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


ness OF the company, when the seed
was sold?
81 won't answer that question: said
Mr.. Morningstar.
-rr THE SONS STATEMENT. ul
The Bee then went to the residence
of Mr.. Samuel Morningstar, who re-
sides some four miles southwest Of
Wauseon. Mr.. Morningstar willingly |
made the following affidavit which, 1t |
will be noticed, closely corroborates the
statement made by his father:
State of Ohio, Fulton county, S.
Samuel Morningstar, first being by |
me duly sworn, says that In the year Of |
1884 or 1885, my father, Jesse Morning. |
star, who at that time was tenant on |
a farm owned by Joseph H. Brigham,
In Clinton township, Fulton county, |
Ohio, while on visit to relatives IN |
Canada, bought several bushels of a |
new kind Of barley which was black |
and hulless. The year previous my |
brother, while on a visit to the same |
place in Canada. brought quart of the !
same variety home with him, which |
father sowed, 1t did so we'll that faith
er was induced at the time above men,
toned to bring quantity of the seed
back with him as heretofore mentioned.
The barley was sown on Mr.. Brig
hams farm and the entire amount of
barley raised the first year was sold to
the Michigan and Great Western Seed
company of Delta, by Joseph II. Brig
ham, who, after making the sale, d.
rected my father to haul 1t to Delta
and deliver 1t to the company that had
purchased it from Mr.. Brigham. I
helped haul and deliver the seed. do
not know anything about the terms of
sale, although my recollections is that
father said Mr.. Brigham received some
thing like $3.50 per bushel for it. Some
time after the seed was sold l learned
that the parties that had bought 1t in
tended to sell it on the Bohemian oats
plan for SIS per bushel. My father
was farming Col. Brigham's farm at
the time and got one half of all the
grain raised, and my understanding
was that, they divided the purchase
money for the barley equally between
them. Father always sold his grain at
Wauseon with this single exception, to
the best ofmy knowledge.
'"t'r l,"s1 SAMUEL MoRNfNasTAR.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence this oath day of October,
A. d. 1890. e.s,sa.g Z. 5sa a...s %
i GsEAL] P. J. CHASE, Notary Public
AS means of further strengthening
the story as related by Mr.. Morning
star as 10 Mr.. Brigham's part in the
transaction, and as sworn to by his son,
the following certified copy of a state
ment made by Mr.. Jesse Morningstar,
October 7, Is appended:
State of Ohio, Fulton County, IS:
4 In the year of 1885 rented Mr.. ].
H. Brigham's farm near Wauseon. I
was over In Canada and happened to
come across some barley, and brought 80 bushels
home. and sowed It all on the Brigham farm. Brig
ham paid for half OF the barley. 1 paid 81 per
bushel for the barley In Canada. From the 80 bush
els sowed We sold about three hundred bushels.
Brigham made the sales. He sold to the Mich. q
bushel The money which we got from the said
seed company was equally divided between me and
Brigham. Ny team hauled said barley to market.
1 am ready to make this same statement to Brig
can remember. j. MoRNINasTAR.
Dated this 7th day Of Ofoctober, 1890.
Signed In presence of P. I. Chase, William Feth-
ers, Henry Lenninger.
; TOLEDO, Oct "a, 1890.
hereby certify that have compared the above
copy OF the staement signed above with the origi-
nal paper this day shown me- and that the above is
true and correct copy Of said original paper.
T. ]. MCDONNELL,
NOtaTy fuDnc, Lucas Co v.
, Such is the story of the Michigan and Great
Western Seed company's transaction with black bar
ley, sold by II. Brigham at an extravagant price
and afterwards sold by the company, with Brig
hams name as reference,) at an enormous price to
unsuspecting farmers.
1t with be observed that In the circular esse
Morningstar says the barley discovered on Brig
hams farm. Evidently that was for the purpose Of
making stronger commentator to the farmers,
they knowing Mr.. Brigham personally or by repu-
tAtion as the master Of the Ohio grange. The bust
ness having been closed, farmers sWindled, notes
collected, or thrown out of court and years having
elapsed, Jesse Morningstar tells the truth about
the barley and says he brought the stuff from Cana.
da, where similar barley is used to feed hogs; that
Brigham paid half the expense; that the seed was
sOwn on Brigham's farm; that Brigham sold the
crop by sample exhibited in bottle; that even the
taiings were screened for profit and that the pro-
ceeds were divided between Morningstar and Brig
ham.
And this Brigham is the man who is running for
Congress In the Sixth district.
Farmers, everybody, what do you think Of him7
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