The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-01
RURAL|TE'S VIEWS
Of THANKSGIVING.
Things That Virginia Country
men Were and Are Grateful
For-Many Blessings.
BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
Turkeys and Good Things
Galore-Marked Improve
ments on the Route.

To those who make their homes in
the rural districts of our State there
come many Thanksgiving feelings at
this particular season, feelings engen-
dered and encouraged hrst by the
thought Of the happy hours that the
farmer and his family have chance
TO enjoy from one Thanksgiving Day
until another rolls around and hours
made happy by the sheer JOY OF spend
ing much of your time out in the open
air. where a true lover of nature nnds
solace at ali times and during all
seasons of the year.
beautiful Fall Season.
The poetlcal and the practical seem
inevitably intertwined in this life OF
ours Perhaps to no class OF men on
earth coes this apply more than 10 me
farmer. for living face TO face WITH
nature. he must study her laws. IN
order that he gain a LIVELIHOOD; he sees
and appreciates all the glo-Ies of the
fall season in Old Virginia (if he lives
there): he knows that the cool nights.
with frosty mornings. signify that the
summer is past. that winter is on the
pushed. so by the .ime Thanksgiving
Day arrives he has seeded oats ana
wheat. he Is hauling in his corn. may
be running a corn husker, and getting
in a supply of winter forage for his
live stock The fattening hogs are
getting increased rations OF good Ola
Virgins corn. the colts that nave
run at pasture all summer and fall
are now put UP at night, and are CIV
en- a chance TO try their strong. young
grinders on the new corn that has
now gotten hard. and so with ali the
other live stock. Some cured feed,
along with what late fall pasturage
they can pick up
Around the poultryyar6 the young
turkeys are grown SO lusty they al
most equal their parents in size-same
way with all the other oenizens of this
domain The wood pile has been re-
plenished. and a nice lot cut up
Time of Plenty.
Frqp1 the Aileghanies to the sea
this y season of plenty with Ola
Virginia folks The farmers have
worked hard. and the results in the
majority of instances have been salts
factory. no doubt for 90 hot the
tillers Of the soil from year to year
gits both their own families. along
with those OF the city dweiIer, cause
for thanksgiving by raising a gener-
Gus supply Of good things TO eat Tor
aIl7
improvements In the Countrywide.
A spin over our improved Virginia
roads in an automobile on one of these
beautiful fall days will probably pro-
woke an exclamation Of thankfuinesS
from the traveller or travellers when
they contrast them with the country
roads Of a decade ago On hstle
tourney of this nature the well built,
welt-kept country schools. so often
seen now. viii contrast most favor
ably with so many seen not so many
years ago. Better farm buildings.
fences and the general appearance OF
the country side all 60 TO show that
with each succeeding year changes are
taking place which VIII stand for fu-
ture prosperity in the rural districts
The virginia Woods
Verify We live in a favored section.
for aside from the fact that our fields
yield good crops, our woods ana
marshes will also furnish their quota
in supplying the Thanksgiving dinner
for the countryman and the city dwell
81. WIid turkey. ven.son. quail. WHO
duck and other deIlcacies from woods,
marsh or faliow Geld have graced many
q table at this season but the roysi
turkey Of the donIcsticstc5 kind VIII
naturally hold pre-cminence as the
Sfece de resistance at the dinners that
follow after the special Thanksgiving
layout
The frost IL on the pumpkin and
the corn Is IN the shock" Let vs. all
remember that the Puritans DID a good
thing when they insugurated Thanks
giving Day. but all the fan and win
ter day1 are Thanksgiving days IN old
virginia. - ~ -