Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-08
HINT TO THE CITIES.
or the POiiticO-EcOnomic JuIep-A
Fish Story-Sprfng Election, 80.

OFFLEN. VA. February 7-(Special)-
The weather-wise predict a good fruit
and crop-ycar after this long, hard win
ter. and any such compensation would
be chccrfully submitted 10. All the ice
houses have been well filled. and the local
"assayers." whose credentials even the
astutc Tomliuson would doubtless accept.
report the mint in satisfactory condition
when last inspected IN the iall-wth
good reserve q draw from. sugar. too.
Is cheap. and. even despite Congress. we
might Yet be happy In the dog days,
under The outrageous foliage OF the
l0Idly sassafras. but. alas, owing 10 ID"
monumental. world wide amount Of poll
tico-economlc cusseiness which the agn-
cultuTist has TO "Wrastie" with in these
times OF Woe. an Indispensable element
in what would otherwise De a ncctarian
compound. bids fair TO be lacking. For.
be other works. the horny handed while
someW hat long on corn this year. Is
rather short" on its Juice. and NJ
writer on these topics from Adam Smith
Gown 20 Edward Atkinson. shows him
how an exchange Of these two popular
products can be- effected without pretty
fair chance of the balance Of trade. as 1t
were. being against him. Al OF which
facts our city cousins would DO well 10
note. and govern themselves accordingly
next summer. when packing up their
toOthbrushcs and paper collars propara-
tory 10 gleefully hicing down the hill in
the gladstone sunlight 10 the BrOad-strcet
oasis 20 take the luxurious and feet
footed Chesapeake ana Ohio "accommo-
da:iou" 10 seek cooler breeZes AMI rural
delights westward.
AN OFFERS GAME.
4 fine. plump. German carp. weighing
within a fraction of . pounds was re-
Gently found In an old muskrat house,
in marsh near Ohley. where 1t had
been carried and most insen.ously con-
cealcd IN one Of the compartments by an
otter. whose tracks disclosed his cache 20
hunter. The fish was untouched ana SIN
alive, and had apparently been dragged
some distance by its gils. as you would
"coerCe' man. so TO speak. by the car
or side whiskers. ana the wonder is how
the feat was so successfully accomplish
cd, for these FISH. though sluggish, are
very strong. ana TO have SO neatly
hooked. landed and stored away in his
iCc-hOusc one Of this size mus, have taxed
Hr'er offers woodcraft transportation Ia
cilities and general resources pretty Sc
Vereiy The head OF another carp. very
much larger was also found al this place.
Further Investigation showed that his
ottership had his residence however.
elsewhere. in a bank on terri firma-a
more fashionable quarter, perhaps. in var
mintJom.
COMING ELECTION.
Considerable interest is felt in the
coming spring election for county officers.
Nearly all the incumbents Will. il IS
likely. bee candidates again. and their adj
ministration Of affairs has been gene
rally satisfactory.
Mir Walter Sydnor who tour years
ago gave the incumbent. Mr. George
J.. HaW. "a spirited contest for the Com
lnouwealth's attorney~hip. VIII measure
his strength again. Both gentlemen are
weu-known Democrats and lawyers OF
good standing. and have many friends.
Mr. Elisha Jackson was called To Rich
mon1 yesterday TO the bedside Of his wife,
who was lately taken there for treatment
AZ -. Lukes Home and whose condition
is reported as critical.