Hi Cathy, Thanks for that tidbit of history! How fascinating. And to think that back then, those sums of money were considered to be rather good. Unimaginable today! I love these glimpses of what life was like in history. Tonja Hetrick -- Join the most exciting community of women on the web! iVillage.com's FREE membership gets you private email, your own home page, special discounts and sweepstakes, and dozens of problem-solving tools. http://www.ivillage.com/frame/join_email.html