Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
COUNTY COURT.

ternoon, the time to which a recess had
been taken, the assistant judges later in
the day declaring a recess to 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. The cause of the
delay was the difficulty of getting some
unoccupied judge to come here to pre-
side, as Judge Butler was disqualified
from sitting in the important case which
was scheduled to come on.
Finally Judge Zed S. Stanton came
down from Roxbury Wednesday morn
ing, and the case of Mr.. and Mrs. George
F. Walston of Monkton occupied the
divorce trials between these parties at
previous terms of this court zone brought
by Mr.. Walston, in which he charged
his wife with adultery, and the other by
Mrs. Walston, in which she alleged in
tolerable severity. After full hearings
both of these petitions were dismissed by
the court, the second one by Judge
Powers year ago this term.
Now comes into court the wife, Lunia
G. Walston, with two cases against her
husband, one asking for separate main
tenance, merely, and the other calling
for an absolute divorce. She was repre-.
sented by Judge G. s. Palmer Of Bur-
lington, and Mr.. Walston's interest was
looked after by Frank l.. Fish and Frank
W. futile of Vergennes.
These parties were married in March,
| 1902, and lived on well stocked and
| furnished 1000 farm in Monkton until
Nov ember 20, 1907, when the wife, who
is now 28 years of age, picked up her
belongings and took her departure from
the farm. She also took with her their
little daughter, now five years old. and
has never been back. The child is still
in her custody by order Of the court.
Mr. Walston was put on the stand as
the first witness for his wife, chiefly for
the purpose of showing the value of his
property. He said he had paid $4,000
for his farm, but the farm had deteriora-
ted and the buildings had run down, and
he did not consider the place, including
stock and farming machinery. to be
worth more than $1,000 at the present
time. He further said, in answer to
| ny lDC COuib, bldb hC bdo oil
along been willing to take his wife back
and treat her in all ways as wife should
be treated.
| Mrs. Walston came next. She testified
that she had been accustomed to operate
the horse rake, hitch and unhitch farm
teams and do other work about the farm
besides doing all the house work for the
family, two regular hired men and one
occasional man. About week before
she left, Mr.. Walston offered her 81 900
if she would ''get up and get" and stay
away, but she refused. However, i'm
mediately after being served with her
husbands petition i'll which he charged
adultry, she left the place and has never
been back She had at one time had
little assistance about the homework
but only for short period. MIS-. Walls
ton thought the farm, with live stock
and furnishings was still worth as much
as 10000.
At the afternoon session DIR. &. j. Rus
sell of Burlington, County Clerk of Chit
tenden County, was put on to show that
subsequent to the $1,000 offer which his
wife had testified to. Walston had autho-
rized Mr.. Russell as go between, Of
fer her $500 if she would "vamoose the
ranch, but the testimony was ruled out.
Mr.. Walston, in his testimony, had point
Walston, or any one for her, any sum of
money whatever for the purpose of in
ducing her to clear out.
When DR.. Russell left the stand, Judge
Palmer rested his case and MIR. Fish
! promptly moved to dismiss the petition,
5 onas Sufficient reason had been shown
why it should be granted but it was
e overruled. At o'clock it was decided
S to let the whole matter go over until the
morning, and an adjournment was then
n taken until o'clock Thursday morning.
q 1t was 10 :05 o'clock in the morning
when the court came in and the session
lasted just five minutes. An order
y made Wednesday that the husband pay
the libelant SO week for the care and
support of the child was changed to
d make it read S4 per week; and the case
was then entered continued. 1t then
appeared that there was no other BUSH
ness in shape to be taken up and at 1910
l.. O'Clock, under the direction of the court,
Sheriff Smith declared the term adj
journed without day.