The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-06-20
DEPRA TTTY or THE LINE
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From the Detroit Free Press.

In CROWDED city, Wnere CLOVIS tOucn
one another where the windows Of
one house overlook the domestic econ
omy Of another; where children swarm
In solid blocks and In sIi11 more crowd
ed "flats," it would be hardly strange
that the great law of the Master to love
ones neighbor as ones self should be
frequently broken. Yet, considering
the eloseness Of contact, neighbors'
quarrels IN cities are not very FREE
quemt; aud in proportion to the pOpu-
latiOn there are fewer lawsuits for
trespass than there are ia the eountry.
In the city the breaches Of the peace
mainly arise from accidental brARls
among the drunk or deliberate assaults
OF burglars and highwaymen. rd
In the rural districts in the United
States, however, the violations OF peace,
the quarrels and the "Iawing" grow
largely out of the real or fancied en-
croaehments of one neighbOr upon the
rights and property of another. The
fence line is perpetual source Of dis
cord ; the trespass upon pasture or
meadow, the borrowing and lending Of
! implements, are the principal causes
of heart-burning and outbreaks. Door
yards larger than many small city
park; ten-acre lots, and stretches Of
land SO wide that one boundary fence
can hardly be seen from tho other,
would seem to give room enough for
every body TO turn in, without jostling
or annoyance. But from the cruel
vendettas of Kentucky aud Texas,
where generations of families fight UNI
I'll they have exterminated each other,
10 the cOuIt-resoTting, lawyer-sup-
porting deacons of New England, no
prairie or forest seems big enough to
secure peace and tranquility.
The papers are full Of the quarrel of
the Indiana widow felled to the ground
a church trustee while putting up a
pretended was her "line;,' while Con-
necticut furnishes a story, which with
4 little more excitement, and the ro-
nance of retainers, moss ,roopers and
other feudalistie pageantry, might have
very well stood a century or two ago
as the tale OF the border. ..... ...-
Aaron aud David Hustled, who,
though of the same name are not re-
lated, live III the town of Greenwich.
They are members OF the COngrega-
tiOnal church there aid prosperous
farmers and florists. About ten years
ago they had the usual dispute about a
hne-fence and a suit grew OUT of il.
A little while after, Aaron havilg
found the gambrels of his oxen cut,
charged the offense to David, but pro-
duced no proof. Soon after David be-
gan to build a house which was first
partially, and then entirely destroyed
by fire. Owing to some legal defects,
David was unable to obtain the insur-
ance and attributed his failure to the
Interference of Aaron and AarOn's
nephew, named Alexander Mead, with
whom David had been a friend from
bOy-hOOd, but from whom he had be-
came estranged for taking sides in
quarrel with his uncle Aaron. David
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