Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-06
New Series-VO1. ION O 8

I b ia1elphia stockholders, carri d his
/ point, leaving two or three of the pre-
viOus years Directors out. One OF
them was very indignant AMI threat
ened vengeance. In a few days I was
! Served with writ of "quO WarrantO"
| to appear in court and show cause why
] | should be DirectsF in q bank here,
when my partner, Mr. Manchester,
| held the Office of Government Director
! in the Bark of the United States at
! Philadelphia. / handed the writ to
Mr.. Hammond, who said promptly:
Buck, the law is against you, but ]
will see what can be done. You need
not appear in court" To ease a trou-
bled mind | followed the example of
"Honest Izsak Walton" and went q
fishing. At Walkers dam, on Mill
Cretk-then a favoriie place The
waters were too high and muddy, and
[ might as we'll have fiShed in a wash
tub; so, early in the afternoon. 1 re-
turned, aud on Seventh street met Mr..
VAchel Worthington, who said, "Well,
: Hammond got you out of that scrape
nicely" "HOW?" said [. "By pre-
tending to want it postponed, but the
| contestant, a very passionate man, in-
| SiolC0- luC duflGO vi HIS law =
yer-that the trial should be immedi-
ate, which The court allowed. And
now,' said H., Strengthening himself
up, bring forward your witnesses ,"
There was not man who could say
from his own knowledge that my
partner was Government Director in
a United States Bank. So the case
was thrown out of court.
Everybody knew that it was a piece
of spite work, and it was never renew
ed. On calling to pay his bill, he said
il was $50, and the case was gained by
a little "pettitogging"-whieh he did
not like. handed bim a check for 500.
He said, "What is this for?" ] replied,
"For yourself and your new partner,
the pettiiogger." He said, laughing,
81 shall dissolve with the scamp. and
have nothing to do with him hereat-
ter"
81 2. A few years later received Wis
it from Mr.. Il. in my cOunting-rOOm
| saw at once that he was excited
about something. He pulled irou his
pockets a cOWhide whip aud 4 snail
Spanish dirk and laid theun ou tie ia
bic, saying: II have just come from
the battlefield, and bring YOU the
weapons of war"
Zone of your clerks"-naujog him
-"has just made an assault o. ue, on
the east side of Main street, nalf way
between Second and Lower Market
streets, and he may thank my forbear-
ance that he was not killed by nis own
dirk. The assault was furioD-, but he
had only time to strike one blow when
seizing his hand and the whip, and by
a trick learned when a scnODlbOy, ]
tripped him up and he lay spraWling
at my feet, the dirk falling from hi:
left hand. He appeared like mere
child in my hands. The law would
have justified me in killing him, but
did not want to have the poor lad:
blood On my conscience. Something
said about his father in the paper caus-
ed this attack. l can not well blame
the young man. But very few wit
messed the encounter. l shall nethins
about it, and he vii not You car
hand him Che whip, but / want him tC
call on me for the dirk that | may reaC
him lecture for his own good"
3. In 2 or years was again called
on by Mr.. H., this time from a benevo
lent motive. He said: "Our mutua
spending way. have advised him t.
take trip to HarrOdsburg Springs
but he has no money ,and it is only from
intimate friends that he will accep
even temporary loan. Now here i!
q paper which have signed for 500
Mr.. LODgwOrth and Judge Burne
have promised the same. If you will
sign, that will make S400, which viii
be enough, as he goes alone. / signed
it cheerfully, but knowing well wha
was meant by temporary loan. Mr.
n. took the trip. and was improved BY
it. He was from Pittsburgh. l knew
him there in my bOyhOOd-a man o
fine literary taste and cOurtly manners
He and Mr.. H. were intimate friends
but of opposite politics, and died with
in two OF three years of each other.