The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-06-03

"a vn wooden issos. and wbsn b
hsa .aeoeedsa ia dfiylug ths snimsls Il
he other sids of Il. be lfgsd 5, from ID,
rsel.slns po.iliou sod propped il up ~hl
slAkta Tiis wss "a operAtloa hs bal
found himself obliged 70 repeat mani
dimes during lbe season, aud 20, only 0
that sossou, bat Of several previous sea
soHs.
ie, Mr. BAbcoek was nellher slack Bol
Ibrialoss 10 fact, be rA,bsf prided blm
seli on The ordinary appearance OF hiI
farm, and uos without reason. ilow thsf
shall We aeeoual Tor bis neg .enoe 10 thi'
particular instsneei
The truth was that this iofined ID,
bo1ndry liue between bic eStsie and thai
OF Mr. Small, aud three generations %
men who owned lbs.s eslales had been
unable to decide 10 whom IL belonged ID
rebuild aud keep Il Ia repair. 10 the
owners hAd ehsuesd TO be msu OF peace.
lul dispositiou., they woaId have eompro.
missed the matter aud avoided satrrel
bat II, oBthe ennirsry, they heloaged 70
,ha, much i.fgef eiss. who would sooner
sacrifice their own comfort aud couven.
ieure lh,n their so-eailsd fights, this fence
wouid have been source ot unending
bicksring aud strife.
Aud Of this elss, we're the present own.
en, Again snd sgsiu bad they consulted
their respective lawyers on the subject,
ami dragged from their hiding places
musty old deeds and records, but always
with the same result.
say Il belongs TO you to keep 4 Ia re-
/ pAir; thAl's As pIslu IS d piks.stBh, MIR.
Babcock would say.
Aud say it belongs to you-aB fool
might say rhat, Mr. Small wnuid reply;
aud then bikh words would follow, and
they would part IN anger, more deter.
mined and angry than ever. The law.
/ yers fees aud the loss by damages from
each others cattle had already amounted
toa sun sufficient to have built fence
around their eutite estates, but what was
that compared with the satisfaction Of
having their own way9
AT last, one day, Miss Lelilla gin, a
woman much respected In the village.
AHd oi some weight as a land owner and
tax payer, sspt for Mr.. Babcock to come
aud see her ou business; q summons
which he inade hasty to obey, As how
| conld IL be Otherwise where a lady was
concerned5
Miss LetitiA sat at her window sewing
seam, but she dropped her work and
took of ber spectacles when Mr.. Babeock
made bis hppea, ance.
SO you got my message; thank you for
coming, Pm sure. Sit down, do. | Sup.
pose my man Isaac told sou wanted to
consult you on business-A matter Of
equity, ! may say. II can't be expected
that we women folks should be the best
judges about such things, you know
there's Isaac, TO be sure. bul then he livea
on the place; maybe he wouldn't be ex
acty impartial In his judgement about
our affairs.
Jes' so, said Mr.. Babcock.
Vol, the state Of the case is this: When |
lsaac came up from the long meadow to
diuner--they're moving the meadow to.
day, and an uncommon good yield there
is-when he came up TO dinner, be found
that stray cows bad broken into the veg.
etsble garden.
He did, hey7
You can fancy the riot made. I declare
Isaac was almost ready TO use profane
language. sm not sure that be didnt;
and after all, | couldn't feel to reprosch
him very severely, for the pains be has
taken with that garden Ia sometbing
working In Il, Mr.. Babcock,
early aud lSir, wedding, aud digging, am
watering, and now TO see Il all torn and
lrampled so that you wouldn't know
which was beets aud which was evcnm.
bers. lie enough to raise sbybod,'.
temper.
II 10 so, said Mr.. Babeock
And that isn't sll, for BY the look, Of
biugs they must have been rampaging in I
he orchard aud clover field before they
got into lhe garden. Jus. you come aud /
lee aud pn,Iing on her sunbonnst, Mis-
Leutia showed Mr.. Bsbcock over the /
ismaged precincts.
You don't happen to know whose AMI.
nals did the mischief said Mr.. B.beock ,
Well, diiu'l observe them 10 psrlicu.
ar myself, bot lsaAc said there wAs one
Vith peculiar white mark, something .
ike cross, on its hAunch.
Why, thars SmAn's old brludle, cried /
Ar. Babcoek. ! know The mark as well
. know the nose on INV face. She had
'Alis on her horns, didn's sbel I
Yes, 30 Isaac said. n
And a kind oi hump on her back7 Il
A perfect dIomedery, said Mla Lett. 4
IL noticed tbs, myself. '
They were Smalr. COWS, no loub, OF Il q
i all, said Mr.. BAbcocE, rubbing biz
landa. No sheep with tlem, heyi d
Wei. sov | think OF II, there were 4
heep, said Aiss LeiIiia 4
Knew it-tber always 90 With lhe b
ows; and vhat Of me- n
lfs 10 Ok dsmaEe', ssid Aiss Letltls, d
10 said bciore, women folks are no
udges shout such matters.
Mr.. Babeock meditaied . moment aud
ben ssid,-- !.
Well, ! wouldn't take a cent irss than !,