Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-29

that her uninterrupted happiness dur
ing those i've years was largely due to
inc rebuke receive from her mother.
Inc most detestable gossips are those
VINO go back and forth between per-
sons estranged, widening the breach
oeIWeen them. The Warmest of friends
may by this process be turned into un-
compromising enemies. He or she
VINO acts the role of stirrer of strife
y nothing less than criminal. He or
sne who acts the part of peace-maker
IN such premises has the expressed ap-
proTal of the Divine Master Himself.
ne having said s.they shall be called
tne children of Cod
notable consummation of asuit be-
tween two well-to-do planters occurred
Tour years ago in Superior Court of
2 Southern State. The estates of the
migrants. each comprising number
OF hundred acres, lay adjoining, and
even before either owner was in possess
SION one fence had divided them.
Both We're high strung. dignified men.
sne weakness of each being that of
inherited hot-headedness. Through the
preyarication of some sinister neighbor
a was led to make some impulsive criti-
cism upon B, which the listener re-
peated to the latter. B retaliated in
KIND, which A hearing OF, the frlend-
snip OF long standing was ruptured.
Twin fences were determined on. but
they could not agree upon how and
where they should be run. A suit at
law by A was met with q counter
suit by B. For two years after the
hing of the actions continuances
were had for one cause or another.
When the cases were at length set,
and each party had half ahundred wit
nesses at Court, the Judge of the Court
asked If any effort had been made to
nave the differences between the litigants
lsettIed by arbitration. The respective
attorneys answered that no agreement
could be had upon who should consti-
1tute a board of arbitration. The Judge
then, ordering the attorneys to be seat
ed, addressed the two principals, ask
ing them to come forward and stand
ONE on either side of the bench. Lean
ing back in his chair and looking first
zone and then the other in the face as
he proceeded, he reminded them of the
,boyhood time when they three had
played and attended school together:
OF how their respective fathers had
through life lived as neighbors not only
.peaceably, but cordially; of three
graves near together in the country
,ehurchyard, in which the three fathers
were buried; of the early manhood of
himself and the two 1itigants when
they were bosom companions and in
separable. Gentlemen, he said, II
pave always found in you both the
Zane honorable qualities that bound
me to you then; may be permitted to
Settle this dispute between you wi hout
assistance of evidence or jury?" Both
answered yes. 81 know every foot of
he boundary line," he then said,
Af'and SO need none of the maps YOU
lave had made" While each looked
ever shoulder of the Judge, he drew
:, line on slip of paper, made a heavy
Not for certain large oak. and direct
'd that north from that tree A should
good fence, while B should
neep up the fence running south from
q. docs the decision satisfy you?''
&c inquired. Each answered in the af-
SENTATIVE. .Mr. Clerk, - the Judge adj
dressed that officer, '.you will foot up
Tae costs accrued in these cases and
oand the bill to me; propose to settle
q out of my own pocket" A stepped
a,rward and proposed that he should
sttle the costs, for said he, I
bought the suit But to this B Wig
eously objected, claiming that he haV-
wig answered with counter suit was
watitled to pay at least half the BILL
thhe Judge directed the costs to be di-
oded according to BIS proposition, and
lien turning to the two he ordered,
AN ow, you two shake hands!'' The or
etr was obeyed, and thus harmony was
! stored to a community which,
trough the work of evil gossiping, had
sen for more than two years almost in
,par.
tut does appear that men should learn
4 disregard misunderstanding gossips.
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