I watched this film on a DVD that was rammed with short films from the period. I didn't watch all of them as the main problem with these type of things that their value is more in their historical novelty value rather than entertainment. So to watch them you do need to be put in the correct context so that you can keep this in mind and not watch it with modern eyes. With the Primitives & Pioneers DVD collection though you get nothing to help you out, literally the films are played one after the other (the main menu option is "play all") for several hours. With this it is hard to understand their relevance and as an educational tool it falls down as it leaves the viewer to fend for themselves, which I'm sure is fine for some viewers but certainly not the majority. What it means is that the DVD saves you searching the web for the films individually by putting them all in one place but that's about it.
Two women stand beside a fence talking, meanwhile on the other side two boys drive nails through to trap their skirts. As a comedy this film is not great but is reasonably amusing but what is interesting is the flawed attempted to move the audience around action. Essentially we need to see the action from both sides of the fence but, rather than move the camera or shoot from both sides, this film moves the characters from one side to another in edits. It is a nice idea but it doesn't work. The background stays the same the effect is initially confusing because it only comes across like the actors have moved, not that the viewer has.
Of course it doesn't help that the actors alternate which way they are looking (they chase the boys towards camera no matter what side they are on). Still though the film is interesting to watch mainly because it tries but fails this is all part of the process, not everything works and it is interesting to see this process occur.