The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-02-11

Dtcry u TIVE Mon who Quarre1s6 hight
Up 70 the Door o. Death.
sYou will take the road 70 the right
over the hill, ct Brothers Feud, = said
the liveryman. The bridge on the
lower road was washed away in the
Storm
brothers, Feud7r said I .sWhere
d that?s
Aren't you acquainted in this coun-
try? No? Well, you can't be- Every,
one within . hundred miles knows
about Brothers Feud. The way~of it
was, when old man Ellacot died be
gave his farm undivided 10 his two
sons They had no other relatives liv-
ing. But they couldn't get along to-
gether, and one of them brought suit
for partition. The place Is very billy.
and wasn't worth much in the first
place. And the lawyer fees didn't
make It any more valuable. But they
finally got the matter through court,
and the surveyor came out to survey
the place. They asked him who was
to paw him, and he said they world
each pay half the expense of partition
They agreed, and be went ahead One
OF them paid and the other didn't
That was nobodv's loss but the survey
or's, but II made the paying brother SO
mad to think his brother had done less
than himself that he took up the divid-
ing 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 quarreling
over that four rods of hill land that
wasn't worth ten dollars an acre. But
the timber was fine, and when the buy
ers came along and offered twenty dol
lars 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
it did seem the likeliest timber grew in
the disputed strip. Why, those chop
pers 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 company Of militia. when the
buyers run up the price to twenty-five
dollars thousand. 1t was worth some
thing then. But each fellow spent all he
made from his trees defending his suits,
and when the timber was finally gone
and the pricefell there stood about the
only good walnut in the county. That is
worth good deal of money now. All
the rest of the walnut sold years ago
and it was worth almost it's weight
in silver
well, if you go by there to-day you
will most likely see two gray-haired
old mcnasitting one on each side Of that
strip of timber, each one with rifle
beside him and waiting to-kiA the
other II he steps on the strip. They
both swear they will stay right there
till they die. l suppose they will, but
|if either of them gets reckless and
ventures on the strip his brother will
shoot him sure You see, the ground
is worth good deal now The men
were SO busy fighting in the timber
time that they d dn't have time to cut.
Good-by. Take the right-hand road
when you come to the hill. The bridge
is gone on the other one."
l found the Brothers Feud'' without
any trouble and looked with great in
terest for the two insane brothers.
They had been so devoted to their qssar-
rel they had never marEied.' and thev''
lived all alone. each in littlereabin~'
their father had given them. As i
drove along saw group of neigh bors
about one Of the houses. At the door
rofspthe other sat trembling, palsied
old man, with rifle across his un-
steady knees. ! went up to the crowd
and found that Jim was dead.
Been dead two or three days when
we 70 nd him." said the neighbour.
What more does his brother want?"
| asked. He still seems to be on
guard"
well, he is 50 deaf he can't hear
when we holler over and tell him, ana
he is so blind he couldn't see when his
brother fell down by the log here and
died. Besides, he has lost his reason.
lie will never know that the brothers
feud is ended "-Chicago Herald