Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer: Selections from the Correspondence of William H. Cook and His Wife with Their Son, Joseph Cook, 1851–1885 9781501723513

William H. Cook, of the village of Ticonderoga, exemplified the strong, high-minded farmer of the nineteenth century. De

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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER I. As the Twig Is Bent
CHAPTER II. Andover in the Fifties
CHAPTER III. Yale in the Fifties
CHAPTER IV. War Times
CHAPTER V. Adirondack Murray
CHAPTER VI. On the Downward Slope
CHAPTER VII. The Monday Lecturer
CHAPTER VIII. The Rising and the Setting Sun

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Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer

A $15,000 LAWStriT! ABOUT A FOUR YEAR OLD COLT. [UT'Re-printed from the Whitehall 24th, 1874.-EDITOR.] Tlt.JONI>KBOGA, January 20, 1874.

Elitor of the WhUehall G'hroniele. j/211" THE Coo11: Holi!IE C.\SE.-In your ist-u" of the lith inst., yon dl'scribe tb" proct!l'tliogs of a tluy at Judge Pott.. r's Cbambt>rs in your villagt>. umong wbicb appears t.be ca."" of Cook vs. Ballt>y, upon a motion by plnintill' to re•train tbu defend· ant from trotting tbe Ticond••roga colt "Kitty Cook" in ract>s for WAgt>rs Ol' otherwise, during tb•• pcndt-ncy of tbl! suit. A brief outline may b" inte•·esting, and is a.• follows: In tb .. ~pring ol'1873 Wm. H. Cook, of our town, gavu pei"Dli:hysicinn) to drive and use his colt ·• Kitly Cook," tb~n tlu·ee years old, past. Tb., ductnr claims tbat soon after tbi• be made a bill"gain for thl.' purcbase of the colt at $700, wilb a long time for P"Ym~nt. Mr. Cook's version is 1bat be off~•·"'! tb" colt for $700, nnd tb .. r•· was talk about a tradt•, but no ~ncb condition .... to timplied that be was not tbPn in r.·adine11.~ to pay, but wonhl s~curo M1·. Cook if )II! batl any fears. Mr. Cook