The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
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Tin KING GEORGE 4 !: !.
All Animal Life Shows vs. )! Stress td'''ss
Of the Extremely Bad
5:8 Weather.
WILD GEESE ARE STARVING AZ \
Peculiar and JTnaccountable Be-
navior Of Cats---Patrioti
Sons Of America. n
WILD GEESE ARE STARVING TAI!
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0 CONFORM, VA, Feb. 1s.--The coolest
N ,weathrr Of which there Is any record
4 FOR this section was experienced hero
h1s week. and men and animals unavoid-
ably exposed suffered as never !. pei pei ore pre-
the Oldest people to be found agree that
wednesday night and Thursday brought
the bitterst cold ever known along the
potomac. The thermometer registered five
degrees below zero Thursday morning,
4 which Is the lowest point ever reached
3 here. The best-kept cattle arc showing
The effect OF the intense cold. Though
* veil fed and comfortably stabbed, they
IRE rapidly reducing In flesh and weight.
ems some OF the mail carriers who have
e Ia he out until q late hour every night,
narrowly escaped freezing Wednesday
( night, Generallq, they can save their feol
e from freezing by occasionally getting OIL
OF; their carts and walking enough 20
...,eep UP the circulation, but the snow
\ and ice have made that precautlon 1rl-
possible this week.
II N It is now generally feared and believed
4 that but few rabbits, ptlrtridges and other
y birds will survive the winter. A great
~ many have already starved to death, ana
thousands Of others are extremely poor
3 and weak. The condition Hof even tho
hitherto hated GROW now awakens pity
y They are almost too poor and weak to
X fly any considerable distance. IA
The rivers, creeks and marshes have
been covered with snow and Ice SO long
that the wild geese are on the verge Of
starvation, and flocks Of! them are coming
out to the forest, farms and settling on
the fields, near stables and barns, where
they search diligently f2for, morsels Of 4
food. (, &9Gt st
n Some few humane persons here arc
saving the life of many little birds by
u clearing snow from plots of ground and ,
Keeping food spread thereon. 9l "A S;t3
gls The M, Patriotic Sons OF America IL at
\ Colonial Beach are arranging for an
4 elaborate entertainment on the twenty
T second OF this month. The interesting
4 enterprise has been gotten up for the pur-
pose Of raising funds for the benefit OF
" the order. M tS y # q 4 F 9 5E.a
Il The Town Council OF Colonial Beach, in
u granting a frachise to the Colonial Beach
Electric Light and Power Company, put
f the said company under a bond to have
the plant in operation in twelve months
from date Of the franchise, and to furn- 4
\ ish the town with light from June Is
H to Sept enlberN1 b. each year, .Sf
The peculiar and unaccoun table behavior
" of cats hcreabouts has attracted good
5 deal OF. attention FOR several weeks past.
These domestic animals disappear from
their homes and wander about the forests
whining and crying ASH IN great Distress
Il But few return to their homes. and those
8 that do return refuse to eat. A NUM-
! Der have been found dead considerable
distances from home 55t
Or. Lowe, Of Chicago, has shipped ten
thoroughbred mares and al number Of
\ thoroughbred cows to Oal1en Brow, the
fine estate In this county which the
wealthy physician purchased from Mr. R.
y " Turner a short time ago.
Miss Susie Massey, a prominent West
moreland lady, who was struck BY light
I ming last summer and severely burned,
Y and who has been under treatment In a
Washington, D. G., hospital for many
{ months, has returned to her home noarly
j restored to health. Her many friends are
delighted at her return home and still more
y delighted at the prospects for her com
plete recovery from the shocking Injuries
by lightning.
Miss Minnie Smith, Of the Port Conway
& neighborhood. has been visiting friends
Il in %Fredericksbu for some days past.
Mrs. Dr. j. l., Sotieron. OF Chattorton,
& this county, Is spending 8 week in Fred.
cricksburg. y - ~
Mr.. 7. j. Hargt1t Of sais ne,ghborhood,
was called to;.Ba1timre few DAYS ago
by important business; and, in the alb !.
Il sence Of navigation. had to go to Fred
4 oricksburg by private conveyance and
thence by rail-.
The remains of Mrs Mary T.. Garner
4 were Inferred at Potomac Baptist Church
Thursday afternoon. and it was with the
I greatest difficulty that the grave could
"a pe aug, even after tho snow and ice were
y shoVeled away from the frozen ground
and 1t was mn arduous task to get the
4 corpse over the almost impossible roads
y TO the church.