Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-21

later in the bayfield, made the same
motions, calculating that "if that don't
fetch one, | don't know what Will; that
he was a devout Catholic that about this
time he began to interview his priest,
Father Campeau, respecting the matter
of marriage, soliciting his help with ref
erence to three other young ladies than
Miss Pigeon, and especially his aid to
induce Miss Pigeon to marry him, stating
to Father Campeau that it was his fault
that he could not marry Miss Pigeon ;
that he was powerful because he was a
learned man, and that he could send out
his mind to Miss Pigeon and induce her
to marry him, that it was the duty of the
priest to go around and pick up such a
woman for such a man, that if he did not
do 1t, it would cause both the respond
ent's damnation and the damnation of the
priest, and urged him to go with him to
tell Miss Pigeon to marry him IN the
winter of 1883 and 1889; that after this
last interview with the priest he was told
by the latter that he might come to visit
him further, but not to come upon such Il
subject: and that he never afterwards
did interview the priest on that subject of
marriage with the exception of once a
few days after this last interview respect
ing the Pigeon girl; and that that last
interview related to another young lady
with reference to marital relations with
her: and that while at said Tupper's he
called in the daytime upon Minnie Pigeon,
it being the first time she had ever seen
him, at her grandfather's house where
she was living, and requested her TO
marry him. which she declined to
do: that later in the summer he call
ed again, making the same request,
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while he had requested her grandfather
who stood in the relation of parent to her
for leave to visit the young lady, and had
permission to do so in the presence of the
family that in the fall of that year, 1858,
he begun to board at their house INT
boarded there all winter, two or three
days in the week, and one whole week,
working elsewhere. being there usually
Sundays; that at various times he press
ed his suit for her hand in marriage. but
never received any encouragement from
her. and never was alone with her, and
asserted to her many times that If she
did not marry him it would be the cause
of his losing his soul, being apparently
in earnest, and on one occasion tore up "A
French newspaper, which he was reading
and threw it into the stove, but called for
it again in three or four days: and that
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deceased, her subsequent husband, came
to the house to visit her, while the res
pondent was there, he acted different the
next day, acted displeased, that he used
to watch her i~ntently while sitting
in the house AMI put her in fear
of him by looking at her: and that upon
n occasion while stropping a razor.
dropped both hands and looked at her
so strangely that she left the ROOM; that
lie stopped boarding there the mex
spring, and never saw Miss Pigeon again
to have an interview with her; that he
called once in the summer of 1889 to see
her but failed to do so because she re-
fused to see him, and was always gem
tlemanly in his conduct towards her:
that the next spring of 1889, lie worked
for one Adams a short time. who lived
across the field from Minnie Pigeons
home about Il mile, and stated upon being
asked if he was a relative of the Ainse
family that he was not, but that he might
be some time; that while at Mr.. Adams
he appeared to be fond of sitting at the
chamber window where he could look
over to the Ainse place, was not inclined
to talk a great deal, was not
cative, kept matters to himself more than
men in general, faithful, sharp about
mOhey matters, was trying to read Eng
lish, did not hum or fish, had no enter
tainments, was in nights, and was sharp
IN making a bargain: on one occasion
while there came out of the woods one
Sunday, with a newspaper, and remark
ed to "A young French girl who lived there
about fifteen years of age that some one
had got to die, and upOn another occa-
sion to the same young lady, being raj
lied by her respecting the attention
which the deceased was then paying to
Miss Pigeon remarked that 'if Collette
ever marry Minnie Pigeon he won't live
long, I'll kill him.; and that on one oc-
casion the respondent remarked during
his same time to one Bailey, upon being
told by Bailey that the latter thought
Collette was going to marry Minnie
Pigeon, that if he did. it would cause
him to lose his soul, the remark being
made in a trembling voice, the respon-
dent acting kind of fierce and that upon
another occasion remarked TO said Bailey
about a week after Collette had married
Minnie Pigeon, which was on the Sth day
of October, 1889, being told that Collette
had got the start of him. said at wont do
him much good, it will cause me to lose
my SOUL" and spoke as though he meant
it; that in the fall of that year, at work
pitching hay with one Sears, becoming
dissatisfied with the way in which Sears
was doing his work, remarked to him,
that if a man didn't pitch hay to suit him.
he would get down off the load, and
knock him down with the ~pitchfork and
that Mr.. Ainse missed it, he didn't let
him have that girl. II shall have re-
venge. That fellow will never die by
%anyone's hands except mine That in
the spring of 1889 he went to work for
one Field, about three fourths of a mile
distant from the Ainse house and worked
for him until November of that year
that while there he was good about
work, of regular and good habits. never
away evenings, regular at church, had
no amusements, read a French newspaper.
corresponded some with his father,
though he had a better way of doing
things sometimes than Mr.. Fields, spent
no money, had no firearms, and no com
panions, unsocial, quite the reverse of
jolly, neat, did not get along well with
other help and did not associate with
them at leisure moments, talked some to
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