The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28


acres of land in this section, and tn,
river cuts il nearly in halves. Full
half of it is rich interval covered with
pine, and the rest is upland and hill
with spruce, hvmlock, and oak. First
will give you the land for your course
and deed you the power, and also give
you all the land necessary for your mil
buildings, provided that you, on your
part, will set at once about developing
and improving he power and putting
up the mill. Or, / will turn all my
land into the stock of the company, al
a fair appraisal, and become one Of
YOU"
Mr.. Bates was authorized to accept
the first on the spot, and to give bond,
If necessary, for the performance of the
company's part of the contract. But
ne liked the second offer best, though
before accepting it, he must confer at
headquarters.
Mr.. Somerby informed him that the
offer was open to him as long as he de.
sired.
On their way back, Mr.. Bates and his
companions called on Jasper Gripper.
0ohiVmCu, stlu V2Ts OTlppeTs rs
soon as mutual salutations had been ex.
changed, "you will understand that
when | offered the twenty acres Of land,
did not intend, for the price named,
10 include the timber standing there
on"
at makes no difference" returned
Mr.. Bates, with smile, we have con.
cluded not to purchase your water priv.
ilege."
Chow? Not purchaser" gasped Grip.
per.
"No. We do not wantit." Mr.. Bates
didn't think it necessary to tell him of
better power which they had discovered.
But, gentlemen, there must be some
mistake"
They assured him there was no mis-
take at all. Mr.. Gripper was in agony.
He would take $1,000; he would take
81, 800; he would take whatever they
were willing to pay. He would give
them the water and the land if they
would only put up their mills thereon.
But they would not do it. In seek.
ing to overreach them he had overreach.
ed himself. And they left him a grey
to remorse and bitterness of spirit.
The company before whom Mcintosh
laid their report appointed commits.
sion, with full power to decide and ne. |
gotiate; and upon visiting David Som.
erby's section they concluded to accept
his second proposition. So he surren.
dered his land into the stock of the
company, and became one of them
and we may here remark that SIX months
later he was not little surprised upon
being appointed superintendent of the
numbering gangs, with salary such as
his widest dreams of wealth had never
The water power was developed un.
Ter the engineering of Beneto Mcintosh,
md it proved greater than he had an.
icipated. The mills were erected
irst mills for saving lumber. and then
Mills Tor grinding grain, and in time
'ther mills for making cloth and for
abricating various other articles ne ces.
airy to the comfort OF man.
The land of Jasper Gripper was, of
curse, raised in value but it availed
i'm not. The sight of David Somerby.
'ealthy and respected and honored
18th Offices of profit and trust, while he
as summed and shut out from the
ublic confidence, filled him with {
FAITHFUL suffering. Verify he had over.
cached himself in his narrowness and
'lishness of spirit.
To-day flourishing town is in sight 7
David Somerby's section, and the
am of thousands of busy spindles t
axes cheerful music for the happy and t
'osperous operatives; and from its a
reless looms and changing FORCES flows t
1t the wealth Of the nation. e