Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-02


she wanted 1t. Three days before moth
er ded, while at the breakfast table, she
went to talking about making her will
thought she would let her sister Sawyer
have the chest; she hardly knew what
To 90 with the birds and dog; thought
she would let the boys have them: they
were old enough TO take care of them
selves. She asked father what was the
easiest way TO die2 Father made no
reply, but ate his breakfast, unlocked
the trnnk, took out the phial, put it in
his pocket, told Us TO do the chores and
then come to the woods whore be was
chopping. We went accordingly;
father said he wondered what made
mother talk so; was afraid she would
make away with herself, and therefore he
had concluded to put strychnine upon
the "critter' before she got hold Of it.
When we returned we came by the ami
mai, aud | saw the strychnne scattered
over ii and the broken fragments of the
phial. Father bought me watch which
Il showed TO mother, who expressed q
Egish TO nave q watCh-a gold watch
Kud Chain-and father promised to get
her one, ant afterwards talked with Mr..
Cole about it. He also graufed her
wish to have breast pin made of a sill
yer quarter-doliar He always bought
dresses, bOnnets, and everything she
wanted asked her to go and suit herself,
but 80 would not 90 out. She said she
loOkeso bad nobody would care for her or
pay her any attention. Father was once
giOng TO Springfield and asked her to 60
with him, IBht she declined, and he was
about to % alone, when she suggested
that Amelia Grswold who lived with US
90 and see her sister, Mrs. Brown, who
lived in Springfield. The testimony OF
the witness with regard to the powder
was similar to what has already been
winfield Giddings. the next younger
brother, being sworn. testified to the
same effect.
Some other facts not apparently very
pertinent to the main question were elic-
tied in the cross examination.
R. P. Cole, a ieweller in Ludlow testi-
fed to the fact that Mr.. Giddings had
spoken to him on the subject OF watch
and breast pin. Calvin Riggs and his
wife, Mrs. Polly Riggs, neighbors Of
MIR. Giddings, testified that they went to
his house on the night s. q s death
that they never knew W <Rg unpIeas-
ant between Mr.. G. and b fe. and
that he manifested very deep and appa-
rently genuine grief at Der death. Mrs
Riggs further stated that she as
sisted in aging out the body that she
found the drawers nice aHdIQli OF eve.
rythng needed.
William Il. GiddingS. brother OF +, G.
Giddlng5. testified TO the uniform kind
ness o'hls brother 10 his family ; TO his
sadness at the funeral. and shat he saw
Tie dead animal already spoken o.. aud
even then IL was III @ood Stale oi pres
rryatloo. He 50" It" fragments %
StasS n1tJ'e. pHt al mat Time no appear
anct "i 7'TYcnulhe.
Albert htut 'tsLiIled mat Ne iVcd heaE
MI ulIdlugs three }ea rs, the nrHt Two oi
"A'cA ne worked Il sr9aV zeal Tor nItn'
al" ne vas often l" l'S a2uSe' out ne
never "a" any ~htl- unhIhu Oh naEeh III
ms conIuct towards mis- VIE Inc Iea-
~'b "lF ne, henv, was mol 50 lam'Ilaf
WIN lNe IanlIy me la9t year was Ih"1
ne and mr.. u. hau hIIIe olllcuIIy'
MIS- Melinda Pierce OF AnooVer te>ti-
hrd t1at Sne was acquainted with Mrs.
0"laIA2S "aen lney wsre children. she
seemed 10 he naJurafiy OF adespon0Iu@
Jeinptl 1meni. having no conadence IN
atts,eiI, ana Ieet.Dg as il no ore cared
Tor heT, Once "hen death occurred
IN t9r nel&ohofhood >ae SAID, "Oh, In
da. "aE could 10 not HaVr peeh me !.
she was taken SICK one night, ana sald
s'e hoped sac might gro" worse ana
worse TIL she dled. At another time she
said she wished she was under the sod.
Mrs. Elizabeth 7, Baldwin, OF Andover,
an early acquaintance testified to the
same general effect
Mr. RaDsel Wilder testified to the TACT
that he was at Mr.. Giddings' after some
snow had fallen aud that he saw the
calf then somewhat b.oated MIS-. Susan
Giddings, wife Of William GiddingS, tes
tifet very explicitly to the great kind
ness Of NJ, Giddings towards his wife !;
of the high estimation he had for her
good judgment and usefulness; also to
her Characteristic despOndeDcy, and her
sensitiveness about her deformities, and
to mis- grief at her death.
Eliza GriswOld and nplia GriSwOld