The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
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II was but natural that tho unexpected
March snow storm should bring out
goodly number OF 'oldest inkabitnnta,"5
who enjoyed telling OF former great snow
storms that came in the gentle SPRING
time. One OF them tells OF a deep snow
that came In April, II, the year 1863, when
the snow Tell without intermlssion FOR
three days, covered the ground to a.
depth or three feet and remained tho
ground four d avs only The worst effect
was In the rapid melting, which natur-8;
all y caused all the streams to rise, and
tho Virginia low grounds everywhere
were covered with water The greatest
corn crop Virginia had ever known UP
70 that time followed In the summer, due,
In D q largo measure q q everybody be- \
lievcd y, TO the condition In which the
SNOW End the freshets left the corn
lands. Putting this and that together,
this particular aged sinhnbitant predicta3
IAN immense corn crop for this year.
.,The farmcrg are not worrying about
the recent cold spring wea Their and this J
snow Storm said q tobacco man who 3
has been SakIrmishing around among the
horny handed sons 4 OF toll for Z two or Z
three weeks. Il, for they know II is doing
them lot OF good. II will help wheat
and oats and other crops. too, and II Will 3
insure short crop OF bugs and worms \
that have ii habit OF prematurely gat
ering a part OF tho farmers crops. Be-
sides, our yirginin farmers do not mind +
cold weather near as much ms they used
TO. They have plainly OF feed 10 y. their8
stock, and 1t Is all OF their own raising:
Their stock Is In fine condition 70 sta !. ~
cold. and nothing Is su fflteripg on #th &c
farm y
Tall,inp about weather and the snow
storm II wa coming doWn Main street
yesterday morning. facing the cold north-
east wind that was driving the snow
undo or my umbrella and making things {
generally disagreeable. when met &, 2
negro with "a basket on each arm. me s
contents ot the basket were n,ddeh TX
the snow that had fnl len upon = hen put
II was easy enough to learn what tho 4
contents were. for the negro was baWllns
= u the ton or his voice. Strawbcrr ies,
nice fresh ntrn wberries.'' Selling st W
berries In old yirginin8 in snow storm
may be termed tho eternal unhtness IS < % q
things II 23 .s.i V
4"rhc shooting OF the boy; Arthur God,
frey, al, account OF which read n me
Times D Dispatch this morning, reminds mo
81 Old Old times in Richmond, 2 remarked ~
we'll known insurance man yeste ~ ~ X
am spcnking OF the good old adnys efore
hase-bnll and foot ball and all these u eW- I
tangled games we're invented, and when
the principal amusement Of the Rich
mond boys wac to 81 fight rock ba YES.
The whole town was divided up into
little armies, known as cats. q There were
1.-the Church Hill cats, the Rockets cats.
the Oregon Hill cats. the West End eats q!
and several other bands. They were IKE
|7the fabled Norsemen. eternally at I, wa :,
ana there wore a dozen battles day,
and sometimes boys we're severely hurt
but always .eitl, rocks rsstlcks. never
heard Of d gun being used. and nd = was 'lA.
q member Of one Of the noble armies @
cats too. They say Richmond poys
were worse then han they are IN these
days. but a great many Of them nave ,,
lEmade very fine men. let me tell YOU. !,