, 1877-07-02
COUSIN sALLy pIl.1,AnD oUrDoSE.

COUSIN SALLY DIl.tArsD OUrDOSE.
Grtensbnro t.E. ~ T1't1nf,
Tho rcnIrc being impnnctrt, and the }gry
fn1crnniy charged ty tic Clerk, the Common
wcnltll't attorney raic,l in snppyrt Of the t,s-
.fctmcnt tho witness Bs,tk Diyant, who, being
tofcnlnly sworn the truth 10 tell, testified ~
fai1aws:
Questioned by the Commemorative Attor-
ney: Tell nil you know about The cutting OF
tho prosecutor by Cassa,1S, the prisoner at u,a
bar. Answer: "Well, gentlemen, It Was cleo
tIon day-'twas dark, cloudy, wet sort Of
dsizzly day, and says to my old woman, bc-
tfcvc I'll 10 down to KinRgofd and 'rosit my
vote; ard says my old woman 10 mo, we'll, luck,
as 1t Is a sort Of dark, cloudy, wet sort of .
drizzly day, snys she, hadn't sou better lake
{oar umbril' says 70 tho Old woman, ! spest
tho umhrsl, md wl'ea got down tl,nr,
Mr. Cole cometi and saya he, unclc luck, have
you seed anything Of old neghbot HasEisi
says 70 H. G9s' e, wyl say. lS' es gos
by tho Court, md told to con1na 1IImsrlf to the
actual fray between tic prisoner and Cole. tin
prosccutofh In answer to which the witness re-
Wei, now, NJ. Juaee. you hold on, for | an
sworn to tell the truth. nn1 am agwine 10 tel!
1t my own way. so 'taint worth while for you u
soy nothing moro about L. Whcrenpon tho
AGAFt AHiA AUutllJ1HWEAIt!E4 AlIGEHE1+ NGHIH
anxious 70 get rid u ll.e witness on any terms,
told him 70 10 un AMI tell tic ta!c III Ills own
wnr: '.Wcif, a. I was gofnE nn to say. Twas
OH Election day, buchanan and tffnlo was run.
woman to me, says she, luck, "a IN SOFT Of
dark, c0u1Y rainy, damp, drfzzly sort OF dny,
hadn't sou letter take yu,,r un6r!l1 says she;
says to my OLD woInan' says !, 'spest ! ha3 :!
aea stlst ss 10y ea IL s III II u Sea
tl,nr. We'll, the FIRST thing / did wien got
thar was to tako drink Of Buchanan whisky.
which was monstrons good, and saya to my
ynul And while wus advancing around, Mr..
Cole. he eosltc tb me, and says he, Uncle luck,
sayh he, have you sccn ANYTHING Of our neigh.
bor l!arriss says I, for whyt says hss, the old
cocks got my umhrii. Artcr = willie 'posltctl
my votc, and t1len Afr. Guile and tae advanced
on towards home, and stt. Cols wns tighter than
ever seed him.
Aud 20 We adyancc,l along, tn NC. got to
whnr the road and path forkca, and Mr.. Colo
md me tuck the path, ~ nny other gentlemen
would, AMI after advancing a while VIC arrived
to old nclghbor Harris, \ sctt!n' on 10y With
Elijah Gassatlay {thc prsoner) cotncd up, and VIC
advanced tilt We arrived at Etijah's honse. Eli
jah Is my nefIcw ard likewise my son-in-law; ho
married my tlaFter Jane, which ID next Ia my
darter Sally. Artcr. We had advanced to ELL
In, and preacnly twu somebody's st1 up IN q
hoes, whlcl, Was Johnston before an.i Whitfield
Cassatlay behind. Whitfield and ktah Cassatlay
being the same. Elijah and ktaib II brothers,
both bornin tlIc nat'ral way, like anybody e'sc'a
brothers. no gals bet ~een lem, aud both Of 'cn,
IL about thc satne acc, especially kiah, which
asc the youngest klall was drunk, and he anu
Mr. Coils got to cussn Qua another about pottlx,
and | advanced In the house whar was Elt1ah's
wife, which ts my dartcr Janc wl.icllfs next " my
dattcr Baly. Woll. after jawin awhile with 'ctn,
my little nctlew says he to ,nr, Uncle Buck, lets
60 homo; SAYS !, good pup, SO wO peCged on
tOrcthcr and heard snnlcbodv a caIltnt me.
but ! never tcnttoncd 'em. nor advanced back !;
well. got home and was eattn' my supper, and
Elijah, which is tny son-in-law, and married. my
dartcr Sally, arrived: and says he to me, Uncle
Buck, says he, I've killed. q man. Says l, the
hell you have; and this Is all ! know about tho
stabbfnx because l Wnn't thar.