The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-03-23
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

All bdth III loAiu btlttAtA Aut rtat-~ilit
clear,
2 The while my rhymes are murmuring
: your ear
A restless lore like that the pillows teach;
For on these sonnet-wayes my soul wOul
reach
From its own depths and rest within yol
dear,
AS, through the billowy voices yearnin
here,
A sonnet Is a wave of melody;
From heavlng waters Of the impassione
soul
a billow Of tidal music one and whole
Flows in the octave then returning free,
Its ebbing surges in the "sestet" roll
Back to the deeps of LIES tumultuous sea.
Mrs. Judge Flournoy has gone t.
Cincinnati to visit a sister.
Judge Flournoy was oil duty for 4
day or two by reason Of slight indispo
sition but is himself again.
Ifyou failed to plant some more fruit
and shade trees in the fall, don't forge
that this is next best season.
Every man in the town should be q
willing help for the success Of the pro
posed fair, to be held this year
DIR. aud Mrs. w. w. Anderson are
both confined to their home by reason
of severe lndisposition.
DIR. w. f. Anderson has just received
appointment as local surgeon of the
Norfolk and Western company.
Mr. f. K. Hundley's growing wheat
is champion so far. Unless appear
ances are misleading the yield will be
"A record breaker.
Mrs. II. II. Hunt Is receiving her new
spring millinery-a most attractive
line, and in a few days it will be ready
for public inspection.
Mr.. j. l.. Hart has been appointed
Justice of the Peace to succeed DR.. r..
NJ. Bidgood, who recently resigned to
remove to Petersburg to reside.
The town council will not forget the
Summer Normal next time, aud all
Farmville will begin to put house in
order to properly receive and entertain
all who honor US with their presence.
Mrs. Paulina Foster died Wednes-
day in the home of Mr.. sam Weaver,
aged ninety-four years. Her funeral
was conducted yesterday by Rev. 5.
II. Thompson, Of the Farmville Bap-
list church.
Mrs. 5. o. Holster desires Us to an
nOunce that she has with her this
season Miss Ida Redmond, of Balu-
more, a talented mantua-maker, and
that all work entrusted to her Will be
done under absolute guarantee As to fit
and style.
Prince Edwards March term Of court
was busy one and lasted two
days. Several criminal cases were dis
posed of, one being that Of cripple
negro boy charged with attempted as
sault. He was gwen one year in jsil
and fined one hundred dollars.
We hear that the coal pits that are
being investigated in Cumberland, not
far from this place, have a quantity Of
superior coal that would keep the
Farmville and Powhatan railroad busy,
lift were standard guage, for the next
ten years.
The fire bell at night always startles
and alarms, but it does bring charity
into more actual play and neighbors
into closer touch. So after all it is not
an unmixed end, and especially in this
insurance age when prudent men pro-
vide for the coming of the foe.
Can you beat this? Mr.. Geo. w.
Redd made l0l barrels Of corn on four
acres of land. Southside Virginia land.
Prince Edward land. Mount Pleasant
neighborhood land. We have the gar
den spot of earth. All we need is more
people, aud they are coming.
More land has been prepared for to-
bacco in all this section this season
than ever before in its history. We
hope, however. no one will plant more
than can be well managed and well
MANFRED. Pound plants ought to be
the aim of all farmers.
Farmville is entitled to the very best
government possible to provide. The
voters are to do the providing. That
means that YOU must have a hand in
it or else neglect your duty. Each and
every voter has the right Of choice now,
but the time will come when the indi-
vidua choice must yield to that of the
majority Of fellow-townsmen.
Possess your soul in patience. There
is more scare and less hurt about small
pox than any Of the tribe Of contagious
or infections, and yet the man is al
most foolish # not entirely so who fails
to appreciate the value Of vaccination.
Whether prohibition prohibits or not
vaccination does protect.
The little flowers struggling through
snow banks i'm search Of light aud
,,.arnoth ahova remind us of some men