Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1882 — “Won the Case, Anyhow." [ARTICLE]

“Won the Case, Anyhow."

Upon the edge of a farm in Maine, where the division lines were marked by “blazed” trees and piles of stones, stood a large pine tree —a monarch of the forest, and one of the most valuable to be found in that region. A certain farmer cut it down, claiming it was on his land; but very shortly the farmer owning the land adjoining declared that the tx*oe had stood upon his lot, and demanded pay for it " Thereupon, the man who had cut down the tree ran the lino by known bounds, and made out that it hod been on his land. Then tlxe other man ran the line, and made out tnat it had been on his land; and again he demanded pay for the tree, which Fanner Number One refused peremptorily to pay. Then Farmer Two, who claimed i>ay for the tree, entered a suit at law, aud instructed his lawyer to win it if he could. Fanner Number One engaged Lis lawyer, aud bade him fight it to tht bitter end. He had cut down his own tree, and he did not propose to be robbed of his rights. At the end of two years Farmer Number Two won the case, and pay for the tree was awarded to him by the court. That judgmout had been reached after numerous appeals for ne\v trials, aud was considered final. Said Fanner Number One: “You must get your pay for the tree as you can. I have not a dollar left.” And Farmer Number Two, in the gaining of the case, had spent his last dollar of cash, besides mortgaging hii farm for all it was worth. “I know it has bi-oken me,” he said. “It has taken every dollar I owned; but I won the case, anyhow!”,