Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-26

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but franklin county can boast Ola spot
within its own territory, more famous than
/ either. Who has not heard OF Alton Aetlle
! Headquarters of fun and festivity ne
plus ultra amongst the rather numerous
family of which Columbus is the projeni-
Tor? Alton is never dull. There is al
ways something amusing transpirfns there,
originated by one of the glorious, ,tTiumvi-
rate, Love, Law or Of Liquor. But an in
cldent transpired in Alton on or aboutrthe
Both of October, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
which will long be remembered.
| A Green Mountain boy, who, as the Sc
quel shows. was not so verdant aiter a''
desirous of improving the breed of sheep
in Prairie to wnship, imported alta Udstler+
pense. some splendid black Spanish YER
mont bucks, which, as he had only few
left, and important business demanded his
attention in France, he would dispose OF
them ats va;tsacriice. Mr.. Leno Powlesss
was the first bidder on the bucks-but not
being much of judge of sheep himself, he
went to Sam. s. Hunter and asked his
opinion regarding their merits. Sam ex-
amined the sheep, shook his head, and
looked very wise; theu whispered oonfil7
dentially to Powless--' Leno you are no
Judge of sheep; take my advice and keep
your hands off those bucks" The honest
Dutchman knowing what a shrewd trader
Sam was, did "keep his hands off" and
went home. When Powless was gone, Sam
struck trade with the Vermonter, and
bought eleven bucks for $1,000. Hunter
took the bucks home, and, anxious nj to
improve his breed of sheep, purchased
ninety nine ewes. In the meantime, Hum
ter was chuckllng over his bargain. He
called in his friends to see his splendid
l"Vermont bucks" and sold one of them to
James Kinneord for the snug sum Of one
hundred dollars. Kinneord took his prize
home and went after Mr.. Elliott to show
him what splendid Vermont buck he had'
Before he returned shower of rain fell
rather copiously, and when Kinneord and
Elliott came into the pasture to see the
splendid black Vermont buck, he, the said
buck, was not to be found! Kinneord had
visions of grand larceny, and uttering
groan, declared the buck was too valuable
not to excite the cupidity Of his neighbors
Elliott seeing buck in a fence corner, ask
ed him where he got that scrub. Kinneord
rubbed his eyes aud looked at the buck be-
fore him-no longer black, but the whitest
of the white, and exclaimed: swell, be
d-d if that 'aint my buck! Tue very one
l bought IRON Sam Hunter.
Elliott and Kinneord broke for Sam
Hunters residence to see how his bucks
looked and to demand satisfaction. They
found Sam in rather an excited state Of
feeling. The shower of rain had reached
Sans black bucks, and eight of them had
changed the color of their wool and had
become white! The other two Sam had
shut up in his barn inclosed in overcoats-
such treatment having been prescribed by
one OF his neighbOrs. But the incarcerated
bucks would rub against posts, &c, and
would rub of the color till they resembled
Zebras! This was too much for Sam to
bear. He harnessed his fastest horse and
halted not until he was In the office OF
Esquire Shearer. A warrant for obtaining
money under false pretenses was issued for
ii. NJ. Taylor, the Green Mountain boy, and
the 2lst inst. set for trial, Converse for de-
fense, DeLaDy for prosecution. afnri.R
Witness deposed that said bucks were
common scrubs and cOlored with lampbldek
and coal oil. Defendant tried co prove that
black sheep would bleach. Hunter, In an
undertone-'.'ify you paint them they Willy
The testimony closed, and counsel squared
themselves for arguing the case. ,9r "a
De Lany, on opening the case, remarked
that the defendant was a Yankeei Thisof
itself was suspicious circumstance, strong
enough to raise presumption of guilt.
For thirty years last past, the Yankee ma
ton had been speculating in aoooE. The
Yankees rode into political power on pool.
They live, move and have their being in
,oool This defendant follows the national
avocation and comes from Vermont to i'm
pose upon, and swindle the honest citizens
OF Prairie township! (Hunter-"That'ss So"
His client Mr., Hunter, discovered to bis cost
that the bucks were not all his "faney
painted them;" nor were they all that the
defendant had painted them either! (Hun-,
ter-"The rascal-who would have thought
it.") Wooden nutmegs and patent hams are
minor offenses in comparison to this.
The counsel drew vivid picture OF
Mr.. Hunter as shepherd contemplate
ing his flock in prospective and OF
his disappointment on discovering, the
cheat, and hoped the court would bind him
over to answer for his offense.
Mr.. Converse besought the court not to
find this man guilty-because he was a
Yankee, 1t was a suspicious circumstance
he admitted; but then, there were some
honest men in New England, of whom be
believed his client to be one. Mr., Hunter
was aniold trader, a shrewd man, and if he
has been overreached, It's nothing more
than he has done to others. (Powless-
Sam, why did not you keep your hands off
those bucks2n)s Besidesit has been proven
that sheep would bleach, and Mr.sHunter
certainly prefers schtte to black, and the
bucks are worth what he paid for them!
He asked that the court would be ,hospita-
rbleto stranger and discharge the defend
ant. oII ggO9 JfIlpJti f. -s,
u Mr.. DeLany replied at length and re-