The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-06-19

ana winch grew rather f0nd OF neigh
Dor Jones' clover field. Jones hac
turned the sheep out several times, ant
demonstrated with Thompson agains'
the intrusion and the trespass. Thomp
son laughed, and told Jones he mus
keep a better fence or poorer feed
His sheep was a sheep Of excellent
taste and sound judgment, and certain
ly ought rot to be blamed for looking
out for number one.
Jones didn't feel exactly satisfied
with this reasoning, and resolved, if the
trespass were repeated, to inflict sum
mary punishment on the trespasser.-
On looking out early the next morning
he beheld the sheep in his barn-yard
and caught her. Then taking a sharp
knife, he ran it through one Of the hind
legs between the tendon and the bone,
near the gam5rel joint, and taking up
the other leg, thrust it through the in.
cision he had made. He then turned
the sheep out and sent it hobbling home
on three legs.
When Thompson came out to his
barn in the morning he discovered his
poor sheep in this sad predicament, and
having relieved her from the unpleasant
embarrassment, no started off to give
Jones a piece Of his mind.
Snow, neighbor ones" said Thomp.
son, 81 think you are too bad. ! can
bear a joke as well as any body: but
I'll tell you what it lis, this is carrying
the joke too far by great sight. Here
my sheep is almost spoiIt by having one
hind leg stuck through 'tother. Now,
Jones, how could you be so inhuman"
"Me? neighbor Thompson" said
Jones; 81 had no hand in it. Why
should you accuse me? The fact is,
your sheep was in my clover field again
this morning, and ] went out to set the
dog on her to drive her out; but she
was so smart in looking out for number
one, that she turned and run like fury,
and as she jumped over the fence she
came down a little on one side, and
struck one leg right through 'tother,
herself. l hadn't no hand in it, neigh
Dor Thompson. That's a wonderful
smart sheep ofyourn. Why, when she
had only three legs, she out-run my dog
with four" lH @
Thompson being unable to obtain
any satisfaction, pocketed the Joke.
hard as it was, and went home. Now
Jones had a long-lsgged, long-sided hog,
about a year old--a mischievous, un-
principled animal, that went about polk
ing his nose in every thing, and med
ding with matters that he had no bust
ness to. And it SO happened that early
n morning, Thompson found Jones'
hog in his garden roofing up the vege.
tables. He caught the hog, and with
a sharp knife slit his mouth open on
both sides clear to his ears. He then
turned the grunter out and sent him
home very much chop-tallen. Jones
now in his turn was in a rage. He
bound up the animals head as well as
he could, and then started off 10 give
Thompson a "a real setting-out."
Q Thompson saw Jones coming, full
Of fire and fury, and he set down on a
log before his door, and quietly took
out his jack-knife and went to whiting.
Jones came up, breathing hard with in
rlg 5uas
SNOW thompson" said he, "you
and liare done. I'll tell you what it is,
if you are going to turn savage, I'll
quit. III have nothing to do with any
that's more cruel, and more brutal
than a savage. Now Thompson, you've
ruined that hog Of mine. He isn't
worth a ~sixpence. He isn't fat enough
70 kill now, and l never shall be able
o fat him, for you've cut his mouth
open from ear to ear. / tell We, Thomp-
,on, you and | are DONE"
"Why ~neighbor how unreasonable
you are,' said Thompson very gravely;
the most unreasonable man that ever
knew, to accuse me Of such a thing
IS that. Why, the case was just this,
ieighbor Jones. Your hog was walk
out early this morning, and he
anne down this way; as he was going
y my barn-yard, he happened 10 look
through the fence and saw my poor
iheep running about with one leg stuck
trough 'tother, and upon my word,
.leighbor Jones, he split his mouth from
ar to ear ~laughin'." OIL! Aal
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