Show effected a compromise in a certain maine town lives a man inan who for many years yeara has been engaged in the grocery business hut but receiving a good offer he sold out to a younger mian and retired to private life iffe dut but the ruling passion was too strong to let him long bo be idle so he commenced building a store on his land which adi adjoined coined that of tho the methodist church for a time everything went harmoniously an and d the new store neared a state of completion but just at this point up camo came one ol of the tha trustees of tho church and said your store sets over on our land one ona foot and it win will have to be moved this thia rather sta staggered 99 ered the prospective prospect iva grocer slid and he retired to ponder over the question and study the deeds of his land and test the measurements i in doing this he discovered that the back of the church rested over on his sid eide e of the line three feet armed Ar with this naw new argument he said to the church owners if you will move your C church three feet I 1 wm will move my store ono one this view of the case was a new one to the tho church authorities but recognizing its force they made all haste to ef effect recta a carn compromise promise lewiston journal |