The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-01-11

he dug up or rooted tui OF his half of tie fsrm
bni J1naiheI hs'cd The very idea OF thistle
lie coulln'i bear 'ets I'D how There used
To b. some on his part of the furm when n
VAS new, but he kept mowinc Of 'em dawn
and digging 81 EN- Ur. srd ,ootiu OF 'em oui
III iiie,e vast, one ief. Jnn.i a n US, d 10 al
10 John aod ny togoi ktu 10 do The same. He
tod him II WAS 9 disgrace 10 farm 10 have
lhi.les OF IT. But leha dcc,arrd The, aas
tie glory 81 9 ia'ta, md nc lsfm could bs per.
feet Without thlsllfs. J nathan said iha, be.
sides scratching ord bar'.ns every body that
cone pear 'em, they ~suld run the land oil
oui, so hat II woalda'I produce aoihlng; Bnd
II John kept all them Il lSs un his fatp he
would de poor nan nj sSt J -hn said ks
wasn't oitaid Il that; his latd would produce
Oh he &sRlod nth lhr n s,'es on II; hLd be
Nas sure they give t,Phgi chorac er and dig.
nu> Ia hl' ianliV, tci lh-J was a sign Ia r,e.
IS hody hni ps .-G sieng the road tLai ih,.
family iIy,t u q good y b isffa ihsl spppuri-
ed 'em 9rhrui their hbr.Hs 10 work e., IL
TdInEs v,u' alane IN Tins way for soa ia 9.
J"Ln's oh. d,ea ell .res Yp 10 lie yery fond
olIh'-,ies, aud j,.as hH.s al La I'D tbi.ilss /;
bnh Il the chus!ts st,t Mad sry sparfins or
9.aue 'ling Il sns tnos! eIsass about lhis,lss.
al last q scuathe bE.ks sut between Some ut
Johb's ianIIg end tho iauilv ul the SIiser
buckles. The S,lr.'b buckle fomiy lived on
rery lstge, ueh cd lsrV,, lyine southwest o(
J ,hu's. Bot "a n. lsud whern The, sed
hsJu', b'en cleared ". ard she l,uu h- dn'i
been fairly run cut. tnd 40 G,s Is set 10. The
hoys 90 tach SIDE cot INTO d..pufe about the
Inc. Th3 ) lss.b1rkiss tstd the Suns ~eIe
rei''Dr On hcir !spd. Itsy csiled 'en ell
Sans because ihey we're The dssrenGnnIs OF
Old tucle SaD. Ca ahho gsrg ef Silver.
buckles aehl do" 1nd o Ceted The Sans ct
aaJ Told m to keep on their own land. TIE
S4lus s.. d hel wss an rhsir o~n and, and
shey you dn sl,f TN inch back The G ,arf.l
grew ~ hJt iaAt they saoR uppe IL bl1ss.-
john Lla,d ia IsnyIs, ard Song ihsi biz
brys sete N e'fst dsSSrt Il ge ing IN -.
fol u, kin', he ca!l,d 10 uLsh-n 10 seld o.pr
he b,ls 10 hs'p hck the Silver buca es--
" sll, nVn, Ltoh hef," .ed J"naIhnn. :"
,huk yuur bsls have hsca yety iopli-h 10 ae,
iGto ,his ,ctage. ss5 sus-s le,'se Lsen
ricfe 10 bAur Than tie Sd,efbu K o. Bul
.aH, Or iou''e Ct INTO Tie fIirulty, us'Ii
lukr hold srd t.l5 van gu, Of IT. So JJua
thor ed hs t.y4 aui, AVID hey weai o,or
20 hrlp J,An's al 'hc Salas nen, as iht
Sttei"uct'ts Gnd lckrd 'u'a like u sack 80
rhc, dove 'cai bach a,d fclio,.sd 'eG, kali
eay oter tic S;ttsI!uCA.e la,n, ihrashirs o.
'ern ON hos. u house, and from field 10
field, he rtef hey uet len. Al last tic
SihgtGJch'e- give up, tu5 asned iafnsel,e.
II, ,ird, aud ecs.ed toe Saas TO qui, ald 60
home.
"W Wci', the 2 rs ssid they was read,
eG5pgh o 10 ihaf, hui they rniut a1u.nl .
i've an ihs irou.l l. FOR no'h,n ard hey
.huu d deuand The eald.upp'e Id 10 pay 'rm
flr ihelr uoube. Ths~asa vc!y valuable
field GA The nouh~esi end al the S,ipetLurke
arm, nud look lie name from an ofeha'd on IT
that Lo'e very frh soId-cu uloted apples
lhem 81 srhuckl-s sot very high by ,h'.
felJ, ard derafcd hey ceulda't at siih II
TO how. B., The sems ,aid they must have
IT, aud itcy ~ou'Gu't sir on luch hor;S hll
tho, bid deed Of It. The SllseFhUc.
klcs SAID thry ~ou'3u't give deed; the!
acknov icd I'd The Sans vs. the stIon1cs,,
and could take il By force, Il they'd mrud
TO- bll itev DECLARED ii would b. eli e,efla>t
- shame Gui d'sstace '1t them 10 do IT. Oa,
the S4,us sud, We sirt no fobbsfs, TO tahe
,hrg b, iorrc We haye DO idea OF taking
gold Ipp'e.6e'd ai,hou, your coar-n'. We
calculate 10 mike far bsrgn Of IT; a, d
we'il i've vou burd ed ard til, dollars FOR
II. TIE S,I,ethu KRIS sn,d no, they wouldn't
giyo deed. Wei, then, sad he Sans, 500
may luke your choice-g,Ne the Deed or take
another Eckp ai reund, tor ere OF 'so,hef Gu
must do. Tho Sdse, buckles, aIa buuged
,y,s ord bloody aases, fs, as # they was hall
dead already. aid lhoushl HE, cou'dn'i stand
another hCkn no ho~, 20 they give up Ind
M.ncd The decd voluntarily.
( The Slms went hone in high e'ee Shou;
gold apple Il, Id, and sal down aud talked tae
matter over What fue sddition !. vas 10
tho old arm, ard VITA pessan' garden spois
II would mske COR their children ana cal.
DIRE n's children TO hive on. And some oi } ns.
IhAn'. boys, Who ~cir alsnys vide awake,
started right off over To The field, and wsn, 10
! d,gpIn on II. AID chen they come home
the, biou- ht bsss ofrlch gold coo'ed apples
And some Of Johns boys began 10 stlr round,
! aud talk about soin. over TO Dig and build on
/ tho apple fed. jonathan spoke 10 John and
SAID "Nas, bto,her, I'm entirely wiling
J your boys should 20 over on TO the app'e.fied
aud die a, uu' b is they are a and 10, and
tuld, nnd pant, opd SOW and reap; but be-
fore they 90 there is enc thing that We mnsi
have TAR understanding about. aud ,ha, ls,
tEey cant never have 10 ,hstIes there, for
I've made " my mind that there shane never
be no ,hsl,s ailosed to grow on god-apple
/ field"
/ AiihaI, John flarcd right up, and said he
I never would sland ,ha', for go!d.apple field be-
longed To him as much as it did to Jonathan ;
and his boys had as good hight to dig and
! build there as Joaa,han's boys had aud II his
/ brys choose TO hnyc ,histles there, they had
/ right 10 have ths,es .he,e, and they should