Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26

farm and Sam was quite anxious for
him to buy it. His father thought
$500 was too much, that it would take
$1,000 to stock and furnish it up.
Mrs. Nelson, my wife, said why not
buy our place. Sam thought perhaps
his wife would not like it as there was
no bathroom in it. Sam said $10,-
600 or $780, is not too much to have
peace in the family, and his father
told him he did not know what he
was talking about. One day, when
my wife and I were coming home from
church, we stopped at Mr.. Nelson's
and Sam was there and he, B. M. r.
Nelson, said something about his will,
and Sam told him he could not make
his will SO but what he could get one
third of his estate, that he had got his
knowledge from an attorney, and
B. NJ. r. Nelson then told him he
could make his will and leave them
all out and give his whole property to
Ben PIPER or "Gen'P' Braddock if he
wanted to, and he, Sam, could not
break it; also that the day would
come when he would be sorry for the
way he talked to his father.
E. S. Nelson (Recalled): Sam in con-
versation with his father told him that.
he die not dare sue Geo. Davis for the
$4,000, for if he did Davis would beat
him as he was lying awake nights
scheming, and think Mr.. Nelson said
Geo. Davis would never settle hises-
tate. Mental condition good.
Mrs. B. NJ. r. Nelson, said he made
all of his property himself, did not in
herit any. He gave Lizzie a place in
Barton village worth $4,000. Sam was
married Dec. %, 1891. Sam and his
wife went west in summer of 1894
and Sam returned in Oct. 95, to our
house. The next day had CONVEX
sation with Sam, he said, 'I don't
know what 1 am going to do with this
woman" She did not come down to
breakfast and it was sent up to her.
Sam told his father that his wife
wanted to see him after dinner up in
her room, and Mr.. Nelson went up to
her room and she found fault because
her room was not warm enough. Sam
and wife lived in the Foster house the
first winter. Sans wife told Mrs.
Dow, Mr.. Nelson's sister, that she was
glad Mr.. Dow hadn't come as he was
a bad nan, and l told her she could
not Ia TX that way in my house, she
raised her hand, L put my arm up to
protect me and she hit me on the side
of my face. This occurred on Tues
day and Thursday following Lizzie
came in and told her father she want
ed to talk with him, he said he onld
not talk with her as he was sick, that
Sans wife was there Sunday and
abused them.
In cross examination, she stated
that when George and Lizzie returned
from the west and settled with them
that Lizzie took the same place in the
family as before she went away. Told
in regard to her going west and said
that Lizzie took charge of things while
she was away. She said that there was
liz bACNOlO III LdIL11y u11tAA ObO
trouble arose between Sam and his
wife, and Lizzie looked into the affair
and decided that Sam was in the
wrong. She stated that after the
trouble arose in the family that she
and Mr.. Nelson never tried in any
way to bring about a reconciliation,
and that before Mr.. Nelson's death,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dow stopped with them
for time and that there was cOnsid-
cradle talk in regard to the actions Of
the children and that Mr.. and Mrs.
Dow thought that the children had
abused Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson and eX-
pressed themselves to that effect.
Said that when Mr.. Nelson B. NJ. r.
Nelson's father) died, George and Liz
zle and Sam and wife came to the
funeral but that neither she or Mr. Mel
son recognized them or noticed them.
Also at the time B. NJ. r. Nelson
died the children attended but were
not noticed in any way by the rest of
the family. When asked in regard to
Mr.. Nelson's keeping liquor in the
house to use, said that the doctor or
dered his father to take little liquor
each day and that B. NJ. r. bought
keg and kept in the house. When
asked where, said 1T might have been
kept IN the cellar But later when
questioned said she thought it was in
Mr. Nelson's Office Said she never
knew OF Mr.. Nelson being found un-
conscious in his wagon.