The counsel for the plaintiff commenced by asking me if I was a married
man, and when I had answered that. I was, he said:--
"Is your wife a believer in the principles of the Woman's Rights party?"
I could not, for the life of me, see what this had to do with the land
in Wyoming, but I answered, that I was happy to say she was not.
The examination then proceeded as follows:--
_Q._ You are happy, then, in your matrimonial relations? _A._ Yes--(and
remembering the oath) reasonably so.
_Q._ Is your wife pretty? _A._ (Witness remembering at once his oath and
his wife's presence in court) She is pretty pretty.
_Q._ What are her defects? _A._ (Witness remembering only his wife's
presence.) I have never been able to discover them.
_Q._ Do you wear flannel? _A._ Yes, in winter.
_Q._ Can you testify, upon your oath, that you do not wear flannel in
summer? _A._ I can.
_Q._ Now be careful in your answer. What do you wear in the spring and
fall? _A._ I--I wear my common clothes.
_Q._ With flannel, or without flannel? _A._ Sometimes with, and
sometimes without.
_Q._ No evasion; you must tell the Court exactly when you wear flannel,
and when you do not.
A series of questions on this subject brought out the fact that I wore
flannel when the weather was cold, or cool; and did not wear it when it
was mild, or warm.
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