The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-08
Farmers Fear Spring MayFind
Them Very Far Behind.
SEVERAL SEINE FISHERIES
a Hundred Mon We're Needed at MARI
boroughto Operate the Big Outfit
the first Day-Mad Dog Scare
Causes Uneaslness.
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Especial to Tho Times. Dispatch.)
CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY,
VA. Feb. flowing to tho untavorablo
weather conditions over since Christmas
no farm work Of any kind has been done
here or anywhere along the Potomac
slope, and the farmers-tired Of long
forced rest-are beginning to fear that
the advent Of spring will and them be-
mind hand with their operations.
The months Of January ana February
are generally devoted to ouch farm work
Us repairing old and building new fences.
grubbing the fields to be cultivated =
corn, burning brush, clearing up new
ground. opening low land drains. etc.,
with little winter blowing" OF rough
sod land thrown in. When this prelimi-
nary. or preparatory work Is not we'll
advanced by the middle of February. TIE
opening of spring. regular pdowing and
oat seeding time finds the farmers very
much pressed, all manner Of work de-
manding attention at the same time.
Bad weather during the months Of
January and February is not only do
trimental to the interests Of the farmers,
but It means ''hard times" temporarily
at least, for the laboring classes. who
are entirely dependent upon tire farmers
for employment and daily bread. When
all farming operations are SUSPENDED.
nearly all the labor In the rural districts
is necessarily idle and without income,
The article In last Sundays Times
Dispatch" under the caption. THE Best
Paper o: ALL" showing the cost Of getting
out Just one edition Of the paper, opened
the eyes Of scores Of rural readers who
had never before regarded the work as
such q herculean task with O money
outlay OF such magnitude. Some who
could not hitherto zee why publishers
should charge high prices fer daily
papers" have changed their tune and
now they cant see why the subscription
price Is not double what 1t is
SEINE FISHERIES.
Several OF the big seine fisheries be-
gan operations on the Potomac early this
week; the one at Marlborough. with
about one hundred men In place the first
day to operate the immense outfit. The
seine near Pasenpa.anzy Creek. this coun-
ty. Is reported to have caught thirty odd
barrels OF large cat and choice winter
rock fish on the second day OF Its op.
erations. and this immense catch sold in
Washington city the next day for some.
thing like $500. 1t Is said
There never was as much excitement
and uneasiness here about hydrophobia as
there Is just now. many persons. who
never before manifested any concern
about 1t, even when mad dog scare
has been going the rounds, are now very
much exercised on tho subject. and natu-
rally so, for 1t Is believed that large
number OF dogs and farm animals In
this neighborhood have been bitten by G.
rabid' dog In the past two Weeks. If every
animal supposed to have been bitten
develops case OF hydrophob.a, the dis
ease Will xtend over a larg area OF this
county and cause heavy losses to far
mers whose cattle and hogs were at
tackled some days ago.
There Is great diversity of opinion
here as to whether or not the proverbial
old weather varmint saw his shadow at
noon on the I'd instant, and spirited
arguments on the subject are common
wherever several persons are gathered,
1t Is admitted that "the sun was In
sight at u O'clock. but 1t Is contended
by many that 1t was seen only through
q cloud. which, though thin, was thick
enough to prelude the possibility of
shndoWs-especially moonack shadows,
Mrs. Emma T. Hogan. of Montana, Is a
guest OF her brother. Mr.. II. B. Cogbfl,
at King George Courthouse Mrs. Hogan
Is native Of this county, and resided
here until few years ago, when she
married and went West. Soon after To-
eating In Montana. her husband died, and
she has since continued the conduct Of n
cattle ranch in that State. This Is
Mrs. Hogan's second visit to her native
county and State since adopting Montana
as her home.
LITTLE BOY INJURED.
little son Of Mrs Lizzie Burk, OF this
neighborhood. fell In the yard OF his homo
several days ago mashed the bones of one
OF his hips so terribly that he is In n
precarlous condition.
La grippe in q malignant form is cpl
demlc IN many parts OF this county. and
tho doctors Of whom there are but two
IN the county, are working all day and
much OF the night, and find 1t a hard
task to mako round OF their patients
once IN every twenty-four hours. Pne,,-
hoods
Mrs. Henry Mason and daughter, Miss
biount Mason. have moved from .tCieye-
iaho', their elegant home here. to Wash