Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-29
THE NORTHERN NECK.
mn FARMERS CLEARING UP FOR
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
,roxtnr--srcceSsfuI sportsnien-Tho
oyster Interest-Iiloody oEs'eS
Have Disnppeared-Trncin n fy-
phoid-Fcver Epidemic

CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY
VA November 2S-CSpecial)-Althoush
the corn is shucked and housed the ioduer
stacked. and all the field part OF hrh
,.orlr about completed for the year. the
f,,.-,ors-aDd country people generally
t,,.a NOT been buster at any time curing
49,. mast twelve months than they are
.i.-,,t NOW. No season Of tho year brings
,,ore messing and important duties % inc
bar,i-worked farmer than thiS-tne ino'i'i'
~. si,- weeks intervening between the COM
,letion OF field work and christmas
countless Jobs accumulate, and these must
a., .rounded M" before the farmer feelS
&c ~ enjoy his big log-fre and Christmas
,.,,,t,ve The stables and cow-sheds must
~. "o,erhauled and patched BEFORE eoiu
~ Gets in. Fences must be gone
around and righted up ana All Su--.
.,,5ds and ends" Of farm work oislos9u "a
..,.+ .e soon as the crops are all secuIeu,
and then "au hands set 10 WoI ,f..' a., ~
,-el,e a business Of cutting anu name n,
Immense piles Of winter Woou' 49, -,
mo- small consideration Dy a--. ti,71,rds
~, t-,,lino- storms and nor west pll~-..lu'
'"0 ~ hfdeous rnis is the UNIT
H'''i'' IL, fine hundreds OF renters d.
W. ~ or+ of their old into lhth ~"
ill"' And this moving business ia
~ country IS done so systehtl i1'i-y -
5r,crs and dozens or idiill4'eo -
,-.,,ce I'm a single daytime llcou,."s -
80 With his goods and chdtle's' 90 enc
~ bfs new home before the HIe VI -
lNe .- 49, tenant burns down IN the a 49,.
ou'so 1,-.ssi,e DAYS of November IS the 81
'' s'.er9n'' for caving ciDDdbo -,
~, ,totoes and turnips without "...~r
~ - ord hominy and beef anu O"e,0'
Vio pa" az, etored away. would be mean a.
an l.',.,,ous through the long w.
Orthe when eating is the mos ii -, no
~ Of the whole progIaHlHlo 20 ,bese
,,ot+er how the minds anu az .-.,,.c,,,ied
Hl.'iIort faithful folks are pIeoOV,upa',,
prov 'i ~ messing duties, that Wy
WIN l.istroas dinner IS never lost So
OH ~ -, the first day Of dear Deceii ~.
o. aiiU -, "gobbler," which mas -
lh"t 80 IN The year FOR "parucuiaI ~
49, NJ >, 60 RIM down. caught anu - -
Po'0' .. fotten three weeks Iol 0''O 49,
So-f,,ed-of and plentliuly-p We inter
80, tbe great "25th.' WINE az ,oipg on
ogti,g and necessary Worn - 5,,o,h, hiring
esl'le IS little things which nilsu. oil',s
the NeI - had luck" are stuulOusly
su g'' r,.airst No tenant couid Dc III
guar eet s,o,e ON Friday, for' 10 nv
ouCou s.y,ilv and feather-beds 10 80,
one il''' Eyidav. would give that lpil'nS
nom, nov" all the next year. tlleS 80 fo
"a 80 "rnoye a cat from ole ~ or
Anu ,rould be regarded thS W" 49,,
ano 'nSI, and would surely prlhs On
Ihau.'', - had luck Just as surrey - a.
months ..,%o breaking Of lookins-s.t as.
"oulu EN- years bad luck 10 tne i I'm,
y, y, 1-hese little superstiiiois nc, 70 an
- down from one generation ~ ~
,,,, Cor so many centuries perhaps, .ir
49, ol, tbe little children no" arc
about them. ,,, ,,rtr-p
D.iiobtnil autumn weather ana reports
ot5r6once OF game-wild turkeys anu
.,htt,s-baye brought TO the coui'ies
80, the Potomac q soodly NUMBER VI
citv sportsmen, guns, and dogs anu t,,o
buntsmen have been very successlui '''''
week. ,.t,,, tar,,ar
Tbe ovstermen have been making iai 90
catches this week than usual, Dut tney
.onnioin Of low prices for good oysters
Tho W. nm weather Is unfavorable 10 SNIP
ming large quantities, and aitects the liii
Vel price in largo cities. Fortunately Ior
The oystermen. the much talheu VI
"bloody' oysters have disappeared from
the lower Rappahannock. The Shshtlo"ai
story about the 'peculiar-looking, PINK
ish-colored" 'sickly," bloody piVaiNe
was greatly exaggerated. anyhow. ana