The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-27


about Tie demand lial Lad been made OPP
AN HIN. The mure il I.ril.d lin. When
The bill rsnir srrand limr. With some
sharp words sud ihtssts. Thai had grswn
sharper since lhry If lhr lips II I.rnder.
gIzsi. n MAS angs, and made 10 rfFon II
rnncral What he frli.
BriaFr the day had pissed. Thomas Pc
ieFs had summons ~ appear hrlasr Tie
magistrate IN , nrigllboFing village - am
swer N sun inr tirspass bmughI againsl
hun hy Prndrrgrssl. The trial a. fixed
Tor thai day one week.
As saon IS the mailer became noised
about, llle iTir,,dr # iils iwa antagonists
1rTe much surprised. and there was !
good dral ~ talk. ard No small mi. resi-
frli On The subject. 1h0sr 10 whnm Pen.
derRrasl talked. saii he was night IN re-
qniring his neighbnr 10 pas damages: and
those 70 whom reless talked, said he WAS
right IN moi paying Them. Some Nln thus
look sides were IN earnest. while aihrrs nf
neutrality-suspicious. class. favored the
side of the enc or The nIhrr. As they hap
pened 10 be with either The plaintiff. nr he
defendant. and famed by double breath
the aniaganistls fires.
But all did not DO this; there ms one
exception in Mr.. Good, ear. true and
failhiul man IN everything that prriainrd
~ him. As soun - he heard rhat had
orcurred, The hrs, desire lie felt WAS To So
roncile matters. lie went to Mr.. PEN
derg:asl and inquired tie csuse Of his ex-
treme proceeding against hi. neighbor.
:" II IS plain care was the reply
+" His oxen broke ialo my frld and de-
siroyed my corn. and he refuses IN pay
the damage. What am tn do, lie has
destroyed my properly and will not pay
tor il. Masi ! calmly rncket the loss :
No-Ahsalom. lie never allows any ons
Ia ride rough shod over him in that kind
Of fashion," -.-..-.-
did ynu represent 'lle matter Ia him
fairly, Mr.. PendergraSi! | sdneser found
Peters an unreasonable man"
IL sent him bill for The damage done"
"lSelore sesing hun - -
"Cerisinly had no wish 10 see him
about The MISTER. fell too much provo.
ked At his allowing pair Of unmly oxen
TO forage about al night. lie ought To
have known that they would do dainsge
somewhere"
sperhaps he did moi know that they
were Oui."
/. He ongh, 70 have known il, ihen--ii
he shouldn't. how should I"
81 think il would have heen much bet
ter had you seen Peters before You com
menced suit. | am certain he would have
done what was right"
mot he !"
"Hssn', he always horne the character
Of an upright nanl Such ! have always
found him."
{" Yon never know a man until you Try
and prove him. understand Thomas Pc
tiers, now, very we'll, and he will under.
stand me, too, before we are done with
each other. shouldn't have called in
law to aid in settling this matter, If he
hadn't sen, ME AN insulting message, as
weil Us refused IN pay The bill"
Are You determined to So on with the
mailer"
Certainly; am no, a man 10 look
hack, and hesitate after have once Ia.
ken my course. His oxen destroyed my
corn and he refused to pay the damage.
Isn't that plain case! think it is"
Tim sure it would be better if you
would see Mr.. Peters aud talk over the
case with him, before going any further"
"And get msul,ed for my pains. Oh
no; have too much respect for myself
to run the risk of an insult To my face from
man who would send me an insulting
rely to just demand"
, Finding he could do nothing with Pen
dergrast. Mr.. Gondvear called upon Mr.
Peters. He found him quite as much in
censed as the other. and nj eging that he
was perfectly we'll satisfied that Pender
grasi's old rIckeiy fence must have beer
broken down, or his oxen would neve
have made their way INTO his corn field
ttdN ItNtI htIbN III ttiCttt w tiltdh INV
any Enclosure, and did not believe the,
had in this instance. As 10 their having
done ten dollars worth of damage that wal
prep0sterous. Ten rents worth of secC
corn would renew the hills, and that par
of the crop would only be two or three
weeks later than The other, and be fully
maured before frost. As 10 law he coul,
have that to his hearts content. Before h
was done. he would tind that law coul
. do as much for one man as for another
Mr.. Goodbye demonstrated against TIL
re,aliatory spirit, but it WAS Of mouse. Tn
course pursued towards hun had throw
: Peters into a violent passion, and he conI
neither hear or sec reason.
! When the trial came on, the two me
: stood confronting each other, scowling an
! muteiing. Pendergrast made plain state
ment of his case, which seemed very Gle;
C to the magistrate. lie had witnesses
4 swear tina, they had seen the oxen of p
= tiers in his corn-ield and helped 10 drl'
a ,I,or, ant 70 The patarS onnnSeu The St.l 4