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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE.- - TJTAH fOOR ROADS DURING WINTER 9 ad Condition In Majority of Case to Improper Drainage Description of Log Crag. Duo hen Impassable condition" of the winter and spring roads during Ijlrt a majority of cases due ponths is in If the surface drainage. to improper the roal were once leveled by grad jnj and the ditches properly opened up, then the roads dragged often enouglr ' horse tracks 10 keep the ruts and glled and the surface level, the water Would drain off and the road would be R. Milligan pf puch better, writes R. 111., in Farmers county, jwrence water which accumulates The of a road that is not Upon the surface drained must is and improperly level or soaks into it until evaporates jtand the solL The part which soaks Into the soil causes it to become soft and The almost Re-irlev- Now it lbs MFN AND WOMEN time to Irani Ifii How folks in die tidewater section of state that mothers presidents celebrate during Christmas season. Some of the spirit of Mqrrie England 150 years ago pervades that part of America today. r. tnlry. It is a very good plan to drag dirt toads at least once each week during the winter months and oftener if needed. I think it would be well for farmers living on dirt roads to enter Into agreement by which each man Is to drag the roads along land farmed by him once each week, or better still pass laws compelling farmers to drag the roads adjoining their farms. During the spring months the drag is the best as well as the cheapest tool to be had for assisting dirt roads to become dry and solid There are many different types of road drags on the market, but most of these are rather expensive for the fanner to keep for his own use. A drag that will do the work practically well as any of these may be made Es a small amount of labor and slight cost as follows: Take a log of any hard wood (white oak preferred), 6 IIK visitor to an old plantation In tideto 8 feet in length and measuring 6 water Virginia, at Christmas time will or 7 Inches at the top. Using and orno doubt be agreeably surprised to find . dinary maul and wedge, split It ihto that many of the old customs survive two equal parts. Through each piece and ere regularly observed, not only 2 diameor In Inches bore a hole on the large plantations, but on the ter, 1 foot from each end. Then bore smaller farms, and even In the negro another half way between these two quarters. So all get their full measure holes. Out three round sticks, each of gifts and turkey. 8 feet long, and taper them at the Perhaps the first sign of Christmas ends so that they will fit the holes in Is the killing of the fat hogs, which have taken the logs. Using these pieces, join the on flesh rapidly since they were pul up and hardtwo parts of the logs together, placing time on good, sound ear corn, the round sides of the logs one way ened In other means of a fresh, generous supply and the flat sides the other. Boards words sausage, sparerlb, chine, cheese-souspigs may then be placed on the logs for ham baked fresh that of feet. and. course, pork the driver to stnpd on or to place Christmas week. This Is flanked by a weights upon, if needed. The round during It two yArs old and sugar-curebaked bam sides of the logs should be used in will all furnish mighty good eating for visitors front and the flat sides behind. It who drop in for a little while, but have not time Should be pulled by a chain fastened to stay to the regular dluuer. to eachend of the drag and the dou-- , who have spent years on a tidewater VirThose bletrees fastened in the middle of the time know Just what chain. Better results are obtained if ginia. plantation means to host and hostess. All through the counthe chain Is made longer at one end from the humblest negro holding to the so the drag will run diagonally on the tryside, river estate, preparation 'for Christmas largest toad, allowing mud and water to run time, for then the corn is begins with to one side the woodpile Is ready, and farm work In gathered, The road should be dragged once is in such condition that all are In pretty on each slae with the driver standing general good shape for. the holidays. pn the outside of the drag. That Christmas Gobbler. weeks Two before Christmas, the turkey gobRAILROAD TRACK PULLED UP bler (generally one of the years raising) Is singled out put up in a slatted coop In the Ue of Tractor Makea It Unnecessary backfrom the flock, on shelled corn till he Is In proper fed ' yard, . to Remove Rada From Ties condition, killed' the day before Christmas, hung Work, Done Speedily. up on the north side of the porch and next day, e e kitchen by an when cooked in the A steam tractor was employed reforms the "kitchen queen," negro cently to puli up a stretch of aban- -' for the big dinner. The Christmas doned railroad track in a street, in mean In roast turkey stuffed with oysters, Redlands, CaL, which was about to be bread rejoices etc. A sugar-cured bam (from one crumbs, pavedrsays Popular Mechanics Maga-Sln- to two Irish and sweet yearaold), crtspcelery, The city, having decided to imanfl spinach latter salsify candled), (the potatoes prove this thoroughfare, which was (all grown In the home gyardln,) macaroni, once a railroad right of way, desired to remove the rails and ties In the tad. of course, cranberry sauce for the turkey. dessert consists of Jelly (plenty of wine for Quickest possible manner, with not .too He blanc mange, both white and chocoseasoning), great expense. fruits, such as Malaga grapes, late, meringues, The plan of employing a tractor apples, bananas and oranges. Wine made It unnecessary to remove the and a toddy of Whisky, sugar at table Is served falls from the ties, or to laboriously dash of nutmeg, will most likely ' a with and water, pry the structure loose by hand. Bebeforehand at the sidefore the engine was hitched to the be taken by the gentlemen board. Roquefort cheese and coffee end the feast track, some of the dirt between the This menu is indicative of a typical plantation ties was removed, and the tractor was ; others will be la proportion to the taste dinner then able to pull out sections about and means of the diners, but It can be safely as20 feet long with considerable rapidwould a guest or a stranger ity. In two days over a mile of track serted that nowhere feast on this day, for even a to down meager sit was torn up. the negroes have prepared most liberally for the occasion. DRAGGING ROADS AFTER RAIN great . Christmas Decorations. The good old custom of decorating the houses Professor Etheridge of Florida Recom-mend- s for Christmas still obtains, and the generous Use of King BpIitrLog supply of holly, running cedar and pine, growing Drag Made Cheaply. In the Virginia woods. Is used. Mansion, farmMantels, house and cottage are , all decorated. Farmers living on sand-claand dirt Kolia, and even bedrooms are witnesses to the seafads should take time, after each rain son of Jollity. Family portraits of ancestors, now to drag the road that runs along their long laid at rest, are honored. with .a, wreath of Property. This is done extensively in green and the red berries of the holly, a Christinas the northern states. It takes very little greeting from the stern canvas. floe for any person and yet the roads What are the social customs that emphasize this hept in good shape. season in Tidewater, Virginia? On Christmas Dr. c. W. Etheridge, professor of morning a glass of eggnog or toddy Is taken by (he in the University of Florida, After this ecommends the use of the1 Kl ngspU t geatifimAAIh l"ir e."B ywl log drag. This drag can at iuvuh some ofgie party Will go to the - Colonial that low cost and used by anyone who can church In the neighborhood for morning .seryjee rtra a team. The andent brick edifice will always have been decorated by losing- - hands for this season. Aerate After Milking. intertwine on walls, chancel rate the milk right away after Wreaths of evergreen and pulpit. and save the loss of the whole . The morning service ohrer, the congregation ex- A few turns of the elbow will Some preschange Christmas greetings outside. 0 it, and it is well worth while. 4 for neighbors who live at ents are taken to church the i distance ; happy. Inexpensive recollections of moIndicative of the Expensive to BuM& but appredatlvely reason, .. 0004 roads, like all other good mentous occasion. Back from church, home folks lags, are too expensive to build and and guests are ready for dinner. too much value to be neglected. Hunting Parties. east Virginians have ever shown a penchant The Build Permanent Reads.- chafing the fox behind a g(Kxl Lets build good, permanent roads tjf homing. hounds has always been s sport par of jack We build, remembering the Lest This sport still exists in the country always the cheapest. and in spite of wire fences, now almost pn Hog-klllln- In brt tf trade Bar' rats (reatiteman'I. Special now open (or 30 day Otilf ahort time required, 1 mil (urnlubed ami roratnnnton puli while learn. In Call or write Molrr Bahef School, 13 CotS tnrn-la- l St . halt Cltr. I'tah, tke JUST REFUSE TO BE ANNOYED! the Day In Good Humor and Jermlne Not to Complain, and Nota the Result. Begin . Ds- - Start the day right especially wher the weather Is trying upon one's nerves.. "Start It by being In good hu luor by refusing to be annoyed. Don get excited about anything; there reully nothing exciting eurly In th ntorntugr Make the most of every thing about you and determine ln your own mind that come what niayj jou are going to accept It without corn-- j plaint, and there will he little cause! for complaint, says the Dayton Newaj If we could start the day with smile, there would he no trouble for u through the hours to follow. If w would refuse to become peeved, noth-- j lug would peeve us throughout the dayJ There Is more In this things of getting hi a rt ed right tlnm the uverage man) may suppose. Ever notions good engineer, how bn starts the train? He sits there gazing hua iiUodlhe engine) Arp jnnd caressed It a little and gnzed at it; admiringly. lie clasps the throttle with faith In It But he doesn't Jerk it orj ull It recklessly. He presses it slightly,' eom way, and the muscles la his arm iron tract gently, and the steam hisses nj filt, and the great wheels start to turn as if & child were turning fs gently They revolve a Uttle faster, ami ja Uttle faster, and the train Is undea jfull speed with never a Jolt or Jerk. Well, thats exactly the way we oughlj Ito start the day. We ought not to ex--j pect to get under full speed at thoj Jump. There should be no jolting, no jerking. The wheels ought to move; slowly, gently, at the start, and w ought to work ourselves to full pre Bure as gradually as the engineer get his train underway. Then well find aj smooth track and plenty of power ami well be able to bring the train Into) the shed at night with never an injur j to a passenger and the machinery la good shape. 1 the-tmluU- e , ; ( g e, -- - d. -- bog-klllln- Billions In Checks. The great bulk of all payments Ir this country involve a debit on thj books of a bank. Mostly they are mad by means of a check, which is charg to the drawers account Record clearings of bank checks last yea amounted to a hundred and elghty-od- i bUllon dollars. But as we mentioned) a little while ago. clearings involve! li have been quip and Jest around the hospl labia only those checks that are deposited one some the than other bank upoq bourd. Love affairs begun, and harmless Jealousy can be easily discerned. The "lancers" Is the next which they are draworand in citie clearin figure. A couple steals off after the )t Is over, a large enough to maintain associations. house for secluded lounge in the hall offers opportunity An investigation by Bradstreets 1 q the "sweet nothings," or maybe true love called JI7 cities indicates that total bank forth by the propitious time and place. The negro servants stand around the hall door pieblta are two and a half times the and watch with fascinated gaze1 the many couples imountof clearings. Tills weuld lmpld as they go through the dances. Happiness fairly that payments made last year through I banks In cities large enough to malmi gleams on their dark faces. The night is waning, already the roosters have I tala clearing house association werq crowed for three oclock." From now oA until de hearly $506,006,000(000, the Saturday I brek er day" the dancing keeps up, and when the Evening Post ob8erves. Add to that! first red streak appears on the horizon the violins payments In lesser cities and towns, fid- - j nd play Home, Sweet Home. It seems thartbe correct notion of the amount of money their draw as dlers fairly excel themselves they bows for this, the last waltz. The dancers swing which passes from one hand to anothes to the steady rhythm of the music. The music In the course of a year the amoun e that in one way or another we pay our ceases. The dance Is over and one more Selves fsr all exchange of goods, serv host The Is a memory. Virginia Christmas gathering and hostess speed the parting guests, and pres- Ices and so on. It makes a prodigious pile. ently the "great house Is quiet. The Customs Inherited. 8pa!n After Our Tourists. The customs inherited from English ancestors Spain is making' an organized efforif will never be forgotten In this section of Ole to divert American travel to that coun Virglnny," where the plantation owner was a very try. This sign of enterprise in what king, where the smaller fanners had their own Lord Salisbury once called one of thq peculiar pleasures, and where even the negroes "dying nations of the earth is credit (following the example of de wlte fokes) have able. Unquestionably American tourl always made merry In the Yuletlde season, fol- ists could include Spain in their ltiuer d customs which have lowing the ary with much greater pleasure and so long that like the common law, the mem- profit than divers other European ory of man runneth not to the contrary." countries that make small return for Changes have taken place In this favored sec the, annoyances of, travel and. the ration, many of the oldest families, have sold their pacious charges of and ancestral homes and moved to the cities. The other thoroughly commercialized gen4 n numerous estates have passed into the try that live off Americans,. , " hands of wealthy persons from the North and But it' may be that Spain has. begun West, but in spite of changes, the spirit of Christa little too late. Arrangements have mas animates the natives of all classes and is been made to divert a large part of caught by the strangers within the gates, for jour American tourist trade to America the Northern' and Western folks that have settled itself. St. Louis and made their homes with us in nearly every case enter Into the social life of the communities Incomplete View. In which they reside, and during the holiday seaDo you enjoy seeing a gome of foot4 son Join hands with the natives all in humor for ball? the week of frolicking. I never see one In Its entirety," re g bog-kllll- ng old-tim- old-tim- plece-de-resistanc- e -- e. rajj-cheek- ed - - y -- be-ma- universal, you will hear the baying of the hounds and the cheering of the mounted hunters aa they pursue the crafty fox through fields and woods on a Christmas morning. The Christmas dinner Is more or less a formal function and it is likely that the family and the guests will be in place when the blessing is asked by the host. Even the allurements of the hunt will d cusnot make the men overlook the tom of being Ip place when the stuffed gobbler Is served. The Country Dance. e country In the evening all Join In the dance. The very name suggests quadrilles, waltzes a ud even, peril a ps, t he cers. Tliese schottlsh. delightful recreations, still observed. come from the mother country," and have flourished In east Virginia for three centuries. Nothing Is more Joyous than a Christmas dance on a Virginia plantation, where observance of Jhe season Is inherited, where the servants are negroes, the fiddlers are negroes and thoroughly familiar with the dear old dance music so fondly remembered by those of ante bellum days. Invitations have brought- - out the countryside; whose social position deserves the courtesy. The great house" Is decorated with all the evergreens of the season. Bright fires are burning and the servants are on hand to wait on the wlte fokea." The night is a starry one, and a rime of frost has settled over the landscape. Outside there Is a rumble of vehicles oyer the slightly frozen road leading to the house, buggies, carriages, perhaps a four-mul- e wagon, with its gay crowd of young people, the black Jehu guiding his team and coming In a rapid trot There may be one or two au- dls-xict- s, f old-tim- two-step- 1 s. -- time-honore- inq-keepe- rs well-know- shake hands with the host and hostess standing within the portals. Upstairs go the gyrls" to the ladies room, while the gentlemen go to the room assigned them. All Is bustle and happy preparation for the coming dance. Nine o'clock chimes from the timepiece on the parlor mantel.' The lively bevy of maidens are trooping down the broad stairs. What visions of loveliness are these highbred Virginia girls 1 and a t mospher e wl theoq uetry 4 Young gentlemen offer hurried requests for the dance. Then "the real revelry begins wlth"the fiddlers call of Choose yo p&hdnahg to de fus quaddriU." Post-Dispat- he-ve- ry Miss-Cayenn- the Straw. -- jipjcead ajfeast fit forthe gods, id Jwkej.,tur- cold salad, pickled oysters, key ham, celery, olives, beaten biscuit, thin wafers, fruits, rake and black coffee. At 1:30 dancing Is resumed. Thert MOOSE. -- f . ch. iTbo- exeitemeE pHed Is so intense that I am constantly shut1 A bull moose was seen lately, pursued by a bear, ting my eyes in fear that somebody to close to the town of Plnedale In the state of going get hurt Wyoming. Two men, fishing In Fayette lake early one morning, were greatly astonished to see him Thrifty Japanese. emerge .from thatimber at The report of the postal savings a:Mghrateofjspeed and rush toward the water. A few seconds later, bank department of Japan, says the however, they were able to grasp the reason for Japan Times, shows the amount of savthis singular conduct, as a large black bear came ings has greatly Increased during tha into view at the same spot but on In beholding jthe fa8t Jear. The most noteworthy men he at once took fright and made In- - the number" of depositors crease Into the woods. After splashing round In the lake tor and araeunts of deposits 1$ seen In some time the moose came out blew the water Korea, Manchuria and Formosa. The from his nostrils and stood only a few of yards away number of depositors at the end defrom the fishermen, eying them was and their total 1A2Q3.823, July serenely. He was of unusuai size and posits amounted to 8L71.10Q01L Tt set horns. He skirted the shore of the lake at a leis-- 1 Increase during the year in the nma ot depositors was 1,270,150, with a urely gait for about a mile and then darted Into I the woods. total of 527,159,253. .FISHERMEN. SAVED well-waxed -- ex-Ist- , tomobiles. .... door thrown The big front is open, a blaze of welcomes the Incoming guests, who genial light Turkey In elj , - "There Is a graceful sweep of skirts across the floor, a clasp of hands as the couples violins to the tune fall in place. The scraping-oof "Turkey In the Straw, and the head fiddler One dance follows another calls fohwud fo. with short Intermission, until supper Is announced at 12 oclock. Then the musicians play a march for the couples as they make their way to the big dining room. Around the lengthened mahogany table Is havean.-approxlmat- you-wtli old-tim- -- , . . time-honore- V e - s |