The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-06
Good Crop from an Ear Kept
In a ShuCk Mattress.
.POsSUM NCHlCKEN R0OST
County School Superintendent Will 60
Outside the County for Teachers.
Three Heads Of Cabbage to the
Stak-Canning Factory
(speclal to The Times-Dispatch.

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81 YORKTOWN. VA September o
Twenty-Five years ago tho past spring
MIR. James Moore, a farmer living In the
lnwer part Of this county, had son
born unto him. and concident with lne
rhilds birth the mother had previously
,nnde one Of the old. fashioned shuck mat
tresses.
While In the process of making a ear
Of corn Of that seasons growth got into
the bed and even though observed oS me
good wife, she allowed 1t to remain.
says she: "whe1 my boy shall come
or nee will remove the ear of corn and
n|ant him a crop for a start in lfe."
Accordingly, the last spring the twenty
first birthday arrived, and in celebration
or the event the mattress was opened
/ and the seed ear removed and consigned
10 Mother Earth. The crop was worked
4 quite carefully, and the result was one
Of the finest crops that Mr., Moore, al
ways successful farmer. has ever raised
s This knocks into a cooked hat the the
ory that corn Of this ago, II protected,
I, viii not prove fruitful, as this particular
ear produced a greater per cent. OF ger,
animation than any Of the other seed
corn sowed.
The severe electric storm, accompanied
{,y vertable battery of hall, when
occurred in the early part of the week,
Mr.. A, o. aMauck of Temple farm was
visited by an embryo cyclone, which blew
! down one small barn and moved another
large one, which contained quantity OF.
hay, two feet off Its foundation
The bridge which crosses the upper
end OF Skiff's Creek was washed away
and destroys all crossing or means OF COM
munlcation between Warwick and James
| City counties at Blows Mill FODDER
y ~ y, nj n
I; quantity Of corn beaten to the ground.
The contractor who has accepted the
/. bid for building the club house Tor the
Hampton Gun Club. at Marsh Point, at
the mouth OF Poquoson River, has COM
n1enced operations and will have the
place completed in time for the gentle
mems use during the coming season.
Mrs. Henry Stryker and Miss Pattie a..
SHIELD, two ladies Of the town, had quite
exciting adventures during the week witn
chicken thieves. Hearing noises In their
chicken novels, they courageously sal
lied forth in the wee sma' hours OF the
morning. with no other protection than
the bright light from their bed room
lamps. On close examination the trou-
bic was found to be caused by an Inn
n,ense possum, who sat Greedily devour-
Ing the young chicks. Grabbing a piece
of plank, the entrance was quickly stop
r
suffocating fumes OF n burning news
paper. lie was only able to withstand
this queer attack very short time, when
his lfeless body was swung In triumph
\ By his caudal appendage, as the resource
z full matron exhibited her captive to her
slumbering spouse. Miss SHIELD had the
same exciting experience with n second
varmint a night or two afterward, which
also shared the fate of an earthly Hades.
s4 Out of the forty or more positions In tho
public schools of York county. twenty
five vacancies are reported. Tho demand
3 for teachers in this county will be eX
ceptionaly heavy this session. and 1t Is
understood that Mr. J. s. Phillips. county
superintendent will advertise for outside
talent to fiji these places.
r. G. Griffin Is again to the front with
enormities In the line of cabbages From
a patch set out in early spring, and from
which he had cut nearly all the heads,
there are three distinct heads to each
q stump. and all are OF good size and well
4 formed. Another freak also noticed is
where the old head failed to come to ma
turity. the stalk has pushed Its way
through and formed new head on top the
old one.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
OF Mr.. HalsteaGd Maynard Clements OF
Lee Hall, to MISS, Sarah Eta Richardson,
OF Richmond The bride-clect is the highly
cultured and beautiful daughter OF Mrs,
( Henrietta II. Richardson, and Mr.. Glenn
ents is very successful young business
man Of the little town OF Lee Hall. This
ceremony Is dated for the 9th Instant.
and will take place at Broadus Memorial
Church at o'clock in the evening
The canning factory recently put into
operation by the Messrs. Clements ut
Lee Hall, Ia proving quite successful
enterprise, The plant has come VI to ex.
4 pectations, and the stock obtained has
+ been excellent The tomato crop has beer
quite good, and the. returns have proved
4 fairly renumerative.