The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-07-06
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.

TOT the Soul : content Is Win II blent,
And the use of the gift Is sweet!
Great or small in the worlds esteem.
What need 10 mean to yous
Good work is good i'm the Masters scheme,
Who says what each shall do;
And the things that last when your day
past,
They come from the souls upln
That is felt alone i'm the rapture known
To the work of the special GIT,
Birds ale said to be plentiful.
More sand on the sidewalks. Thanks
They don't spit on the sidewalks in
Mobile. Let's not do so in Farmville
Who can estimate the value Of Farm.
willie shade trees just now?
Is the summer to go 10y without an
excursion to the seaside?
Some tobacco is ain top" but not
much of it.
The oat crop is general failure with
us, but the timothy is yielding well.
Union services will be held next sun
day night at the Episcopal church.
Miss Annie McCraw, of Buckingham
county, is the guest of Miss Merrie
/ Nerser.
Did you have a ripe tomato for the
4th? We mean out of your own gar
den?
Misses Matte and Mary Amos are
attending the school of Methods in
Roanoke.
A young hare caught in the harvest
field and properly broiled makes dish
fit for the gods.
Those FAIR buttons didn't cost you a
cent, but they did cost something and
are worth all they cost
Mr.. w. w. Jackson believes in pea
fallow. His fields, recently sowed in
peas, are looking remarkably well.
Miss Essie Osborne, who has been
visiting relatives and friends here, left
Tuesday morning for Drendron, Va
The Misses Cox, of Knoxville, Tenn,
are spending the summer with their
grandmother, Mrs. Mat Cox, of Buck
ingham county.
Wednesday was record breaker for
the present season IN point of heat.
The thermometer in some shady places
registered over 100 degrees.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of McAlpin's Dyspepsia Remedy
Co. : advertisement to be found on this
page Of the HERALD.
The best thing to drink during the
trying months of summer is tarmville
lithia water The more Of you drink
the better.
The Fair ought to crowd Farmville
for three days. Would 1t be worth
ANYTHING to Farmville? Answer the !
question and then do your duty.
No matter if you didn't get the !
premium last time you may get ii this |
time. Try again and don't be mad |
because you think injustice was done
you.
The man who keeps that barrel of
fresh spring water in front of the
Walthall Bros home, on the Cumber
land side of the Appomattox, is pub
lie benefactor.
This is emphatically peach year.
What a pity our cannery is not ready
to receive the overplus and save it for
winter. After all they pay better in
cans.
Any fool will advertise when bust
ness is good, because he thinks he sees
results. 1t is the wise man
that advertises in dull times and forces
results. -Potersburg Hder appeal
Z. A. Cleland, of Lynchburg, has
been awarded the contract for the heat
ing and plumbing of the Normal
School buildings here, the cost of which
will he about $1,000 Work will begin
next week.
We regret to learn that there is little
likelihood Of the Farmville Band being
ready and willing to make music for
the Fair this fall. Like no band, no
circus; so no band, no Fair Of
course there will be a first class band
for all three days.
This is vacation season with a large
number of our people, but the farmer
has added at least six hours to his days
work. They are averaging now about
Is hours out of the n and yet they are
not complaining, except Of soulless
and hungry worms.
An odd way Of removing his glasses
is practiced by Henry Clews, the New
York banker. Instead of displacing
them with his fingers he gives twist
to his nose, and down the glasses drop
to the limit of the string to which they
are attached. A leading banker of
Farmville has the same handles way
of doing the same thing.