The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-08
snap shots az Amelia. Powhatan and
Cumberland.

GINA Is cause Of genuine regret, bu
now and then | am gratiiied to fine
they are not all gone. About the HON,
Of Mr.. J. Winston Fowlkes, Oh thu
Amelia side Of the AppomattoX, neaI
Stony Point Mills, are happily com
biued the comforts Of the ancient time.
aud the cOnvenlences Of the modern
The house is Of an excellent quality Of
brick, thoroughly well built, porched
and painted, surrounded by an atlrac.
tive yard nicely enclosed and guarded
by glorious trees. The fields from
which crops have been recently gath
cred are still on duty bearing grass.
The low lands have yielded a rich
harvest Of corn aud the barns are
"chuck" full Of tobacco The wood
pile is enormous and the saw is ready
TO cut ii into proper lengths for winter
use. The forage has been chopped
and stored away, water is pumped into
house and barns, and with the eXcep-
ton Of electric lights, the owner and
occupants Of this home enjoy all the
luxuues Of city happily blended with
country comforts which even the mil
llonaires of our cities cannot buy and
bring to their city homes. a farm
saw-mlll was at work the day | called
cutting plank with which to repair
waste places and build up new The
old orchard was dying but young trees
had been planted and growing to take
the place and do the duty Of the ex-
hausted predecessor. Mr.. Fowlkes'
farm is large one for present-day pur-
poses, but not too large for the vigilant,
active and thoughtful owner.
Some years ago | read with much
pleasure communications sent from
Cumberland to the HERALD, and
signed Butter Girl" and during those
years the contributor of those letters
was frequent visitor to your town,
and generally came mounted on
spirited charger, which she managed
as veriIable queen Of the saddle.
met her one day recently, still mount
ed, whip in hand and mistress of
fast flying black. went next day to
her home and there | saw the sunny
curs Of little girl waving in the |
morning air as she skipped gracefully |
and merrily across the lawn, but was /
told that father and mother had gone /
fOr hunting and would not return be |
fore noon. Some girls abandon the |
piano after marriage, but your fair |
and gifted correspondents Of other days,
still has headquarters i'm the saddle
| sometimes wish that 'buggies were
not SO cheap aud that our girls and
boys too, were forced as consequence,
to know more Of the luxury Of horse
back exercise. One thing is certain,
our boys can't ride in tournament on
wheels, and as the sport il the fad
again we may hope that this will in
duce our young men to pay more at
tention to the growing of good riding
horses, and then ride them. 1t is a
mistake to imagine that the buggy
environment is necessary to perfect
counting experience on the road.
remember with wonderful accuracy
that a boy on colt even could get
wonderfully near unto a girl riding
alongside Of him on the old family
mare. And / do wonder if any of your
young boy readers ever rode in front
with the "best girl" behind The boy
is of course then at a disadvantage, but
he used to at least meekly submit to
whatever was made Of bis disability. !
1t was simply glorious to have her get
scared and grab But the golden
age" has passed with many Of us, the
frantic efforts Of the "gold bug" Of the
present to the contrary notwthstand-
ing
T0baccovile and Ballsville are two
POwhatan business centres very much
improved since | last saw them.
Neither incorporated nor guarded by
policemen, nor disturbed by the rattle
Of street cars, nor radiant with electric
lights, nor the homes of the opera, but
still busy, thriving, improN ing places.
Frayser's Tavern, in Cumberland, is
one Of the landmarks Of the past,
stopping point between Lynchburg
and Richmond, when stage coaches
did the work of palace cars, and the
tin horn that Of the whistle 1t was
my privilege to spend a night there
recently, and to enjoy the cheerful fire
blazing on the same old hearth stone,
and to commune with the descendants
of those who gave it its ancient re-
nown as one of the popular and attrac-
tive taverns Of old Virginia.
Mr.. Flippin, Cumberland's treasurer,
has set tie pace for a country home
which | would be glad to see followed
in this section 10y all those who can af
ford it. There is an air of comfort
about the entire premises which is re-
freshing even to a passer by.
knew farmer, Of Powhatan, head
ed for Farmvile, with large quantity
of tobacco, who was induced to unload
nearer home by an offer Of $3.50 aver
age. | am not judge enough Of the
n,rnedn In say whether or not he lost |