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Strickland, Timothy, carpenter, Lewisburg, enlisted in 1776, in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, Captain Bacon's company, Colo- nel Porter's regiment, and served therein one year. Re-enlisted in September, 1777, in Captain Mill's company, New York State line, and was honorably discharged after three years' service. Aged in May, 1824, seventy-three, but very much crippled. He had four sons, (Samuel was a soldier of 1814.) His grandchildren reside still in Lewisburg ; Cyrus, a grandson, in Bellefonte.
Smith, Adam, was a teamster during the Revolution. He settled
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upon the place now owned by Jacob Kunkle, above Henry Mertz's. He died there and was buried at the Dreisbach grave-yard. His sons were : Adam, George, Michael, and John, and a daughter, married to Michael Maize, another to Steffy Touchman. Adam, junior, moved to Beaver township, Snyder county. His descend- ants are about Beaver town yet. George died in Union county, John at Beaver town, and Michael in Union county, in 1841. He had a blacksmith shop above Henry Mertz's, and that is the point so often spoken of in old road views. Michael's children were Michael, who moved to Michigan ; Daniel, who moved to Ohio; Benjamin, to Illinois; David, now, 1869, living near the old place. His daughters married, one to Jonas Nyhart, one to John Wolfe, one to David Oldt, near New Berlin. Michael had three wives: first was a Bower, of Dry valley ; second, Susanna Bartges, of Mifflinburg; third, Sophia Bickle, whose father, Henry Bickle, was killed by the Indians. Michael had also a son Jonathan, father of A. W. Smith, Esquire, late jury commissioner, who died in Hartley township, in 1870.
Yiesely, Michael, aged sixty-seven, enlisted in August, 1776, in Captain B. Weiser's company, in Colonel Haussegger's regiment. Served during the war, and was discharged in 1783. He had a wife and five children, Henry, Catherine, George. Elizabeth, and Maria.
Deaths.
June 17, Paschal Lewis, aged sixty. His family: Elizabeth, widow, who died August 26, 1828, aged seventy one. Margaret, married to Thomas Clingan ; Mary, married to Samuel Wright, (she is still living in Stephenson county, Illinois ;) Sarah, married to James Merrill, Esquire; Elizabeth L., wife of Robert Candor, Esquire : Amelia B., married to Samuel Heise, of Columbia.
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GOVERNOR HIESTER'S APPOINTMENTS-GENERAL ITEMS.
PPOINTMENTS- Secretary of the Commonwealth. Andrew Gregg. Auditor General, James Duncan, of Carlisle. Samuel Cochran, Chester county, Surveyor General. (He held office nine years, under Governor Snyder.) James Brady, of Westmoreland, Secretary of the Land Office.
Prices current at Philadelphia, in April : wheat, seventy cents, rye thirty-seven, corn thirty-two, butter ten cents per pound, bacon seven per pound, whiskey twenty cents per gallon. In July wheat advanced to eighty cents ; in October to ninety, and in November to $1 50. The other grains proportionably. February 19, " a comet made its appearance in the western horizon. It was seen last even- ing between seven and eight o'clock, considerably elevated, and could be found by drawing a line due north from the planet Saturn. It was but a few degrees from it." On June 8th the locusts made their appearance in great numbers in Buffalo Valley.
The Union county Democratic nominations were Ner Middles- warth and James Dale, for Assembly ; commissioner, Joseph Fuehrer ; auditor, John Maclay ; all opposed to Hiester. The Federal party had really gone under, and politics was now confined to factions in the Democratic ranks. Binns and Buchanan appear among the Hies- ter men, who are called bank men, and aristocrats, and " Feds." The Findlay papers style themselves indifferently Democrats, Deno- cratic-Republicans, and Republicans.
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In Union county, Thomas Murray, (Findlay,) for Congress, had ten hundred and forty-five ; William Cox Ellis, opposition, eight hundred and thirty-six; and Murray was elected in the district by a small majority. The fall election resulted in the choice of a Legis- lature in opposition to Governor Hiester, which elected William Findlay United States Senator.
Deaths.
Among deaths this year were, June 27, Captain William F. Buyers, former editor of the Times, Sunbury, aged forty ; and December 7, John Baker, of Buffalo, aged sixty-five.
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CERTAIN LAWS-NEWSPAPERS NOTICED-DEATH OF WILLIAM CLINGAN. ESQUIRE, HONORABLE ANDREW ALBRIGHT, AND HENRY PONTIUS.
HE act of February 18, Pamphlet Laws, 29, required all the original lists of assessments for land situate in Union county, to be transmitted to the commissioners of Union county, and were made evidence in suits.
March 21, Lewisburg incorporated as a borough .- (Pamphlet Laws, 68.) The election place was fixed at Randall Wilcox's, who kept the Black Horse, and John Nesbit and Alexander Graham were ap- pointed to superintend the first election.
March 25, Northumberland and Union placed in the ninth sena- torial district, and entitled to two members.
April 2, Union, Northumberland, Columbia, Luzerne, Susque- hanna, Bradford, Lycoming, Tioga, Potter, and Mckean placed in one congressional district, and entitled to three members, and on
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the same day the borough of Lewisburg was erected into a separate election district.
In January, the prices current in Philadelphia for wheat was $1.12 ; rye, 60 cents ; corn, 62 : oats, 30. In April wheat rose to $1.20, and in May it stood at $1.48.
Nathaniel Henrie bought out the New Berlin Gazette, of Frederick Wise, and started the Union Times. May 31, Simon Cameron became the junior editor of the Intelligencer at Harrisburg. Hugh Maxwell was editing the opposition paper at Lancaster.
In December, a special election, occasioned by the death of An- drew Albright, resulted in the election of Lewis Dewart, Federal, as he was called, over Ner Middleswarth and E. G. Bradford, Demo- crats, to the State Senate. The vote was light, and stood in the district : Dewart, 1192 ; Middleswarth, 1059 ; Bradford, 606.
Marriages.
At Selinsgrove, March 28, George A. Snyder, Esquire, to Miss Ann Ellen, daughter of the late Stephen Duncan. June 11, at Lew- isburg, by John Nesbit, Esquire, Lewis Moore to Dorothy Smith.
Deaths.
January 23, Catherine, widow of Elias Youngman. She was born in 1745, and was a daughter of George Nagel, sheriff of Berks county in 1772. May 24, William Clingan, Esquire, of White Deer, aged sixty-six. He left a widow, Jane. Children : Margaret, wife of Thomas Scott; Ann, wife of Joseph Lawson; Thomas; Elizabeth. married to Thomas Barber; George, and Flavel. His wife was a daughter of Reverend John Roan. They were married June II, 1778, and resided on a farm, which is now within the borough of Mount Joy, Lancaster county, until their removal to Buffalo Val- ley, in 1800. William Clingan, member of Congress from Chester county, during the Revolution, was his uncle. August 9, Mary, wife of Peter Himmelreich, and daughter of Captain Peter Withing- ton, deceased. Born July 18, 1765. Buried in the Dreisbach church-yard.
Tuesday, November 26, Honorable Andrew Albright died at Sun-
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bury, after an illness of three months, in his fifty-third year. He was born at Litiz, February 28, 1770. His father's name was An- drew ; his mother, Elizabeth Orth, of Lebanon. His first wife was a daughter of Melchoir Rahm, a very prominent man in Dauphin county. Mr. Albright came to Lewisburg in 1798 and opened a tavern where Halfpenny's factory now stands, where he resided until he was elected sheriff, when he removed to Sunbury. He was mem- ber of Assembly in 1808. His wife died March 9, 1810, and he subsequently married the mother of Mrs. John G. Youngman, of Sunbury. He was appointed associate judge in 1813, in place of General Wilson, deceased, and had just been elected to the State Senate when he died. He was noted for his integrity, and was very popular throughout our Valley. He owned Colonel Slifer's upper farm on Buffalo creek when he died. He left no children, but brothers, Henry, Jacob, Godfrey, and a sister, Susanna, married to Philip Backman. An obituary in the Sunbury Enquirer of that date concludes : "Society has been deprived of a valuable men- ber, and a wife of an amiable husband. In private life he sustained the character of an honest man and christian, and was universally beloved. He has held various public and responsible offices, with honor to himself and advantage to his fellow-citizens."
December 13, Henry Pontius. He was born on the 25th of Feb- ruary, 1744, came into the Valley as a pioneer at the close of the French war, and permanently in 1770. He was a son of John, and his brothers were Andrew, Peter, Nicholas, John, junior, George, and Frederick. Henry Pontius left a large family : Andrew, born June 17, 1770 ; Frederick, June, 1772; Henry, December 22, 1773 ; Nicholas, 19th April, 1775 ; Catherine, (King,) 19th May, 1777 ; John, October 8, 1778; George, 13th December, 1780 ; Peter, 20th March, 1783 : Christena, 12th June, 1785 ; Barbara, June 13, 1787 ; Philip, August 15, 1789. The latter died upon the old place on Cedar run, a mile east of Mifflinburg, in 1872. He was a fine old gentleman, and his excellent memory preserved many incidents related in these Annals. His remains now moulder with their ances- tral dust, in the old burying-ground upon the place.
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GENERAL ITEMS-ELECTION RETURNS-CHRISTIAN CHAPEL AT LEWISBURG- KELLY TOWNSIHP.
ARKET quotations in Philadelphia : Wheat, $1 35 ; rye, 75 cents ; butter, 18 cents ; whisky, 28 cents. David Ramsay carried on a fulling and carding-mill in White Deer ; Daniel Moyer at Weiser's old mill in East Buffalo. Thomas R. Lewis kept hotel at the sign of " The Lewisburg Stage," on Market, above A. Graham's store.
14th March, first election held under the borough charter of Lewisburg : John Nesbit. burgess ; James Geddes, Alexander Gra- ham, George Knox, Henry Beck, and William Hayes, council. 3d May, meeting of the stockholders of the Lewisburg bridge ; George Kremer elected president, and the first dividend of $1 50 per share of $50 was declared. 15th May, the Lewistown convention held ; Dan Caldwell and John Stees delegates from Union ; Andrew Gregg nominated for Governor. 9th August, a Republican meet- ing held at New Berlin ; Frederick Evans, president ; Andrew Mc- Clenachan and George A. Snyder, secretaries; in favor of J. A. Shulze for Governor. October 4, Simon Snyder, junior, and James Dale, candidates on the Shulze ticket for Assembly ; William Hayes and Francis A. Boyer on the Gregg ticket ; Uriah Silsby for com- missioner on the Shulze ticket, against John Rank. October 5, Andrew Reedy, in pursuance of a banter from Major John C. Coverly, attended at his house and counted down $1,000, which he offered to bet on Shulze's election, and could get no takers.
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ELECTION RETURNS-October, 1823.
GOVERNOR.
ASSEMBLY.
COMM'RS.
DISTRICTS.
Gregg.
Shulze.
Boyer.
Hayes.
Dale.
Snyder.
Rank.
Silsby.
C'entre,
106
106
112
111
98
94
108
100
Weirick's,
26
74
29
30
72
70
26
74
Chapman,
61
73
70
70
62
62
43
69
Perry,
29
94
30
23
97
95
27
07
Beaver,
102
183
98
98
186
185
97
188
Washington,
82
79
10 )
83
73
65
84
76
Penn's, .
132
183
135
145
175
165
134
179
Lewisburg,
51
62
51
64
59
52
37
76
Hartley,
90
153
88
96
152
149
89
148
White Deer,
77
210
66
8
223
211
41
250
East Buffalo,
62
209
60
71
209
102
55
215
West Buffalo,
144
164
141
45
168
151
136
171
Union,
141
181
137
139
178
171
126
178
1103
1765
1117
1058
1752
1572
1003
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November 15, the stockholders in the German school-house in Lewisburg met, and elected Henry Hursh, Charles Beyers, and John Martin, trustees, and decided by vote that the trustees should select the school-master, instead of the stockholders. This school-house was situated on the lot now occupied by the Lutheran parsonage, and was erected before 1812, and kept in repair by subscription.
14th September, Sabbath, the Christian chapel in Lewisburg was opened for worship. Reverend James Kay delivered a sermon on the occasion. It will be gratifying to the friends of religious liberty and free inquiry to learn that this church has been built upon the most liberal principles, and is intended to accommodate all those who acknowledge the divine mission of our Lord Jesus Christ .- Mil- tonian. Elijah Bacon commenced a series of meetings in 1822, which resulted in the formation of this congregation. There were to be no pews in the church, but Eller Badger, who succeeded him before the church was completed, had them put in. George Rich- mond became the preacher in 1825. Bacon's points were mainly against the discipline of the orthodox, and the church was open to all persons for free discussion of religious tenets.
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The Times of Saturday, November I, says : " On Friday morn- ing last, as Mr. Jacob Yutten, son-in-law of Mr. Royer, of East Buf- falo township, in this county, was engaged, with several others, in tearing down a log house, to move it a short distance, he fell, and, distressing to relate, hit his head again a joist, and mangled it in such a manner that he expired immediately after."
Friday, December 4, the first snow of the season fell.
Kelly Township first called Pike.
At December sessions, 1823, Adam Wilt, Christian Miller, and George Aurand reported a new township, to be erected from White Deer, and called Pike. This report was set aside, at the instance of Dan Caldwell, so Flavel Clingan informed me, and new viewers ap- pointed, of whom Frederick Evans was one, who finally reported a township, to be called Kelly, after Colonel Kelly.
Marriages.
18th March, John P. Gutelius, of Mifflinburg, to Miss Maria Au- rand, of Lebanon. 10th April, Conrad Grove, merchant, of New Berlin, to Miss Mary Gingerich, of Juniata county. 31st July, by Reverend Samuel Gutelius, Michael Hoffman to Lydia Wagner, both of White Deer. September 25, by Reverend John Thomas, Jacob Wagoner to Rachel, daughter of Thomas McGuire, of White Deer.
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KELLY TOWNSHIP ERECTED-STATE ROAD FROM BELLEFONTE TO THE MOUTH OF WHITE DEER CREEK-POLITICAL-THE CLOWN AND ROPE DANCER AT NEW BERLIN-SNYDER'S HEIRS VS. SIMON SNYDER-SHOW OF WAX FIG- URES-TRIAL OF SAMUEL JOHNSTON.
REDERICK EVANS to George Kremer, at Washing- ton, D. C .- " 3d January. Duncan's wife, of Penn's valley, died lately, and Thomas R. Lewis died about the same time. Sick since November 8. Solomon Betz and Wormly's trial came on last court. Verdict for Wormly, $195. Betz cut scollops until he had the judges and jurors angry. [This is an allu- sion to the celebrated trial between Betz and Wormly, about a piece of stove-pipe, that lasted many years, and broke up Wormly.] 8th February. Yesterday I was over at court, and find we shall send dele- gates to Harrisburg, with instructions to vote for General Jackson. If we cannot succeed, then to use a sound discretion. My opinion would be, to say, if we cannot get Jackson nominated, our delegates should withdraw. [He, with others, was getting the grist ready for the county convention. ] But I do not believe such a motion would carry, if made. I spoke with Middleswarth. He says he is for Jack- son, but will support the congressional caucus man. I think if a caucus cannot be prevented. the friends of Jackson should attend, but not pledge themselves to a foul nomination. I saw Dan Cald- well. He says McClenachan is opposed to Jackson, and one Reed, and they are all the opponents he has in the township. [White Deer. ] · if Caldwell tells the truth."
Kelly township was erected during this year. After careful search, I
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could not find the record. The first constable, however, was Albright Bower, who attended at May sessions, 1825.
On the 29th of March, an act was passed to lay out the State road from Bellefonte, by way of Sugar valley, to the river, at the mouth of White Deer creek.
Political.
September 17, the Democratic-Republican convention met at New Berlin, John Snyder, president ; William Linn, secretary. Kremer, Montgomery, and Mckean nominated for Congress; Aaron Cham- berlin and F. P. Deering for Assembly.
5th October, Independent Republican meeting, Joseph Musser, chairman ; Mathew Brewer, secretary. Peter Hackenburg and James McClellan nominated for Assembly ; George Weirick for commis- sioner. At the conferee meeting, on the 2 1st of September, Mc. Kean, Kremer, and Espy Van Horne were nominated.
In November, Union county gave seven hundred majority for An- drew Jackson, twenty-six votes for Crawford, two for Clay.
Social.
The following are the names of a dancing party at Mrs. Gross man's tavern, in New Berlin, on the evening of February 12 : John Lashells, Esquire, and wife, James Merrill, Robert Forster, John Mumma, Nathaniel Henrie, Henry M. W. Kirke, Elias P. Young- man, Robert P. Maclay, Conrad Grove, John Maize, George Shock, John Seebold, John Lotz, James F. Linn, Mrs. Henrie, Elizabeth Jones, Sarah Messimer, Catherine Jones, Mrs. Grove, Elizabeth Brooke, Margaret Kessler, Mary L. Duncan, Sarah Weikert, Mar- garet C. Lashells, Eleanor C. Lashells, Elizabeth S. Stillwell, Eliza- beth Winters, Sarah A. Ingram. John Mumma and James F. Linn were managers.
It was a Buffalo Valley custom, on wedding occasions, to welcome the bride with a party composed of elderly folks. Here is a list, Wednesday night, October 20: Colonel John Kelly, Elizabeth Kelly, Doctor Robert Vanvalzah, Elizabeth Vanvalzah, William Poak, Esquire, and wife, James Dale, Esquire, Mrs. Eliza Dale,
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Colonel Aaron Chamberlin and wife, Andrew McBeth and wife, John Campbell, Maria Campbell, Thomas Sawyer, Elizabeth Saw- yer, William Linn and wife, Charles Maclay, Elizabeth Vanvalzah. The next evening, October 21st, at the same place, the festivities were taken up by the young people, of whom were : William Kelly, Andrew Kelly, Joseph Kelly, Robert P. Maclay, Samuel Gamble, James Mathers, F. F. Linn, James Sawyer, Joseph Candor, John Young, John Vanvalzah, Robert Forster, John Chamberlin, Mrs. S. Kelly, Miss Sarah Dorrough, Sarah McClellan, Margaret and Cath- erine McClellan, Sarah Forster, Hetty Forster, Catherine Hood, Mary Hood. Frances Chamberlin, Elizabeth Vanvalzah, Margaret Vanvalzah, Harriet Candor, Matilda Sawyer, Eleanor Young, Janc. Davidson.
A Rope Dancer at New Berlin.
' 'This summer a rope-dancer and his clown visited New Berlin, and put up at Seebold's, where he proposed to display his agility for the amusement of the people and the replenishment of his pockets. Before he mounted the slack rope, however, he must needs make an equestrian display, in order to attract the attention of the public. He applied to me for my horse, but I declined giving it. Naat Hen- rie, a waggish printer, happened to be present, volunteered to lend him his, a handsome, young gray mare. The offer was accepted, and Nat went away to bridle her. He soon came back to my office, and notified me that there would be some fun presently. He said he had put on the mare a broken bit, which he had mended with twine. He said the mare was as wild as the devil, and if the clown attempts to hold her in with that bridle, there will be a ride worth seeing. Nat then walked over to Seebold's, and engaged the clown in conversation, while the showman, dressed in red jacket, white pants, white kid boots, and with his hair put up like a lady's, with side combs and in puffs, mounted and set out. When Nat judged that the showman had made sufficient headway, he let loose his hold of the clown's stirrup. The clown followed his master at a full gallop, with a whoop and halloo; the mare quickened her speed at the sound. The showman drew bridle with all his strength, the bit gave way, the rider fell on his back, with his heels in the air, and then, rolling off, alighted on hands and knees upon the ground.
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Nat ran to his stable, whither the affrighted mare had fled, put on another bridle, and, returning, condoled with the showman on his misfortune, and offered him the chance of another ride. This he declined. The show was not good that night, on account of the want of agility of the rope-dancer."
4th December, the first snow of the winter fell. 24th and 25th December, show of wax figures at Christopher Seebold's, in New Berlin : Macbeth Consulting the Witch; General Butler and the Indian ; Two Chinese Dwarfs ; An American Dwarf ; Harriet Newell presenting Tracts to Heathen Children; Seven Boys Chiming Bells ; hand organ. Admittance, twelve and a half cents.
If a man had a lion or leopard, a porcupine or the skin of a huge snake, he wandered about the country, collecting the odd change of idlers, children, and curiosity hunters. These were usually exhibited in a stable or out-house. Theaters and rope dancing in the ball- rooms of the tavern, rooms communicating with folding-doors, of which the hotels of the olden times were never without. There was exhibited a cat's skin, which excited considerable attention, and was, indeed, a great curiosity. The skin was white, except a black spot in the middle of the back,. resembling the bust of a man in profile. So perfect was the resemblance, that it required close examination to satisfy the beholder that the picture was not a work of art. The owner, on one occasion, refused three thousand dollars for it. I cannot tell what has become of it, but believe the owner took it to Europe, and disposed of it. This fact should induce us to be less skeptical as to some of the stories of the ancient historians about the lusus naturæ, which so often alarmed the superstitious Greeks and Romans. The outline of the head was as perfect and complete in all its parts as if it had come from the hands of the most skillful pro- file cutter .- G. A. S.
John Snyder's Heirs vs. Simon Snyder.
This hardly-contested case deserves especial mention from the great interest it excited in the minds of our people at that time. It was originally brought at Sunbury, and the claim was for ninety- three acres of land on the Isle of Que. George A. Snyder's narra- tive of it is as follows :
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John Snyder, brother of my father, purchased the property of Peter Weiser, in 1785. John died from a fall from his horse, and his widow removed to Lancaster, with her children. She afterwards married Jacob Kendig, who lived a mile from Selinsgrove, up the road to Sunbury.
Simon Snyder, John Miller, and Martin Kendig were appointed administrators of John Snyder. The estate was incumbered largely, and an order of sale was obtained. The property was offered for sale at Selinsgrove, and adjourned, for want of bidders, to Sunbury, and, on the 12th of November, 1790, was struck off to Anthony Selin, who married my father's sister. My father advised Selin not to buy, thinking he would have trouble in paying for it. Just as it was about being struck down, Jacob Kendig put in a bid, for what reason he never explained, but as he and the whole party were somewhat fuddled, he probably bid to vex Selin. The purchaser, after some swearing at Kendig, treated all hands, and they got into the ferry scow with unsteady steps and heated brains. On the water Selin took occasion to call Kendig a damned rascal, and then to lick him for not acknowledging the truth of the charge.
Selin entered into possession, and commenced farming the land. He was then in partnership with my father in a mill, erected on a tract of forty-two acres, part of the tract originally owned by John Snyder, and which they had purchased of John, in 1787. Selin died in 1792, leaving two children, Anthony and Agnes. The latter married James K. Davis, about the year 1808. My father was nom- inated for Governor, and, among other slanderous reports started against him, was one that he had been in league with Selin, and cheated his brother's orphan children out of the land. Daniel Smith, a lawyer and active politician, is supposed to have been the origina- tor of the story. At all events, he was active in spreading it, and persuaded the guardians of John Snyder's children to bring an eject- ment for the land.
The plaintiff on the trial, before Judge Chapman, claimed on three grounds: 1. That the orphans' court proceedings were irregu- lar. 2. That Selin's violent conduct at the sale prevented others from bidding. 3. That Simon Snyder was in partnership with Selin in the purchase. had come into possession after Selin's death, and had spoken of the property as his own. The first ground, being
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matter of record, was decided by the court to be insufficent. The second and third grounds, if proved to the satisfaction of the jury, were sufficent to justify a verdict for the plaintiff. The jury, however, without much hesitation, gave a verdict for the defendant. The judg- ment was reversed on some exceptions to the admission of testimony being such as lawyers are wont to make in order to have the chance of another trial.
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