American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-22
Cousin Sally billiard Out6one.

ca us ioi puOilcatlOn Oy TREND. VIZ
do-nof know in what paper it first
aEl aplRsS1saiuII5d1t very extensivelly. tll' IT Is
good thing, and We think it worth
publishing. 1t happened before the
war.
Scene at Chatham during the ses-
sion of the Circuit Court, in tha Com
monwealth VS.. CasSady, On a Charge
Of malicious stabbiug,
The venire being empanneled, and
the jury solemnly charged by the
clerk, the Commonwealth's Attorney
called, in support of the INDICTMENT,
the witpess, Buck Bryant, who being
solemnly sworn the truth to tell, tes-
tilted as follows:
Question by Commonwealth's At
tO-pfy;
Tell all you know about the cut
ting of the prisoner Ivy Cassady, the
prisoner at the barr
Answer-WelI, gentlemen, it was
election day-'twas a dark, cloudy.
wet sort Of drizzly day, and says |
to my old woman, | believe I'll 60
down to Ringgold aud 'pnsit nly vote
And says my old woman to me, well,
Buck, as it is sort of dark, cloudy,
wet sort of a drisEly day. says she.
ha dn't you better take your umbrill?
Says to the old woman, | spec |
had better take the umbrll SO |
took the umbrill and advanced down
towards Ringgold, and when | got
down thar Mr.. Cole coined, and says
he, uncle Buck, have you seed any
thing of old neighhor Harris ! Says
to Mr.. Cole, for why Says he,
he's got my umbrill.
The witness was here interrupted
by the court and told to confne him
self to the actual fray between the
prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor.
In answer to which the witness re-
marked i'll tone OF indignant re-
monstrant Well, now, Mr.. Judge,
YOU hold on, for ! am sworn to tell
the truth, and | am gAine to tell
it my own way-so faint for while
for you to say nothing more about it
Whpreapon the coult and Common
wealth's attorney, being anxious to
get rid of the witness on any terms,
told him to 60 on and tell the tale
his own way.
Well, as ! was going on to say,
twas on lection day. Buchanan
and Filmo was running tor the Le-
9islatur, and says | to my old wo-
man says |, | b'leve I'll go down to
Rlnggold and post my vote. Says
my Old woman to me. says she,
Buck, as it is a sort of dark, cloudy
rainy. damp, drizzly sort q day,
hadn't you better take your umbrill
says she. Says to the old woman
says |. spec had better take my
umm i'll so | tuck the umbrill and
5 advanced on towards Ringgold till
arrived thar. Well, the first thing
: did when | got thar was to take ;
drink of Buchanan whisky, whicl
was mOnstrous good, and says | t
myself. says l, old boss, you feel bet
. ter don't You? And while | was ad
vancing around, Mr. Cole he com
4 to me says he, uncle Buck, says he
/ have you seen anything of old neigh
0 Dor Harris 1! Says |, for why Say
t he the old cocks got my umbrIll. Al
: ter a while | posted my vote, am
i Mr.. Cole and me advanced back tC
G wards home, and Mr.. Cole was tighte
o than | ever seed him.
n And so we advanced along till W
e got to whar the road and path forl
ed, and Mr.. Cole and me tuck til
d path, as any other gentleman woult
e and after advancing awhile. we a
| riv to old neighbor Harris Il settin
70 on a log with the umbrill on his arm
le and about that time Elijah Cassad
ID (the prisoner) coined up, and we a,
n vanced on till we arriv at Elijah
Is house, Elijah is my netfew an
V, likewise my on-in-law-he marie
k. my darter Jane which is next to II
ID darter Sally. Arter We had advan
m ed to Eiijah'S house we stood in IL
III yard awhile a.iawing, and present
two somehOdies rid up on a hos
ri which wasJohnSon before, and VIII
DO field Cassady behind-Wihttield al
ed Kiah Cassidy being the same. e
lg jah and Kiah is brothers; both ho
he in the nat'ral way like anybody else
1t brothers, no gals between 'em, al
Id both of them is about the same ag
tie especially Kiah, which ar the youn
fe, est. Kiah war drunk, and he al
he Mr.. Cole got to cussing one anoth
i'm about politix, and | advanced in
tn the house, whar was setting Eiijal
lis wife, which is my darter Jane, viii
ed is next to my darter Sally. We
as arter iawing while with 'em my
Nv. tie neflew says he to me, says
IN uncle Buck, let's go home Says
good pop, so we peggrd on togeth
ON and | heard Somebody calling Il
WI but never 'tentioned 'rm nor {
vanced back. Well, got home a
for was eating my supper, and Eliji
i'. which is my SOn,in-law, and MARI
to my darter Jane, which is next to
"a, darter Sally, arriv, and said he
ne me, uncle Buck says he, I've kill
ON a man Says /, the hell you ha
Ow Aud this is all | know about /
be stabbing, because | want thar.