The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-07-30
Unole Joe in Court.

The universal "man Friday" and for con-
alteration ne~NAull perform any Kind u work
which might be- called f0r, lle was happy
old fellow, and be- would crack some hard
o Jokes without hurting any body, lie owned
little hut over back Of the village, % which
a lev acres OF good land were attached and
beside this he had COW and some other
items Of stock, He lived quite comfortably.
and the impression had gone abroad that be-
hdd managed % lly up some money.
Capt Daniel Luhrr, who had recently scr
Hrl in the town, owned fine pircr of land
adjoining uncle Jocs lot, and be- was not long
In making himself very dIsagrccablc to our
man Friday lle was proud, selfish and
little mean wllhu, Uncle Joe bad some
geese nnd they ran upon Lobcr's land upon
winch the indignant captain threatened to
shoot them II he caught them there again.
"tgcd make yer fence tighter, thcywould
not get though meckly suggested Uncle
Joe.
MY fence !, a. tight as the law requires"
returned The doughty captain, and with that
hc walked away,
SO Uncle Joe bad to go to work and tight.
en- the fence aud put large yokes upon bis
geese,
Lobcr's next movement was against Jocs
hens, lie swure hc would shoot them II
/ lhcy wcrc-nol kept out of his lot. Joe built
/ "a hen house and put his fcuthcfcd biprds
] therein but IL was sore trial 90 him, aud
the people sympalhizcd with him though
they could not help him.
One season Capt Lobcr powcd up hi.
lot, some ten acres of IL, aud snwcd il with .
wheat The grain came on finely, and the
owner used 20 take men ont there 10 show
them his grain. II was acknowledged To- be-
the best piece cf wheat ia town. But the
captain was destined 20 some ill fortune hr
hnd not thought of This land wa, at some
INSTANCE nom hi7 dwelling, and When hc va,
busy 10 other points, week or two might
pass without his visiting H. one afternoon
hc came 60 see his Wholt. and when hc reach.
rd ihr edge Of the field he stood aghuI ut the
sight which met his gaze. The tall, stout
grain was troddcn and tramplcd down. Over
nhll me lot presenting q scene Of havoc and
destruction truly horrible 10 behold And
lhc oNiuushrd owner was al no loss tn ac.
count Tor the dsulltioN, for near to the cen.
lrr oi the lpt he saw horse II WAS guuni.
heavy built animal, Of diugy white color
ana although evidently veil stricken iuN,ai, ,
lci he clprrcd and 'r'skcd about with mur.
3. ''"''~ -t't''i h"" cropping few we'll filled
wheat heads, and anon trlmpliug uu the
beautiful grain as though hc we're trcad.ng
tao vine vat
] lAe"ld not dare Go tell tll the oath, which
tapL l"h,r (hru and there poured forth. :
nnl lhr' were truIhIc ones, and the white Z
i'5W was up0u nj, Tip, ls hr u,rd. A. soon .
a' hr could collect his thoughts. hr started
for Ouoic Jo,M lie kUpw that joe mus,
nav, seen ih' horse iu there, mr'tbc animal
must have l-ea- there three or four days at -
"1,N' Ana rrrh'p' the drrred'tor belong q
rpa,l ,F"s,s just as the Captain reached the
,hu4eh h1, wa, H,rica,r i,ma.m cntr
J5c',. aud didn't iTnk much or Daniel f.5bgl.
mir. Warner. docs Joe Ba,,ct own ,
horse" cried thy capt,in. trembling with rage.
"Y.a.a.,, believe hcd9cs, squire" returned
sam.
els IL a white one Pr
"Kiud'o whiti.H"
allow old ist p"
o\V,l t,iut very old nor worry ,ouDr. hut
IT,, kind'o shaky round the knees"
Cnnt Iobcr nostcd off to Uncle Joc's cot.
and found the old fellow at work about the
ur,n,i,rs
mir R,ssct." he ,a,l. with nvCll meaning
"lo. Won own n horse >"
-.W.l. rather ralkilate how do, Squire"
brnnswercd
al l;j ,,,, L,,,,. tho, ,o,,- b,rsc had
lcstroyrd more than half nv wheat -
"I,.ru..,I.p, y,v. Jnp', s,y.o. 'Souirc~ .
cxcl,imcd Ice in irrror
81, j. n G,ct sir, opd Won may scttle II or
sutr,r tho cnr,rnurncss
.Urt 'S,uir. | r,,lIv can, h,l;.,c IL r,,
b,,.s - .,rb n o,,;,, cr;t,."
Are y6u willing 10 settle it ?" cried the
c,r,oi, inn,llv
rR", ,Snrir, roD, 7 corIl,,,, ,,,. 90 moth.
+, s,rt;,
"Tbrn Won will nay somebodv el,c You
Lrov y,,ry vrI Thai your bors,. has bcon in
,hc fc16
81 couldn't swear that he bodn't-tbat's n
n,, ''''O' swat '''"' ~ "'"' '''''
"Tb,,'s cpoucb"
/ WI ,ta, e. c,r,,,, u,u,od oF II,
,,cn, ~ ono or,Lo osscssors ron, ,,hor, mo .
learned thnt loo owned some two or three
hundred dollar, worth of nronerty and then
bc wont IN n I,wvcr and hnI loo Bossrtt
: .TcJ sc,,iny the da,,aocs nv ON, bnndrrd r
/ dollars The LAWYER sen, Jo, letter but
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