Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-07


way. Cor short time. In all she thinks
she has not been absent nom home over
twenty weeks during The time mentioned
In Der suit. she saws the housework was
very hard her fsiher always had one hired
man or ehore boy. during hsying. four or
ave hands. and his business was such that
be of,en had many transient people a. The
house. Her mother was feeble had been
lame for many years. and was no, able 10
DO much Of the WORK. though she helped
about u until May, 1882, when she was
stricken with paralysis, nom which she
never recovered. Never had any help 10
the house. except for two weeks. In lss2.
when cousin Lacinda Waterman was there
with her little girl during haylng. She
claims TIA, she dld an kinds Of homework,
iookcd after dairy o. or 5 cows, did al
the family sewing, picked spples. drove
cows. Eel swine and poultry. and on one
occasion a. east dropped corn for plant
Ing. In fact. she claims 10 have done All
klnds Of work and made herself generally
useful. a. women are obliged 10 40 upon
q farm. In addition " this she cared for
her mother during her various sick spells,
aud watched with her during her last ~
ness, until about two weeks before her
death. when she len her fathers house.
She len undsr rather unpleasant clrcum.
stances. Mr. CAcsley had q married son
whose wife was obnoxious 20 this daugh-
Ter. LIME. bat the old gentleman thought
he needed the s0n % help on the farm. and
a. his wife was on her death bed. be request.
81 the son and his wife 10 come there and
take charge o. The place. Mrs. Nellie
Chesley was Installed As housekeepsr. and
Miss Lizzie retired % her mothers room.
refusing 70 have anything 10 do With the
family. The cause Of the fsud between The
two women was no, brought oui In The
trial, bat Lizzie says she ala not wish 10
have anything 10 40 with such people. The
old gentleman and LlrIle had considerable
bard tab aboui this new management, and
no told her b leave The hOase OF he wOod
throw her on The town. Ga another oc-
eAslou he threatened 10 throw her through
The side % The house when Il was Known
that the son and wife were coming. The
sick mother. LlIrie AMI Moses hai q
"musA- about Lttie's compensation, her
property. etc. Amer this. Mrs. Chesisy,
In The presence Of q witness, gave LIME
al her property. lnoiading about every.
thing which she claimed 10 own. When
Lirrie was about 90 leave Der faihcrs
house forever. she began - Psek up. and
remove these thiugs. This led - 'mnsh"
amer "mush. the details Of which are Of
No Interest. between the plalnt1 AMI de-
frudaui. and the new housekeePcf. De
fendant accused piAiu,ir % stealing things
from the house. AMI forbid her removing
anything. She soughi eosnsel, and pat
luio The hands - Ociccr j0uaihAn Blake q
rcplevlu writ In order % recover her
things NJ Chcsicy allowed Llffie 10 re-
move hsr thing. amer The packages bad
al been opened and The contents exam
lnei before the officer. and the writ was
noi served Df Orrcn Stevens wD En-.
amlued 10 relation 90 the physical oopdi-
ton % Mr.. Moses Chesisy. lie tssilnei
that she va. lame and feeble Tor Eve OF
slx years. LiIsie wNs doing The worn
when h. called Mrs. c. was no, able 10
90 much. Mr. Waterman and Mrs. Fuller
testified that LiffIe worked hard they Of
tsu called A. nclghbors. AMI knew VIA, she
wAs doing.
n O. Hail. esq, Of oxford opened for
the defense. THIS was Mr.. Halls maiden
erort Bat he made a very crcdltAhle open.
ing and was complicated ~ The Court.
We have oaillnci The defense n The begin
alag o. ,his report, In Aadl,lon 70 VIA,
wAs there stated, the defense now claimed
tia, plAlnuf hAi been negligent 10 her do
to- A. hOasekceper, 10 that she had Alb
stracied ceftain ARTICLES from the house,
OF allowed them 10 be carried OF ~ 9th
ers. ant therefore was not entitled - CON-
psnsatlon. Moses Chcsley. the defendant.
wAs pat upon the stand. lie testlhed that
nrIle lived a. home Tor many years doing
sac work TIA, she had All the money thus
earned and never paid anY board when
she worked f1r J. A. Buoknam a Co, she
cane home. during The DAN season aod did
A. she chose lie says be never went atsr
her unless she wanted % come home, and
never agreed 10 pay her anything until The
,rouble began. when be told her he would
PAY her for last year. work n she would
return the things be claimed she had
wrongfully removed from the house. lie
says she dld very little work before this
year bot ,ha; she was very faithfei during
her mothers sickness. Lirrie objected 10
sons coming home, and be advised her 10
bay 4 home Of her own II she could not
live In peace with her sister-in-law. In
February. iss3, aner II WAS settled that
son was coming, began 70 miss things from
The house. missed butter. tAllov, dried sp-
pies, bedding and other articles accused
Lizzie Of taxing them. Recovered three
oed pufs, which LiIIie had carried 20
nelghbor croekett's, but which she claimed
70 have made and for which she claimed
20 have furnished the material. Admitted
the troubles testified 10 by Lizzie and gave
he details OF several "mushes. Miss
Hannah chesley, 70 years old, keeps house
Cor Moses. (the son and his wife are now
living In chambers A. separate family
She testified that LlIrle called her father q
lar and threatened 10 ruin him, when she
len home. Nearly all the hired men
have worked for Moses during the time
covered by this writ. were called TO testify
In regard 10 the work done BY Lizzie. All
bal seen her set table, wash dishes, and
DO light work; some had seen her wash ;
some bad seen her picking apples others,
driving cows others, feeding swine and
chickens, and FOR Que she had dropped
corn. Before the defense bad 20, through
with this line Of witnesses, II had pretty
well established what the plaintiff claimed,
viz tia, she did all kinds Of housework
a.