Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-10
PRESIDENT BUFORD.
MS SELECTION GRATIFYING TO THE
tAMes-RivER VALLEY.
Annual Exh,bitiens Now Looked Fora
Big Rssircsd ccntrnotor--rhe Hawk
ana the Cat--Geesc and Ducks.
rcorresponaspce Of No RIchmoad Dispatca-l

rcorrcspondence Of ths Richmond Dispafca-i
scorrssnIn, Va. February e.-iho SCI
lection Of Colonel A. 8. Buford IS presi-
dent Of tho Virginia Agricultural and me-
chanical Associations pleasing to has many
warm friends In the James-kiyer Valley,
where he Is very popularly known and bus
executive ability and sound Judgment fully
recognized. Colonel Buford owns o fine
Jamcs. river estate in Albemarle adjacent
40 Hoyndsville (the farm owned In his
lifetime by the late Alexander 1cseiey,
editor OF the FAig) and on this he and bis
family spend tho SUMMER season; lnere
81 no section which IL moro LARGELY repre-
sented BIZ attendance OF the state fairs
than this, and mary dollars thus find thor
vav into the Golfers Of Richmond NOR.
chants and Others. Our people are Oil
rratiaed at the probability now OF regular
animal exhibitions. Not disparsging the
efforts 10 make successful the various
county fairs In the State. which have ~
many instances not proven sef-sns'eining,
IL would seem better for several only q,
central points TO DO determined upon. ana
that these antedate the State Exposition IN
ench wav as 20 have their exhibits con,
verge together at tho great exhibition az
THOUSANDS or TITS.
Mr.. John L. Pitts, Of this place, who has
been a notable. railroad contractor IN sew
eral Of the southern States, has Just COM
Melted one Of his contracts for msEy thou;
sands Of railroad tics IN georgia. ana
shipped his teams 70 Virginia. lie mas
taken contract TO furnish one hundred
thousand ties for q new railroad in the up
oer valley of Virginia, rs well as contract
Tor considerable grading IN one OF the new
Southwest Virginia towns, and 20 these ne
will now torn his attention with large
forces OF men and teams. Mr.. PITTS 10
younp in years but old in the business IN
which he has engaged with marked success
THE WRONG CUSTOMER.
An amusing mistake was evidently made
NV n LARGE chicken.hawk in a meadow near
this place 10 which there were several eye
witnesses. The hawk was seen to rise IN
the air distance OF perhaps twenty-five
wards with some animal IN IT'S claws, which
was suddenly dropped. Al nIst IL was
Thought by those who witnessed the incl
dent that a rabbit was the game. and
gentleman went 10 the spot and found a
full.sized cat crouohed on the ground,
evidently much frightened but unhurt by
;ts aerial trim. The hawk doubtless dis
covered that it had picked up the wrong
customer" and that IT had "A whlte-
elephant" on his hands and accordingly
knew somewhat similar incident TO
occur. in which hawk rose from the
rround with a black snake which coiled
about the hawks wings and brought the
bird 10 the ground. whereupon a gentle-
man who was a witness of the proceeding
quickly dispatched both.
FIFTY CENTS PER SCALP.
Abiding TO hawks the usual premium OF
fifty cents for each scalp has until recently
been paid IN Fluvanna county, but the
amount paid out in this way was such ms 70
induce the Board of Supervisors TO WITH
draw the premium. One gentleman IN the
county captured one hundred and thirty
odd hawks in steel.traps in one year thus
realizing sixty-Odd dollars from ther
pcalps. The plan pursued in their capture
is simple and worth knowing Hawks
usually have point on which they more ire
ouently alight than elsewhere 20 hay-pole
is a favorite point.) A small steel-trap
baited and placed at such a point VIII IN
nearly every instance catch the despoller
of chicken-yards.
FRIGHTENED AWAY.
Wild geese and ducks are not so plentiful
on Upper James river perhaps, since the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad TOOK
the place of the old canal, the noise OF the
iron horse having tenuenCy W Hisntto.n
them away, hut several miles above TINS
Mace. where the railroad leaves the river at
n greater distance than at many other
points, they appear to be quite numerous;
Mr.. w H. Tapscott, near Warren. shot and
killed six geese Friday and has regularly
supplied bis table during the season with
Waterfowl.
Mr.. Charles B. Harris, who has been con-
fined with pneumonia at this place. where
4 =.
chants, is regarded out of danger, bat re-
covering slowly.
Mr.. A. Oppenhimer. late Of the Rich
mond firm Of Oppenhlmer 4 Cutchins,
wholesale clothiers. was here Saturday
displaying large line of clothing for q
New York house. Mr.. Oppenhimer lives
IN Fluyanna with his family in q handsome
new residence on his farm. lie Is the
father Of DR.. Oppenhimer, OF Richmond.