Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-02-19

caught hold of the sleigh pole and
was carried sixty six rods. When the
horses were stopped he got away
from them, but was so overcome that
he could not stand; was helped to
the house by Fred Randall; called
doctor next day; was very sore about
the stomach with severe pain; sore
ness continued till short time since;
was SO badly injured that he could
not labor; was obliged to employ
help and paid out nearly Or quite 800
for extra labor on account of injury.
Gross examined by Young. Had
lived on this farm since 1865. The
road across his land had been built Is
years; was more or less blocked ev-
cry winter by drifts; last winter
snow roller went through my field.
Had stuck up bushes along the road
he travelled through his field to guide
him; never told men where to go in
my field with the roller; Trip did
not ask me if I had any objection to
the roller going through my field; no
talk about any damage; Trip did not
talk about going through my field, he
came to see me about calf. He had
not been able to do hard work for
number Of years. At this point Mr..
Young showed the witness his aft
davit for a pension, dated Sept. Is,
1860. From this affidavit, which wit
ness admitted he signed and contained
the truth, it appears that he was con-
fined to his house one fourth the
time and when able to work could
not do more than a third of a mans
work. An application for increase of
pension, signed May "a, 1892, which
was admitted by the witness to have
been signed by him and to contain
the truth, stated that he was a great
sufferer and totally disabled for per-
Torrance of manual labor and that as
he grew older his condition gets
steadily worse. The witness admitted
that from June 1888 he had been
troubled with dizzy spells and had
been SO bad as to faint away.
Geo. D. Bickford swore that he saw
plaintiff the Tuesday after the injury,
when he appeared to be suffering Sc
verely, groaned a good deal and his
breath was short. The plaintiff tend
severely injured and that his suffer-
ings were due to said injury, but
Young produced another pension aft
davit, one given by Bickford himself,
which was admitted as genuine by
the witness. This affidavit was SINH
lar to the others, showing heart dis
ease and inability to labor, etc.
Fred Randall testified to the Sunday
affair, in substance same as Walker.
He assisted Walker into the house.
On cross examination he said he did
not tell Bickford or Dwinell or Joseph
King that Walker took hold of the
reins OF the horses or that Walker
said he was not hurt much. Had no
recollection of such talk with Wilson.
Martin Abbott testified to being
called to Walkers on Tuesday follow
ing the injury; was there about an
hour. Walker was on lounge, looked
sick, spoke in low tones and had to
stop often to get breath; was hard
for him to talk. He complained of
severe pain in stomach and made fire.
quent applications Of hot cloths.
The plaintiffs design with this wit
ness was evidently the same as with
Bickford and again the affidavit APP
peared. One given by Abbott April
II, 1884, in which he said he had FREE
quently seen Walker look pale and
seemed to be faint; would have to
stop talking and rest to get breath.
Miss Lydia Phillips was next called.
The defence at first attempted to OBJ
ject to this witness, as they should
prove she was really the wife of the
plaintiff Walker, or had been living
with him as his wife. AS kind of
side show two or three witnesses were
called on this point, but they did not
appear to testify as defendant expect
ed. Miss Phillips fatty denied that
she was married. Defendant with
drew his objection and she was allow
ed to testify. She had lived at Walk
er's for thirteen years. She saw the
ARRAY and her evidence regarding it,
as well as the condition of the plain
tiff, was practically same as testimony
of the plaintiff himself.
3. A. Cook, counsel for the plain
tiff, testified to being called ito house
of plaintiff on Tuesday after the in
jury. He described condition of
plaintiff same as other witnesses; was
there some three Or four hours; when
talking with plaintiff he showed Sc
we're pain and had to stop frequently
vast