Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
TEARS AND LAUGHTER.
Follow Each Other at the Chipman
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 Will Hearing
 Tears followed laughter at the hear ing on the Chipman will contest yes terday During the forenoon Mrs All gusta Burr kept the audience ln very good humor with her homely narra- tive of the courtship of MT Chipman and Miss Worrall and in the afternoon MT Burr threw cold water over the gathering through the medium of hls eyes. Old memories and associations were too much for MT Burr. on ne was an ambitious man was MT Chip man, he would say, and then he wouid look into what the nOvelists&call va cancy. Ave he was for sure an am bilious man, q good man." he would soliloouize. Then he would look into vacancy again, perhaps he would take out his handkerchief and weep, or mavbe fry to hide his tears in it's folds. He did neither one nor the other and ne did it often for he was on the stand from 3 o'clock until adjournment which took place at 30 o'clock.
 MT O'Neill was AIr. Burr's question: ar and probably knowing that he would have an easy time with him he settled down to enjoy it. by fixing himself comfortably in his chair, stretching his legs out to their full extent, ad- tusting his head squarely in the back of the chair and then he was ready The trend of Mir Burr's story was about as follows: He knew Mir Chip man for about twelve years or more. They became great friends and here the grief of memory. the heart bowed down, would show themselves and MT Burr would find comfort in tears. Often he asked my advise' AIr Burr would resume, and I never failed to give it to him. He was not the first man in the world who asked my ad- wise. He was an ambitious man, very ambitious I think he would never tire of work, never tire of work" he would repeat ill kind of soliloquy. s.He was a good man, real good man." Mir Williams would interject. Aye you may say he was good man, too good for this world,' Mir Burr would add.
 Too good for this world.'' rejoined Williams.
 Yes sir, he was surely too good for this world,' MT Burr would say again, and his handkerchief would come forth to hide his tears. and until his emotion would cease, proceedings would be at standstill T remember one day when Timothy (Chipmanl was cutting hay in the twelve acre lot. It was 9 lovely day and Mir Chip man asked if twas goin' to rain. flowed 'twere, for it did look q good deal like rain, and moreover, I did think that Timothy had more than enough of that ere twelve acre lof cut, for I didn't see the use O cuttin hay when the rain was comin' on It pears to that Timothy was off his base. He surely was crazy for cuttin hay, but not for gatherin' it in Timothy he put down his hand. picked up q handful O hay and said he, don't know, but I guess I would know what to do if I knew it was a goin to rain. Well says I, so would I Guess Timothy was off his base or cuttin' hay
 This was the year before Mir Chip man married the last time. Mir Chip mans favorite medicine was pepper tea and once witness heard him say that it did him more good than all the medicine he got from his doctor
 Mir O'Neill asked him if Mir Chip man for two years before his marriage ullll1 luG lllllc OL HIS utdlll WdS liit mental capacity of the average boy ol II years, and his answer was that h. would prefer the judgment of the boy He was asked if Mir Chipman in hi judgment, was of a sound and dis posing mind the last twelve years O his life and he answered that h. thought he was not
 MT Williams then took the witness and Mir Burr admitted that Mir Chip man always "had a mind of his own. He often asked MT Burr for advis and always followed it so far as h knew. He did not regard that as al indication of mental weakness at tha time, but now he sees the weakness o the advice and how weak he is him self getting every day. Referring t the day they were cutting hay i'll til twelve acre lot Mir Burr said that NJ Chipman asked him for advice regard ing the advisability of cutting all tn hay in the field in view of the lovel weather. This he considered the mos important occasion on which his aC vice was ever asked by Mir Chipma and he considered it striking instane of how easily his mind could be il f1uenced. It was now time to stop an adjournment was taken to a wee from tomorrow.