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LEGAL RIGHTS.
To the Honorable Town Council o
Abbeville.
ADBEvlLLE, c. IT., s. c., !

Gentlemen - wish TO present tol
your honorable body some nuisanccs
in the corporate limits Of this town,
which wish you to corrcct--in 9TH
or words TO pass an ordinance, to
compel every man to fence in bogs or
mircs within your jurisdiction, 50 that
our cows and calves will not get in
to them. 7 know Of. bogs, somo of
which will hold calf. some cow
and some II mccting-housc.
ga gulf profound as thai Serboian hog,
Betwixt Damiuta and Mount Casius old,
Where armies whole have sunk"
l sometimes get into the miro N.Y.
self, but manage to get out with IL
little help. But my reason for writ
ing this communication is this, that
in the last month, l have seen three
COWS in the miro, two Of which died
there, and one escaped alive. There
may have been more, but suppose
they were moilies and went clear out
Of sight. Now this nuisance must be
removed by law, if it is not unconxtitu-
tion"l. If you will give me forty dol
lars per month, and an efficient assist
like "BiS Aaron" l will keep the
COWS out Of tho miro.
But L know some Of your honor
ablc body will oppose any ordinance
on the cows liberties. One will saw,
"do rs do; don't keep u cow but buy
your milk" Well suppose all the COWS
die i'll the miro, where will I buy my
milk. Another of you will say, "lct
the COWS go in the mirc. don't care,
| have q farmyard TO DC kept up.
Another will say, II have Shoe. shop
and / want to buy leather cheap"
Another will say, "lct the COWS enjoy
their liberty and so where they please
rs l have carriages to TRIM An.
other will shy. 81 want leather to
come down, so I can sell shoes cheap
and You Mr.. Mayor, know you will
oppose it, as it will stop all litigation
on tho cow.qucstion.
But hopo your honorable body
will lay aside oil personal interest
and act for the good of tho communi.
/! ty; of which you arc tho Guardians
have another nuisanccs to prc.
sent to you. 1t is the want Of Il
fence l"sc to compel every man to keep
a lawful fence. II he is not able TO
keep lawful fence, make him sell
out to some one that can. Now this
law will not effect me in the least; as
the High Sheriff found out by some
hook or by crook two ycacs ago, that
l was not able to keep mp my fence;
he sold me out to the highest bid
der. So do not caro- how stringent
ia law, You may pass, as / will not
have to pay anything. am now out
of business and have nothing else to
do, but to attend to other peoples busi-
ness, like somo men ! know who pre-
fer to attend to others, than their
jown.
As Ellick Wicr, would say, "by
Golly," 1 want bog law and fence
law. If You arc not able to pay me
"a good salary, just apply to tho next
Legislature, for an appropriation of
fifty thousand dollars to buy rails for
every man to fence in his mircs. i
know You will get it, if you elect the
right sort Of men this fall, without rc-
gard to race, color or previous condi-
ton.
If you in your wisdom do not pass
thcso ordinances, will say rs Ger
tain man onco SAID to INC, "woc be to
tho man that crosses my sons paths"
will say, "woc DO TO tho land owner
that let's my cow get into the miro, for
for if lose my COW, I will have to
buy my milk from my rich neigh
bors."
I am what you might call an old
man and an old citizen.
Yours respectfully,
LEGAL. RIGHTS.