Dear John, You wrote: "...There is also a matter of the dimensions which Twain states as being "thirty yards of board fence nine feet high."" Well, well...I have to say that I didn't know about these dimensions or I wouldn't have opened my trap...except maybe to say that that's a tall fence...and long too, considering the offer...but a six foot boy with three foot arms could just about do it without a ladder...if he used a long-handled brush...how tall were they? With warm regards, Ralph Gainey