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AN EIGHTY ACRE WHEAT FIELD IN sFAUQulERs
COUNTY. t534 32

power that now goes to waste. and where
the population Is now numbered by the
hundreds there would be thousands. From
being paying investment at the start,
1t would not be long before shares IN
this venture would be looked upon as gilt
edged security. All 1t now needs Is the
active presence OF some men with
knowledge Of electric railway building,
as the money could be easily subscribed
aud the power to operate the road could
be obtained from the river, not at one
point, but at q dozen points along It's
course, If necessary.
a BUSINESS TOWN.
Remington buys from 10000 to $4,000
railroad ties, large quantities OF wheat,
corn and timothy hay every year.. Large
shipments Of cattle. sheep and hogs are
also made from here. twenty-five cars
of fertilizer arc sold In year, and one
dealer alone sells an average OF l2,oOo
feet OF lumber per day. It has a; brick
kiln with capacity Of 100000 brick IN
year. recently had two roller hour
mills, but one was burned down and the
other Is temporarily stopped by reason
of damages from blasting on the South
one dealer has sold thirty-one buggies
this year. a very good mark Of the pros
perity OF the community. and not one was
under shelter from the time It was taken
out OF the warehouse until taken away
by the purchaser.
One OF the needs OF the town is good
hardware store, AS vast quantities OF
hlckory,A oak and poplar are shipped
from here every year. It looks as II
wagon factory ought to pay, canning
factory also might be profitable invest
ment, as tomatoes and corn thrive won
derfully on the rich river bottoms that
abound near this town. The business OF
the town really suffers for want OF q
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way between the Norfolk and Western
RAILROAD and Southern. Railroad. through
the great apple-growing section OF the
state, has caused an increased amount OF
talk OF an electric railway along the
Ra ppa hammock River from F'redericks.
burg through Kellyville. Remington. Fau-
quIer, White Sulphur Springs. to some
point on the previously mentioned road,
with a short spur to Warrenton. Leading
business men of Remington say that such
a project would receive a liberia SUD
scrIption throughout the Valley. and es-
.pecially in Remington, They. say there
were individuals thut subscribed for
share $500 in a proposed bank In Rem
ington last spring that had no Idea they
could invest more than thirty cents:
Great encouragement Is found by those
Interested, in the canal that was III opera
ton along this river In anterbellum Gays.
II that was possible In those days. when
the country was not as popu1ous' ..s
wealth as much distributed. nor It's pro-
ductve power as great rs It Is now. how
much more practical Is an electric road at
this day than canal In those days.
Heavy floods damaged the canal prop
crty; then the Civil War followed, which
Sc Impoverished the Valley and still fur
Their destroyed the canal, by preventing
the necessary repairs, that 1t was ADAM
dnned. Business men OF Culpepcr are
also seriously considering an electric
road from Fredericksburg up the VAL
lev of the Kappa hammock. but they want
It to leave the river about seven miles
below here, at Kellyv!lle, and strike
across the country 70 Gulpeper. ~. ~,
lev from Fredericksburg, the great agrl-
cultural resources would be developed in
a way undreamed OF at present; manu-
facturing plants would be established
along its route to utilize the vast water
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The Ider Describes the Discoortue Incident to Fr1ess
Mnnevsavnn Schemes in Connection With Fuel and Light
RR1nAI GOWN OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND ITS COST.

d &. . . ~ 4 I i y . y rs
basketful Of children's hose before her
and her needle stuck In the large knee
hole Of very small stockings this
thing Of sleeping In rooms with open
fires or latrobe heat Is absolutely lnJuri-
ous. ANY doctor will tell you SO. We've
cot 10 make up minds@to cut It out this
winter"
"All right" she chirps. III you can
stand II can"
'stand It," reply, indignant that my
vgor and hardness are questioned, why,
not only think that we ought 70 40
without fires, but believe we should sleep
all winter long with one OF the windows
open SO that the air may be kept pur-
fed Moreover, know that there Is Moth
Ing moro refreshing or slim ulatinG ~ the
morning that cold bath.
Now all this line Of reasoning Is very
sound but unfortunately for economy IT
Is Fourth-of July reasonlng-espccially the
cold bath part. Indeed may go SO far
us to confess that recently have exc
Grated the man who Invented cold baths,
though Heaven knows he must have
gotten enough punishment II he carried
4 his own theories into execution
At any rate, when q cold snap creeps
I'm at night and grasps the earth In its
deadly grip, / awake the next morning
in nv fireless room to find that time
passed under the warm coverlets is worth
about dollar a minute. and tina the
process Of getting up Is strangely akin
to that OF riding to the guillOtne or
skipping up the steps Of a gIbbet. In the
face Of such torture, all my sense Of
economy becomes paralyzed: would rob
my best friend for warm fire and sell
his bones to a Junk shop merely to pro-
cure a penny with which to fight off the
first chill that congcals my marrow
When the desperate plunge is finally made
and my pedal extremeties hit the carpet
less floor each foot seems about the size
Of the Upper Of a Greenland whale and
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5Ex.MAYoR S. M ALLISON, PRoBABLY5 tt E
B 5WEALTHIEsT MAN IN REMINGTON, VA.

bank, and all 1t needs IS some banking
people to organize it. as the money can
easily be raised right here, In fact. s25-
900 was subscribed by Its citizens last
spring, but the bank has not as yet been
organized. -
prosperity OF this town at the present As
an Illustration OF the wealth of this sec
ton, the following itemized list is given
OF the products of o5O-acrc farm (not
the most fertile one in this section.
either) four and one-half miles from
Remington. RAISED with one regular
hand. and some day labor In busy season:
Thirty four acres wheat, SOLD at
&c .........'.''.,..,' 9' S' ~
Twenty-Five acres corn, 100 bushels,
worth, at 900 ...,...,,....-.-.,.... cow
Forty-fve tons hay, worth at least -
$40 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES s"'VV
One thousand gallons cider. SOLO at -. !,
zoe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sNu'oV
-Four hundred bushels apples. sold
G, at home at Observation-Disclosures. 2OOCU
sofa at acknowledgements. 10000
Pears. plums and straWberrles... 5000
Irish and sweet potatoes ,.,...... lboo
t11 1eo 1o Observation-Disclosures, 1900
Cows and calves sold....,.,.,..,.. J. 2lo,oo
Chickens, turkeys, EGGS ana butter - \
sold .,.,.............,,..,...., loo'oo
Total .,..,... .,...,,..,.,........s 2235,1o
This does not include corn fodder to-
matoes, cabbage. snaps. beets. turnlps.
sugar-corn. melons. canert drled ana
preserved fruit, honey. etc.
s, HISTORICAL MANSION.
The house illustrated In this article pos
sesses an interesting history. This prop
erty, which lies In Culpeper county, near
Remington, has been In possession o.
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The Population is Very Largely
Increased During the SIM
mer by Guests From tile
Cities-An Historical Man
sion That Has Been in
the Same Family for
two Hundred Years.
..S's Have Original 7's M,
Land Grants.
lsnec,al d TIC Times DIspatch.)

:, (special to The s-Dispatch)
REMINGTON. VA. Dec. 6.-For the
past FIVE years Remington shows larger
proportionate In wealth and population
than any town In Fnuquicr county, ana
while Warrenton to-day Is CONSIDERABLY
ahead of It, there are many here VINO
believe that 1t will In a not far-dlstant
dav be the largest town In the county.
For thirty-five miles along the man my
OF the Southern Railway, from n1anassas
to Culpeper. It Is the largest town. flye
wears ago It had population OF less
than 200. now 1t numbers over AGO, Whlie
IN The summer months this population IS
nrently Increased by the summer board
ers. who flock here from the herce neat
of tho large cities. Some houses nave as
many as thirty boarders Mt one tlme,
and almost any one within four ml'es o.
the town who is willing can I'll up their
house to Its full capacity In the summer
time, The transient population Is, IN fact'
considerable all the year; some private
families have an average Income OF 70
Der month caring for the wants OF TINS
class. and one OF the crying needs OF TINS
town Is good hotel.
( There are many things that account
for the healthy and rapid growth Of this
town, and cause its citizens to believe 1t
has a great future before IT.. Situated on
the left bank OF the Rappaha nnocx RlVer,
where II Is crossed by the Southern kall-
road, It Is the market for the produce
of large scope OF the most fertile por-
ton Of tho Rappahannock Valley. Then,
there Is a splendid water-power on the
Rappahannock River at this point that
has never been developed and within
five miles OF this town on tho same river
are three falls that In Massachusetts
would have built towns OF at least TO-.
600 populations. One thing that would
prove a great impetus to the growth Of
the place, and that now seems to !, be 9
among the possibilities. Is an electro
railway from Fredericksburg UP the Rap
- PROPOSED ELECTRIC LINE.
The proposition to build an electric
railway up this valley has been topic
pf discussion for years by those interested
n the prosperity OF this section. and It
5 one Of the improvements over present
conditions that is bound to come some
limo in the future. Therecent talk IN
Il Ihe county papers OF an electric road
from the Point Of Rocks on the Potomac
River, running southwest along the foot
pf the Blue Ridge Mountains. about half
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With my interesting personality COW
cred with goose bumps and my pcarly
teeth chnttering like castanets. place
my typewriter on the choicest marble
top table Of the Commander-in-Chefa and
prepare to writo an essay on winter
hdeous, shlvery winter and its relations
10 the poor. 4
While years OF investigation have
y taught me that there Is no CLINE IN which
poverty ID agreeable. I have become more
z than ever convinced since the recent fall
In tho thermometer, that poor folks stand
no show whatever In cold weather. " hen
economy tackles the winter proposition
It undertakes about as hopeless Job as
a mosquito seeking to puncture t.ie hide
OF d rhinoceros. The disease OF impccuni-
oslty, which has been chronic In our fam
n iy ever since the surrender ut Arpo-
mattox-not to. go back further--ncver
appears so malignant as when we seek
to scrimp in the matter oftlight and fuel.
Every year when we realize that the rcins
must be drawn still closer, we herotcally
resolve To- cut off the gas Jets and to shiver
through the Icy months with but one
fre-thc noble blaze In our kitchen range.
And every year we so through the game
agony Of goose bumps and chiiplains an ma
chapped hands and frozen marrow until
our spirits are bowed to the very dust
in the rag carpet. and we long for that
fiery hereafter which is used as a menace
to make, people good.
On the Fourth Of July, when the mer-
curry overcomcs the laws OF gravitation
and climbs almost to the Jumping on
place on the thermometer. We readily
figure things out SO that we can Off
set tho ice-bll by curtnling our supply
OF fuel and light during the coming
winter But when the biting season OF
frost and snow and ice scizes US In It's
blood -congealing grasp. we forthwith re-.
allie that our summer mathematics IS
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equally as Icy. Tho mere thought Of a
cold bath seems maddcning and feel
that am making a vast concession to
society to wash at all. AS for the open
window for purposes OF ventilation. /
hate myself for having given It a Sec
ond's thought. The only gleam OF COM
fort which even approxlmn ties relief is
the fiendish satisfaction OF arousng the
children and the Queen Bee and In sick
Ing the latter on the youngsters With a
towel and basin of cold water.
Two experiences like that described are
marked reserve on the question Of econ
omy In tho matter Of fuel, and when
come homo and find the Queen Bee sea ted
before glowing CRATE even appear
to overlook the extravaganza. But after
supper. when the covey of shoe Destroy
aers has been tucked away and the FOX
terrier curls himself up on the rug like
a fat chinkapin worm, and the Queen
Bee puts her feet on the fender and my
two go up beside hers. I get reckless In
my sense Of comfort and forget that there
ts such thing as bills or obligations.
For good old comfortable, bug-in-the-rug
happiness and sentiment, give me glow.
ing anthracite fire, brazen fender, an.
easy chair, and an extra pair Of COM
panionable feet attached to an indulgent
woman who knows my faults and has
gumption enough to pretend not to see
them. OF such feet are the Queen Bees;
In fact It behooves me to say that there
are mono quite like them. And If there
were others wouldn't dare to say So.
On the other hand II you want misery
the kind that freezes you like wet
blanket, and proclarns the responsiveness
Of poverty In stentorian tones, get house
devoid Of fires and dlmly illumined by
| kerosene oil. In such house can be
found no companionable feet and no
brazen tenders and no CHEEKY woman
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the delus,on Of distorted fancy and men

the delus,on Of distorted fancy and mem
tai alteration.
Hardly have the pcrsimnons begun to
wither on the trees and tho scalybarks
to desert their arborea1 perches ere trot
out my moth-eaten philosophy and seek
to bluff off the expense Incident to the
impending cold.
ut would be good thing for
us to use kerosene OIL for !lgnt
these long winter evenings" say to
tho pettcoated Shyock Of our establish
mont, who somehow doesn't appear to
grow enthusiastic over the suggestion.
And then, seeing that she falls to grasp
the idea ana hug II 10 her bosom with
wild enthusiasm, add: you know oil
gives much steadier light and is softer
to tho eyes that gas. Moreover. 1t ls q
vast saving. and incidentally helps TO heat
the rooms" n
The good woman listens attentively---
yea, even respectfully-and apparently Is
completely persuaded until all OF a sud-
den, sto says: "Of course IL you
Insist on 1t, can't dcmur, being
as you're boss. but Il you want the
truth, must say that hate oil.
Every whfff Of kerosene suggests poy.
erty. It's very smell to me Is the
synonym OF po-whltcness I'd rather see
you get your meals on free soup tickets
and buy your Sunday clothes at rum
mage sale than have that stun seeming
up my house. And when you mix the
odor OF boiling cabbage with a Whit Of
oil you have gone as low down in the
scale OF plebanism as you can possibly get.
unless indeed. you add to your degrade
ton BY hanging the family photogra pms
in the parlor in 9S-cent imitation bronze
frames"
Dear 1t seems to me you are prejudiced
In this matter" reply, in tones as soft
and soothing as mutton suet.
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Once upon time there lived In the
town Of Aguevllle, which is situated In
Chillheld county. midway between Mas
maburg and Typhustown, q geezer Of the
name OF Altman shiyers,
Altman worked for the local druggist,
That is, the pillsmith got all that Altman
made by shipping frog legs to the eastern
market. for he had tho goshdingmythro-
gitis OF the infernalflbpstofran lphasteum
If there is such thing to be had IN this
country.
Altman was put wise to the fact that
lie was In bad health by circular which
came to him by mail from patent medle
cine factory. The circular stated that nine
out Of every ten persons had something
the matter with them which could be
cured by taking from one to six bottles Of
Compnund Extract OF Do-Flne,
IN On tbs back 9f5the circular there was
2 symptom blank which made u very
easy for a person to find out whether
they needed the remedy or not.
The questions. in part. were as fol9oWsi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Tale of the Man Who
Got We'll Anyhow
DOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

@, Does eating affect your appetite7
@. Do you feel the heat in summer
Does hard work make you feel tlred7
q. Does the loss OF money make you
low-sprited,
9, Does spinning around make you
diZzy?
O. ), Do you yawn when you are sleepy
Q. Do you feel that you are growing
old?
IT the answers were Eyes the medl-
cine should be taken OF once, II the an
swers were "No' 1t should be taken any,
how.
While It was not absolutely necessary
to fill out tho blank and send " IN 70 the
main office It was advisable to 40 50
for the reason that Compound EXTRACT o.
pe-Fins always wogks better when ~
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blind 10 the faults OF her husband. And
verify women rendered cross by cold
houses have reason to be ,1uerulous.
! know, I've tried the experiment on q
certain matrimonial martyr. Henc e, 9, IN
come bills, bankruptcy or even sher1its, a
at least one altar to my lares and penates
shall burn In my home. And the sacri-
fetal victim shall be anthracite coal. For
tho Queen Bee hath SO decreed 1t and
she's hummer when she makes up her
mind to q thing-also when she's irritated.s
Even II all OF us cannot get what we
wish, we at least derive kind Of shadow
soup pleasure from reading what other
folks have, and In longing to stand In
their shoes. FOR the benefit Of prospec-
tive brides whose fathers cannot give
them Just tho kind Of trousseaus they
want, submit an authentic description
OF the clothes worn by tho late Queen
Victoria at her wedding. The account IS
from Godey's Lady Book Of 1910. Here
is the description, which men, by the
way will be excused from readings:
"IIer NIajesty's dress was of rich white
satin, trimmed with orange flower bios
SONS. Head dress-a wreath OF orange
flower blossoms and over this beautiful
veil of Fronton lace. worn down. the
6brld esmaids Or train bearers were also at
tired In white. II heacost OF the lace alone
on the dress was e 1000. The satin, which
was OF a pure white, was manufactured
In Spitalfelds. She wore an armlet
having the motto OF the order Of the
Garter: 'Honf slot qui nal pensc. In
scribed. and also wore the star OF the
order. The lace OF her bridal dress,
though popularity called Honiton lace,
was really worked at the village Of Beer,
which lss situated near the seacoast,
about ten Hes from Froniton. It was ex-
ecuted under the direction of Miss Bid
ney, a native OF the village, who went
from London. at the command Of her
Majesty. for the express purpose Of su-
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the fact that he was sick, for he had read
the circulars and they had called the turn
on him to a II, That ls why he continued
to dose. himself,
Well, In time. Altman went broke and
could not even raise tho price or q trial
bottle OF medicine, Then he lost his eye-
glasses and could read no more circulars
Then he became deaf and could not hear
advice 80 no promptly became halo, tat
and sassy.
Moral; The smaller the dose, the shorter
the spoil,
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"Pre1udlced, the cats foot" snorts
ha ck Tia lusty Dame. III Queen Victoria
In d invited mo to windsor Castle, ana on
approaching tho pace had smeit the
cornminglcd odors OF Kerosene or nnu
cabbage. would have turned BACK ano
ruled her out Of my set Ihat tn.Sea,e
ia tho limit OF my onomical forbear-
ance."
Finding myself thwarted In this money
saving scheme, offer to compromise by
permitting the use of gas provided each
and every member of the family pledge
himself to turn of the Jets every time
he leaves tho room. All cheer fully agree
10 this. Including the dusky domestic
from Fluvanna, who Is strong on ihe %,
the real thing. And SO we have gas IN
stead OF oll But the effort to be eco.
tnorntcal In the use Of it creates the most
hIdeous dIscord and divides the house
against itself. When come IN ana see
the Jets blazing cheerily. accuse the
Queen Bee Of ruthless extravaganza; she
likewise excoriates me when the illun1l-
ma tions are the least bit cheerful. and
both OF us, iii turn, assall the cook. who
Indignantly lays the whole blame on the
children. Thus we become nest OF kil-
kenny cats. but the expense goes bravery
on. and when the city official calls TO
examine the meter, we cover ana quall
before him as II he were the Black Death.
the Aslatic cholera; or the Sheriff about
to levy an execution.
And the result Of the gas mans fearful
yisitatons is that we all resolve to recoup
by curtallng the use Of fuel. There are
times when ! even work myself up to the
point of thinking that It Is absolutely
unhealthy to have fires These fits. how
ever. invariably. strike me before the first
frost OF the season. "Dear."s1 say, after
supper, when find the good woman seat
ed In her little rocking-chair with
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A Miniature Canal.

Tn the University Of Michigan's new en-
cheering building IL q canal $40 rect lons,
% feet wide and 10 feet deep when VIII
he used for experiments OF various kinds.
Attempts will be- made by miniature ships
to solve all problems Of water, resistance.
the best kind Of boats for, canal use. nnd
lie canal question generally, The expert
lnents Will be followed Wlth mnGh O., lRteF-
est by the engineers o. tRe cpuptSs,
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Results Unknown.

"The old, old story" exclaimed the
husband with long-drawn sigh, as he
laid down his paper another man COM
n,itted suicide because his home was
unhappy"
"And did that make his home any hap
nter?" asked his WIFE "Or doesn't the
naper say2n--Ikennebec (Mel journal.
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