WHAT A SUVEYOR MISSED.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1089, 2 June 1882, Page 2

WHAT A SUVEYOR MISSED.

A surveyor who was running township lines in a new country in this State last fall was engaged by a f arin6r t 0 g UBVfly the line botweon his farm and that of a neighbour. They had a line fence, but had engaged in several disputes as.4o whether it was on'thedivide. The surveyor was making preparations when th owner of the other farm appn ached and 0 inquired.

' What'are you going to do now?' 'Find the exact line/ was the reply. At this the man wheoled and wont off on tho gallop, and he was seen no mow until the line had been run. The au rveyor and the first-named farmer had just completed the work when the other came up to within about ten feet ot them and asked;

'Well, hav9 you got through?' ! 'Yes,all through.' ' And is the fenco a foot on his farm V ' No; he has two feet of yours, and the fence must be moved so that you can have it.'

The man sprang upon a Btump, faced a thicket about five rods away, and yelled out:

'You tbore-Reuben and James and Samuel I Tho survey is made and we are all right! You kin shoulder them shotguns aud go back to the sow-mill, and if you meet the old woman com'iug with the pitch-fork you kin tell'her to turn back and get up a squar' dinner for tho survey, or r

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