The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
Things in Common.
E. E. Huddle, in New York Mercu

Things in Common.
 IF. E. Huddle. in New York Mcrcuryl
 Wben rented the mansion in which my family dwells, the proprietor ot the ice made certain reservations. He ex- pressly stipulated that certain of the ap. purenances and hereditants thereunto belonging should be used by us in com mon with another family that lived in tho other house. lt was not pleasant to do this, but there was no other landlord in Bloomington who would let . house to me unless the rent was paid in advanee, and l was obliged to permit 1t to be so nominated in the bond. The lease says on the subject: "provided, however, and this instrument Is hereby based upon the express condition, that the well upon the said premises aforesaid, and the door.yard to the said premises aforesaid appertaining and belonging, shall not be controlled by the said F. E. Huddle, party of the second par, aforesaid, solely and exclusively, but the use thereof Is unto the said F. E. Huddle aforesaid granted jointly and in common with one Petalumus McGinnis, which said McGin- his shall have and hold joint and com mon enjoyment of said appurtenanees with the said F E. Huddle atoresaid.n
 When we moved in MeGinnis had and held the whole business and he seemed disposed to have and hold the said bu,i- ness aforesaid jointly aud in common with himself, individually and collect. ively. His coal was all over the coal house his smoke was all over the smoke-house, aud his children were all over the door. yard, while an undivided half interest in the water in the we'll was all he was willing to concede. Ishoveled his coal into heap over in the corner of the coal house and had mine heapcd up in the opposite corner. We put his veg e,ables together on one side of the smoke-house and placed ours on the op- posite side. built swing for the chil- dren in the yard, and McGinnis put out his oroquet set in manner that took up the remainder of the ground, and then we met MT. and Mrs. McGinnis and told them ~e could dwell here in peace and harmony forever if the rent was paid when It fell due, and they sal that there was nothing mean about them. as we could have good ne,ghbors as long as they saw we were inclined to do the square thing
 On the third morning after we moved in noticed that our coal had run down into McGinnis, and went to work to separate it again. Mc(sinnis came out while was at work and made a remark that caused me to fear the worst. He said:
 "lt air surprisin' what bit O coal it talk to mak' a loire. Now thur war a h ape more coal in ther shid yistherday. Oi don't saa hoo in the divIf moi folks burrin so much 2" l told him that he evidently had a very wasieful stove be- cause found that 1t cost me very little for fuel, but he shook his head doubt. fully and intimatcd tha, perhaps 1 could get coal much cheaper than he could, at the same time glancing ruetully at his orner of the coalshed. That led me to suspect him, and went into the house 10 my wife and teld her that believed Me Cinnis was vic old slandereT. At noon my wife came in from the smokchouse and told me that Mrs. McGinnis had sliced meat enough off one of our hams to last us a week. Alter that there was fua. McCinnis burned our coal a4d we burned his in a frantic endeavor to keep even. We ate McGinnis' potatoes and canned fruit and sliced huge chunks of the sugsr-cured hams on his side of the smokehouse, to keep up with the rush of general destrction. Our four children played croquet. while the two little brats that called McCinnis pa swung to our swing. MoGinnis had two stoves and we had but one, 90 he downed us on coal, but we had four children to his two, and we were always ahead on grub. McCinnis was sore over his wrongs and perspired freely as settled my coal bills. Time wore on and the swing was broken down. asked McCinniS to mend it, as his children alone seemed to care for it. The very next night McCinnis' croquet set was stolen and he invited me to buy a new ore, which at first declined to do, but when he began rolling up his sleeves and looking angry, reluctantly agreed to the pro position. McGinnis borrowed my coalhod and borrowed his revolver. My wife borrowed Mrs McCinnis' butcherknife and Mrs. McCinnss asked and received the loan of my wife's bon net. The borrowing and lending ven, on until we had possession of all the weapons and they control Of all :he cooking utensils and wearing apparel, -hen the thing broke up in row and both parties ker. ~hat they had We used the arms and they have moved away to avoid . collision, leaving us to enjoy the appurtenaDces and heredita- ments jointly and in common all by our selves.
 
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