Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05

Story Of Two Men Who Quarreied Right Up
to the Door OF DEATH

to the Door OF Death.
From the Chicago Herald
You will take the road to the right. over the
hill, at Brothers Feud,'" said the liyerynan.
''The bridge on the lower road was washed away
in the storm"
Brothers Feud2" said l. where 10 that"
Aren't you acquainted in this country? MOI
Well, You can't be. Every one within hun
bred miles. 1 suppose, knows about Brothers'
Fend. The way OF it WINS. when old man Ellacos
died he gave his farm undivided to his two
sons. They had no other relatives living. Bus
they couldn't get along together. and ono of
them brought suit for partition. The place 10
very billy and wasn't worth much in the FIRST
place. And the lawyer fees didn't make il any
more valuable. But they finally got the mat
ter through court and the surveyor came
out to survey the place. They asked him
who was TO pay him, and be said they would
each pay half the expense of partition They
agreed, and he went ahead One Of them
paid and the other didn't. That was nobodys
loss but the surveyors. but il made the paying
brother so mad to think his brother had done
less than himself that he took up tine dividing
line stakes and set them over two rods in his
brothers land. That made his brother mad
and he took up the stakes and set them two rods
beyond the line. so they began quarrellng
over that four rods of hill land that wasn't
worth sl0 an acre. But the timber was nne,
and when the buyers came along and offered
go thousand for stave timber Jim and Joe
began quarreling in earnest.
Each one hired gang Of choppers and the
choppers took up the fight, for il did seem the
likeliest timber grew in the disputed strip.
Why, those choppers had regular battles there
and the sheriff had to go out with posse.
Three men were killed-just chopped to death
with axes. We have had more criminal cases
from that four rods of sand and gravel than
from all the rest of the county. We finally
had TO get out q company Of militia,
when the buyers run mp the price 70
S22 q thousand. IL was worth some
thing then. But each fellow spent all no
made from his trees defending his suits, and
when the timber was finally gone and the
price fell there stood about the only good
walnut IN the country. That is worth . good
deal Of money now. All the rest Of the walnut
sold years ago and it WAS worth d near il
weight in silver.
well. il you 60 by there today Won Win
most likely see two gray haired old men sitting
one on each side of that strip Of timber each
one with rifle beside him and waiting TO kill
the other If he steps on the strip. They both
swear they will stay right there until they die.
i suppose they will, but il either Of them gets
reckless and ventures on the strip his brother
will shoot him sure. You see, the ground u
worth good deal now. The men we're 90 busy
fighting In the timber time that they didn't
have time TO cut Goodbye. lake the right
hand road when you come to the hill The
bridge is gone on the other one"
/ found the "Brothers Feud" without any
trouble and looked with great interest for the
two insane brothers. They had been % devoted
TO their quarrel that they had never married,
and they lived all alone. each in . little cabin
their father had given them. A drove along
i saw q group Of neighbors about one of The
houses At the door Of the other at . trsm-
bling, palsied old man, with . rifle scroo his
unsteady knees. I went up 10 the crowd and
found that Jim was dead.
been dead twoor three days when W found
him, said the neighbor.
'Whst more does his brother vantf" aaksd
He still seems TO be on guard"
well, he il 90 deaf he can't hear whom 20
boiler over and tell him, and he 10 90 blind he
couldn't see when his brother fell down By tho
log here and died Besides, he has Lost hi -.
SON. He will never know thss ths beolhsD
feud Is ended"