The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-15

everything about it, directs everything and
sees that everything is done Just as she
wants it. This year she has tenant who
tills part of the farm under her direction.
He is Mr.. George McDuel, who has a farm
of his own some distance further south.
But he doesn't run the place, by any
means, and, as she laughingly explained it,
"He does the tillng and do the bossing."
He raises the grain and she looks after the
other crops. And some of the neighbors
say Miss Mary is better farmer than her
father was"
SELF-RELIANT AND REsOLUTE.
Miss Beaver is thoroughly self-reliant and
resolute, as was shown few days ago,
when she turned back some men who in
sisted on driving through her place with n
four horse wagon, AS result the men are
out on bail on the charges of assault and
trespass, and will have to explain their
conduct in court week after next
When Captain Beaver died one of his
farms was bought by Mr.. A. NJ. Landauer,
of Frederick, who has rented it to Martin
Mcbride and McBride's son-in-law, A. Nj.
Thomas. In Captain beavers lifetime he
built road from one farm to the other for
his own convenience. This road runs
through the farm of Mr.. Landauer and
down through the "Montebello" farm,
skirting the lawn of Miss beavers home.
CLOSING THE ROAD.
Miss Beaver says the men using the road
did not always use the most choice Ian
guage to the teams they drove and their
constant passing became a nuisance. She
examined the deeds of the two places and
found there was no right of way through
her place from the other farm and decided
to close the road, causing the tenants of the
adjoining farm to 20 around by another
route to reach the public road. She notified
the tenants of the adjoining place of her
decision and put up a wire fence across the
road. This was in the first part of May.
For while the fence was not molested,
but the last few weeks the rains washed
the roads and Mr.. Landauer's tenants
found it inconvenient to use the longer
road. One night the fence was cut and
teams went through as usual. Again they
were notified they could not use the old
road and again the fence was put up, only
to be cut down. Finally Miss Beaver be-
came tired of this, and Saturday four
horse team, driven by Thomas and Nc
Bride, passed through her place.
The gate of "Montebello," opening upon
the county road, is an iron one, and it was
locked with chain and paddock. The chain
was cut and the team passed through
When Miss Beaver found what had been
done she was very indignant, and when
the team started through on its way home
she told the driver that he could not 90
through that way.
''HELD Up' THE TEAM
"How are you going to stop us, Miss
| MARY. responded thomas.
AS a response Miss beaver drove her
blackboard directly across the road. Her
friend, Miss Katharine BUSTED, of Centre
vile, Md, was in the blackboard. The
men, finding the road blocked, tried to drive
through a patch OF corn on the far side of
the road Miss Beaver, who has not the
slightest fear of horse, took the leader by
the bride and forced him back.
Then, she said, Mcbride, who is an
elderly man, jumped down from his horse
and aimed blow at her with the loaded
end of his black snake whip She is taller
than he and easily lodged that and two or
three other blows he aimed at her. While
this was going on, she says Thomas
attempted to drive over the blackboard in
which Miss Busteed was sitting. The
horses ran into it, fitting it over and spill
ling Miss Busted out Thomas then told
Miss Deaver that if she didn't take the
buck board out of the road he would make
kindling wood of it.
Gas it is rather nice trap" said Miss
Deaver, ''and | really did not want it
broken, | called an old colored man who
works on the place to take it out of the
way and at the same time took buggy
whip and stood directly in the road"
POTENCY OF 4 BUGGY WHIP.
About that time Mr.. McDuel. the tenant,
came up and Miss Deaver told him what
had happened. He told the men they had
no right to drive through the land and they
were liable for prosecution for trespass in
cutting the chain and coming on the place
after they had been notified to keep off.
He was only there few minutes and had
to leave to take train. He advised Miss
Beaver to keep her place in the road and
told her he did not think there would be
any further difficulty. He had hardly
gotten out of sight, Miss Deaver said, when
Mcbride and Thomas, after consulting a