The daily Alaskan., 1911-10-23
By NJ QUAD

the gate was open, ahu ah Nu' A'"' made rush for it. He was trying Co drive them out of Deacon Hardman's wand wheu the latter came out and said.
 "4v gum. Deacon Gccdhue, but this Is coin' too fur-teo furl You opened that gate and driv' your hogs tn on me a.purNoser
 ,G never did, and you know ! didafr' retorted Deacon Goodhue as he paused in his running
 "Nes, you did,'
 NO, I didntv
 UDo you cau me a HRrT
 ~Yes. tr you call me one"
 Take it back or Tn mop the ground with you"
 Come out here and I'll make you see stars
 Then and there the deaCons clluched and rolled on the ground together, and they were choking each other and brcathinc hard when Moses Schemer- horn came along and separated them, Deacon Fardmau went straight Co Jus ice Somer6eld and Swore out a war rant for assault aud battery.
 Both men bad their friends, and Che rublic was divided. The only person who had witnessed the fracas was Deacon Harimsn's wife. but there were other witnesses sworn.
 old Mrs. Taylor swore that she had always suspected Deacon Goodhue to be a man of violent temper and that he only needed Co be kicked Co become a murderer. Moses Hunt was mile away that morning looking for his COW. but he swore that Deacon Hand man was the sort Of man Co lose his temrer and do awful things if he found a strange hog rooting up his hoTyhocks Abner CrossmSu, who had known both parties for thirteen years. swore that he had known Dea- con Goodhue to fan or a hRyStack, get mired in a swamp and fight bum hlehees for half an hour without losing the smile on his face, and he could not believe that he had begun this fuss. Opposed Co him was Truehe2rt Johnson, who said he had seen Deacon us7iman kicked head over heels by a COW. run over by a hog and knocked down by a ram and that he preserved a humble spirit throughout and even asked the COW Co forgive him it he had hurt her feelings
 Mrs. Hariman's testimony was that she was washing the dishes after breakfast when she heard her husband give a Errnt and rush from the house. She followed him to the door and heard and saw all that subsequently rassed. though tn such a nervous state that she could not be sure Of any thing. She felt almost sure that Deacon Goodhue said ''by gum" and devil" and "old crank" but she wouldn't be positive of it She was almost as sure that her husband started to sing a hymn and made some Scriptural quotation. but she might have been mistaken. She was not sure who grabbed the other first. but she could swear on the living Bible that they had trodden all the cucumbers into the earth and broken down most ! of her tiger lilies,
 It took two days to try the case, and ] meanwhile all business was suspend cd. including the sswmill There was no jury, and when almost everybody in town had sworn on one side or the ether Justice SoneT6eld put on bis most dignifed look and said: This case seems to go back to the ! hoe and to Deacon Goodhue's garden Was there any need of the deacon working in his garden that dayt What had become of his own hoeG Was the borrowed hoe rusty in the shank or was it not1
 Then there were the hogs. Any man who had ever set out to drive i one hog along the road, to say noth- ] inc about Eve, knew that the animal wouldn't go straight for rod at tine. He wouldn't be a hog to pass m oper gate without making a rush for the onenlng. As to whether the lie was actually given and who gave it first is a matter of doubt The l same Is true as to who grabbed first, but there can be no possible douet that nam. cucumbers and tiger lilies ! were destroyed and that Deacon Hard ] man emerged from the conflict with skinned nose. Taken full and by and back and forth, it was about an even fhInc. The costs win be divided be- tween them, business resumed at ' o'clock tomorrow morning, and h
 either has any root beer in the cellar he win be expected to treat the other and both make up and let hoes aad ibors go to grass forever moreT'