And when that they had eaten a bit, he took up the cask with both fingers, and lifted it down to the floor; then he advised his mom to return and drink, but it surely was still so excessive she couldn’t reach up to it; so he caught her up, and held her as much as the edge of the cask while she drank; as for himself, he clambered up and hung down like a cat contained in the cask while he drank.
The witness who gave this testimony, by the way in which, was a man named Christian G. Breene.
And when that they had eaten a bit, he took up the cask with both fingers, and lifted it down to the floor; then he advised his mom to return and drink, but it surely was still so excessive she couldn’t reach up to it; so he caught her up, and held her as much as the edge of the cask while she drank; as for himself, he clambered up and hung down like a cat contained in the cask while he drank.