Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-07
ANOTHER FISH STORY.
ouR CORRESPONDENT AT CONFORM
BEATS THE RECORD.
The biggest Haul I'm Half Cen
tury-Thc Scramble for omce-
Many Building improvement
County Gossip. ~.
morrespepdence OF the Dispatch.)

May 6.-Ine warm "cae"e' v,
ard the rains Of this week greatly I'M
proyed and advanced all vegetauoh' anu
tended TO stimulate the dropping Spirits
NJ farmers. Clover and orchard grass
which had made but little progress, ana
promised a meagre yield during inc con-
,inuation of low temperature and devices
nights. responded gratefully TO the SUM
mer sunshine and april showers ana
grew several inches In heighth during
the week. Complaining was begun
shou. the middle OF last week. and up
IN this time many fields in all sections Oh
the county have been planted down. ohe
important item Of farm WORK LOT 'n'S
,veek is the preparation of melon-patches'
,ybicb nv the way. Is never slighted py
tho we,,-resulated' farmer hereabouts. TOT
the horny-fisted tiller OF the SOIL MS iain'-
~. and visiting kinfolks would not ENJOY
the August vacation without a proius'oh
of huge wetermelons. so, JUST now 'nou
sands of melon-hills are being maue WIN
much care and painstaking' anu nv
week. when the moon gets exactiy ,iem ,,,
che watermelon and canta.oupe-seed wiz
we, or dry. or however pressing may DE
other work-when the "melon-mooh
comes the melon-seed must go III
tho ground. But aside from belhB
a summer luxury for the farmer S iaHi'iS /,
,vatermelon3 nave gained favor mere as
a money crop, farmers having rea,'N1u
from ss5 to so from a single acre OF iahu
cultivated in them.
since reporting through this correspon-
dence last week the catch OF toVoo her-
rings at a single haul by potomac sem
a fisherman on the same river beat the y
cord by catching 10000 herrinss' am
many other kinds of fish, at one maui.
The record Of unusually large ca'ches
shows that this 10000 catch Is the largest
made in the Potomac waters at one maui
during the last half century, anu prop
ably the second largest ever made on that
river. Some time, about $50 TO ls5o. the
number of fish caught at one haul by a
Potomac seine on a Westmoreand shore
was estimated at 100000. which was then
and Is now said, on the best authority.
IN be the largest catch of fish ever made
I'm the United States-that IL, of market
able fish. That catch suddenly reduced
the price of behring's from - to 81 per
thousand in twenty-four hours, ana on
the second day, when enough salt 10 Keep
them could not be procured In time. ana
when the supply exceeded the demand,
the price fell to 30 cents per thousand, ana
the successful fisherman then and there
suspended operations for the season ana
gave his men two weeks holiday ana
three drinks a day"
NORTHERN-NECK ROAD.
Mr.. W. Med. Lee. of Lancaster and
Mr.. William Hankins, two civil engi-
neers, passed through here last week
making a preliminary view OF the
route for the proposed Northern-Neck
railroad. The route viewed by them
through Stafford and the upper part of
this county is several miles north OF that
surveyed some years ago for another
company That formerly surveyed fol-
loved the Rappahannock flats from
Fredericksburg TO within two miles OF
this place, whereas the one viewed last
week leaves the Rappahannock at frede-
ricksburg and follows the Ridge which
is about equal distance from the Poto-
mac and Rappahannock rivers, and In
tersects the old survey near this place,
passing through the most densely popu-
lated sections of Stafford and King
George, and also the main trucking Sec
tions of the two counties. much to the
The illness Of Mr.. Thaddeus Jenkins.
proverbially one of King Georges best
men. is widely regretted and is watched
with intense interest and anxious solicit
tude by all classes here.
Mrs. w. G. Bates. wife of the pastor
in charge Of the King George Methodist
Circuit, carried her little three-year-old
daughter to Richmond city last week for
medical treatment by a specialist
Captain Henry Endsor a prominent
citizen of this county. aboit six weeks
ago sent his 5-year-ol1 SON to Wash
ington Cd. c. hospital for special medi-
cal attention, and found to his deep re-
greet on the little patients return home
last week that the disease had not
yielded TO treatment. The Captain is
now advised to take his little son to
Richmond, Va, where medical skill has
reached its zenith.
The Law and Order League" organ
lied in this county one month ago, is
attaining huge proportions and attract
ing wide public attention. AS before
stated in these columns. the league is
composed Of some Of the very best ma
terial in the county, and the names con-
stituting the officers and Executive Com
mittee not only give force and promi-
hence to the organization. but clearly
indicate that II means business sure
enough. and that just and proper en-
forcement of law here will be earnestly
looked after.
work of repairing Stifs Wharf. on the
Potomac. has begun. This wharf, one
of the most important steamboat land
ings on the Virginia shore of the Poto-
mac, was quite badly damaged by a
storm several months ago, and the re-
pairs now being made are a public ne
cessity to large scope of country.
SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE.
The frantic scramble for office here Is
now no longer confined to intelligent.
competent men. but includes the ideal ig-
no-aihus as well. One aspirant, catch
ing the sound of the oft-repeated word
candidate" announces himself "A Me-
chanic' for Overseer of the Poor" Anoth'
er. believing In the virtue OF the hind
leg Of graveyard rabbit and all such
like superstitons, has succeeded in cap
turing a resident rabbit OF an old field
graveyard. and, amputating a hind foot
OF the innocent varmint, entered the cam
paign as candidate for a district office
feeling certain OF success. unless by frtc-
ton in his pants pocket the hair wears
off that luck-foot before election-day
Still another. somewhat frustrated by the
doctrine of the Adyentists. seeks TO learn
from Biblical students whether there Is
any sort of probability OF the second
coming OF Christ before election-day. A
goodly number OF this class Of men are
really In the field asking for the suffrages
Of the people.
Many of our citizens who have all alone
been openly opposed to the Walton eiec.
tion-law are now much more reconciled
to IL, and IL is quite apparent That as
the local election approaches public SEN
timent becomes more and more favorabie
TO the new system OF casting ballots
Some hitherto avowed enemies OF the
new law admit now that they were too
hasty In condemning 1t last fall. and
these are they who want 10 hold on 70
IL until something known to be better can
take its place.
The slightly increased demand for rail-
road-ties this spring has greatly encour-
aged local dealers and revived the timber
business here. Our forests, which have
been fairly CLEANED several times. resound
again with the broadaxe and crosscut
saw, and a number Of laborers md EN-
ployment in the woods once more.
A series of prayer and song services are
being held weekly in Trinity Methodist
church, at King George Courthouse. pre-
paratory for a protracted revival meet
ing 10 be conducted there early In tnis
month by Evangelist ]. c. Rosser The
coming of Mr.. Rosser to this county j.
an a