The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-23
HE NErcHBoRHooD PRINCIPLE.

The street you live on is long, broad
aud handsomely laid out.
BY reason OF the enterprise, foresight
and industry OF your ancestors, and the
exercise OF those qualities yourself, you
are possessed Of, you preserve and you re-
side upon an estate that is considerably
isrger than the neighhoring homesteads.
There are a number OF small land holders
who are reighbors on one side and on
the other side is big estate, almost as
big as your own, hut the occupants OF
which simply rent it from the real
owner, who himself lives so far of as to
exert no great influence on neighborhood
affairs. Your little neighbors quarrel
among themselves sometimes, the tenant
OF the big adjoining estate occasionally
grows restless at the exsctions OF his far
away Il n ilord, and you, on your part,
pursue the even tenor OF your way, i'm
proving and beaut.fying your grounds
and making home pleasant for yourself
and family. On the whole, for al the
quarrels OF your little neighbors the
neig ghborhood gives evidence OF prosper
ity and contentment and the sun shines
on both sides OF the street at once. a
One day you come home 10 dinner and
during the table talk you learn that one
OF your smaller neighbors is in difficulty.
IL appears that a dispute has arisen be-
tween him and fellow who lives good
way off-in fact, none other than the land
lord of the big estate occupied by your
adjoining neighbor. 1t seems that the
| far-away landlord, who already owns and
"a
the particular small neighbor who is in
difficulty, has recently undertaken 10
build new hack fence on the estate and
the small neighbor complains that
he is setting up the fence on bis,
the small neighbor's, land, quite
bit beyond the dividing line
where the old back fence was. The
small neighbor has kicked up quite
rumpus over the matter and every body
in the street is tolkIng about 1t. IL is
the prevailing opinion in the neighbor-
hood that the small neighbor has the
! right OF the matter, but ;he far away
landlord is powerful old chap, and he
! threatens to come out to your street and
kick the stufllng out ofthe small neigh
Dor II that fence OF his isn't allowed to
stand exactly whore he puts II up.
Naturally you are interested in tho dis
pute. Your possessions on the-street are
large and il you have n sentimental feel.
ings toward any of your small reig hhorH
you yet cannot afford to allow any OF
them to be brow beatcn and robbed right
under your nose. Besides the far away
landlord is not an altogether desirable
neighhbor and be owns enough property
in the street already. You would buy up
any OF it that m ight he in the market II
for no other reason than to prevent him
from acquiring any more. Indeed you
once.dd that, securing large block at
the further end OF the street, although
when yon bought it you had no idea that
you would have any use for it. But you
didn't want him to have it, and rs a
matter of fact the in ves,ment proved prof.
table. AS large property owner in
the neichborhood the concern OF your
small neighbors must necessarily concern
you and you are not disposed to allow
any fellow to come into the street and
Kick up row end disturb the peace. So
you request that far away landlord to ar
bitrate the controversy with the small
neighbor and offer 10 act rs arbitrator be-
tween the two. This offer NESTS with the
view OF everybody on the street.
The far away landholder, however, is