The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-12-21

Pv"uiuS 'huuuei W ITuEcT, VI thls
place, coachmaker. But tho coach
maker had neither hubs, spokos, rims,
shafts or coupling, nor anything else
required to,buld buggy. lie seemed,
in reference to his particular calling,
to have been no better provided than
Ceivante's inukeeper, 10 Don QaixOte
who Notwithstanding his unqualified
assurance as TO the unstinted proyi-
sions ofthe house, never provided any
thing more sump,uous for his guests
than cows heels.
The only thing plaintiff saw 10 the
coachmakers shop that stood any
chance Of being turned to account in
the construction Of tho new buggy
was q piano box, which, on inspection
pleased the plaintiff. and he selected i,
in happy moment, paid for it, and
left IL with tho coach maker, to be paint
ed, striped, and put on the running
gear Of the new buggy But unless
be had wheels TO carry the piano box
it was useless to him; 30 he goes with
Nlo COSShllNdNel " HuIt W uIe WtT-
chant, and buys hubs, spokes, shafts.
rims, and other material, out OF which
the Running gear for tho piano box
were 20 be constructed by the coach.
maker, and the plaintiff paid tho
hardware man for the material. At.
ter this material was worked up into
whosls, without tire aud shafts and
the piano box striped, an execution
creditor came along with bis writ, lev
led upon and sold the wheels, as well
the painted box, and tho deiopd dent =
bought them ~ sherTs sale. The
consequence Of all this was that the
plaintiff lost his raw material, as well
as the painted box, and got no buggy.
/ And as lie appears TO be fancy gem
tleman, ho donbiless suffered greatly,
in pride and feeling, as well as in his
chances with his Iady-loye, for to visit
his sweetheart on foot, we may well
suppose, was very gallin. TO bis man
. " p'ilc. The plaintiff seeing no 9TH
er remedy, brought tins action Of
lrover and Conversion, TO get back his
material, or tho manufactured work
including tho labor oXpondei by the
coaehmaker, because the stripes can.
not be taken ell the piano box by the
man who pat them on,--and wo don't
SEQ very well what use he could make
of them even whom he had them Off.
Tho defendants, who are the pur-
chasors Of this material at tho Sheriff &
sale, deny the right Of the plaiuiif to
recover anything. First, because the
raw material don't exist as such, hay-
! ing been worked up; and they deny
his right on the additional ground that
tie shoriiis sale passed to them tho
value of labor done by the coachmak-
CT TO their raw materials, ana IA you
cannot now scperats the two, defen.
dants also claim tho broad stripes on
the piano box. The plaintiff says that
he is not on,y entitled 10 recover in
this action, the value Of the new hubs.
shafts, ,pokes, tc'loes, together with
the stripes on tho piano box, aud the
added value o! the workmau's labor
I bestowed upon them, because, say
his counsel, it was the duty of the
coachmakcr to complete his undertak
Ing TO build this buggy and il he did
not, nor the defendants for him, then
tho plaintiff has right to get back
this material ut just what thoy were
worth, including the labor, at the time
of the shcriii's sale; and, gentlemen.
and we so think, and 80 say-lor to
hold anything els', would be to offer
ia premium tor faithlgssncss in the per-
Torrance Of solemn ongagagemcnts.
aud unless such were tue law, it would
lead 10 iuextricable codfusiou, vexation
and wrong.
Let US run defendants logic to its
legitimate consequences. Let me Illus.
trate. Suppose Mr.. Doty took bis
boot TO knight Of ST, Crispin to be
haIl-solcd, aud after tho shoemaker
has got one boot half,solcd, an execu-
tion creditor comes along, levics on
the labor of ths shoemaker bestowed
on the hall-solei boot and buys it at
Sheriff. sale-must tho loarued coun-
sol lose his boots, which were only half
half-soled ? and it the purchaser of
tho half-soled boot took possession Of
it, then either the counsel must buy out
tho sherifI's yendce, or got QUO new
boot TO match the one he still owns,
else the ShorYll's yendes must b2y
Mr. Doty's ether boot, and in the
event ortheir disagreoing Gu tho terms,
neither could derive any uso for his
single boot. This, gentlemen would
be quito annoying.
Or again suppose ayoung lady, in
all tho glorious pride of womanly
beauty, should take q foundation for
bouuct-ior, small and microscopic as
mordern hInuets ARE, they are not
without foundation in their gay attire;
their superstructure rests, however
minute, GA substantial basis-to Il
milliner, 10 have it trimmed with rib,
bons aud posics, AMI after the skilllul
iagers of the Ingenious laborer have
added a string aud flower, "a creditor
with his writ levies on tho labsr,
strings aud posies put their by the
marvellous skill Of the milliner sells
foundation, ribbon, string aul all
can it be that youth and beauty must
submit to 50 irreparable an injury rs
the loss Of the very foundation Of her
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