The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-28
STAFFORD.
Correspondence Of The Free Lance }


Stafford C.. g., Va, Dec. p, 1899.
Christmas day. 1899. the last of
the 18th century; none living to-day,
have even a possible hope of seeing
the last Christmas in the 10Th cen
tury.
Miss Maria Brown sustained con
siderable lujury from fall last week
and is confined t. her room At Clerk
BrYsn's She it 81 years Of sge
w. T. Dix Esq, of the Burg, spent
portion of Friday here.
Mr.. J. r McGregor still continues
critically III. Mrs. Helen Can't, Of
ashington, D. c., hls daughter, Is
nursing MIN.
Mrs. y. NJ McGregor. Mss Mary
Segar and Mr.. Thos. Woodsrd, Of
Washington, d. c., are visiting rela.
tives here.
Misses Kate, Florence aud Hortense
Evans. OF Gsrrisonville. retu' ned
nome Saturday nigAt from visit to
Washington, D. c.
Me-. and Mrs. T. W. Brrey and
Misses Mamie Bryan and Blanche
Fox spent part of Saturday in Wash
luetOn, d {.
Miss Nellie Bryan and Messrs Jno
S. Martin aud Harry Gilbert are
spending the Xmss week visiting
friends in Washington and Mont
gOmery county, Nd.
Visitors al the Court II Hpuse this
week: Mr.. and Mrs. X. a. Moucure,
Dc. Payne, Miss Blanche Rose, Robt.
A and Alex. Reid.
Mr.. Cnas. J. Henry, of Oakley, in
this county, has shown to your cor
respondent two newspapers. one
" Claypoole's Daily Advertiser.
dated December 25, 1899 just 100
years old today, the other the "Ulster
County Gazette" dated January Alb. .
1900. The Advertiser contains mem
oral resolutions upon the death Of
Gen. Washington, and sn account OF
his funeral. The Gazette gives an &C.
count, dated October 18th, 1893, OF
the battle of Zurich, in Switzerland.
These papers are well preserved aud
well printed.
Two Mormon elders are perambu-
lating about the county, but are not
meeting with much success. Whether
they are the two Mormons from
Muddl7ty," your correspondent can
not ascertain.
A few Of our Youngsters bear the
marks Of too much Christmas fire
water on their cOuntenances, bat as
general thing so far, we have had q
quiet Christmas.
VIM. Gully, ,colored, was committed
to jail last Friday to await his trial for
unlawful bunting on the land
of Mrs. Bridget Max, but on
Saturday he was bsiled 70 ap
pear to answer the charge at Broo ke
next Tuesday.
Mr.. Alvin Brown sued out war
rant VS.. Henry Patton for assault
this week, which will be tried at
Brooke next Wednesday. Messrs.
Berrey and Goolrick are the attor
neys.
1t is rumOred here that one of our
prominent citizens hsd his suit Of
PETER whiskers 50 badly damaged by
fire works as to require removal of
the remnents of his hirsute append
age with q razor, which makes him
look so spry and young that his
neighbors hardly know him. He is
now "a thing Of beauty and JOY
forever"
Mr.. Samuel Callahan had the mis-
fortune to lose his only horse Satur
day night. He found him dead 10
his stall Sunday morning when he
went to feed him. he was large
gray, worth about $75.
One of our citizens returning from
the Burg Saturday night caught mp
with a wagon load of our " locals :"
who had been looking upon wine
when it was red." Oae of the horses
attached to the wagon had fallen
down, and, sltho' the night was
dark, the remarks made were lumi-
nous enough to light the pathway of
our friend to his home.
Scribbler.