The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-15


county. II was an hour Of impressiy
r. memories stood with uncovere
, head aud full heart on the spot wher
once stood the home in which frs
saw the light Of day. 1t was remove,
; some years since to another site bu
just where could not learn.
i went then TO the clerks Office
where the venerable Mr.. Worsham
grandfather Of our fellow townsmau
Mr.. Mettauer Worsham, presided with
30 much of dignity, and ruled, as we
boys thought, with the sceptre of a
King. Happy school children were
gathered now, the hum Of their voices
as they recited their lessons was i'm
striking contrast to the silence that
once reigned there
The old courthouse, in which a. boy,
listened to the eloquence Of Thorn
ton, Anderson, Marshall, Flournoy,
Southall, Bocock, Pryor, Johnston and
Mckinney, and where a certain awe
seized me as | looked upon that able,
just but stern Judge Leigh, as he sat
on that high bench, far removed from
lawyers as well as the people, is falling
to decay; aud the Jail, built Of massive
blocks of stone, and Which | thought
would defy the tooth of time, is also
crumbling away. approached il with
some Of the dread Of by-gone, aud
peeped through the iron bars into the
room once occupied by college mate,
Ed. Langhorne. Of Lynchburg, who
killed his friend, Edy, of Christianburg,
who WAS also attending Hampden-
Sidney at that time. What horror ran
through the ranks Of the college boys
when it was known that the fatal cut
had been given; what tender sympa-
thy was awakened in behalf of the |
handsome and captivating companion
in prison after his noble victim had |
been buried in the shadow of the noun
tain that still stands guard over his
grave, and with what intensity of in
terest did we watch the progress of
the trial, and with what shouts did we
greet the verdict Of mot guilty."
But one wing Of the big hotel re-
mains, the long porch with its impos-
ing pillars all gone and the office in
which my father slept that memorable
night in 1887 when the stars fell in
such majestic showers. Nothing but
two chimneys remain to mark the spot
upon which rested the home of the late
DR.. Mettauer, and not even chimneys
where stood the home of his son, DR..
Joseph. Few Of your readers doubtless
know that at one time DR.. Mettauer
a flOurishing medical school
there, and a sanitarium second to none
in the South.
DR.. Terry's home remains, but sadly
The late Judge Farrar once
to me, that there was no
more delightful social centre than in
this refined and elegant home Of DR..
Terry. That of the venerable Samuel
L. Anderson totters to its fall. Mr.. }.
NJ. Hart occupies the house in which
spent my first day at school. The
store rooms Of the late r. ). Hines are
closed. Mr.. POrterfield occupies the
room in which Mr.. George Fowlkes
Kept candies, cakes and "sweet winep
ior we college boys. The wheelwright
shop of Farrar q Anderson is no more
md the cabinet shop Of Mr.. G. w.
in which they made collins
At night, every stroke Of the hammer
sending terror to my young heart, re-
mains but not for long. Mrs. Pearson
Is long since dead, aud her old home
on the verge of its grave. Mr.
A. J. Price lives in the house once Oc-
,upied by Col Thos. J. Spencer, in his
lay a leading merchant Of the place
The old store in which he did business
lust South Of the courthouse, fingers
reluctant to 90. The home once oc-
,upied by Hon. W 2. Dupuy and now
by his bother, is in good state of repair
while the manse of College church,
now the home of Rev. Dr. Murray, the
pastor, is the green and attractive spot
Of the old burg. A furnishing female
school was once conducted there, and
Mr.. Worsham lived in ii for a number
Of years and to the day Of his death.
The brick house now belonging TO the
estate of the late g. NJ. Eggeston, was
once the home of Mrs Trueheart, and
was the bright, particular spot to which
we college boys did most love to go, for
she had three charming daughters.
Mr.. Dunkum now owns the home 10
which my father moved when was
quite a lad, and it is still guarded by
an Usage orange hedge, through which
even Sheridan's cavalry could not cut
its way. II mistake not our towns
man, Mr.. Jno. A. Scott, made good his
escape two days before the surrender
at Appomattox, by reason Of this hrist-
ling and impeuetrable hedge row
Southwest of WOrsham stands the
home of DR.. EgglestOn, once that of
Mr.. Henry ). Guthrie, aud just South
and IN full view the home Of the late
Judge Dickinso., and now that Of his
son. Mr.. Thos. II Dickinson. These