The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
" |IWHlNlS OF THE. IDLER
.NIg7 What's Doing inHtfle Country.


III l9| What's Doing
Lewiston; August 20. nj
Dear Editor. Sss "a, (. l S5ss
sir,--If YOU are suffering from warts,
burns callous spots, DYSPEPSIA, feufrl a y
govt OF Insomnia, you should pack RICH
UP and como to the garden spot IN a ma
Lures Eden. Nothing ever bothers any--s
body here The people haven't g so time
Ito be bothered. All they do is 10 70 slee ''l'
and eat. II II
The day Is divided on like e CHECKER
boatd Into various periods 1or !.
food Every citizen Is an amateur I'D itlp
Wan syvinkle. working overtime a nd CITY :,
visitors, even though energetic as g pue
Il saw, get the sarne way q ftor TN
been here fifteen minutes.
4 The weather Is consistent " and ~ n-g
4 varying soporific.8$ 1T 1t rain YOU ll
NATURALLY gay Well the grass 5 sis we -
land the roads are muddy 80 y guess ies hil
take IA stooze. on the OTHER ham an $Wheli
'lithc sun shl,es you remark With coma i
.I'truthfuiness: It's too hot ana ous s %
\ exercise. 40 there's nothing left tos do
.tbutS ttlke IA nap. s3 Y 81
4 Ss Should the thermometer drop and the
B|fnirs raf schilIv voii arc forced to the ir.
d :resistible conclusion that a siest under
4 ~ blanket will / save you from catchinE
a. cold and enable you to accliina,e your gu.
4 self to the peculiar fncteorolog cals con W.
4 tons existing. 2{i4y "a A. i.ss IS
! And lastly, lie the weather Is Of such
4 aff,ondescript3 nature that you don't kr NV
4 5Whetherk 8is going to rain or shine, you
4 take IA conservative course, sn cak 0f[s 70
\ your ROOM az id after driving the am DE
! sd!rt-daubers and uncertain yclloW-5 lsets3
4 sfrom your apartments, turn up your toes
I md drift on intoFthe land OF Nod
4 ,s{1 old Morpheus were TO run for ! ne
4 office OF sheriff In this county, efwould
sland the Job wi thout q single Opposite
s|svotc. ~ n 3,35
II II must not be inferred, however, that
u this place Isl mono tonolls. y ust ie oIo
4 sposite We ARE all oppressed VIII 4 th e
4 sense OF being %ovcrwhclnltngly busy and
a of constantly struggling to find time Sto 2
attend to the various dutie OF III . =,
il stoo, we are amused during our slcePlnE
hours by the mos fantastic ore ans ana
d srip-snortinE Nightmares. This s comes
u from the country ha m we are eating e.
3Illicious ambrosial stun whichgnla kes you
4 love, honor and respect NIL the hogs you
II ever saw. 81
4 gt@ Only this morning one Of Il the ham
f|laden Z entlemen on the place, while tax \
Hing l1is nfter-hreakfast nap-a nd 81 WI tn
4 out any apparent eason--d reamt ~ ina ;a z
4 he was al village cali, and that wh iS'
4 istroling around as nm adolescents boy inc
4 he5 deliberately, %wantonly& and N all cousl ~
Kicked over a dry 80 DDS box. IN front Of
4 "a et ore-ai, offense for Will chss lle was $.
sIidulJ jailed The calf In aquest ton--1o,
i gentleman. IL uean-says tina s3 he was
Il fmpcu nded \ In q a. cell with varlousS other.
A peccant calves. and that while IN ca
a tivityG lie had the indispensable mort q
a cal ton OF receiving a visit from :hisi
4 parents. M si5 81 M 5 y
u 585i When Il drean1--he the actuatfng cause
a country ham. lemon pie. ctcum bers or
4 what llot-tfle same horrifying expert
4 fences inx ariably beset me. bout fa1l.
! " always maxi n public parade OF my
a self In my pain mas a nd ere q realize
Il what am doing. find myself the
4 nary, a young mot hers congress, or a!
a mortified Dorcas socie IS. 3
u There have been moments III n U my
n drtamE-ior5 I. am a m Oldest as well a 8
1 angular ma len N I would hay We given
Y MY king dom, n OF for a horse, but for n
q mere huIse blan ket e En-
Il The ham served at this place cannot
Il mnteriaily vary the psycholog tcal phe-
nomena which heretofo fore have Eharrassed
q me. q It does. loweye r, make m Y paJa-
4 mas scnntier t than l have ever before
Il known hem. and so, OF course. renders
z the furry OF my embarrassment some
Il thing uni pea kahly " excruc iatlng.
Il #f But, come what dreams may, we Of
Y the city cannot resist the country la M
i that symphony 81 apiced brown and Jus
n cious pink. Nightmares are like deliriunl
tremens Vol, have so much fun getting
X EN- leastwise when country hanI' is al
n the bottom OF, II he trouble
II The farmers in this section. IL one may
a use a parad oxical preston. are cheer
n fully pess!mistic. That Is to sa y; every
Il thing has gone wron g with them al rl-
y culturally this season, but for all that
Il as everything always does go&wrong with
Il crops, they, are not one whit IVY orsc oil
II than usual. From ono good old y Soul.
a whose hands have grown cal oused by
s his sitting at the cross-roads store sever
Il hours every day and twirling HIS thumbs,
a / extorted Ia onfession hat q Z Is "a physl-
Il cal impossibilt ty for everything TO- &c
u right with a farmer--th at is to say, ~
4 he raises more than one kind OF crop,
81 For instance. ii. corn VIII require rain al
Fl tho very time when tobacco rs clamorins
~ for sunshine, and so on. N By this ARA nsc-
al}nlent tho trouble bureau Is kep br sy
Hall the time No wen Their qui teS suits lei
4 alone the Sweevil the San lose scale, tlle
3 dry-rot, the mildcw. Il the grassho ppers
3 the tobacco worms. the hog-c holcra, rs
y minks, the hen-hawks and the sheep
ft3ldlling dogs. Vi "a u. \,
38 Then, too this section Is in the tllroe.
or another awful 3evll just nov. e rs
4 colorcd brother and the colored ssle'
X nre Seeking, and Seek hard cnniI
meetings are In progress and ggerdoli
A M 4on the lump for spiritual .rcinv lgora.
q ton, 4 II n /: .,...l i,
B Every year. just aboat August time. ",
MISUNDERSTANDING race has ITO oyerh a. "
patch ,tup. Is reYamp and rejuvenate 7.
pIety. This process, thougi ~
N aid OF such physical a ccessorles az vas
J. uauntities Of fried chicken, ,t'llorg. " III
and buttcrnilk biscuit s.. . e
our neIghborhoo has contributed J, som 2 !,
200 seekers to the meeting, Willoh 81. !
going night and day. about g clio g, y
X tI,a "a srnor,n there Is a brief recess