Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-28

WHAT 1T MEANS IN COUNTRY.
aueer Looking PROFESSIONS Seen

CONFORM. KING GEORGE CO., VA.
December 27.-(SpeciaL)-Th week closing
|. to-day has been a period Of confusion,
5perplexity and hardship to that large
class Of country folks who have to rent
/ the places which constitute their homes.
and who rarely spend Christmas that Is
not inm ediately preceded by the extreme
ly unenviable job of moving from one
rented house to another. OF all the I'M
avoidable tasks that must be performed
by these renters, or tenants, in the course
Of the entire year, the one Of moving.
just. before or about Christmas time. Is
the most unpleasant and the most dread
Sed?ls
sd From the day on which the first family
/ begins to "pack up until the last one
bin stlle community has moved and settled
down." there is continuous comm otion,
push and rush.
'..jsa AN ENDLESS CHAIN.
81 It Is seldom that tenant can select
pleasant weather and move to his new
quarters when most convenient and suit
able to himself for the moving OF a dozen
must often depend upon the moving OF
one family-i. e., some one must vacate
house, before any one can move When
sA1r.1A. begins to pack up and move.
sMessrs. 3. c. D., and. indeed. every ten-
ant in the community, begins the same
work, and as fast as one moves out ct Q
house. another moves in-not an hour In
ttervening between the going out OF one
family and the going in OF another. In
many instances, the fires do not die out
in the homes where the change OF occu-
pants thus takes place. The whole aaffir
is often on the order OF a great street
procession In which the team, or party,
in the lead must start before any Of the
|, others can move. and In which, when the
first makes start, the whole procession
follows.
l1esometimes happens that a number OF
families are forced to postpone the work
OF moving until the very last day OF the
year. simply because one family. or In
diyidual, becomes contrary and will not
move out and give possession OF a house
until his last hour of legal control ex-
pirss.
One must see a dozen or so families
move from one country home to another
IN order to understand what it really
neans-in order to estimate the magni-
sude Of such an undertaking. Every
article has to be taken from its place in
the dwelling and outbuildinS. carefully
/ packed, stored and tied In the wagons.
The women folks and the prancing
babies have to be wrapped up and tucked
away in q capacious vehicle Then for
| s..fle- trudge over miles of roads in which
The mud seems to nave no bottom. The
yeii of drivers, the ratory of impa-
tent ba bies, the growing of ROSTERS and
cackling OF hens, tn. squealing Of pigs,
the barking Of doss tied to the wagons
aiT in concert-forn part OF the pro-
gramme OF the average family moving
from an old to new home here this
week-a familiar scene about this time
every year.
i. ID HIS EARS MUST BURN
In talking about q person. who IS not
present TO hear what IS said. causes his
| ears to burn. as superstitious folks be-
lieye, the temperature In Giles 1acksons
searssmust have been up In the sos Tor
some days past. for that colored lawyer
has been a much-talked of man by our
people since 1t was announced that he had
StItution, etc. Jackson Is being commend
ed and praised, by the best people In this
section OF the State. as few other coIored
Hef over have been. and his recent utter-
apces and the course he proposes to pur-
sue, are regarded as manly and patriotic
So great Is the public interest In Giles
Iackson just now. that scores Of good
people here crave to see his picture ap-
pear In the neWspApers.''5 sss
u The horrible condi tion of the public
roads ID thla count since the frequent
|,hS4ty ratnfalls Of late fully demoustratel
tsthaf inadequacy OF thu system of working
l-fhs highways here. In some places. thu
mud Is so deep as to render travel 81
Etehtcles not only difficult. but almost I'm
l.possible Tho center Of the roads heinz
laeNsEs than - slds1,an mud ard swAshoutl