Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-25
REV. wOoDY,s ROAD.
To the Editor Of th., Ledger.

TO the Editor OF tht. Ledger.
AUxvAssE, Mo-, June 90, 1891. -
| noticed in last weeks issue Of the
LEDGER quite an extended article
on "Rev. Woody's farm and the
G. l.. Bennett Galloway County
Savings Bank road opening case. !"
As the good citizen from Audrain
has seen fit to connect my name
with the case, ] want simply to
give him the facts in the case, and
would say to start with that Rev.
Woody isn't in the soup "Citizen'
thinks he is. In the first place |
had nothing to do with the road
opening case referred to. Didn't
know it was to come up until l was
summoned as witness the day be-
fore. Didn't as much as see the
commissioners when they came to
view the road and assess the DAM
ages, which fact is substantiated by
the very fact of them allowing Rev.
| Woody $50 damages. All in the
world necessary to prevent their al
lowing damages was just to tell
them the facts in the case.' But
understand the parties interested
(who were showing the commission
ers the road) urged them to COM
promise the matter by giving Rev,
Woody a little bit Of money to
quiet him, as the Cal. Co. Sav. Bank
was able to pay, etc. So you see by
my failing to see the commissioners
they allowed Rev. Woody $50 dam
ages. Right here is where Rev.
Woody missed the figure. He
failed to take the advice of his at.
torney and freeze to that $50, which
would have secured road worth a
thousand or fifteen hundred dollars
to his place. Rev. Woody's attor-
ney may not know as much law as
some, but as to the proper time to
freeze to the immortal dollar
would as soon risk his judgment as
any Of them. He has tried this
case as question of damages, and
he knows there isn't an unpreju-
diced jury in this broad land that
would give any damages under the
testimony.
And now I would say to Mr.
"Citizen," to thoroughly convince
him that these commissioners had
but one idea in view, and that was
to affect some kind of a compro.
mise with the Rev. Woody, / my.
self have only two acres of land in
the world, which happened to be in
the line of the proposed new road
and don't you think they took the
last foot of it and turned it over tt
the county simply because it hap
pened to be so situated that thu
galloway Bank couldn't get from
its fine farm to the great inlani
town of Mexico, and the Rev
Woody couldn't get from Mexico t.
his fine farm without going owe
this two acres of my land. Now i
there another case on record wher
a set of commissioners took a man.
entire farm for county road with
ont allowing him one single cent o
damages?
| | talked with individual member
Of the Bank about buying my TIVE
acres. They said they would brin:
it up at the next meeting OF tn
board, but somehow they alway
forget it, and since the commission
ers have acted so badly about it,
am afraid they will never think o
it again. Bankers as individual
are very tender-hearted; but as {
corporation, Oh, my!
| While | can't imagine what citi
zen it is over in Audrain who i
taking such an interest in Galloway
road cases, there is something il
this article referred to that has {
slight tingle of the letters used t,
receive from Rev. Woody himsel
when | had his land rented abou
ten years ago. These letters wer'
generally sent out prior to hi
bringing his annual suit against MI
for damage, etc. G. L. BENNETT.