The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-14
DRUMMERS AND FARMERS
TIE BOYS or THE GRIP COT SNOW
ED UP NEAR WINCHESTER
Ana Had to Attend the Fafmers' Institutr'
How They Happened TO GetA
Good breakfast

Colonel Thomas whitehead, 'ohih'o
sioner of Agriculture. IL Just back from
Winchester. where he was showed IN ior
a week. lie went TO Winchester to at
tend a farmers institute for TWO da!S'
"Wednesday and Thursday, and Though
the whole surrounding country was burled
under snowdrifts. the attendance w. W.
ubout two hundred, and one-haif OF inns
number comprised the most iniluenald'
farmers of that rich agricultural co"ii-
Try. - ,ha dnest
ever held in the State, and the auuse '. -.
were the most valuable. An essay -
MIR. G. X. Smith on roads was 80 a.
~, nat tho Commissioner ordered us
publication in advance OF ms Ioe ,n,s ana
morris. an which such papers usually hho
place.
RAISING STOCK.
,otoncI Wade. of the Broadway En-
t.rnrise made a speech on raising STOCK
Tor Inc dairy that also attracted deep
a,tentiou. and Virginia fruits ana thelf
enemies were thoroughly discussed
colonel Whitehead says that there was
more Intelligent interest shown by tho
farmers present than at any previous IN
stitute, and ne especially marked the
cbeerfulness and look of prosperity mat
seemed TO pervade the assembly. Sald
he: III,
although the trains were blocked with
snow the farmers are so well prepared 10
house their stock that not calf or iamD
suffered i'm consequeacc.'
Mr.. j. X Mccain. a member OF me
State Board Of Agriculture, called the
institute TO order. and called Colonel
C1avenger 10 the chair. who made an
address of wecome. This was respond
ed TO by Colonel Whitehead.
The counties of Frederick. Clarke ana
J,oudoun. in Virginia, and Jefferson ana
Berkeley, in West Virginia, were repre-
scented.
STOCK IN A DRIFT.
On Thursday, when the trains were
due from the North. the Cumberland
Valley was blocked with snow as high
as the engines. one train stuck IN
drift i'm a cut two miles from Wlnches-
fer. Conductor SnOdgrass made MS way
on foot TO the city. and returning WIN a
big sleigh brought his nine passengers
in. -
About the same time a trackman VINO
plunged through the great snowdrifts re-
ported a train on the Baltimore ana
Ohio road with two engines stuck III
cut nine miles away. Thls Ualh was
not released for two days. me front
engine ran so far into the dTllt m me
cut that the engineer NdS A'diis
Sed and had 10 be dug out. rms traIh
contained nineteen drummers, who spene
the night as comfortably as they could
i'm the snowdrift. Next morning, when
they were very hungry and fOrorn over
their situation. a voice from the Top OF
the cut was heard haiing the tram.
Some one shouted back 20 know "hat
was wanted, and the laconic reply came
ringing TO the big hole in the snow pdnh'
breakfast iS ready
The sailors off the mouth OF the ANA
zon, when directed to Throw out your
buckets and drink" were not more
agreeably surprised.
GOOD BRHAKFAsT.
They scrambled out of the sntwdrifts
and went a few hundred yards TO the
hospitable home of Mr.. j. *. McCann,
where they were welcomed by Mrs. Nc
Cam, and found a plentiful hot break
fast awaiting them. They spent two
days in this delightful situation, telling
Jokes, singing songs and playing games,
and having such fun asa lot of drum
meFs can sAt- the end OF that time
the railroad people, by dir OF digging
,hrough snowdrifts and cutting wire
fences, got a lot OF sleighs to the scene
and carried them into winchester lhere
they held a meeting and passed resolu-
lions of thanks TO Mrs. Mccain for her
hosnitalitv. and had their photographs
taken I'm a group and sent TO her, as
memcnto of the occasion. In this PIC
ture were pressed Mr.. Mccain ana Col
onel Whitehead. who We're already In
Winchester.
While Colonel Whitehead was there MIR.
Sanger and another agent of the Dunk
ard Church in America came from Wood
stock TO see him concerning the pur-
chase of land in Virginia TO settle col
ony of Dunkards from the cold lands
OF Minnesota. from Sweden and Den
mark. He gave them much information
about lands in Virginia, and they viii
visit several parts of the State for the
purpose named and will call on the Com
missioner here.