Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-03
tory of 1--WE Rroihers Their
DesDerane Fight.

! Not long since, said gentleman,
4 wbs travelling in one Of our remote settle
menle, when the following incident took place
| Two brothers, pioneers 10 that region, had
toRetIer settled upon tract of several hun
idred heresof land For while they carried
on their business together harnoninusly. and
| they became prosperous and rich Little diff
ierenccs afler while rose between hem rel.
alive 10 the management of their estate.
which finally ended in division Of the prop
lerty One brother whose tastes ran to grain
growing, took the uplends; while the other,
whose tastes ran 10 ilocks and herds, took the
owlands rs best adapted to his pursuit -
The division was amicaby made, aud ior a
Time all went on we'll The grain growing
brother owing to his greater industry and bet
ter management soon outstripped his more
lndolept brother and in proportion as
his riches increased he put on airs Of superb
ority, and became inclined 30 contrast his
Ghe condition with that of his brother He
soon beganLo lind fault with the encroach.
ments Ol his brothers cattle and horses, aud
Notwithstanding written AGREEMENT which
was made on the partition OF the estate TO the
contrary he you'd occasionally appropr
stray steer, and turn away a runaway colt
or horae into tue borders or commons beyond
HIM. Other little irrtahons arose which ex
tended finally to the families OF the brothers,
and resulted IN n growing coldness and dis.
trust Faults, which Il seen, were overlooked
when they were mutually dependent, were
now greatly exaggerated, and the old love
and affection which grew out Of common ne
cesslies and suffering had almost died out.
elimination and reorminaton succeeded.
and occasion only was wanting for open hos
nd. hnN z
came--how, | need not suy--aud a desperate
fight was IN progress when came into
the neighbOrhood of the brothers They
had been milling each other for several
hours aud when saw them, the larger had
the other down, and il seemed to me that he
had greatly the advantage He had already
seized his brothers watch and pocket book. !
and was now demanding his cattle and horses
as condition Of settlement, under threat |
that If they we're not surrendered, his farm
should be taken, and himself ard family set
adrit To neither of these conditions would |
the smaller, weaker, but wiry and snunky |
brother submit | saw that while the sym
pathy Of the bystanders was generally in favor |
Of the weaker brother, yet that fear of the |
stronger prevented any intervention to siop |
the disgraeelul contest. | watched the con-
test for several hours, and was astouished to |
see the pluck and determination, as |
we'll as the skillinl mannuvers of the |
weaker brother under the powerful |
blows of his adversary When left the
ground both parties, besides baing bloody and
garment torn, had become much exhaust
I'd, but it was apparent that neither would
give up except by absolute hunger and OK
laAstOm ! have not yet heard how the con.
.est ended but from what | saw think the
stronger brother will keep the watch and
money, but some compromise will have to he
made about tho horses and cattle and real
'sta,e. could see that the threat Of exile to
himself and family from their band and home
rave n desperate energy to the weaker broth.
e. and that il could only be accomplished hy
lis death, There yaa however, so much pride
md plack on both SIDES that shall not be
urprised to hear that the quarrel ended by
he intervention Of mutual friends
The above almost improbable story comes
rom gentleman of character and veracity
nd Is given as anillnstration Of Christian
civilization in the United States.