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

Craftsbury VS.. Greensboro, counsel:
Dickerman & Young for plf.; W. w.
Miles and G. A. Prouty for deft; jury:
III. F. Black, Geo. L. Young, VIM. G.
Batchelder, G.. N. Tenney, Hollis
1hrasher, J. o. Bailey, D. A. Elliott,
Dawson j. Perkins, M. F. Gay, L. R.
Foster, Geo. L. Nutting, Ernest A. ALI
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This suit was brought to recover for
supporting Mrs. Augustus 0. Silver
and four children, VIM. Graham, wife
and six children, and Elizabeth Ora
ham, mother of William. These va
less aid from the town of Craftsbury.
This town now attempts to prove the
residence Of all these to be in the
town of Greensboro, and hence seeks
to recover for all expense incurred
in their support. The first witness
called on the part of the plaintiff was
Amasa 2. Dutton, vino swore to do
livery Of certain notices to officials Of
Greensboro for his son, who was over
seer Of the poor in Craftsbury. These
notices were duly delivered Dec. %,
1892. E. A. Dutton was next called.
He was elected overseer Of the poor
in March, 1892. He made the notices
referred to and sent his father with
them to the overseer of Greensboro.
He stated the names of the different
persons aided; the kind of aid and
dates when rendered. April II, 1892,
was applied to for aid for family of
Augustus O. Silver; found them very
destitute, and gave them temporary
assistance, and few days later, NOV
ed Mrs. Silver and the three children
to the town farm. There has since
been one addition to this family, born
in June, 1898. Aid was rendered the
Graham family, but they were not
moved to town farm. He testified to
the correctness of all charges made
and the necessity for the aid furnish
ed.
Mrs. Silver, wife Of Augustus, testi-
fed that she was married to Mr.. Sill
yer, Jan. 12, 1881; had known him for
five Or six years; he lived then with
his father, Moses Silver. She was a
daughter of - Badger, and her ia
ther lived about a mile and a half
from Moses Silver's, both places in
Greensboro. When first married they
went to live at Moses Silver's and re-
mained there about six months. She
then went out to work, first at John
Hendricks, in Glover, then to Dan
vile, her husband in the meantime
remaining at her fathers. From Dan
vile, in early part of winter of 1881,
she returned to Moses Silver's, to her
husband, and they began keeping
house in the basement OF Moses Sill
ver's house; kept house there till
March, 1882, then went out to work
again; went TO John Campbell's, in
Glover, then to Ryegate, then to
Bethlehem, n. H., and on 1st of Sept.
1882, returned to her fathers for a
few weeks. She then went to Eras
tus Hanson's in Greensboro and kept
house for about six weeks, and then
went back to Moses Silver's for few
weeks. In Jan, 1888, went to Glover
to keep house in the Shedd's house;
remained there till the first of May Of
same year and then went to her IA
theirs, in Greensboro. Her husband
then went to his fathers. In Sept
she returned to Moses Silver's and
remained till May, 1854, then again to
her fathers for three weeks, then to
Butler house, then again to basement
in Moses Silver's house. About Christ
mas time went to Mr.. Wits, at Crafts
bury Common. Her husband, with
the oldest son, went again to his fa
theirs. Soon she went from Wits to
John Babcock's, in Greensboro. In
April, 1885, began to keep house at
J. Calderwood's in Greensboro. May
1st broke up again and went to work
at Mr.. Curriers', at Greensboro Bend.
Again back TO Calderwood house till |
Aug, 1885, and then moved back to |
Moses Silver's and remained till May, |
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