Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-11-27

Harness bad Brothers-in-Law.
Two Hearts That Beat ans
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1t is not true journalism to brins
family matters before the public unit
they a=7s. sssa brought into on,
courts, or at least, received some nc,
toriety. Then 3 fair minded journal
ist will give the ever eager public tn,
facts as plainly and correctly as pos.
sible.
1t came 10 pass in the course OF
human events that Tom Walden OF
this county wanted to get married
He "hisd" himself to Thompson Sta
ton and took unto himself q Miss
Barnes. 1t appears that their two
hearts did not beat as one for very
long something vas the matter; the
handspring of their affections was
out Of joint things were not serene
God did not smile on them /; they did
not smile on each ether; Tom kicked
things around lively what he upset
and broke up would take us too long
to write about; and then, too, it ia
not our desire to dwell on matters oil
this kind, which, when handled the
lightsst, sound very badly. In the
course of time Toms wife had him
bound-not with chains or cords,
but with a bond to keep the peace and
give her some peace. They seperat-
ed; Tom going his way and she hers.
The above facts are ali weii-Enewn
to our readers and We simply repea.
them as an Introductory to our re-
marks on what occurred a week ago
last Sunday night at Bill DeJarnatt' S
in this county. After Tom and his
wife had parted they still wer not
happy. Tom thought it was not well
for man to be alone, for then he had
no one to sceld or threaten to kill.
A truce was struck; matters were
amicably adjusted between Tom and
his wife. Last Sundays week Tom
went in ms spring wagon to get his
wife again. He bore her away in
triumph; be was as happy So q boy
with a new pair of boots or as he was
on the day he was first married, or
the day he first quarreled with his
wife. -. %.
At this juncture of the play the
brothers-in-law, Leonard and u.
Barnes, appear on the stage in q
tragic attitude /; they did not like
Tom they did not love their brother
in-law rs they should have done they
did notshink Tom chastened their
sister because he loved her. Tom
and his wife went about IL miles
northwest Sunday, TO stay all night,
at William DeJarnatt's. About IL
O'Clock on the same night, DeJarnatt
was awakened by the two Barnes boys
and several other young men making
a noise on the outside of his house.
He did not dress himself in party
style, but slipped ont of doors as he
came into the world and wanted to
know what was the matter. Leonard
Barnes seemed TO have charge of the
brigade and said he wanted his Dear
beloved brother-in-law. lie wanted
to gaze On his pleasing face and haste
him with a hickory-wanted to caress
him with COW hide, and that he wan
ted him alive or deceased. Walden
head the racket on the outside. He
knew he was being ''cailed," but did
not know what to do with his ''hand."
He dressed himself for o funeral, in
white, and awaited q golden opportu-
nifty to Ego west" While DeJsrnatt
was talking to the boys On the south
side of the house, Walden remember
ed that be had left something over in
the corn field on the other side Of the
house, SO lie slipped out of the door
and started 70 run, but found himself
right in the midst of his kinfolk. He
had just time to get onto the fence
when his brethren saiuted him fire.
ing some fifteen shots either at or
over him. he did not have time. to
stop and find out which. After
breaking off about four acres of corn
he stopped to r~econnoisre, and in a
few moments, when the seige at the
house was raised, reslrned. His
relatives had left; everything was
again lovely.
Last Friday, the two Barnes boys
and another young man, from Thomp-
son Station, were in Mexico before
squire Hooton for breaking the peace.
We don't think that Walden's rela-
tives wished to kill him +; they simply
wanted to punish him q little-all in
the family, You know. Family trou-
bles are always very d~isagreeable,
especially when brought into our
courts and we think all parties con-
cerned regret their action very much.
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Handsome rresent. Of Shade