Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-01-18
A Sheep Trade.
How a DeIawarian had the Woof
Pulled over his Eyes.
From The Delaware (o.y Herald.


From fhe DelaFare (o.J Herald.
A suit has 5ust been determined
/ in 1nr C6nrt Of Common Pleas,
! the particulars of which are about.
as follows, Illustrating how wool
can be drawn over a mans eyes:
About two years since, a mar
by the name -tf Giddings, repre-
senting himself to be from Ver-
mont; visited oar county; becom-
ing acquainted with a, farmer by
the name of Peters, living in
Trenton township, be represented
9tfiat he'was the owner of some
Spanish Merino sheep of g very
lsuperior;breed, on the nloneysmak-
ing qualities of which be diIatsd
with such honey-tongued elO-
quence, that Peters became er-
thused, and longed to possess the
animals which, GiddingS repre-
sentations being correct, were E.
nough 70 tempt second Jason to
Argonautic perils. Giddings played
bis game skillfully; he was SEEM
ihgly 10th to dispose of his sheep,
but finally at the solicitation of
Peters, be consented to sell the
latter two sheep and o half inter-
est in three more. Giddings
couldn't and wouldn't sell his en-
tire ihterestin all che -sheep-not
ihei-forg gthezmodsst, sum; 6f So.
500. Peters bit at the weeA bated
hook. He, paid Giddings $1,000
cash, and gave notes, secured by
mortgages on his farm, for the re.
manning $4,000. The time passes.
Peters, by the aid of cooler heads
and more acute precautions than
his own, gets the merino wool re-
moved from bis optics, and awakes
to the uncomfortable reality that
his "merino sheep are worth a.
bout1three dollars and fifty cent?
per head, ,gand. that Mr.. Giddings
Of the Green Mountain. State,
holds his notes for about all that
he is worth. Uncomfortably per
picked, he comes 10 Messrs. Reid
4 Powell for advice. General
Reid tells him that if Giddings'
'tllf holds the notes, he can setup
defen e against suit, for payment
If them; but If the arch deceiver
las disposed of them to; a third
party, ,why,,his cake is. dough, and
le will have to sell. out, if. what
lie bought for sleep were shetland
)ofies. 80
Under advice, Peters gets cum
ling, writes to Giddings tha, he
las the money "to pay lherT
lOtes, and desires the dealer m
spanish Merino animals to come
to Trenton township
Delaware county, Ohio, and gee
lis notes literally shaved. 80
Aud now GrIdihgs bites be
comes TO the guiieless Peters and
ellis him that he is ready to re-
Give the change. Petrs says:
well, get out the notes and let's
ee what the thing foOts up
he Nermonter produces the me-
otiable paper and Peters FORTH
nth snatehes the evidence of his
redulity in the matter of NUT
On. and tears them up. - --.''
Gliding Iurs through the GU
nut. of Indignation and starts for
1t. Vernon, -and gets a lawyer
.awyer comes and threatens Pc
Prs with all manner of punish
lents if he don't fix matters as
hey were, before. : Peters refers
Reid d POWELL who in the
leantime commenced suit.agaiDst
to have the mortgage
ancelled on the ground Of fraud
n the consideration. Ss1sco1 -
The Court of Common Pleas on
suesdaygaYe Judgment ii favor;
{ Peters and he il nov relieved
rom the payment of the 81 4,000;s
ut the 81 800 which the credn-i
)us gentleman of Trenton hand
4 Vermonter, 1t, alas has gone
There- the wood-vine twineth.
But Peters has two sheep, and
half interest in three others, to
how against it; these are worth
hree dollars and a bali per head; ,.
Dtal twelve dollars and twenty:
We cents; so Peters.is. only eut
y the transaction, fourteen hun4,
red and eighty.seyeA dollars and
eveniysfye. cents. a .As, 80 80.
A cheap bit of experience in'
heep! i.ss O.. II T.7g:-.5:4 =
t-- - " - - y e
A wealthy young farmer in an;
county, says the Zanes.:
lille. (Ohio) Courier, made a vow
t the time II his marriage that
e would plant forty peach or ap-l
le trees for each child born du.L