Show THAT GOOD aldra OLD RAIL IL FENCE i ancient and honorable and nd Con congeni veni ent institution thit that held honored place pic on the arm A ainone T ong the once necessaries of farm aria life bat reflected prodigality in the tha use of valuable timber was the old rail fence observes the columbus dispatch like many other almost bygones of rural life its place la in farm faria wastefulness now Is well established and yet it had its uses for which tho the present straight line wire mire fencing cannot quality qualify the old rail fences serrated 1 stretches wore were the homes cornea of small animal life that now are rapidly disappearing around its timbers there grew the uncultivated blackberry with its sister elster the raspberry and among its recesses there thrived the elder whose fruit once was coveted pla dle material find and whose blossoms were the dounda tion for elderberry wine that matrons matrona served of a winter evening when herl the neighbors gathered the aall fence with its invariable undergrowth was the favorite protection kotec arik frik tw white in winter arid from he sadig sang tn in the warmer seasons beneath the tha little ground squirrel burrowed from safe retreat he ha chattered it if some int intruder ruder came near to annoy him as he aa was i lu sly engaged in gathering his I 1 store of food for the sno nov v time to the bartest hand it fit afforded pro t the fied end pt of the long row ford for a briol arle respite and its corners formed thawed nooks under which the tha water jug might be kept and irom from what royal timber was this old fence constructed black walnut logs chestnut logs and the tha smooth lengths of the ash tree were cleft by numerous rail splitters ford for at the seven high fence that stood the starros ZI of decades there was many if black walnut rail mil whose timber would make the manufacturer 01 ot ol gun stocks chortle with satisfaction had lie such a present supply apply of wood at his comin command and |