The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-03-01

A True story Of EARLY Days In
Humboldt.

pOunlous mining camps III tne county.
il was customary for each litTle
town to elect Justice of the Pence.
for the convenience of the people,
his business being principally the
making ont If deeds AM taking nc
kuowle lgments; as
ALL OLD HUMBuLDTERs
K ,ow 1t was aim ~ of 4 lilly occurrence
tu have Que MINER say to- another l
will trade yen tifty feet in the Moose
Head for City feet in the Stone Jar!'
the other would sav I'll d. II. hnd
xtraightway they wonld go To the ON -
of the Justice of the Peace to have the
deeds drawn. signed and acknowledged.
and many an oil Hnmbnldt-t had
.loze,s of such d. eds. and therein com
sisted hls wealth. But occasion lily
the Justice Of tn Peace would have u
case at law to decide for even IN IN 'se
good old DAYS it was not nnnsnoi to-
an. and b. sual. Som. Of the Justices
of the Peace made money ont of the
,ffiep. and wAra always ready and
anxious for business whereby they
might earn u fee. regardless Of who
were the sufferer; Int not so with the
me I have In my minds eve ut present.
In n certain town in Hnmb ,ldt county
man was
ELrcrrD 10 srrcx OF THE PEACE
Verv murh against his will. When
Urged tp allow his name to BIZ used M
), candidate FOR that off -. he said ono:
il il business I know nothing abant,
ard there il no lawyer here from whom
7 can get advice. and 10 not want.
aud will not hive the Office" Bnt the
peopl. said "vou will have il; we will
elect Won, and We will aid anil assist
Won, and Won can make some money
ont ri the office And sure enough
ne WIS etpcttU HHu FTrsdiict NV" w
uualifv, and he attended to the bnsi-
ness brought before him in . manner.
roo. that showed that he WAS not as
icnorsnt Of the business M be r.
tended to- he But il is tn the manner
in which he decided or rather termin-
ated .lrwsnits troupht ht fore him. that
hare reference. and which proves
that in his case the office he held WAS
we'll named; for pence he wonid have.
and not war Mt lav. During the term
of his office-which was two years-h-
never tried case. bnt by consulting
with the parties inter. sted in the snit
EE INVARIABLY rFFtCriDA cOMPRoMIsY,
Thereby saving money to the litigants.
Though rubbing himself Of fee. One
case brought before him / will cite M
illustrating his style of proceeding.
Brown q Co., merchants, had n good
customer named Smith. Smith had
purchased largely of Brown & Co..
sometimes paying cash, bnt frequently
having the goods he bought charged To
him, until h- had run a bll amounting
to several hundred dollars. In time
Smith called on Brown l. Co. for his
bill. intending to square accounts.
Brown 4 Go. were not experts In book
keeping. Having no ledger. they had
several pages of their day book covered
with items charged IT, Smith. and in
making ont Smiths bill they entirely
OVERLOOKED ONE PAGE IN THKIR DAY
BOOK.
Amounting to some seventy or eighty
dollars. The lill made ont WAS pre-
scented to Smith. and paid by him and
receipted by Brown & Co. In few
days. however. Brown Il Co. discovered
their mistake. and informed Smith OF
ii. and requested him to pay the bal
ance. To this. however. Smith de-
nurred. saying he had paid the bill
aud had it receipted. aud did not in
tend to pay any more. Hard words
followed. but no settlement. Brown 4
Co. became enraged, and swore the,
would sue Smith. aud forthwith com.
menced an action against him. The
Justice Of the Peace heard their state
nent and requested to @e their books.
SO the day-book Was brought in and
..xu,uinad aud cotnunred with tho iii