The Newtown bee., 1878-09-26

lundnd thuy We're about u rud and n hulf apnu, iuYr ililuya horse uf the low
 ground tu lhr high grn Hd, but unl uut-
 7idr of lhr iur- got or and tnuk the old
 dung iutH Hltll uu. uuu Wrdl lu lHr tree lHt lot tto luth there apt Nolh tu raising ull lht hp, ilu uur.a,i NiurWri Alirh- lcl Nrr. Muulu nud l Wern lhorr} luu luut.7 Ull gone, NJ uiael uuul Mr kl- Icy WWt uter the matches, he asked Martin If he hHd any MurllH said he hud
 some Iu hs vest al the maple lrca; Riley Ncul 70 the lreu aud then sHned for my housr; Martin and 1 were ruking-ho lei, -.andci and ] Hght-hundcd -furimg the tree; wo wore uklug towards the tree; l noticed Martin, N short lime after Riley left Us, look up towards the tree 1, Martin Has ahead, at this tiHe, about the lrngth of q rake, he asked mo If myself nnd--of a wife were over in Hanover last Saturday night ; l Snynl yes he ask"I mc What WAS said Ht Uncle Dnn'S house ; lrrfcrring to Ar. Daniel QutuiiNnnJ, ] slid tl0rr waa nothing said, but w. talk, q uyrr ubuut ,t scrlpc that Marlin, brother and his two sons had ut r ukticld; Inc iskpu |, that HilS all VIC had Co talk about ; 1 snw that hr Wus getting angry hy his actions and looks Hr no turned around ; 1 said hoped Nlr. Riley wuull get home two or three moro lunds of hay to-duy and tu-morrow that if he did, it would bo quite Il help to the poor old mun; ho snid 1 sccmcI more interested in kiloy's work than he did himself; 1 said tho reason wla horatlSe Inc wilS nld and his son Mike didn't think that ho could stay after this week; We kept ou rnking: Martin, once every little While, would look over his shoulder at me; 1 raked on frstcr tha ! before, and got aheai, hcCnuSc 1 wanted tO get away from him. an 1 knew he was uruoIiug something not very good, from his looks: Was only Il short di stance ahead, when 1 WIS knocked down on the Wiuruw of hny; think It was by his rake ; 1 Ilnd n bunch over my left eye, when l looked in the gla31, us big aS buttotmHt or Guai!7 oSE; when he got me down, he look me by line shirt and chokod me sU couldn't speak; he put his right knee down on my stomach and pounded me in the face with his right fist found couldn't speak for ; Ur 3 minutes; l saw l couldn't holp myself much Was on my back, took both feet alId Us lcd him off of me; 1 hui owrd 2 or four different times, "lct lIlt lt Uli'l I II tl'',il out b lllt Iltt'ipN Martin then started and picked up the broken rake, took it with him and started in another direction from the direct road ol the wuraW or huy; 1 got up best l could and started up long side the Wi!u'Ow of hay, and came up to the maple tree |; when I got there l put the rake against the tree; there was n 3 quary pail there
 and gallon jug; there Wu5 water in the Jug 1 found milk and water in the pail, pourel il out and put water from jug ill it. sal down on my right knee dipping the water out with my left hand to stop the blood from my nose and face; while doing 50 l looked around and saw Martin with the tWo-tneI fork coming towards; me; he held it this way. (rEe prisoner illustrated by hcldiHg the same fork hori- ZoH ally, got uP from my o5ilion 1 Wa, iI; aa hc came near me l took the rakt, iu my left hand anu as he came towards me thought l struck him with the rake on his face; put up my right arm and the Cnd uf the tWO-liHeai fork came down along my nose; he followed me around the tree with the fork had the rake; as he came around one lime, part of the fork struck me n9dr the eye; 1 saw 1 couldn't help myself much and threw away the rake; told him to keep away; 'you have done enough now, down in the lower end of the meadow he said no and I didn't calculate had done enough till he had my life; he said 'thats what 1 started for" :; I said what do you mean, and he said mean to kill you if I can inc was try ing to sti i'k ne in or near the stomach with the fork. The dung fork stood by T away this time or it will be your life ol ! mine; you seem to want mine by your ac- tionS, and one of Us will have tU Ho." picked up the fork a5 1 came around the tree, and we were both striking at one another at once. In the petition he had with his hands up l cant say whether l struck him on the shoulder or on the fork
 ! after ClcIl tried to strike he run out from the tree towards the bars; 1 took the lid off the pail about three minutes after he got through the bars out of sight; there is spring between the bars and the tree the water i'll the jug Was waIm; dipped | up some of the water, the lid twice full to wash my face; then tlrtcd out toNar l. | the bars; got to the bars and saw Martin sitting on the bank along side of the cart path; he had the tw0-tinc fork at sidt of him. went over and picked up the l fork a% ked him if he was hurt; said if hC WaS it would be no more than right; said 1 he had no business to abuse me anC | my wife as he had done and was sorry; then went and tried to pick him up to See | if he was hurt ill the face; l then started l towards the maple tree; saw Michael Ri 1 ley sitting on H bog in the meadow ht
 -aid, "Wherc is Martin? What you botl being d0iHg?" l said, He's been tryins
 to kill me all he possibly knew how"
 said, T wished to God your father nevc
 brought him in the meadow this morning.
 We then went up to the maple tree: tUl,
 Riley to pour me out table spoonful 9
 two of liquor from the jug; that blcd st
 much was weak; he did so and thel
 left the meadow with the jug; he went ou
 the bars through which the hay was cart
 ed soon after, he came back and told m
 he est tthing that could do was to leave
 1 $ i'd, What for?" he replied he though
 Martin was hurt pretty bad l told him
 couldn't help it if he was dead, 1 had Onl'
 defended myself in self-defenco; at this
 Riley went OutOf the meadow again witt
 my little girl, I left the meadow abou
 three minutes after Riley and went home
 the dung fork was broken while we wcr
 at the tree; there was nothing done at tn
 tree but wLat I have stated; when
 reached home, I took off my bloody shir
 and put on another; then I lit my pipe
 and myself an! boy went back to tn
 meadow; took the two-tined fork an
 went to rolling hay; Lynch hollpred |
 me in Irish to clear out of the meado'
 before q crowd would be there to han
 me, or before the constablcs should come
 he advised me to go in the bushes; sai
 Martin was hurted pretty bad; said
 couldn't help it if he was it only serve
 him right; any man that abused his neigf , bors as he had abused me and my vii ought to be hurt; I finally thought
 crowd might come to the meadow, and
 left and went home; refilled my pipe an , sat down on tho lounge smoking; soon a
 ter, Mike Lynch came into the yard; m ; wife and 1 came out he told me in Iris
 t ,at he wished to God had gone som
 where else to work that morning, fer the , tIere would have been no fighting; tol ; him that didn't start the fighting: | said this was no nigger scrape, but a pa , dy scrape; he went off without sayin
 anything more; when l went to Rady } house Marlin was lying on the louns . live. Mr Raly fer var 1 TlagSpd IT