National Republican., 1874-07-09
AN ECCENTRIC WITNESS.
HOW JOHN WILLIAMS TESTIFIED TO
FACTS

/ EAS16.
During the trial OF Mary o'Donnen in tn
Police Court yesterday, charged with sellin
spirituous liquors without a license, job
Williams, an eccentric colored witness, testife
as follows:
81 didn't drink muffin in dar; now, massa,
didn't drink nufin-dat is to say, didn'
drink muffin but ale, beer, whisky, gin sling
and porter"
"Do you mean to say" said the attorney
"thst you drank all Of those drinks in there 4
mot exactly, massa; tuck stick in DEM
"How many times have you had liquor ther
in the last two weeksp
'.Many timesi Well, now, dat's more'n di
chile can tell; spose, for to guess, dat rs
taken q barrel of lager durin' de time you
porter, ale and whiskies into de considera
tion." ....r
care you in the habit Of drinking much y
asked the attorney, with a smile.
"0h lors, no Why, / belongs to de SON
| of Total Abstemiousness:' consequently
don't neber drink only when de occasion re
quires."
How often does the occasion require p
again inquired the attorney.
"Jess as often, boss, as dat man appear
around whose got de wherewithal and heart Il
fuse. You see its agin family habit to re
fuse anything what will lubricate and keep d.
old machine working, and"-
"WhAC did you generally drink when yoJ
indulged at Mrs. 0'DonnelI's barl' interrupted
the counsel.
"Dat dar depended, boss, altogether on dt
circumstances OBJ de case. Eff de friends
pocketbook resembled all de attributes oil
plumptness, fullness, stuffedoutness, why der
31a 1a hae hrop a,
shelf; but eff it lacked de adequate thickness
OBJ q good, healthy purse, den alwars con
slider the circumstances OBJ de man, his family
relations, and the condition OBJ his business
and reconcile dis nigger's stomach to de aggra
Vations Oh g stoVepipe OBJ lager. But mind you
boss, dis is only in cases OBJ actual necessity"
''Did the defendant ever try to bribe you moi
to appear against herp
"Indeed she did, Massa Judge; indeed she
did. Yester mornin' she offered me $50 eff
would jump de county; dat Is to say, get W
and 60, vamose de ranch, skedaddIeEan O.
which was willin' to do, but she didn't come
wild de fifty"
"What did she give your"
"She gave me only 81 .25, and den she told
me dat if COME down yere and testified agiI
her dat it would be politics to have my box
along wild me, to be carried back home in"
care you afraid Of herW
"Indeed am, boss, for know the fellows
what's she got to do it, and l know dat dey
wouldn't like any better fun and how would
look, man of family, ridin' round in q
thin for a wet dayl I'd Taver be excused,
Judge, eff you please I'd raver be excused.
"That will do, ;" said the attorney, and with
this John backed gTacelessly out of the court
room, bowing and nodding at every turn. Az
ter a prolonged trial, in which several other
witnesses were introduced, the defendant was
fined S1O5 and costs, =.
0DD-FELLOW OWS-ELECTION OF OFFL
GERS.
For the term beginning the 1st instant, the
following officers have been elected by the
Lodges of the above Order:
Central Lodge, No. John G. Robinson,
jr, n. e.; R. T. Pumphrey, V. G.; M. Fisher,
F. s.; F. B. Lord, jr., R. S; William g. Phil
W Washington, No. en-. B. Reed, N. G.: J.
II. Hersey, V. G.; G. W. Hinman, F. s.; J. S.
Bolway, r. S.; Andrew jackson, T.
Eastern, No. III. H. Whitemore, N. G.; 7.
y. Tune, V. G.; J. S. Boyce, F. s.; IT. Petty,
R. s.; T. G. Donaldson, T.
Harmony, No. 9-Madison Davis, N. G.; H.
T. Hicks, V. G.; VIM. Moore, F. s.; VIM. P.
Columbia, No. 1O-James W. Hughes, n. G.;
Robert c. simonds, V. G.; Joseph Burroughs,
F. S.; s. John Thomson, R. s.; John H. Self
fert, T.
Union, No. 11-samueI H. Ellis, N. G.; W.
H. OVERLY. V. G.; G. W. Elan, F. g.; j. NJ.
R. s.. Richard Emmons, T.
Friendship, No. 12-W. J. Davis, N. G.; D.
c. Reinhol, V. G.; G. K. Vaux, F. S.; P. H.
Sweet, R. S.; B. A. Kidder, T.
No "a n Sta1liprg " q I
Devine, v G.; W. H. Payne, F. s.; John H.
Darne, R. s.; S. c. Palmer, T.
Beacon, No. 15-E. L. Magaw, N. G.; H. P.
Carter, V. G.; J. H. B. jenkins, F. S.; L. B.
ALLYN, R. s.; n. MulIikin, T.
Metropolis, No. 16-Jas. z. Dement,, n. G.;
H. A. Bales, V. G.; J. G. Viewer, F. s.; E.
Bawsel, R. s.; D. Moore, T.
Excelsior, No. 10. R. Boteler, n. c.; J.
W. DuvaIl, V. g.; ]. B. Webster, F. s.; W. P.
White, R. s.; W. Ker, T.
Mechanics, No. isl. W. Harry, N. G.; W.
T. Burdette, V. G.; Jas. Chamberlain, F s.; H.
G. Devine, r. g.; A. c. Prather, T.
Oriental, No. 19-P. Vierbuchen, n. G.; s.
Caro-, V. G.; H. Hetzel, F. s.; j. Wahl, R. s.;
]. L. Vogt, T.
In the Encampments the following selec-
tions have been made:
Columbia, No. ii. Edwin Mason, c. P;
A. H. Stockman, Fl. P; H. P. Carter, s. W.;
J. s. Friel, ]. w; VIM. R. Mclean, s.; John
H. Seiffert, T.
Magenenu, No. Al. Long, c. P; H. Kah-
lert, H. P; G. W. Elan, S. W.; Edw. Dunn,
J. W; VIM. P. Allan, s.. J. H. Herren, T.
RidgeIy, No. 5.-W. H. Womersley, c. P;
c. W. Pulaski, s. W; B. A. Kidder, s.; Geo.
Reinhart, T.
Mount Nebo, No. CIV. NJ. Laporte, c. P;
J. Burroughs, H. P; A. H. Jones, s. w; G.
W. Donaldson, J. W; T. W. Fowler, s.; J. T.
GiYan Z.