The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-23
THE HORSE DECIDED N
4 Trip to See Their Best Girls Unexpectedly
but EffectuaIly Postponed,
THE FREE CIGAR IN SUFFOLK POLITICS
Owing To tho Approach OF the Mayor.
nifty Contest. ..rhrce Fers" Are
Coming Into r0wn by tito Thou.
sands = Capitalists Prospecting
t'hc iil,rin, al IL Vctcrni.

sumolk. Va. Ma,ch 2-(srcciaD-
Two young men OF Suffolk started out
in a buggy Sunday to see their girls
IN the county. They didn't get far.
When their horse had gone about two
miles from, town It got tired Of pulling
through mud ana stopped No peiSua-
sion by word Of mouth Or argument
from the whip could induce t. TO move
stei The occupants OF the. buggy
couldn't get out unless they. went
through knee deep mud. This they
didn't want 10 do, FOR their shoes had
junt been shined.
IN A. PREDICAMENT.
The voting men were in an lwt ward
predicament. +! was almost time that
they We're at the!. destination. ana
travel VAS ut standstlll. The girls
were waiting for them and they were
waiting for the horse. The horse was
linn. Finally the boys thought to eX-
pedite matters by a little idea Of their
own. They rolled UP pants legs alter
shoes were shed, unhitched the horse
and carried the buggy to 4 dryer place.
Still, the equine wouldn't so. 1t was
led back To town without the vehicle,
and The trip was postponed Indefinitely.
CAMPAIGN WEEDS.
Now that the mayoral,y case Is get
ting warm the candidates are generally
thinking Of schemes to trap Inc voters.
There are various ways of catching
them, but one OF the most popular in
Suffolk Is free cigars. A feature which
recommends the cigar plan Is its cheap
ness. TOT the average .campaigner
doesn't distribute much or the Key
that one OF the candidates viii order
two or three thousand "three-fors"
and another Viii go him one better,
ana ;rea ,Mospective voters to two
CAPITALISTS. LOOKING ABOUT. 81
J. G. Frazer and T. t. Winson, of
Mnrtinsbnrg, ". Va. were In Suffolk
to-day. they were prospecting with
an eye to making investments should
their proposed plans, m;iteIialize. They
inspected the town thoroughly, taking
kodak pictures OF prominent buildings
ana streets, and before leaving express
"a Satisfaction as to The impression
created. They were especially struck
with Snffolk's transportation facilities.
The gentlemen are said TO represent
several hundred thousand dollars
a VETERANS BURIAL.
The funaral Of uhe late Mills IT, IIol-
land took place ut 3 o'clock Sunday
AFTERNOON from his former home, at
BucRhorn. The Rev. II. II. Butler con-
!Ttermen was made IN the family bury
inG ground. Those from Suffolk who
Went say the crowd was ont Of the
largest ever Seen at q country funeral.
hdIiS Olu veterans IN The surrounding
counties who fought With the deceased
Tor TOUR years went TO pay their last
regards.
WHITE AND GREEN BoUDo1Rs.
Miss Lizzie Nurney is an adept with
the brush. S'he can do decorative work
as vel as depict life like scenes on the
easel. Two rooms IN MY J. II. Nurney's
house. on l<ilby street, evidence this.
MISS ;NuTney has painted her own bou-
oGlf and furniture throughout lovely
white. EEauall exquisite Is that OF her
sister, Miss DaAsy Eurney, which IS n
delicate green.t Both are said to be
marvellous IN artistic, effect, and are al
most elysian In appearance
THEY PULLED m OUT
Agents OF the Government after q de-
lay or several days. have removed from
the Nansemond the tree which went IN
on Il landslide and which wrecked y
bcat-Captain W. 0. Cramer's Nancy
RANKS; Two other distractions were
also taken out
SUSSEX ALL RIGHT.
Democratic Chairman j. Il. wnst l.
just back from Waverly, where no in.
reviewed the most prominent citizens
or sussex county on the guber1atorja
contest. He says the sentiment there
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