The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-05-26
EARMVlLLE HERALD,
FRIDAY. MAY .0, 1850.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.


Mn first WAS young and very fair,
with bright blue eyes and yellow hair;
A Surplcc white in church ho wore,
IIot.d him for month or more.
Nv second. hc was gaunt and thin.
All round the hemi>pheres he'd been;
He'd shot at uons killed "a bear;
loved him for about "a year.
Nh third had lowing coai-black locks
n wore then green and yellow frocksi.
Hc played and sang my heart away;
loved him one year and day.
My fourth was handsome but so poor!
That only made me love him more;
wcpt and sighed but had to part;
Italmost. almost broke my heart.
My nnh was-wcn, cannot say
What he was like; but one fine day
swore TO love him AN my life.
And now he calls me Little Wife"
Ny sixth? My sixth is very small;
Tie hardly seems "a man atail;
But. OH, 1 could not bean to part
with either Fifth or sixth Sweetheart.
Mrs. Il. b. Berkeley, is at the home
of her sister, Mrs. w. X. Berkeley.
Miss Bette Johnson is visiting Miss
NJ. f. Stone at Mrs. Taliaferro's.
Bad luck always gives one on oppor-
tunity 10 size up his friends.
A pair Of tight shoes can make one
forget any other misery in the world
1t is always the practical joker who
fails to see any fun when the joke is
on himself.
Why are cOmmencements so called
when they come at the end rather
than at the beginning of the session
Before another issue of the HERALD
all the Normal girls will have gone to
their homes.
Now that the election is over let's all
make friends and return to our daily
tasks Of labor with good feelings for all
fellow-men.
Has the amendment to the dog tax
law recently made 10y the town cOun-
ell availed anything? Have all dog
owners been made to pay the prescribed
tax?
Let some one in authority call a
meeting Of citizens and discuss the
best plans for recognizing the Farm
vile Guard. Such an organization in
Farmville is very much needed.
Prof. Cridlin's music class COM
mencement will take place tonight in
the Opera House. There will be no
price of admission.
Fashion says the girls Of the sum-
mer season of "99 must all wear white.
No colors, and yet we presume their is
no objection to rosy cheeks just so the
glow comes from brisk exercise in the
open air.
The annual sermon before the Wo-
mans Home Mission Society was
preached Wednesday night by Rev.
Jas Cannon, Jr. IL was one of the
ablest and most practical sermons on
the subject of fruit bearing for the
Masters Kingdom we have ever heard.
Capt. J. ID. Allen was one Of those
honOred with invitations to participate
in the grand jubilee parade in Wash
ington this week, but could not find !
the time to attend. DR.. Anderson,
whose acceptance Of the same invita-
ton was published in this paper, went |
to Washington and bad a fine time.
The plan of the Executive Commit
tee Of the Prince Edward Memorial |
Association is to have the proposed |
monument to our Confederate soldiers |
so constructed as that there will be a
place for each company that went out
from this county, with the name of
each member and also a separate place
for the names of all the Confederate |
soldiers who enlisted in other sections !
but are now citizens Of Prince Edward. |