New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-26

not al Owned Oy ono Wobs person w eo0
name of William Bolivar Jarvis owned
HARRISON j. Blsdso owned the west hill;
tho swale between was the dividing line:
So while my uncle was buying Jarvis bill
for q, 285, 900, the other party vas buying
Bledso's hill for shade over %, OOO, 600.
Now, do you perceive the natural result
Why, the nOblest collection of echoes on
earth was forever and ever incomplete, since
it posaessed but the half Of the king echo
Of the universe. Neither man was content
with this divided ownership, yet neither
would sell to the other. There were jaw.
ings, chickering's, hesrt-burnings. And 1t
last, that other collector, with malignity
which only . collector can ever feel TO-
ward man and . brother, proceeded to
cut down his hill!
You see, % long - he could not have the
echo, he was resolved that nobody should
have it. He would remove his bill, and
then there would be nothing to rehecs my
unole's echo. My uncle demonstrated w1tn q
him, but tho man said: II own one end OF
this echo; choose to kill my end; you
muat take care of your own end yourself !"
Well, my uncle got IN Injunction put on
him. The other man appealed and fought
it in . higher court. They carried IL on up
clear mp to the supreme Court Of the United
States. 1t made no end OF trouble there.
Two of the judges believed that an echo
was personal property, because it was i'm
palpsble to eight and touch, and yet was
purchaseable, salable, and consequently
taxable: two others believed that an echo
was real estate, because it was msnifestly
attached to the land, and was not remov-
able from place to vi ace; other Of the Judges
commended that an echo WAS not property
ut all.
It was finally decided that the echo was
property; that the hills were property; that
the two men were separate and independent
owners of the two hills. but tenants in com
mun in the echo; therefore defendant was
at fuIl liberty to cut down his hill, since it
belonged eolely to him, but must give bonds
in &3. 900 600 AZ indemnity for damages
which might result to my uncle's half of the
echo. Tais decision also debsrred my uncle
from using defendants hill to reflect his
part of the echo, without defendantc con-
SEM; he must use emily his own hill; II his
part of the echo would not 60, under these
the court could find NO remedy. The court
also debarred defendant from using my
uncle's hill to reflect his end of the echo,
without consent. You zee the grand result.
Neither man would give coAeent, ana 90
that astonishing and most noble echo had
to cease from ito great powers. and since
that day that magnificent property 10 tied
up and un0AleOl0. 80
A week before my wedding day, while
was still swimming in bliss, and the no.
biiity were gathering from far and near
to honor our espousals, came news OF my
uncle's death, and also . copy OF his
win. making mo his sole heir. He Wa
zone: Alas, my dear benefact0r was no
more. The thought surchargee my heart
even 1t this remote day. handed the will
| to the earl; could not read it for the blind
| ing tears. Tho earl read It; then he sterniy
| said, "Sir, do You call this wcalthi-0ut
doubtless Won do in your inflated country.
| Sir. Won are loft sole heir to . vast collec-
| ton Of echoes-if thing can TO called
| collection that 10 scattered fer and wide
| over the hugo length and breadth of the
| Americau continenI; sir, this is not al; You
| are head and ears in debt; there 10 not IN
| echo in tho lot but has . mortgage on II;
| cir. am not hard man, but must look
to my child's interest; il You had bat enc
echo which you could honestly csit your
| free from incumbrance, 90 that y0u could
| retire to it with my child, and by humble,
paipstaking industry cultivate and improve
IL. and thus wrest from 1t . main
| tenance, I would not say You nay; but
l can not marry my child to . beggsr'
| Leave his eide, my darling; 20, sir; take
your mortgsge-ridden echoes end quit my
| eight forever.
My noble Celestine clung to me In tears
with loving arms; and swore enc wonlG
| had not an echo in the world. But 1t could
| moi be. We were torn ssunder, she to pine
l and die within the tvelvem0ntb, to tot
| life's long Journey sad and lone, praying
daily. hourly, for that release which shal
| Join 10 together again in that dear realm
where the wicked cease from troubling and
| the weary are Ut rest. Now. sir, II You vii
be 90 kind - to look at these maps and
Won an echo for less money than any maj
in the trade Now this one, which cos
nv uncle SO thirty years ago, and is one
of the sweetest things in Texas, will le
"Let me interrupt you." said. my
friend, have not had . moments res
pite from canvassers this day. have
bought . sewing machine which l dld
not want; have bought . map which y
| mistsken in eli its details; have bough
Q clock which will not 60; have bought
moth poison which the moths prefer to any
other beverage; have bought NO end o
useless inventions, and now have hAt
enouah of this foolishness. would NO
have one Of your echoes If You were ever
to give it to me. would not let it stay OF
the place. always hate man that tire
to soil me echoes. You see this gum nov
take your collection and move on; let q
NOE have bloodshed."
But he only smiled Sad, sweet smile
and got out some more diagrame. Yo'
know the result perfectly we'll. becaus
Won know that when you hsve once opene'
the door to canvasser. the trouble 10 don
And YOU have got to suffer defeat.
I compromised with this man at the emf
of an intolersble hour. bought tw'
double. bsrreled echoes in good condition
and he threw in another, which he said wa
not salable because it Only spoke German
He said, "She was . perfect polyglot once
but somehow her palate got down."-A
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