Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-16


.EplTon CHRONICLE. Tho respondent u
II, w Fawcett, seems- not to have read the
Written ayr esassRt fps-,bs purchase D. the
Fair Gpubd, and to be ignorant Of the var
bal under standinf between tie owner and
the. Bonrd. There is no provision In the
writing, Inconsistent with this understand
'pg. nr. Genia performed all that he
promised, and something more In permitting
a pipcto be laid through other parts - This
land, and in extending the payments % five
years instead Of three; to enable the Society
to effect the purchase yitt,oa II, taconven-
fence. The conditions icf ssls IRE such as.
hc-could lawfully impose, and were msds
Tor pablo, not private objects. a. amy par
soh1iHI aiEtEe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
consiI, rdtioh. They wefeHeai, as &Nois
some checks to prevent Aliases, csbals and
discord. The written agreement says MOTH
Ing about thterett! Judge Alexander md
Genin knew probably what they were about,
much. better than said respondent in his
answer, who evidently, Is neither a-unember
oftlie Board iof ls59.lnet sbawSsE thuuvh
he may hold q license Aniember would NOT
have suggested advantages aba derived
from fraud, Tor shame, a lawyer would not.
have done so because Of His inteliigence;:
but this man pte,ends to believe, that one
can not sell his land upon condition; end.
that provision cannot be made for resembling
a contract between parties capable Of con-
tracing. Qfthey are incapable the, contract
is void, and the iu~ndremains unaffected b.
the attemptto cbntrsct) The s~elssrest evi.
! dence he gives OF being entirely guiNless OF
a knowledge OF law is bis statement that q
statute dispensing with words OF perpetuity
! in grants for Fair Grounds, gives to an arti.
Gle of agreement the force or deed of con.
veyance in fee simple, though not q cent OF
purchase money has been paid, and the cor
tract be executory for seversl years to come.
!, But there may be something besides igaor.
anee in this. He quotes the statute as fol.
lows: "All written agreements forthe Ipur-,
chase ofreal estates as sizes whereon to hold
:, the r Fairs, shall be. good aud valid In Law
ond equity. and shall vest a title in fec sim.
: pie, in such societios to said real estate With
out words OF inheritance ." He sietyes out
the words, r';ms at all DEEDS, eoaseysxces aal
other agreements in tcriting. made 10 osY bn
:" such agricultural societies." for the, purchass
oil &e,as sSboye; vol. 81, ?, 334.i He psesns
y not 20 knoSthis@a fee sisbpts isAdse isAs
!. written agreement, could not be got but BY
= deed, either executed by the party, or do.
=. creed to'bs textecca{ed by him BY l1cour, upon
'e the society, showing that thswhois purchase
~ money is paid ''o'n''a 'a'i isH'f !'q
% Having thus given illustrations Of his no,
:. very prom sing, moral and legal tendencies,
!" he self.com placently finds himseiffn an zen.
!" lghtenct age Of law and common sense ,, 4,
~ the very moment the; reader 10 plying him
~ for wanting these essentials. Butt would
not discourage him ;lmore practice ard pray.
~ er for purity of motive, will enable him Il
~ do better. The more he writes. the NOR,
~ he will see the need Of %knosing something
~ OF the subject he writes upon. In HE opinion
that the Board could not well have don,
otherwise, than carry into effect. the q
IN pressed wishes Ola large majority Of tn,
-. Society, by the purchase OF a site for tn,
- Fair.-l %seetan' evidence tbat he was no
created in vain, and this MAY save him from
kicks, or serve as a safety valve, for the in
i, dignation of the members Of the Board O
~ 1859; for they, may not like, his thrashing, O
n. their shoulders to try to hit persons beyond
~ or to show TINT he has knowledge Of tn
location Of a silver mine in o heart; a plac
where but few would think of ,prospectin
~, for one; though some have even dug a farm
,oa out of such a place o'the injury Of the rela
,I1 lives of the heart. No ram has run NOR
~. blindly at a gate-post All who heard tn
-, written agreement read at the Court Hous,
may r~ecollect the provision that iftins'a
~ ments were omitted to be paid Yor tire
ae months after due, then Genin, IT, hp e,ecte
~ to do so might rescind the contract by eel
vice Of notice to that effect, on the Pr,
'' sident Of the Society or the Mayor Of 3
Clairsville, and also placing a copy of It o
the g~ate-pos'. But he ignores oil but III
g. gate post. Has he not more cause to fe,
-; thunder than other. people! a
80 The effott 10 have a Fair lGrohga at Be
W.. NOM, is approved Of by myself, three or fOu
and all the people Of st, Clairsviller that
~. have heard speak oft Far better this tina
,;a' to have nj end to strife IN trying to chang
'aa its location. Besides the more a, people 4
mo in these things, the more they win be cap
bic Of doing. II gainesville and Fuphiu
would do,likewiseiit wosld not diminish b,
I, Of add to the interest anu importance of 4
~ Fair Mt St. Clairsvilie. sn 'sts9 ssA o.
som . .eIEst.s2
,ho A LIE AND A SLAP!-During the exCitin
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