Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-01

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borough, told them that had written it,
as thought, absolutely fair; but that when
ever came to anything that, in their opin-
ion, was not fair. Or which they did not un- |
derstand, to stop me for explanations and |
corrections.
I read it through slowly and uninter-
ruptedly, and they raised not single OBJ
| ieotion. They then asked to be allowed to
read it and handed it to them, repeating
the above, and in reading it, they stopped
and asked explanation on one point, which
I explained, and they both assented that it
was satisfactory.
We had short controversy about the
place of meeting, they asking 'my objec-
tons to the fair grounds" which was given
as follows, which leave to the public to
judge whether they are good reasons or not:
That, the fair was not e general, but
stock fair; that I had been told by one of
the head men of the fair, Mr.. Spot Nc
Chung, that no sewing machines were
wanted there; that the challenge provided
for hall; that there was no hall or suitable
building there wherein to hold the contest
Here Mr.. Emory called my attention to
their tent, which 1 objected to as being
located amid the stables, stock and
+ their stencil on the ground and
' inconvenient to get at; that it was no place
$ for gentlemen, much less for ladies; that ii
was inconvenient to go back and forth to-;
" and that as the challenge specified for a
hail. that Ihad positively declined to go to then
n tent among the stables; that would not ask
any gentlemen Or ladies to go there. They
= then called for the printed challenge which
!. was consulted; after which they yielded the
70 point
y This ended all the disputes between u
= and Mr.. Emory asked that he be allowed t.
. take it into their Office and consult MI
% STIFF, before signing. 1 suggested here, tina
he as had supposed he, Stiff, had pushed ther
y into it thought that good time to fin
"a out whether my suposition was true G
GO not.
Id Mr. Emory replied that be had not-ths
~ it rested entirely with them, and that NJ,
A. Stief had ddUised them against it.
8 I then asked them why, if what the
IL claimed was true, they desired to consu
MIR. Stiff and if they were not both 81 veal
of age. Nr. Emory claimed that Mr.. Sti
as was their operator, which shows who the
., depended upon, and that he was at the DO
"a tom of the affair." -
ct here told them that if they had -actt
ia against the advice of their boss, that whe
|. this thing was ov, L with that they would
in sadder but wiser men.
IA ] then called in Mr. Stiff and explained
he him what was wanted, handed him the co
nd tract and told him to read and let his o
~, no jections be known, if he had any. He res
it carefully, stopping once or twice to a
ZEN for explanations, in which Messrs. Emo
es' & Scarborough joined in making. v
.I,- again had few words over the place
meeting, and the printed challenge beil
as referred to, no further objection was raise
en- Mr.. Stiff asking that they be allowed
an take the contract and consider it until 2
ro- N. l explained that time was short and
ties sisted that they sign then and there. Th
the refused to do so, and l delivered the &C
tract into their possession and they we
osi- away.