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Show THAT GOOD OLD RAIL. FENCE Anolent and Honorable "and Csnvsnl ent Institution That Held Honored Hon-ored Place on the Farm. Among the onco necessaries of farm life that reflected prodigality In tho uso of valuuble timber was tho old rail fence, observes the Columbus Dispatch. Dis-patch. Llko many other almost .bygones .by-gones of rural life, Its placo In farm wastefulness now Is well established" and yet It had Its uses for which tho present straight line wlro fencing cannot can-not qualify. Tho old rail fenco's serrated stretches were tho homes of small nnl-mat nnl-mat life that now nro rapidly disappearing. disap-pearing. Around Its timbers thcro grew tho uncultivated blackberry, with Its sister, tho raspberry, and nmong Its recesses there thrived tho elder whoso fruit once was coveted plo material and whoso blossoms wero tho foundation founda-tion for elderberry wlno Uiat matrons served of a winter evening when ttis neighbors gathered. Tho rail fence, with Its Invariable undergrowth, was the favorlto protection protec-tion for Bob Whlto In winter, and from Its top. ho sang In tho warmer seasons. Beneath, the little ground squirrel burrowed. From safe retreat re-treat ho chattered If somo Intruder enmo near to annoy him as. ho was busily engaged. In gathering- bis storo of food for. tlje snow( time. " To" the harvest hand it afforded protection pro-tection at the end of tho- lowbrow for , s tricf rf fjvjio ar.3 S cqroer fonaci slinded nocks untler which the wnlcr Jug might beJtepL . tA Antpfrom -wljnt roynl timber was this old fence constructed I, Black walnut logs, chestnut logs nnd ths.. smooth lnRthsf.,the ashtreoivere cleft byMnumerou&raliysplltteni,.for the "seven hlghH fenco that stood the storms ,of decades.,. There i was i many a block walnut 'rail Vlio.io "-limber would make tho manufacturer of gun stocks chortle with' satisfaction had ho such n present, supply of wood nt his command. |