In a message dated 3/7/2005 7:06:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time, JAR422@aol.com writes: Judge D. B. Heberd, of Gallipolis, is the owner of the head of a cane that once belonged to the celebrated Herman Blennerhassett, that fine old Irish gentleman and patriot who fled from the thralldom of England and built himself a princely mansion on a beautiful island in the Ohio River that yet bears his name, and who was ruined in fortune and in name, by Aaron Burr, the history of which is familar (sic) to all readers of U. S. History. I visited there once 20 years ago! I wonder if that family still has that cane head? I bet 90% of the population knows nothing of Blennerhassett now! (I am just loving these!) Debra