About half a century ago when landlords held power over the tenant farmers it was a terrible crime to cut even a small tree in the property. At this particular time the landlord Mr. Sandes passed away and the poor tenants thought it would be quite safe to cut a few trees. So on a fine moonlight night, about a half dozen strong hardy men repaired to the woods, taking with them a few horses and carts, axes and saws. All went well for a time and just as they were about to load their carts a terrible noise such as of galloping horses and rattling of chains sounded nearly. The men got terror stricken for a few moments and stopped work. They then thought 'twas the old landlord back from the grave, so they laughed it off and proceeded to load their carts butElla DmitrievaJanice mckenna