Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-08-28
SETTLING A FEUD.

borhood and being the most pronlnent
for many miles around. IA drew near
this noighborhood began tn find parti.
sans, and this bitterness became mors
intense. Finally. when only thrcc milcs
from Bowman's. whose farm I woul,l
reach first. ! came upon "a squat" ciosc
beside the highway. with n woman
smoking ucorncob pipe on the door sill
was passing with "A nod. when sha
called out.
carter Bowman or Jor,lon, utrnnecrf''
"Ncitller one" answered ~ cana
TO stop.
Then who might you'un boz"
"Tm only traveller"
"Whar' de 20 speak fromY-
"Tlie north"
"Do exclaimi From way up uorthi
And what might you'un bc doing down
ycref'
"oh. am travelling around biz
among tho farmers to rec how thuy gct
along"
She waa smoking tho dried leaves of
some plant. and I presented her with n
new pipc md some regular" tobacco
The gift highly pleased l,cr md She gave
mo tho door step and took log and
said:
I'm glad 20 meet up with you.
reckoned you might bc g,vinc down yam
to mix In with tho fussing. Heard ycs.
terday that the Jordons had pcppcrcd
Dan Williams powerfully bad. Dan
sticks for tho Bowmans. go know"
"Can you tell rue the causo of the
trouble between tho two familicsY'
KIN II Wasn't mo n tho ole mnu
right thar when II headed QUIT Sartin.
Kin tell ye. II wns al an auction down
by Millcrs. Bowman bill on bureau.
and Jorslon bid on tho same. Roth got
mad and neither would back down. and
tho crowd divided of In two parts, and
directly thar was n fuas and tho sale
was broke up and everybody got bad
! bloodod."
How long ago was that"
Nigh ten y'ars. reckon"
"And has any one bccn hurts-
Hurts Why, thar's bin llnlf dozen
killed and all of twenty hurtcd. by o'e
man has got "A hunk 81 lead in his slloul-
der on account OF IL. and mcbbe you'un
has noticed this scar on my choeIT'
Yes"
"Well. I wns a sIlsin' right wiiar'
/ you'un i now ono AFTERNOON year ago.
an somo ono fircd from that bush over
yam 10 XIII me.
"But whyg''
cause bc'un was for Bowulans and
wc'uns Is for Jordohs."
Don't you think IL foolish TO keep up
q quarrel which started about such a
| triheY'
"rhcn why don't tho powinans give
Inf"
| had boon directed to stop at Bow.
mans for tie night, and | reached liie
farm about O'Clock in tho afternoon
I a boy 10 years old, who was posted near
the house "a a sentinel, gave warning II
my approach. but as Il was seen that ]
wns n stranger my reception was not
hostile one. although Mrs. Bow man
and her two girls regarded Ec with dis
trust for time. Tho father and Oldest
son were hoeing corn quarter Of mile
away, and when they came up to the
hotsc nt supper time I saw that cacl, had
a shotgun. Tho family. "a whole. we're
far above tho average in intellect and
manners, and the FIRST pnrlor organ had
seen In month vas in the parior.
Nothing was said about the Jortions until
after supper, when ell Of us sat down on
tho grass for a smoke Rrd n talk. Then
began IL uoyselE ~ saying.
'Is Il true that q man nafucd Dan
Williams was shot BY the Jordans yoa-
terdayY"
Then you've heard of tie Jordopss-
1 qucried Bowman in reply
Yea The trouble betwccn your two
families Is known thirty rIilis away"
"And Who DO they say issheady~ asked
tho non Tom. as iso drew himself up.
'Ihey don't say anything about that
/ They say you are keeping people away
I who would like o. settle hero and lssiu
clear up the country They say you
must be queer folks % keep up a quarrel
like this over an old bureau worth two
or three dollars They say this quarrel
- the reason you haven't got a cnurcb
and a school In this neixi.b0fhood They
s0y you tad sture dOSn az the cross
roads, but the owner had 70 move away
/ or risk his iile. IA.y ~ yo1 cant 20
a shoemaker o. blscksrnith T. setfle
around here. because he's got tptal1o one
side or the other They say ihs leFi.l.
ture ought 60 Iaa5 a law b. send Que ~
/ Jon % the Atlantic ard TIA oslIer 10 tho
E Pacific ocean
For ono long minute ever one Of tie
I group stared hard at ma. and not = lin
novel Then Tom half ross and whis-
/ pcrDdi
Pap. he'un j. fur Tire Jcrdonsf-
III that vas true. Nhy iidnt I pas
On % stop with him over olghfs' Iassei.
"Tom. heuns dead sos" frsrfcctly
right. said tho Ola man. after a 100.
mont's thought
"You have quafrcied ard fought. si,oi
stabbed. killed ard wounded Tor sen
hong years. and what have you eaincdfa
( ! asked
I No one replied.
"Your quarrel has driven people away.
/ lowered the price of yo1r lands and put
I you % much trouble and expense Ten
uis whore you are ahfndr
Hut does you un ask as b give IN %
the Jordons1 asked Msa Bowman.
no na'am don't I simply ash
I you 70 think q aii over. meet the Jor.
+ doos and have y talk and put this fuss
INK away
+ Its thcy'uns business e. como 70 us.r