Show POOR WITNESS FOR FRIEND deacons brief emphatic testimony probably somewhat impressed the jury deacon stephen potter one of the pioneers of utica s 1 was a man of great eccentricity but high moral character the deacon will speak ane truth and shame the devil was often said of him on one occasion a friend was en in a lawsuit in regard to some adi d a few miles from utica he held the land at a high price during the trial 1 called deacon potter as a witness to prove how valuable the land was the deacon was sworn and asked if he knew the land yes he replied I 1 know every toot of it what do you think it is worth sir was the next question the old man paused a moment and then said slowly if I 1 had as many dollars as my yoke of oxen could draw on a cledon glazed ice I 1 0 o I 1 would not give a collir an acre for it yo th s companion |