Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-07-27
NUMBER Fl.

it to her and asked me what was best
to do with it. told her | thought she
had better leave it there as | did not
think we needed il for anything then
told her thought she had better leave
1t with her father until we made up our
minds where we were going To.
Witness then told about arriving home
and what was done, his story contain
ing nothing of note. When we cot up
next morning other folks were up and
had breakfast nearly ready. | think ii
was about seven O'Clock While | was
getting ready for breakfast Emma went
out doors and Just as was ready TO set
down to my breakfast | looked out the
door and saw her coming from the east
towards the house. Witness account of
the days proceedings corresponds with
that of the others. His wife complained
of headache during day and did not eat
much dinner, felt better towards even
ing. When she was down to the spring
house she talked about the charivari
boys coming and she said she did not
care about hearing their noise but if
they came we would go out and help
them and not let on rs if we cared any-
thing about them. Witness told of get
ting the revolver and said: told him
(Bob) that we were going to help them
charivari if they came. He got the re-
volver, put a cartridge in it and shot it
out the door and then handed it to me,
| asked where the cartridges were and
took the cylendar out and handed the
rest of the revolver to my wife. Some
body handed me the cartridges don't
know who and put seven in the re-
volver and put it together and put ii
away in the cupboard drawer and
warned the folks not to go fooling
around that drawer rs there was n load
ed revolver in 1t. In little while we
set down to supper and talked some
about the charivari and whether they
would come or not. My mother SAID
she wished they would not come and if
she was not SO tired and sleepy she would
90 over to John Fauk's Emma Hamil-
ton said she would rather they wouldn't
come. | said | did not wish to have
them come but if they did we would
have to make the best of it. said En-
ma and we We're going to help them.
Bob Hamilton says $50 am l." He
said he was pretty sure they were COM
ing. Here follows talk back and forth
in the same strain. and an account of
Simon Sisley's coming agreeing sub
stantially with Hamilton's statement
| Witness continued, | said | believed
Bob was getting upIthe crowd himself,
said did not think it was his place, |
said | thought he ought to leave it for
somebody else. | said this to Emma
when we was sitting there. She said
she should not think he would as he
knew his wife did not want them there,
and she did not think he would get up
a crowd to charivari his own wife and
own house. | said maybe they was
just going to try and fool u.s. She said
she was tired and sleepy and wanted
rest and for her part she had great deal
rather they would stay away and said
let us go up to bed. She says we will
take the revolver up stairs and shoot il
out of the west window if they come,
and she had some silver change that she
had taken out of my pocket that day
and she would throw that down to them
and get them to leave. Before we start
ed up stairs and after Hamilton and
Simon had gone my mother had taken
the revolver out of the drawer and |
reached out my hand for it and she
! gave it TO me and put it into my peck
ct. A little while after we went to bed
we heard horn blow and somebody
shoot off a gun. Then got up and put
on my pants and laid down again on
the outside of the covers to the bed In
a short time | heard them coming.
Hamilton came on ahead and got as |
supposed, my rifle out of the house
Don't remember of anything having
| been said between us about his having
it. | heard the women folks telling him
they had rather they would not make
any noise. Heard them say something
about shooting could not understand
what it was. My wife said he was
| bound to have n charivari any way. |
told her when the boys came | would 90
down and tell them did not want them
to make any noise and tell them that
some of the women folks were not well
and did not want them there. She told
me that she did not want me 10 tell
them that she was not well for they
would only laugh at her and me both.
She said when we first went up stairs
that she did not want me to shoot the
revolver out of the window for her head
was aching worse than in the first of
the evening. Then they commenced
making q noise. | wanted to 90 down
but she did not want me to, then some
of them came in and wanted me to come
down, | wanted to 20 down then but
she said no, some of them might come
up there and | told her that would not |
allow them TO come up Stair and she |
said she did not want me to go down |
any how. told the boys had gone to !
bed and did not think | should come |
down until morning. Then they went
out and commenced again. DO not re-
member who it was that spoke to me. |
Then they came in again and Mat Lamb |
says "Lew come down we want to see
YOU and | told him if he wanted to see |
me he would have to come when was |
not in bed. Then they started their
noise again. Then Emma says Il wish |
you would tell them something TO get
them to leave" She said she could not
stand their noise as her head was nearly |
bursting. | told the boys that if they |
went around many more times they |
might not all get around. Then they |
went around again and some of them !
called something to me, ! don't know |
what it was, something about coming |
down believe. / told the boys that if |
| came down it would be to their sor- |
row, it wouldn't be to do them any good. |
Ii was Mat Lamb, think, that said if |
they had done anything to hurt any |
body's feelings they begged pardon. |
That they had not come there for harm |
and if they had caused any hard feel |
ings they were sorry. | told them that |
was all right that / had nothing against |
any of the neighbor boys or any outside
of the family. | told them | thought |
that was kind Of poor reception. Bob |
Hamilton says, ''who have got anything
against you. have you got anything |
against me- told him thought that |
he was carrying it little too far |
told him | did not think he ought to have |
got up crowd and bring them there |
He thought he had a right TO bring any
body he pleased there. | told him that |
did not think he had As | had as
good right as anybody to that place
et and would have as long as staid |
He said he did not think Ihad. asked |
him if he had anything to show for it, |
Then told Emma that had not sign |
ed any papers, 10 him yet of that place |
and while I staid there was going to !
see that things went on right. Then /
! Hamilton SAID that if he had done any
thing out Of the way he was sorry for IT, /
/ told him that was all right only / /
thought he was little out Of his place |
| Witness then detailed conversation with /