The sun., 1899-01-22
HORSE DEAL AND Log DEAL
HONESTY THAT PAID IN TRADE
ON THE SINNEMA ONISG.

| mnrkabIe Results from One Big Tree.
ROULETTE Pa. Jan. 14.-''My remarkahI.
father. Reuben Pettibone." said the man from
over Sinnemahoning way. was as honest as IN.
| day and as unsuspecting ne n child. but IL lsa
matter Of record that II ever two men had a
| horse trade along tho Sinnemahone. one OF the
| men being my remarkable father and II han.
| pened that one OF the horses In the trade turned
out to be wind-broken. or blind OF an eye. or A
| cribber. or something of that sort that horso
| wouldn't be tho one that Reuben Pettibone led
| home after the deal.
| 'Praxitees.' my remarkable father used Il,
say to me. be: honest. but mix perspicacitv
| with your honesty. and have all the points OF
| horse down nne'
Being thus marked FOR his honesty his dis
righteousness. and his peispicacity. Reuben
/ Pettibone was built TO resent the schemes OF
the designing and the tricky. In other words
| Reuben Pettbone would not be put upon. Non
hel IL any one took advantage OF his unsus-
pectng and confldinE nature he would grieva
deeply to think that they could.have the hsart
TO do such thing. but at the same time.he
would mix little mote perspicacity with his
honesty and bide his time. 1t was thus he
grieved and bided in the case Of old Squire
Pintner. All! Reuben Pettibones romarka-
bleness came out strong in the case Of old
Squire Pintnerl
IF the rec ,rd is right Squire Plntner was
the most uncertain man to deal With that ever
did business in early days In the Sinnemahon-
ing bailiwick He had sawmill and he kept
a store and he hired n good many men. but he
had way Of keeping books and turning this.
that aud the other to account. till 1t see med
the more logs a man hauled in to the mill and
sold to the squire the bigger his store bill was.
and the longer chopper worked for the Squire
the less he had coming when they settled up.
Look at Jim Hoover. He hired out one win
ter to chop for the Squire until spring for SIS
a month and his board Jim worked all win
ter as faithful as could be and never drew "A
cent OF money on account. In the spring he
asked for settlement The Squire got down
his hooks and went to going over 'em and fig
uring. Jim he couldn't understand why there
had to be so much figuring. as all the charge
against him at the store was for three pounds
OF tobacco. But the Squire figured and figured
and at last got the account all ciphered out.
'Ah-h-hl' said he. as II he was all but tired
out getting the thing straight. We'll. jeans
said he. there's Just three shillin' and pair
OF overalls due you
III tree had tumbled on Jim he couldn't
have been Knocked any dumber. Before he
could find his tongue or get his senses to work
ing. the Squire had counted out the three shil-
ings to him and ordered his clerk to wrap up
a pair Of overalls for Jim. and that's all Jim
ever got for his winters work. So you see that
old Squire Pintner was quite rugged and yet
smooth citizen. and he rather b9as;ed of It.
When any feller ever gets the best o. me
in a bargain the old Squire used to say, an-
eordinG to Reuben Pettibone,, III trade him
Now. considering Reuben Pettlbone's re-
markableness, you would naturally suppose
squire Pinfner: but when you also $50. con-
gard of precaution in that respect may be
satis;tnctorily explained The Squire had
the worst way, but she was worth $500
l. she was worth cent G and I'm my remarkable
day he was driving by the squlre's. The Squire
Tas wa. coming out OF the barnyard. Reuben
Z" SQUIRE said he, I banter you to take
hundred dollars cash for that black mare o
s s S5s os 5ps sS him aoa ap tho
Tash TSa on s1id ne RsnSt snItn said the Squire
Reuben MS SAID The Squire, I'll be darned IL
III take Psn1gF You can have the mare
counted out the hundred dollars.
The mare, said the Squire. is down 10 he
-, No said Reuben. III get her myself. and
after the mare Reuben Pettibone fels hurt The
her shoes Reuben was grieved REV His record rec
But he went home ard said nothing. and put
the matter behind him So COM pleteIy that in
and made an agreement with the Squire to sell
him-a number OF pine logs. a couple thousand
short. the terms being cash on delivery The
Squire didn't say word about the black mare
Black me mar ne and eYf my NnGg a9Rer
was lust as oblivious to the TRANSACTION as the
Squire S9nd was was fey %,, days later Reuben Petit;
haaIed IL 6d sixteen Of f. em In the Of Tp
tFnmnndnug Dirth hn oil
had to shell out amazing for each log. they
measured sure uI SO big.
apiece for them logs: making $1o6 net,
and got SO. for EN- Then he delivered the
atlons between the old Squire and my my re-
Not word had been said about the black
mare; Then one day Reuben Pettibone, hap-
was there. and, having Just settled I up with
,atdbird, ad BY and by he began to grin at Reubsn
,,ool Reuben. I hain't seen you driyin' that
noT 9h said nag %y yds na father dent
mare mar than you paid me for that pine stun
~ Ho. hop said the old Squire. erinpine
;iXteep logs and S15 for the shingles, and
he, stove wood Is worth SO cord, any day.
maxim somethn' like S84 I'll clear on that
heuben Pettibone. In his childlike way.
ooked up at the Squire and said
ho INA Ihat was was the biggest pine tree I ever
'ie elm lot. Oh the east edge o Panther Hollow
,, Il, What's thatY said the old Squire, with his
reel
, Is that SOP said nv remarkable father
oh En
yer. You don't tell me ! never saw nicer
ogs than II cut up into. Sixteen pine logs out
|. one tree beats the average a little. sIuire,'
p sixteen out o one treei gasped the Squire,
old Yes Yes % %rsplled Reuben. The first one
nloading 1t on your log pile. to haul It back
ONE, found was 30 worn on one end from
Raging 1t over the rough ground that |
awed of 2 foot or so from that end. so that
men sold 1t to You the next day it WASH.
= long as II was the dav before And by the
me had hauled that log back home and TO
our mill again 81 ixteen times II had shrunk so
length v,-au ipct hnn ri