Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-03-12

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and many witnesses are able to prove,
and every disinterested person will see
that l have 10 cause to abuse the
cJurt on my own account. But / do
sile with Peep o'Day in the other
Germans case, where the German sued
an Irishman for assault and battery
One Of the jurymen told me, that they
all agreed that tn. assault had been
committed, but not the battery, and
for want of instruction they thought
that they had to bring in the Irish
ma N not guilty if both charges were
not proven. Further down in his
letter occurs this sentence "Now, l
wish to state that l claim the priv.
lese of using my ova property IS l
please" Now, this refers to using the
schoolhouse and stove after school
hours. To let the public know what
I. n. Hibus understands by his prop
erty l viii state that he sold the school
house where it now stands to school
district No. 3 for the sum of sixty
dollars, and that the stove was bought
for the district with the districts mon
cy. l think he must have curious
ideas Of what the term property de-
fines; or he must be ahead Of the boy
who cried because he could not eat the
pie and still have it left, for he (Hibbs}
pocketed the money and still. claims it
Che house, as his. property He next
go,s on Dragging about tough sticks
the size Of pick handles. Now, /
wish to let him know that generally
two can play at that game, unless he
wants to &c it alone by sneaking up
from behind like all assassin in the
dark and pouucing uponhis victim I'M
awares; but, as charity comnen :cs at
home, / advise him to use the said
sticks for chinking his oal board shan
ty 50 as to keep from freezing to death
and relieve him from sponging on the
school property. If Mr.. Smith wishes
to know more about his part in the
school affair / will take the trouble
from Peep o'Day and furnish the TEL
LER tn four sworn-to afiidlvits.
What Mr. Hibbs says about his case
being passed upon by good jury is
true; and l think it must have been
the fault of the candles that the jury
could not read section % Of the school
laws, the latter part OF wleeh reads:
PROV dcd, That when any repairs, nc.
or else they must have labored under
the impression that I. n. Hibbs was
the inventor of new process for dub
bling school houses, namely, that he
needed the tirewood to secure wood,
ashes and charcoal as ingredients for
his patent school house clubbing. |
bitterly regret that | am not Peep
o,Day, for I. N. Hibbs pays him the
following tribute: "Peep o'Day has
more CAB than six sensible men, but
he has not more brains" Now. Mr.
Editor, the average weight of the hu
man brain is said to be SO ounces
Daniel Webster, one Of our greatest
statesmen, lawyers and orators com
bined, had sixty-four ounces of brains
Now look at the proud position Of
Peep o'Day, whom he credits with no,
; more than six mems brains, amount
ing TO 3l2 ounces at tho very least
Why, Webster was mere baby com
parel with him.
In the finishing up of his letter he
} tries to excuse his not keeping rec
ord, by stating he had only received
81 of public money; but the language
OF the school law, section %, is as
follows At their first meeting afte,
their election and qualification, one Of
their number shall b. chosen clerk Of
their board, and the proceedings of al
, meetings shall he in writing, and shall
be kept in book, shall be signed b,
clerk thereof, and such book shall be g
, public record. Now the public ma,
) Judge whether the receiving of only 81
excuses him from complying with the
law; but l will show you how treaeh
erous his memoryis. After this schoo
: affair ! was appointed one of tn,
school trustees through petition t.
the county school superintendent of {
majority of the voters Of the district