Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-23
Cousin Sally billiard Outdone.

Cousin Sally billiard OutdOne.
The scene reported below occurred som
years ago before the Circuit Court Of Pitt
sylvania county, Va, in the case of Com
monwealth VS.. Cassaday on charge o
malicious stabbing.
The venire being empaneled and the jur
solemnly charged by the clerk, the Com
monwealtl}vs Attorney called, in supper
of the indictment, the witness, Buck Bry
ant, who, being solemnly sworn the truth
to tell, testified as follows:
Question by the Commonwealth Attor
ney: Tell all you know about the cutting
of the prosecutor by Cassaday, the pr isonel
at the bar?
Answer: Well, gentlemen, it was elect
ion day-'twas dark, cloudy, wet sort OF
a drizzly day, and says to my old woman
[ believe I'll go down to Ringgold to post
my vote. And says my old woman to me
well, Buck, as it is a sort Of dark, cloudy
wet sort of a drizzly day, says she, hadn't
you better take your umbrill Says | tC
the old woman, I 'spect | had better take
the umbril. So took the umbrill and ad-
vanced on down towards Ringgold, and
when got down thar Mr.. Cole coined, and
says he, Uncle Buck, have you seed any
thing of neighbor Harris Says [ to Mr..
Cole for why? Says he, he's got my UNI
brill. Tho witness was here interrupted
by the court and told to conflne himself to
the actual fray between the prisoner and
Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to this
the witness remarked, in a tone of indlg-
nant remonstrance, Well now, Mr.. Judge,
yod hold on for [ am sworn to tell the
truth and Pm gwine to tell it in my own
way-so faint worth while for you to say
nothing about it. Whereupon the Com
monWealth's Attorney, being anxious to
get rid of the witness upon any terms,
told him to go on tell the tale his own way.
Well, as l was going on to say, twas on
election day, Buchanan and Filmo was
running for the Legislature, and says [ to
my old woman, Old woman, / believe III
60 down to Ringgold and post my vote
Says my old woman to me, says she, Buck,
as it is a sort of a dark, rainy, drizzy sort
Of a day, hadn't you better take your UNI
brill ? says she. Says l to the Old woman,
says I, [ spect had better take my umbrill;
so tuck the umbrill and advanced on to-
wards Ringgvld until I arriv thar. Well.
the first thing did when [ got thar was
to take drink of Buchanan whiskey,
which was monstrous good, and says to
myself, says [, Old Hoss, you feel better
now, don't you? And while I was adj
vancing around, Mr.. Cole, he came to me,
says he, uncle Buck, says he, have you seen
anythin of old neighbor Harris ? Says l,
for why ? Says he, the old cock has got my
and then Mr.. Cole and me advanced back
towards home, and Mr.. Cole was tighter
than ever seed him. And so we advanced
along till we got to whar the road and the
path forked and Mr.. Cole and me tuck the
path, as any other gentleman would, and
arter advancing awhile we arriv to old
neighbor Harris setten on a log with the
umbrill on his arm, and about that time
Elijah Cassiday 1.-THE prisoner}, coined up,
and We advanced on till we arriv at Eljah's
house. Elijah is my neffew and likewise
son-in-law. He married my darter Jane,
which is next to my darter Sally. After
we had advanced to Elijdh's house, we
stood in the yard awhile a jawing, and
presently two somebody's rid up on horse,
which was Johnson before and Whitfield
Cassiday behind Whitfield and Kiah Cas-
siday being the same, Elijah and Kiah is
brothers, both born in the nat raj way like
anybody else's brothers, no gals between
'em and both of them is about the same
age, especially Kiah which is the youngest.
Kiah war drunk and he and Mr.. Cole got
to cussin one another about politlx and
advanced in the house whar was Elijah's
wife, which is my darIer Jane, which is
next to my oarter Sally. Well, arter jaw
ing awhile with 'em, my little neffew, says
he to me, says he, Uncle Buck, let's go
home. Says [, good pop, so we pegged ont
together, and [ heard somebody a callin'
me but never tentioned 'em nor advanced
back. Well, l got home and WAS eating
my supper, and Elijah, which is my SON.
in-law, and married my daughter Jane,
which is next to my darter Sally, arriv,
and says to me, Uncle Buck, says he, I've
killed q man. Says I, the hell you have.
And that's all know about the stabbing,
for Warn't there ~