Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-01-27
Mud and Mud Holes.

In a recent issue of the COURIER YOU
had a communication from our old
friend, d. II. :, touching up our Over
seer about that yearly eyesore in front
Of the Berryville Milling Company's
warehouse. l am inclined TO think that
his gun should have been aimed at the
Corporation instead of our Overseer. a.
this mud-hole Is within the Corporation.
l am only sorry that our friend, DIS.
did not take drive over this road of
which he speaks before he wrote his
article for he would have found great
deal more 20 have turned his gun on
than that one mud-hole. We most heart
lily agree with Mr.. d. II. ;. in every
word he says. Il Is there the year round
and has been there for some years, and
one would find it about hub-deep TODAY.
But we note recently that some one has
dumped a cart load of refused coal into
II. Let Others DO like wise and maybe
we Will get the hole filled up.
Now We would like 10 call the atten-
ton of our Supervisor and Overseer TO
the present condition Of the said road a
little fertilizer out than this one mud hole.
We ind them dotted along its whole
length from the station to Lewis big
woods, but the condition along this road
from the station out beyond the run 10
the spring is something our Overseer
should be proud o.. At present going
into town, we find this road almost i'm
pasSable from the spring to the run. q
distance Of two hundred yards, more or
less, even in light vehicle, and dear
knows how one would get through with
heavy wagon with load. Then we
come on little farther and we find a
wood pile in the road with barely room
left between il and the fence for q single
hN 10 pass by. Then we find the road
in front of the Boom has become regu-
lar wagon stand and refuse dump pile
with only one track left open for the
travel OF the public, and one side of YOUR
fix rides up on a bank the other side
| down in gutter, a beautiful landscape
greets you and Il nice place to get
through after dark. Anyone not ac-
1 quainted with this road should take
warning and not travel it after dark un-
less You carry a lantern so YOU can find
! your way through All these things
would be better l think if our Supervisor
and Overseer used this road, but, alas
they have better way around and only
come along once in great while and
TINS usually when the road is baked hard
IN the summer and then they will scratch
/ along on either side of the road with a
pillow and then run out scraper and
scrape up little pile of fresh dirt in the
middle of the road, which usually
awakens with the first rain and washes
back into the trench from whence il came
But 10y and by our Overseer comes on,
and drags it back ont in the middle OF
the road, there TO await the frs, rain
And thus it goes from year to year. and
sun the old mud hole is getting larger
, all the time There is sufficient rock
fence along this road to at least fiji ,be
mud holes if our Supervisor would allow
them to be used and wire fence put in
their places. Sure these pieces of stone
fence won't stand more than one more
rabbit season if the boys would use them
as they have this.
Now hope have not said too much
and hope have not offended anyone
but facts will he facts and he who would
be convinced need only take drive oui
this road.
l TRAVELLER