Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-20
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able to do much business on my own
account, simply because lest about six
mons NV every year hes been devoted
Ia te.tifyin' In litigation. ! have been
q witness In morc eases about dogs than
AIRY other man In the wcst, nd ] reckon
shall keep up my record To my dying
dsy.
IN lss. I wur mere boy-well, ssy
about eighteen or twenty Tor that mat
ter, nd 1 wus toler'ble likely boy NV
my age, having tended the dry goods
counter In Gooihue's siorr for goin' on
five years. Father dI~i one mornin'
about .un up, NV q &c. while comm
home from q pcrlltisal doln's nd left us
all well fixed, after scllin. th. timber
lot. aud the saw mill. so, ] rrckoncd
I'D take q vacation aud enjoy life spell.
Having .st,led with Goodhue nj draw.
ed about s.u In money, I started down
the road toward home. Young Squire
| Turner seen me from his Office nd he
called out for me to come over. Asked
! me What I wus goln' a. do durln' my
/ vacation spell, aud allowed that ] orter
Ia 90 along With him over to Pnkney.
Vile to tend court. Never had t-cn
In I'inkneyyllle MI never had tended
court; want~i to do both; had heard
folk. talkin' about II Ia the store, nd Nv
course l-wsll, you know how annioa.
| Young fcllcr. sllcrs u o. see .omcthln'
NV life.
"Dog-goned " I don't Co." .ay. !.
The Young squire said ~c'd have to
start bright an slrly ne,' mornln'. so's
To gct there by nlghIfall, fcr J, ~ur
gooi thirty mile and up hill both ways:
| Wall. I wug on hand pex' nornln' and
Ne started oat, bs on hls bay horse and
on th. chestnut ally. II wur Que NV
tbsm clear day. that '. full "a, rc'cls-
tIon. 10 msn with hi. eye. open.
sqalr, Turner had travelled the road
many q tim. afofc. but everything wuf
ncs to me. squire painted cut the
! sight. a. Ne rude along; showed me
wherv the Inlun. .calpcd the ftnkn.y
family. the trc. where John Dsrrow
| s.Ii "A. kilIed q white COW. IA. briig.
where Eli.r Wilson. ho.. fell through
into th. crlck-.e.mei like the wbole
cuuntry wur q. full 20 trsd.gy a.
school hl.try. We passed lot. NV folss,
top, goln' to tend court With their dogs
and th. r-.t uy their families, they ~ut
yallcr-dog. snd all. The .gulr- show.
.,i me ~hcr. the Cark.on. lived, sni
.,apl~Si to look al II, for ! hal .aw
b~aIs. uV Clsrkson. In ib- store and had
.oIi ~alli. ia. han .omc.t stun drc.s Ia
IA. country a fortnight sforr .hc mar
r'd col. II.nd.fson NV kaintucky.
rs.in' al th. sight. .ort uN tucs.r~i
me. aud long 'hout .uDdown says !.
esquire Turner. .Ay. I, "slnt Ne 60
Ing 20 ~, th-rrF' 10 whlchh. r-pll~i
Ia the b-.t us hl. icigmcnt ". ~uf
ahout an hour or'n Iinkney'iilc yet
Ca ih. ncN, fi.lng Ne .ecu the town
down Wonder below IA, sni 10 me Who
never saw city afov u Looked Ike
th.r- w-r, morc'na million house. Ia IT,
bot ~auir- Turner allowed s how
th.r- wasn't mot,'n n hundred. Fink
bsy,iIl. 1. cot In q valley aud thcrc u
hills all around.
"what ar, all thcs. camps doln' on
the .ld.s ~ the hillsF' ssf !, fur i hal
never t---n away irom home aforc.
"Ih.y'r, folks that have come Ia !"
tend court" .sy. squire Turner.
"why don't they stop at the n'ernf
sAy. I.
"Oh. that would coat ton much,
.a,. ~luirv Turner. They aini ln'"lN-
81 la any litigation they've ja.i coue
to tend court an s"- the Judge an !"
have good timc. III tell you, my
young irlcnd. that the longer you i've
the morr You'll ind that human nainf, "
make ever sort uS .scrinc. for the sak"
of hasin' fun. Here arr these FOLK.
campln' oui on thc-e eide hlll.-thcy
haInt got NJ bu.incss hcrr, YET h.rr
they - With their families, n"gleciln
their crop. jus, ior the .akc of ."cln
life at it, bc.t."
". Kind NV glgLaggoi down III.
mountain, aud IL "a. dark when wc
struck thc town. III. principal .irr.i
uuf Btoaisay, MI At ope end Nv u wuf
the tavern kcp by Col. Ea.iln. u wuf
the bl,yv.t tavern I ever .rcn-hai =
torrh runnin' along IA. front NV " With
plla.,ers d. squire Turner told me-
aud stuckl..
/ Turner us a little black nlggrr that ~uf
Icanln up against q pila.t.r.
"oettin' ready for the ledgr," say'
the nlggrr.
"IIaint m. Jc,lgr come ycty''
The nlggrr allowed d. hadn't.
just then col. Eastin put hi. head
outn a wlndrr up yonier and ays;
"you'Il have Ia onhlich aud fodder your
horse. ,our.el,c. II you're goin' to stop
here tonight; Fun too doggons busy get
tin ready for the J-ige to tend Ia any
thing else
80 We took the horse. out Ia Oh. .ts-
bl. and tended "a them the be-t Ne
knew how, but when We come Into the
] a. l..4r.
l "a nav auy attention to us. serin' the
women folk. tcwin' round .o made me
dIrTy, bat the squire allowed mustn't
mind IL, for they ~err gcitln' ready Tor
the Jcdgc.
III YOU gent. 1. hengry," .ays the
landlord, pokln' his head over the railln'
NV the stairs, You'll have Ia step out Into
III. Kitchen nd help yourselves"
"Col. Ea.tln has his shor'comin's,
..y. Squire Turner, "but there's no
denyin' that he. one ~ the most hospi-
tai gentlemen In the tavern profession
When W., came to get ready Ia go to
b.d we had more difficulty. .'Can't
Civ. YOU much," sAys Col. Eastin,
.cratchln hi. head. "let's see-whst
kin 4 do, Heln' az how there's sech a
rr.h thi. term NV court our rooms are
full. exceptin' the sweet on the second
door. ofrn the porch, and them IL what
we're holdln' for the Jedge."
squire Turner allowed that We would
not mind ocupyln' the sweet ontil the
ledge arrived, but Col. Eastin wux hor-
rifs.i At the suggestion NV AIRY persons
.le.pin' iu the bed that wus bein' re-erv-
s,i for the Iesige. '.The beat ] Kin do,
seq he, "is Ia make upa shaketiown for
YOU on the door; q. for the bed u must
he reserved intack for the apostle NV
justice"
We went to bed In the shakedown
With our clore on. but doggoned ri ]
.lept much. Mabbe twux because ]
wul excitoi, or IL might have been the
iogs.
.where be them dog. that IL bowlin
sou says I Ia Squire Turner.
"where be theyr' said he lsfiln' ;
.why, they're pretty nigh everywhere.
You couldnt throw stone anywhere
out the winder here durin' court without
hlttin' a dog. Folks comm to tend
court aller. bring their dog. With EN-,
and I'll bet there's million dogs camp
In out on the side hills round this very
minute"
Along about four o'clock fell Into q
do,e, and IL wuy jesi about that time the
niger came In and shook us and turnl
us over sevril times and rollt u round
aud says: "Col. Eastin sea the jcds'
has done gone come, and "a git uI
under the penalty NV the lor."
seemed Ike never wur 90 sleepy Ia
In all my life. esquire" says ], "ain'