The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-20
Mistellaneous,
A Match for !!COusin Sally Dill
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The Richmond Wing has fairly match.
ed Capt Rice and Cousin Sally Dillard--
as follows:
Scene at Chatham during the session of
the Circuit Court, in the case of the Com
monwealth VS.. Cassidy, on charge of
malicious stabting. TIT
The venire being impanniled, and the
jury solemnly charged by the clerk, the
Commonwealth Attorney called, in sup
port of the indictment, the witness, Buck
Bryant, who being solemnly sworn, the
truth to tell, testified as follows:
Question by the Commonwealth At
torney-Tell all you know about the cut
ting of the prosecutor, by Cassidy the
prisoner at the bar.
Ans.-Well, gentlemen, it was cleo
ton day-'twas a dark, cloudy, wet sort
of drizzly day, and says l to my old wo-
man, 1 believe I'll 90 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 q drizzly day,
says she, hadn't YOU better take your
umbrill. Says l to the old woman, l
spect | had better take the umbrill. So
I took the nmbrill and advanced down
towards Ringgold, and when l got down
thar, Mr.. Cole coined, and says he, uncle
Buck, have you seed anything of old
ncighbor Harris? Says I to Mr.. Cole,
for why? Says he, he's got my umbrill.
(The witness was here interrupted by the
Court and told to confine himself to the
actual fray, between the prisoner and
Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to which
the witness remarked in q tone of indig-
nant remonstrance Well now, Mr.
Judge you hold on, for I am swore to
tell the truth, and l am gwine to tell it
my own way--so faint for--while for
YOU to say nothing moro about it-where
upon the court and commonwealth at
torney, being anxious to get rid of the
witness on any terms, told him to 60 on
and tel the tale in hisown way.) Well,
as I was going to say, twas on one lee
ton dav. Buchanan and Fillmore was
running for the legislator, and says | to
my ole woman, says |, believe LII 60
down to Ringgold, and post my vote
Says my old woman to ne, says she,
Buck, as It is 3 sort Of o dark, cloudy,
rainy, damp, drizzly sort Of day, hadn't
YOU better take your umbrill, says she.
SAYS I to the old woman, says l, l spect
had better take my umbrill, SO l tuck
The umbrill and advanced on towards
Ringgold, till | arriv thar.
Well, the first thing did when | got
t,.ar, was to take drink of Buchanan
whisky, which was monstrous good, and
says | to myself says I old boss, you
feel better now, don't you? And while |
was advancing around, Mr. Cole, he came
to me; says he uncle Buck, says he have
YOU seen anything of old neighbor Har-
ris. SAYS ], for why? Says he, the old
cocks got my umbrill. After Will
l posted my vote, and then Mr.. Cole
and me advanced along till we got to
whar the road and path forked, and Mr..
Cole and me tuck the path, as any other
gentlemen would, and arter advancing a
while, arriv to old neighbor Harris set
tin on a log with the umbriN on his arm,
and bout that time Elijah Cassidy (the
prisoner coined up, and we advanced on
till we arriv at Eliiah's house. Elijah is
my nephew and likewise my son-in-law-
he married my darter Jane which is next
to my darter Sally. After we had adj
vanced to ElIah's house we stood in the
yard awhile jawing, and presently two
somebody's rid up on boss, which was
Johnston before, and Whitefeld Cassidy
-Whitefeld and Kiah Cassidy
being the same. Elijah and Khan is
brothers, both born in the nat'ral way like
anybody else's brothers, no gals between
'em, and both of 'em is about the same
age, especially Kiah. which is the young
est. Kiah war drunk, and he aud Mr..
Cole got to cussin one another about pol
itix, and / advanced in the house whar
was Eliiah's wife, which is my darter
Jane, which is next to my darter Sally
Well, arter jawing awhile with 'em my
little neffew says he to me, says he, uncle
Buck, let's go home. Says 1, good pop,
so we pegged on together, and / heard
somebody calm me, but never tention-
ed 'em nor advanced back. Well, l got
home and was eeting my supper, and
Elijah, which is my son-in-law, married
my darter Jane, which is next 10 nv dar-
ter Sally, arriv'd, and SAYS he to me, Un-