Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-07

GETTING IL IN IRE NcSAA'
Why DO BOYS LOVE. PIGTAILS?
p.rcho1oeical Mystery That Baf-
nea Our Comorn Philosopher-
Dark1cs Disappointed About the
con,titution-o1d nDocy IS Dcnd.
CONFORM KING GEORGE COUNTY,
VA December .-(Special.)-'Hos-k1ii
ing, time" is pos lively the greatest even
Of the wear in the rural districts. anu
looked forward to by many nunoreds %
people as is nothing else Inc seaso..
for slaushtering the pampered poi re-
which have been going through Tue .eu.-
Gus, but important. process W 800,
since midsummer. usually opens it ~.
the middle to the latter part of November.
according to the weather. and closes very
early in December. ~,
Owing to the warm weather. nos,nii
ing" was begun fully two weeks ia.eI
than usual this year. so that vast oeai
of the butchering hereabouts mas 49,
IA.
in the country districts is not done os
regular butchers at all. Nearly every
farmer knows how to cut hog s throat,
throw the dead animal into a oarrei VI
tank OF boiling water, scrape OH the 'ieiii
and finish up all the details tnat eviAe
under the head Of buteherlns' SO tise. y
instead Of calling in the services or
butcher the farmers in each neighoor-
hood help each other-beginning at one
plantation and going the rounds until the
Ia ST porker has paid the penalty, etc.
BEGAN ON MONDAY.
There is no lack Of system about TINS
work, either. When the Squeezing .,
hogs and open-air fires were neard anu
seen in one neighborhood at day-daWn
last Monday morning. the very same
greeted the ears and eyes in other nelsn-
borhoods in many parts of the country.
To see long row OF snowy Wits
dressed hogs strung on poles III one is1ilii
ward is proof that the same slgno may
be seen on nearly every farm In me COM
munity the same day. Inc occasion - q
first-cass frolic for the average country
how. There never was and perhaps never
will be a country boy who would not
well-nigh risk his precious life to see
hogs throat cut and to get possession OF
the tails of butchered hogs. 1t IS nara
w possible to see Well-reSuiated uoS
killing" in the country without seeing tue
tons in the seat and knees of his trous-
ers. hanging around the busy scene,
watching for an opportunity to sever the
tails from the dead animals. AS soon
as the unsightly appendage-tnat is, tne
pigtail--is procured it is roasted IN the
ashes of the big outdoor fire, and then
II affords the greasy-mouth lad crunch
ing material for hours and hours NO
one seems to know why a weil-fed. we'll
reared boy is willing to give his life for
a hog-tail 10 roast but everybody Knows
that the farmer who butchers only bob
tail hogs has no part of the average boys
respect at this season OF the year.
by the way the quantity or pork
butchered here this season is something
like 80 per cent. smaller than usual, and
this is due to the fact that hogs have
been exceedingly scarce for two years
past Persons who usually buy pigs in
the fall for pork one year later, found II
impossible year ago to procure pigs at
any price.
Chief Justice F'uler's decision concern
ing the constitutionality of the new Con-
stltution. was a stunning disappointment
to the colored people. who had faith In
John S. Wise's ability to do away with
the franchise clause. Many of them conh-
IDENTIFY believed that Mr.. Wise'S argument
before the court would result in a sweep
organic law from one end to the ether.
and thus undo everything that was done
by the constitutional convention. 1t IS
believed that not a few of the colored
people of this section contributed com,
paratively literally towards the fund
raised to defray the expenses OF the
suit" and TO those thus 'out of pocket
the disappointment is naturally very keen.
Reputable citizens report the finding of
ripe wild Strawberries and haIf-grown
chinquepins in some parts of King George
and Stafford the past week, and they are
anxious to know if any Dispatch reader
ever before heard of these fruits ma
turing the latter part of November, in
this section. 1t is recalled, in this con-
nection, that in the fall of 1899 the wea-
Their was warmer, continuously, than it
was this fall and yet there were no
strawberries and chinquepins in NOVeu-
Der.
DISCRIMINATION IN CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS
The Sunday schools are raising funds
and otherwise preparing for their Christ
mas celebra tons, and in the course of the
next two weeks committees will visit the
cities and purchase the supplies for these
entertainments. It looks now as if the
"Christmas-tree," which has been an eX-
ceeding!y popular thing for many years.
has had it's day here and will soon be
and this. because dissatisfaction has
grown out of the distribution of presents
from these attractive trees. Some of the
recipients of presents from Christmas
trees claim that they are Disseminated
against-that their presents are inferior
to those received by others. who are no
more worthy, etc. 1t seems evident that
many a Sunday school must forthwith
find something to take the place of the
once popular Christmas-tree, or else go
out of the business of rewardins chill
dren in that way, for attending Sunday
school.
Rev. J. l.. Pribble, who has served the
Methodist churches Of King George for
two years. left this week for Hanover
county, the field to which he was as
signed by the annual convention last
month
Rev. w F. Davis, who succeeds Mr.
Prbble, as pastor in charge of the King
George circuit. is not stranger here. He
served Westmoreland circuit. adjoining
King George. some time, when he became
known to some of the church people. 1t
is understood that he comes without a
family to reside with him in the hand
some. already furnished parsonage near
the Courthouse village.
OLD DOC" THE HORSE. IS DEAD.
Doc" the Oldest and perhaps the lest
known horse in King George. died here
this week, aged 81 years. When a 3-year-