Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-17
hRS BURR'S FUNNY STORY.
Pleased the Crowd at Chipman
 Will Hearing.

Like to Have Married the Deceased
 His Money Was ] Great Tempta-
 ion and Almost Any Woman Would
 Take tIiln-She Told How He Used
 to Sing and Dance.
 The hearing on the contest of .he will Of the late Danlei l.. NnIplnan "as resaLeu Il lIe superior coort room Fo- dag, there nol Ge4ng ruoLI to acconlA-l9- u;,le aiI tnL.se lneesesJed lii riie probate court \, Hen tue hearing ;lsJuurAed Monday afternoon -slrs burr, house keeper for MT Gnlpman until he mar rleG Miss N orrail, was on the stand. She was tie first witness this morning. She testined ii response to Attorney NiIliams's questions that the first time she saw Air Chiplnan she wenr to his house To seek the position of house keeper, hearing that lie wanted one. She was engaged, though she knew practically nothing about houSekcep- ing. He asked her l few questions, among which was if she was married. She replied thatSshe was not. that she was I widow.
 Mir Chipman used to go to church, but was not T regular attendant. Wit ness never heard him ask anyone to marry him, and he never told her to be on the lookout for q wife for him. Speaking of Miss Worrall, he first in- yited her 10 the house. sue said. and 1 intended to ask her to be his house keeper, but he changed his mind and determined to ask her to wed him. Oc- casionally he would go digging in the l garden and remark upon his strength, and frequently he would break into a dance, ''or a song and dance," said the witness, and would ask her if he were not young enough to take q young wife. He never expressed himself i'll fparticuiar as to what kind of q woman his wife should be besides being young; that is, he did not seem to have ariy preference for a blonde no more than a brunette. This was the impression the witness conveyed in response to the l question. But he was particular, seem- ingly, about her age. She should be l young first of all, but not too young; not younger than 16 and not over 30. l Witness said Mir Chipman did not tell her to ask Miss WorralI If she would marry him, or that if she would not marry him lie would get some one else who would. She emphatically de- nied telling Miss Worrall that she with witness told her she was going to be | married. But she admitted telling Miss Worrall that she was tired of l work and would make q change and
 "So you now say that you would marry him for his money!'
 She did not say that she would mar ry Mir Chipman for S10,000 nor did she remember Miss Worrall saving anything of that kind But most any body would marry MT Chipman," con tinued the witness flor his money. I told Miss Worrall that I would marry him if I had the chance,
 If Why did you tell her that?''
 Because anybody would marry him for his money.'
 So you now say that would marry him for his money?'
 Yes, but I did not tell Miss Worrall this. There was nothing said between us as to her getting anything; I mean any consideration for her marrying him.''
 Mr Chipman was temperate man, but drank q little occasionally. a tea spoonful of whiskey when he felt olue or out of sorts. Witness frequently saw him dance on the floor. On these occasions he would sing sometimes, thus giving song and dance, said the witness. After his dance he would say, See how young I am: I am still able to sing and dance and I guess I'm young enough yet to get a young wife. l never danced ill all my life ' said the witness T wish I knew how. 1ln1n o01x and dance. I do not recall what he usually did after his dance; sometimes he would sit down for me to pull off his oyeralls and boots." Witness did not know what bis favorite time for dancing and singing was, nor did she know, she said. in reply to Mir Will Hams, II he danced and sung better after dinner than on an empty stom- ach. Laughter9 Witness reproved the exhibition of leyity, and Mir Will Hams said it. was a shame: that evi- Edently the auditors did not feel as bad as he did. Resuming the examination. Mrs Burr was asked oy MT Williams if she did not notice that Mir Chipman used to stagger and give evidence of exhaustion after dancing a few min- utes, and she said she never noticed him given such evidence. She did not regard him as pretty smart" for his age. On the contrary. she thought i'm old and feeble, but she liked to see aim dance and had great admiration for his steps.
 'The first time I saw him dance.'' said the witness, twas when Henry Chipman came to the house when I was churning. l did not know how to churn. He showed me how, to use the churn, how to roll 1t, and when I did it MT Chipman danced That was the first time I ever saw him dance, and that time he danced on the churn.,
 What kind of churn was it?' she was asked.
 Tt was the kind that you turn about.''
 You mean the crank kind?"
 'Yes, like some people, said the wit ness, and there was great laughter al this sally.
 T hope you do not mean to be per. sonal," said MT Williams, who had al
 most exhausted the witness with his fire Of questions. Witness did not re ply and there was laughter again. Coming back to the examination, the time preceding the wedding was taker inn yE;tnocc coid Sho xva, Oiyop S1(