The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
ManderIngs ofa Week.

razor llffUWs III any VI N'ui iOoh
ers are discouraged as to the possibii
ties of fruit culture in Southslde Nir
GINA, respectfully advise them t
jump into their own buggy, or one %
friend Cox's, or else buy ticket good
on the +. d p, aud go at once to the
home Of the Rev. Morrison, near Cum
berland G. H. If this object lesson
doesn't convince that apples, peaches,
pears, &c, can be as suct essfully grown
here as elsewhere, then seeing is not
believing with such persons.
Those acres of trees were not simply
planted and left to grow and bear, but
were well and thoughtfully selected,
then carefully nurtured and the result
is, there will be a paying crop each
year. The Rev. Mr.. Morrison is a
chaplain in the L. :. navy, and on
aboard ship" has learned the value Of
systematic work which has been of
service on shore. Certain is it that he
has given us an example worthy Of
following, and done much to recon-
mend this section as admirably adapt
ed to fruit growing.
The place he now owns was once the
home Of DR.. Pettus, if / recollect Alright,
and of this, in connection with it, i
am absolutely correct in my memory:
The Prince Edward Troop, under the
leadership Of the noble Thornton, was
formed in front of the Randolph House
on the afternoon Of a May day, 1861,
and started for Richmond via Cumber-
land &. H., at which place we spent
our first night away from home as
soldiers. As we rode i'm sight of this
home OF the chaplain, its then owner,
DR.. Pettus, was seen standing in the
front yard, with welcome written on
his face, and huge tub Of mint julep
stationed under the shade of one OF
those splendid oaks, adding strength
and charm to the invitation to halt.
We obeyed with alacrity, and for one
half hour drank to the success Of our
army, the health Of the host, to home,
To the girls left behind, and to COM
rades on the left and on the right. 1t
was "a green spot of war times, and !
have never passed the place since that
] have not lifted my hat to the home
life Of old Virginia. The next morning
the same scene was enacted in the
front yard of Dr. Henderson, now the
home Of Mr.. Gray, just below the
Courthouse, and at many another home
between there and Richmond. How
delightful was war when viewed from
such pleasure grounds, but, alas, how
repulsive when North Carolina "new
corn" drove from the field the fragrant
and fascinating Virginia julep.
In my young days | reckoned the
Virginia reel a. the crowning JOY of
human life, aud next in importance
the old time Singing school," For
forty years | had not seen the "singng
MASTER nor heard the ring of the
"tuning fork, nor been with the girls
and boys as they merrily climbed up or
climbed down the "scale." | was for
tunate enough to find all these, in an
cielt glory, at Evergreen, AppomattoX
county, on Thursday evening of last
week. My old teacher was not there,
nor my "best girl,' but the teacher
and the cunning fork" were there, and
somebody's darling" / didn't sing a
note, but while others sang | listened
and allowed memory full swing. And
how it did sweep DER the strings Of the
dead harp, and make music for at least
one heart.
Young man, if you never attended
singing school, | mean the genu-
inc article, 90 to Evergreen or some
other green spot Of earth, and know
what you have been missing.
While at Evergreen it was my priv
iege to eat a chicken, which had been
killed. dressed aud cooked under the
thoughtful direction of Mrs. {. >.
McDearman, and of all the chickens !
have encountered i'm my wanderings
it took the cake 1t was fat to begin
with, was killed twelve hours before
being cooked, had remained sometime
in salt water and was thoroughly cook
ed. The result being 1t was dish "fit
for the gods" A chicken cooked
while kicking is a failure. You may
deal with fish that way but not with
fowls.
Things political are somewhat mixed
in Appomattox, too. The epidemic of
"kickingv as well as that of smallpox,
has reached the county and one indie
pendent has it in the "confiuent" form.
This same independent is bowling
Democracy, just as independent papers
and persons are elsewhere doing in the
State. To the disgust Of his and their
former associates. This identical indie
pendent, not long since, was so stalwart
a Democrat that when young Repub-
lican voter began to visit in his family,
ne told him if he continued tovote that
ticket. he must discontinue his visits to
his house. Just another instance OF
extremes meeting.