The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-06

Games II. carter and sisters; We met once
week at each others houses in town; intoxi
eating liquors we're used at every house, bu
J not by every person, some persons did no
drink; Mrs. Miller drank if any of the othe
ladies did; think the ladies drank but very
little if any; the rest of us used to take some
thing; afterwards G. @. WOodmau. the stumr
orator, used to come to my house; and my
brother Frank and Woodman and Miss Chad
WICK and myself and wife made ND a party
we used TO get together half the evenings u
tne week, Sundays excepted; intoxicating lia
uors were always used, and generally ali par.
tooK, Mrs. Miller among the rest; afterwards
we made up club that used to meet at our
mousse or at Joseph w. Dyers, usually present
myself ana wife, Mrs. Hudson and Mr.. Thomas
we came toeether more or less every week fol
qulie while; Intoxicating liquors were used
perhaps not at every meeting, but nearly every
meeting; my wife usually partook; we gener.
a5,y used wh'skey, some times other liquors;
afterwards Gen. Shepley used TO come to nv
house to meet Mrs. Hudson, myself and wife
and sometimes others; we frequently played
whist and euchre or cribbage; this began about
ioor years ago; very often my wite's sister
MISS Peters, formed part of the company; in
these occasions, commonly whiskey, sometimes
other kinds of spirits, sometimes brandy, rarely
| wines.
Q-When brandy was used did your wife
partake? WITNESS was understood to nod as
| sent]
This state of things continued more than
four years up to about the time my wife took
my children and stepped ont one day, within a
nleht or two OF that time; that was July %,
| 1870. After her marriage Mrs Miller visited
| Brooklyn on an average about once year /;
| she frequently tod me when she &c back of
her using Intoxicating liquors, speaking of the
| different places where she was while there;
know, from having been at the same places
years ago that it was the habit then and I sup
pose 1t IS continued so, though have not been
there Tor nine years or more; she told me she
was obliged to stay away from her house one
night; tina. was al her sisters husbands house;
| one Treat, broker of New York, was present,
and think some others; she told me they had
good time, drank good deal; on account of
what they drank aud the lateness OF the hour
Treat, although he lived in New York, thought
It prudent to remain all night and occupied the
only spare bed, and she slept with Mr.. Nicnols
and his wife; this was Saturday night; her
father called for her the next morning and
walked "a. her home pretty sharply; on returning
from Mt Desert in 1869 she said she stopped at
TInker's American House, Ellsworth; that
some of her aunts and uncles who resided there,
aud think she said her father, were up IN her
room one night and that they had something
TO- drink remember the circumstance because
OF the objection that was made to having the
lqIor because one of her uncles, Billy, as she
called him, when liquor was around sometimes
took too much; but they finally drank; have
been at hotels in Boston when we drank intox
icating liquors procured by her request and by
NINE; when we were on our way home from
Brooklyn the first time we spent the Massachu-
sets Thanksgiving in Boston; we dinsd at the
Revere House; two Of my sisters, who were
the Revere and dined with us; the proprietor
sent us bottle of wine with bis compliments;
my wife and each dra3k glass of wine; my
sisters being of what IS called the ramrod order
did did. not drink any; went up to Boston in
1858 with my wife 10 see an OcculiSt in regard
to cataract on her eye; stopped at the Ire
mont House: got there in the evening; she
thought she would have a sherry cobbler;
thought would take plain, straight whiskey;
L ordered both !; drank mine and she hers; that
was at night; we drank again the next day,
also at her request; l went up there again on
the same errand to see the see the same oceu-
list Oct. l, 1869; we vent up in the morning
and back at night; we stopped at the Ameri-
can House; Mrs. Hudson was with us; had a
room: they thought it was best to order some
whiskey, and did SO; it came up and we all
three OF us drank; we came homo that night;
during the afternoon found Gen. Shepley in
my roum; that was the last time was in Bos-
ton; liquors have been used in my house in
Portland by myself aud wi.e in presence of
two daughters; Mrs. Nichols has helped us in
the drinks
Court Helped?
Witness Has Joined Us in the drinks; will
not say about Phebe; they were used in the
presence OF all parties; but my wife has been
pretty shy about drinking in her fathers pres
ence, and cannot say positively that she has
drank in his presence; he has drank there fire.
quently; hardly know OF time that he has
been there and not drank; I went to the Fal-
mouth House when Mrs. Nichols was there:
all or about all drank; I think my wife drank;
myself and vie drank at Cape Cottage ire
quentlv when Mrs Nichols was tbere and we
drank at The Atlantic House, the first time full
enough all round, my wife with the rest; the
second aDd last time was in the summer of1S69,
during nv fathers sick ness; Mrs. Hudson had
ore Maj Craig with her; Gen. Shepley took my |
w no tn rid ran fho
lantic House; was not drinking at that time;
myswile understood that; we had nothing to |
drink that dav; did not know whether there |
was any kept in the house; they
my reply was that could not drink liquor; 1 |
was not drinking at the time at all; when do |
not get started it is rather obnoxious to me-.
Said l, it you will invite at the party, 1 will |
see about getting it. l went aud saw Mr.. |
Gunnison; he said yes; told him to send it up |
stairs; he sent it up; some ordered whiskey, |
whiskey punch some straight whiskey. They |
all went up except myself and some+of the
younger me bers of Mr.. Dyer,a family chill |
dren and thirk daughter who was not we'll |
settled with Mr.. Gunnison the bills for the |
exact number OF drnas entered it correspond |
ed with the number of drinks Ordered;I pre-
sumo they drank, did not 60 up to see. Prior
to my wife's going away, Gen Shepley, myself |
House one evening; the Gen. ordered a couple
bottles of champagne into the parlor; we drank
it;wile. and Gen. Shepiey drank.
. My vile and others aud among the number
Gen. Shepley have been frequently to Capt.
Joseph w. Dyer's to chataud play whist or
euchre and sometimes for dance. These calls
occurred as often as once week; that cOntin-
ued several years I'm to list spring some time;
intoxicating liquors were used there, generally
whskey, sometimes other liquors; Mrs. Miller
drank usually; have known her to refuse; in
going there, Geo Shepiey almost invariably
came first to our house; in going to Dyer's and
Arrp hnn h1ro llAr
took Gen. Shepley's arm. ] recollect about
two years ago. was down to Dyer's with nv
wife and her sister Phebe Ann; l sat with Mr..
Dyer in the sitting room conversing upon
some subject; my wife and sister and Mrs. Dy-
er's daughters and some others, Manassab
Smith for one, were in the dnins-room APP
parently havInga good time, from the noise, /
after which they came out into the hall of the
house, to the front door, considerably noisy
aud sportive; ! went ont to see what the
trouble was; l discovered very soon that they
had been drinking, the party generally and my
wife in particular; she was quite affected by it
and as soon as convenient we started for home
Arriving home, after sitting down awhile, it
for me to take her in my arms aud undress her
and put her to bed after people have been in
in the evening and have been drinking, she
has complained OF it, being difficult to walk up
stairs.
She has asked me very frequently to procure
liquors when she expected company who ex-
pected liquors; when Gen. Shepley has been
to our house without other company all three
of US have drank. Several times, I recollect,
when was not drinking my wife would insist
upon 6avihg something, and would say did
not ieel like it, as did at the Atlantic House.
She would say yes, g I'D tell me where I would
find it; I would get it, get the glasses ami the
ice water and set it down on the table; the
General would say he would not drink unless
did, being the host; it was rather sharp cor
ner to put me in and took it. This happened
within mouth perhapsof the time she finally
left She has ordered liquors from the stores;
she has told me that she has got Mr. Putnam,
the grocer opposite my house, TO procure liquors
for us when it was not convenient for me to
procure them Mr.. Putnam has promised 10
furnish me bill.
ment you found the liquors charged.
Stront-We object unless he knows who or
dered them.
BdEer-We will drive that nail.
Strout-Better drive it and not talk about it.
Court do not admit it.
Witness-I paid for fo1ors at Putnam's that
did not order; she told me at the time that
she asked him to procure them for her; she
has told me that she had ordered liquors at
Chadwicks; has asked me il she might aud
said certainly. At one time went home at
noon and found party of halt dozen in my
parlOr; l thought they had been taking some
thing; l had not that forenoon; Mrs. Nichols
and Col. Bradbury were there; will not be
positive about the others; do not think my
wife was in the room at the time; / sat on the
sofa; saw bottle behind the door that rather
confirmed my suspicious that 1 had when
first went into the room that they had been
drinking; toe same bottle, or one like it, saw
on the mantle in the evening as was going to