Year: 1871

HdlteI up was our tdikin1 ABOUT tue tpOIts
that were heard on both sides Of the ques-
tion.


VIM Henry Wilson, testified as follows
Am acquainted with the plaintiff and
defendant in this case. The plaintiff lived
in my fathers family. She came there
about the middle of FEBRUARY 1871, and
remained three weeks. / was living there
during the sametime. My acquaintance
with her was intimate. She did enter into
an engagement with me to marry me, about
the 10Th of March 1871. The last of
April or the first of May the day for the
wedding was fixed between us for the first
day of Oct. 1871. l continued my atten-
tions to her, off and on, till the first day Of
July. She accepted of two rings; one
before and one after the engagement. l
discontinued my attentions after the first
OF July for the reason that was sighted
by her when | came there to stay over
night, as soon as her evenings work was
done, she retired. stopped two nights
and it was repeated the second night; at
another time l stopped at Mr.. Ross for
/, dinner and she was there and ran and hid
from me, and did not make her appearance
until after left Before these times she
had always treated me kindly and affection
ately About the first of July 1871, rs
near as I can remember, at Millville, in
Mr.. Wheatleys store, disclosed to him,
my engagement with Miss Powers.


Cross-examination. l have no hard feel
ings toward the plaintiff whatever. Her
refusal to marry me reduced my health 50
that | could eat only three meals day
To juror am in the habit of eating
about thee square meals and three or four
lunches per day. No one was in the room
with US. First word said to her when |
proposed marriage was, l loved her. / dis
remember exactly what else / said to her
but asked her to be mine. l vote it off
on piece of paper and hand it to her. l
disremember the exact contents. 1t was
written in poetry; it was of my own COM
position, and not quotation from another.
l never wrote any other poetry; numerous
other things were said at that time-I don't
remember all Of them: After probably
fifteen minutes hesitation asked her if she
could not think Of an answer to my PROPOSE
ton; she answered. yes. told her if she
was willing to accept my proposition to set
the wedding. day just 50 it wasn't more
than four or five years, from that time.
She said would get out of the notion be-
fore that time / told her there was no
danger of that there was more danger of
her getting cut Of the notion before me.
She answered, she never would This was
the principal part of the conversation
l don't know that can give the substance
in prose contained in the poetry submitted
to the plaintiff. The plaintiff came to my
fathers house about three weeks before
l made the proposition of marriage. She
left my fathers house the next day after
she made the agreement to marry me; L
suppose she went home to Mill, lille. She
was teaching school at Fort Reading and
boarded at my father house those three
weeks l speak of. l called to see her
several times after she left my fathers
house. | disremember who was present
when | called on the plaintiff; her mother
ard Il younger sister were Tiers. AZ one'
visit we arranged the wedding day TO be
the first of Oct. That was in the day time;
| went on horseback | don't know when
came to this State first, was to young
to remember; ] learn from my parents that
was about two years old. ] have been in
the State about l9 Years or over; have not
| been out OF the State since [ first came into
| it. | had conversation with Mr.. Wheat


y with reference to NY marrying the plain
tiff. Did not say I thought might have
married her if I.had tried, but that never
tried, nor any words to that effect. Disre-
member having any conversation with Mr..
Blodgett at MIR. Ross hill, en- that subject !;
| 1 did have one at Simpsons hotel in Mill
ville l don't remember of saying in that
conversation referring to the plaintiff that
the little girl was raising h-ll that she
had sued Wheatley and had better drop it
because was going to be witness against
her. l never told Mr. Blodgett l was 60
ing to be witness. did tell Mr.. Blodg-
ett that | was not going to sue the plaintiff
for Breach of Promise, but disremember
telling him anything about their riding, Mr.
Durham on a rail if hs. did not sue her
I might have told Mr.. Blodgett that some
of the "boys" said they would ride him on
a rail ifhe did not do it I did not say
that had never went to see Miss Powers
nor asked her for her company I did Of
fer to bet with a gentleman in Millville
$500 that Wheatley would gain the case.
That gentleman did offer to Bet me So,
that had not got $500 but don't think l
told him of whom l could get the money.
1 did have conversation with Mr.. Leander
Powers, think in July last, in which |
asked him whether his sisters were about
to be married; and after he answered that
he did not know that they were to be mar
ried, | said that l had notion to try my
luck with one of them, and see how she
would like plow-boy. did not say that
my proposed marriage with the plaintiff
was all joke One OF those two rings l
gave the plaintiff, I suppose was of German
silver and and the other Of German silver
with gold set in it.


JIG. Wilson testified that he resided at
Fort Reading that he was the father of
VIM. Henry Wilson; that be knew the
plaintiff in this case : that she came to his
house about the middle OF February last
and left there about the middle of March.
She and'my son were very friendly together
and appeared to be enjoying themselves
| whom, in oach othars society They were