Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-22
From the Union Magazine.
"CONG UERING A PEACE
BIT 7. s. ARTHUR.

if dou'tl'
"I tod him Just what you said, and he replied
quite angrliy, thai he would do no such ming
Tat ii you ex ,Ieclsd to GET any thing OF nan oS
Iha' kind of clustering, you was nis'aken'
add he say thaIl'
"Y35 hs did"
EV.ry WE'LL III show him that he's mistaken
bis man. | never did allow any one to do just
a, n, nl,.ns-d with me, and never will. r ghI is
, oht. and IN stand UP 10 il while ve breath ia
nv boIv. III SPEND The last dollar I've got, be.
era III suffer man like him to do m5 any IN.
iury and then insult mo whsl ask for sfara.
uon."
.Hs says that there are two sides 10 this ques.
tion."
"Indoedl So there are. right side anil
wrong side. And before he's done with the mat.
tor, h1'll find out who stands on Iha wrong sldei
and thai to his cost. Talk TO me about b b,usIer-
indscdI I'll show him something like buster be-
fore we've done"
And thus Mr.. Ab'alom Pendergast fomel a.
way because pair u: oxen, belonging TO hs
nelghbor, Thomas Peters, had broken lnlO his
corn.6.d, just as The green bades were foot
high aud spynI the night there, doing no small
inEry lu III. yOuIg crop. Most men would say
Jaa he hal cause Iur loss of temper, especially
rs Peters very coo ly refused Io pay the dand'
ges MS as iessed by P,ndergas. bu, lei US dehne
clearly ihs posiuun ol Ihs Delligeren,s.
The lence around Mr.. PcndcrgasI's field, was
certainly not in The very best condition in ths
world; aud as soon as PEERS learned thar his oX'
en- had been making depredatons on his neigh
bors young corn, ho aI ouce assumed IhaI ihty
must have entered through some broken panne,.
Sill he felt grieved at what had occurred, and
was about starting To see his nelghbor, when he
was sur rlS d by the reception oI bill alter Ihs
tcnur:-''Thonlas Peters, IO A. Pend, rgaSt, DR..
For ddmag. dode by oxen in corA.te d, @lO.'
"Mr. Pendcrgas cannot, crIulaly, be in earn
esl in send .ng ne this bill" the surprised armsr
said IL The messenger whO brough' it.
"fes sir; he is lL earnest"
"Very we'll; do you tell Mr.. Pend rgaSt for
me, that am very much aslunshed al his even
dteamiug would pay Such II bill. TIL h.m'
that say if he wish - ~ grow corn he must keIF
good fences."
The IN ssserger departed, and gave the reply
oil PtIrrS, III even warmer and nlorj nlenslHe
manner than il was uttered. OF course, Ponder
gasl fired up al tbs insu,lll Z language, AID sGh
back The bill WHh tErral oi consequences i
isa Offending neighhOr did Lot Immediately 'uint
TO terms. Pelcrs had grown no cuolcrhy rrti' c
ton. The more lie IhuLkhl about Ihc uCiiaLt
that had beeI mdIc upua hr, Ihe more II irel
ted hIm. When The U.lI Came 81 cond tine
with Sune sharp w0rIs and threats, that h"'
grJSL SHARPER snco Inay lrtl IN; iIiI3 oI Fehd1f'
gIT, Ia, was aLgrj All male ~ elIor'S 'o coH'
Clal whist he Ie,I.
B,i1rs n, day hal passed., Thomas Peters haC
asa nmILi 10 dIr10r uiIor1 Ms IN 'g'a'rA'e ih
nelghbOrIng village, ~ answer Ii sui 'or us
Pass Drougm agalHsl HIM by Pend igas1' Ih'
trial was nX,d ,Or Indl day uhe week.
As sUun u' The mater UGcame nolSsd about. th'
trlel.ds OI The MU Antagonists ",re much Surirl
SD, aud there was good deal Ot talk, anu ~
small Interest ith On The subject. lh"Se IL
whom Pendergasl laIktd, said hc Was rgh1 III ~
qulrIIg his nc,ehhUr 10 lay damages; aud 'h"S
with whom P,l,rs la.kru, SAID he VAS reh' II
not paying them. sumo who ihus took SIDE
were III earheSI, While others, al 'he ali'Ihu gs
to.aiI- men class. ihvur,d lhe side ol One Ur in
O'her. aS lh y happened To bn with enhtr tn
plaintiff or duteLuAuI, aud lanmeu wnh duuhl
breath tho antagonist hres.
But all did mol do Ih.s; th' re was one cxcep
tiOn III Mr.. Goodyear, Il rue anu laIIhlui man II
every thing that pt rluined To him. As suon a
he heard what had occurred, the first desire h
fell was to reconcile matters. lie went to Mr.
S'A
Mme proceeding against his nslghbol.
lit /. pIan case,' was tho reply. 'tlis OK
on broke Into my field and destroyed my corr
and he refuses 10 pay tho damage. " hal am
10 dol lie has destroyed my properly and WI
no, pay for II. Mus. calmly pocket The loss
No AbsaIom Pendergasl is uul ST. meek "a man a
that. He never allows any man 10 rice roug
shOd over him in that kind OI fashion"
did you represent the matter 10 him falrI )
Mr.. Pendergas.i have never found Petcrs
very unreasonable man.
IL sent him bill lur the damage DONE"
'BolcTe seeing him!"
''Ccualnly. had no wish TO see him abor
abe matter. fell lou much provoked al his
lowing pair Oi unruly oxen To !urage about l
night. lie ought 10 have known thai they woul
do damage somewhere"
'PcrhapS hp did noI know they were oIi."
''He ought 10 have known II then. Ii h
shouldn't, how should IL"
81 think il would have been much better
you had seen Peters before you commenced
suit. | am certain be would have done VIII
was right"
.'NOl he'
"dasnt he always borne tho charaster of q
upright mani Such have always lOund him.
ssi GU never know d man unl you try al
prove hIm. understand Thomas Peters, no,
very yell, and he will understand me, TOO, a
Sinking, beorewe are done with each other.
sbOuIdn have called in The law 10 AID in seIllir
this matter, ii he hadn't sent MS an insnltil
message, as we'll as refused 10 pay the BILL"
Sand you are determined 10 20 on with II
matler!"
"Cer,any ] am not man 10 look back ar
hesitate alter have once taken my course. Ii
oxen destroyed my corn and he refused 10 III
thu damage. ISM that plain easel think
is."
Il -, suyA IL would ha hettev ;c ,,o,, ,..,tI .