Show THAT GOOD OLD rall RAIL FENCE ancient and honorable and Cen cerveni veni ent institution that held hon ored place placa on the form farm among mong the once sarles of farm life that reflected inflected prodigality in the use of valuable timber was the old roll mil fente fence observes tile alie Coluin columbus bus dispatch like many other oilier almost bygones ot rural life its place in ili farm wastefulness now Is wen well established and yet it tind had its ita uses for which 1114 present straight lne line wire fencing call not cot qualify tito alio old rail fences serrated stretches were the homes of small annl inal life that a ow now are arc rapidly of alsap pen henring ring around its timbers there grev brew tho the uncultivated binck blackberry berry with its ts sister the raspberry and among its recesses there thrived tile older cider whose fruit once w was as coveted pip material and wit whose ose blos blossom wire were tile the coundit tor for elderberry wine alno that mat matrone matrons rons i served of a winter evening tho the neighbors gatli gathered erod the rail fence with its invariable undergrowth was the favorite protection for nob bob white in winter find from its top lie he sang in ili the warmer sef seasons tons beneath tho the little ground squirrel burrowed from anfe retreat lie chattered if some intruder came near to annoy him as lie he was waa busily engaged in gathering hla his store of tood food for the snow time to tho the harvest hand it afforded protection at tile the end of the long loh row for ft a brief respite and its corners formed shaded nooks under which the water jug might bo be kept and from what royal timber ans this old fence constructed Construct edl I 1 black walnut logs chestnut logs and tile ho smooth lengths of the ash tree were cleft by numerous rail splitters for the seven hilgh fence aint storms of decades de cadei there was wag manya black walnut riall rail whose timber would the he manufacturer of gun stocks chortle with satisfaction haillie such a present supply of wood at ai his command |