | to Mr. Cole,
for why? Says he, he's got my umbrill.
(Thc witness was here interrupted by the
court, and tod to confue himself to the ac-
tual fray betw wcen the prisoner and Cole,
the prosecutor. In answer to which the
witness remarked, in tone of indignant
rcmonstrances, well, now, Mr. Judge, you
hold on, for [ am sworn to tell the truth,
and | am gwine to tell it my own way, so
'taint worth while for you to say nothing
more about -whereupon the Court and
Commonwcalth's Attorney, being anxious
to get rid of the witness on any terms, told
him to go on and tell the tale in his own
way.) Well, as | was going on to say,
twas on election day Buchanan and Eli
mo was a running for the Legislator, and
says to my old woman, old woman says /,
| believe I'll go down to Ringgold and
'posit my vote. Says my old woman to me,
says she, Buck, as it is sort of dark,
cloudy, rainy, damp, driz2ly sort of day,
hadn't you better take your umbrill? Says
/ to the old woman, says !, 'spcct had
better take my umbrill; so | took the UNI
brill and advanced on towards Ringgold,
till / arriv thar
Well, the first thing did when | got
thar was to take drink of whisky, which
was monstrous good, and says to myself,
says |, old hoss, you feel better now, don t
you? And while ! was advancing around,
Nlr. Cole he came to me; says he, Uncle
Buck, says he, have you seen anything of
old ncighbor Harris Says |, for why I?
Says he, the old cocks got my umbril.-
Artcr awhile, | posted my vote, and then
Mr. Cole and me advanced back towards
home, and Mr. Cole was tighter than ever
seed him. And so we advanced along till
we got to whar the road and path forked
and MIR. Cole and me tuck the path, as any
oeher gentleman would and arter advan-
cling awhile we arliv to old ncighbor Harris
a settin on a log with the umbril on his arm,
and bout that time Elijah Cassidy (the pris-
oncr) come up, and we advanced on till we
arriv at Elijah's house Elijah is my ne
phew and likewise my son-in-law-h mar
ricd my darter Jane, which is next to my
dartcr Sally. After we had advanced to
Elijahs's house we stood awhile a iawin,
and presently two somebody's rid up on a
hoss, which was Johnston before, and Whit
field Cassidy behind Whitfield and Kiah
Cassidy being the same, Elijah and Kiah
is brothers, both born in the nat raj way like
anybody else's brothers, no gals between
'cn, and both of 'em is about the same age,
especially Kiah, which ar the youngest,
Kiah war drunk, and he and Mr.. Cole got
to cussin one another about politix, and i
advanced in the house whar was Elijah's
wife, which is my dartcr Jane, which is
next to my darter Sally Well arter jaw
in awhile with 'ep, my little neffew says he
to me, says he, Udclc Buck, let's go home
Says L, good pop, so we pegged on togeth-
err and heard somebody calling me, bat
never tentioncd en- nor advanced back
Well, | got home and was eating my sup
per- and Elijah, which is my son-in-law,
and who married my dartcr Jane, which is
next to my darter Sally, arriy'd, and says
he to me, Uncle Buck, says he, Pye killed