The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-04-21
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
I've am ending for poem
That I cannot seem To- start;
10 would please % Hoosler poet
To ihe bottom ofhis heart.
I havc tried and tried to work TO,
But it's clearly no avail;
It's ~the drumming OF the partridge
And the whistle of the quaii.'
You can fancy how he'd take it..
And he'd marshal AN the birds
For their yearly journey southwark
alow he'd lind the httest words ,
And he'd say that they were dying
over bin and over dale
To the drumming of the partridge
And the whistle ofthe quail
But for me the lines are useless.
SO Pm going 20 take nay gun,
And DO hasten TO the woodland
It's duty 20 Dee done,
There lll quickly make am ending
Astostart seem TO fail
To the drumming Of the partridge
And the whistle of the quail.
We invite attention to the advertise
meut Of Mr. NJ. ;. Feldman to be fouud
on this page of the HERALD.
Cards have been issued for the mar
riage Of Mr. y. NJ. Gill and Miss
Maude Foster ON the 26th inst at 3
O'Clock p. NJ, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. r. Elam.
Louis Marshall, colored ex-convict,
was arrested Tuesday and locked up on
a telegram from the Norfolk and Yves.
tern authorities. The charge against
Marshall was not learned.
1t was the farmers Of Canondaigus
county, New YORK, who demanded
and built good roads, and then built
their rock roads very cheaply. Cannot
Prince Edward county do as well?
Our y. Nj. c. A. opened Monday.
The reading room is we'll furnished and
a good supply of literature bias been
ordered. The bath rooms are now
be ing fitted up and will be in opera
ton i'm a few days
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Myrtle Alice Putney, of Cumber-
land county, and Dr. J. Weldon Smith,
Of Rowlesburg, w. Va, Wednesday,
April 25th, at "North Wood" Cum
berland county, Va.
Ladies of the Episcopal church will
give beautiful cantata at the Opera
House next Friday night, the 18th
inst We bespeak for them a large
patronage from our people, aud we are
sure everyone VIII be delighted with
the entertainment.
Mr. s. p Vanderslice informs Us that
actual work of erecting the telephone
exchange for Farmville will be COM
menced about the lst of May. This
wild be most gratifying intelligence to
the business men Of the town who
appreciate the advantages Of a first
class phone system connected with
their places of business.
The Richmond Dispatch calls atten-
ton to the fact that in Nebraska bank |
directors are required to direct or suffer |
the consequences Of their failure so to /
do. The law ought to be general. |
Here i'm Farmville they do direct. |
They meet regularly and attend strict
ly to the business they are charged /
with, and this is as well known to the /
patrons of the bank a. that the worthy |
cashier and his assistants are on duty |
Prince Edward county has had at /
work this month sufficiently large |
force Of men and mules with their /
grading machine % have built a mile /
of l2fo0t road had the county owned |
a l2-hor,e power crusher and l5-h0rse /
power roller-the rock being not more /
than half mile from the road. Why /
not let the town and county buy such /
an outfit? The county could then
allow the farmers TO pay part Of their |
taxes in stone delivered at the crusher.
We invite inspection of our stock
before lurcnasps are made pl-pW here