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Warn. Thoughtful persons have claimed that the river “tempers the climate of Sperryville,” and that when it is 34 degrees in Washington, with everyone uneasy about their gardens, it is 44 degrees in Sperryville with no one worrying about their beans that are almost ready to bloom. This has been proven many times and it is generally acknowl- / edged that Sperryville gardens are fullv two weeks ahead of the ones in Washington. So the river is a real friend to the gardeners, as well as to the children.
In recent years the river has gotten lower and lower. “What has happened to the river?” is a question often asked. There is much talk of the “watershed” among the grownups and much investigating along the banks of a ONCE enjoyed, stream by the youngsters of the town.
The story of three small boys trying to find a place to build a dam and sail a little toy boat is revealing. .
“What’s that,” asked the middle size boy, pointing to a pipe that was jutting out from the bank. “That’s what you call a sewer pipe,” the older boy answered, "my father told me about it, said I mustn’t play around it—that there were germs there. Lets climb over the bank and go out in that pretty green field where it is
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