Show THAT GOOD OLD RAIl FENCE Ancient and Honorable Honorable and Convenient ent Institution That Held Honored Honored Hon Hon- ored Place on the Farm v Among the once necessaries of farm life that reflected prodigality In the use of valuable timber was the old rail fence observes s. s the Columbus Dis Ds- s. D' patch Like LUte many other almo almost t by byr gones of rural life 1 its s place in farm wastefulness now no noIs Is well established and yet it had its uses for whIch which the the present straight line wire wIre fencing cannot cannot can can- not qualify The old oid ral raJI fences fence's serrated stretches were the homes of small animal animal ani aul- mal life Ufe that now are rapidly Around Its timbers there grew the uncultivated blackberry blackberry- with Its sIster Bister the raspberry and among its Its' recesses there thrived the time elder eIder whose fruit on once e was coveted pie material and whose blossoms were the foundation foundation foundation tion for elderberry wine that that matr matrons ns served of a winter evening wh when n the neighbors gathered The rail fence with its invariable undergrowth was the favorite protect tion for Bob White in winter and nd from its top he sang in the warmer seasons seMons Beneath the little ground squirrel burrowed From safe retreat retreat retreat re re- re- re treat he chattered if s some me Intruder came near to annoy him as he was busily engaged in gathering his store of food for the snow time To th the harvest harvest hand It afforded protection protection protection pro pro- at the end of the lo long bug g row fora for for I Ia a brI brief respite and its corners formed t shaded nooks under which the water jug lug might be kept And from what royal royal timber was this old fence constructed I Black lark walnut logs chestnut logs and the smooth lengths len hs of the ash tree were were cleft by numerous rail splitters for forthe for forthe the seven high fence that stood the storms of decades There was many manya a S black walnut rail ran whose timber would make the manufacturer of 01 in g gun gunstocks stocks chortle with satisfaction had he ic such a n present supply of wood at athIs athis his bis command |