The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-10
More About that Question of Veracity

The following letter has been in our pos
session from It's date bat was accidentally
mislaid-hence the delay in it's publication.
North CLARENDON, June 25, 1877.
Editor Rutland Globe :-Unpleassnt as
1t is to appear before the public in refer
ence to matters in which am not person
ally involved, yet, in justice TO my invalid
father, who has been charged by the editor
Of the Herald with libel, deem 1t my duty
to state what | know In connection with
that matter. Ga the 9Th day of May, 1877,
by contract with Mr.. Marsh, my Esther
surrendered all his right to control the fish
ing on his premises except for his owt
private use. Four days after that contract
was made Mr.. George Davis came to the
the house and said two gentlemen had been
fishing on the brook. 1t proved to be the
Rev. Norman Seaver and Rev. S. B.
Peltenaill. They had come CONVEX
sstion with my father in front
of our house on that day. When
they left my father came in, and was asked
what the gentlemen said. He repeated the
conversation as stated In his affidavit OF
the 18Th inst. That subject has been re-
fered to quite frequently ever since, and
he has invariably made the same statement
as on the first occasion. In the Herald OF
the 29ih of May last appeared an editorial
in reference to the fish and game law, In
which the editor undertook to define wha
was necessary on the part of owners o
land to comply with the statutes in ordel
to prohibit fishing on their premises, ETC.
and the inference was clear that he did no
consider my fathers place had been postet
J legally. The next day, the Both, the Tier
r dM's Clarendon correspondent, W.
Weeks, called at our house ant
{ inquired for my father. I told hin
he had gone to my Uncle Johl
Pieice's. He handed me the paper referre,
, to and called my attention to the editoria
q on that subject, and then said, 'the plao
was not properly posted according to Law
and my father had better have the sui
q against Mr.. Pettengill stopped; that tn
= Herald had always stood up for him and
| Woulu DC great carnage 10 MIN 10 nav
the suit go on, and March could not contrc
;. the suit for it was brought in his I'm
q father's) name, and I must use my influ
1 ence to have him stop the whole thing.
. And then advancing nearer to me and lie,
ting his voice fall little, and in an impres
}. sive manner as if to intimidate me, he sayt
!. "Mr. Pettingill says your father invite
him to come and fish and told him 1t wa
/ all right and come again, and he coul
d prove 1t by DR.. Seaver" l told him didn
IS believe it. Three days after related thi
r. conversation to W. ID. Marsh. He E,
quested me to say nothing abor
: it, or something of that kind. AS MI
10 Marsh had commenced suit against MI
Ie Peitengill, supposed it was proper that
"a should direct in the matter, and said notl
y ing about il until the Herald charged m
IL father with publishing a libelous affidavit
)r Tue Herald says my father made oath I
7 his hbelous statement while lying in be
bols'ered up with pillows" The reaso
for his being in bed at the time was becaul
1t was an earlier hour in the morning ths
he was in the habit of rising, and M
ut Weeks was called in as ma ter of couvel
re fence, as he was on his way home from Il
"a cheese factory. Father was up and dresse
~ for dinner that day, and has been up al
Ut out about the farm nearly every day sine
n. although still feeble.
n Yours truly,
i. MARY A. KIMBALL.