Warren: So you mean he didn't make certain that all the Harley Davidsons were licensed? Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Wetmore" <WebMerlin@Megsinet.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [CRV] what is a "hog reef" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "linda spear" <lspear@rochester.rr.com> > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [CRV] what is a "hog reef" > > > > Folks, you have been wonderful. Thanks for the many responses to my query > > about our ancestor's election to office. Someone had to round up those > > loose hogs. > > > > Linda Spear > > That's a very good one-sentence summation. > > One of the important features of this is that hogs and cattle were pastured not on private property but on the commons that belonged to the village. > > "Hog pen"? What's that? Hogs typically were put out in the woods to forage for acorns and roots. But being intelligent animals they sometimes figured out that pickings were easier in private vegetable gardens and orchards. So the hog reeve got on their case. > > Sort of a pig policeman, you might say. > > Yrs aye, > > Warren Wetmore > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.quadrangle.org [CRV musuem and genealogy library] > > List owner: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River Valley or other mailing list > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [large genealogy library in Indiana] > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Or the "Hawgs," the 980s Washington Redskins offensive line ... LOL. ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda spear" <lspear@rochester.rr.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [CRV] what is a "hog reef" > Warren: So you mean he didn't make certain that all the Harley Davidsons > were licensed? Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Warren Wetmore" <WebMerlin@Megsinet.net> > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:05 AM > Subject: Re: [CRV] what is a "hog reef" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "linda spear" <lspear@rochester.rr.com> > > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:25 PM > > Subject: Re: [CRV] what is a "hog reef" > > > > > > > Folks, you have been wonderful. Thanks for the many responses to my > query > > > about our ancestor's election to office. Someone had to round up those > > > loose hogs. > > > > > > Linda Spear > > > > That's a very good one-sentence summation. > > > > One of the important features of this is that hogs and cattle were > pastured not on private property but on the commons that belonged to the > village. > > > > "Hog pen"? What's that? Hogs typically were put out in the woods to > forage for acorns and roots. But being intelligent animals they sometimes > figured out that pickings were easier in private vegetable gardens and > orchards. So the hog reeve got on their case. > > > > Sort of a pig policeman, you might say. > > > > Yrs aye, > > > > Warren Wetmore > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > http://www.quadrangle.org [CRV musuem and genealogy library] > > > List owner: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > > > > > ============================== > > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River > Valley or other mailing list > > http://www.acpl.lib.in.us [large genealogy library in Indiana] > > > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Conn River area) > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society > Listowner: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >