Got a chuckle out of this one from the Sussex Independent newspaper dated Friday, 5 Sep 1879 (I'm pretty sure they're not MY relatives but.....they might be <grin>) Very Neighborly The people of the neighborhood of Quarryville have been enjoying a sensation for the past week or two. It seems that a certain farmer, whom we will call Brown, owned a large piece of woods which he desired to have cut off, and applied to a neighbor, whom we will call Jones, to do the work, offering him one-third of the wood, etc. for doing it. Jones accepted the offer and cut off the woods. One day last week Jones went over after a load of chips, but just as he was going to leave with the load Brown came over and objected to him taking them on the ground that chips were not mentioned in the contract. Jones paid no attention and went on, but was surprised when he had gone on a little futher to find that Brown had blocked the road with railroad ties and refused to allow him to pass. Jones then got out of the wagon and choked Brown into submission. But when Jones came along with the next load of chips he found the road blocked again at the same place and in the same manner and guarded by Brown and his workman, who had resolved to fight it out. Loud and unholy words passed between the men, which came to the ears of Mrs. Jones, who was engaged in domestic affairs at her house near by. Mrs. Jones, who is a large, muscular woman and as plucky as a Zulu warrior, picked up her infant from the cradle, rushed to the scene of action, and after taking in the situation, placed her infant in her husband's arms, rolled up her sleeves, collared the biggest half of a broken rail that lay near by and sailed into Brown at the rate of ten cracks a second. They squirmed and yelled and swore, but she "cleaned 'em out" and finally waltzed them up to the pile of ties and made them clear the way rapidly. This was a terrible set back for Brown and he has brought suit against the Jones, which will be tried in Colesville, before Justice Hoffman. The date of the trial has not yet been set. Michael Kimble, Esq. has been engaged by the Jones. We have not learned who Brown has secured. I read forward for four more months but ran out of time before finding out the real names of the partied involved. Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro vdpcom@warwick.net listowner: NJSussex-L