He was then transferred
to the Green Mountain Tavern, in Bennington, where he was
arraigned before the Committee, who, not satisfied with his
defence, sentenced him to a novel punishment, which they ordered
to be put in immediate execution.
"Before the door of this tavern, which served the double purpose
of a court-house and an inn, stood a sign-post twenty-five feet
high, the top of which was adorned with the skin of a Catamount,
stuffed to the size of life, with its head turned towards
New-York, and its jaws distended, showing large naked teeth, and
grinning terror to all who should approach from that quarter. It
was the judgment of the court that the contumacious doctor should
be tied in a chair and drawn up by a rope to the Catamount, where
he was to remain suspended two hours--which punishment was
inflicted in the presence of a numerous assemblage of people,
much to their satisfaction and merriment. The doctor was then let
down and permitted to depart to his own house.
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