Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-12
ERECTS SPITE FENCE
TO BAR BOLD STARES
OF NEIGHB0R'S HORSE
Philadelphia Spinster Claims Equine
Curiosity Will Give Her Ner-
vous Prostration if
Not Stopped

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II. - The
naughty stare of neighbor's bay
horse, which seems to have got into
the curious habit of keeping watch
full eye on all that went on in her
front parlor, so got up the dander OF
Miss Elizabeth Hagerman of 4S17
Frankford avenue that she slapped up
a spite fence to bar out the gaze of
the inquisitive beast forevermore.
The horse is owned by Fred Creigh-
ton, who runs a tea and coffee empo-
rum at 4S15 Franlford avenue, and
Miss Hagerman says that it's constant
stare in at her front windows so got
on her nerves that she found the fence
necessary, if she wasn't to go smack
down under nervous prostration. The
fence is six feet high, and extends be
tween the lines of the two adjoining
properties, over a space of about six
feet to the paving line.
When Creighton's horse was stopped
outside his tea and coffee emporium,
Miss Hagerman says, it fixed it's gaze
unerringly in a diagonal line right into
her front windows, and try as she
would she couldn't stare the thing out
of cOuntenance.
Creighton, who has been involved in
other disputes with Miss Hagerman
since he moved into his recent quar-
ters, says his horse isn't unusually Gu
rious or of a prying nature.
All F'rankford is fiocking to get a
look at the fence which Miss Hager-
man says is up to stay.
Miss Hagerman began her disputes
with the tea and coffee man a year
ago when he refused to chase a lot OF
boys who annoyed her by playing
baseball on ground adjoining his prop
erty. Some time ago Miss HaSerman
placarded her house front and rear
with a lot of signs bearing legends
that were in the nature of cracks at
Creighton. When Creighton managed
to live through this, he was served
with a notice from his neighbor that if
the piano was played at his house
later than 10 p. m. after date men
toned she'd have the law on him.
Soothes Hurt Feelings
This notice followed. party at the
Creighton house, in which lady had
harried the instrument with consid-
erable skill and punches of feeling, and
Creighton was so angered that he
started in to take lessons himself, and
got in the habit of practicing in the
middle of the night just to show that
his feelings were hurt.
Creighton says now that he has
nothing to do but try to get along as
best he can on the lonely side of the
spite fence and that he hopes Miss
Hagerman will get pleasure out of it.
1t interferes q little with the lighting
of the tea and coffee parlors in day
time but the owner says that if the
worst comes to the worst he will use
gas.
Miss Hagerman some time ago per
mitted the congregation of the North
Baptist church to use a stable on the
rear of her property as meeting
house, and when they moved to more
ambitious quarters she placed sign
on the building and in gigantic let
ters passersby read, over MISS Hager-
mans signature:
"I spent $50 in repairing this build
ing for the use of the North Baptist
church. Now they don't use it,
That's gospel truth"
Then followed a list of Injuries
which the owner of the property said
had been inflicted on her by the con-
gregation and it's members. This sign
was in place only a few days.