Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-30

growing among the grain; that by reas-
on of said peculiar color Of said barley
his attention was attracted by the same
that he preserved the same aud plant
ed In his garden; that from said two
heads of barley he raised sufficient to
give him a start, and In two or three
wears had raised quite quantity of the
same; that said Brigham had sold en-
tire amount of said barley to said Mich
igan & Great Western Seed company
and had given TIA said company the
exclusive right and privilege of selling
the same; that they would sell and de-
liver said barley to farmers at and for
the price of SIS per bushel, the said
company to buy of said purchaser-at
their election-the entire crop at S2 per
bushel after filling said bond, that is,
after selling double the amount of the
original purchase at SIS per bushel;
that said company to all purchasers ex-
ecuted a bond, upon which was gilt
seal, and said agents represented to
me and to others in my presence, that
said seal was the seal of the state Of
Ohio, and that company was "backed"
by the state of Ohio, and in the center
of said bond is printed a cut of the
state-house of Ohio; that the said
agents exhibited to me certain circu-
| lar in which it was represented that
said Joseph H. Brigham was the origi-
nator of said barley, and that he lived
at Delta, Ohio, and was grand master
of the Ohio State Grange, and that any
person could write to him and that he
would give them the facts concerning
said barley and the origin of the same,
as above described; that by reason of
said representations and circular
I was induced to . and did
purchase of said company six bushels
of said barley at and for the price of $l5
per bushel, they, the said company, to
sell IL bushels of the first crop raised
| from the same at and for the price OF
SIS per bushel, as provided for in a
bond, as before mentioned; that they
made sales of said oats and barley to a
number of my neighbors as follows:
Fredrick Marsbarger, French town.
ship, said Adams; Charles Wilson,
Berne, Indiana; Daniel Beeler, Vera
Cruz, Indiana; Chris Aschbaucher,
Friend township, said county and
many others; that said company has
never sold or offered to sell any barley
for me, as provided for in said bond;
that said bonds have been declared by
the courts swindle, and the notes
given for said grain as void and not col
lectable, as I have been informed. j.
That at the time said agents sold me
said barley they represented to me that
said Joseph HI. Brigham was grand
master of the Ohio State Grange, and
| from said statements 1 was lead to be-
4 lieve that he was a man who would
not lend his name to q swirdling
| scheme, and that as he indorsed the
same, / was induced by reason of said
statements, and said Brigham's name
being used, to make a contract with
said company as set forth above, and
that never did Joseph H. Brigham, to
my knowledge repudiate said company
and it's methods, and further affiants
saith not.
JOHN AsHBAUCHER. [Seal.]
Attest: FRANK AsHBAUCHER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day of October, 1890, and
further certify that said affiant is a re.
putable farmer of Kirkland township
i Adams county, Indiana, and is worthy
of credit. PAUL G.. HOOPER,
| Notary Public, Decatur, Adams coun-
ty, Indiana.
The notes which were taken of farm.
ers for this barley were, so far as the
sales in Indiana were concerned, de-
clared void, and have never been paid
| MoRNINGsTAR's STATEMENT.
With view to getting at the exact
truth, Bee visited Mr.. Morningstar,
at his home in the thriving little vii.
lage of Archbold, Williams county, o.
Mr.. Morningstar was seen at the May
or's Office in said village in the presence
of George Belts, mayor of Archbold
and others--he made the following
statement:
awhile in Canada in the year 1884
and while was visiting my brother-in.
law near Seaforth, Ont, I noticed a
variety of barley that was being raised
there by the farmers, which was differ.
ent to any I had ever seen in this coun'
ty. 1t was black and hulless variety
and / bought 80 bushels of it and
brought 1t back to Fulton county with
4 me. 1t was recommended to be splen
did food for hogs, and was used princi
pally for this purpose in Ontario, MOI
being recognized as suitable for malt
ing purposes.
4 At that time was cultivatiug a farm
owned by Joseph III. Brigham, in Clin
ton township, Fulton county, Ohio.
sowed the barley on Mr.. Brignam'
farm, and when the crop was threshe(
| the yield aggregated 300 bushels. ha(
intended to sell the barley to Charlie
Sullenstein, who lived in Henry coun
| ty, Ohio.
1 About the time that l intended tt
make the sale to Mr.. Sullenstein, wht
had offered me $2 per bushel for the en-
tire crop, Mr.. Brigham advised
me to hold on to it for few days, tina
perhaps might DO better than that
He afterwards notified me that he hat
sold the entire crop to the Michigan
Great Western Seed company, of Del
ia, for $3.50 per bushel and he directed
me to deliver the seed to them, which
did at their place of business in Delta
! We received more than 500 for tn,
crop and divided the money equally
that is, Mr.. Brigham got half of tn,
money and the other half. I I-collect
ed the money.
"They did not pay the cash, but CAV
their notes. At Mr.. Brigham's reques
the notes were made payable to me
: I did not know at that time anythin,
about the Great Western Seed Compa
ny, until heard they were selling it a
Sis per bushel. Had known that the,
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