| Show KNEW HIS OWN TERRAPIN virginian I 1 identified denti fied it by its peculiar expression tidewater virginia said mr 11 L white of lancaster va at tho the Sho shoreham Shore rehain ham recently Is the most delightful and wonderful country in the world everything that heart can wish or the appetite can fancy Is produced from the fertile fields and the great rivers that traverse them on their way to the bay nothing ever surpassed her oysters her fish her ducks her diamond back terrapins the terrapin farming he contin aed Is a lemarl able business and very lucrative but it requires a large outlay of capital and a great deal ol 01 labor each owner of a farm as the little water front fenced in for the purpose Is called zealously guards his domain and resents the slightest en croach ment by a neighbor or stranger and a curious thing about it is that these men engaged in the business have learned to know their own terra pins by the expression of their faces not long ago a negro boy was arrested in one of the lower counties in the rappahannock Rappa hannock river for stealing a diamond back and he was convicted upon the testimony of the owner who swore po nt blank that the said terrapin was his and was stolen from his farm because he recognized the aforesaid terrapin by its individual expression of countenance which he lie had studied tor for years he lie stated also that all his terrapins had the same smile and ard gentle look 0 it of the qu et eyes that he would know them at once anywhere among all the terrapins of the world I 1 tell you sir tidewater birginia Nir ginia IS I 1 a weader washington post |
