Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-06
FAR FRONIN0|sY STRIFE
DEEP IN RURAL ENGLAND
Eaton Fcarn Gives Viewpoint OF Vii
layers on World Con-
ditions.
GOSSIP is MEDIUM OF NEWS
People Hear Happenings by Word OF
Mouth ut Sign OF blue Beetle"
"Bancs and Bacon" Good for Arm,
but Bad for Head.
by EATON FEARN.

by EATON FEARN.
Q n d . y, November 5.-SnuGly
nesting amid the limestone hills of
Derbyshire. an English county. whose
rugged. picturesque scenery has been
compared with the beauties OF Switzer-
land. stands the little o::-world village
Of Crassington. It's high mills shut it
on completely from the outside world.
H in the center Of an impor,ant min,
TO agricuiture. pure anc Simple It's
noted cheese has ready sale and by
early rising, and a ,ccaseless round OF
toll. its humble residents earn sufficient
to satisfy ti;,!y their simple wants .aI; and the
the ages on the gravestoncs in the
chmrchyard fully testify
lived in Crassington all their lives. and
many, many OF then, boast that never for a
saxs under Their own "ef roofs oiE'' any mere
The place has no attraction to out
sidcrs, and strange face is very sell
Nae News Sc, Of any kind aI.srs to this
deavored 10 make one Of the ahorigi.
others voices as distinctly as il they
have your e Work < cut out and the man man
you explained it to would never be-
Neither are the residents OF Crashing
on literary folk. only two London
one Tor the hall and the e' other for fora the
r!caraE". Even the local paper has not
more than six subscribers
MEDIUM OF NEWS IN
CHASSINGToN is GOSSIP
No. the medium OF news in Cras-
sinEton Is gossip. pure and simple. It's
are. the Blue Beetle" and the village
BARRIERS.
win IFS erndS painted sEn of i"n
blue beetle has an enticing look
rest Anyhow 1t struck tho writer SO
one summers evening and he entered.
@rSsF IL sea, 'ns hs. he
The village blat@tsnth was there
There w were er sturdy yeomen. Whose ru ~"
cnnd faces deepIy waiIkled told their
The ye,efans, eS.nfor,abiy gerehed IN
thing hollow ever heard Of 1t vas
a. stnnner three years ago when
by lightning; J., killed them as dead
as mutton, shami forge, 1t !, in the
black as ebony. When he had recovered
parsons SON killed: bobby's two sons
,,ie D,acS eyer an 'Msny PSGpie IN ihts
one shudder TO think of it,"
why ddn, the E9vsTnmfnt J'on t nIS
'T :V3S VIVA, van, e + Enaw ;,.,. -,
crcny seated next to him. but did YOU
ever kSow any government 20 do ausht
The old country Is going TO the
doEs, eqmine1ted an Gc,ogenariam
for some time itching 20 get a word in.
S IKE 70 1ay'nF r9miYs vc TO- h9n,d
sixteen bob week. and that * more
than my poor old father eyer had
cottage for eighteen pence a week. and
what With my Eardea: my pig and my
neal iii thi " war s,ated oil Frst un nis
had 10 .go--then fowls had 10 go be-
cause there was no corn--now every
'Ah. nothing like pigs" icrked in
nerv?2psly an ancient old party attircd
Don't forge, the bacon and banes."
chimed In another yeoman. that's the
stun TO Eic en-.
"DANES" AND BACON
NOT Go;;:) FOR BRAINS
The blacksmith. untalkativc man as
he was to make nal remtrk al
banes and bacon make folk strong in
she read that in SOME book or other"
~ dunno believe in Al hi, hi reading
had waxed 50 eloquent on beans and
bacon. What's the good OF II. Its
squire's daughter. though they might
find something better to do days like
these"
Next. to a. pig gle me a good fat
goose for Christmas" remarked an
II prefer. sblets pie" came in a
ITS all the same you old fule. No
who held "A brief for the goose.
None of you have touched the root
of the matter" came in grave reprov-
ing tones from an old man whose un-
snow. Its these women on the land
who ruin farming. Disgusting L call
THE cows amt half MIXED. No
wonder there's no butter In the coun-
Try" was another caustic comment:
should like to know"
1t takes lifetime to understand it,"
said one who evidently knew.
This Ger war has ruined every
thing. Beer amt the same. and what
nose indiSitcd his love OF alcohol. 81
Kaiser at the end my pitchfork"
KAISER WILL COME TO
= BAD END SOME DAY
He'll come TO a bad end some day.
You mark my words, said the village
prophet pIa, with q knowing Look 8, go
landlord in an authoritative voice.
Outside stood the village policeman,
the embodiment of law and order.
When all had departed he surrepti
tiously went round to the back for his
night mug Copyright. 1918.
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