> What would our ancestors be doing to celebrate the New Year 100 years > ago?. My Grandpa told me about his Dad and other Stone County neighbors hollowing > out a tree stump, filling it with gun powder and placing an anvil on top of > it. > Richard White And then how did they light it without becoming part of the show??? And they call us crazy and our kids even crazier. Does this show the nut never falls far from the tree?? haha have a Merry Christmas everyone. Linda > > >

Must be some truth to it, I have heard the same story many times. It was called shooting the anvil. Probably went out of style with bulk black powder. Syd Carr