The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
Lewiston, va, July 2 '!5t.l,..l 4 |


#. Lewiston. va, July 2bth.
( Dear Editor: III isi ~, s
38 New,s reaches this place that old man
y Bill Thompson. the millionaire Mayor 81 @
kalamazoo, Mich. has got his two boys ''s
,,,orki,,g as street-pavers In his town, and
NJ u ia saws Ia wants the youngsters to-
ID M m their bread by the sweat I OF their
brow. This IL magnificent, but II 5ls tn o.
our way Zip In jSpot syl VA MA " ~ a ~,
GfI8yrhe Thompson boys can work as mus =
sweat as much and eat IS trtch bread "a
al they darn please. but we do things thing
differently at this pointsof the compass
you we're to say work to ~ 2 man lla 2
speak foreign lang unges, az, ol1 q 2,
courtesy to you, a. stranger. he Will look OK
\ into his encycopned to see Vha VI the 1'ta
word means. 3 a. l5 II y5 ia
Y IA No, editor, dear, life Is too serious up
t here for work, and this foul custom has
yet to be n introduced In spot sylvnt M
Although the hens have to scra tcli for q q
and despite the fact that the barn I'd
rooster, who Is d bird OF some classical
Il knowledge. "a frequently says Lay on,
~ Rlacduff l'85to the representatives OF the
cackllng sex no pullet rs yet has been
induced to deposit more than one egg
n day IN her ne st. y.
9fE This liggardliness on the part Of the
N hers much astonishes the children, whose
ks whole time Is absorbed In the novel oc e.
III cl,pation#of hunting eggs. They see no
R reason why very self respecting pueti
n should not make an oval deposit at least
y once Il every. hour, and have never quite
Understood why /! the roosters are alto-3
"a getlier exempt from this social duty
5,Bf3 That / affords great relief to lay an
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place every fifteen minutes or. so by the
NJ Qualification which takes place when a hen
@I parts with her fruit Forthwith the
"a frivolous critter confldentially tells some
female friend about the incident, and flf-
teen seconds later when the secret has
* become common property, tho whole
III premises are resonant with the Joyous
s8 tidings. I do not believe that the most
53 reserved pullet could keep 1t dark half an
isF hour to save her life and even If She
MI could, the reaction would be terrible, for
III the news. is fabituall communicated
Il through the medium Of a choral society,
is$s which comes about rs near working as
III anything In the county. vi s IA 3Sss
Were I a punster--t he which may Sthe}
# gods forefend I'll would say that the hens
II sing a. glad lay. but such, 81 as a i matter
n OF sfaot,is not the case. Their medium Of
communication is through a sort OF an-
M them. IN which the heroine takes the lead
h Ing soprano part, while other pnllets with
expectations, sing alto. The ROSTERS, Of
.$55 course, are the Il basso profundoss and
q both before and fter'' they are exceed
IL tngly active In telling the hens how It
#E should be done. ii " 81 n 33
4 n, N rooster, Of course can become an
~ active or even a contributing member
d Of the hens union, but as king dele
III Gates and explanatory advisers they are
S$ exceedingl energetic IT not elouuent5Sss8
- x,Hn thoxya
M the newspaper articles s a bout canned
meat and other impure foods t. Is very
SIT pleasant to witness the operations OF
III q rural egg plant and to have8the eggs
verified by the affidavit OF the parties
1 personally interested. It is soothing, too,
sato know that the hens take SO & much
IA prde8in their work. and that they have
X no sinister motives in the shell game they
u practice. s5l 5 5sG5 #
Although Lewiston hopes somes day Ito
" be the chief metropolis Of the magis-
V terial district in which It is located, and
although its cultured inhabitants to-day
are bctter$posted on6the batting averages
@S of the Richmond ball$tcaln than the Rich
tn1onders themselves, 1t cannot he said
that the hum of Industry dsturbs this
place. In fact, there Is not much hum
and not much 1ndustryGof any sortaup
here when one excerpts the humble bees.
$&for, II the truth must be known, Lewis
Il ton Is not so much a city as a town. and
Fl not so much a town as a village. Then,
too Y is not so much a. village as a.
n hamlet and mot SO much q hamlet as 1t
ss Isl downright plain country. ss
3i3 In short. 1t is much flercer looking In a.
55S' 'Postoffce Guide" than is In actual
reality, for It has but four or five Eabi-
tatlons and a store, and before you get
through adniring It's whitewashed fences
81 The wrigglng red clay road whsks you
ii off into q thoronghfare glrded by worm
wood rails and fringed with tasscled corn.
$ But If the Village does not hum, It
nevertheless .,has n, thousand voices far
r bweetera and far infore $restful, for the
! hooking birds work overtime In the orr
plards and the gardens, initiating almost
every vocal thing and In turn being lmi-
81 tated by tho cat-birds. The chipping
sparrows although possessed Of far
more limited repertory, also have q good
N deal to say In their concise way, and so
do the robins. whose red breasts just
now are considerably bedraggled and
u faded, as they are detained consider
III able while every day in their nurseries,
The meadow larks and the partridges
also manage large and interesting fam-s
III lies at this season, but they nevertheless
N become most loquacous at eventide,
These wild things, however usually
keep at a respectful distance from houses.
n for, like human beings, they distrust peo-
ple Occasionally a woodpeckerH flies
u into our yard and tries to reduce the
trees to sawdust by his resoundlng
IN whacks. These birds surely do have to
toll for a living, They do as much head
III work as a newspaper man, and get