Year: 1872

that in summing up the cases disposed of by the Superior Court, your version of the Beers and Scott case does not tell quite the whole story therefore, I take the liberty to trespass upon your columns for detailed account of the affair

 When my worthy wife called to me, I was burn ing brush-heap the other side of the house, poking up the brush with an old fork; after the brush were all burned I walked slowly toward the trespassers, using the fork-handle for staff, be- ing lame with rheumatism. I Iwent very slow in order to give the parties plenty of time to get out of sight, for secuted the idea of saying one word about few berries i've had eight men working for us at wall all summer, and could get nothing for pie at dinner but green berries) and had heard how this woman played sim liar game on a man in New Milford, and got an outrageous cart-whipping for her impudence, and he got prosecuted. thought she intended to entrap me. All the rest had left the lot and were ont of sight; she, choosing her ground, made bold stand, with her dog near her, watch ing me, and she was not picking berries, but when was within about eight rods of her and had not spoken word, she said something to the dog and he came at me like tiger, barking and snapping furiously, and I beating him of with fork and stone until was tired while she kept swinging her bonnet and hissing at the dog. I verify thought was to be "led away captive by the Devil at his will, but thought again, sresist the Devil and he will flee from thee, (which proved true, very suddenly, when she saw that she was losing her pail and berries too. While was ask ing her to leave the premises, the dog bit me above the ankle, leaving four tooth-marks that shall doubtless carry to my grave, for my leg was dreadfully swollen, and had to be poulticed two weeks, and have trouble with it now every day. We'll, what should do, be driven of my farm by one old woman and 8 dog, they having Mary Mag dalene's devils multiplied by ten; or should I de- fend my life and property several have told me that ought to have killed her, and others have said they should have done it. But will stand up in any court and swear positively that neither my hands or my feet, my fork or anything that is mine ever touched or hurt that woman. It is fabrication just worthy the source from whence it emanated. I had witnesses in court to prove that they quarreled among themselves enough to keep them black and blue the year around; one man has been called in three or four times to keep them from killing each other, but this tes- timony was not allowed. If the .' stones could cry out they could tell who had most to do in bruising the pail which accounts for the black berry syrup she had in her pail when she overlook the rest of the party that had left peacefully T

 When started in life said that would never have 8 lawsuit and probably should not if this had not happened; I offered all honorable con sessions for the sake of peace, but my money was wanted. never had 8 squaw-ight before in my life, or any trouble with my men, or settle ment of any account. Iwent to the lot at the re- quest of my wife to ask them to leave some of the berries near the house, they were welcome to those in the other fields, Now, Mir. Editor, what do yoa say about forking the dog when you couldn't. The bite has not yet killed me, but they say it has. the dog. sr a a3sE T5 This is a plain statement of facts, which I sub init to the candid judgment of all se f-' +s'4 ''+ s.s2t' @ L. F. SCOTT.