tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341048312405719251.post7322345497893224788..comments2022-03-16T07:01:47.066-04:00Comments on Leaves on the Trudgian Tree: A Break in The Weather & Maybe The FenceSheryl Trudgian Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07890748939790552251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341048312405719251.post-23215202678231470102009-10-21T04:10:13.193-04:002009-10-21T04:10:13.193-04:00I'm sure, as you are, that Paul Stauss was Leo...I'm sure, as you are, that Paul Stauss was Leonard Stauss's nephew. Did I ever mention to you that Leonard Stauss was the brother of Raymond Stauss of Elizabeth? Raymond Stauss's wife, Edna Stauss, was my Fifth Grade teacher at Elizabeth Public Schools way back in 1875 ( or thereabouts). Their daughter was also a school teacher in Elizabeth and I believe she was teaching FIrst Grade the same year her mother was teaching me in Fifth Grade. She was Ray and Edna's only child and was married but never had children. Thus, Leonard had no children and Raymond had no grandchildren, and the Stauss line died out.Pat Gilmorehttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341048312405719251.post-209095625787615102009-10-21T04:02:36.103-04:002009-10-21T04:02:36.103-04:00Yes, we farm boys and girls knew whose cows where ...Yes, we farm boys and girls knew whose cows where whose. You could always tell when there was a hole in the fence between yours and your neighbors' farms 'cause when we walked in the pasture you'd see a strange cow or three. We knew our cows, and we even knew some of the neighbors' cows, but when we saw a strange cow in our pasture we called around to ask our neighbors if they were missing some of their cows. It usually took a day or so to get the errant cow back to her (or his in the case of a bull) rightful owner, but if she came up the lane at milking time with our herd of cows to be milked we didn't mind milking her and getting the extra milk from our neighbor's cow(s) to sell to Kraft Foods next time their milk truck came to empty our milk tank! Possession is 9/10ths of ownership, after all!Pat Gilmorehttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.com