The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

j. his hand Is warm within my hand, his head
upon my breast
Is sweet with the scent OF childhood, OF the
d young bird in the nest;
i His face Is hidden from me, but his eyes are
: strange and bright,
, Ana he whose eyes are like them walks TO-
, ward me thro the night.
soon shall hear his footstep-oh! his foot.
step !-on the stair,
The door Will open, he will come and stand
? behind my chair,
God save me rom these dreamsl The
hearth is empty, far is he:
And his little children lie asleep on another
woman's knee.
Monday next will be county court
day.
Mr.. d. w. Gillian continues to inn
prove.
Rubber's are ones sole's salvation
these days.
How many are living in honestde-
NAL these lenten days?
Ash Wednesday the fir 1t day of
Lent fell on the 10th inst. .
Mr.. T. J. Davis after a sickness Of
several weeks, is able to be at his place
OF business again.
The women never blessed with ba-
bies always know the most about the
correct way to bring them up.
The poor are with US always. They
suffer in extreme bad weather. There
is no use to deny the sad fact.
The poet who wrote beautiful
snow" ought to have a good case Of
grip-if not something worse.
We are glad to report that Capt. r.
NJ. Burton, who has been confined to
the house for several weeks, is improv-
ing.
We hope there were thoughtful
farmers who keep the birds alive on
their places during the recent spell of
weather.
Sleigh bells begant heir jingle, jingle
early Monday morning and their
music has been heard every hour of
each day since.
All trains were much delayed from
Monday morning until Wednesday.
Scarcely any mail was received here
until Wednesday.
The marriage of NJ. Edward d. Lips
comb and Miss Florence Hartwas post
poned, for unavoidable reasons, from
yesterday morning to last night at $50
o'clock.
"Nemo" has had the grip and con-
sequently his articles have been missed
from these columns for several weeks.
This week you may find him in
lengthy article on the first page.
The fireman on the west bound train
arriving here Monday at $3.50 o'clock
was so badly frost bitten as to be dis
abled for further duty. He was taken
OIL the cab and returned to his home.
The worst sleet Of the season in
crusted everything yesterday morning
and the small boy had not far to go for
skating. Keep in the middle of the
road was the constant Injunction to
pedestrians.
From every town and city in the
state, Farmville not excepted, there
was suffering during the blizzardy
weather of the past week. Farmville
went nobly to the rescue Of her poor,
and relieved their necessities.
Police officer Orange did some very
good work during the worst of the
recent bad spell Of weather. He en-
gagged himself quite earnestly Sunday
md Monday in looking up and report
ng the suffering poor of the COM
nunity.
A force Of hands cleared the snow
rom the side walks of Main and High
streets Tuesday. This was the proper
hing to do, only the work might quite
IS properly have been continued to
Dther parts Of the town. All tax
payers do not live on High street, nor
10 all of them do business on Main
street.
Mr. A. d. McNair, Of New York has
IN advertisement in the HERALD this
week in which he announces that on
lext Tuesday, the 2lst inst, he will
Ieliver lecture TO the farmers. Mr..
,IcNair win lecture IA the courthouse
md will'haye for his subject "How to
ertilize the soil with peas" We trust
large audience will greet him.
Mrs. Chas.I |. Stengle, Of Berkeley,
lied on Friday last after brief illness.
She was formerly Miss May Bland,
md sister Of Mrs. II. V. Baldwin, Of
Sarmville. She is well remembered
lere by number Of our people
specially by her old school mates in
he Normal School who viii be sincere
v grieved at this announcement
Among the prominent candidates
whose names we hear mentioned as
Iesiring to succeed the late lamented
/. r. Whitehead, as inspector at the
Planters Warehouse, are Messrs. John
}. Watkins, II. G.. Porter and Tucker
-obnson All three are now or have