One good reason for a fence. . .
is to avoid “a man with an English accent, sitting in a Lincoln with Massachusetts plates, was ‘acting peculiar’ and ‘in a very strange manner,’ while sitting outside the residence taking photos.”
Ah Dan, the price you pay for fame!
Janice
Photograph of bathers at Nutts Pond, circa 1918, Manchester NH. Manning boys, sons of Charles & Addie (Ryan) Manning, and Emma (Ryan) Fish-Ryan. She had a camp on the pond and her husband used to steal bather’s clothing.
Image of a hog, from “Diseases of Swine,” 1914, by Charles F. Lynch, page 23
hog-reeve (hog reefe) – an elected position in early New Hampshire townships. Settlers often let livestock graze in the woods around their fields, or on the town “common.” Even if these animals were fenced, early fences were often inadequate to restrain stray animals. As a result, each town chose a hog reeve, who assumed custody of livestock that strayed into cultivated fields. Wandering livestock were called “estrays.” They were “taken up,” often to the “pound,” where their owners could retrieve them after paying a small fine. This position was also responsible for appraising damages by stray swine, and for ordering restitution.
Also see “ear marks,” in Brief Glossary of New Hampshire terms
Do you know where this “monument” (Manchester New Hampshire’s town pound) is located?
