Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-13


among them one-and only one-so,o pig
a'iM a small black spot near the tail, and
another which he identified, he declared it
as his trm opinion that four of the pigs at
the prison were the four which he had left
at Cartel's pen.
These facts came t" the notice of the
lNTELLIGENCER several times. On Thurs
day communication relating to them was
furnished to this Office by a gentleman
who has no interest whatever in politics.
who does not know and likely had never
before heard Of Mr.. Carter, and who in
frequent contributions 10 this journal We
had always found to be veracions, careful
and reliable. His communication stated
these facts.
1t appears that at the last meeting OF
the board of inspectors a resolution.
was passed instructirg one of its members
Ga gentleman who lives not very fa;.
from Christiana) to purchase for prisou
use six shoats, the price not to exceed five
dollars each. The shOats arrived and with
them the bill, which latter showed that
they had been bought for seven dollars
each. Tho gentleman who had made the
purchase explained this apparent discrer
ancy by dwelling ON the alleged fact thai
shoats ut this season Of tho year are very
scarce.
And now comes the strangcst part ai
the story. Christian Kaufman, Il farmer
and prominent member OF tho Amish
church at the Gap, bought from the same
inspector. at the very time the latter was
supposed to be negotiating for the pur-
n nf Sp rs Stxy Of
longing to the inspector at the astonishiur
figure Of four collars each.
And the same communication contained
these inferences
The four remaining shOats, recruited by
two others which must have cost hin,
less than four dollars each (else he
would not have sold at that figure
to kauilman), he disposed of to tho county
at tho rate OF seven dollars apiece. Here
! it will be observed the stern guardian OF
prison discipline made an aggregate profit
on the shoats OF upwards Of eighteen dol
lars, twelve Of which he made ut the ex-
pense of the county. In view of facts like
this it might be we'll to suggest to the
prison keeper that reform, like charity,
should begin at home, and if the susses-
tion may be pardoned it might be advisable
to make {" "shoats ineligible as prison in
spectors.
tpOn the publication in the Examiner
OF the article quoted at the beginning OF
this present writing, the I:;TELLIoENcEr
set Oh foot further inquiries; to determine
the truth OF falsity of the alleged libelous
charge.
Mr. hauhmln's Opinion.
A iSit 70 md int, 81,
man obtained from him 4 confirmation OF
the above so far as it relates to him. He
repeats that upon view Of Mr. Carter's
pen and the ten hogs in it some weeks ago
MIR. Carter told him he had them for tie
prison, but lie would let him have six, as
he knew where he could get more :or tho
Prison that Mr.. Carter reserved one SOW
marked with black spot near her tail
that Kaufman picked out the next best
six, paying Carter $a4 for them, and left
the other four there that Kaufman visit
ed the prison, saw the six pigs ordered
there by Carter, pronounced them little if
any better than his, identified one posi-
lively and believed three of the others to
be the pigs he had seen and left at Carter's
pen.
Ms. Csrter's Statement.
Mr. Carter. upon being visited at his
home. most cordially received the repre-
sentative oil the INTELIIGESCER said that
the Examiner article was correct that he
had never sold any of his pigs to the
prison ; the pigs bought for the prison
We're bought from ID. q. Steacy and were
OF better kind if not better size than those
sold to Kaufman and Mr.. Carter said H..
had never sold anything to the prison for
himself and never bought anything from it
for himself at cost except few cigars,
some boots, i dozen broon.s and Il basket
the whole not worth over $40 Finally
he took the 1NTELLIaENCER representative
to his pig pen and there, sure enough,
were four shOats, two of them about the
size Of Mr.. Kauffman's smallest and ten
almost as big as his best, one of the latter
Hso'0 pig, Tih " small blach spot near its
mI These Mr.. Carter said were the
balance of the lot from which Kaufman
had picked his six. lie hal bought them
all for his own usr.
AHC IN NlELI.i'rNSf En- representative Hd'
convinced that tho pigs left by Kaufman
i'll Carter's pen were still there, and that
the pig with the black spot in the prison
pen was not tho pig with the black spot
in Ca:ter's pen that this coincidence Of
two pigs in these lu,s-and only two
thus marked had deceived Mr.. Kaufman
into the opinion that Caster had sold his
pigs to the prison and that our CORES
pondent's inference to this effect .ens unjust
to Mr.. carter and antair to him. That it
was neither recklessly nor maliciously
made by him We know very well.
n view OF the pigs in the prison has
shown lis that they arc about the same
size as MIR. Kautfman's and Mr.. Carter's.
They averaged about fifty pounds when
brought to the prison F.; and in the neigh
Lo:hoOl of the Gap aud Christiana shOats
of that size arc selling at from $3.50 to
-. One Of the pigs at the prison is SOW
with small black spot near its tail.
Whether the TNTELILGENCER's publicd-
ton of this alleged libel was malicious Or
negligent is a question which probably
could only be decided to everybody's salts
faction by legal investigation. The Et-
aminer says it was. Its allegation is Of
course et parte. Our denial might be held
to be of the same character. At any rate
it is a matter Of opinion with which this