Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-30

TIE City Fanatics First Mornings IN
the Country.
soun PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
when to Take Your Second Nap
indications of BETTER Timcs Conn
,na-rhc Crop Prospect Very Fine
rcrsonnl aud General Mention.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the pispa,sh.)

ALTON. VA. June 2s.-it is pretty
Generally conceded that country people.
- class. are more industrious than
,rcir town brethren. In political cam
n..gns we are alluded TO as the "tiliers
d. soil" The agricultural masses" the
.'hogny-hauded sons OF toll" etc. This is
al a mistake. Annually. from the time
Of the summer solsticc, when our city
friends come up to the sim waters and
she green pastures are we shamed with
f.e. superiluOus bedtimeness. Does any
one rccolicct Josh Bnings's farmer. who
burned half a cord Of wood, and two
feunds OF candles waiting for day 10
troakY' Just such similar folly many
e4rly-rislng city fanatics generally
v.omcn--coinmit the first few mornings
after they are domicilcd in country
homestead. They worry the chickens.
and set the barnyard geese cackling loud
enough TO save a second Rome, and poke
around back ways, knec-deep in the
yrt grass. TO the runation OF clean
skirts and the utter discontinue OF C'ndy
and Uncle Remus in their morning court
sAlps.
Early-rlslng is all very well. The
Y-almist mathematics the sluggard. and
igvelchs against little more folding
~ ne hands 10 slumber. hut a too sud
den breaking up Of luxurious habits IS
very bad for the constitution, and has
10 authority in medical science. Fifteen
minutes spent in gradually waking after
me eyes are opened. in rolling over and
stretching the limbs. and thinking how
r.irc the country air is for sound sleeping,
Of
20 equalize the circulation Of your blood
with Pleasant thoughts. Listen until you
fe9r The farmhouse back-door Unmatched
and ~ You peep out and see Farmer
Doshs going down the orchard path with
his bushel basket and calling 20 o-wee,
o. o-wce." Tor the hogs. II is time for
y1u 20 turn into a second nap, and wake
up 40 the ringing Of the rising-ben. OF
course the city guest soon gets over
ihsss early morning fevers, and settles
down 20 q normal temperature.
EARLY TO BED.
framing about the woods and rough
i-cit day after day. e. Il sends one early
% bed" Is very apt 10 also keep him
-he-e Tor o'clock breakfast; but there
are exceptions. Take one morning in your
summers outing and get far TO hiSh
fiacs and see the sun rise. II viii he
OIL marvellous t-ttiE ~ N-ii N4ir WINS N'4N"
500 80 back home.
A society Of the 3. Y. p u. A. was
c-sln!zed last Sunday evening at the
alton chapel by Rev. Hdrtwell Haw-
,torne. who was unanimously elected
president
The most inVeterate growler must ad-
NIT that prosperity and the business boom
have set In. For one thing, the crops
are good. We have hope. and hope Is
tie most powerful spring Of human action.
WIN a fair season the fields Will be
laden with luxurious crops Of corn waving
.n the autumuai breeze, and the farmers
will be easy. Wheat and hay and oats
On. assured. So are onions. which are a
staple crop about here. the Egyptian va
rlefy yielding largely. II Is pity That
onions have the odor that they do. Tor
their d.etetic and medicinal qualities are
excellent. Boiled or roasted, they are
good specific for colds and any c!ogsinS
y the bronchial tubes. The effect of
onions is invigorating and prophylactic
in the extreme and a fortune waits for
The man who iuvents something 10 DO
away with the after unpleasantness or
their use.
The potato crop S freer from insects
this season than for some years past.
last winter was better than the Depart
uant OF Agriculture, as the eggs ana
iarvae OF the striped beetle were we'll
uign frozen out.
some one sent IN an inquiry awhile
back % know what would make butter
conner" We tried 10 explain that in win
ter II would usually CONF for about >
or Sd cents 4 pound, IL Will come essi!y
now at from to 70 cents, and for the
best. g!lt-edged mountain SORT which
shows the wisdom Of letting the dairy
rrst In summer. when field labor IS urgent.
ana having more fresh COWS in the IAN
ana winter.
PERSONAL.
0r Hartwell Smith. of Hinton. W. Va.
ana Miss Maud L. Weaver. OF stanton,
were married by the Rev. J. II. Boyd on
Thursday morning. and reached Alton Oh
tla 9.3J 8. NJ. train.
Rev. James II. Robinson Will preach AT
OAK Grove Sunday al $50 i. NJ and at
Basic city at night.
Mrs. ". g. Watson, OF Richmond. Is
s.mmering at Mrs. Tavenor Goodloes.
s.. a. Christian, Jr, and family, ana
Miss Mary Lee Page. OF Richmond, are
registered az Mountain Top
Al excursion train of eight cooches-
tie Methodist Sunday schools Of Inar-
lo,tesy.lle-passed Alton for Weye@'s Cave
yesferday morning.
Miss Edna Lipscomb left wednesday
morning for Roanoke. 10 visit Mrs. VIII
lam 7. Carr.