Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-01-26
GLASGOW GLEANINGS.
Glasgow Correspondence. }

Glasgow Correspondence
Glasgow, Va, Jan. 20, '9e.-Lsst week
we asked through your columns an explana.
nation Of notice sent out by our County
Supervisors in regard to changing our fence
law. We wanted to know the grounds, II
any, for the proposed change. And with
the power OF divination Git must be divins-
tive as ne answered before seeing our ques.
tions), Senex furnished the desired informa-
ton.
He tells US IL Is dangerous driving on the
roads while horses and mules are allowed to
run at large.
Why don't Senex advocate stopping rail-
road trains running through the county t?
There are more casualties resulting from
them than from loose horses and as to
mules, l don't think have seen one loose
in the public road since have been In the
county.
But Senex gives the plan away In the next
paragraph. lie says why not 60 further and
apply it to oil stock.
That Is the sequel to the whole matter.
The promoters OF the scheme want to include
all stock but they were afraid to try so bold
a move at first, so concluded to try horses
and mules and il that plan went through oil
right In time they would try to include COWS
aud sheep. They know their ultimate OBJ.
ject would produce howl from one end Of
the county to the other and arouse the right
eous indignation Of the people to such an ex.
tent that they would not be able to stand
the excoriatipg they would get. They there.
fore concluded to confine the restrictions to
the horse and poor old mule.
We are not Latin scholar but have been
informed that Senex means an old man.
Now we reverence antiquity and hold In
high esteem an old man therefore We will
will not handle Senex roughly, but we feel 1t
cur duty to tell the OLD MAN he has not
learned it all yet. We will venture the pre-
dicton that the OLD MAN has never lived in
no-fence county. We have, and would
like to tell him some Of the evils Of the no.
fence law.
LIST. 1t would curtail stock raising. 1t
might improve the quality Of the stock but
1t would evidently lesson the quantity.
from utilizing their mountain lands as pas.
ture, as they can now do.
Bird. It would deprive the OLD MANS ira
dtional poor man OF his cow
4th. 1t would be an unintermittine source
OF litigation between land owners and stock
owners.
Senex may tell Ms 1t works all right ".
eastern Virginia, but that is not true e-en
where the conditions are more favorable.
There the land Is level and all tlllable. They
have no mountain lands that are good for
nothing but lumber and pasture. There you
can see the poor mans COW tied to stake
standing in sun or rain with the ground as
barren as the floor, where she has tramped
around, or possibly lying broadside where
she has fallen from being fettered by the
rope. Then when his cow dies he can't buy
one from his ncighbor, as no one keeps
more than he has use for; but he has TO 90
out Of the county to buy or pay more than
II is worth.
The "old gentleman" tells us 1t is not SO
bad driving stock through country without
fences as ole might suppose and concludes
by saying, II 1t is, let the driver take care OF
that part OF the business. We will admit
that there would not be much trouble re-
sulting from transient stock II every county
in the State were to adopt tho no-fence law.
because there would soon be no stock for
sale and all this fine grass OF the Valley and
Southwest would be Of no value to Its owner.
The fine hocks and herds OF blooded sheep
and cattle that now dot the plains would be
supplanted by noxous weeds and briars and
the revenue now derived from the sale Of
sheep and cattle would be cut of. The
amounG oimoney that annually comes into
the county Is immense, doubtless many
thousand
We will take the hog as an example. Be-
fore the present fence law was adopted almost
everyone raised pork enough for his family
and very many raised 1t to sell. Now VIC oil
know the county Is large buyer It may
be that we ship more corn, but with the
cheap through freight rates can We compete
with the fertile and new lands OF the west9
Then why compel us to ship osT grain to the
East and send to the West for our meats !!
The correct policy Tor farmer Is to raise as
near as he can everything he uses In his
family and the surest way for country to
become prosperous is for 1t to produce all 1t
consumes. Then when anything is sold It Is
a net gain. The isrmers near Glasgow are
all opposed to the proposed change and OK
poet TO take steps to induce the Supervisors
to allow the feRce law to remain as It'll
The business men as horse owners OF Glas
gov have set tho third Monday as horse
trader g day and In consequence our streets
were unusually crowded yesterday. The
promoters Of the soheme feel very much en-
couraged es We had three or four horse
trades and one pocket knife trade the hrst
day. Keep up the good work.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church VIII
serve oysters, turkey AID salads tonight at
Masonic Temple for the purpose OF raising
money to build fence around their new
church ediflce.
The Methodists moved hto their new build
ing last week and the Rev. w. o. Tslbert
preached tho first sermon In 1t last Sunday
We understand cards are out for the mar.
rage Of Mr.. George Locher, Of Glasgow, and
Miss Mary. Poindexter. Of Gfenwood, the
marriage to take place tonight at the resi-
dence Of the parents Of the bride In Arnold g
Valley, this county. JAY
Last night" said Mr.. Poosa Il
made a remark to the effect that ! had
onsof the greatest heads in the ward"
Something Of the Sort" said his wife.
.Well this morning l feel fully pre-