The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-11-23

Copyright. 1slI. By Associated LIT
erary Press

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whenever they met. and II gradually
became known 70 Bidwell that their
relations were strained. Then one
morning Deacon GOodhue set out 70
drive eve hogs over TO the weighing
scales. He had 70 pass the other
deacon's house. and as be came along
the gate was open. and all the hogs
made a rush FOR H. He was trying to
drive them out Of Deacon aardman's
yard when the latter came out and
said:
BY gum. Deacon Goodbue. but this
Is goin' too fur-too fur. You opened
that gate and div your hogs IN on
me a-purpose.~
4 never did. and you know Il
didn'tr retorted Deacon Goodhue as
be paused in his running.
Yes. you did,
NO, I didn'tF'
DO you call me a liar7"
Yes. II you call me one"
Take IL back or III mop the ground
with you"
Come out here and IN make you
see starsr
Then and there. the deacons clinched
and rolled on the ground together. and
they were choking each other ana
horn came along and separated them.
Deacon Hardman went straight to Jus
tice Somerfeld and swore out a war
rant for assault and battery.
Both men had their friends. and the
public was divided The only person
who had witnessed the fracas was
Deacon Hardman's wife. but there
were other witnesses sworn
Old Mrs. Taylor swore that she had
always suspected Deacon Goodhue 70
be a man OF violent temper ana that
he only needed to be kicked to become
a murderer Moses Hunt was a mile
away that morning looking for his
COW. but be swore that Deacon Hard
man was the sort OF man to lose his
temper and do awful things II be
found a strange hog roofing up his
hollyhocks. Abner Crossman. who
had known both parties for thirteen
years. swore that be had known Dea-
con Goodhue to fall on a haysfack,
get mired in a swamp and fight bum
blebees for half an hour without losing
the smile on his face. and be could
not believe that be had begun this
fuss. Opposed 70 him was Trueheart
johnson. who said he had seen Deacon
Hardman kicked head over heels BY a
COW. run over by a hog and knocked
down By a ram and that be preserved
a humble spirit throughout and even
asked the COW to forgive him II be-
had hurt her feelings.
Mrs. Hardman's testimony was that
she was washing the dishes after
breakfast when she heard her husband
give a grunt and rush from the house.
She followed him to the door and
heard and saw all that subsequently
passed though IN such a nervous state
that she could not be sure OF any
thing. She felt almost sure that
Deacon Gocdhue 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 hymn and made some
Scripiural 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 rucumbers
into the earth and broken down most
OF her tiger lilies
Il took two days to try the case. and
meanwhile all business was suspend
ed. including the sawmill. There was
no Jury. and when almost everybody
IN town had sworn on one side or the
other Justice Somerdeld put on his
most dignihed look and said:
This case seems to 60 back 70 the
hoe and to Deacon Goodhue's garden
Was there any need OF the deacon
working In bis garden that day1
What had become OF his own hoe1
Was the borrowed hoe rusty m the
shank or was Il not7
Then there were the hogs. Aay
man who had ever set out 70 drive
1ne hog along the road. to say moth
ing about Ave. knew that the animal
wouldn't 90 straight for a rod at q
lime He wouldn't be a hog to pass
IN open gate without making a rush
lor the opening. As to whether the
ie was actually given and who gave
{ FIRST Is matter Of doubt The
anne Is true as to who grabbed first.
lut there can be no possible doubt
hat many cucumhers and tiger lilies
we're destroyed and that Deacon Hard
nan emerged from the conflict with
klnned nose Taken full and By ana
,aek and forth. It was about an even
hing. The costs win be divided be-
ween them. business resumed at
iclock tomorrow morning. and II
iiher has any root beer IN the cellar
70 win DO expected to treat the other
nd both make up and let hoes ana
nra no 10 uraea forever morefH