The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-01-25

10 him once. Being quite feeble, he began to BE-
sick and 10 vomit. l sent for a doctor, but ne
said the child was not out of danger, though II,
was better. This was In the forenoon. Iha'
night the child died at IL O'CLOCK. ihis ""i
Nov. Is, 1870.
Instead Of making matters better. everything
nrew worse. Mr.. Sherman and his nlother-ih
law kept constantly quarreling about a piano
for which she claimed Mr.. Sherman owed hei
$40. | sold my farm for 81 100, of which l re
eeived $500 cash 80 I gave Mr.. sherman SlOu
told him to pay her, which he did, and then the
old woman left us.
Mr.. sherman then took to drink, and l sup
ported the family for about six months. During
this time l found that he had dissipated the
money I gave him, instead of paying his bile
with il, 50 l had to pay out about 500 moro ioi
him. Then came Christmas. and Ada devotcu
a great deal of time in decorating the church. l
furnished her with all her clothes and paid her
dressmaking bills. On Christmas eve Ada was
taken sick and DR. Beardsley was again sent 1nr'
He prescribed a brandy-sling for her, but MT.
Sherman drank all the liquor | bought. conlu
not Keep n drop for Ada. The next morning she
was no better, and we sent for DR.. Dutton OF
Milford. When the doctor came Mr.. Sherman
was so drunk that he could not walk Straight.
Mr.. Sherman asked me for SIG to pay the doctor.
l refused to give it to him. slying that l would
pay the doctor myself. Then he got mad and
went out. .
That made me feel so bad that I was tempted
to do AS had done before. | had some arsenic
in the house, which l mixed IN htf tea anu CAV"
to her twice. She died the next morning.
Then Mr.. Sherman began drinking nlore thah
ever. He did very little for the family, leaving
me TO paw for everything. He went on IN That
way until quite late in the Winter. His brother
and wife, and his brother George CAME to visit
u, but that only made matters worse. l tried
t. let Mr.. Sherman to join the Temperance
society, but he kept ON drinking. Az last | join
ed the temperance society, and then deorge
Sherman and my husband joined together. My
husband only kept ii a few weeks. and then went
to drinking harder than ever. He next sold my
piano for S325, and put $500 in the bank in my
name. Two weeks after he drew it out and went
to New Haven, where he spent every cent of 1t.
l sent my step-son, Nelson Sherman, to hnd his
father. and one evening about eight O'Clock he
arrived. 1 met him at the door and said, I'm
glad you are alive The next day being Satur-
day he remained at home all day. Sunday he
went out and returned very drunk. Monday he
went ont again and returned in the evening.
He drank a cup of chocolate and then went out
to get some greens for dinner.
While he was gone he was taken sick, and he
came home Immediately. l had about a pint OF
brandy in the house, and | put some arsenic in
it. That night he drank it and the next morn
ing he was very sick. l did not mean to kill
HIM. / only wanted TO make him sick of liquor.
TIT next day he drank more of the brandy and
was worse. l sent for Dir. Peardsley and told
him that Mr.. sherman had one of his old spells.
He continued to grow worse, other doctors were
called in, but he died at eight O'Clock the
following morning.