Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-17
BLACKSBURG POINTS.
Meeting Of The Boards Executive
Committee.
ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.
The Corn Crop and the Cattle In
terest-Gamc-The Confederate VET
crnn C,mp-Thc Superstition Of
the Darky-PcrsODaI.

BLACKSBGR G, VA, november 10
(speclal)-A meeting OF the Executive
Committee Of the Board Of Visitors of the
virginia Agricultural and Mechanical Col
,ege was held in the office Of President
McBryde on Thursday. There were pres
ent Captain G. T.. Vawter, Of the Miller
Manual Labor school; Hon. j. Thompson
Brown. of Bedford. and Mr.. $. Hamilton
Graves, of Roanoke.
Many matters OF importance concerning
the interest and welfare Of the college
were gone into and fully and freely dis
cussed. The continued indispositon oil
the valued treasurer. Judge John Gardner
made IL necessary 10 make an arrange
ment for some one 10 I'll his place tenn
porarily. While here the committee went
over the buildings and grounds, and IN
soected the various departments OF the
college.
THE WEATHER. SNOW. RAIN. ETC.
During the past week We had almost all
varieties OF weather. On the same day,
rain snow. ana hail fell. while ice was
formed during the night nearly quarter
OF men .flltk. if lam mo- '''' W
immense benefit. DIS the sun shone out
warm afterwards. and the grass has
greened almost AZ II It were spring again.
Then. too. il has enabled the heroic farm
ers TO shuck out their corn, which they
had not been able TO do before. because
Of the dryness OF the fodder. The crop
Is a very large one, and the ears are large
with well-developed grains. Corn u now
being offered in market at 30 cents per
bushel-a lower price than 1t has brought
for years before.
THU CATTLE INTEREST.
The large cattIe-buyers at this season
are very busiy engaged in buying up
their stock cattle for another year. Specu-
lators so completely exhausted TINS
county last spring that our buyers have
been forced to get their supply from
Craig. Giles, and adjoining counties, ana
some very fine cattle. too, have beeh
brought from these counties.
Captain Stockton 5. Heth Of Radford,
a brother of General Henry Heth, owns
the magnificent estate Of white Thorn
near RIackshure. and Is very largely IN
tereste1 in cattle-raising. His herd is al
ways shipped directly TO Liverpool, ana
never fails to bring fine price. Captain
Heth. besides this estate, owns one also
in Mississippi. and residences in RadIoru
and Washington. Both he and Mrs. Heth
have been at white Thorn a large
portion OF the summer and fall.
THE GAME.
Wild turkeys are reported very abund-
ant. and il Is said that quite NUM-
Der Of pheasants are TO De found III
the mountains But none have as yet
been Offered on the market. Rabbits
Il fhnn
while cartridges are a delicacy that no
one aspires TO. so very scarce are they |
have heard OF no deer or bear this fall.
Indeed. the bears have run the deer out
of our mountains almost entirely But
frequently in the past one might secure
a fine bear steak here, which by many Is
highly priced
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
The Confederate veteran camp recently
organized here. with Major Bennett as
grand commander. IS "A fourishing organi-
cation. There are now fifty old vete-
rams on the rolls. and about twenty
five more have signifed their intention
Of joining AT a meeting recently held
a constitution and bylaws were adopted.
POLITICAL.
The result Of the recent election in this
county was | think. "A surprise to every
body-Republican and Democrats. alike.
Judging from the conduct at the two last
fall elections, our people can see no rea-
son why the Walton law should be OBJ
tected 10. IL has given us remarkably
quiet elections entirely free from many
Objectionable features. which afforded
past battles OF the ballot We believe
the law has now stood the test, and Will
become each year more popular with the
people.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
The first No. of the session of the
Virginia Agricultural and Mocha Col
leee magazine. the Gray Jacket has
made it's appearance. and comes up 10
the high standard which this college pc
riodical has taken among its fellows
Miss Patton. q daughter OF Colonel vii
liam NJ. Patton, of the Department Of
Civil Engineering. is visiting her father,
and will be the guest of Or. and Mrs. Me
Bryde during her stay.
Mrs. Theodore i. Campbell is absent
al present visiting friends and relatives
in Richmond and Petersburg.
Mr. W G. Warren. Of Millboro' De
pot. who has been visiting friends here
and in Christansburg, has returned
home.
SUPERSTITION OF THE DARBY.
II seems that the belief in cOnjuring
will never die out among the darlies.
There live not far from Blacksburg a
family OF five orphan girls. who have
all been well and carefully reared by
an excellent old grandmother. who died
last winter. Recently one or two OF the
girls were sick, and they did not know
Just what was the matter with them.
\ strange negro man appeared upon the
scene, and gravely informed them that
they were coniured. and that If the spell
WAS not raised two of them would be
dead within three weeks. This threw
them into great futter OF excitement.
They inquired how the spell misht be
broken. lie replied that he, and he alone.
was able to- do 1t. but that il would re-